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Desert Springs Church Podcast — 1291 episodes

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1

Obadiah: God Brings Down the Proud

2

Amos: Confronting the Comfortable

3

Joel: The Day of the Lord

4

Hosea: God's Unrelenting Love

5

The Risen, Ascended Christ

6

On the Road with the Risen Christ

7

In the Grave with the Crucified Savior

8

Theology for Doxology

9

No Ordinary People

10

A Gospel-Fueled Itinerary

11

Gospel Ambition

12

Unity in the Plan of God

13

Under the Lordship of Christ

14

A Wake-Up Call

15

Living under Authority

16

Let Love Be Genuine

17

Let Us Use Them

18

Lives Shaped by Mercy

19

To Rest upon His Promise

20

The Alpha and Omega

21

The Lamb of God

22

Prince of Peace

23

The Son of David

24

The Son of Man

25

Immanuel

26

Paul's Doxology

27

God's Manifold Mercy

28

Anatomy of Unbelief

29

The Nearness of the Gospel

30

A Hopeless Righteousness

31

The Justification of God

32

One Mediator between God and Man

33

Panel Discussion

34

What Should We Say about Mary?

35

Why Do Protestants Convert?

36

Justified in Christ: Grace in the Italian Reformation and Today

37

Authority: Sola Scriptura, Tradition, and Canon

38

Why Protestants Don't Accept the Papacy

39

The Conversion of Michelangelo

40

What Does It Mean to Be Protestant?

41

God's Purpose Stands

42

All Things, Yet Nothing

43

From Groans to Glory

44

The Hope in Our Groaning

45

Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow

46

The Difference the Spirit Makes

47

No Condemnation

48

The Future of the Church

49

Gifted Together

50

Gathered for Good Works

51

Covenant Signs

52

From the Church, for the Church

53

The Discipline of Discipleship

54

Ep. 83 – Faithful in the Field: A Conversation with the G's

55

How Would God Build a House?

56

The Walled Sheepfold

57

At Your Service

58

Shepherding God's Flock

59

We the People

60

Why Are We Here?

61

Who's in Charge?

62

House Rules

63

The Wisdom of Friendship

64

A Portrait of a Wise Woman

65

Christ Our Wisdom

66

The Great Sin

67

The Risen, Exalted Lord

68

The Humble Servant-King

69

A Matter of Life and Death

70

Train Up a Child: Instruction and Conversion

71

Train Up a Child: Obedience and Discipline

72

Wisdom for Our Wealth

73

Wise Work and Rest

74

Blessed Are the Peacemakers

75

Wise Words

76

Competing Voices

77

The Beginning of Wisdom

78

Hope for the Wretched

79

Freed from the Law to Bear Real Fruit

80

Slaves of Righteousness

81

What's after Grace?

82

Through the Waters

83

Press On

84

The First and Second Adam

85

The Free Gift

86

The Amazing, Saving Love of God

87

Christian Benefits

88

Promises Worth Trusting

89

Abraham and the Status Symbol

90

Faith that Counts

91

Gospel Implications

92

Righteous Redemption

93

All Under Sin

94

David and the Census

95

The Kindness of the King

96

Panel Discussion

97

The Davidic Covenant

98

The King Has Come

99

David on the Run

100

David and Goliath

101

The World Is about to Turn

102

Let God Be True

103

Hypocrisy vs. the Heart

104

A Turning of the Tables

105

God Gave Them Over

106

Without Excuse

107

The Heart of the Gospel

108

Under Obligation

109

Gospel Greetings

110

Dedicated to the Lord

111

God Defines the Relationship

112

Jubilee!

113

The Bread and the Blasphemer

114

On Holy Days

115

Spirit Filled Community

116

Ep. 82 – The Rock at Noonday

117

Holiness and Wholeness

118

Holy Society

119

Holy Sexuality

120

The Day of Atonement

121

The Unclean Made Clean

122

Does God Care What We Eat?

123

Our God Is a Consuming Fire

124

Holy and Acceptable Forever

125

Grace Greater than Our Guilt

126

Bloody Purification

127

Ep. 81 – A Conversation with Mark Dever about Baptism and the Lord's Supper

128

The High Priestly Prayer

129

A Faith That Works

130

Eating with God

131

Complete Sacrifice

132

The Great Adventure

133

The Resurrection Conspiracy

134

Truly This Was the Son of God

135

Tried and True

136

Three Responses to the Condemned King

137

The Son of God on Trial

138

How Christians Should Vote

139

The Flesh Is Weak

140

Ep. 80 – Deeper Together

141

Christ, Our Passover Lamb

142

Preparations for the Passion

143

Of Sheep and Goats

144

Kingdom Investments

145

Being Ready

146

The Day and the Hour

147

The Coming of the Son of Man

148

The Beginning of the End

149

Behold the Lamb

150

Behold His Glory

151

Ep. 79 – Diet and the Christian

152

Behold the Light

153

Behold the Word

154

A Clash of Wills

155

Empty Religion

156

Questioning and Silence

157

Ep. 78 – Ben Hobbs

158

Death and Taxes

159

The Royal Wedding

160

The Parable of the Wicked Tenants

161

Ep. 77 – Equipping Classes

162

Authority and Authenticity

163

Paul's Final Chapter

164

Panel Discussion

165

Paul's Vision and Thorn

166

Paul and Peter

167

Paul and the God of Comfort

168

Paul's Mission

169

Paul's Conversion

170

Paul on Justification

171

Ep. 76 – Kids in the Gathering

172

God's Building Project

173

Your King Is Coming to You

174

The Hands of a Healer

175

The Cup of Salvation

176

Going Up to Jerusalem

177

Ep. 75 – Divorce

178

Entering the Kingdom

179

Kingdom Family

180

Ep. 74 – Clarus

181

What God Joins Together

182

Made for Missions

183

Ep. 73 – The Lord's Supper

184

The Ministry of Reconciliation

185

Ep. 72 – Jason Bickers

186

The End

187

Can You Draw Out Leviathan?

188

Out of the Whirlwind, God Speaks

189

Delivered by Affliction

190

What More Can I Say?

191

Where Shall Wisdom Be Found?

192

Does Job Have Any Hope?

193

Ep. 71 – Suffering

194

How Can a Man Be Right before God?

195

At the Edge of Lament

196

From Bad to Worse

197

Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People?

198

Kingdom Community

199

Little Ones

200

Taxing Questions

201

The Priority and Power of Faith

202

The True Identity of the Son

203

Where You Go I Will Go

204

Spiritual Disciplines: Meditating on God's Word

205

Chosen

206

Turning to the Cross

207

The Church's Charter

208

Gaining Clarity with Christ

209

Reunion and Restoration

210

Denial and Deliverance

211

Signs of the Times

212

Dogged Faith

213

Making Void the Word of God

214

The Son of God Worshipped

215

Two Cases of Mistaken Identity

216

Kingdom Worth

217

Kingdom Growth

218

A Holy God

219

The Parable of the Soils

220

Something Greater

221

A Treasury of Words

222

Lord of the Sabbath

223

From Rebuke to Rest

224

Jesus and John

225

Waiting for Fruit

226

While You Wait

227

Waiting for Glory

228

Finally Seeing the Savior

229

When the Waiting Is Over

230

Wait on the Lord

231

Waiting for the Blessed Hope

232

The End of the Beginning

233

Looking Back, Looking Ahead

234

God's People in a Foreign Land

235

The Big Reveal

236

Guilt, Grace, Gratitude

237

From Prisoner to Prince

238

Spiritual Disciplines: God's Word

239

Ep. 70 – What Is Greg Gilbert?

240

A Wicked Family and a Blessed Slave

241

How Not to Be Saved

242

From Favored Son to Egypt's Slave

243

Greatly to Be Praised

244

To Live Is Christ

245

Seminar – Healthy Leadership

246

Sheep amidst Wolves

247

Jesus' Mission and Men

248

Jesus and the Afflicted

249

Ep. 69 – The End of the Livestream

250

Jesus and Sinners

251

Spiritual Fruit in Tumultuous Times

252

Ep. 68 – Demons

253

Citizens United

254

Such Authority

255

Even Winds and Sea

256

Marriage Seminar – The Heart of Communication and Conflict

257

Ep. 67 – Sermon on the Mount (Preacher's Cut)

258

Three Healings

259

What Are You Gonna Do about This?

260

How to Judge Others

261

A Trustworthy Treasure

262

Ep. 66 – State of the SBC

263

Religious Hypocrisy

264

The New Covenant

265

Jesus and the Law

266

Salt and Light

267

Ep. 65 – Introducing Alex Schroeder

268

Paradoxes of Blessing

269

Back to Bethel

270

Ep. 64 – Corporate Prayer

271

Dinah's Story

272

Followers or Spectators?

273

A Dangerous Journey

274

The Long Way Home

275

Spiritual Disciplines

276

Ep. 63 – Ask Mark Anything (Interview with Mark Dever)

277

A Dysfunctional Family and a Faithful God

278

The Great Commission and the Church

279

The Unstoppable Blessing of God

280

Raised According to the Scriptures

281

Why Have You Forsaken Me?

282

The Struggle Is Real

283

Foundations of Family Discipleship

284

Providence and Promises

285

The Better Work of Jesus

286

God Will Provide

287

The Ups and Downs of Life

288

Dark Days of Sodom

289

Evangelism Seminar

290

Is Anything Too Hard for the Lord?

291

Three Sinners, One Savior

292

The Gospel to the Ends of the Earth

293

The Covenant with Abraham

294

King of Kings

295

A Parting of the Ways

296

The Call of Abram

297

Fellowship with God

298

Light in the Darkness

299

The Hardest Test Ever Taken

300

The Baptisms of John

301

An Attractive Message

302

Pondering and Treasuring Jesus

303

A Tale of Two Kings

304

Joseph's Role in Christmas

305

Jesus' Roots

306

The Condescending, Unifying, Compelling Glory of God

307

The Tower of Babylon

308

Noah, His Sons, and the Nations

309

A Covenant for Noah and the World

310

A Flood of Judgment, an Ark of Salvation

311

Creation's Undoing

312

Sin Is Crouching at the Door

313

Life After Eden

314

The Fall

315

The First Marriage

316

Heaven Awaits

317

A Man in a Garden

318

All One in Christ: Race, Diversity, and Justice (Part 2)

319

All One in Christ: Race, Diversity, and Justice (Part 1)

320

Ep. 62 – Adoration and Confession

321

The Culmination of Creation

322

Ep. 61 – Canon

323

The Beginning

324

The Pharisee and Tax-Collector

325

Ep. 60 – Heaven and Hell

326

The Rich Man and Lazarus

327

The Great Banquet

328

Ep. 59 – Partings

329

The Shrewd Manager

330

The Mustard Seed and Leaven

331

Ep. 58 – For the Sake of the "Call?"

332

The Barren Fig Tree

333

The Gospel Man and Pornography

334

Ep. 57 – A Call to Worship

335

The Rich Fool

336

Ep. 56 – Systematic Theology

337

The Friend at Midnight

338

The Good Samaritan

339

The Four Soils

340

Ep. 55 – Israel of God

341

Gospel Conclusions

342

Ep. 54 – SBC Annual Meeting

343

Gospel Help

344

Gospel Change

345

Remembering the Nations at the Lord's Supper

346

Ep. 53 – MEW (Cs Edition)

347

God's Shining Face and the Church's Global Mission

348

Gospel Ambition

349

Ep. 52 – What's Law Got to Do with It?

350

Gospel Freedom

351

Ep. 51 – Introducing Tate Blessing Madzima

352

Stand Firm in the Gospel

353

Gospel Children

354

Ep. 50 – Assurance (Live Panel)

355

Gospel Friendship

356

Gospel Family

357

Ep. 49 – Covenants

358

Gospel Union

359

Ep. 48 – Evangelism

360

Gospel Promise

361

The Gospel Man and Spiritual Gifts

362

Ep. 47 – What's in a Testimony

363

Gospel, Not Law

364

Ep. 46 – TGC and Heritage

365

Gospel Faith

366

Gospel Justification

367

Raised for Your Faith and Hope

368

Ransomed with Precious Blood

369

Ep. 45 – Can't We All Just Get Along?

370

Gospel Confrontation

371

Study War No More

372

Ep. 44 – The Week the World Went Home

373

Gospel Agreement

374

Ep. 43 – Does Iron Sharpen Iron?

375

Not a Man-Made Gospel

376

Seminar – Who Do You Say That I Am?

377

Ep. 42 – Saturday Seminar Preview

378

Another Gospel?

379

Ep. 41 – Expositional Preaching

380

Revival ... Not Yet

381

Amazing Grace

382

Ep. 40 – Politics and the Church

383

A Joyful Dedication

384

Ep. 39 – Corporate Singing

385

Ep. 38 – Unequally Yoked?

386

A New Covenant?

387

Ep. 37 – Prayer

388

A Prayer of Contrasts

389

Ep. 36 – Membership Directory

390

Repairing Worship

391

Ep. 35 – Conspiracy Theories and the Church

392

I Have Come as Light

393

Ep. 34 – 2021 Preview

394

I Have Come to Seek and Save the Lost

395

I Have Come to Bring a Sword

396

I Have Come to This Hour

397

I Have Come as a Ransom

398

I Came to Call Sinners, Not the Righteous

399

I Came to Preach Good News

400

I Have Come to Fulfill the Law

401

The City of God

402

Don't Come Down

403

Ep. 33 – COVID-19 Update

404

Working on Love

405

Ep. 32 – Food and Faith

406

All Hands on Deck!

407

Ep. 31 – Baptism

408

The Hand of the Lord

409

Ep. 30 – Lord's Supper

410

Devastation

411

Ep. 29 – Cause for Praise

412

Forgiven and Forgiving

413

Ep. 28 – Church Every Sunday

414

The Garden of God's Love?

415

Ep. 27 – Staff Update

416

Is Prayer a Brag Sheet?

417

The Cup of Wrath and the Cup of Peace

418

Ep. 26 – Discipleship

419

Kept for Jesus Christ

420

Ep. 25 – Apocrypha

421

Know Your Enemy

422

Ep. 24 – Prayer and Updates

423

Yet I Will Rejoice

424

From Lament to Praise

425

Ep. 23 – Church Membership

426

Preserving Peace

427

Ep. 22 – Work

428

Get to Work

429

Ep. 21 – What Do We Do When We Can't Sing?

430

Pray for Us

431

Ep. 20 – MEW

432

Come, Experience God's Love

433

Ep. 19 – God's Sovereignty and Evangelism

434

A Glorious Tension

435

The Apostasy and the Antichrist

436

Ep. 18 – Biblical Counseling

437

The Righteous Judgment of God

438

Ep. 17 – COVID-19 Cancellations and Re-Gathering

439

Greetings and Gratitude

440

Ep. 16 – Hebrew Poetry

441

Ep. 15 – A Sabbatical with John Owen

442

The Old Hundredth

443

Ep. 14 – Youth Ministry

444

Our God Is Holy!

445

Ep. 13 – Concerning Conscience

446

Joy to the World

447

Ep. 12 – Race, Protest, and Lament

448

Delight or Doom?

449

Ep. 11 – Missions

450

The Witness of Worship

451

Ep. 10 – Women's Ministry

452

Worship and Warning

453

Ep. 9 – Justice

454

Rise Up, O Lord!

455

Ep. 8 – Outreach

456

The Lord Reigns!

457

Ep. 7 – Worship

458

Reasons to Praise

459

Ep. 6 – From Psalm to Song

460

Under His Wings

461

Ep. 5 – Bible Memory

462

To Know Ourselves and Our God

463

Ep. 4 – Risen Indeed

464

Believing Thomas

465

Ep. 3 – The Church at Home

466

Living Out the Gospel Together

467

Ep. 2 – For When the Day Comes

468

Preparing for the Day of the Lord

469

Ep. 1 – DSC Online (Church in the Time of the Coronavirus)

470

The Coming of the Lord

471

Loving More and More

472

A Life Pleasing to God

473

From Concern to Comfort

474

How and Why God Saves

475

Our Hearts in Hardship

476

The Word at Work

477

Evidential Apologetics (Session 3)

478

Classical Apologetics (Session 2)

479

Presuppositional Apologetics (Session 1)

480

Marks of a Faithful Ministry

481

An Example to Follow

482

The Gospel Man and the Battle for His Mind

483

Thankful Prayers for the Church

484

Jesus Said to Them, "I Am"

485

I Am the True Vine

486

That You May Believe that I Am

487

I Am the Resurrection and the Life

488

I Am the Way, Truth, and Life

489

I Am the Good Shepherd

490

Before Abraham Was, I Am

491

I Am the Light of the World

492

Living Water (John 7:1-39)

493

I Am the Bread of Life

494

The End Is Only the Beginning

495

What Is Next for Our Mission?

496

What Is Next for Our Giving? (Part 2)

497

What Is Next for Our Giving?

498

What Is Next for Our Witness?

499

The Gospel Man and His Worldview

500

What Is Next for Our Discipleship?

501

What Is Next for Our Worship?

502

Finishing Strong

503

The Contributions

504

Being Born Again

505

Transforming Glory

506

The Sufficiency and Authority of Scripture to Diagnose and Cure the Soul

507

Panel Discussion

508

Making Sense of Complex Issues

509

How to Live with the Mind of Christ in an Abnormal World?

510

A Biblical View of Depression

511

Erasing the Stigma of Mental Illness – The Church's Role

512

A Biblical View on Anxiety

513

Mental Health: A Biblical Perspective

514

Knowing People, Body and Soul

515

Is He with Us?

516

Intercession ... Not Yet

517

Strengthened by Sacrifice, for Sacrifice

518

The Sabbath Rest

519

The Craftsman

520

Abide in Me

521

Making Sense of Incense and Oil

522

Paul's Prayer for the Church

523

In Case of Emergency: Remember

524

The Priesthood

525

The Tabernacle

526

A Covenant Confirmed

527

Ever-Expansive Praise

528

Faith Comes by Hearing

529

A Distinct Way to Live, Part 2

530

A Distinct Way to Live, Part 1

531

The Big 10

532

Consider Jesus

533

Coming to the Mountain of God

534

A Few Good Men and Their Great God

535

Grumbling in the Desert

536

God's Glorious Triumph

537

Heading Out

538

The Gospel Man and His Church

539

Unshakable Assurance

540

The Two Days Before

541

The Passover

542

Signaled Sovereignty

543

The Salvation of Our Children

544

The Instruction of Our Children

545

The Discipline of Our Children

546

God v. the gods, Round 3

547

Undeserved Generosity: The Parable of the Gracious Landowner

548

God v. the gods, Round 2

549

God v. the gods, Round 1

550

Cracking Codes of Exodus

551

Laodicea

552

Philadelphia

553

Panel Discussion

554

Sardis

555

Thyatira

556

Pergamum

557

Smyrna

558

Ephesus

559

The Vision of the Son of Man

560

Can You Trust the Lord?

561

God's Powerful Word

562

From Reluctance to Recognition

563

The Call of Moses

564

Promises Kept, Promises Incomplete

565

The Gospel Man and His Work

566

The Song of the Marriage Supper

567

A Song of Final Judgment

568

A Requiem for Babylon

569

The Song of Moses and the Lamb

570

The Song of the Triumphant Saints

571

The Song of Heaven

572

The Song of Zechariah

573

The Song of Mary

574

The Songs of Hannah and David

575

The Song of Deborah and Barak

576

The Song of Moses

577

What to Do When the Argument Begins

578

Preparing for the Biggest Argument

579

Living in the Tension

580

Help!

581

The Wonderful, Righteous Word

582

The Gospel Man and His Children

583

Elders Q&A: October 2018

584

Remember Jesus Christ

585

Drawing Lines

586

The Wisdom of the Word

587

The Turning Point

588

Now God Has Spoken by His Son

589

Sanctifying Suffering

590

Reminding and Remembering

591

God's Word in a Fallen World

592

Wondrous Things for the Weary

593

Tried, Tested, and True

594

The Blessed Way

595

An Introduction and Invitation to Psalm 119

596

Lesson 4: Encountering the Risen, Reigning Christ

597

Lesson 3: Christ in Apocalyptic Literature

598

Lesson 2: Features of Apocalyptic Literature

599

Lesson 1: Introduction to Apocalyptic Literature

600

The Day of the Lord Is Coming (Part 2)

601

The Day of the Lord Is Coming (Part 1)

602

A Piece of the Truth

603

The Gospel Man and His Wife

604

The Rise of False Teachers

605

Establish Unshakable Faith

606

Peter's Urgent Priorities

607

Coming to the End

608

Home in Heaven

609

Two Paths, Two Kinds of People

610

Who Is Like the Wise?

611

A Snake in the Garden

612

The Unknown and the Known

613

The Power to Enjoy God's Gifts

614

What Do We Do Now?

615

Not This World

616

Questions from an Exhausted Life

617

In Search of the Good Life

618

What's the Point?

619

The Gospel Man and Understanding Oneself

620

Letters from a Roman Prison

621

Finally, Rome!

622

Through the Storm

623

Encounters with the Risen Christ

624

Behold, the Suffering Servant

625

Paul's Gospel Proofs

626

A Credible Witness

627

New Creation

628

Church

629

Panel Discussion

630

Jesus

631

David

632

Moses

633

Abraham

634

Noah

635

Adam

636

Good Work

637

Before Governors and Kings

638

Faith in Christ Jesus

639

The Word of God Is Not Bound

640

Wise as Serpents, Innocent as Doves

641

Paul Takes the Stand

642

Following Christ into Trouble

643

Questions with Answers

644

Encountering God

645

The Parable of the Wedding Feast

646

The Parable of the Wicked Tenants

647

The Parable of the Two Sons

648

The Woman and the Dragon

649

The Appearing

650

Walking While We Wait

651

Waiting for Redemption

652

A God-Bought Flock

653

Shepherding the Flock

654

Necessary Ingredients of the Mission

655

The Gospel in Ephesus

656

The Busy Body

657

Times of Transition

658

Living in the Body

659

The Gospel Comes to Corinth

660

Child of God

661

Revealing the Unknown God

662

Fuel for Worship

663

Raised with Christ, Set Your Heart and Mind on Him

664

Turning the World Upside Down for Christ

665

Having Received Christ...

666

Enslavement, Imprisonment, and True Freedom

667

Maturity in Faith Only Comes from Christ in You

668

Good Government

669

God's Surprising Grace

670

Elders Q&A: September 2017

671

Jesus Is the Incarnate God, and We Are Reconciled Sinners

672

Putting the Keys to Work

673

The Gospel Is Complete for Deliverance and Fruit Bearing

674

Who Holds the Keys?

675

Overview of Colossians

676

Gospel Partners

677

The Gospel: No Strings Attached?

678

No Other Gospel

679

A Tale of Three Cities

680

One Gospel, Two Responses

681

Question and Answer

682

Lesson 2: The Twelve

683

Lesson 3: Making Sense Out of Habakkuk Making Sense

684

Lesson 1: Basics of Interpreting the Prophets

685

The Day of Reckoning

686

History That Sets You Free

687

To the End of the Earth

688

Remember the Love of God

689

Hopeless Herod and the Sovereign God

690

Antioch Christians

691

Good News to the Gentiles

692

God Shows No Partiality

693

Jesus' Building Program

694

Peter Proclaims Jesus

695

Saul Proclaims Jesus

696

Saul's Shocking Encounter

697

Do You Understand What You're Reading?

698

Is It the Real Deal?

699

... and Samaria

700

The Second Martyr

701

When Jesus Saw His Mother

702

Serving Widows, Serving the Word

703

Fiercely Opposed, Fully Obedient

704

People, Places, and Priorities

705

The Lord Is My Shepherd

706

Reasoning through the Resurrection

707

The Curse, the Christ, the Cross

708

The Church Tested from Within

709

The Church's Prayer

710

There Is Salvation...in No Other Name

711

Peter's Public Testimony

712

What I Have I Give to You

713

The Church's DNA

714

God's Endorsement of Jesus

715

Worship

716

Panel Discussion

717

Election

718

Salvation

719

Conflict

720

Faith

721

Hypocrisy

722

Unashamed

723

When the Spirit Comes

724

The Good Shepherd

725

A Small but Sure Beginning

726

You Will Be My Witnesses

727

To Be Continued

728

Abounding Joy

729

Christianity: Life and Light

730

A City Set on a Hill

731

Walk as Children of the Light

732

We Are Being Transformed

733

The Sunrise Shall Visit Us!

734

The True Light Comes to the World

735

Let There Be Light

736

The Blessing of Being Persecuted

737

Jesus' Care Plan for Dying Loved Ones

738

Living Out Humble Righteousness

739

Blessed Are the Hungry

740

Blessed Are the Lowly

741

Blessings

742

Unity

743

Remember David

744

Arise and Go to Nineveh

745

When God Shows Up

746

I Was Blind, Now I See

747

Humility

748

Elders Q&A: September 2016

749

Finding Forgiveness

750

Afflicted

751

Blessed Is Everyone Who Fears the Lord

752

Not the Same

753

I Will Love Them Freely

754

From Tears to Joy

755

Those Who Trust...

756

Lesson 2: Collections in the Psalter and Psalm 90

757

Lesson 3: The Psalms, Your Soul, and Psalm 46

758

Lesson 1: Basics of Hebrew Poetry and Psalm 1

759

The Lord on Our Side

760

Look to God

761

A Song for the Church's Mission

762

Living Water

763

Jerusalem

764

Help

765

Homesick

766

Wandering

767

Christ, Our Advocate

768

Pray

769

Be Patient until His Coming

770

Weep, You Rich Oppressor

771

If the Lord Wills...

772

Who Are You to Judge?

773

Celebrating Redemption

774

Humble Yourselves

775

What Causes Quarrels?

776

Who Is Wise?

777

The Tongue

778

You Must Be Born Again

779

Not by Faith Alone?

780

Distinctions among Yourselves

781

True Religion

782

Hearing Problems

783

God's Ways in This World

784

Lifted Up

785

The Servant's Great Love and Cleansing

786

Count It All Joy

787

Getting to Know James

788

The Great Adoption to Come: The Public Unveiling of Our Identity in Christ

789

Panel Discussion

790

Race: Being Agents of Peace in a Perplexing World

791

Marriage: Creation, Vocation, and the Glory of God

792

Abortion: Being Agents of Light in a Darkened World

793

Gender: Manhood and Womanhood in Christ as Our True Identity

794

Conscience and Religious Liberty: Why the Freedom to Believe Is the Freedom to Flourish

795

Image: How Theocentrism Shapes Our Public Lives

796

Final Words

797

Severe Weakness, Unshakable Hope

798

David: A Life in Pictures

799

Of Famine and Philistines

800

The Problem with Relationships

801

The Protection of Relationships

802

The Purpose of Relationships

803

The Return of the King

804

Good News or Bad News?

805

The Generous Landowner

806

Kingdoms in Conflict

807

Engaging the World

808

Making Doctrine Beautiful

809

Getting the Church in Order

810

Going after the King

811

Getting Ready

812

Going through the Motions

813

A Coup

814

A Sure and Steadfast Anchor

815

Facing Up to It

816

Like Father, Like Sons

817

Rebuked, Repentant, Restored

818

The King's Great Fall

819

Kindness Received, Kindness Rejected

820

The Plan

821

Enlarge the Place of Your Tent

822

Help for the Journey

823

Victory!

824

From Promises to Praise

825

Elders Q&A: September 2015

826

The Covenant-Keeping God

827

Bring Up the Ark of God!

828

Shepherd of My People

829

David Grew Stronger and Stronger

830

Better King: 1-2 Samuel in the Grand Scheme

831

These People Are Not Drunk

832

Crucified, Buried, and Raised

833

Lesson 2: Structure and Context

834

Lesson 3: Parables

835

Lesson 1: Ten Basics of Gospel Interpretation

836

The Son of God Slain

837

The Clashing of Kingdoms

838

The God of a New City

839

Real Concern, Far Greater Comfort

840

The God of Good News for Sinners

841

The God of Proven Strength

842

The God of the World and History

843

The God of Unapproachable Holiness

844

Tried and Denied

845

Setting the Table for the New Covenant

846

The Stricken Shepherd

847

He's Preparing to Die

848

He's Coming Again

849

He Knows the Future

850

The True Vine, Connected Branches, and Real Fruit

851

He Sees the Heart

852

He Is David's Son and Lord

853

The Vision for Sexual Integrity (Session 2)

854

The Blueprint for Sexual Integrity (Session 3)

855

The Laws for Sexual Integrity (Session 1)

856

He Knows What's Most Important

857

He Knows Marriage and Eternal Life

858

Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled

859

He Is Pro-Government ... Or Is He?

860

One Stone to Rule Them All

861

Cleansing the Temple, or Ending It?

862

He Is Risen

863

They Crucified Him

864

He Makes a Grand Entrance

865

He Gives Sight to the Blind

866

The Rich Man and Lazarus

867

Panel Discussion 2

868

The Parable of the Good Samaritan

869

Preaching: God's Speech

870

Preaching: God's Strategy

871

Preaching In and Out of Season

872

Panel Discussion 1

873

Why Does Jesus Tell Stories?

874

Assembled under the Word

875

You Shall Speak My Words

876

He Came to Die

877

A Surprising Way into the Kingdom

878

When One Sinner Repents

879

The Heart of Marriage and Divorce

880

The Reason for Worship (Session 2)

881

The Practice of Worship (Session 3)

882

The Theology of Worship (Session 1)

883

His Followers Are Other-Worldly

884

He Confronts Faithlessness

885

The Radiant Son

886

More than a Breadmaker

887

A Christ Who Is Killed

888

One Primary Relationship

889

One Life Together

890

One Impossible People

891

One Incredible Plan

892

Who Do You Say that I Am?

893

He Gives No Signs?

894

More than a Healer

895

He Gets to the Heart of the Problem

896

He Walks on Water

897

A Good Shepherd

898

A Prophet without Honor

899

Compassionate and Powerful

900

The Exorcist

901

He Stills the Storm

902

Hidden, but Being Made Manifest

903

The Cost of Missions and the Courage to Endure

904

The Sower and Sifter

905

He's Impossible to Ignore

906

A Religious Progressive

907

One with Authority

908

Elders Q&A: September 2014

909

In the Beginning

910

Equipping for Ministry

911

God's People in God's Presence

912

The Profile of A Famous Pastor

913

Suffering for (and with) Others

914

Relieving Suffering with the Grace of Giving

915

How Can We See Christ from the Book of Joshua?

916

How Do We Read Joshua Personally and Devotionally?

917

How Does Biblical Narrative Work?

918

We Do Not Lose Heart

919

Redemptive Suffering

920

Great Suffering, Greater Comfort

921

One or Two: The Day of the Lord

922

The Latter Days of Job

923

The Lord Answered Job

924

Elihu Burned with Anger

925

Job's Three "Friends"

926

A Man Named Job

927

The Death March to Life

928

Thy Kingdom Come

929

How the Mighty Have Fallen

930

Thus Saul Died

931

Here Comes the King!

932

Resting, Restless, and Running

933

Saved from Self, Strengthened in the Lord

934

The Redemption of Ruth

935

God Moves in Mysterious Ways

936

Leading in the Grace of Life

937

Raising Up the Next Generation of Young Men

938

What Does It Look Like for a Man to Lead Spiritually in the Home and Community?

939

Be Strong and Prove Yourself a Man: David's Words to Solomon

940

A Sign at Cana and a Taste of Heaven

941

To Be Continued...

942

Unlikely Witnesses

943

The Righteous and Rejected King

944

Palm Sunday in Three Images

945

When Desperation Turns Ugly

946

"Homosexual Marriage" and the Times

947

"Homosexual Marriage" and the Church

948

"Homosexual Marriage" and the Bible

949

The Temptation of Retribution

950

Covenant Mercies

951

David the Merciful

952

Contentment with Christ's Body, the Church

953

Contentment with Identity

954

Contentment through Communion with Christ

955

Panel Discussion

956

Contentment with Our Weaknesses

957

Contentment Found: Jesus Saves and Satisfies

958

Contentment with Our Possessions

959

Contentment Consummated: The New Heaven and New Earth

960

Contentment Lost: Sin and Restlessness

961

Grumbling vs. God-Centered Gratitude

962

A Tale of Two Kings

963

How to Have a Personal Relationship with God or How to Be Near God and Not Die

964

Desperate Times, Desperate Measures

965

Lecture 5 -- Principle 6

966

The Cost of Covenant

967

Lecture 4 -- Principle 5

968

A House Divided

969

Lecture 3 -- Principles 3 and 4

970

The Battle Is the Lord's

971

Consider Your Calling

972

Lecture 2 -- Principles 1 and 2

973

A Man of God's Own Choosing

974

Lecture 1 -- The Bible: What Is It and How Should We Approach It

975

Rejection

976

What to Do in the Meantime

977

What Are We Waiting For?

978

Resolved: The Gospel of Change

979

Jesus Christ the Lord

980

Jesus, the Son of God

981

Jesus, the Son of Man

982

They Laid Hands on Them and Sent Them Out

983

The Name above Every Name

984

The Crown Begins to Crumble

985

Behold Your King!

986

Of Donkeys, Prophets, and Kings

987

A King! ... But What Kind?

988

Reformation and Revival

989

The Hour Has Come

990

Caring for Missionaries in a Manner Worthy of God

991

The Problem of God's Presence

992

Is God with Us or against Us?

993

When God Is No Longer Silent

994

Cleaning House

995

Elders Q&A: September 2013

996

God's Work from a Womb to the World

997

In Search of the King: The Message of 1-2 Samuel

998

The Lord Is There

999

The Lord, Our Righteousness

1000

In My Place Condemned He Stood

1001

The Lord Is Peace

1002

Asking Questions of a Text (Session 2)

1003

Tracing the Flow of Thought (Session 3)

1004

Basics, Genre, Melodic Line, and Resources (Session 1)

1005

The Lord of Hosts

1006

The Lord, Your Healer

1007

The Lord Provides

1008

Standing Firm in the Fiery Trial

1009

The Shepherding of Christ's Flock

1010

The Life of the Church in the Last Days

1011

A Different Way of Thinking

1012

Suffering, Head-Scratching, and Encouragement

1013

Words of Hope for a Hostile World

1014

The Tower of Babel and the Triumph of Christ

1015

The Church: Called to Bless and Be Blessed

1016

Help for Husbands

1017

A Word to the Wives

1018

God Is Great...So You Don't Have to Be in Control

1019

Christ Suffered for You

1020

Plain Old, Everyday, Hard (Transcendent) Work

1021

Dual Citizenship

1022

A People...of God, by God, for God

1023

Jesus, the Cornerstone

1024

Like Newborn Infants...

1025

Communion

1026

What God's Word Can Do

1027

Help for the Great Race

1028

Rejoice Always!

1029

Jesus in Your Face

1030

The Crux of the Matter

1031

Dark Gethsemane

1032

A King's Ransom

1033

Jesus and the Rich Young Man

1034

The Difference Between Amazement and Faith

1035

Panel Discussion

1036

Practicing Forgiveness: What to Do When You Fail

1037

The Essential Ministry of the Body of Christ

1038

Godly and Ungodly Conflict

1039

Self Examination Is a Community Project

1040

Why Are Friendships So Important?

1041

Living Out a New Identity

1042

Stirring Up Remembrance

1043

A Fixed and Focused Hope

1044

Getting Sin Right

1045

What's So Great about Salvation?

1046

Unreasonable, Inexpressible Joy

1047

God's Initiative and Persistency in Love and Mercy

1048

A Living Hope

1049

How God Makes Christians

1050

Recalibrating Expectations: The Message of 1 Peter

1051

Torches and Treasures

1052

The Gospel of Abraham

1053

The Gift of a Son

1054

Light Has Come

1055

Prepare to Meet Your God

1056

The Propagation of Praise

1057

The Omni-God

1058

Made Like His Brothers

1059

Faith Defined

1060

From Restlessness to Contentment

1061

The Difference between Futility and Fruitfulness

1062

Deliverance

1063

Finishing the Race

1064

The Breadth, Length, Height, and Depth of Christ's Love

1065

The Lord, the Lowly, and the Lifted

1066

Let Worship Be the Fuel for Missions Flame

1067

Unchanging Benefits

1068

God's Intimate and Intricate Care for Creation

1069

The Dark Side of Creation

1070

The Growing Crescendo of God's Praise

1071

Jesus' Plan for Your Growth

1072

Food for Thought: Why God Gave Us Meals

1073

Putting on the Jersey

1074

A New Law for New Hearts

1075

Jonah, the Ninevites, and a Plant

1076

An Even Greater Kindness

1077

Q&A with Jerram Barrs

1078

Impossible Converts: Zaccheus

1079

Impossible Converts: The Samaritan Woman

1080

Jonah, Some Sailors, and a Fish

1081

The Sweetness of Godly Sorrow

1082

A Both/And Kind of Praise: The Aim

1083

A Clarifying Moment: The Cruciform Beheading of John the Baptist

1084

A Both/And Kind of Praise: The Form

1085

A Both/And Kind of Praise: The Ingredients

1086

The Roots of God's Love

1087

A Both/And Kind of Praise: The Basics

1088

Oh Come! Today!

1089

The Heart of the Gospel: What God Requires, God Provides

1090

Living the Good Life

1091

Esther: Three Trick Questions

1092

Life Is Short--Therefore...

1093

Life Is Short

1094

A Better Home

1095

The Fight against Forgetfulness

1096

Now That's a King!

1097

You Are What You Eat...Sorta

1098

God Wants to Bless You...but Maybe Not Like You Think

1099

Out of Sight: The Joy of Jesus' Ascension

1100

Raised with Christ

1101

Three Criminals

1102

Better than Life

1103

Real Repentance, Real Restoration

1104

All Rise! Court Is Now in Session

1105

Unpacking Depression: Why Are You Downcast?

1106

Christians Living in the Last Days

1107

Panel Discussion

1108

Forgiving As Forgiven

1109

Resolving Everyday Conflict

1110

The Saving Word

1111

Serving as He Served

1112

Living in a Difficult Time

1113

B. B. Warfield on the Doctrine of Sanctification

1114

How to Really Talk to Yourself

1115

Really Good Grief

1116

Nothing to Fear, the Lord Is with Us

1117

God Will Make You Strong and Steadfast

1118

This Relationship Stresses Me Out!

1119

Understanding How Fear Affects Our Souls and Bodies

1120

Why We Need More Fear, Not Less

1121

The Building Blocks of Prayer

1122

A Lasting Partnership

1123

From One Degree of Glory to Another

1124

The Senselessness of Worry and Envy

1125

A Happy and Holy Kind of Thankfulness

1126

The Blessedness of Forgiveness

1127

Lord of the Storm

1128

No Fear / Know God

1129

Bricks without Straw

1130

Are You Qualified to Come to Him?

1131

Shepherds Who Follow the Lamb

1132

A Perfect Shepherd for Needy Sheep

1133

Has God Forsaken Me?

1134

Getting Real Help

1135

How to Fight Doubt and Despair by Swinging the Sword of the Word

1136

God's Words--Better than Gold!

1137

A Picture Worth a Thousand Words

1138

The Lord Is My Rock

1139

In Hot Pursuit of His Presence

1140

The Priority of the Lord's Supper

1141

Elders Q&A: October 2011

1142

Jesus Cleanses the Temple

1143

How Majestic!

1144

Praying against What Is against God

1145

When Your Whole World Is on the Brink

1146

One Man to Die for the People: The Accidental Prophecy of Caiaphas

1147

From Senseless Rage to Sure Refuge

1148

If You Wanna Be Happy for the Rest of Your Life...

1149

An Invitation to the Psalms

1150

God Speaks in the Book of Revelation

1151

God Speaks in the Book of 3 John

1152

God Speaks in the Book of Hebrews

1153

God Speaks in the Leadership Letters

1154

God Speaks in the Book of Ephesians

1155

Question and Answer 2

1156

Fighting for the Mission

1157

Question and Answer 1

1158

Fighting to Be a Godly Husband and Dad

1159

Fighting for the Gospel

1160

God Speaks in 1 and 2 Corinthians

1161

Self Examination: The Worse You (Realize You) Are, the Better Grace Is

1162

God Speaks in the Book of Romans

1163

God Speaks in the Book of Acts - Part 2

1164

God Speaks in the Book of Acts - Part 1

1165

God Speaks in the Book of John

1166

The Bread of Life

1167

Marriage: Finding Its Original Perfection

1168

Question and Answer

1169

Directing and Disciplining Our Children

1170

Saving Our Children

1171

Parenting with a Goal

1172

God Speaks in the Book of Mark

1173

God Speaks in the Book of Matthew

1174

God Speaks in the Order of Biblical Books

1175

Partners in Crime

1176

Jesus Calms the Storm

1177

Prayer and Proclamation

1178

Work unto the Lord

1179

A Home Pleasing to the Lord

1180

Like Sheep without a Shepherd

1181

Receiving and Resounding God's Word

1182

A Clear and Present Word: Luther and the Clarity of Scripture

1183

The Centrality of Scripture in Marriage

1184

Panel Discussion

1185

Scripture's Authority: An Ancient Doctrine

1186

How to Guard the Good Deposit of Scripture

1187

The Prophetic Word: What Preaching Is (and Is Not)

1188

The Effects of Meditating on God's Word

1189

The Death of Death

1190

An Unlikely Chain of Events

1191

I Will Never Deny You!

1192

Suffer Well

1193

Conversion: Now That's How It's Supposed to Go!

1194

Restoring Marriage

1195

"Now No Condemnation"—What Condemnation?

1196

God's Pervading Word among His People

1197

Prepare for Battle

1198

The Christian's New Clothes

1199

Dying to Live

1200

Malachi

1201

That We May Know Him

1202

Seek Things Above

1203

Self-Made Religion

1204

Out of the Shadows

1205

Worship, Community, Mission: So What Do We Mean by Mission?

1206

Elders Q&A: January 2011

1207

Worship, Community, Mission: So What Do We Mean by Community?

1208

Worship, Community, Mission: So What Do We Mean by Worship?

1209

The Urgency of Unity: The Gospel's Power Displayed in the Church

1210

The Mission

1211

Jesus: God Reigns

1212

Jesus: God Redeems

1213

Jesus: God Dwells

1214

Someone's Coming

1215

Christ, Not Captivity

1216

Give Thanks to the Lord!

1217

What's Next?

1218

The Guts and Glory of Ministry

1219

How God Reconciles All Things

1220

Hearing God Speak in Your Storms

1221

Q&A with Nancy Guthrie

1222

Questions We Ask When Life Hurts

1223

When Your World Falls Apart

1224

The Sovereign, Saving Glory of Christ

1225

Philemon: Relationship, Reconciliation, and Redemption

1226

A Redemptive Judgment

1227

How Redemption Fuels the Christian Life

1228

Our Prayers, God's Priorities

1229

Thank God for Gospel Growth

1230

Like Father, Like Son: How We Come to Care for Orphans

1231

Flee Idolatry; Take the Cup

1232

Christian Identity

1233

Christ Is All: The Message of Colossians

1234

Brokenness unto Joy

1235

A Sympathetic Savior

1236

Spreading God's Glory Broader and Deeper...via Church Planting

1237

The Calling and Cost of Global Church Planting

1238

Lessons from Jesus on Witnessing

1239

God Is Seeking Worshippers

1240

Panel Discussion 2

1241

Panel Discussion 1

1242

The Man and His Church

1243

The Man and His Woman

1244

The Man and His Lord

1245

How to Shock Religious People

1246

Back to the Future

1247

Chief of Sinners

1248

Empowering All God's People for Mission

1249

Prayer as Feasting: Praying for the Fullness of God in the Church

1250

The Ambassador

1251

Out with the Old, In with the New

1252

Q&A on God's Sovereignty in Salvation

1253

God's Sovereignty in Salvation

1254

Lessons from the Suffering of Job

1255

Summarizing Luke: The Man, the Message, the Mission

1256

The Day of the Lord Is Coming

1257

Zaccheus: A Little Man and a Big Change

1258

Bold, Persevering Faith

1259

A Simple Meal, A Powerful Message

1260

The Playing Board of Israel

1261

When Riches and Righteousness Lead to Sadness

1262

Let the Children Come

1263

Keep Your Heart with All Vigilance

1264

Panel Discussion 2

1265

The Bible's Solution to World Poverty: 50 Factors within Nations that Determine Their Wealth or Poverty

1266

Panel Discussion 1

1267

Investing in Eternity: Financial Stewardship and Eternal Rewards

1268

Business Ethics: Working, Buying, and Selling according to God's Moral Standards

1269

The God Who Brings Good Out of Bad: Suffering, Evil, and the Promise of Heaven

1270

Business for the Glory of God: The Bible's Teaching on the Moral Goodness of Business

1271

Take Up Your Cross Daily

1272

Cruciformity: Conformed to His Death

1273

A Community of Confession

1274

Feeling Justified

1275

Resurrection

1276

Crucifixion

1277

A Different Kind of King

1278

Sign, Sign, Everywhere a Sign

1279

Philippians: The Friends and Family Plan

1280

Ten Healed; One Truly Saved

1281

Discipleship Is for the Lowly

1282

Elders Q&A: February 2010

1283

Worship, Community, Mission

1284

A Great Chasm: The Parable of Lazarus and the Rich Man

1285

The Problem of Self-Justification

1286

Stewardship: Your Best Life Later

1287

Feasting on the Bread of Life

1288

Spirit-Filled Singing

1289

Suffering, Comfort, and Others

1290

Demystifying Unity

1291

When God Speaks