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David Bahn - Reflections — 1000 episodes
Follow the Word: Breathtaking Promises!
Follow the Word: Every Generation Builds Reservoirs
Follow the Word: The Heart of God for All People
Follow the Word: Interrupting Misery with Mercy
Follow the Word: Great Gifts Come in Small Packages
Follow the Word: Sitting under a fig tree
Follow the Word: Life From the Stump
Follow the Word: When Comfort Becomes a Curse
Follow the Word: Say it ain't so, Amos!
Follow the Word: Here am I. Send me.
Follow the Word: The Fruit of God's Vineyard
Follow the Word: A Bright Light in a Dark Place
Follow the Word: The Trust Factor
Follow the Word: God's work through flawed kings
Follow the Word: We must not keep this to ourselves!
Follow the Word: Where Help is Found
Follow the Word: God is still at work
Follow the Word: The 9th & 10 Commandments - Forgotten or Ignored?
Follow the Word: Elijah's Victories & Struggles
Follow the Word: The Days of Elijah
Follow the Word: The Long Road of Faithfulness
Follow the Word: The Parade of Kings
Follow the Word: Too Clever by Half
Follow the Word: Remember Your Creator
Follow the Word: Talk is Cheap
Follow the Word: Our Best Words Before God
Follow the Word: What Price Success?
Follow the Word: Mission Accomplished!
Follow the Word: Praying Toward God's House
Follow the Word: "What are you gonna do with all that stuff?!?"
Follow the Word: Building a House for the LORD
Follow the Word: Whose Notice Matters?
Follow the Word: Keepers
Follow the Word: More Than Many Words
Follow the Word: Two Voices. Two Paths. Two Endings
Follow the Word: More Than Good Advice
Follow the Word: Trusting the Trustworthy One
Follow the Word: Why Not Both?
Follow the Word: Solomon's Request for Wisdom
Follow the Word: All Things Come from You
Follow the Word: Every Name Matters
Follow the Word: The Resource That Matters Most
Follow the Word: David’s Grief and Israel’s Division
Follow the Word: Grace Misused, Authority Undermined
Follow the Word: "You are the man!"
Follow the Word: When Kings Stay Home
Follow the Word: The Milk of Human Kindness
Follow the Word: David’s Mighty Men
Follow the Word: Whose Laws Do We Love?
Follow the Word: Even the Names Are Part of the Promise
Follow the Word: The Prayer of Jabez - Example or Model?
Follow the Word: What’s in a name?
Follow the Word: Voices from the Dead – and the Living Word of Christ
Follow the Word: The Corner of Saul's Garment
Follow the Word: Saul's Ruthless Despotism
Follow the Word: David’s Victory – Saul’s Fear – Christ’s Greater Triumph
Follow the Word: Perhaps?!?
Follow the Word: There is No Other God than the LORD!
Follow the Word: The Call of Samuel
Follow the Word: Faithful Women in Faithless Times
Follow the Word: There is Still Hope for Us
Follow the Word: The Corruption of a Kingless People
Follow the Word: The Danger of Self-Made Salvation
Follow the Word: Gideon's Two Fleeces and My Two Letters
Follow the Word: May the Name of the LORD be Praised!
Follow the Word: Judges
Follow the Word: Staying True
Follow the Word: Inheritance
Follow the Word: A Giant Object Lesson
Follow the Word: How God Works
Follow the Word: Pile Up, Oh Waters!
Follow the Word: Strength and Courage
Follow the Word: God's Gift of Identity
Follow the Word: True Righteousness
Follow the Word: True Justice
Follow the Word: The Prophet Who Has Come
Follow the Word: False Prophets and True
Follow the Word: The Land
Follow the Word: War!
Follow the Word: Offerings
Follow the Word: Sin’s Consequences
Follow the Word: The Deadly Sin of Pride
Follow the Word: The Most Powerful Prayer
Follow the Word: Following God's Leaders
Follow the Word: The Difference Between God and Man
Follow the Word: True Faithfulness
Follow the Word: Offerings
Follow the Word: What Jesus Found in Leviticus
Follow the Word: Yom Kippur - The Day of Atonement
Follow the Word: Offerings
Follow the Word: Sin's Consequences Writ Small & Large
Follow the Word: The Lamb Behind the Law
Follow the Word: Tabernacles & Temples
Follow the Word: That's Enough!
Follow the Word: When "Just any god" Won't Do
Follow the Word: "Sure you will..."
Follow the Word: Boundaries & Characteristics
Follow the Word: Holding Up the Prophet’s Hands
Follow the Word: The Steadfast Love of God
Follow the Word: Between Plague and Promise
Follow the Word: The God Who Sees and Saves
Follow the Word: Evil Intent & God's Faithfulness
Follow the Word: Does he know what he's doing?
Follow the Word: The World Dismisses. God Honors.
Follow the Word: The Journey From Guilt to Grace
Follow the Word: Embracing Tears in Faith
Follow the Word: Here Comes that Dreamer!
Follow the Word: The Question That Leads to the Cross
Follow the Word: Clinging to the Blessing of God
Follow the Word: Sibling Rivalry
Follow the Word: Forgiveness, Life, and Salvation
Follow the Word: God’s Promises are No Laughing Matter
Follow the Word: Melchizedek - Priest and King
Follow the Word: The Call of Abram
Follow the Word: Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook?
Follow the Word: God in the Dock
Follow the Word: When the Good Old Days Are Gone
Follow the Word: Fear, Love & Trust in God
Follow the Word: Honest to God
Follow the Word: Words Written in a Book
Follow the Word: Lines in Pleasant Places
Follow the Word: True Words Unfitly Spoken
Follow the Word: Comfort for Those Who Are Suffering
Follow the Word: The Devil is Always God's Ape
Follow the Word: The Only Tower Worth Building
Follow the Word: "Let there be light!"
Follow the Word: When The End Is Not At All The End
Follow the Word: The End Is About Hope, Not Fear
Follow the Word: Tag-Teamed — but Not Taken Down
Follow the Word: The Kingdom of God Coming with Power
Follow the Word: A Hand Restored, Hearts Revealed
New Year - New Reading Plan: Follow the Word, The Beginning of the Gospel
49 Week Bible Challenge Day 242: Jesus. Only Jesus
49 Week Bible Challenge Day 241: God's Deliverance: Hope Amidst Fear
49 Week Bible Challenge Day 240: The Beauty of God's Law: Justice, Truth, and Love
Christmas Day 2025: "The Word became flesh" - Thanks be to God!
49 Week Bible Challenge Day 234 (Christmas Eve) - Yay God!
49 Week Bible Challenge Day 233 - Hope!
49 Week Bible Challenge Day 232 - Light! Let there be light!
Controlled, Compelled, Constrained by Christ's Love
49 Week Bible Challenge Day 200 - The Truth We Need Not Hide
49 Week Bible Challenge Day 199 - Wool Cloaks, Mildew Checks, and the Freedom of the Spirit
49 Week Bible Challenge Day 198 - The Fragrance of Christ in Our Lives
49 Week Bible Challenge Day 197 - Comfort from God for Comforting Others
49 Week Bible Challenge Day 194 - Never in Vain
49 Week Bible Challenge Day 193 - Jesus' Resurrection: Of First Importance and Lasting Impact
49 Week Bible Challenge Day 192 - When the Spirit Speaks with Clarity
49 Week Bible Challenge Day 191 - When Love Has a Name
49 Week Bible Challenge Day 190 - Life in the Body of Christ
49 Week Bible Challenge Day 187 - When God provides a way out...take it!
49 Week Bible Challenge Day 186 - Paul’s Gospel Approach and Modern Church Challenges
49 Week Bible Challenge Day 185 - Will we learn from others' mistakes?
49 Week Bible Challenge Day 184 - Listening Between Command and Counsel
49 Week Bible Challenge Day 183 - What's the Big Deal About Marriage?
49 Week Bible Challenge Day 180 - A Pastor's Stewardship
49 Week Bible Challenge Day 179 - Slaying the Green-eyed Monster
49 Week Bible Challenge Day 178 - Faith that Rests in the Power of God
49 Week Bible Challenge Day 178 - Idols are Like Scarecrows in a Cucumber Field
49 Week Bible Challenge - The Precious Blessing of Unity in Christ
Special Edition: Reformation Sunday Message: The Truth that Sets Us Free
49 Week Bible Challenge - Day 174: Set Apart for Comfort and Strength in the Truth of Christ
49 Week Bible Challenge - Day 172: Thankfulness, Vengeance, and Honor
49 Week Bible Challenge - Day 171: Godly and Sanctified Waiting
49 Week Bible Challenge - Day 170: A Reminder About Love
49 Week Bible Challenge - Day 168: How Faith and Love Refresh our Spirits
49 Week Bible Challenge - Day 166: Whom Shall I Fear?
49 Week Bible Challenge - Day 165: Babblers!
49 Week Bible Challenge - Day 164: The Essential Virtues of Gentleness and Humility
49 Week Bible Challenge - Day 151: The Power of the Tongue
49 Week Bible Challenge - Day 150: Our Eyes Are On You
49 Week Bible Challenge - Day 148: Is it time to go home?
49 Week Bible Challenge - Day 145: The Beginning and Decline of Saul's Reign
49 Week Bible Challenge - Day 144: The Call of God
49 Week Bible Challenge - Day 143: The Cycle of Sin and Mercy
49 Week Bible Challenge - Day 139: Allotments
49 Week Bible Challenge - Day 138: The Brief Appearance of John Mark
49 Week Bible Challenge - Day 137: Create in Me a Heart Reborn by Grace
49 Week Bible Challenge - Day 136: God Does Not Play Favorites
49 Week Bible Challenge - Day 135: What's in a name?
49 Week Bible Challenge - Day 135: Scattered Witness
49 Week Bible Challenge - Day 134: The Blood of Martyrs and the Triumph of Christ
49 Week Bible Challenge - Day 131: Holy Ground
49 Week Bible Challenge - Day 130: Remembering
49 Week Bible Challenge - Day 129: A Long Obedience in the Same Direction
49 Week Bible Challenge - Day 128: The Pathway of Blessing
49 Week Bible Challenge - Day 127: Foreigners and Faith
49 Week Bible Challenge - Day 124: No Other Name
49 Week Bible Challenge - Day 123: When the Blessings of God Come Full Circle
49 Week Bible Challenge - Day 122: The Great Chasm and the Fullness of God’s Grace
49 Week Bible Challenge - Day 121: My Favorite Question
49 Week Bible Challenge - Day 120: Life in Jesus' Name
49 Week Bible Challenge - Day 117: The Folly of Instant Religion
49 Week Bible Challenge - Day 116: Jesus in Zechariah's Prophecy
49 Week Bible Challenge - Day 115: Naming Names
49 Week Bible Challenge - Day 114: Security
49 Week Bible Challenge - Day 113: Close Proximity and True Fidelity
49 Week Bible Challenge - Day 110: Why would God do such a thing?
49 Week Bible Challenge - Day 109: The Mysterious Gift of Prayer
49 Week Bible Challenge - Day 107: The Conviction of the Holy Spirit
49 Week Bible Challenge - Day 106: What Pleases You?
49 Week Bible Challenge - Day 105: From Firewood to Fruitfulness
49 Week Bible Challenge - Day 103: Fulfillment and So Much More
49 Week Bible Challenge - Day 102: Intercessory Prayer
49 Week Bible Challenge - Day 101: What a Day! What a Glorious Feast!
49 Week Bible Challenge - Day 100: Love is Extravagant.
49 Week Bible Challenge - Day 99: Only by Forgiveness and Mercy
49 Week Bible Challenge - Day 96: Selah
49 Week Bible Challenge - Day 95: No Bait and Switch With Jesus!
49 Week Bible Challenge - Day 94: God's Expectations
49 Week Bible Challenge - Day 89: The God who Sees
49 Week Bible Challenge - Day 88: Nard
49 Week Bible Challenge - Day 87: God's House of Prayer
49 Week Bible Challenge - Day 84: When Faith Takes its Hold
49 Week Bible Challenge - Day 85: Camels and God's Transforming Power
49 Week Bible Challenge - Day 83: Encouragement, Judgment, and the Generous Grace of God
49 Week Bible Challenge - Day 81: Jesus' Personal Care
49 Week Bible Challenge - Day 80: To Love and To Cherish
49 Week Bible Challenge - Day 79: Time In Erodes Awareness Of
49 Week Challenge - Day 79: Lessons from Noah's Ark
49 Week Challenge - Day 76: The God Who Sets Limits...Raises the Dead
49 Week Challenge - Day 74: The Celebration of the Redeemed
49 Week Challenge - Day 73: When It's Our Ox in the Ditch
49 Week Challenge - Day 72: Oh give thanks to the Lord for he is good.
49 Week Challenge - Day 70: The True Measure of Wealth
49 Week Challenge - Day 68: A Reminder and a Warning
49 Week Challenge - Day 66: Talking ABOUT God, and Talking TO God
49 Week Challenge - Day 65: Justice and Grace in the Face of Suffering
49 Week Challenge - Day 64: I AM & Bricks
49 Week Challenge - Day 63: David's Path to and from Anointing
49 Week Challenge - Day 47: Little or Great Faith
49 Week Challenge - Day 46: Finding Peace Amidst Division
49 Week Challenge - Day 45: Sometimes we carry, our friends. Sometimes they carry us.
49 Week Challenge - Day 44: The Touch of Jesus
Messiah Lutheran Church Trinity Sunday Message June 15, 2025
49 Week Challenge - Day 43: Jesus' Threefold Office
49 Week Challenge - Day 39: Faith and Redemption
49 Week Challenge - Day 38: Wisdom that Guides Us to True Life
49 Week Challenge - Day 37: Lessons from Solomon and Jesus on Forgiveness and Pride
49 Week Challenge - Day 36: Taking the Yoke of Jesus
49 Week Challenge - Day 34: The Nearby or Long Distance Reach of God's Hand
49 Week Challenge - Day 33: Let Us Pray!
49 Week Challenge - Day 32: Let Us Pray!
49 Week Challenge - Day 31: Away From the Altar
49 Week Challenge - Day 30: Spiritual Balance
49 Week Challenge - Day 29: Seventy Years
49 Week Challenge - Day 26: So Much at Stake
49 Week Challenge - Day 25: Weightier Things of God's Law
49 Week Challenge - Day 24: Jacob's Well
49 Week Challenge - Day 23: Bronze Serpents & Jesus' Exaltation
49 Week Challenge - Day 22: Famine and Plenty - God is Over it All
49 Week Challenge - Day 19: From Earlobes, Thumbs, and Toes to the Touch of Jesus
49 Week Challenge - Day 18: Have you heard?
49 Week Challenge - Day 17: "Would you rather..."
49 Week Challenge - Day 16: Genealogy - When it matters and when it doesn't
49 Week Challenge - Day 15: The Great Identity Crisis
49 Week Challenge - Day 12: Where is Jesus to be Found?
49 Week Challenge - Day 11: Unexpected Inevitabilities
49 Week Challenge - Day 10: The Glory of the Lord
49 Week Challenge - Day 9: Jesus: Born of a Virgin
49 Week Challenge - Day 8: No Lily Gilding Here
49 Week Challenge - Day 8: No Lily Gilding Here
49 Week Challenge - Day 5: Naming Names
49 Week Challenge - Day 4: Real Religion
49 Week Challenge - Day 3: There Will Be a Day
49 Week Challenge - Day 2: I'm Second
49 Week Challenge - Day 1: The Place of God's Presence
The Great Commission: Understanding its Most Certainly True Importance
Jesus’ Gift of Peace: Believe it. Receive it.
The Heart-Changing Power of the Gospel
The Power of God's Word: Fulfilled in Christ
The Power of God's Word: Fulfilled in Christ
Why All This?
Understanding Jesus' Questions: Doubt and Peace
We've all got a story to tell
Understanding the Holy Spirit's Role in Our Faith
Whose Word Will You Believe?
Emmaus: Transformative Encounters with Jesus
Recognizing Jesus
Good Friday: A Cursing Criminal, A Repentant Thief, A Loving Savior
The True Significance of Holy Communion
Political Calculations or Spiritual Preparations
The Several Facets of Faithfulness
Two Important Quotes
The Lord's Needs
Faithfulness in the Face of Fear
Zacchaeus: The Little Big Man
What does humble faith look like?
Why Humility Matters
How Faithfulness and Gratitude Show in a Life of Discipleship
The Rich Man and Lazarus: A Lesson on Compassion
The Prodigal Son: A Journey from Madness to Gladness
Don't Miss This Party!
Healing on the Sabbath: Understanding Jesus' Bold Act
The Journey to Jerusalem: Jesus' Mission in Luke
Solitude and Prayer
When Questions Arise
Real Disciples
Who is this man?
Getting Carried Away
What does it mean to go in peace?
Grist. Grace. Faith. Authority. A powerful combination.
Building a Strong Foundation in Faith
No Judgement Zones
Jesus says, "Follow me."
Through the Roof!
Jesus: Astonishing? Alarming? Alleviating? All of the Above.
Pslm 97: Worship the Lord Your God, and Serve Him Alone
Psalm 97: Who's Happy Now?
Psalm 97: "Everybody out of the van!"
Psalm 97: "This isn't that!"
Psalm 97: "Who's in charge here?"
Psalm 100: "Come on In!"
Psalm 100: The LORD is God
Psalm 100: God is Good
Psalm 100: Serve the Lord with Gladness
Psalm 100 Praise the Lord
Psalm 6: a Psalm of Lament - Part 5: Yay God!
Psalm 6: a Psalm of Lament - Part 4: A Profession of Trust
Psalm 6: a Psalm of Lament - Part 3: Help!
Psalm 6: A Psalm of Lament, Part 2
Psalm 6: A Psalm of Lament, Part 1
Known for???
The Battles We Need Not Face
The Battles We Must Face
Why's everybody always picking on me?
The Impact of Grace on Christian Fellowship
What's worse than a fight over the carpet color?
What's worse than the camel's nose under the tent?
Freedom!
Our Great Co-Mission, Sunday Message at Trinity Lutheran Church, Amarillo, Texas
Reflections on our Recent Trip to C--a – Final Part
Reflections on Our Recent Trip to C--a - Part 4
Reflections on Our Recent Trip to Cuba - Part 3
Reflections on Our Recent Trip to Cuba - Part 3
Reflections on Our Recent Trip to Cuba - Part 2
Reflections on a Recent Trip to Cuba
Abiding
The Cost of Caring
Enemies multiply kisses
Embracing Weakness: How God Uses Our Struggles
Invitation to Imitation
How it is that we come into our own
Never in Vain
Days and months and seasons and years: the real story
Days and months and seasons and years
Understanding 'Abba': Intimacy and Respect
Growing Up Into Christ
The Grace of God Has Appeared
The Fullness of Time
The Good News of God: Jesus Christ
David's Son and David's Lord
Clothes Horse
Child Conductors and Guardians
No longer held captive
Solicitous Fortitude
The Things that Truly Matter
Receiving the Promised Spirit
Why is this so confusing?
It's always been God's plan
The Gift of the Spirit
Wounds From a Friend
Crucified With Christ
Living Unto God
NWHPC Christmas Prayer
Justification Still Matters
Reinterpreting Sin, Righteousness, Good, and Evil
Spying Out Our Freedom
Thanks be to God!
Private Consultations and Public Conflagrations
Form, Storm, Norm, Perform
May the name of the Lord be praised!
Spiritual Growth through Trials: Paul's Example
Recommendations
Pure Grace
The bigger they are...
God's Honest Truth
Why would anyone want to distort the gospel?
No Easy Task
Immutable Truth
Really? Really???
Delivered
The Salvation of God Has Been Sent
God’s Hard Word for Unbelievers
The Hope of Israel and the Kingdom of God
Post Church-Culture Realities
The Truth of the Matter
Don't lose sight of the goal
The Healing Ministry of the Church
The Milk of Human Kindness
Divine Appointments
Conclusions
And so it was...
Desperation as Faith in Disguise
The Importance of Physical and Spiritual Health
Turn Around and Live!
You gotta stay in the boat!
"Do not be afraid...God has..."
Overcoming Despair and Fear
God's Power Over All of Nature
Overcoming Delusions of Adequacy
Paul's Voyage: Lessons on Suitability and Survival
Where's Jesus?
To whom do you listen?
The Journey or the Destination?
Ripples of Kindness
Imitation
Mindfulness
Five Times
Do you believe the prophets?
No Secrets Here
Tell Your Story
It must certainly happen
Testifying to both small and great
Meaning, Purpose, or Survival?
Have you seen Jesus?
What Does it Take to Convince You?
Easy Question # 2
Train Up a Child
Red or Clear?
Living Testimony
Thwarted
Not Even a Cameo
Pomp and Pompacity
Is he, or isn't he?
God at Work
Patience
Defending the Faith
The Thin Purple Line
Speculation
Relentless Pursuit
A More Convenient Time
Righteousness
Faith
The Fullness of Faith
As the World Turns
Holding Fast to Hope
Clear Conscience - Part 2
Clear Conscience
Substance
Big Guns
The Long and Winding Road
Who are all these people? And why are they trying to help me?
You've got 40. I have 200.
Protective Custody
Ordinary People Extraordinary Impact
Dangerous Vows
More than forty
Tell me a story
A different kind of confession
Courage
Angels and Spirits and the Resurrection
What's it all about, Alfie?
The Pettiness Factor
Nothing New Under the Sun
The Switch
"The world begins at the end of your skin."
The Greatest Tool for God's Mission Work
Sealing the Deal
The Blessings of Gracious Identity
That which is appointed for us
The Body of Christ
Heart Language
In Season and Out of Season
Any Port in a Storm
A Different Story of Zeal
Protection or Proclamation?
Tanzania Teaching Trip: The River of God's Blessing
Shaven Heads at Paul's Expense
Vows, Purifications, and Offerings
Many Thousands Believe
Paul's Mighty Men
Give Way!
“Let the will of the Lord be done.”
Wounds from a Friend
Kneeling for Prayer
The Long and Winding Road Home
Forty-Five Years: May the name of the Lord be praised!
Tearful Farewells
Silver or Gold, or Apparel
Commendations of Grace
Dire Warning
Take Care of Yourself
Going but Not Knowing
The Gospel of the Grace of God
Repentance toward God and Faith in our Lord Jesus Christ
He and We: Paul and Luke & Company
A Miracle and a Mystery In a Meal
Friendly Fire...that's not so friendly
It takes a Team
Sleepers Beware!
Naming Names
The Voice of Reason
Much Ado About Something
What really works?
Now You're Meddlin'
Onward!
Book Burning
Borrowed Faith
Handkerchiefs and Aprons?
God at Work
The Kingdom of God - Part 2
Persuasion about the Kingdom of God
Validation
What ought we to think?
All People Everywhere
Godly Discontent
A Band of Brothers
The Witness of Scripture: CORRECTION
The Witness of Scripture
The Bigger Story
The Paradox of Being of More Noble Character
Resurrection Power
Holy Week: Sunday - Jesus Christ is Risen! He is Risen, Indeed! Alleluia!
Holy Week: Saturday
Holy Week: Friday
Holy Week: Thursday
Holy Week: Wednesday
Holy Week: Tuesday
Holy Week: Monday
The Missionary Way
Not so fast!
Wondering About Another
Rejoicing
Ripples
A Most Urgent Question
Safe Keeping
Oops! Ugh. Aha! Whee! Yeah...
Sing Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs
Servants of the Most High God
How does this happen?
Lydia
More than a travelog
When to bend and when to hold fast...and why?
Closed Doors and Open Hearts
Honor to whom honor is due
Patience
What Cannot Be Done
What's the good news? Who's it for?
Is it really all the same?
Let's settle this!
Stunned by God's Grace
Through many tribulations
The Action of Mission and Protection
Never Give Up
Not without witness
Who's on first?
It's not me
Beyond Likeness
So what do you do?
Not peace, but a sword
Be the Moon!
As the Gospel Turns
Getting Rid of Jealousy
When's the last time you've begged?
They...but God...
Devered as Promised
Beware Scoffer!
It's gonna happen
Time In Erodes Awareness Of
A Man After God's Heart
Encouraging Words
Yeah, yeah, yeah...
What Works
Make Way
Close Encounters of the Spiritual Kind
Prayers for Workers
Name Calling
The Gospel of the Holy Spirit
Worship, Fasting and the Mission of God
Falling and Rising
It's never too early to start down the path of righteousness
Living or Departing in Peace
When You've Seen God's Salvation
Jesus
Where Else?
Not Many Limos Here
Where God Wants To Be
The Heart's Treasures
God's Beautiful Ballet of Grace and Truth
Blue Christmas
Living by the Sword
The Twin Blessings of True Fellowship
Partners in Mission
I Know 12 People
Is it good to be king?
How Prayer Works
Awakening-Part 2
Awakening
Angels Watching Over Me
The Great Escape
Grace Abounds!
The Holy Spirit's Influence
Can you see it?
Are you a Christian?
Sons and Daughters of Encouragement
Repentance that Leads to Life
W.A.I.T.
It too seldom happens this way.
A Message By Which You Will Be Saved
Peter's New Character: Patience
The proof is in???
Thanks be to God!
The Chosen
Good News of Peace
Better than Instant Replay
Waiting Before God - The Blessings of Curiosity
Don't Go Alone
No Conclusion-Jumping Here!
Chaos or Gridlock?
What does this mean?
Timing
Partners
Prayer and the Mission of God
Availing Prayer
No Longer Unclean
The Most Important Thing
The Next Step
Famous
Word Gets Out
Word Gets Out
The Temptation of Self-Idolatry
When Bad Things Happen the Good News is Still Good
Death is no friend
The weaker you feel the dirtier you will fight
Conformity or Conviction?
We're All Converts
The Eyes of Faith
Life After Death
Buildings or Hearts
The Good Old Days
What gets you riled?
When Will We Ever Learn?
Does cred mean anything to you?
What is your idea of God?
I guess it shouldn't surprise me
Who someone is really matters
Jesus Calls Us to a Different Kind of Greatness
It's not just the same old story
Adoption
When Bad Things Happen
All Truth is God's Truth
But…Until…When
"...and they will worship me," said God.
Here Comes That Dreamer
Can Jealousy Serve God's Purposes?
Not Even a Foot's Length
The Whole Story
Thy Kingdom Come
Both
The Church Militant - Part Two
The Church Militant
It's gonna be
Who's Wasting Whose Time?
The Blessings of Growing Old
When God Gets the Glory
Sometimes you simply must speak up
Mic Drop
The extraordinary mission of God is carried out by ordinary people
Just the Right Words
No Other
Speaking Truth to Power
The Word Shall Prevail
Reasons to Believe
Faith’s Legacy
Jesus gets the credit
Signs and Wonders
Are you looking at them?
A Cause for Praise and Joy
Wave Making and Wave Riding
Devotion
Devotion
What a precious gift!
When the Breadth of God’s Love Becomes Real
Life Changing Moments
Present Blessings
Not Possible
Message from Mwanza, Tanzania
Heart Language
What’s going on here? Getting Used to Different
The Blessings of Gathering
The Gale Force Wind of the Spirit
Pentecost Sunday 2023: "God Has No Country"
God Knows
"It is Necessary" - Part 2
It Is Necessary
An Ignominious Legacy
Scenario Living
A Devotion to Prayer
My Favorite Question
Roadmaps and Walks of Faith
Why must we wait?
What is Jesus Doing?
What Has Jesus Done?
What if...?
Three Times Three Times Two
More than these?
Questions Jesus Asks
A Different Kind of Communion
Those Pesky Questions!
What's so important about eating fish?
Counting the Fish
Jesus Appears to his Disciples at the Sea of Galilee
Psalm 118: Why rejoice today?
Psalm 118: Who did this?
Psalm 118: Rejected Stones and Chief of the Corner
Psalm 118: The Gates are Open
Psalm 118: Still Celebrating
Psalm 118: Good Friday, God's Steadfast Love on Public Display
Psalm 118: A Psalm of Deliverance and Anticipation
Psalm 118:5-9: Keep Looking to God
Psalm 118:1-4, 29: What will you say?
Psalm 118: Holy Week and Easter in One Psalm
Psalm 121: Coming and Going
Psalm 121: Sun and Moon
Psalm 121: No Down Time
Psalm 121: More than "Good Thoughts"
Psalm 120: Looking to God for Hope and Healing
Psalm 46: Selah, The Pause that Refreshes
Psalm 46: Blessings of God's Presence
Psalm 46: Rivers of Gladness
Psalm 46: Fear Not
Psalm 46: Security
Psalm 90: Legacy
Psalm 90: God's Timing and our Time
Psalm 90: Considering, Numbering, and Gaining
Psalm 90: The Big UGH!
Psalm 90: The Everlasting God
Psalm 95: Reasons to Praise God
Psalm 65: "...and still preserves them..."
Psalm 65: How Happy Are You to Go to Church?
Psalm 65: What God Does
Psalm 65: Giving God His Due
Psalm 51: The Joy of God's Salvation
Psalm 51: Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Psalm 51: Three Shades of...
Psalm 51: Steadfast Love
Psalm 51: Mercy!
Psalm 42: Holding on to Hope
Psalm 42: Being Part of the Throng of Blessing
Psalm 42: Deep Calls to Deep
Psalm 42: Thinking About the Woman at the Well
Psalm 42: A Yearning Fully to Be Satisfied
Psalm 32: Selah - Think About It
Psalm 32: Rushing Waters
Psalm 32: True Dangers of Self-Deception
Psalm 32: Ya Gotta Admit It!
Psalm 32: The Blessing of Forgiveness
Psalm 23: When "He" becomes "You"
Psalm 23: The Blessings of God's Presence
Psalm 23: The Fullness of God's Blessings
Psalm 23: Who is leading you?
Psalm 22: It all comes together in Jesus
Psalm 22: The Cry of True Hope
Psalm 22: The Cry of Abandonment
Psalm 22: The Cry of Faith
Psalm 22: The Cry of the Soul
Psalm 19: Words and Thoughts
Psalm 19: Blamelessness
Psalm 19: What's your Precious?
Psalm 19: An Even Better Declaration
Psalm 19: Glory!
Psalm 14: Our Urgent Need
Psalm 14: God of Mercy, Hold Us in Love
Psalm 14: Wisdom's Precious Practices
Psalm 14: God Cares
Psalm 14: Context is Everything
Psalm 8: From the Mouth of Babies and Infants
This Week: Psalm 8
Psalm 1: Joseph and Waiting
Psalm 1: Two Kinds of Righteousness
Psalm 1: A Second Progression & The Mystery of the Promise
Psalm 1: Walking, Standing, Sitting
Of the Father's Love Begotten
Silent Night Holy Night
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Angels We Have Heard on High
O Come All Ye Faithful
Joy to the World the Lord has Come!
In the First Light: The Rule and Reign of God
In the First Light: Truth Be Told
In the First Light: A Sudden Dawn
In the First Light; Behold! Your Light Has Come
In the First Light
Mary Did You Know: The Rehearsal
Mary Did You Know: From Troubled Maiden to Willing Servant
Mary Did You Know: Finding Favor
This Week's Song: Mary Did You Know?
This Week's Song: Mary Did you Know?
Advent Songs: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel...Rejoice
Advent Songs: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel…Preparations
Advent Songs: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel...The Challenge of a Good Life
Advent Songs: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel...Our Ransom
Advent Songs: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Today's thanksgiving blessing: My Family wife, children, grandchildren, sister, inlaws, cousins, nieces and nephews
Special Edition: A Thanksgiving Prayer
Thanksgiving Blessings #3: The Body of Christ
I'm Thankful for the Freedoms We Share
My Top 5 Thanksgiving Blessings
An example worth following
The nuts and bolts of life
A Call to Far-reaching Faith
The Place of Missionary Prayer
Pray for your pastor!
Obtained Glory...Only by Faith
Ya gotta say it!
Five Traditions and One Not Observed
Traditions! Tradition
Now it's our turn
Must we talk about this?
Stirred, not shaken
Life in a Rented World
Clearing Up Confusion
Real Love for Real Truth
Lighting a candle of hope
A joyful exaltation of God's grace or a cry of utter duress?
Ugh! There it is...The vengeance of God
Wow! What a Privilege!
Why begin with praise?
Set Aside
Holding fast to that which is good
The Pathway to Peace
Four Challenges Churches Face
Thanking God for our Church Leaders
Jesus' Second Coming is no Add-On
Whose are you?
The comfort of not understanding
No Little Thing
Living with The End in mind
Jesus will return in triumphant splendor!
Because we believe
Truth Be Told
We will always be with the Lord
I can't even imagine
Says who? The One whose word is gold.
An Honorable Life: God's High Calling
It all comes back to love...of a different kind
Dos and Don'ts and DONE
The Change We All Need is a Change of Our Hearts - Sunday's (9/18) Message at Fishers of Men Lutheran Church, Port Isabel, TX
Friends in Faith
Filling the Gaps of Our Faith
It's inevitable. But not final.
Clear and Present Danger
Faith Matters
How God Helps Us Through Change
Nothing like the real thing
Where are you in this picture?
Imitation is the best form of discipleship.
The Beautiful Combination
Conviction, Glory, and Joy
Facing Change for the Sake of Christ's Mission: Why Change?
Hard Work Worthy of God
The Tender Love of God
Truth Be Told - 2
What Pleases You?
Out This Week
Why isn't there more written?
Shepherds & Sheep: Who's Invited & Who's Inviting
In the end...One Ping Only!
You're Invited...And It's a Big Deal!
And yet, it still happened
There's a whole lot of praising going on.
Who are these bowls for?
Heeding the Call to Repent
Just & True, Holy and Righteous
Smooth Sailing and Perfect Peace
Stunning Grace and Glorious Majesty
The End of God's Wrath
What will and will not end
Get Your Own Dirt & Other Brutal Facts Atheists Must Face
Behold A Host Arrayed In White
Majestic Humility
Divine Comfort
The Witness of the Heavenly Chorus
The Slain Lamb's Reign
Precious Prayers
Exalting in the Lamb's Exaltation
Praise's Perspectives
Revelation's Revelations
Three Ways to Live - One Way of Life
Battle Buddies
People and Things Can Change
Naming Names
What a Week It’s Been!
A Lesson on the way to the Airport
Open Doors and Divine Appointments
Pray for Us - A Call to Prayer 2
A Call to Prayer
Everything?!?!
What's on your playlist?
Celebrating 47 Years
Perfectly Fitting
Paradigm Shift
What's to lie about anymore?
Words that Hurt and Words that Heal
Speaking the Truth in Love
Hand's Off!
Spiritual Capital
Suffering for the Body
Newton or Einstein?
What more can a hero do?
Celebrity Pastors
The journey of Grace
God is all in for us
Worthy of Preeminent Honor
Praying For You
A World Coming Alive
The Truth is No Excuse
Partners in the Gospel
Claiming Your Proper Place
Why Worship?
Some things you can't unsee
God's Got This!
Open Mindfulness
Being Clear and Confident of God's Promises
Why so troubled? Why do doubts arise?
Peace! What a marvelously delightful gift! (With the Luke reading)
Peace! What a marvelously delightful gift!
The Mystery of the Resurrection
The Light Goes On
When the "Same Old Same Old" is Very Welcome
WPD and Listening to Jesus
Who Knows?
Who gets to say what it says?
God's Religion or Man's Religion?
Easter’s Afterglow
Ragman by Walter Wangerin, Jr.
Friday of Holy Week: Two Trials, Three Crosses, and Seven Words
Thursday of Holy Week: Two Mandates, Three Prayers, and Much More
Wednesday of Holy Week: Not much Jesus?
Tuesday of Holy Week
Monday
How Will this All End?
That's a good question
Enemies Beware!
The Courage to Rebuke
I know who you are!
Better Together with Jesus
Who's in charge here?
Eyes, Ears, (and Hearts?)
Defining and Connecting
What do you need?
Hometown Favorite
New Insights on the Lord's Prayer
It’s NOT all about the bass
What do you want it to say?
Another Opportunity
Truth or Dare
Appetite, Applause, or Ambition
Supposedly
Round One
A Real Man
Checkered Past?
A Ringing Endorsement
Brothers and Soccer Opponents
Winnowing Forks and Wheat Barns
Who's got your GOAT vote?
Great Expectations
Do something non-religious for Jesus!
How long has it been?
High and Low and the Great Leveling
Baptism...Is it really a big deal?
Who needs to repent?
What treasures do you hold in your heart?
No Precociousness Here!
Quest for the Historical Jesus
Who's doing what to whom?
What are you being prepared for?
How many words do you have?
Help the Boy!
Relentless Pursuit
How would you be known?
This News is for You
The Wrong Sign
The Trinity of Faith
Two Turtledoves and a dove
The pathway to peaceful joy
The Second Song of Advent: Mighty, Merciful, & Mindful II
The Second Song of Advent: The Visit
The Second Song of Advent: Morning has Broken!
SPECIAL EDITION: NWHPC Christmas Party Prayer
SPECIAL EDITION: NWHPC Christmas Party Prayer
The Second Song of Advent: Zechariah's Prophecy of Salvation
The Second Song of Advent: Zechariah's Prophecy
Praise! God Can Handle It!
The First Song of Advent: The Power of Praise
The first song of Advent: God is mindful, mighty, and merciful. (Thanks Alistair Begg)
The First Song of Advent
The first and the last word
Living beyond an attitude of gratitude
Sunday Message at Fishers of Men Lutheran Church, Port Isabel, Texas
When Justice is More than Balanced Scales
The Both-And of Doing Good
How important are you?
The Little Things that Fulfill a Great Law
When God Is Not Quite Mocked
Why is this so difficult?!?
The Paradoxical Power of Self-Control
The Humility Factor
Angry Young Man