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Title
1

From Holiday to Holiness

2

Whet Keeps Me From Using My Spiritual Gift?

3

Why Does God Give Gifts That Differ?

4

The Mystery of Spiritual Gifts

5

Continue in What You Have Firmly Believed

6

What Has God Wrought!

7

The Sin of Moses

8

Submit and Discern

9

Focus on Hebron

10

How Does the Wrath of God Relate to the Grace of God?

11

The Parable of the Tabernacle

12

God is Enough. Prayer Works. Sin Has Consequences.

13

The Gospel and the Ten Commandments

14

The Wild Ride of Sanctification

15

Red Sea Questions

16

We All Stand Before the Burning Bush

17

Christ Lives in Me and for Me

18

Who is the Holy Spirit?

19

What is Freedom?

20

What is Righteousness?

21

What is Faith

22

The Good New of Easter

23

Drawing the Undrawable

24

Praying for Miracles

25

Arise and Shine

26

The Spiritual Discipline of Confession

27

What Does It Take To Make Us Happy?

28

God Pleasing Fasting

29

Behold, The Servant of the Lord

30

The Furnace of Affliction

31

God of the Nations

32

Modern-Day Idolatry

33

Because I Love You...

34

Can a Weary World Still Rejoice?

35

What Does It Mean to Call Jesus "Immanuel"?

36

Why Should the Nations Say?

37

It's Good to be a Child of the King

38

Don't Go Down To Egypt

39

Perfect Peace

40

Lucifer, et al.

41

God of the Nations

42

Will Heaven Be Boring?

43

What Do You Do When You See the Lord?

44

Doing Justice and Righteousness

45

God Opposes the Proud

46

Walking in the Light of the Latter Days

47

The Last Stop on the Religious Bus

48

Meet My Friend Isaiah

49

The Assignment: Be Disciples Who Make Disciples

50

The Exalted Jesus

51

Is There Room for Doubt in Faith?

52

The Journey to Faith

53

The Good News of Being Buried With Him

54

When the Saints...Came Walking Out...

55

By His Stripes

56

Did It Really Happen That Way?

57

Not of This World

58

The Big Reveal

59

The Exceptional Example of Jesus

60

What Happened in the Garden?

61

Standing on the Promises

62

The Legacy of Judas

63

He is Not Here, Now What?

64

Who Is This?

65

A Gospel Understanding of Work

66

Does Prayer Really Make a Difference?

67

Therefore, Stand Firm

68

Four Truths About the Spiritual Gift of Prophecy

69

Four Gospel Truths About the Second Coming of Jesus

70

Urgent Memo: Meeting with Christ, Be There

71

Sanctification: God's Will For Us

72

Lord, Teach Us To Pray

73

Faith. Love. Theodicy.

74

How to Grow as an Ambassador for Christ

75

As We Wait for the Son

76

What Does It Mean to Call Jesus "the Christ"? (Part 4)

77

What Doest It Mean to Call Jesus "the Christ"? (Part 3)

78

What Does It Mean to Call Jesus "the Christ"? (Part 2)

79

What Does It Mean to Call Jesus "the Christ"? (Part 1)

80

Beyond the Breaking Point of Faith

81

Joseph, the Prodigal Son, and the Gospel

82

What Do We Do With Dreams?

83

Faith in the Hard Places

84

Why Should We Trust God in a Broken World?

85

The Loving Triune God

86

Do I Love God?

87

The Mysterious Triune God

88

The Saving Triune God

89

How Should We Respond to the Bible?

90

What Does the Text Mean?

91

What Does the Text Say?

92

Why Study the Bible?

93

Always Leave Them Wanting More

94

The Joy of the Lord is My Refuge

95

What Happens When God Puts Something in Your Heart to Do?

96

Great Moves of God

97

The Implications of Calling Jesus “Lord”

98

Prayer and the Providence of God

99

The Lost Art of Confession

100

God's Building Plan for His People

101

Let's Keep the Passover

102

Neglecting God's House

103

An Historical Reminder of God's Sovereign Love

104

The Fear of the Lord Leads to Life

105

The Glorious Freedom of Honoring the King

106

Hebel, Meet Noonday Justice

107

Because Death is NOT the Great Eraser

108

Preach the Gospel to Your Hebel

109

Life...Death...???...Resurrection

110

Because the Tomb is Empty

111

What if There is No Resurrection of the Dead?

112

The Necessary Hard Work of Intercession

113

The Grand Invitation of Prayer

114

Why Should We Not Fear in Times of Trouble?

115

Is the Danger of Apostasy Real?

116

Preeminent in All Things

117

Praying for the Ordinarily Extraordinary

118

Obsessed with Spirituality but Unimpressed with Jesus

119

Born of God

120

The Word Shines in the Darkness

121

What in the World Do We Do Now?

122

Such a Time as This

123

Are You There...Lord?

124

Living as Exiles

125

The Bible is Beneficial

126

The Authority of Scripture

127

The Bible: Truth Without Any Mixture of Error

128

Why Should I Believe the Bible?

129

The Gospel and Immigration

130

The Light Rising in the Darkness

131

The Failure of the White Church

132

The Gospel and Racism

133

God's Strategy

134

Jehoiachin: Longing for Something Better

135

Josiah: Responding to the Word of God

136

Manasseh: Poster Child for God's Mercy

137

Hezekiah: Trust in the Lord

138

Hoshea: Ambassadors in a Pluralistic World

139

Jehu: Imperfect Justice

140

The Dangers of Co-Existing

141

Who or What is Your Jezebel?

142

Abijam: In Name Only

143

God's Blessings, God's Way

144

How Does the Cross Re-Shape Forgiveness

145

How Does the Cross Re-Shape Grandparenting?

146

How Does the Cross Reshape Marriage?

147

How Does the Cross Reshape the Family?

148

What Happened on the Cross

149

Why Can't God Forgive Like Grandma?

150

The Atonement: What is the Cross About

151

Effective Prayer

152

But God Gives More Grace

153

The Power of the Tongue

154

The Sin of Partiality

155

T-Shirt Faith

156

Finding God's Will For Your Life

157

The Humiliation of Wealth

158

Do You Lack Wisdom?

159

Joyfully Hanging On

160

Holy Spirit Empowered Suffering

161

Holy Spirit Empowered Hope

162

Holy Spirit Empowered Witnessing

163

Empowered By the Spirit

164

Herod

165

Simeon and Anna

166

The Magi

167

The Shepherds

168

Zechariah and Elizabeth

169

Turning Noise Into Music

170

The Uniqueness of God's Mercy

171

Spiritual Awakening

172

The Coming Messianic Kingdom of God

173

Power, Position, Influence

174

Six Eight Justice

175

The Lord is Coming

176

Crossing the Line

177

Your Next Step in Serving

178

Call to Disciple

179

Your Next Step in Connecting

180

Your Next Step in Worship

181

So, Take Heart!

182

Good News for Judgment Day

183

Reaching Your Ephesus

184

The Ever Relevant Gospel

185

The World Changing Church

186

God Finishes What He Starts

187

God's Vision for Eternity

188

Wrecked by Jesus

189

Open Your Mouth and Speak

190

The Great Escape

191

Grace Worthy Dying For

192

The Voice Inside

193

The Gift of the Holy Spirit

194

Praying Together

195

Praying With Tears

196

Praying for Others

197

The Predicament of Prayer

198

Judgment Day

199

He is Coming on the Clouds

200

There Will Be a Great Tribulation

201

The Beginning of the Birth Pains

202

The Great Exchange

203

The Enduring Miracle of the Resurrection

204

ONLY Because of Easter

205

Imago Dei and Gender Identity

206

The Global Value of Imago Dei

207

Created in the Image of God

208

What Should We Love?

209

What is Love?

210

How Do I Love Thee?

211

What's Love Got To Do With It?

212

The King of Kings

213

Christian Resistance

214

I Just Can't Wait to Be King

215

Authority: God's Servant for Our Good

216

Longing to See the Servant

217

Longing to See the Child

218

Longing to See the Provision

219

Longing to See the Righteous Judge

220

Longing to See Jesus Raised Up

221

Longing to See the Sign of Jonah

222

Longing to See the Lamb of God

223

Longing to See Jesus Lifted Up

224

Longing to See the Son of Man

225

But I Want That Job?

226

Parenting for God's Greater Purpose

227

God Dwells With Us

228

God is Up to Something, Let's Join the Story

229

God is Always Up to Something

230

Be Killing Sin or It Will Be Killing You

231

Sinner to Righteous

232

So What?

233

What's Your Problem?

234

The Helper: That The World May Believe

235

The Helper: The Comforter

236

The Helper: Truth Guide

237

The Helper

238

Better Than Gold: Be Wise About Alcohol

239

Better Than Gold: Eternal Wealth Management

240

Better Than Gold: Faith Friends

241

Better Than Gold: The Pursuit of Wisdom

242

Discovering the Invisible

243

Three Preachers Walk Into a Coffee Shop

244

Untrustworthy Guides

245

Make Every Effort

246

Why is Sexual Purity So Important to God?

247

What Does it Mean to Abstan from Sexual Immorality?

248

What Does It Mean to 'Honor Our Mothers'?

249

The Science and Art of Knowing God

250

Following Jesus Today

251

Rooted and Grounded in Love

252

That We May Know Him

253

The Parable of the Tenants

254

Two Parables on Prayer

255

The Parable of the Prodigal Son

256

The Parable of the Sower

257

The Parable of the Good Samaritan

258

The Art of Marriage

259

Fear Not Death Nor Dying

260

Fear Not the Economy

261

Psalm 103.11-14

262

Fear Not the Bad Guys

263

Fear Not the Government (Even the Really Bad Ones)

264

Putting Covetousness to Death

265

Do Not Love the World

266

Why Should I Fight the Battle Against Covetousness?

267

You Shall Not Covet

268

Running the Race of 2017

269

Christmas and Our Holy Calling

270

The Far Greater Mediator

271

Far Greater Than Angels

272

Living Out Psalm 103

273

The Object, Content, and Consequence of Thanksgiving

274

Encouragement for Weary Farmers

275

Mortification of the Flesh

276

Blessed Along With Abraham

277

How Do We Finish the Race?

278

Justification by Faith in Christ Alone

279

Paul at Mars Hill: Building Bridges to the Gospel

280

How Can I Stay Right With God?

281

What About the Extraordinary Gifts?

282

Why Are Spiritual Gifts So Divisive?

283

Praying Like Daniel

284

What Are Spiritual Gifts?

285

Separate and Holy

286

Don't Keep the Peace

287

Worship is a Contact Sport

288

Big Deal, Little Deal, or No Deal?

289

What Did Jesus Say About Anxiety?

290

What Did Jesus Say About Prayer?

291

What Did Jesus Say about Religion?

292

What Did Jesus Say About Ethics?

293

Our God is Able

294

Vision in the Valley

295

A Deep Dive into God's Overwhelming Grace

296

The Transformational Sweet Spot

297

The Heart Controls the Tongue

298

Making the Bible Prosperous in Your Home

299

A New Commandment

300

The Strategic Target Called Marriage

301

Quick Start Guide to Being the People of God

302

Why I Delight in the "Monstrous" Doctrine of Hell

303

Will Heaven Be Boring?

304

What Happens When We Die?

305

Eternity: You Must Be Born Again

306

The Good News of Easter: Fellowship

307

Savior or Sacrifice?

308

Judas and Peter: Two Men Separated By Eternity

309

Jesus Leaves Us Thirsty

310

We Ask When But Jesus Teaches Us How

311

How Shall I Give?

312

Why Does God Love a Joyful Giver?

313

How Can I Give Generously?

314

Why Should I Strive to Excel in the Grace of Giving?

315

The Grace of Giving

316

Finding Hope in 2016

317

The "Now What" of Christmas

318

Welcome to the Family

319

Born of a Woman

320

The Problem Behind Christmas

321

What We Cannot Afford to Miss

322

Multiplying Thanksgiving.

323

Discipling the NextGeneration

324

Render the God the Things that Belong to God

325

We are God's Vineyard

326

Can I Know God Personally?

327

Is the Bible Reliable?

328

Is Jesus God?

329

Is Christianity Too Narrow?

330

Why Does God Allow Pain and Suffering?

331

Is There a God?

332

Does Life Have a Purpose

333

Why Should I Forgive?

334

Let's Pray Mountain Moving Prayers

335

Why Was Jesus So Angry in the Temple?

336

The ExploreGOD Challenge

337

The Kingdom of God Has Come! The Kingdom of God is Coming!

338

The Faith of Bartimaeus

339

Do We Still Need the Local Church?

340

What Does It Mean to Call Jesus My Ransom Payment?

341

The Role of the Shepherd

342

May God Bless America: a Biblical Path to a Political Hope

343

The Holy Spirit: The Perfect Father's Day Gift

344

Personally Working with the Holy Spirit to Glorify the Son

345

The Extraordinary Work of the Holy Spirit

346

How Do I Cooperate with the Holy Spirit

347

Connected 3D

348

The Gift of the Holy Spirit and Mother's Day

349

The Ordinary Work of the Holy Spirit

350

Who is the Holy Spirit?

351

Living in the Full Light of Easter

352

What Just Happened Here?

353

Can A Rich Person Be Saved?

354

How Does God Bless His Children?

355

What is God's Plan for Marriage?

356

Leaving a Legacy to the Next Generation

357

Is Hell Real?

358

Am I a Stumbling Block?

359

The Lord is My Keeper

360

Christ's Way to Greatness

361

The Battle for Understanding the Gospel

362

What Are You Praying For That Only God Can Do?

363

We Have Something Greater Than the Transfiguration

364

So, You Want to Follow Jesus in 2015?

365

The Magi Visited the King of the Jews

366

An Angel Visited the Shepherds

367

An Angel Visited Joseph, Too

368

An Angel Visited Mary

369

Is There Anything Distinctively Christian About Thanksgiving

370

What Does It Mean to Call Jesus 'the Christ"?

371

Lord, Please Touch My Eyes Again

372

Using Grace Gifts to Serve Others for the Glory of God

373

Beware of These Two Spiritual Dangers

374

What Do We We When God Wants To Do More Than We Ask For?

375

How Can I Say Thank You?

376

A Peculiar, Clean People

377

From This Time Forth

378

Becoming Children of God

379

i5 (Invite): The Power of a Personal Invitation

380

i5 (Impart): Sharing the Word of Reconciliation

381

i5 (invest): Embracing the Mercy of the Great Physician

382

i5 (intercession): Why We Must Pray for Unbelievers

383

i5: Identify

384

Getting Grace = Giving Grace

385

What Does It Mean to Call Jesus Our Good Shepherd?

386

The Encouraging Story of John the Baptist's Death

387

Drive: The Soul Altering Love of Christ

388

What Does It Mean For Me To Get My Feet Dirty for the Gospel

389

The Two Hardest Things a Father Can Do and Must Do

390

Three Tripping Points Towards Exceptional Faith

391

How Does God Build My Faith?

392

The Redeeming Love of God: to Save and to Send

393

Growing in the Practice of Prayer

394

In Praise of Motherhood?

395

How Can I Faith in a God Who Seems To Be Asleep At the Wheel

396

How Can God's Love Impact My Life?

397

Behold What Manner of Love!

398

God's Great Love For Us

399

Gifts That Make God Smile: Why, What, and How

400

Freewill Giving

401

Gifts That Make God Smile

402

Encouragement for Sowers

403

How Can I Discover God's Will For My Life?

404

Is There Any Sin So Bad That God Won't Forgive It?

405

Does God Have Something Special For Me To Do?

406

Wilderness Worship

407

What's the Difference Between Works and Grace?

408

How Should Believers Relate to Unbelievers?

409

Why Do I Need Forgiveness From God?

410

When I Am Sick and Want God To Heal Me...

411

When I am Discouraged...

412

Christmas Through the Psalms: The King's Bride

413

Christmas Through the Psalms: Sit At My Right Hand

414

Darkness. Light. Joy. The Testimony of the Magos

415

Now Thank We All Our God

416

Jesus, Man of Prayer

417

Jesus Commands Even the Unclean Spirits

418

Follow Me and I Will Make You Fishers of Men

419

Is the Kingdom of God Really Good News?

420

The Great High Priest, In the Wilderness

421

Why the Father's Love for the Son Matters So Much To Us

422

Immersed, Submerged, Overwhelmed with the Holy Spirit

423

Mark's Testimony: a Redeemed Quiter

424

Choral Practice for Eternity

425

Babylon in the Rearview Mirror

426

Missions, Epaphras, and Penitas

427

Kingdom Preferences

428

The God Honoring Thirst of Humanity

429

Do Not Seek Great Things For Yourself: The Story of Baruch

430

The First Commandment in Living Color

431

Johanan's Story: A Case Study of Proverbs 3.5-6

432

Fatherly Wisdom: Sowing and Reaping

433

Burning Books or Burning Words

434

The Faithful Few Living Among the Faithless Many

435

The Sacrifice of Fools

436

Sharing God's Heart for the Poor

437

Praying for Batsar

438

Is Anything Too Hard for God?

439

#FollowMe - Participating in the Mission of Christ

440

#FollowMe - Being Transformed into the Image of Christ

441

#FollowMe - Developing the Mind of Christ

442

#FollowMe - Obeying the Commands of Jesus

443

Why is Easter Such a Big Deal?

444

What Do We Do With the Easter Story?

445

The Glorious New Covenant

446

Guideposts that Work

447

Everlasting Love

448

Off the Wall: The Great Promise of Jeremiah 29:11

449

Reading Scripture Like Daniel

450

The Greatest Miracle of All

451

The Lord is My Righteousness

452

I Have Set Before You Life and Death

453

Private, Disputatious Prayer

454

Like Clay in the Potter's Hand

455

Blessed is the One Who Trusts in the Lord

456

A Different Kind of King

457

Grace Instead of Grace

458

Made Like Us In Every Way, But Why?

459

What Child Is This?

460

Getting Ready for Christmas

461

Faith Based Gratitude

462

Your Words Became to Me a Joy

463

Can One Person Really Make a Difference?

464

The Lying Vision of False Prophets

465

The Spotted Leopard Gospel

466

Made to Cling

467

Running With Men, Competing With Horses

468

Learn Not The Way of the Nations

469

Let Him Who Boasts...

470

Yes! There is a Balm in Gilead

471

Praying Like a Prophet

472

Consider Shiloh

473

Submitting to the God of History and the God in History

474

Fraudulent Repentance

475

Has a Nation Changed Gods?

476

More Than a Grumpy Old Man

477

What Must I Do To Be Saved?

478

Trivial Pursuit

479

Youth Camp Reflections and Testimonies

480

We're Not in Philadelphia Anymore

481

Knowing a God Who Knows Me

482

The Danger of a Post Marriage America

483

God's Great Risk: Entrusting Us With the Message

484

The Power of Our Hope Story

485

Implored and Praying

486

Evangelism for the Rest of Us

487

Pressing On

488

Leaping for Joy?

489

Counting It All Rubbish

490

The Surpassing Worth of Knowing Christ

491

The Power of the Resurrection

492

Whatever You Ask in Prayer

493

Fruitless, Withering Trees

494

Zeal For My House

495

Blessed is the King

496

In the Lord: Nobodies Serving Somebody Becoming a Onebody

497

Discerning the Body

498

The God of Peace Will Soon Crush Satan Under Your Feet

499

The Trap Stick

500

God Never Wastes a Story

501

Striving in Prayer

502

Holy Ambition

503

The Missing Horse

504

The Rise and the Fall of the Antichrist

505

The Rebellion

506

The Ungifted Giver

507

Until He Comes

508

The Coming Day of the Lord

509

By Word and Deed

510

Abounding in Hope, As You Believe

511

The Fearful Thing of Church Harmony

512

Essential Elements of the Kingdom of God

513

The Bema Seat of Christ

514

The Dangerous Edge of Grace

515

Because You Know the Time

516

What Can the Righteous Do?

517

All You Need is Love

518

The Faith of David: True Confessions

519

The Wise Fool: An Exhortation from Solomon

520

Running From God: The Story of Jonah

521

How Knowing Our Good Work Changes Our Lives

522

The Encouraging Story of Joseph

523

The Encouraging Story of Esther

524

The Encouraging Story of Daniel

525

Yielding to and Resisting Authority

526

Why Guys Like Shoot-Em Ups

527

Living Peaceably With All

528

Abiding in Affliction

529

Charge to Graduates: Keep Your Spirit Boiling

530

Love, Transformed

531

Having Gifts That Differ...

532

The Parental Medal of Honor

533

The Journey of Transformation

534

Raise the Crown: Jesus is Lord

535

How Shall They Be Saved/

536

Make Every Effort

537

The Potter's Right and Purpose

538

Is God's Purpose in Election Unfair?

539

God's Purpose in Election

540

What Great Advantages...What Great Sorrow

541

Made Rich to be Generous

542

Why the Church Must Talk About Money

543

The Grace of Giving

544

Unquenchable Love

545

Eternity Without Faith

546

Praying for Our Lost Friends

547

One2One: Vision 2011

548

Amazing Grace: The Spirit Intercedes for Us

549

One of God's Great Promises

550

The King is Coming: Our Redemption is Drawing Near

551

The King is Coming: Answering the Charlie Brown Question

552

The King is Come? Time Will Tell

553

The DNA of a Thankful Heart

554

Sharing the Sufferings of Christ

555

The Vertical Grace of Adoption

556

The Mind Set on the Spirit

557

The Storm is Coming

558

Keep It Between the Ditches

559

Making Sin Utterly Sinful

560

The New Way of the Spirit

561

Sharing the Good News

562

Weapon in the Battle for the New Life

563

Why Do All Sin?

564

Much More Then!

565

Rejoice in the Hope of the Glory of God

566

When God Calls To Faith...

567

The Faith of Abraham: I Am One of Them

568

A Faith Changer

569

The Blessing of Forgiveness

570

The Good News of Propitiation

571

We All Make Mistakes: The Discount Gospel

572

The Eyes of the Lord

573

The Oracles of God: A Response to Bill Maher

574

The Measure of a Man

575

Bearing the Name of Christ

576

The Amen Pew

577

God Gave Them Over...

578

Foolosophy

579

The Cry of Rachel

580

The Underwhelming Evidence for Darwinian Evolution

581

I Am Not Ashamed of the Wrath of God

582

Justifcation by Faith

583

To All in Rome (An Introduction)

584

Easter: The Epilogue

585

Easter: The Exchange

586

Easter: The Prequel

587

Outside the Camp

588

Marriage Should Be Honored By All

589

Be Thankful: What Can Be Shaken, Will Be Shaken

590

Endure Hardship as Discipline

591

Fear or Faith: Where Do You Look?

592

Noah: Fear and Faith

593

Faith Matured

594

The Evidence of Faith

595

Don't Throw It Away

596

Draw Near to the Hope

597

Perfect Forever, Now Being Made Holy

598

Herodian Christmas Carol (Part 4)

599

Herodian Christmas Carol (Part 3)

600

Herodian Christmas Carol (Part 2)

601

A Herodian Christmas Carol (Part 1)

602

In All Things, Give Thanks

603

Blessed are the Persecuted...Really?

604

Peacemakers: Sustaining and Creating Harmony

605

Mercy: Compassion in a Context

606

The End of Our Rope

607

The Righteous Lament

608

Working for Food That Does Not Spoil

609

Blessed are the Wimpy? Another Look at Meekness

610

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