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The Beatitudes - Seeing It Jesus' Way Series Part II:
-- November 2nd, 2008 - "How Firm Is Your Foundation?"
-- October 12th, 2008 - "The Scariest Words In The Bible"
-- October 5th, 2008 - "Don't Say 'Amen' To Everything You Hear!"
-- September 28th, 2008 - "But Everybody's Doing It"
-- September 21st, 2008 - "Father Knows Best!"
-- September 14th, 2008 - "Judging Without Being Judgmental"
-- August 10th, 2008 - "Where Are You Investing Your Life?"
-- July 20th, 2008 - "Praying Or Just Playing?"
-- July 6th, 2008 - "Who Are You Trying To Impress?"
-- June 29th, 2008 - "Like Father, Like Son (& Daughter)"
-- June 22nd, 2008 - "Turning Grievances Into Grace"
-- May 25th, 2008 - "Saying What We Mean And Meaning What We Say"
-- May 18th, 2008 - "Promise-Keepers"
-- May 11th, 2008 - "Sanctity Between The Sheets"
-- April 27th, 2008 - "From Rage To Reconciliation"
-- April 20th, 2008 - "Radical Righteousness"
-- April 13th, 2008 - "Disciples Who Make A Difference"
The Beatitudes - Seeing It Jesus' Way Series Part I:
-- April 6th, 2008 - "Blessed Are Those Who Seek Reconciliation"
-- March 23rd, 2008 - Easter Sunday - "Told You So"
-- March 2nd, 2008 - "Blessed Are Those Who Pay Attention To God"
-- February 24th, 2008 - "Blessed Are Those Who Share God's Compassion"
-- February 17th, 2008 - "Blessed Are Those Who Hunger For The Holy"
-- February 10th, 2008 - "Blessed Are Those Who Believe God Gets The Last Laugh!"
-- February 3rd, 2008 - "Blessed Are Those Who Know Things "Ain't" Right"
-- January 27th, 2008 - "Blessed Are Those Who Know They Need God"
Magnum Opus - Apostle Paul’s Letters To The Romans Series:
-- January 20th, 2008 - "The Overriding Law Of Love"
-- January 13th, 2008 - "Dont Sweat The Small Stuff"
-- January 6th, 2008 - "The Blueprint of Our Lives"
-- December 23rd, 2007 - "Predetermined Love"
-- December 9th, 2007 - "The Person and Power Within"
-- December 2nd, 2007 - "The War Within"
-- November 18th, 2007 - "Freedom From - Freedom For"
-- November 11th, 2007 - "All For One and ONE For All!"
-- October 28th, 2007 - "The Certainty Of Faith"
-- October 21st, 2007 - "Twice His"
-- October 14th, 2007 - "A Trust To Keep"
-- September 30th, 2007 - "It Takes One To Know One"
-- September 23th, 2007 - "The Downward Cycle Of Sin"
-- September 16th, 2007 - "The Context Of Faith"
-- September 9th, 2007 - "The Reward Of A Righteous Reputation"
Called-To Series:
August 19th, 2007 - "Called To... Believe"
August 12th, 2007 - "Called To... Obey"
August 5th, 2007 - "Called To... Follow"
July 29th, 2007 - "Called To... Trust"
July 15th, 2007 - "Called To... Speak"
July 8th, 2007 - "Called To... Risk"
June 10th, 2007 - "The Habit Of Holiness"
June 3rd, 2007 - "Boundary Breakers"
May 27th, 2007 - "Driven To Distraction" (Pentecost)
May 20th, 2007 - "Choosing Your Commitments Carefully"
May 13th, 2007 - "Passing The Baton"
May 6th, 2007 - "The Big Picture"
Easter Series:
April 22nd, 2007 - 3rd Sunday of Easter - "The Big Picture"
April 15th, 2007 - 2nd Sunday of Easter - "The Perfect Body"
April 8th, 2007 - 1st Sunday of Easter - "Fear Factor"
Journeys With Jesus Series:
- April 1st, 2007 - "The One Who Gives Himself For Us" (Palm Sunday)
- March 25th, 2007 - "The One Who Leads Us To Faith"
- March 18th, 2007 - "The One Who Welcomes Us"
- March 11th, 2007 - "The One Who Calls Us"
- March 4th, 2007 - "The One Who Teaches Us"
- February 25th, 2007 - "The One Who Heals Us"
- February 21st, 2007 - "The One Who Identifies With Us" (Ash Wednesday)
The Mission-Minded Church Series:
- February 18th, 2007 - "Where Does It Hurt?"
- February 11th, 2007 - "Divine Appointments"
- January 21st, 2007 - "The Problem With Outreach"
- January 14th, 2007 - "The Big Tent Of God"
- January 7th, 2007 - "Pebbles In A Pond"
The Stories He Told Series:
- December 24th, 2006 - Homily - "Family Trees"
- December 24th, 2006 - "The Best Seat In The House"
- December 17th, 2006 - "Bums At The Banquest"
- December 3rd, 2006 - "How Much Is Enough"
- November 12th, 2006 - "Gone Fishing"
- November 5th, 2006 - "Storm-Proofing Your Life"
- October 29th, 2006 - "The Good Neighbor Policy"
- October 22nd, 2006 - "Old School - New School"
- October 15th, 2006 - "Unacceptable Loss"
- October 8th, 2006 - "Being Clever Where It Counts"
- October 1st, 2006 - "Kingdom Fruit"
- September 24th, 2006 - "Lip-Service Or Life-Service?"
- September 17th, 2006 - "Would You Die For Your Faith?"
- August 27th, 2006 - "Finishing Well"
- August 20th, 2006 - "God's Odds"
- August 13th, 2006 - "Blind Assumptions"
- August 6th, 2006 - "Blessed Interruptions"
- July 9th, 2006 - "Letting Go and Going On"
Noah Series (x5):
- July 2nd, 2006 - "Why The World Still Needs A Savior"
- June 25th, 2006 - "The More Things Change - The More God Stays The Same!"
- June 18th, 2006 - "Who Remembers You?"
- June 11th, 2006 - "Blessings In Disguise"
- June 4th, 2006 - "The Long Dry Days Of Obedience"
May 14th, 2006 - "Extreme Makeover"
May 7th, 2006 - "A Touch Of Grace"
April 30th, 2006 - "If He... Then We...!"
April 16th, 2006 - Easter: "Known By The Scars"
The Fruit Of The Spirit Series (x9):
- April 9th, 2006 - "Sacred Self-Control"
- April 2nd, 2006 - "Gentle Strength"
- March 26th, 2006 - "Just Like Jesus"
- March 19th, 2006 - "When Being Good Isn’t Good Enough"
- March 12th, 2006 - "Not-So-Random Acts Of Kindness"
- March 5th, 2006 - "Patient Persistence"
- February 26th, 2006 - "The Pursuit Of Peace"
- February 19th, 2006 - "The Constancy Of Joy"
- February 12th, 2006 - "The Likeness Of Love"
February 5th, 2006 - "What's It Cost"
January 29th, 2006 - "Kingdom Insiders"
January 22nd, 2006 - "A Potential Life Or A Life With Potential?"
January 15th, 2006 - "Discovering Your Gifts In The Body Of Christ"
January 8th, 2006 - "What Are You Doing With Yours"
December 25th, 2005 - "Giving And Receiving"
December 24th, 2005 - "The Christmas That Almost Wasn't"
Joseph Series: LIVING RIGHT IN A WORLD GONE WRONG
- December 18th, 2005 - "Putting Your Past Behind You"
- December 4th, 2005 - "The Forgiveness Factor"
- November 27th, 2005 - "The Changing Ways Of Our Lives"
- November 14th, 2005 - "What Goes Around Comes Around"
- November 6th, 2005 - "You Can't Keep A Good Man Down"
- October 16th, 2005 - "What Dreams Are Made Of"
- October 2nd, 2005 - "When Sin Comes Knocking At Your Door"
- September 25th, 2005 - "Strange Bedfellows"
- September 18th, 2005 - "It Ain't Over Till It's Over!"
- September 11th, 2005 - "God Doesn't Play Favorites"
August 28th, 2005 - "Good People Don't Go To Heaven"
August 21st, 2005 - "When The Well Runs Dry"
August 14th, 2005 - "Born Again"
August 8th, 2005 - "Resident Representatives"
July 31, 2005 - "Offensive Grace"
July 17, 2005 - "The Long And Short Of It"
June 19, 2005 - "When Life Doesn't Work Out Like You Planned"
May 29, 2005 - "How Badly Do You Want It?"
May 22, 2005 - Guest Speaker: Rick McKee
May 15, 2005 - Pentecost - "The Paraclete"
May 8, 2005 - Children's Musical - "God With A Capital G" (no Sermon)
May 1, 2005 - "Missed Opportunities"
April 24, 2005 - 5th Sunday After Easter - "The Responsibility Of The Privileged?"
April 3, 2005 - After Easter - "Who Moved The Stone?"
March 27, 2005 - Easter - "The Comeback Kid"
March 24, 2005 - Seven Words From The Cross - "Last Words"
March 20, 2005 - Seven Words From The Cross - "Going The Distance"
March 13, 2005 - Seven Words From The Cross - "The Humanity Of God"
March 6, 2005 - Seven Words From The Cross - "Trading Spaces"
February 27, 2005 - Seven Words From The Cross - "The Family Of God"
February 20, 2005 - Seven Words From The Cross - "Lost And Found"
February 13, 2005 - Seven Words From The Cross - "Absorbing Evil"
February 6, 2005 - "Holy Vision"
January 23, 2005 - "Voices"
January 16, 2005 - "So Near - Yet So Far!"
January 9, 2005 - "Are You Ready?"
December 26, 2004 - 1st Sunday After Christmas: The Real Miracle Birth
December 24, 2004 - Christmas Eve: What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?
December 19, 2004 - Praying Jesus’ Way: The Exclamation Point Of Prayer
December 5, 2004 - Praying Jesus’ Way: The Coward's Prayer
November 28, 2004 - Praying Jesus’ Way: Forgiven & Forgiving
November 14, 2004 - Praying Jesus’ Way: Bread For Me, Bread For You
November 7, 2004 - Praying Jesus’ Way: Prayer For Blessed Belly & Grateful Heart
October 24, 2004 - Praying Jesus’ Way: Whose Will Will You Do?
October 24, 2004 - Praying Jesus’ Way: The Way Things Are Supposed To Be
October 17, 2004 - Praying Jesus’ Way: The Name Game
October 3, 2004 - Praying Jesus’ Way: Daddy Dearest
September 26, 2004 - Praying Jesus’ Way: The Language Of Love
September 12, 2004 - "The Face Of Evil"
August 29, 2004 - "Worth Any Price"
August 22, 2004 - "Is This Any Way To Run A Farm (Or A Kingdom)"
August 15, 2004 - "God's Final Exam"
August 8, 2004 - "Remember Me"
July 25, 2004 - Community: "Paradise Regained"
July 4, 2004 - Community: "Making The Effort"
June 27, 2004 - Community: "Holy Intolerance"
June 20, 2004 - Community: "The Good, The Bad And The Ugly"
June 13, 2004 - Community: "Barney - The Encourager"
June 6, 2004 - Community: "The Way It’s Supposed To Be"
May 30, 2004 - Community: "The Tie That Binds?"
May 23, 2004 - "WAS GOD WRONG?"
May 16, 2004 - "I Wish He Hadn’t Said That"
May 9, 2004 - "SAGE ADVICE"
May 2, 2004 - "Abortion"
April 11, 2004 - Easter Sunday - "BELIEVING THE UNBELIEVABLE"
7 Week "I AM" Series: Sayings of Jesus Christ
--- April 4, 2004 - "I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE"
--- March 28, 2004 - "I AM THE WAY AND THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE"
--- March 21, 2004 - "I AM THE TRUE VINE"
--- March 14, 2004 - "I AM THE GOOD SHEPHERD"
--- Feb. 22, 2004 - "I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD"
Feb. 15th, 2004 - "Playing Hard To Get"
Feb. 8th, 2004 - "Conformed or Transformed"
David Series: A MAN AFTER GOD’S OWN HEART
-- Feb. 1st, 2004 - "You Die And Somebody Else Gets Your Stuff"
-- January 25th, 2004 - "The Number’s Game"
-- January 18th, 2004 - "Monkey See, Monkey Do!"
Christmas - December 28th, 2003 - "No Room In The Inn"
Christmas Eve Service December 24th, 2003 - "He Came"
-- December 21st, 2003 - "Truth And Consequences"
-- December 7th, 2003 - "Murder He Wrote"
-- November 30th, 2003 - "Mercy Is As Mercy Does"
-- November 16th, 2003 - "Sometimes God Says ‘No’"
-- November 9th, 2003 - "A Sacred Offering"
-- October 26th, 2003 - "The Problem With Patience"
-- October 19th, 2003 - "Everybody Needs An Abigail"
-- October 12th, 2003 - "Letting Go and Letting God"
-- October 5th, 2003 - "The Friendship Factor"
-- Sept 28th, 2003 - "Overcoming The Giants In Your Life"
-- Sept 21st, 2003 - "A Man After God’S Own Heart"
Galatians Series - THE BOOK OF FREEDOM
-- Sept 14th, 2003 - "Our Way Or God’s Way?"
-- Sept 7th, 2003 - "Reaping What We Sow"
-- August 31st, 2003 - "Freedom To Sin Or Freedom To Serve?"
-- August 24th, 2003 - "Commendable Commitment"
-- August 17th, 2003 - "Growing In Grace"
-- August 3rd, 2003 - "The Freedom Of Faith"
-- July 27th, 2003 - "People Need People"
-- July 20th, 2003 - "From Freedom To Fallacy"
July 13th, 2003 - "Plenty Of Room"
June 29th, 2003 - "NO IFS, ANDS, OR BUTS"
June 15th, 2003 - "THE FATHER'S LOVE"
June 1st, 2003 - "WHAT'S IN YOUR EYE?"
May 18th, 2003 - "WHAT IF IT WERE TODAY?"
May 11th, 2003 - "MOSES' TWO MOMS"
May 4th, 2003 - "ALL IN THE FAMILY"
April 27th, 2003 - "WHAT DOES GOD WANT YOU TO DO?"
April 20th, 2003 - Easter: "Ya Gotta Believe"
April 13th, 2003 - 7. Lust: Affairs Of The Flesh
April 6th, 2003 - 6. Gluttony: Feeding The Body W/O Feeding The Soul
Mar. 30th, 2003 - 5. Sloth: The Sin of Just Not Caring
Mar. 23rd, 2003 - 4. Greed: Deception By Distraction
Mar. 16th, 2003 - 3. Anger: Caging The Rage"
Mar. 9th, 2003 - 2. Envy: The Grass Is Always Greener Syndrome"
Mar. 2nd, 2003 - 1. Pride: The Sin Within"
Feb. 9th, 2003 - THE POWER OF UP-LIFTED HANDS
Feb. 2nd, 2003 - TELLING IT LIKE IT IS
Jan. 26th, 2003 - THE DAY JESUS DIDN'T GET HIS DRINK OF WATER
Jan. 19th, 2003 - A ROYAL CELEBRATION
Jan. 12th, 2003 - RIGHT AND WRONG WORSHIP
Jan. 5th, 2003 - COMING TO GIVE OR COMING TO GET
Dec. 22nd, 2002 - HOME-LESS FOR THE HOLIDAYS
LIVING GOD'S WAY
Dec. 8th, 2002 - 10 Commandments - Summary
Dec. 1st, 2002 - 10 Commandments Pt. X
Nov. 24th, 2002 - 10 Commandments Pt. IX
Nov. 17th, 2002 - 10 Commandments Pt. VIII
Nov. 10th, 2002 - 10 Commandments Pt. VII
Oct. 20th, 2002 - 10 Commandments Pt. VI
Oct. 13th, 2002 - 10 Commandments Pt. V
Oct. 6th, 2002 - 10 Commandments Pt. IV
Sept. 29th, 2002 - 10 Commandments Pt. III
Sept. 22nd, 2002 - 10 Commandments Pt. II
Sept. 15th, 2002 - 10 Commandments Pt. I
Sept. 8th, 2002 - 10 Commandments - Intro
Sept. 11th, 2002 - Remembering "9-12"-01
Sept. 1st, 2002 - The Secret of Being Content
Aug. 18th, 2002 - Leaving the Past Behind
Heaven or Hell, It's Your Choice
(2-10-2002)
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