Riverside Community Church Lessons Podcast: Recent Episodes

Ed Gardner

Weekly lessons from Riverside Community Church and Pastor Ed.

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This rich young ruler guy didn't have a money problem as much as he had an idol problem. I know, idolatry, right? Is that even still a problem. You have no idea. Or maybe you do- what do I know?

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What was it that made David – as flawed as he was – a man after God's own heart?

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How do we know that we are hearing from God? How do we differentiate his voice from all of the other voices that are screaming into our lives?

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When we see something bad happen to someone else in the world we often ask "why?" But Jesus gives us another focus rather who is to blame. He instead talks about the God of second chances.

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How did Jesus tell His disciples to deal with those times when they're troubled and for good reason but there's nothing really that can be done to fix the situation? We'll look at His advice to the disciples during the last supper- a time when the disciples were extremely troubled and upset.

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How did Jesus tell His disciples to deal with those times when they're troubled and for good reason but there's nothing really that can be done to fix the situation? We'll look at His advice to the disciples during the last supper- a time when the disciples were extremely troubled and upset.

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What did Jesus mean when He said that He came to set the world on fire? You might be surprised.

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What did Jesus mean when He said that He came to set the world on fire? You might be surprised.

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The holiday season is one in which we have to deal with lots of people that we don't usually have to deal with. How does Jesus want us to treat the difficult people in our lives?

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Looking at the apostle Paul's 6 step process to overwhelming worry, anxiety and fear.

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Jesus didn't see children as a distraction. He saw them as a metaphor for how the citizens of Heaven should behave (in lots of ways but not all).

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Jesus didn't see children as a distraction. He saw them as a metaphor for how the citizens of Heaven should behave (in lots of ways but not all).

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What did Jesus have to say about divorce? You might be surprised.

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What did Jesus' brothers think about Him? You might be surprised (or maybe not).

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What did Jesus' brothers think about Him? You might be surprised (or maybe not).

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Jesus' parable of the unforgiving servant.

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What do we do with our strong emotions? Turns out God can handle them all- and then some.

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Jesus tells a parable that explains why forgiveness is so important and then explains how to do it.

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Our culture and our world is profoundly different because of the teachings of this Man named Jesus. How did His compassion impact how this world views different groups of people

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The disciples ask Jesus, "who is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?" and get a surprising response.

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The disciples ask Jesus, "who is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?" and get a surprising response.

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The disciples ask Jesus, "who is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?" and get a surprising response.

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Jesus & Peter pay the Temple tax in an awfully fishy way.

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Jesus & Peter pay the Temple tax in an awfully fishy way.

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Jesus again warns His disciples about what's coming.

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How does Jesus deal with our lack of certainty?

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How does Jesus deal with our lack of certainty?

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Jesus gets a visit from Moses and Elijah.

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Jesus asks the central question of life.

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Jesus heals a blind man.

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Jesus feeds some hungry folks.

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When Jesus healed a man who was deaf and mute He did it in a way that is unique among all of His healings. And the word He spoke (ephaphtha) means "be opened". What does that mean for us? I'm glad you asked...

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What does it mean to be a man or woman after God's own heart?

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Words can give life or death. Which are you giving?

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Jesus heals a deaf guy- in a most unusual way.

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A conversation Jesus had with a gentile woman who wanted Him to help her daughter. Did He really call her a dog?

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A message for all of us (but especially graduates) about what Jeremiah 29:11 really means.

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We love to say that we honor the women in our lives (especially mom) but are we really honoring them?

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What is a hypocrite?

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Making our ordinary days extraordinary.

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Jesus explains the meaning behind His miracle of feeding the 5,000.

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Remember that time when Jesus was walking on the water so Peter asked if he could do that too and Jesus said, sure come on out the waters fine, so Peter jumped out of the boat and for a few seconds was doing something nobody else who ever lived (whose name isn't Jesus) ever did? That was awesome.

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God was the Lord of the 3rd day long before Jesus' 3 days in the tomb. Why is the 3rd day so important to Him?

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This baby made the angels sing. And this baby made a new star shine in the sky. This baby had come to change the world.

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What's the deal with the shepherds?

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Who were the Wise Men? Why did the new star make them believe the newborn King of the Jews had been born?

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Jesus meets a woman who hasn't quite lost all of her hope.

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Jesus meets a woman who hasn't quite lost all of her hope.

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Jesus meets a man possessed by so many demons that he's called Legion.

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Jesus could tame the wind and the waves. He wants to tame the storms in our hearts too.

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Jesus calms the storm.

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The Kingdom Of Heaven is like... a field, a pearl and a mustard seed.

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The Kingdom Of Heaven is like... the growing of a seed.

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An enemy sowed weeds among a farmer' wheat field...

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Jesus' explanation of the parable of the sower and the seeds.

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A farmer went out to sow some seeds...

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The Jewish leaders demand a sign to prove Jesus' authority.

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What is the unforgivable sin?

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Jesus goes to Simon the Pharisee's house for dinner and a prostitue crashes the party.

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John's crisis of faith.

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Jesus' first resurrection.

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The "Great Faith" of the Roman Centurion.

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The Contagious Holiness Of Jesus

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Jesus chooses His Apostles.

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The prodigal family- looking at the story of the Prodigal Son through a slightly different lens.

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The prodigal family

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What Is The Sermon On The Mount Really About?

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Two gates, two roads, two trees & two houses.

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The Golden Rule.

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Honoring our grads.

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Honoring Women Like Jesus Did

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To Judge Or Not To Judge

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How Does God See The Anxious?

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Pray More ~ Worry Less

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What's In The Bag?

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Jesus The Funeral Crasher

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A Garden, a cross and a cup

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Showdown @ Jerusalem Part Two

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Showdown @ Jerusalem

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Praying Like Jesus

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Secret Generosity.

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Small Words ~ HUGE Impact

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Jesus On Divorce (you will probably be surprised...)

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The Sermon On The Mount- What Have We Learned?

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Be Present

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Jesus LOVES The Little Children!

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The First Year Of Jesus' Ministry- A Recap

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When The Odds Are Stacked Against You

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The Years Of Following Jesus #53 The Hope Of The Wise Guys

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The Year Of Following Jesus #51: The Shepherds Joy

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Candlelit Christmas Eve Service 2022

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The Year Of Following Jesus #51: Mary's Peace

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The Year Of Following Jesus #50: Joseph's Courage

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The Year Of Following Jesus #49: Reacting To The Light

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The Year Of Following Jesus #48: The Attitude Of Gratitude

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The Year Of Following Jesus #47: Slowing Down With Jesus

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The Year Of Following Jesus #46: You Are NOT An Animal (so don't act like one)

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The Year Of Following Jesus #45: Beyond Anger Management

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The Year Of Following Jesus #44: Post Traumatic Growth

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The Year Of Following Jesus #44: Post Traumatic Growth

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The Year Of Following Jesus #43: Jesus' (not so) Secret Decryption Device

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The Year Of Following Jesus #42: Salt Of The Earth ~ Light Of The World

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The Year Of Following Jesus #41: Salt Of The Earth ~ Light Of The World

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The Year Of Following Jesus #36: Jesus Heals A(nother) Paralytic

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The Year Of Following Jesus #34: Jesus Adds An Accountant

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The Year Of Following Jesus #33: Jesus Heals A Party Crashing Paralytic

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The Year Of Following Jesus #32: Jesus The Reluctant Rockstar

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The Year Of Following Jesus #31: Jesus Healing The Sick

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The Year Of Following Jesus #30: The Gospel & God's Mysterious, Mobile Kingdom

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The Year Of Following Jesus #29: Jesus Snags Some Fishermen

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The Year Of Following Jesus #29: Jesus Snags Some Fishermen

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The Year Of Following Jesus #27: Keeping The Faith

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The Year Of Following Jesus #26: The Woman At The Well

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The Year Of Following Jesus #23: Who Do YOU Say That I Am?

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The Year Of Following Jesus #19: How Did Jesus See/Treat Women?

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The Year Of Following Jesus #18: Honest Thomas

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The Year Of Following Jesus #17: Hope Has A Name: Jesus & The Road To Emmaus

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The Year Of Following Jesus #16: Jesus In The Passover Following The Lamb

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The Year Of Following Jesus #15: A Garden, A Cup & The Cross

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The Year Of Following Jesus #14: Jesus Storms The Gates Of Hell

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The Year Of Following Jesus #13: Nic @ Nite -or- Get A Life!

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The Year Of Following Jesus #11: Clearing The Temple: The Lord Of The Threshing Floor

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The Year Of Following Jesus #10: The Wedding At Cana- The First Miracle

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The Year Of Following Jesus #9: Jesus -vs- Satan

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The Year Of Following Jesus #8: Where Jesus' Baptism Intersects With Mine

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The Year Of Following Jesus #7: Jesus & John the Baptizer

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The Year Of Following Jesus #6: John the Baptist

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The Year Of Following Jesus #5: John The Baptizer's Origin Story: Who was John the Baptizer? Where did he come from? What did he know? What didn't he know? For the next two weekends we'll do a deep dive (see what I did there? Deep dive? Baptism? Sorry I'm digressing...) into the life of this important but extremely enigmatic figure.

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God's 3 day rule and His mysterious timing.

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The Year Of Following Jesus #3: Out Of Egypt

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Simeon & God's Mystifying (and often frustrating) Timing

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The Gift Of Jesus

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Experiencing The Nativity: The Wonder Of The Shepherds

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Experiencing The Nativity: Mary's Pathway Of Peace

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Experiencing The Nativity: Joseph's Courage

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Why Do They Call It Humility?

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The Gospel According To Moses 1.2 Prepping For Salvation

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Preparing For Salvation

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Joseph.

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What is "hope" and what is "disappointment"? The Bible is pretty clear that with the right kind of "hope" we will never suffer "disappointment" but if that's true then does that mean God must be working with a different definition of "hope" and "disappointment" than I am.

Yes. Yes He is.

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Every felt sheepish about your faith in the resurrection? Like believing in Jesus' resurrection was on par with believing in fairy tales? Is there good evidence to believe that the resurrection actually happened? Yes. Yes there is.

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Jesus Storms The Gates Of Hell: We will look at Jesus' last months as He takes His disciples north outside of Israel to begin final preparations for his journey to the cross and the Gates Of Hell itself.

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Jacob heads for the most important appointment of his life- but he doesn't know it yet.

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What is the result of Jacob's less-than-honorable way of dealing with people? A miserable life.

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Gratitudinous Maximus!

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What is faith? What is doubt? Abram shows us both sides of the equation. Thanks Abram!

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James tells us to "resist the devil and he will flee from you..." but what does it mean to "resist"?

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What drove Lot to make the decisions he made about where to pitch his tents?

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A look at Abram & Lot's break up.

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The first part of a 15 week series looking in depth at the life of Abram/Abraham.

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A look at one of the more misunderstood stories in the Bible.

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Let me tell you a little story about a man named "Pain"...

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A look at the story of the flood from a different perspective.