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Bethany Presbyterian Church, Seattle WA — 700 episodes
Facing El Capitan
Lying In A Manger
Christmas Message
Eyes for Emmanuel: An Unexpected Dream
Eyes for Emmanuel: Disappointed Expectations
Seeing Beyond Appearances
Christ Will Come Again
Driving in Scotland
A Biblical Perspective on Time and Why it Matters
Defiant Hope
A Wrestler With God
Finish the Race
The Power of Persistence
Party Time!
Lord: Increase Our Faith!
Jeremiah's Performance Art
A Messy Story
I Am Found
Summer Ministry Celebration
The Unmasking of Baal
Jonah: A Prophet From the Margins
God's Got Your Back
Blessings for Bethany and Beyond
Prophetic Imagination
Shameless Posturing
Fruit Basket Upset
Three Roles for All of Us
Wherever You Go, Wherever You Are
Footprints Unseen
No Longer Jew or Greek
Living Into God's Peace With Us
Paraclete
Diverse Unity
An Exhibition of the Kingdom of Heaven to the World
Mending Wings Ministry
Like a Mother Hen
Living Witnesses
Coronation, Courage, and Cloudy Times
Resurrection Messengers (Easter Sunday)
When Faith Gets Personal: Eyes on the Cross
When Faith Gets Personal: The New Thing and You
The Dead Are Raised, And The Poor Have Good News Preached To Them
Lessons from the Wilderness
When Faith Gets Personal: Attention
When Faith Gets Personal: Voices We Hear and Stories We Tell
The Victory of God
That All May Know
A More Excellent Way
Unique and United
Uninformed
The Voice That Matters
A Story With Room For You In It
Jesus, the Word of God
Confidence and Humility in the Mundane
Shame Changed to Praise
Holy, Holy, Holy!
Watch and Walk
Jesus is Coming, Jesus is Here
Bitterness, Waiting and the God Who Remembers
Wrestling with God: Jesus' Last Prayer
Wrestling with God: The Garden Revisited
Wrestling with God: Jeremiah
Wrestling with God: Divine Moves
Jesus, the Stranger in the Scripture
Wrestling with God: Meeting On the Mat at 2 AM
Following Jesus
A Word on Praise
The Rock
Three Mission Stories
Soul Thirst
A Sound of Sheer Silence
Choose For Yourselves
Miraculous Forgiveness
The God Who Gets Up Out of Bed
Pray Like David Prayed
Praying the Psalms: Spiritual Pruning
Praying the Psalms: The Entire Kitchen Sink
Kilauea, Korea, and the Promise of God's Presence
Praying with the Psalms: Confidence in Good Times and Messiness
Good Shepherd
Seeing and Moving Towards God's Mercy
Better Than Life
The Ultimate Test
An Invitation to Dialogue
Jesus in the Present Time
Faith and Laughter
God on the Margins
Joining Abraham in God's Mission
God's Promise, Our Schemes
Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost
Come, Let Us Make A Name For Ourselves
When Hope Returns
The Veiled Messiah
Reverent Submission
Saved
Cruciform Leadership
Losing Yourself in the Kingdom
Remember Who You Are
Lurking at the Door
Beyond the Fig Leaves
Take Two
In Our Image
And God Saw That It Was Good
The Star
Aw or Awe?
Waiting for Gladness
The Time is Always Ripe
Therefore Keep Watch
Royal Power
Discipling Through One Another
Reforming Our Hearing of Scripture
Reforming Our Role
Reforming our Posture
Stewarding Our Story
Stewarding Our Wealth
Stewarding Ourselves
Staying Motivated in Caring For Creation
Life With the Good Shepherd
What's In A Name
Mission Stories
The Human Propensity to Mess Things Up
The Glory
In the Wilderness: What Song Will You Sing?
Who's Climbing the Ladder?
Go
The Treasure and the Pearl
Boisterous Tears and Silent Prayers
Legalism vs Antinomianism - A Tension of Excess
Standing Before Your Own Lord
How Do We Hear?
Christians and Jews: Mistakes and Learnings
What About Unbelieving Israel?
What About the Trinity?
Now Therefore...
Now Therefore...
Walk in the Light
The Horizon of Hope
A Way In the Wilderness
Life in the Spirit
Standing Where We Always Hoped
More to Come
Who Is This?
Encountering Jesus: Rise Up
Encountering Jesus: The Blind Man
Encounters with Jesus: The Outsider
Encountering Jesus: Nic at Night
A Defining Encounter
But Now!
The Human Propensity to Screw Things Up
Outsiders Are A Mess
Romans: Power of a Story
Good News from Belhar: Justice
Good News from Belhar: Love overcomes hate, fear, shame, and injustice
Good News From Belhar: Unity
Good News From Belhar, South Africa: An Opportunity
Preparing for the King: Immanuel
Preparing for the King: I'm Here
A Shoot from the Stump
Preparing for the King: Seeing, Training, Hearing
O Worship the King!
A Way Forward: Lessons for America and the Church from the First Century, Park 3
A Way Forward: Lessons for America and the Church from the First Century, Part 2
A Way Forward: Lessons for America and the Church from the First Century, Part 1
Full of God
True Grit
Taste and See
The Center
By This Everyone Will Know That You Are My Disciples, If You Love One Another
Faith Formation: Caught or Taught?
Love in Real Time: Mission Trip Stories
Say Yes
Social Engineering: Put Down the Wrench
Inhabiting the Unshakeable Kingdom
Shaping the Future
Breaking In
Ministry in the Body of Christ: The Ministry of Helpfulness
Ministry in the Body of Christ: The Ministry of Proclaiming
Ministry in the Body of Christ: The Ministry of Helpfulness
The Ministry of Holding One's Tongue
Our Safe Harbor
The Ministry of Hemorrhaging
New Patterns for this World
Disrupting Grace
Expectant in the Desert
Hospitality and the Stranger
Freeing Presbyterians From Our Fear Of Pentecost
Promises
And in the End
With Full Voice
Tears and Hunger
Jesus and Spit
Why Do We Work?
Is That the End of the Story?
Jesus and the Temple
God Is Dead...
The Trial(s)
Jesus' Last Hours: The Garden
Jesus' Last Hours: The Meal
Recognizing Jesus
Discipleship
Born Again? Walking in Daddy's Shoes
A Suffering Messiah
Faith From The Margins
The Duh-sciples
Goodnight Cruel World, I'll See You in the Morning
Middle School Jesus
All Generations Will Call Me Blessed
What Then Shall We Do?
His Name Is John
Footnotes in Our Stories
But You Do See!
Go Home
What Will It Take?
Ohana Means Family
What is the Big Deal About Eating?
Letting Your Heart Speak
Why Am I Here?
The Church of Migrants: I wonder what God thinks of our current crisis?
A New Sheriff's In Town
Finding Jesus in Mark: Time's Up
The Kingdom of God Has Come Near to You: Mission Trip Testimonies
Faithful Living in Dissonant Times
The Living Temple
Praying Jesus' Way: Set the World Right
Daily Bread
Praying Jesus' Way: Becoming a People of Forgiven Forgivers
Praying Jesus' Way: As Above, So Below
Praying Jesus' Way: Set the World Right
Praying Jesus' Way: Reveal Who You Are
Did That Just Happen?
Ministry in the Interruptions
Getting What You Want
The Upside Down Kingdom
Praying Jesus' Way
Trusting Into Jesus
God is Odd
The Kingdom of God Has Come Near To You
Enticing Our Imagination
Fear Not: You're Not Equipped for the Struggle
Mutual Submission: Work Relationships
Mutual Submission: Parents and Children
Reconciliation Real Time
Terror and Amazement Seized Them
Palm Sunday Irony
Believing in the Crucified Messiah
Whoever
Where Heaven and Earth Meet
Deep Life
Jesus' Calling and Yours
Talking the Walk
Speaking the Truth in Love
Abundantly More Than We Can Ask or Imagine
Growing into a Holy Temple
Grace, Faith, Works
Unity in Christ
Heartburn
A Light For Revelation
He Who Must Not Be Named
Too Good Not To Be True
Living A "With God" Life
Come, Lord
Thanksgiving Homily
Power: Who Has It and Who Doesn't
Puzzle Peace: Becoming One In Christ
The New We
Wrestling with Reconciliation
Wrestling with Reconciliation
Called to a New Economy
Entrusted with a Story
Entrusted with a Resource
God in the Mess
Defined at the Center
We Come to Worship
Songs of the Heart: Praise
Songs of the Heart: Hope
Songs of the Heart: Courage
Songs of the Heart: A Cry for Justice
Songs of the Heart: Hate
Songs of the Heart: Prayer Partner
Songs of the Heart, Cry of the Heart
Praying the Psalms: Better Than Life
Oil for Your Lamp
Enter into the Joy of Your Master
The Capacity to Receive
Who Is My Neighbor?
Do Not Lose Heart
Spirit Poured Out, Prophets Unleashed
Weeds and Wheat
The Problem of Grace
On Earth As It Is In Heaven
Alive Together with Christ
The Epilogue
Fights Unsought, Forgiveness Forgone
My God and Your God
For This Purpose
Resurrection Happens
Well Met
Jesus Meets the Professional
Lamb of God
God Intended It For Good
Saying Good-bye
Savior or Victimizer
Courage for the Journey
God Sent Me
The Long Road to Reconciliation
When the Past Won't Go Quietly
A Life Worthy of Your Calling
Help!
Free From Fear
The Thin Place
A Story With Room In It
Are You The One?
The Peace-Full Kingdom
A View from the End
Never Ending Love
He Ran Out
Going Down to Egypt
Message and Testimonies
God's Invitation to Grow as a Listener
The Talk of Heaven
Mystery and Mission
Heart Talk
Worshiping Together
The Kingdom of God
One Another
Not Neglecting to Meet Together
Wherever You Go
When Taking the Stand
Finishes, Finalities and Farewells
Using Jesus vs. Knowing Jesus
The Gospel in a Curious Society
Waking Up to God's Mission
They Met Together
Divine Impartiality
Conversion
Power
The Mission of the Church: That'll preach
Messy Grace
No Other Name
More Than We Ask For
Together
What Should We Do?
What Does This Mean?
In-Between
Witness
Recite Them To Your Children
Sheepishly
Meeting Jesus on the Road
The Ragman by Walter Wangerin Jr
They Did Not Believe Them
When Stones Would Shout
The Extravagant Worship
The Waiting Parent
When Bad Things Happen: Verdict or Opportunity
Today, Tomorrow and the Next
Can I Trust His Voice?
The Church: Seeking the Welfare of the City
The Church: Stewards of a Story
The Church: Sending and Sent
The Church: Defined by Christ
Great Expectations
Herod and the Astrologers
Transition
A Meditation
Promises Made, Promises Kept
Un-anxiously Awaiting
Love's Crooked Path
Beginning with the End
A King from Another Realm
Double Vision
East of Eden
Limitations and Possibilities
Showing Abundantly
The Best Laid Plans
Journeys in Getting and Giving
Practicing Grace with Each Other
Perpetrators' Guide to Reconciliation
Not Just A Good Idea
Determining Your IQ
Laboring in Vain?
Giving Witness
There's No Place Like Home
For Crying Out Loud
Traveler's Advisory
Going Fishing
Called to Belong
In It Together
Almost Christian
On Eagles' Wings
Wilderness School: Sabbath
Wilderness School: Manna for All
God Our Deliverer
Going Empty-Handed
You Shall Be My Witnesses
When All Else Fails - Or, The Courage to Forgive
Remain in Me. Love One Another.
Living the Resurrection Life
Courage to Confront
Sounds Like A Plan!
To Be Continued...
Journey of Faith
God Save Us! But How?
Cleaning Up for the Party
The Other Prodigal Son
The Prodigal Father
Lost and Found
Come to the Party!
Listen to Him
Joyful Surrender
Seed-Sized by Design
Parables of the Kingdom: It's Not So Cut and Dried
Parables of the Kingdom: The Real Dirt
Open to Interpretation
Why Was Jesus Baptized?
New Hope in Old Places
Christmas Gifts
Singing in the Reign: The Angel's Song
Singing in the Reign: Zechariah's Song
Singing in the Reign: Mary's Song
Signing in the Reign: The Sounds of Silence
The Once and Future King
Living on the Edge
The Case of the Sanctuary...and a Seismic Event!
The Sermon on the Amount
First Fruits
Fit to be Tithed?
Surprised by Joy
The Faithful and Wise Servant
First Things First
Breaking and Entering
Another Perspective
Ending with the Introduction
Seismically Sound
Through Thick and Thin
Cries in Crisis
Live by the Spirit
Another Advocate
Christian Love
We'll ALL Charismatic
Praying with the Spirit
Revive Us Again!
The Divine Dance
Making Waves
Wait Training
Loved People Love People
Catch the Vision
No Fear...No Gear
The Benefit of the Doubt
Why are you weeping?
Tell It ... Again!
For God So Loved The City
The Gospel of Reconciliation: Fact, Fiction or False-advertising
The Neighbor Question
Mister Rogers' Regret
Peace in the City
Pulling Back the Curtain
Unity, Diversity and Maturity
What a Difference a Comma Makes
The Interactive Life with God
Now What?
What Happened When They Cut Open The Roof
I Love to Tell the Story
Don't Freak
The Inappropriate Baptism
The Witness of Simeon
A Resolution for the New Year
For Unto Us a Child is Born: The Glad News of Justice
For Unto Us A Child is Born: And He Will Be Called Prince of Peace
For Unto Us A Child is Born: His Government Shall Grow Continually
For Unto Us A Child Is Born: His Name is Everlasting Father
The Wonder of...Time, Creation, Stewardship
Through the Storm...From Fear to Faith
Backward Christians: Martin Luther and the Apostle Paul
The Power of Story
Walking with Jesus through Grief to Glory
Life on Life
Power-Full
On the Hill
Growing Churches
No Small Dissension
The Road Less Traveled
Doors
To the Ends of the Earth
Called Through the Community
A Growing Church
The Most High God and Our Wilderness Wanderings
The Gates of Hell Will Not Prevail Against It
Beautiful
First Things First
Holy Moments
Fully Alive
Celebration
Attentive
Whoa
Stuck to Unstuck
Adventure! (Pentecost)
Law & Wall
It Matters
An Issue of Identity
Foundations
Building Projects 101
Out of Step
A Time to Laugh
The Way of Jesus: On the Road
The Way of Jesus: Crucified with Criminals
The Way of Jesus: Crucifixion
The Way of Jesus: Turning Towards
The Way of Jesus: Mocked
The Way of Jesus: Denied
The Way of Jesus: The Gardens
A Tough Word
Therefore
Taming the Wild Beast
FaithWorks
Cleaning Up and Caring
Live It
Opportunity
God Has Spoken
The Voice of the Shepherds
The Voices of Gabriel and Mary
The Voice in the Wilderness
The Voice of the Prophet
Community
The Great Reversal
Who Knows?
Jesus and the Cost of Discipleship
Sabbath Reprise
Call the Sabbath a Delight
An Overdue Conversation
There, Here and NOW
There, HERE and Now
THERE, Here and Now
Sharing God's Presence in the World: Missions Trips
Last Words
Called Together
Making Room
The Freedom of Restraint
Do the Right Thing...Now!
The Great Therefore
The Bigness of God
The Danger of Being Too Religious
Purpose and Passion
The Ministry of the Spirit
Beyond Legality
A Question of Identity
Poured Out
What Would It Look Like If...
Standing in the Gap
Keeping Up Appearances
Us and Them...and We
Proper Confidence
Now What?
A Sigh and A Hallelujah
And Yet...
All Things, Everywhere, All the Time
A Traveling Song
Refuge
Three Selahs and a Longing
Needy Prayer
When God's People Praise
What Should We Fear?
Complaints, Enemies and Real Prayers
Ever-Present Help in Trouble
Howling
Bigger Than Me
Delight
To and Fro
Specifically Christian
Called Out of Darkness
Waking Up
Sitting in the Dark
Thankful to Give Thanks - A Way of Life
Acknowledging the Source
Trust Issues
Jesus First
Truly
Mockery and Identity
Who to Blame?
A Tale of Two Trials
Tim Dearborn
Good Lord
Sharing the Journey
Active Waiting
Two Paths
All
A Word on (After) Death and Taxes
To Miss or Not To Miss
Authority and Confrontation
The Extreme Gospels
For All The Nations
Jesus Comes to Jerusalem
Bystanders and Followers
Not So With You
Less Is More
Let's Back Up
Upsetting Expectations
Lessons from a Father
Expecting God
Who, How, What?
Questions
The Many Faces of Faith
Majoring in the Minors
A Jesus Story
In Training
No Easy Answer
Stumbling Blocks and Mission Trips
The Restoration of Two Daughters
Wanted: Alive, Not Dead
All We Have to Fear is...Nothing!
Palm Branches and Mustard Seeds
Evaluating the Sermon
The Cast of...Twelve
When Bad Behavior is Good (and vice versa)
The Unfolding Story
The Beginning of Trouble
Praying in the Dark
A Different Kind of Authority
Follow Me
Out of the Water, Into the Fire
Seeing in a New Light
Tabernacled
Movin'-In Day
I Believe
Testify
What Are You Longing For?
Calling Home
Loaves and Fish
Strange Love
Wide Awake
What Are We Doing?
Intentional Inefficiency
An Offer of Help
A Written Invitation Home
Prayer: The Language of Longing
Asking the Right Question
What We're Looking For
How Should the Redeemed Live?
Homily on Baptism and Testimonies
Whose Story Is It?
A Mixed Bag
Can We Trust God Now?
Do Not Be Distressed
Treasure in Your Sacks
God at Work
Down in the Dumps
Dreams, Confusion and a Future
The Face of God
Superstar Wrestling
Days of Our Lives
Comings and Goings
Bless Me, Me Also!
Ordinary Faith
What If...?
Absurd Faith
Surprise
Abandoned
Covenant
Go, So...and Oh No!
On the Road to Emmaus
All Things New
Palms
The Last Word on Salvation: Life
The Last Word on Judgment: Repent
The Last Word on Politics: Kingdom and Power
The Last Word on Witness: Speak the Word
A Grace Received
The Last Word on Prayer: God Listens
The Last Word on Evil: Not Forever
The Last Word on Worship: Worthy!
The Last Word on the Church: Messy
The Last Word on Christ: Christ the Center
First Things About Last Things
Disconnect
The Probability of Impossibility
Home and Homelessness
A Pregnant Season
The Certainty of Doubt
Monarchs, Messes and Mystery
Thanks in the Midst
Costly Faith
Risky Business
Build and Plant
Defeat With A Purpose
Living in Exile
Fire and Water
The Crossroads Strategy
Return and Response Ability
Conversion of the Imagination
Pluck, Pull, Build, Plant
The Mission
New Archaeology
Keep in Step!
What Has Gotten Into You?
Bewitched!
No Other Gospel
Stepping Into The Gap
To You, O Lord, I Lift Up My Soul
Community of Hope
Community of Brokenness
Community of Outreach