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another short class, but we covered a good chunk of text
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I am officially "behind" and will need to consolodate ideas to catch up (talking faster is not an option).
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thoughts about forgiviness and loving enemies (two different things)
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Answering our desperate question
(There were audio problems... again)
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shorter class because we had a baptism beforehand
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(Mostly apolitical) reflections on Charlie Kirk's murder
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Sermon from camp, but I changed it a little here and there. Same points, but a lot of different content. Also, 99% of the audience didn't hear the sermon at camp, so I'm good. Don't tell anybody.
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I didn't get to preach this week but I did lead the communion, so here's that...
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the ice cream machine is down... but do you care?
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some gnostic talk, some "church father" warnings, and a cameo by Santa Claus
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a study from Genesis 3... I started class as soon as I opened the door, just opened and started blurting out the material, shocking the kids into silence. Went well I think
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Mars Hill VBS (basically the same sermon I did at Newport)
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(a lot of secular history, then a little Bible)
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this is me preaching to myself, after we had our miscarriage
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wrapping up last week and summarizing this week
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We have common ground in rolling our eyes at New Life Church
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in which I rant (again) about my Roman Catholic neighbors
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End of the class. Up next is "An Exposé on the Devil"
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Thomas sees the Lord, and Jesus invites the disciples to breakfast
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some actual bonafide discussion happened in this one. I don't know what came over me.
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A sermon about the crucifixion, without ever talking about the crucifixion itself.
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a final (maybe, probably not) thought from Genesis...
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Audio trouble means the sermon will be really loud in spots and then completely cut out in spots. sigh
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Talking about dealing "modern" problems in the church
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Many happy returns to my almost always happy boy
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Death is the enemy, I must keep reminding myself.
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A study of God's involvement in this world, in the most amazingly "natural" ways possible.
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(I have a headcold so my voice is even more nasally than usual)
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(I have a headcold so my voice is even more nasally than usual)
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(I have a headcold so my voice is even more nasally than usual)
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I am uploading last week's sermon (which I forgot to upload because I was sick all week. My bad, yo) but scheduling it to the day I preached it. So if you're reading this (why are you reading these descriptions?) it looks like it posted on Jan 19, but actually it's---today---January 27. I fooled you! I fooled all of you! bwa ha ha!
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Had a bit of a headcold, so I don't sound my usual average self.
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on Isaac and following in his father's footsteps, for good AND for ill
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on the majesty of snowfall and the beauty of redemption
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I had to record this one at home with my phone, so it's not the most polished (are any of them?)
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the end of our 2024 theme: THE BEST LIFE FROM HERE TO ETERNITY
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Thoughts about the holiday, spoken on XMAS evening
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Summing up Christmas (and Christianity) in three words
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What Christmas is all about, if you ask me (or Charles Dickens, or Dr. Seuss)
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Have I done this one before? I may have... I sometimes redo devos that tie in with annual events/holidays.
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I know I've done this one before, but I sometimes redo old devos when they correspond to an annual holiday
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A sermon about the gift we bring to God, and what we must do to ensure it is properly given
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Have I done this one before? I may have... I sometimes redo devos that tie in with annual events/holidays.
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I spend the last 5 minutes just going OFF about circumcision
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A couple weeks late with this because I forgot to upload it...
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a case of demon possession or something more mundane?
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a thought came to me while singing Blessed Assurance...
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understanding Jesus via an imperfect illustration
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Fights with Pharisees, feeding five thousand, and walking on water
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in which I rail against godless feminists who rail against the patriarchy
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Jesus does a miracle and some people just can't handle that
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"my candidate would never..." vs "your candidate always..."
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Pre-election thoughts, Scripture readings, and prompts for prayers
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thoughts on the day, what it is, and what it once was
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A sermon about a messiah... and about THE Messiah
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I was a little amped up at the start, but I settled down...
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(answering a question from listeners like you!)
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(had to move things to the auditorium because our other adult class teacher was out)
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Like sands through the hourglass (cue dramatic soap opera music...)
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Yeah, I know, it's going to be four classes covering the first chapter, but it's got a lot packed into it!
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Did God make the heavens and the earth on the first day, or were they already here?
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This is a big chapter. Here's the end of the first half of the first chapter.
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Beware to the one who thinks he is "holier than thou." And especially beware to the one who thinks he is "as holy as Thou."
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a sermon from Deuteronomy. Practical, practical, practical
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A long one, but what could I do? Every bit of it was necessary, if you ask me!
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for the man who has everyone's attention...for another day or two at least
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An old outline from Ted Knight...and Ted was in the house when I preached this.
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I taught the whole book, sans ch2, verse by verse.
And with that, my summer schedule is done
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I found out early Sunday morning that a beloved member had died, so the planned sermon was thrown out and, in its place, I shared some thoughts to help people process, cope, grieve, and maintain hope...
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(I let out a monster sneeze about a minute into this. Normally I would have edited it out, but I left it in just for laughs)
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Talking about Jesus as the Almighty miracle man
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The church is a safe place, a shelter, a place of protection that offers something to me, to you, and to God...
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talking about forgiviness, but the audio is bad because I'm a dummy and didn't have the recording device nearby.
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It costs money to make money. What does it cost to make more righteousness? Nothing!
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Lessons to learn from one of the Bible's most bizarre and humorous accounts...
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Talking about daily Christianity at the tenth iteration of the Central Arkansas Gospel Crusade
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thoughts of Jacob and Esau for no reason at all...
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Ain't it great to belong to the Kingdom of Jesus? Isaiah says it is...
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(there's a spiritual application at the end of this, promise)
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Israel wanders and God brings them home (and us)
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for fathers, sons, and husbands
(this one was a hot mess, yall; I don't know what was wrong with me this morning)
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A sermon about the blessings we get from the Word of God
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Finishing the book and ending the class with an allegory. I'll be back with a new class in the Fall, studying the Gospel of John.
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A sermon for you, no matter what your past looks like
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on Faith Deconstruction's effect on a 70 year old apostate
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Have you given God a good reason to mention your name?
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Well...almost all of the rest of it. I leave out a few verses that we'll get next week, God willing.
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A mother's day sermon, about the burden of motherhood
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Most of the class wraps up the discussion of scruples (a quick study of 1 Corinthians 8 starts the class)
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Thoughts about the Creator and what His creation did to Him.
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Ladies and Gentlemen, have I got a deal for you...
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and the start of a sidebar about 1 Corinthians chapter 8. I'll probably wrap that up next week.
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A message to those feisty enough to try and change the world
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"Doesn't God just want me to be happy?"
No He doesn't (per se)
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A sermon about us and how great it is to be the church of Jesus Christ
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("not to be ministered to, but to minister...")
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Today is the eclipse and I've got just the place to watch it...
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Well...most of the rest of it. I left a few verses out, intentionaly, because they tie-in with the next chapter. Anyway...
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(a bit of a wordy title, but it gets the point across)
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A sermon about faith that I was given by one of our old members.
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A sermon about Truth that I thought was a mess and didn't come together at all how I wanted, but everyone else said it was one of my best. That figures.
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covered a lot more than I thought I would, which is good (also baby talk for the first minute)
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I was out of town and didn't get to teach the last half of Romans 8, so I went back and recorded it. Here it is, in all its hour-long glory.
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(it's not a typo)
This short sermon was more of a benediction at the end of a different kind of worship service. Today, our young men read the entirety of Psalm 119, after which I presented a short wrap-up.
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just a poem I accidentally published early (back in mid-February). It was supposed to come out today. I do these a little a head of time and sometimes I mess up the schedule, but anyway that's enough about me...how are you?
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a shorter than usual class because we had a baptism beforehand (I'm not complaining)
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A sermon about the blood of Jesus, the high price of our salvation, and how we touch it
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A seemingly random moment from the arrest of Jesus...
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I was pretty worked up for the duration of this one
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I get a little worked up midway through this one
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Longfellow's poem, and the background behind it
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A sermon that walks through history, to find some times when God stepped in to fix a problem...
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on Scrooge, and sincere well-wishes this holiday season
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A sermon about the Wonderful Counselor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace
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A thought about my Soul Mate...and about my wife.
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The rest of chapter 12, and all of chapter 13. This ends the study. It was alright.
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What is God doing with all His free time? The answer may shock you! (not really, that's clickbait)
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In which I ramble on about "justice mobs" that are everywhere these days
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some reflection on the value in having a "special" Sunday
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Are you sincere or fake, because sooner or later you're going to have to choose
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The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof!
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One day it'll all go belly up, but not till God says so.
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thoughts about free will and the power of influence
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I had to talk fast (crazy, right?) to get through it, but I did...
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that time Samson committed animal cruelty and arson, and what we can learn from it
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The sermon I preached in the Gospel Meeting last week. These are never the exact same every time I do them, so there are subtle differences here too. Anyway, I think the other one was better.
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The last sermon from the Gospel meeting. I also preached it a few days later at North Heights, but I think this one turned out better. I'll upload both so you can be the judge.
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A sermon outline I preached this past Father's Day, but Lauren wanted me to upload this new version of it, so here it is.
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A sermon I preached recently at North Heights, but this one is 10 minutes longer somehow, even though it's the same outline. That's what happens when you just turn a preacher loose and let him start talking. He'll say things about Jesus he didn't originally plan on saying...
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I watched a youtube video that annoyed me and now you're going to hear about it
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in which I rant about the song "Jesus is Coming Soon"
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A sermon about the Devil, and how he can trick you into doing his job for him
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end of chapter 5 and the first ten verses of chapter six, plus a story about falling and hurting myself
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A sermon about being the kind of people Christ wants us to be.
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"Blessed are the meek," my Master says... Not that being an extrovert means you can't be meek or that you're not blessed. I'm just thinking about introverts right now. This isn't really about extroverts at all, but here I am worrying that someone might get the wrong idea. I don't think that's an "introvert" quality... maybe I need to write one of these about being socially awkward and anxious all the time.
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the end of chapter 3, most of chapter. It's all verse-by-verse so do the chapter breaks really matter? No, no they don't.
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A sermon about the biggest, oldest, most intelligent Designer there is.
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verse by verse (except for like the last two verses because time ran out)
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Today is September 11th. It's been twenty-two years...
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The second half of a two-part sermon, studying what salvation is NOT
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The first half of a two-part sermon, studying what salvation is.
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(because the internet has enough jerks already as it is)
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Little eyes may never see a miracle, but they love to close their eyes and imagine things. Use that. Talk to them about the mighty works of God...
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A sermon about Jesus, the Way, the Truth, and the Life
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What are you doing with that phone in your hands?
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"Pray without ceasing" (1 Thessalonians 5:17)...
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a sermon about marriages, what's tearing them apart, and how we can keep them sacred
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A sermon about our Creator, His Creation, and the glory that awaits us.
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My second time teaching the lesson at our VBS, this time in front of a bunch of teenagers, which means I am MUCH more hostile in how I joke around with them, because I love those teens like they were my own, and I am very playfully hostile with my kids. Also there's a bunch of kids reading the Bible out loud, which means long quiet stretches that may be hard to hear. I could have cut that out, but I left it in because that's the Word of God being read by kids...Nothing better than that.
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using logic to prove Jesus rose, while talking way too fast and with a distracting amount of swooshing sounds interrupting it constantly. I'm teaching it again Wednesday. Hopefully the audio is better then, and maybe I won't be so needlessly amped up. Sorry. I was just really excited to teach this and I was too excited to control my pace.
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Because in the meantime, Samaria needs the Good News
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Answering the question: How can something come from nothing?
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A thought for those who celebrate Juneteenth, or just for those who are free to be servants of the Lord...
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discussing the Sermon on the mount, and Romans ch12
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The crown we want, the crown we have, and the crown He wore
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a sermon about being like God...and also not being like Him
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Behold the friendship of God and the free will of man...
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If we were to try and count up the number of times God thought about us, we’d run out of numbers...
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Did God turn His back on Jesus while the Lord was on the cross?
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Why baptism is the final step on the road to salvation...
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A sermon to answer a question about God's expectations
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In which I discuss an old attack against the Lord.
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God loved the world so much He sent Jesus to die...Jesus hated sin so much He let it happen.
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In which I spend 5 minutes just talking about Moses' father-in-law (or is he?!)...
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Comparing World War I and the fight between the Devil and God
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a short thought that's worth your time, I think
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Rain is a waste of water if you don't do your part...
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The customer is not always right, but Jesus is.
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in which I discuss spiritual warfare (and also clear my throat a couple of times)
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Another sermon from the parable of the Pharisee and the Publican
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The first of two sermons taken from a parable...
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The world is full of jerks. Don't be one of them.
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can God make a rock so big He can't lift it? Who cares....
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Ash Wednesday was yesterday, so let's talk about that, I guess...
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a defense of topical preaching (and some other stuff). This is mostly a rant
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An in-depth study of the Scripture, and what God allows (and doesn't).
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A devo (hastily recorded in my car) about trusting in God over wildlife.
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Statistics and facts...and some damning conclusions
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A study of the Creation.
(also I forgot to turn on my mic after the opening video but I edited that out of the audio. It'll sound weird but that's why. sigh)
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A short sermon concerning "the God who has always been."
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in which I wrap up my year, and make a resolution for 2023...
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A short thought, in which I encourage everyone to discourage the devil by singing
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A little thought about the holiday season and why we should make it permanent.
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A sermon from the song, turning a secular tune into something spiritual.
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A study on various "baptisms" of the pre-Christian age, and the "one" Baptism of Jesus.
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A mini sermon befitting the Thanksgiving holiday.
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2022's Thanksgiving-themed sermon, in which I talk about the love of Jesus and the hatred of the world.
(I may also, at one point accidentally, say "Jesus will never love you" instead of "Jesus will never die" because I am growing old and forgetful)
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A Sunday night study of the history of the American Religious Restoration Movement
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A short thought about the people that Jesus saves.
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A pre-election thought about submitting to governments because God tells you to
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A short thought about Heaven, Hell, and the King
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A meat and potatoes sermon, based around King Josiah's restoration of idolatrous Judah.
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"Stop acting like you're God. Instead, act like your God." Also I share the secret of life.
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A thought about God and the plausibility thereof
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A sermon encouraging brethren not to let the fires of faithfulness waver against the winds of the world.
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A post-birthday thought and a lesson from Jesus' healing the lame man (John 5)
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A sermon about the Bible, as told in an easy-to-remember outline
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A Christmastime sermon about the song we always sing as we ring in the new year
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A study of some alleged Bible contradictions, taken from an excerpt of the sci-fi novel Contact.
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A sermon about life after death, because of His life after death
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A sermon about the nature of Christianity as a living invitation
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A sermon about Peter, the Lord's most up-and-down disciple
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A study of little-appreciated moment that occurred on the night Jesus was arrested
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A sermon about the lesser-known Apostles James, Simon, and Thaddeus
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A sermon about the woman who saved the life of baby Moses
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The first part in a special class studying the Death, Burial, and Resurrection of Jesus. Subscribe ($1 a month) for the full study.
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A sermon on the conversion of Saul, as taught to the adult class at the church of Christ in Oppelo, Ar (Vacation Bible School)
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The first part in a verse by verse study of Daniel
