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May 16, 2013	Open
May 16, 2013	The Acts of an Easter People: Ceaseless Praise
May 16, 2013	A Mother's Influence
May 16, 2013	All's Lost, All's Found
May 16, 2013	Parenting Parents
May 16, 2013	Saved
May 9, 2013	The Valley of Shadows
May 9, 2013	The Only Thing We Have to Fear...
May 9, 2013	The Acts of an Easter People: Willing Response
May 9, 2013	All Things
May 7, 2013	10 Ways You Can Ruin Your Pastor's Sermons
May 2, 2013	An Expansive Dream
May 2, 2013	What the World Needs Now
May 2, 2013	The Acts of an Easter People: Open Acceptance
April 25, 2013	The Acts of an Easter People: Faithful Healing
April 25, 2013	Healer of My Soul
April 25, 2013	Can You Hear Me Now?
April 25, 2013	Porch Talk
April 18, 2013	No Fairy Tale Ending to This Story
April 18, 2013	The Acts of an Easter People: Humble Repentance
April 18, 2013	The Song of the Lamb
April 18, 2013	Jailhouse Religion
April 18, 2013	The Street Called Straight
April 18, 2013	Love Will Find a Way
April 11, 2013	Can I Get a Witness?
April 4, 2013	The Eighth Day
April 4, 2013	Look and Remember, See and Wonder
April 4, 2013	A Risen World
April 4, 2013	Lord of All
April 4, 2013	Easter Hope
March 28, 2013	From Crying Stones to Sleeping Disciples
March 21, 2013	The Sweet Scent of Gratitude and Encouragement
March 21, 2013	Teach Us to Number Our Days: Six Days Before
March 14, 2013	The Prodigal Father
March 14, 2013	Teach Us to Number Our Days: One More Year
March 14, 2013	Do You Have a Green Thumb?
March 14, 2013	Stewards of the Story
March 14, 2013	Teach Us to Number Our Days: The Third Day
March 14, 2013	The Disgrace of Egypt
March 14, 2013	Confessions
March 7, 2013	Guest at God's Table
March 7, 2013	Who Is Thirsty and Hungry?
March 7, 2013	Hungry and Barren
March 7, 2013	Hey! We are Invited!
March 7, 2013	Truth and Consequences
February 28, 2013	Prayerful Changes
February 28, 2013	The Pain of Rejection
February 28, 2013	What Will You Give Me, and How Will I Know?
February 28, 2013	True Grit
February 21, 2013	Saying No In Order To Say Yes
February 21, 2013	Following Jesus in the Wilderness
February 21, 2013	The Leading Causes of Life: Connection
February 21, 2013	Teach Us to Number Our Days: 40 Days in the Wilderness
February 21, 2013	Be Careful What You Promise
February 21, 2013	The Test
February 14, 2013	When the Going Gets Tough
February 14, 2013	The Call to "People-Catching" Living
February 14, 2013	Look and Listen!
February 14, 2013	Only At Baskin Robins
February 14, 2013	Great Themes of the Bible: Service
February 7, 2013	Two Gifts
February 6, 2013	Jesus’ Inaugural Address, Part 2
February 6, 2013	When Good News Starts to Sound Bad
January 31, 2013	Ever Had a Crisis of Faith?
January 31, 2013	Short Pieces of String
January 31, 2013	People of the Book
January 31, 2013	Great Themes of the Bible: Spirit
January 31, 2013	Jesus’ Inaugural Address, Part 1
January 31, 2013	When Scripture Comes Alive
January 25, 2013	Singing in Perfect Harmony
January 24, 2013	Hope and Help
January 24, 2013	Peace Child
January 24, 2013	Great Themes of the Bible: Worship
January 24, 2013	When The Party Goes Bad
January 24, 2013	Signs and Wonders
January 18, 2013	Ever Been Homesick?
January 17, 2013	Great Themes of the Bible: Prayer
January 17, 2013	When God Comes Calling
January 17, 2013	Beach Front or Mountain View?
January 17, 2013	Baptized by God’s Spirit
January 17, 2013	This Year, Give the Gift of Friendship
January 11, 2013	What Kind of God Is This?
January 11, 2013	Great Themes of the Bible: Forgiveness
January 11, 2013	Star Watch
January 11, 2013	A Fresh Atonement
January 10, 2013	After Christmas
January 3, 2013	A New World Coming – A New World Now
January 3, 2013	Silence
January 3, 2013	Another Chance to Get It Right
January 3, 2013	God With Us: Absurdity
January 3, 2013	Christmas Lessons
January 3, 2013	Becoming More & More of What We Already Are
December 27, 2012	Mothers of God
December 27, 2012	Oops!
December 27, 2012	A New World Coming – An Ordinary World
December 20, 2012	God with Us: Blessing
December 20, 2012	A Word for the Gloom
December 20, 2012	A New World Coming – A Real World
December 20, 2012	What If this Is It?
December 20, 2012	Letters of Hope
December 13, 2012	This Year, Give the Gift of Peace
December 13, 2012	God With Us: Anticipation
December 13, 2012	Wilderness Guide
December 13, 2012	Peace Child
December 13, 2012	How Would You Get Ready?
December 6, 2012	Fear or Faithfulness?
November 29, 2012	Good Standing and Great Boldness
November 29, 2012	God, The King, and Us
November 29, 2012	Not From this World
November 29, 2012	Where Are the Other Nine?
November 29, 2012	God’s Kingdom: Practicing Peace
November 21, 2012	A Woman Deeply Troubled
November 21, 2012	The Pillars of the Earth
November 21, 2012	Investing in God’s Future
November 21, 2012	Waiting in Love, Not Anxiety
November 21, 2012	Singing Hannah’s Gospel
November 21, 2012	Great Themes of the Bible: Abundance
November 21, 2012	How to Cook a Turkey
November 15, 2012	Power Principles
November 15, 2012	Investing in God’s Mission
November 15, 2012	From His Hands Through Our Hands
November 15, 2012	Ruth: the Rest of the Story
November 15, 2012	The Restorer of Life
November 8, 2012	The Least and the Lowly
November 8, 2012	Investing in God’s Kingdom
November 8, 2012	The Kingdom of God, Public Policy, and Judgment
November 8, 2012	Balcony People
November 8, 2012	Precious Memories
November 8, 2012	Great Themes of the Bible: People of God
November 8, 2012	Great Themes of the Bible: Faith
November 8, 2012	Ruth: an Unlikely Saint
November 1, 2012	Stop! In the Name of Love
November 1, 2012	Job: a Man in Full
November 1, 2012	Blind Spots
November 1, 2012	Immersed by Grace
November 1, 2012	Stewardship, Moral Authority, and Voting
October 25, 2012	Great Themes of the Bible: Messiah
October 25, 2012	Thank God for the Church
October 25, 2012	Job: Only a Man
October 25, 2012	Tinted Windows and Bodygaurd
October 25, 2012	Ministry Reminders for Prophetic People
October 25, 2012	The Sons of Entitlement
October 18, 2012	The Generosity of Faith
October 18, 2012	Faith in the Dark
October 18, 2012	Since My Youth
October 18, 2012	Who’s the Boss?
October 18, 2012	Being the Church: Created to Journey
October 18, 2012	Job: a Righteous Man
October 18, 2012	The Heart of the Gospel
October 18, 2012	Great Themes of the Bible: Salvation
October 18, 2012	What’s Your Sign?
October 18, 2012	Being the Church: Sent for Mission
October 11, 2012	Who Needs Your Help to Get Well?
October 11, 2012	What Does God Talk Like?
October 11, 2012	All That Jazz
October 11, 2012	Great Themes of the Bible: Law
October 11, 2012	Job: a Broken Man
October 11, 2012	Great Themes of the Bible: Sin
October 4, 2012	Doing the Word, Part V: Learning to Pray
October 4, 2012	Extreme Makeover
October 4, 2012	God’s Bouncers
September 27, 2012	Who Is the Greatest Person You Know?
September 27, 2012	King Of The Hill
September 27, 2012	Walking the Walk
September 27, 2012	Great Themes of the Bible: Humanity
September 27, 2012	God’s Mission, Our Passion
September 27, 2012	Our Questions and God’s Answers
September 21, 2012	Great Themes of the Bible: Covenant
September 20, 2012	Return to Chaos
September 20, 2012	Loose Lips
September 20, 2012	Taming the Tongue
September 13, 2012	The Dogs of Heaven
September 13, 2012	Great Themes of the Bible: God
September 13, 2012	Dare to Love
September 13, 2012	Great Themes of the Bible: Sabbath
September 13, 2012	Grit and Grace
September 6, 2012	Worker Justice in the 21st Century Empire
September 6, 2012	Be Doers and Not Hearers Only
September 6, 2012	Let’s Start at the Beginning
August 30, 2012	Heaven Touching Earth
August 30, 2012	Going or Staying
August 30, 2012	Great Expectations
August 30, 2012	What Should We Do?
August 30, 2012	Lord’s Supper Meditation: Choose
August 30, 2012	I Was Not Disobedient
August 23, 2012	Why Are We Here?
August 23, 2012	What Would You Ask For?
August 23, 2012	The Solution for Risk
August 23, 2012	The Book God Breathed
August 23, 2012	Selective Hearing
August 23, 2012	The Power and Problems of the 'Life Forever' Meal
August 20, 2012	Sermons by Jim Somerville
August 17, 2012	Good News for the Dark Side of Life
August 17, 2012	When A Prophet Fails
August 17, 2012	Peter’s Second Conversion
August 11, 2012	Hunger, Bread, and Life
August 11, 2012	What Does a Hero Look Like?
August 11, 2012	What Is It?
August 2, 2012	Mind and Heart
August 2, 2012	God’s Love Pours & Pours & Pours
August 2, 2012	Who Is Your Favorite Television Chef?
July 26, 2012	Power…in Weakness?
July 26, 2012	Compassion is Hard Work
July 26, 2012	What Did Your Father Teach You?
July 26, 2012	The Secret of Life
July 26, 2012	How Inappropriate!
July 26, 2012	Lulled to Lukewarm
July 26, 2012	Up Close and Personal
July 20, 2012	Think Win-Win
July 20, 2012	The Case of Mistaken Identity
July 11, 2012	The Day Jesus Could Do Nothing
July 11, 2012	Sleeping Like a Baby
July 5, 2012	The Great Sadness
July 5, 2012	Finish What You Start
July 5, 2012	From Despair to Hope
July 5, 2012	The Heritage of Religious Liberty
June 28, 2012	Lord’s Supper Meditation: An Open Heart
June 28, 2012	Gospel For The Overwhelmed
June 28, 2012	Water Proof Faith
June 28, 2012	Loaning Faith
June 21, 2012	Inner Strength
June 21, 2012	Too Deep For Words
June 21, 2012	The Six-Second Christian
June 21, 2012	Least Likely
June 14, 2012	Give Us a King!
June 14, 2012	The Gospel Feast
June 14, 2012	Poor and Didn’t Know It
June 14, 2012	Night School
June 8, 2012	Chosen and Called
June 8, 2012	Out of the Ordinary
June 8, 2012	When Your Best Really Counts
June 1, 2012	Joy To The World
June 1, 2012	I Believe in the Holy Spirit
June 1, 2012	Up
May 31, 2012	Spirit for All
May 31, 2012	Patience
May 31, 2012	A Meditation on the Holy Spirit, Following Jesus, and 2012
May 24, 2012	A Prayer for People Who Aren’t Trying to Escape
May 24, 2012	He Will Be Glorified
May 24, 2012	Character for the 21st Century
May 23, 2012	Sermons by Ken Fong
May 17, 2012	Confidence in Christ
May 17, 2012	Even on the Gentiles
May 17, 2012	The Yoke of Friendship
May 17, 2012	Very Good and Pleasant
May 17, 2012	Love Is Sharing Your French Fries
May 17, 2012	Loving the Impossible
May 17, 2012	Birth, Faith, and Victory
May 17, 2012	One Weird Ending
May 17, 2012	A Soul Restored
May 10, 2012	This is THE Test!
May 10, 2012	Belonging, Behaving, Believing
May 10, 2012	Mentors and Motivators
May 10, 2012	Fruit-Bearing Disciples
May 10, 2012	You Will Have to Serve Somebody
May 3, 2012	What’s It All About?
May 3, 2012	The Future Tense of the Good News
May 3, 2012	Have You Ever Met a Shepherd?
May 1, 2012	10 Things People Mean When They Like the Sermon
April 26, 2012	Gut Fear and Boundless Joy
April 26, 2012	The Day Jerusalem and Amarillo had the Same Weather Forecast
April 19, 2012	Questions Are Better than Answers
April 19, 2012	The Lord’s Prayer: The God to Whom We Pray
April 19, 2012	The Proof of a Loving Touch
April 12, 2012	That Glorious Overcoming
April 12, 2012	Risen
April 12, 2012	Always Remember
April 12, 2012	Empty
April 12, 2012	Proclaimers of the Way
April 12, 2012	Easter: When Grief Meets Hope
April 12, 2012	Aftershock
April 5, 2012	Into Jerusalem
April 5, 2012	Riding Into the Eye of a Storm
April 5, 2012	Why God Made Us
April 5, 2012	Don’t Cry Past Saturday
April 5, 2012	Getting The Palm Sunday Power Point
April 5, 2012	The Lord’s Prayer: Power, Now and Forever
April 5, 2012	Committing Our Hearts To God
March 29, 2012	Hating This World
March 29, 2012	The Covenant of Kinship
March 29, 2012	The Lord’s Prayer: Deliverance
March 22, 2012	The Way of Grace
March 22, 2012	Lifted Up
March 22, 2012	Marketplace or Temple?
March 22, 2012	Marking Sacred Time
March 22, 2012	The Lord’s Prayer: An Uncomfortable Arrangement
March 15, 2012	The Way of Wisdom
March 15, 2012	The Lord’s Prayer: Bread in the Wilderness of Life
March 15, 2012	Unprofitable Exchange
March 15, 2012	Appearances Can Be Deceiving
March 15, 2012	To Hell and Back
March 8, 2012	Living Into Our Legacy
March 8, 2012	The Way of Discipleship
March 8, 2012	Name Changes
March 8, 2012	The Lord’s Prayer: Between Heaven and Earth
March 1, 2012	The Way of the Desert
March 1, 2012	New Beginnings
March 1, 2012	Is It Time for an Honest and Candid Conversation?
February 24, 2012	Thin Places
February 24, 2012	Look and Listen!
February 24, 2012	The Big Ask
February 24, 2012	Healed!
February 24, 2012	On Keeping it to Yourself
February 24, 2012	Do You Have a Mother-in-Law Story?
February 23, 2012	The Authority Question
February 16, 2012	Healed for Community
February 16, 2012	Healing Presence
February 16, 2012	No Ordinary Relationships: For Our Own Good
February 12, 2012	Lessons From A Day In The Life of Jesus
February 12, 2012	Ever Interrupted a Sermon?
February 12, 2012	With Wings Like Eagles
February 12, 2012	No Ordinary Relationships: The Power to Heal
February 12, 2012	Amazing Authority
February 3, 2012	Hearing God
February 3, 2012	Leaving The Nets Behind
February 2, 2012	The Work and Worth of Prophetic People
February 2, 2012	Powerful Teaching
February 2, 2012	Handling the Crisis of God’s Call
February 2, 2012	Authority!
February 2, 2012	No Ordinary Relationships: Great Expectations
January 26, 2012	No Ordinary Relationships: It’s Who We Are
January 26, 2012	Not Even Death
January 26, 2012	Repent and Believe
January 26, 2012	No Ordinary Relationships: Ambition, Control, and Greatness
January 19, 2012	Five Ways to Put an End to Your Ersatz Sermons
January 19, 2012	Hemmed In
January 19, 2012	The Loser
January 19, 2012	Called and Recalled
January 12, 2012	No Ordinary Relationships: What To Do When the House Is On Fire
January 12, 2012	The Voice of The Lord
January 12, 2012	The Wilderness
January 12, 2012	Strategic Moves
January 12, 2012	Surprise
January 12, 2012	Shedding Light on The Character
January 5, 2012	The Way Home
January 5, 2012	Let It Be
January 5, 2012	How to Live With Praise, Purpose, and Power
January 5, 2012	Meddlesome Messengers
January 5, 2012	Remebering Why, Affirming Therefore
January 5, 2012	Called to Gift
December 29, 2011	Christmas Challenges for Followers of Jesus
December 29, 2011	When God Came Down...“Unwrapping Jesus”
December 29, 2011	Sing With Joy
December 29, 2011	When God Came Down...“Waiting for Good News”
December 29, 2011	Some Assembly Required
December 22, 2011	How Well Do You Handle Interruptions?
December 22, 2011	God with Us
December 22, 2011	When God Came Down...“A Departing Angel”
December 15, 2011	Joyful Expectation
December 15, 2011	The Journey to Bethlehem: Who’s Going With Us?
December 15, 2011	Looking at Salvation with Advent In Mind
December 15, 2011	When God Came Down... Nots, Neithers, and Noes
December 15, 2011	Waiting in Exile
December 8, 2011	The Shepherd: Good or Gruff?
December 8, 2011	Hopeful Waiting
December 8, 2011	Where in the World is God?
December 8, 2011	The Shining
December 8, 2011	Take Comfort
December 8, 2011	Turning the Holidays into Holy Days
December 1, 2011	Generous Gratitude
December 1, 2011	God’s Thanksgiving
December 1, 2011	An Advent Prayer for Our Predicament
December 1, 2011	When God Came Down...Already
December 1, 2011	The Journey to Bethlehem: Better Roads
November 23, 2011	New Creation Fruitfulness
November 23, 2011	What is church?
November 23, 2011	The Sheep and The Goats
November 23, 2011	Do the Work
November 23, 2011	The Value of Gratitude
November 23, 2011	Where Do You See Jesus?
November 17, 2011	More
November 17, 2011	Over the River and Through the Woods
November 17, 2011	Giving for Our Sake
November 17, 2011	Invest Yourself
November 17, 2011	Jesus is Talking About Power —Who’s Listening?
November 17, 2011	Giving for God’s Sake
November 10, 2011	Hour of Decision
November 10, 2011	Blessed Are Those Who Mourn
November 10, 2011	Giving for the World’s Sake
November 10, 2011	A Close Look At Love
November 10, 2011	Unless You Go With Us
November 10, 2011	Good Grief
November 3, 2011	Never an Orphan
November 3, 2011	What Do You Know For Sure?
November 3, 2011	Crossing Over into the Promise
November 3, 2011	What Are the Most Important Things in Life?
November 3, 2011	Getting Serious About Loving Missions:One Clear Call
October 27, 2011	Meditation of My Heart
October 27, 2011	Fruit That Won't Spoil
October 27, 2011	Getting Serious: Loving Missions We're the Witnesses
October 27, 2011	The Discipline Of Humility
October 27, 2011	Scandalous Prayer
October 27, 2011	Lord’s Supper Meditation: The Consolation Prize
October 20, 2011	The Love-Fruit Connection
October 20, 2011	Render
October 20, 2011	Raising Our Ebenezer
October 13, 2011	Joy and Peace in the Present
October 13, 2011	Our God is a Jealous God
October 13, 2011	Getting Serious: Loving Goodness, Shocking News of Sin
October 13, 2011	Like A Child At Home
October 13, 2011	A Wedding Invitation
October 13, 2011	Sold Out!
October 13, 2011	Becoming More Fruitful For God
October 13, 2011	Good Advice
October 6, 2011	The Proper Value of Our Past
October 6, 2011	Imitating Christ
October 6, 2011	God’s Wisdom
September 29, 2011	What Do I Know for Sure?
September 29, 2011	Getting Serious: Loving Missions To Be A Star Thrower
September 29, 2011	An Unanswered Question
September 29, 2011	A Forgetful God
September 22, 2011	The Anchor Of Hope
September 22, 2011	Fate of Goodness
September 22, 2011	The Sermon I Don’t Want To Preach
September 22, 2011	God's Harvest in Our Lives
September 22, 2011	Gracious Generosity
September 22, 2011	A Memorial of Forgiveness
September 15, 2011	Seeing Justice through God's Eyes
September 15, 2011	The Stories We Tell
September 15, 2011	Unforgettable
September 15, 2011	Waiting for Crumbs
September 15, 2011	The Other Way
September 15, 2011	Tears of Sorrow; Seeds of Hope
September 11, 2011	Waiting On A Word
September 11, 2011	Gospel for "The Help"
September 11, 2011	Acceptable Debt
September 11, 2011	Getting Serious: Loving God, Late Have I Loved Thee
September 11, 2011	The Call
September 11, 2011	Getting Serious: Loving Goodness, Fate of Emptiness
August 31, 2011	Be Transformed
August 31, 2011	The Way of Love
August 31, 2011	Church Signs
August 29, 2011	Taking Up for the Underdog
August 28, 2011	The Ulimate Sacrifice
August 25, 2011	Getting Serious: Loving God The Magnetic Personality
August 24, 2011	The Setup
August 24, 2011	Feet, Voices, Imagination
August 18, 2011	Weed Control
August 18, 2011	Journey of Faith
August 18, 2011	Getting Serious: Loving God Relationally Challenged
August 18, 2011	Moment of Truth
August 18, 2011	Warning: God at Work!
August 18, 2011	Mercy to All
August 18, 2011	It’s What We’re Known For
August 18, 2011	All Shall Be Well
August 11, 2011	God in the Empty Places
August 11, 2011	Sibling Rivalry
August 11, 2011	Weeds
August 11, 2011	Beautiful Feet
August 11, 2011	Getting Serious: Loving God, a World Without God
August 8, 2011	The First Person a Pastor's Sermon Should Reach
August 4, 2011	Fertile Soil
August 4, 2011	The Bone Crusher
August 4, 2011	Blessed Interruptions
August 4, 2011	Examination
August 4, 2011	Wake Up!
July 28, 2011	Inseparable Love
July 28, 2011	Water Cooler Romances
July 28, 2011	Straightening Out a Crooked Life
July 28, 2011	The Rough Realities of New Faith
July 21, 2011	Growing Grace and Truth in Precarious People
July 21, 2011	Who Knows You Better than Anyone Else?
July 14, 2011	A Heel Grabbing Way of Life
July 14, 2011	Yes and No
July 14, 2011	Fruitfulness
July 14, 2011	The Road of Godforsakenness
July 7, 2011	Matchmaker, Matchmaker
July 7, 2011	Rejoice!
July 7, 2011	God, Country, and a Few Inconvenient Truths
July 7, 2011	The Trinity at Work
June 30, 2011	God’s Great Welcome
June 30, 2011	You’re Welcome
June 30, 2011	Unanswered Prayers
June 30, 2011	The Root and the Fruit of Sin
June 29, 2011	Turning the World Right Side Up
June 29, 2011	Turning the World Upside Down
June 23, 2011	Go
June 23, 2011	Stormy Weather
June 23, 2011	And God said, ‘Let there be life!’
June 23, 2011	Honk If You Love Jesus
June 23, 2011	Dreaming With God
June 22, 2011	Pawlenty’s Prominent Pastor not a Political Pawn
June 16, 2011	What Do You Pray For at Penetecost?
June 16, 2011	Loving Obedience
June 16, 2011	Superficial Faith
June 16, 2011	The Problem with Pentecost
June 16, 2011	Even Greater Things
June 16, 2011	Different Gifts, Common Good
June 9, 2011	Unfinished
June 9, 2011	A Journey From Fear to Faith to Joy
June 9, 2011	It Takes A Church to Raise A Christian
June 9, 2011	Above All Powers
June 9, 2011	Watching and Waiting
June 9, 2011	Never Satisfied
June 7, 2011	Sermons by Michael Cheuk
June 2, 2011	Troubled Hearts
June 2, 2011	May 21, 2011, And Why It Didn’t Happen
June 2, 2011	Making Christ Known
June 2, 2011	In the Meantime
June 2, 2011	The Balance
June 2, 2011	What I Learned From Cancer
June 2, 2011	Meditations for the Fifth Sunday of Easter
May 25, 2011	Beautiful Things From The Dust
May 19, 2011	The Example of Youth
May 19, 2011	The Example
May 19, 2011	Flash of Recognitition
May 18, 2011	Who is God, But The Lord?
May 12, 2011	Besides All This
May 12, 2011	What a Mother Goes Through
May 12, 2011	What Mystery Are You Trying to Solve?
May 9, 2011	The Lord’s Doing
May 9, 2011	Changed
May 6, 2011	The Power of God’s Weak Love
May 5, 2011	The Holes of Doubt
May 5, 2011	Resurrection Changes Everything
May 5, 2011	A Christ with Real Scars
May 5, 2011	Resurrection Faith
April 27, 2011	Life Beyond the Door
April 27, 2011	Easter: When Grief Meets Hope
April 27, 2011	Easter Hope
April 26, 2011	The Audacity of a Resurrection Testimony
April 21, 2011	Understanding the Uncommon Identity of Christ
April 21, 2011	Do Not Weep for Me
April 21, 2011	From Palm Branches to Open Palms
April 14, 2011	This Little Life of Mine
April 14, 2011	Blessed, Rather . . .
April 14, 2011	Gusher
April 14, 2011	The Breath of Life and Hope
April 14, 2011	Is Resurrection A Dream or Reality?
April 14, 2011	Judgment Pending
April 14, 2011	Heart Scan
April 7, 2011	God, Blindness, and Faith
April 7, 2011	Everybody Needs a Shepherd
March 31, 2011	Fill My Cup, Lord
March 31, 2011	What Must I Do to Inherit Eternal Life?
March 31, 2011	Come and Follow Me
March 31, 2011	Water Cooler Conversations
March 24, 2011	Night School
March 24, 2011	Bold Blessing
March 24, 2011	All Those that Follow Me
March 24, 2011	The Nicodemus in All of Us
March 17, 2011	Sabotage
March 17, 2011	Happy are the Forgiven
March 17, 2011	Be Careful What You Promise
March 17, 2011	Leaving Grain on the Ground
March 17, 2011	Moses, Jesus, Transfiguration, and Us
March 17, 2011	The Face of Temptation
March 15, 2011	Mountaintop Experience
March 15, 2011	Repent! The Kingdom of God is at Hand
March 10, 2011	Dazzling Reign
March 10, 2011	The Road Less Traveled
March 10, 2011	Our Deficit Problem
March 10, 2011	When God Reaches Down
March 10, 2011	Building and Keeping Faith
March 3, 2011	The Gospel for our Dark Places
March 3, 2011	Flesh and Blood Security
March 3, 2011	Away From Me, Satan
February 24, 2011	The Scriptures Also Say . . .
February 24, 2011	Expanding Boundaries
February 24, 2011	Great Expectations
February 17, 2011	Reconciliation
February 17, 2011	Choices, Choices
February 17, 2011	Out in the Open
February 17, 2011	How Do You Make Good Decisions?
February 10, 2011	Tweaking the Order of Worship
February 10, 2011	Tent Rules
February 10, 2011	Pass the Salt Please
February 10, 2011	Enough
February 10, 2011	This Salt is Actually Good for You
February 3, 2011	The Irrational Season
February 3, 2011	A Close Look at The Divine Mandate
February 3, 2011	Harmony, Anxiety and Honor
February 3, 2011	Immersing Ourselves In God’s Ways: Beautiful Vision
February 3, 2011	Why Is Community So Important to God?
February 1, 2011	What are you looking for?
February 1, 2011	Immediately
January 28, 2011	A Meal that Fed Their Spirits
January 28, 2011	Leaving Everything to Follow Jesus
January 28, 2011	The Failure of Success
January 28, 2011	My Father’s House
January 28, 2011	Living in a Post-MLK World
January 28, 2011	Let Go and Go
January 28, 2011	The Present Future
January 14, 2011	Obama’s Eulogy Invokes Spirit of Black Church, Reinhold Niebuhr
January 11, 2011	Seeing Light From Dark Places
January 11, 2011	Taking the Plunge
January 11, 2011	God in the Neighborhood
January 11, 2011	Attending A Baptism
January 11, 2011	Our Dumpster-Diving God
December 30, 2010	Pondering Christmas
December 30, 2010	Signs and Dreams
December 30, 2010	The Christmas Paradox
December 30, 2010	The One
December 26, 2010	God’s Signs and Our Issues
December 26, 2010	Now That I Believe: I Practice the Love of Christ
December 26, 2010	What Love Does
December 26, 2010	Sign
December 16, 2010	Enduring Hope
December 16, 2010	Now That I Believe: I Spread Joy
December 16, 2010	From the Hand to the Heart
December 16, 2010	Mary’s Story…Our Story
December 9, 2010	The Dream of Peace
December 9, 2010	Shoot
December 9, 2010	Now That I Believe: I Wage Peace
December 9, 2010	Let There Be Peace
December 9, 2010	Homeland Insecurity
December 5, 2010	Now That I Believe: I Have Hope
December 5, 2010	Sword
December 4, 2010	Living With Advent Faith
December 2, 2010	God’s Other Name is … (Surprise)
November 25, 2010	Gratitude Helps You to See Better
November 25, 2010	God in The City
November 25, 2010	Leaders, Blues, and Blessings
November 25, 2010	Now That I Believe: I Give Joyfully
November 18, 2010	Now That I Believe: I Give, Trusting God’s Abundance
November 18, 2010	How Important is Your Faith?
November 18, 2010	God First
November 18, 2010	Heavenly Hypothetical
November 18, 2010	Situational Awareness
November 18, 2010	Cathedral Think
November 15, 2010	Now That I Believe: I Give As I Am Blessed
November 15, 2010	Infinite Possibilities
November 15, 2010	Stones
November 15, 2010	Family Feud
November 15, 2010	Radical Faith In A Better World
November 9, 2010	Hold On To Faith
November 9, 2010	Shaken, Not Stirred
November 8, 2010	Finishing Well
November 8, 2010	Now That I Believe: I Listen to God
November 8, 2010	Halloween Treat
November 7, 2010	Wearing God Out
November 7, 2010	The Word
November 5, 2010	Peculiar Treasures
November 5, 2010	Telling the Story
October 30, 2010	Reflections on Justice, Mercy, and Trust
October 30, 2010	Now That I Believe: The Spirit Is Upon Me To…
October 30, 2010	Last Will and Testament
October 23, 2010	If You’re Happy and You Know It...
October 23, 2010	Now That I Believe: I Am Different
October 23, 2010	Continuing In Conquest
October 18, 2010	What Attracted You to the Gospel?
October 18, 2010	Living in Exile
October 18, 2010	Nagging God
October 18, 2010	When the Going Gets Tough
October 18, 2010	Great Love
October 18, 2010	Bloom Where You’re Planted
October 18, 2010	Making the Best of a Bad Situation
October 18, 2010	Brave Heart
October 6, 2010	The Good Life
October 6, 2010	Faith on Its Knees
October 6, 2010	Living with Suffering, Pain, and Hope
October 6, 2010	On the Willows
September 30, 2010	The Gospel According to Garfield
September 30, 2010	Now That I Believe: I Pray Without Ceasing
September 28, 2010	Lost
September 28, 2010	Betting On God
September 28, 2010	Shrewd Saints
September 28, 2010	Mercy Too Late
September 23, 2010	Even Those in Authority
September 23, 2010	Money Talks
September 23, 2010	A Modest Proposal
September 23, 2010	Now That I Believe: I Pray Differently
September 20, 2010	God Bless Our Leaders, Even the Ones I Don’t Like
September 20, 2010	Now That I Believe: The Lord Requires Me To . . .
September 20, 2010	Lessons From Heartsick Faith
September 14, 2010	Who’s Missing?
September 14, 2010	Sinful Company
September 9, 2010	The Cost of Discipleship
September 9, 2010	What I Believe: Help My Unbelief
September 9, 2010	Turtles All the Way Down
September 9, 2010	Following the Real Jesus
September 9, 2010	See You At The Top
September 9, 2010	What I Believe: The Present Christ
September 9, 2010	Clearing The Room
August 31, 2010	Resting Easy
August 31, 2010	What I Believe: Confident in Salvation
August 31, 2010	Lord’s Supper Meditation: On Waiting Til Tomorrow
August 31, 2010	Table Manners: Humility & Hospitality
August 24, 2010	The Triumph of Love
August 24, 2010	What I Believe: God Is
August 16, 2010	Loving Beyond Our Theology
August 16, 2010	Lace Up Your Running Shoes
August 16, 2010	By Faith
August 16, 2010	Red Sky At Morning
August 8, 2010	Total Praise
August 8, 2010	The Cure for a Broken Heart
August 2, 2010	Church and Community
August 2, 2010	One Thing
August 2, 2010	First Steps
July 29, 2010	The Lesson of Manna
July 27, 2010	A Scandalous Relationship
July 27, 2010	What Jesus Prayed For
July 21, 2010	The Imperfect-Perfect Game
July 21, 2010	Travel Lite
July 21, 2010	Echo Chamber
July 21, 2010	Holy Rage
July 21, 2010	She Had a Sister Named Mary
July 21, 2010	Free At Last—To Serve
July 20, 2010	True Wisdom
July 20, 2010	Looking For Amos
July 6, 2010	The Exorcist
July 6, 2010	Fresh Air
July 6, 2010	Selling Yourself
July 6, 2010	Making the Difference
July 6, 2010	Big
June 30, 2010	Chariots of Fire
June 30, 2010	God Stories: Follow His Call
June 28, 2010	I alone am left …
June 28, 2010	God Stories: A Formula for Failure
June 28, 2010	God’s Way and Ours
June 28, 2010	I Will Not Leave You
June 20, 2010	God Stories: When God Grieves
June 20, 2010	Spiritual Gifts
June 14, 2010	If This Man Were A Prophet
June 14, 2010	The Last Supper
June 14, 2010	A Divine Sense of Justice
June 13, 2010	A Sinner’s Gift
June 11, 2010	Living On The Edge
June 11, 2010	Safeguarding an Essential Freedom
June 8, 2010	Wisdom and Our Ways
June 8, 2010	God Stories: My Brother’s Keeper
June 4, 2010	God Stories: Free Fall
June 4, 2010	The Certainty of Things Hoped For
May 29, 2010	Have You Found Your Voice?
May 29, 2010	Red and Yellow, Black and White
May 23, 2010	He Goes Before You
May 23, 2010	Babel and Pentecost
May 23, 2010	Waiting To Exhale
May 23, 2010	The Wind Blows On Us All
May 13, 2010	The Color Purple
May 13, 2010	Reaching To The Far Shore
May 13, 2010	Spiritual Child Neglect
May 13, 2010	A Storm-Proof Faith
May 6, 2010	What If...?
May 6, 2010	Step By Step
May 6, 2010	Imagine
May 6, 2010	Baptized in Water
May 6, 2010	One More Thing
May 6, 2010	Life Giving Acts
May 3, 2010	"V" Words for Life
May 3, 2010	Porch Talk
May 3, 2010	Lord’s Supper Meditation: God In The Present Tense
May 3, 2010	A Clear Word
May 3, 2010	Covenant Redux
April 26, 2010	How Preachers Earn the Role of Prophet
April 22, 2010	Unsappy Love
April 20, 2010	The Simon Peter In All Of Us
April 20, 2010	Time to Rebuild
April 20, 2010	Turning Point
April 14, 2010	Feet, Eyes, Noses, and Other Necessary Body Parts
April 14, 2010	Who, Why, and What
April 14, 2010	Celebrating Grace Hymnal Dedication
April 8, 2010	The Easter Rush
April 8, 2010	The Unrecognized Jesus
April 8, 2010	The Hole In The Wall
April 7, 2010	A Cemetery Full of Hope
April 7, 2010	Resurrection Joy
March 31, 2010	Into Jerusalem
March 31, 2010	Riding into the Eye of the Storm
March 31, 2010	The Fragrance of our Gift
March 31, 2010	Contrasting Conquerors
March 31, 2010	The Language of Stones
March 25, 2010	When Potluck Goes to Pot
March 24, 2010	The Lord’s Prayer
March 24, 2010	The Sweet Scent of Friendship
March 22, 2010	Faith Drama
March 22, 2010	Strange Advice
March 22, 2010	Gifts in the Body
March 16, 2010	Home Base
March 16, 2010	If and Everything
March 16, 2010	An Embracing Love
March 16, 2010	The Company God Keeps
March 10, 2010	Seeking What We Need
March 10, 2010	The Hand on the Plow
March 9, 2010	Open Buffet
March 9, 2010	Those Who Are With Us
March 9, 2010	Where’s the Beef?
March 3, 2010	A Lord's Supper Meditation
February 28, 2010	Strong and Tender
February 26, 2010	The Law Limits
February 26, 2010	Forces and Faith
February 22, 2010	The Temptations
February 18, 2010	Isaac On the Altar
February 16, 2010	The Greatest of These
February 16, 2010	The Heart of Things
February 15, 2010	Astounding Glory
February 11, 2010	Dedicated to God
February 11, 2010	When Winning is Losing
February 11, 2010	The Weary Disciple
February 10, 2010	The Comfort Challenges in Living For God
February 10, 2010	Into the Deep
February 10, 2010	The Power of Grace
February 7, 2010	Maybe It's Better When We Don't Like the Sermon
February 3, 2010	The Power of Love
February 1, 2010	A Love Body
January 31, 2010	The Potter and the Clay
January 31, 2010	Prophet on the Edge
January 28, 2010	If You're Going to Preach, Be Like Buster
January 28, 2010	Sermons May Be Popular But Rarely Lead to Action
January 26, 2010	The Power of God
January 26, 2010	The B-I-B-L-E
January 25, 2010	The Purpose-Driven Jesus
January 25, 2010	The Calling of the Prophet
January 19, 2010	Called By Name
January 19, 2010	You Are Mine
January 19, 2010	What the Lord Requires
January 12, 2010	Guess Who's Coming to Jesus?
January 12, 2010	The Fullness of Christ
January 12, 2010	Let's Surprise Them
January 5, 2010	A Passion for the Possible
January 5, 2010	The Time is Now
January 5, 2010	In the Temple
December 28, 2009	Tough Love
December 28, 2009	Some Times Call for...Joy
December 28, 2009	Topsy-Turvy
December 28, 2009	Some Times Call for...Love
December 22, 2009	Pregnant Faith
December 15, 2009	Fear verses Faith
December 14, 2009	Preparation
December 14, 2009	The Paradox fo Advent Peace
December 14, 2009	Some Times Call for...Peace
December 9, 2009	Some Good Advent Questions
December 9, 2009	The Sign of Things to Come
December 9, 2009	Let there be Peace on Earth
December 9, 2009	Make Ready
December 2, 2009	Some Times Call for...Hope
December 2, 2009	In Those Days
December 2, 2009	The Waiting Place
November 24, 2009	The Coming Kingdom
November 24, 2009	4 Words for Advent
November 24, 2009	20/20 Gratitude
November 24, 2009	Life Among the Macedonians
November 24, 2009	Thanksgiving: The Feast of Enough
November 24, 2009	Church Triumphs and Troubles, Part 2
November 17, 2009	Opportunity Knocks
November 17, 2009	A Double Portion
November 12, 2009	Together
November 11, 2009	Reckless Generosity
November 11, 2009	The Promises God Keeps
November 11, 2009	Church Triumphs and Troubles- Part 1
November 11, 2009	Annual Renewal
November 5, 2009	Radical Surgery
November 5, 2009	Dealing with God
November 5, 2009	O say, Can You See?
November 5, 2009	Off the Beaten Path
November 5, 2009	Testing...testing...
November 5, 2009	Greatness
November 5, 2009	Not Far
November 3, 2009	Making Hope Visable
November 3, 2009	What Baptists Believe
November 3, 2009	The Jesus Effect
October 29, 2009	In Praise of Habits
October 29, 2009	What's the Big Deal about Being Baptist?
October 28, 2009	Known In All the World
October 28, 2009	The Essence of our Faith
October 26, 2009	What the Church Does and What It Is
October 22, 2009	Be Careful What You Ask For
October 21, 2009	Just Walk Across the Room- Together
October 19, 2009	The Greatness of Serving
October 19, 2009	Making the Honor Roll
October 19, 2009	Hope and Help
October 19, 2009	The Church and its Resurrection Gospel
October 14, 2009	The Generosity of Faith
October 14, 2009	Just Walk Across the Room- Living the Vision
October 14, 2009	The Power of Encouragement
October 14, 2009	Spirit Ability
October 8, 2009	The Fallacy of Materialism: Solomon
October 8, 2009	Just Walk Across the Room- Telling Your Story
October 7, 2009	No Margin for Error
October 7, 2009	When God Breathes
October 7, 2009	Tag- You're It
October 7, 2009	How Do You Explain That?
October 5, 2009	Lessons From a Church Meeting
September 29, 2009	A Godless Tale of Deliverance
September 28, 2009	The Call and Challenges of the Church
September 25, 2009	Just Walk Across the Room- Expanding the Circle
September 24, 2009	The Happiness Trap
September 23, 2009	The Weird Notion of Jesus About Greatness
September 17, 2009	Just Walk Across the Room- Takng the Plunge
September 17, 2009	Sing for Joy
September 16, 2009	Wise Up!
September 15, 2009	Invitation to a Journey
September 15, 2009	Level Ground
September 15, 2009	Identifying Jesus
September 15, 2009	Good Timing
September 15, 2009	Calvin at 500
September 15, 2009	The Bread of Life
September 15, 2009	Hand-in-Glove with God
September 15, 2009	Worthy of the Sabbath
September 15, 2009	The Power of Ritual
September 15, 2009	A Sacred Rhythm
September 8, 2009	The Crumbs Under God's Table
September 8, 2009	Faith That Works!
September 2, 2009	Country of the Blind
August 31, 2009	Misunderstanding the Bible
August 31, 2009	A Puzzle of Three S Words
August 31, 2009	Treasure in Clay Jars
August 31, 2009	Who is Trying to Get Your Attention?
August 24, 2009	Heaven Touching Earth
August 24, 2009	Not Getting Any Easier
August 24, 2009	Principles of the Prayerful Life
August 18, 2009	Loving the Unlovely
August 18, 2009	Set Free by Teaching?
August 18, 2009	Wisdom
August 18, 2009	Weariness and Witness
August 17, 2009	Confession
August 17, 2009	Asking for the Right Things
August 13, 2009	Doers of the Word
August 11, 2009	From Dreaming to Seeing Like King
August 11, 2009	The Family's DNA
August 9, 2009	Looking for Jesus
August 9, 2009	Grace and Hope
August 9, 2009	Living Bread
August 6, 2009	Passing The Buck
August 6, 2009	The Inevitable Gate
August 2, 2009	Bread for Hungry Lives
July 29, 2009	At An Hour You Do Not Know
July 28, 2009	Paralysis of Analysis
July 26, 2009	Walking Between the Raindrops
July 24, 2009	The DNA of God: Creation
July 20, 2009	Confronting Hypocrisy and the Health Care Debate
July 20, 2009	Fame
July 19, 2009	Great Experiments in Liberty
July 19, 2009	Sermons by Other Contributors
July 19, 2009	Life in the Long Season of Accomplishment
July 17, 2009	Bringing God Home
July 14, 2009	The DNA of God: Charity
July 14, 2009	Premonition
July 14, 2009	Resurrection Happens
July 14, 2009	Speak Anyway
July 14, 2009	Power Lessons
July 14, 2009	The DNA of God: Justice
July 14, 2009	Leafy Green Justice
July 14, 2009	They Were All Together
July 14, 2009	A Sacred Duty
July 8, 2009	An Answer to a Troubling Question
July 7, 2009	Who Is This?
July 7, 2009	Faith
July 7, 2009	It Takes a Village
July 6, 2009	Birthing a New Nation
June 29, 2009	The Great Sadness
June 29, 2009	Up Close and Personal
June 23, 2009	Who is this Family?
June 22, 2009	Storms, Fear and Faith
June 19, 2009	The Fate of Emptiness
June 17, 2009	Faith Stories and Faith Lessons
June 17, 2009	Not Grading on the Curve
June 15, 2009	Least Likely
June 10, 2009	The Big Deal About Jesus and Nicodemus
June 8, 2009	Sermons by Wendell Griffen
June 8, 2009	Re-Imagining Worship
June 8, 2009	Give Me This Water!
June 5, 2009	The Day Lightning Struck
June 3, 2009	Tempted Like Us
May 24, 2009	Replacing Judas
May 21, 2009	The Bell and the Spire
May 18, 2009	Fine Wine
May 13, 2009	Opening Up
May 13, 2009	Radical Respect
May 11, 2009	Trivial Pursuit
May 11, 2009	Slipping Through the Cracks
May 7, 2009	What Makes People Good?
May 6, 2009	Leaving Neverland
May 6, 2009	Enfolded by Love
April 30, 2009	I Did; Therefore, I am
April 29, 2009	Evangelizing Thomas
April 28, 2009	Let's Eat
April 27, 2009	Christ Among Us
April 27, 2009	I Myself
April 22, 2009	The God of Surprises
April 20, 2009	Be Careful What You Ask For
April 20, 2009	Operation Rescue
April 20, 2009	What Not To Wear
April 19, 2009	Marks of Faith
April 16, 2009	In Search of Life in Dead Places
April 16, 2009	I am the Resurrection and the Life
April 16, 2009	This is Our God
April 14, 2009	The Rebirth of Hope
April 13, 2009	A Loaf of Bread
April 13, 2009	What Now?
April 13, 2009	A Real Jesus
April 9, 2009	Lament as a Wintry Spirituality
April 9, 2009	Into Jerusalem
April 9, 2009	Images of Atonement: Sacrifice
April 2, 2009	Life Before Death
April 2, 2009	Our Covenant: To Make an Impact on Others
April 2, 2009	Images of Atonement: Redemption
April 2, 2009	The New Deal
April 2, 2009	An Image of Example
April 2, 2009	At the Table: Eat
March 31, 2009	At the Table: Break
March 31, 2009	Love is a Verb
March 31, 2009	A New Covenant
March 31, 2009	The Power of Love
March 31, 2009	Confessing
March 25, 2009	Contemplating
March 20, 2009	Chosen People, Chosen Ways
March 20, 2009	Walk Before Me
March 18, 2009	Trusting
March 11, 2009	An Extravagant Faith
March 4, 2009	At the Table: Take
March 4, 2009	Listen to Him
March 4, 2009	Prayer
March 3, 2009	We Live in a Good News/Bad News World
March 3, 2009	The Sign of the Covenant
March 3, 2009	Know Jesus: I am the True Vine
March 3, 2009	God's Loving Paths
February 26, 2009	Exploring God’s Address
February 18, 2009	And the Truth Will Make You ...
February 13, 2009	What Generous Churches Look Like- Part 1
February 13, 2009	By What Authority?
February 11, 2009	Source of Strength
February 11, 2009	Wherever He Leads, Will You Go
February 11, 2009	When Jesus Doesn't Respond
February 11, 2009	Know Jesus: I am the Truth
February 11, 2009	Have You Ever Interrupted a Sermon?
February 11, 2009	Know Jesus: I am the Way
February 10, 2009	Following
February 5, 2009	Growing Pains
February 5, 2009	Slow to Anger
February 4, 2009	Committing
January 28, 2009	Who We Are: Our Covenant
January 23, 2009	Sermons via Podcast
January 22, 2009	Sermons by Howard Batson
January 19, 2009	Sermons by David Hughes
January 19, 2009	Sermons by Randy Hyde
January 19, 2009	Sermons by Keith Herron
January 19, 2009	Sermons by Joel Snider
January 19, 2009	Sermons by Bob Browning
December 16, 2008	A Festival of Young Preachers
December 5, 2008	A Question That Really Matters
November 28, 2008	Responding to the Economic Crisis: Choosing Faith Over Fear
November 21, 2008	'Shared Glory'
November 14, 2008	'Happiness Is ...'
November 7, 2008	'The Politics of Jesus'
October 31, 2008	'Know: The Cross'
October 24, 2008	'Words and Deeds: The Stewardship of One's Talents'
October 10, 2008	'Feeding the 5,000'
October 3, 2008	'Letting Go of Our Ego'

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