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God's Plan and Presence (Ezekiel 43:1-9) from 2023-11-19T21:54
“For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: ‘I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly sp...
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Gounded, Radical, Cosmic Hope (Ezekiel 37:1, 11-14) from 2023-11-12T13:32
“Gandalf! I thought you were dead! But then I thought I was dead myself. Is everything sad going to come untrue?”
—JRR Tolkien, The Return of ...
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Our Compassionate Shepherd (Ezekiel 34:1-6, 11-16) from 2023-11-05T15:30
“Go on up to a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good news; lift up your voice with strength, O Jerusalem, herald of good news; lift it up, fear not; say to the cities of Judah, ‘Beh...
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One Lord Over All (Ezekiel 28:25-26) from 2023-10-30T01:30
“The LORD passed before him and proclaimed, ‘The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love...
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Radical Solidarity (Ezekiel 20:33-38) from 2023-10-22T14:06
“We follow One who stood and wept at the grave of Lazarus – not surely, because He was grieved that Mary and Martha wept, and sorrowed for their lack of faith (though some thus inte...
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A Heart to Desire, A Spirit to Inspire (Ezekiel 11:14-21) from 2023-10-15T16:25
“High King of heaven, my victory won
May I reach heaven’s joys, O bright heaven’s sun
Heart of my own heart, whatever befall
Still be my vision, O ruler o...
Awe Inspiring Mercy&Justice (Ezekiel 10-11) from 2023-10-08T15:06
“Be Thou my vision, O Lord of my heart
Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art
Thou my best thought, by day or by night
Waking or sleeping, Thy presence ...
God Pronounces Judgement on Idolatry (Ezekiel 8:1-6) from 2023-10-01T14:55
“Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.”
—Matthew 5:4
God Pronounces Judgement Through Ezekiel's Acts and Speech (Ezekiel 7:1-4) from 2023-09-24T14:00
“Who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majest...
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Ezekiel's Call (Ezekiel 2:1-10, 3:1-15) from 2023-09-17T14:28
“The Bible, all of it, is livable; it is the text for living our lives. It reveals a God-created, God-ordered, God-blessed world in which we find ourselves at home and whole.” ...
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The Presence of the Lord (Ezekiel 1:1-5a, 26-28) from 2023-09-10T20:39
“Religion is sin when it makes God into something which we can handle.”
— John Webster
We Know Rightly When We Love (1 Corinthians 8:1-3) from 2023-09-04T00:26
“The aim of Christian ethics is not Stoic self-sufficiency, which requires proper knowledge; rather its aim is the benefit and advantage of a sister or a brother.”
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Living the Life You Are Called To (1 Corinthians 7:17-24) from 2023-08-20T14:42
“Vocation is the place at which one responds to the call of Christ and thus lives responsibly. The task given to me by my vocation is thus limited; but my responsibility to the call...
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The Gift of Marriage (1 Corinthians 7:10-17) from 2023-08-14T00:52
“Our salvation is ‘from outside ourselves’ (extra nos). I find salvation, not in my life story, but only in the story of Jesus Christ. What we call our life, our troubles, and ...
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In Every Stage - Wait on the Lord (1 Corinthians 7:1-17) from 2023-08-06T14:32
“Marriage and family are temporary for this age; the church is forever. I am declaring the radical biblical truth that being in a human family is no sign of eternal blessing, but be...
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Glorifying God with Your Body (1 Corinthians 6:12-20) from 2023-07-30T14:24
“This life therefore is not righteousness, but growth in righteousness, not health, but healing, not being but becoming, not rest but exercise. We are not yet what we shall be, but we a...
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Where is Our Focus? (1 Corinthians 6:1-11) from 2023-07-23T14:28
“Christians are an eschatological people.”
— Gordon Fee
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Sexual Immorality Defiles the Church (1 Corinthians 5) from 2023-07-17T01:33
“For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer. I ackno...
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The Problem with Pride (1 Corinthians 4:6-21) from 2023-07-09T13:24
“Grace leads to gratitude; ‘wisdom’ and self-sufficiency lead to boasting and judgement. Grace has a leveling effect; self esteem has a self-exalting effect. Grace means humility; boast...
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Where Does Your Status Come From? (1 Corinthians 3:18-4:5) from 2023-07-02T16:16
God forbid that I should glory
Save in the Redeemer's cross.
Counting shame for him but honor,
Counting earthly gain but loss.
All the love of God is here,
Oh, Love that ...
A Secret and Hidden Wisdom (1 Corinthians 2:6-16) from 2023-06-18T19:40
“God reveals Himself. He reveals Himself through Himself. He reveals Himself. … One may sum up the meaning of the doctrine of the Trinity briefly and simply by saying that God is the On...
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Who is Your Faith Founded on? (1 Corinthians 2:1-5) from 2023-06-11T16:14
“A sermon that just informs the mind can give people things to do after they go home, but a sermon that moves the heart from loving career or acclaim or one’s own independence to loving...
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God Chooses the People and the Messenger (1 Corinthians 1:26-2:5) from 2023-06-04T13:32
“It is not that God cannot, or will not, save the affluent. But for Paul, the glory of the gospel does not lie there; rather, it lies in God’s mercy toward the very people whom most...
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Jesus Catches His Fish and Feeds His Sheep (John 21:1-14) from 2023-04-30T13:50
“The LORD is exalted, for he dwells on high; he will fill Zion with justice and righteousness, and he will be the stability of your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge;...
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Peace Be With You (John 20:19-31) from 2023-04-23T16:12
“‘We do not know… how can we know the way?’
Courageous master of the awkward question,
You spoke the words the others dared not say
And cut through their evasion and abstractio...
The Work is Finished; Everything has Changed (John 20:11-18) from 2023-04-16T18:07
“The finality of Christ’s death on the cross - which left to itself, could be so soothing to us, in the somber glow of our wisdom and tragedy’s pathos - has been unceremoniously undone,...
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The Power of the Resurrection to Transform (John 20:1-10) from 2023-04-09T15:41
“The resurrection [of Jesus Christ] cannot be part of any history unless it is the center and turning point.”
—Lesslie Newbigin, The Light Has Come
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Look to the Cross (John 19:16b-42) from 2023-04-02T20:03
“Six days shall you labor
The seventh is the Lord's
In six He made the earth and all the heavens
But He rested on the seventh
God rested
He said that it was finished
A...
Behold Our King (John 19:1-16a) from 2023-03-26T21:15
“Lev.17:11: ‘For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I, I have given it for you on the altar to make atonement for your soul…’ In the [Biblical] case of sacrifice, the offerer te...
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Pilot's Three Questions (John 18:28-40) from 2023-03-19T13:15
“The scale of the reversal cannot be exaggerated: when Jesus stands before Pilate… he must seem from the vantage of all the noble wisdom of the empire and the age... merely a...
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The Truth About Peter, the Truth About Us (John 18:12-27) from 2023-03-13T01:46
“The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous man runs in to it and is safe.”
—Solomon, Proverbs 18:10
Whom Do You Seek? (John 18:1-11) from 2023-03-05T16:14
“The King of love my Shepherd is,
Whose goodness faileth never;
I nothing lack if I am his
And he is mine for ever.“
—WH Baker, “The King Of Love My Shephe...
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Jesus's Prayer for Us: Unity (John 17:20-26) from 2023-02-27T02:28
“[There] is nothing so social by nature as man, nothing so unsocial by corruption.”
— Augustine of Hippo
“[R]edemption being a work of restoration will app...
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Jesus's Prayer for the Disciples (John 17:1-19) from 2023-02-20T01:20
“Two men appeared
Moses and Elijah came, they were at his side
The prophecy, the legislation
Spoke of whenever he would die”
—Sufjan Stevens, “The Trans...
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The Hour is Coming (John 16:25-33) from 2023-02-12T16:05
“The pac Romana (the Roman peace) was won and maintained by a brutal sword; not a few Jews thought the messianic peace would have to be secured by a still mightier sword. Inste...
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Great Sorrow, Greater Joy (John 16:16-24) from 2023-02-05T16:14
“Part of the goodness of creation is we were made to be dependent on God, on our neighbor, and on the earth. That is not a result of sin. Dependence isn’t a result of sin. Sin just dist...
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The Work of the Holy Spirit (John 16:4-15) from 2023-01-29T21:11
“Come O Spirit comfort true,
Help us by Your pleading.
Come and every heart renew
Breath of God proceeding
You alone to God can win us
S...
The World Will Hate You (John 15:18-16:4a from 2023-01-22T20:43
“An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous,
but one whose way is straight is an abomination to the wicked.”
— Proverbs 29...
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Love One Another: Lay Down Your Life (John 15:12-17) from 2023-01-16T03:11
“You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.”
—Leviticus 19:18 Listen
The Link Between Joy and Obedience (John 15:1-11) from 2023-01-08T18:04
“The faith that… is able to warm itself at the fire of God’s love, instead of having to steal love and self-acceptance from other sources, is actually the root of holiness.”
Living Within Bethlehem (Genesis 35:16-29) from 2022-12-25T21:03
“What kings and leaders of nations, philosophers and artists, founders of religions and teachers of morals have tried in vain to do—that now happens through a newborn child. Putting to ...
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Jacob's Return and Renaming (Genesis 35:1-15) from 2022-12-19T02:38
“Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to worship. And the compelling reason for maybe choosing some sort of god or spiritual-type thing to worship… is that pretty much any...
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An Outrageous Act (Genesis 34) from 2022-12-11T15:05
“And that is the wonder of all wonders, that God loves the lowly…. God is not ashamed of the lowliness of human beings. God marches right in. He chooses people as his instruments and pe...
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Face to Face (Genesis 33) from 2022-12-04T23:04
“We have become so accustomed to the idea of divine love and of God’s coming at Christmas that we no longer feel the shiver of fear that God’s coming should arouse in us. We are indiffe...
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Jacob's Turning Point (Genesis 32) from 2022-11-28T02:59
“St. Thomas, for instance, says: ‘That God wishes to give to someone... grace and glory proceeds from his sheer generosity.’ … [T]o someone, to some person at whom we can point. To some...
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Presumption of the Orphan (Genesis 31:17-55) from 2022-11-20T21:39
“St. Thomas, for instance, says: ‘That God wishes to give to someone... grace and glory proceeds from his sheer generosity.’ … [T]o someone, to some person at whom we can point. To some...
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The Pattern of the Orphan (Gen. 30:25-31:16) from 2022-11-13T14:54
“Remember, the only real leader you have is Jesus Christ. Unless you are daily taught of Him you will not be able to make the right decisions. To get to Him you need to pray, but it nee...
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The Providence of a Loving Father (Gen. 29:31-30:24) from 2022-11-07T01:34
“You see, there is prayer, and there is God-given prayer. The former is superficial, the work of orphans, who may be religious people but are unwilling to surrender human independence t...
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God's Sovereign Purposes are not Thwarted by Human Sinfulness (Gen. 29) from 2022-10-30T15:14
“He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he has borne...
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Jacob in the Wilderness (Genesis 28) from 2022-10-23T14:18
“The divine covenant partner commits himself to be present with, to preserve, and to protect his pilgrim-saint until he returns safely to the Promised Land. … The pilgrim obligates hims...
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The Good Vinedresser (John 15:1-11) from 2022-10-16T13:52
“[S]eeing [Christ] to be called man, we are bold to call him sister and brother. Now the soul which may say of herself, that she is the sister of God, ought to have her heart assured.”<...
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Our People, Our Father (Genesis 27) from 2022-10-09T12:47
“Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command y...
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Provision and Promise (Gen. 26:12-35) from 2022-10-02T23:54
“‘Wilderness’ is a place, in biblical rhetoric, where there are no viable life support systems. ‘Grace’ is the occupying generosity of God that redefines the place.”
—Wal...
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God's Faithfulness Through Generations (Gen. 26:1-11) from 2022-09-25T15:29
“The terrible, tragic fallacy of the last hundred years has been to think that all man’s troubles are due to his environment, and that to change the man you have nothing to do but chang...
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God's Divine Purposes Will Succeed (Gen. 25:19-34) from 2022-09-18T17:20
Please note: due to a microphone issue, the last several minutes of the sermon were not recorded.
“There are no natural guarantees for the future and no way to s...
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God's Providential Care (Genesis 24) from 2022-09-11T15:04
God is our refuge and strength,
a very present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way,
though the mountains be moved into the heart of the se...
Fulfillment of the Promise (Revelation 7:9-17) from 2022-09-05T00:23
“Now as man could not live in society without truth, so likewise, not without joy.”
— Thomas Aquinas
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, pat...
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What is the Blessing? (Ephesians 2:11-22) from 2022-08-28T17:23
“A people, we may say, is a gathered multitude of rational beings united by agreeing to share the things they love. There can be as many different kinds of people as there are different...
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God's Blessing Breaks Barriers (Acts 8:26-40) from 2022-08-22T00:20
“The only bond of unity [among the apostles] is Jesus’ choice and call.”
—Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship
Sent by Jesus for the Blessing of the Nations (Matthew 28:16-20) from 2022-08-14T12:57
“The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.”
—Matthew 1:1 (ESV)
Redeemed to be a Blessing (Zechariah 8:13-23) from 2022-08-07T12:09
Sinners then shall learn from me,
And return, O God, to Thee
Savior all my guilt remove,
And my tongue shall sing Thy love
Touch my silent lips, O Lord,
And my mouth...
Even in Exile the Nations are Blessed (Daniel 4:19-37) from 2022-07-31T15:40
“In God you come up against something which is in every respect immeasurably superior to yourself. Unless you know God as that—and, therefore, know yourself as nothing in comparison—you...
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Fear of Being Forgotten (Isaiah 49:5-18) from 2022-07-24T12:59
“My name from the palms of His hands
Eternity will not erase;
Impressed on His heart it remains
In marks of indelible grace.
Do You Do Well to Be Angry? (Jonah 3:10-4:11) from 2022-07-17T23:44
“Tribes are a normal part of life. They can be as simple as a high school hockey team or a label like ‘Presbyterian.’ Our family is a mini-tribe. Tribalism turns a tribe into a center o...
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City of Rebirth (Psalm 87) from 2022-07-10T15:14
“Glorious things of thee are spoken,
Zion, city of our God;
He, Whose word cannot be broken,
Formed thee for His own abode
On the Rock of Ages founded,
What can shak...
God Makes a Way Where There is No Way (2 Kings 5:1-14) from 2022-07-03T14:49
“The message of the prophets is not, ‘Israel has sinned; therefore, Israel needs to get its act together or it will die.’ The message is… ‘Israel has sinned; Israel is already dead. Cli...
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God is Faithful to Sustain His Mission (Genesis 50:15-21, Exodus 1:6-7) from 2022-06-19T20:50
“Neither the nature of any created thing, therefore, nor the weakness of the flesh, can prevail against the will of God. For God is not subject to created things, but created things to ...
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Go, for the Blessing of the Nations (Genesis 12:1-3) from 2022-06-12T22:28
“The love and power of God must address not only the sin of individuals but also the strife and striving of nations; not only the need of human beings but also the suffering of animals ...
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If We Love Jesus, Fear is Replaced with Peace and Joy (John 14:25-31) from 2022-06-05T13:36
Due to technical issues, the sermon audio was not recorded.
“As a man, looking steadfastly on a dial, cannot perce...
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Consequences of Loving Jesus (John 14:15-24) from 2022-05-29T21:39
“Come, our conscience to relieve from each sin remembered. Come, our savior’s blood to plead; naked we surrender. Sin hath left a wound revealing; Spirit, help us with your healing.” Listen
Seeing the Father (John 14:8-14) from 2022-05-22T19:43
“The Father and the Son are so perfectly one in their mutual indwelling that when we listen to the words of Jesus and attend to his works, we are coming to see God, and it is therefore ...
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The Way to the Father (John 14:1-7) from 2022-05-15T23:21
“What can strip the seeming beauty, from the idols of the earth? Not a sense of right or duty, but the sight of peerless worth.”
— Ora Rowan, Hast thou Heard Him, Seen Hi...
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Living as Disciples of Jesus (John 13:31-38) from 2022-05-08T15:20
“My entire hope is exclusively in your very great mercy. Grant what you command, and command what you will.”
—Augustine of Hippo, Confessions X.29
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The Anatomy of Betrayal (John 13:21-32) from 2022-05-01T13:50
“The company of Jesus’ friends who have accepted (even if uncomprehending) the washing of their feet by their Lord and Master have made the decisive turn. But among them there is one wh...
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The Results and Root of Faith (John 13:1-20) from 2022-04-25T01:50
Q. What is true faith?
A. True faith is not only a sure knowledge by which I hold as true all that God has revealed to us in Scripture; it is also a wholehearted trust, w...
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A Living, Breathing Love (1 John 3:19-24) from 2022-04-18T00:49
“Very early in the morning on the first day of the week, before anyone had done a stroke of work or acquired a jot of merit, he rose from the sepulchre, bringing new life to his discipl...
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The Unbelief of the People (John 12:36-50) from 2022-04-10T14:37
God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps on the sea, And rides upon the storm.
Ye fearful saints fresh courage tak...
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Darkness and Light (John 12:27-36) from 2022-04-03T15:24
“I believe in Christianity as I believe that the Sun has risen, not only because I see it but because by it, I see everything else.”
— C.S. Lewis
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The Hour Has Come (John 12:12-26) from 2022-03-28T01:43
“Never is tranquillity restored to our minds, or fear and trembling banished from them, except by knowing that Christ reigns amongst us.”
— John Calvin, Commentary on...
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Mary's Act of Devotion (John 12:1-11) from 2022-03-20T23:18
“The sisters were heartbroken when Lazarus died. They must have felt sure that they knew what their heart’s desires were, and they must also have felt sure that they had lost them forev...
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Why Did Jesus Have to Die? (John 11:45-57) from 2022-03-14T00:48
“From beginning to end, the Holy Scriptures testify that the predicament of fallen humanity is so serious, so grave, so irremediable from within, that nothing short of divine interventi...
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Jesus's Emotional Response to Us and to Death (John 11:28-44) from 2022-03-06T14:43
“Jesus wept, and in his weeping, he joined himself forever to those who mourn. He stands now throughout all time, this weeping Jesus weeping, with his arms about the weeping ones: ‘Bles...
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Resurrection Changes Everything (John 11:17-27) from 2022-02-28T01:31
“That is what mortals misunderstand. They say of some temporal suffering, ‘No future bliss can make up for it’ not knowing that Heaven, once attained, will work backwards and turn even ...
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John 11:1-16 The Death of Lazarus from 2022-02-20T23:47
Due to technical difficulties there is no audio recording of the sermon this week.
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Powerfully Proclaim the Works of the Father (John 10:22-42) from 2022-02-13T17:15
The King of Love my Shepherd is,
Whose goodness faileth never;
I nothing lack if I am His
And He is mine forever.
Where streams of living water flow
My ra...
The Good Shepherd Leads with Mercy (John 10:1-21) from 2022-02-06T16:20
“The action of Jesus in giving his life is an act both of complete freedom and of filial obedience. He is not the passive victim of other men’s purposes. … Jesus in going this way offer...
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A Crisis of Mercy (John 9) from 2022-01-30T14:42
“Thy mercy my God is the theme of my song; the joy of my heart and the boast of my tongue. Thy Free Grace alone from the first to the last, hath won my affections and bound my soul fast...
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Rejoice as Our Father Abraham Rejoiced (John 8:48-59) from 2022-01-23T13:36
“Listening… means real listening, intense listening, listening which hurts. It means attentive straining after what is said, giving ourselves wholly to the task of attention to Jesus. W...
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You Look Like Your Father: Who's Our Spiritual Likeness? (John 8:39-47) from 2022-01-17T01:21
“So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.”
— 1 Corinthians 13:13 (ESV)
Abide in Jesus, the Son will Set You Free (John 8:31-38) from 2022-01-09T16:00
“‘Learning’ virtue—becoming virtuous—is more like practicing scales on the piano than learning music theory: the goal is, in a sense, for your fingers to learn the scales so they can th...
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To See the Father, Look at Jesus (John 8:21-30) from 2022-01-02T19:49
“When God’s Son took on our flesh, he truly and bodily took on, out of pure grace, our being, our nature, ourselves. This was the eternal counsel of the triune God. Now we are in him. W...
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Joyfully Follow Jesus, the Light of the World (John 7:37-39, John 8:12-20) from 2021-12-26T23:33
“Christmas is not a reminder that the world is really quite a nice old place. It reminds us that the world is a shockingly bad old place, where wickedness flourishes unchecked, where ch...
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A New Comprehension of God's Love (Job 42, Jeremiah 32:36-41) from 2021-12-20T02:16
“[L]ove is a vital principle uniting, or seeking to unite two together, the lover, to wit, and the beloved."
— Augustine
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I Am Your Redeemer Who Brings You Peace (Job 41:1-11, Isaiah 11:1-9) from 2021-12-12T21:53
“He will come, will come,
will come like crying in the night,
like blood, like breaking,
as the earth writhes to toss him free.
He will come like child.”
—Row...
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I Am Your Savior Who Saves You (Job 40:1-14, Isaiah 50:10-11) from 2021-12-05T14:25
“When uprightness is joined to superabundant prosperity, the motivation for the uprightness is murky. At best, the source of the uprightness is uncertain; and, because it is untested, t...
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A Rebuke and an Invitation (Job 38:1-11) from 2021-11-28T16:48
“Because children have abounding vitality, because they are in spirit fierce and free, therefore they want things repeated and unchanged. They always say, ‘Do it again’; and the grown-u...
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A Rebuke and an Invitation (Job 38:1-11) from 2021-11-28T16:48
“Because children have abounding vitality, because they are in spirit fierce and free, therefore they want things repeated and unchanged. They always say, ‘Do it again’; and the grown-u...
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Job's Hope (Job 14:7-17, 19:23-27) from 2021-11-21T14:39
“God’s pleasure—the beauty creation possesses in his regard—underlies the distinct being of creation, and so beauty is the first and truest word concerning all that appears within being...
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Unexpected Endings (Hebrews 9:11-15) from 2021-11-15T00:43
“Each day, it seems, thousands of Americans are going about their daily rounds - dropping off the kids at school, driving to the office, flying to a business meeting, shopping at the ma...
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Miserable Comforters (Job 4:1-9) from 2021-11-07T23:00
“Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations. He will not cry aloud or lift up his v...
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Job's Lament (Job 3) from 2021-10-31T18:00
“Lament deals with reality. It presupposes a God who hears, who loves, and who is powerful; this is the basis for lament, which is a combination of complaint, grief, questions, confusio...
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Vertical Perspective in Suffering (Job 1:13-2:10) from 2021-10-24T14:28
God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform; He plants his footsteps in the sea, And rides upon the storm.
Deep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill; He...
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A Struggle of Cosmic Proportions (Job 1:6-12) from 2021-10-17T13:37
“Not that I am (I think) in much danger of ceasing to believe in God. The real danger is of coming to believe such dreadful things about Him. The conclusion I dread is not ‘So there’s...
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Reality of Exposure (Job 1:1-5) from 2021-10-11T00:50
“I’ll never forget the trouble, the utter lostness,
the taste of ashes, the poison I’ve swallowed.
I remember it all—oh, how well I remember—
the feeling of hitting the bott...
The Fear of the Lord is Wisdom (Job28) from 2021-10-03T14:41
“When it comes down to it, there are only two choices: to conform desire to truth or truth to desire, to conform our soul to reality or conform reality to our wishes:
The...
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The Heart of Our Father (Job 42:5-6, Jeremiah 32:36-41) from 2021-09-26T23:06
“Give what you command, and command what you will.”
—St. Augustine
Fear of the Lord Moving from Head to Heart from 2021-09-19T15:19
“It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us...
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Why We Need the Fear of the Lord (Job 1:1, Psalm 147:10-11) from 2021-09-12T14:18
“In God you come up against something which is in every respect immeasurably superior to yourself. Unless you know God as that—you do not know God at all. As long as you are proud, you ...
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The Self-Reliant King (1 Samuel 26:6-12) from 2020-07-20T01:43
“So I’ll cherish the old rugged Cross
‘Til my trophies at last I lay down
I will cling to the old rugged Cross
And exchange it some day for a crown.”
—George Ben...
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Enter the Wilderness (1 Samuel 23) from 2020-07-12T22:03
Wilderness (noun)
1a - (1): a tract or region uncultivated and uninhabited by human beings
(2): an area essentially undisturbed by human activ...
Lament (1 Samuel 22) from 2020-07-06T00:38
“When men say that they miss combat, it’s not that they actually miss getting shot at—you’d have to be deranged—it’s that they miss being in a world where everything is important and no...
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A Table in the Wilderness (1 Samuel 21) from 2020-06-29T01:42
“Those convinced of the fact of divine reconciliation should thereby be convinced that intellectual conviction is not attained in a sort of spiritual vacuum. One must have bared one’s s...
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Role Models (1 Samuel 17) from 2020-06-22T00:53
“I fear the prayers of John Knox more than all the assembled armies of Europe.” — Mary, Queen of Scots
”Live in Christ, die in Christ, and the flesh need not fear death....
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Seeing&Provision (1 Samuel 16:1-13) from 2020-06-15T01:33
“The Scripture stories do not, like Homer’s, court our favor, they do not flatter us that they may please us and enchant us - they seek to subject us, and if we refuse to be subjected w...
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"What is God up to?" (1 Samuel 1:1-20) from 2020-06-08T00:48
“In the day-to-day trenches of adult life, there is actually no such thing as atheism. There is no such thing as not worshipping. Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to w...
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Determined to Make Known (Acts 28:11-30) from 2020-06-01T00:34
“For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.”
— The Prophet Habakkuk
Not a Hair (Acts 27) from 2020-05-25T01:18
“Some went down to the sea in ships, doing business on the great waters; they saw the deeds of the Lord, his wondrous works in the deep. For he commanded and raised the storm...
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Clear Concience (Acts 24:1-21) from 2020-05-11T00:19
Jesus is who you think. He is after the marginalized. He is after those who are on the outs. In fact, if you've experienced shame, that is good evidence he is coming for you. You are in...
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Pandemic, Pentacost, and Paul (Acts 21, 17-38) from 2020-04-26T23:53
“Covid-19 is not a blessing. It is one more obvious, terrible instance of a broken world. But amid all the reasonable concern, we shouldn’t lose sight of the deeper cause of our anxiety...
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Feed the Sheep (Acts 20:17-38) from 2020-04-20T01:25
“He said to him a third time, ‘Simon, Son of John, do you love me?...Feed my sheep.’ ” — Jesus with Peter, John 21:17
“Don’t beat the sheep or eat the sheep. Fee...
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The Image of the Lamb (Revelation 5) from 2020-04-13T01:17
“Repeated crimes awake our fears, and justice armed with frowns appears. But in the Savior’s lovely face, sweet mercy smiles, and all is peace, all is peace .... He lives! The great Red...
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Raising of Eutychus (Acts 19:21-41) from 2020-04-06T00:32
“Good writing is about telling the truth. We are a species that needs and wants to understand who we are. Sheep lice do not share this longing, which is one reason they write so very li...
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The Mechanics of Idolatry and Christianity (Acts 19:21-41) from 2020-03-30T01:04
“When you are with God, that is what you are; you are no more and no less. Who you are with God defines all the rest.”
— Jack Miller
Living in Christ's Reality (John 7:37-39) from 2020-03-23T02:00
“Thou will supply my every need, on to the end whate’er befall. Through life, in death, eternally, Thou art my all.”
—Third verse of “Thou Art My Life” (or “Jesus My Savi...
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Where is our Power? (Psalm 46) from 2020-03-16T01:53
“Be careful what you put your hope in. Every human being functions by hope. You will attach your identity, your meaning and purpose, your inner security to something. It never works to ...
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The Necessity of the Holy Spirit (Acts 18:24-19:20) from 2020-03-09T00:46
“For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints, I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, that th...
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Divine Perspective (Acts 18:1-23) from 2020-03-01T23:53
“Fear not, for I am with you; I will bring you offspring from the east, and from the west I will gather you. I will say to the north, give up, and to the south, do not withhold; bring m...
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Evangelism in Athens (Acts 17:16-34) from 2020-02-24T03:24
“It is the Holy Spirit’s job to convict, God’s job to judge, and my job to love.”
—Billy Graham
Upside Down or Right Side Up? (Acts 17:1-15) from 2020-02-17T01:21
“They said the Apostles turned the world upside down. They meant by that, that they were disturbers of the peace. But they said a great true thing; for Christ’s gospel does turn the wor...
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King Jesus against the Roman Empire (Acts 16:16-40) from 2020-02-10T03:11
“Long my imprisoned spirit lay, fast bound in sin and nature’s night; thine eye diffused a quickening ray; I woke the dungeon flames with light. My chains fell off, my heart was free. I...
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Christ Acting through the Church (Acts 15:36-16:15) from 2020-02-03T02:53
“Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout a...
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The Church in Expansion (Acts 15:1-35) from 2020-01-27T00:58
“God-given prayer and praise have as their essence a waiting on God, a willingness to be wrought upon by the hammer and the fire of the Almighty, until the chains of self-centered desir...
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Jesus Shares! (Acts 14) from 2020-01-20T00:38
“Go, then, earthly fame and treasure, come disaster, scorn and pain.
In Thy services, pain is pleasure, with They favor, loss is gain.
I have called Thee Abba Father, I have staye...
Paul's Words of Encouragement (Acts 13:13-52) from 2020-01-13T01:21
“The highest of all of God’s commands is this: that we ever hold up before our eyes the image of his dear Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. He must daily be to our hearts the perfect mirror, ...
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Synthesis: Intelligence, Discernment, Understanding (Acts 13:1-12) from 2020-01-05T16:57
“Jesus, with Thy Church abide; Be her Savior, Lord, and Guide. While on earth her faith is tried...Keep her life and doctrine pure; Grant her patience to endure, trusting in Thy promise...
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John, Jesus, and Us (Luke 1:57-79) from 2019-12-22T16:43
“As always, the people of God must decide what reading of their experiences they will live by. Are they to look at the darkness, the hopelessness, the dreams shattered and conclude that...
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Fearless Worship (Luke 1:57-79) from 2019-12-17T04:03:44
“For many, Christianity is just a beautiful dream. It is a world in which every day reality goes a bit blurred. It is nostalgic, cozy, and comforting. But real Christianity isn’t like ...
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Rejoicing in the Lord's Saving Work (Luke 1:46-56) from 2019-12-17T03:35:18
“Optimism and hope are radically different attitudes. Optimism is the expectation of things—the weather, human relationships, the economy, the political situation, and so on—will get be...
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Advent: Coming and Remembering (Luke 1: 39-56) from 2019-12-17T03:22:03
Oh come, oh come Emmanuel
And ransom captive Israel.
Who mourns in lowly exile here
Until the Son of God appears.
Rejoice, rejoice, Emmanuel.
Has come to thee oh, Israel....
Bent Towards Mercy (Psalm 86) from 2019-12-17T03:13:10
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Should I not Pity Ninevah? (Jonah 4:5-11) from 2019-12-05T02:48:47
“How we react is often a better thermometer of our heart than how we act.”
—Sinclair Ferguson
Do You do Well to be Angry? (Jonah 3:10-4:4) from 2019-11-12T02:46:55
“It is in the dark struggles with God that we are surprised by His response to our anger and fear. What we receive from Him during our difficult battle is not what we expect. We assume ...
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The Nature of Repentance (Jonah 3:6-10) from 2019-11-07T02:04:32
“Biblical repentance… is not merely a sense of regret that leaves us where it found us. It is a radical reversal that takes us back along the road of our sinful wanderings, creating in ...
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God's Mercy changes Everything (Jonah 3:1-5) from 2019-10-30T23:21:48
“Thy Mercy is more than a match for my heart
Which wonders to feel it’s own hardness depart.
Dissolved by thy goodness, I fall to the ground,
And weep to the praise of the merc...
Salvation Belongs to the Lord (Jonah 2:8-9) from 2019-10-23T02:52:58
“Now the Lord said to Abram, ‘Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you...
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The Psalm of Jonah (Jonah 2:1-10) from 2019-10-23T02:41:05
“There’s a wideness in God’s mercy I cannot find in my own,
And He keeps His fire burning, to melt this heart of stone;
Keeps me aching with a yearning, keeps me glad to have been...
A Revelation of Affection (Jonah 1:17) from 2019-10-10T01:34:47
“God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps on the sea, and rides upon the storm. Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, the clouds you so much dread,...
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Within the Storms of Life (Jonah 1:11-16) from 2019-10-10T01:10:14
“When I was sinking down, sinking down, sinking down;
When I was sinking down, sinking down
When I was sinking down, beneath God’s righteous frown,
Christ laid aside his crown,...
An Unexpected Response (Jonah 1:7-10) from 2019-09-26T01:55:06
“When through the deep waters I call you to go, the rivers of sorrow shall not overflow; for I will be with you, your troubles to bless, and sanctify to you your deepest distress.”
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God's Exposing Wind (Jonah 1:4-6) from 2019-09-18T02:10:46
“The dismaying news is the every act of disobedience to God has a storm attached to it…The Bible does not say that every difficulty is the result of sin—but it does teach that every sin...
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Setting the Stage (Jonah 1:1-3) from 2019-09-11T00:04:55
“At odds with God, Jonah typifies those who see the divine attributes of justice and mercy as functioning for their own convenience; mercy for themselves, but justice for their enemies....
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The Definition of True Love (1 John 4:7-21) from 2019-09-02T20:26:26
“O Love that will not let me go,
I rest my weary soul in thee;
I give thee back the life I owe,
That in thine ocean depths its flow
May richer, fuller be.”
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Beloved, Empowered Children (1 John 4:1-6) from 2019-08-28T01:10:42
“God’s purpose was not only to secure our sonship by His Son, but to assure us of it by His Spirit. He sent His Son that we might have the status of sonship, and He sent His Spirit that...
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Guarded by the Promise (1 John 5:13-21) from 2019-08-23T02:02:24
“Death, be not proud, though some have called thee
Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so;
For those whom thou think’st thou doest overthrow
Die not, poor Death, no yet canst...
Bending towards God (Psalm 115) from 2019-08-22T01:57:07
“There is no such thing as not worshipping. Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to worship. And an outstanding reason for choosing some sort of God or spiritual-type thin...
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Identity in Adoption (Galatians 4:1-7) from 2019-08-22T01:30:29
“If you want to judge how well a person understands Christianity,, find out how much they make of being God’s child and having God as father.”
—J.I. Packer, Knowing G...
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From Haters to Lovers (1 John 3:11-24) from 2019-07-23T02:39:48
“If I were sitting on the end of the pier on a summer day enjoying the sunshine and the air, and someone came along and jumped into the water and got drowned ‘to prove his love for me’,...
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Living Out our Union (1 John 3:1-10) from 2019-07-17T00:37:09
“Commandments are the railroad tracks on which the life empowered by the love of God poured into the heart by the Holy Spirit runs. Love empowers the engine; law guides the direction. T...
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Seeing Christ through the Tension (1 John 2:28-3:10) from 2019-07-14T15:36:07
“True, [God’s] love for me is not based on my qualification or my preparation but it is misleading to say that God accepts us the way we are. Rather he accepts us despite the way we are...
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Our Reality, Resources, and Response (1 John 2:18-27) from 2019-07-14T15:25:52
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Encouraging Truths (1 John 2:7-17) from 2019-07-11T00:35:54
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How We Know (1 John 2:3-6) from 2019-06-18T00:32:39
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His Pure, Powerful Presence (1 John 1:5-2:2) from 2019-06-12T00:47:20
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Hold onto Joy (1 John 1:1-4; 5:21) from 2019-06-04T00:22:06
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Freed from Tyranny (Acts 12) from 2019-06-03T23:48:18
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Encourage Each Other (Acts 11:19-30) from 2019-05-21T03:09:45
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God's Impartiality (Acts 10:1-11:18) from 2019-05-12T22:35:48
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The Dead, The Living, And The Watching World (Acts 9:32-43) from 2019-05-09T14:05:32
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Radical Transformation (Acts 9:19-31) from 2019-05-09T13:54:17
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Made Alive (Acts 9:1-19) from 2019-05-07T16:35:11
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Repent And Be Baptized (Acts 8:26-40) from 2019-05-07T16:27:07
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Reverse the Curse (Acts 8:1-25) from 2019-04-10T18:13:46
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My Deliverer Is Coming (Acts 6:8-15) from 2019-04-03T17:46:46
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Access To The King (Acts 6:1-7) from 2019-04-03T17:36:16
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The Gift Of Repentance (Acts 12-42) from 2019-04-03T17:31:47
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Withhold Nothing (Acts 4:32-5:11) from 2019-03-11T15:24:25
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Boldly Proclaim (Acts 4:1-31) from 2019-03-11T15:21:05
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Physical and Spiritual Restoration (Acts 3:1-26) from 2019-02-25T16:01:33
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Devoted To (Acts 2:42-47) from 2019-02-25T15:49:58
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The Age Of The Spirit (Acts 2:14-41) from 2019-02-12T16:51:45
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Pentecost (Acts 2:1-13) from 2019-02-07T13:52:38
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Sovereign Control (Acts 1:12-26) from 2019-02-07T13:48:21
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Mission: Bear Witness (Acts 1:1-11) from 2019-01-16T18:01:54
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Through the Power of the Holy Spirit (Acts 1:1-5) from 2019-01-09T17:29:47
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Paths Of Righteousness (Psalm 23) from 2018-12-31T21:52:38
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Beware, Be Ready, Be Joyful; Jesus Is Coming (Luke 1:26-56) from 2018-12-31T21:51:07
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We Will Serve the Lord (Joshua 24:14-28) from 2018-12-19T19:44:58
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I Will Receive (Joshua 24:1-13) from 2018-12-12T16:35:37
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Caleb's Request (Joshua 14) from 2018-12-04T17:59:34
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God Fights His Battles (Joshua 10:1-27) from 2018-11-28T14:56:05
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The Character And Heart Of God (Joshua 9) from 2018-11-21T01:32:17
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Devoted To Destruction (Joshua 7) from 2018-11-13T17:16:07
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God's Plan Of Salvation (Joshua 5:13-6:27) from 2018-11-06T17:19:54
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Identity and Deliverance (Joshua 5:1-12) from 2018-10-31T13:46:38
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Crossing The Jordan (Joshua 3 and 4) from 2018-10-23T17:04:52
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Rahab's Faith (Joshua 2:1-24) from 2018-10-16T17:31:17
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Be Strong And Courageous (Joshua 1:1-18) from 2018-10-09T17:48:59
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That Which Is Imperishable (Matthew 22:33-40, 1 Corinthians 9:19-27) from 2018-10-02T16:01:23
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Hospitality, Costly Mercy (Matthew 22:33-40, Luke 10:25-37) from 2018-09-25T16:53:11
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Command Of Love (Matthew 22:33-40, 1 John 4:7-21) from 2018-09-18T16:11:51
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Love Of God, Love Of Neighbor (Matthew 22:33-40, 2 Corinthians 3:16-18) from 2018-09-11T16:23:14
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Stand. Take Up. (Ephesians 6:17-24) from 2018-09-04T15:41:03
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Strong In The Lord (Ephesians 6:10-20) from 2018-08-28T15:57:38
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