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First Methodist Sweetwater — 362 episodes

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‘Remain in Me’ with Special Guest Cindy Stroman

2

Free to Be Holy: Is Perfect Love Possible?

3

Free to Be Holy: How Will God Get What He Wants?

4

Free to Be Holy: Holiness Starts with Worship

5

The Final Act: A People of Hope

6

‘A Holy Rewiring’ with Special Guest Stephen Gehring

7

The Final Act: Serve Christ

8

The Final Act: To Submit or Not to Submit

9

Remember

10

'A New Year' with Special Guest Gil Cherry

11

Now What?!

12

Brought to the Light: Love

13

Brought to the Light: Peace

14

Brought to the Light: Hope

15

'The Glory of Jesus: What Is It?' with Special Guest Dr. Steve Blakemore

16

An Example of Humility

17

A Brief Word

18

'God Looks at the Heart' with Special Guest Rev. Brian Brownlow

19

Talents & Gifts

20

Time

21

Heart Posture

22

Do You Have Beautiful Feet?

23

'The Church of Today' with David Pruitt

24

'Feeding the 5000' with Special Guest Gil Cherry

25

Are You Filled With the Spirit?

26

‘Miracles at Work . . . God Did It’ with Special Guest Ken Becker

27

Moving Past Disappointments

28

Mental Health Amidst Family Dynamics

29

The Holy Spirit

30

Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People

31

The Cross

32

'Influence' with Youth & Media Director David Pruitt

33

22 Years in the Making

34

Fruit of the Spirit

35

Worry and Anxiety

36

Summer Baggage; Gifts That Differ

37

Summer Baggage; Rest

38

A Faith That Dwelt First

39

'Crossroads' with Special Guest David Pruitt

40

Marvelous Light

41

What Is Your Soil Type?

42

Be an Overcomer

43

Daily Bread

44

The Gospel of Christ, a Hidden Treasure

45

'Responding to Trials' with Special Guest David Pruitt

46

Romans Act 3: Deep and Wide

47

Romans Act 3: Life and Peace

48

Romans Act 3: Delivered

49

Romans Act 3: Dominion

50

Do No Harm

51

Do Good

52

Stay In Love With God

53

A New Year Resolution with Special Guest Gil Cherry

54

Gift Return

55

The Wonder of It All: Love

56

The Wonder of It All: Peace

57

The Wonder of It All: Hope

58

A Good King

59

Faith-Filled Abraham

60

Alright, Alright, Alright

61

One Bite at a Time

62

‘The Body of Christ’ with Special Guest Jeanie McPherson

63

Temperature Regulating

64

‘Kingdom and Treasure‘ with Special Guest Jerry Hendrix

65

Time is Honey

66

Romans: Act One - A Reminder

67

Romans: Act One - Are You Partial?

68

Romans: Act One - What Do You Worship?

69

Time

70

Romans Act I: Unashamed

71

Romans Act I: A True Greeting

72

A Fishy Story - How Will You Answer the Question?

73

A Fishy Story - The Most Powerful Message Ever Spoken?

74

A Fishy Story - Three Days

75

How to Be a Perfect Christian: Striving for Personal Perfection

76

How to Be a Perfect Christian: Crusading Against the Heathens

77

How to Be a Perfect Christian: Conforming to Mainstream Christian Beliefs

78

June 16th Sermon Synopsis

79

A Last Minute Pivot

80

How to Be a Perfect Christian: Worshipping Like a Pro

81

How to Be a Perfect Christian: Joining the Right Church

82

What’s Your Excuse?

83

A Special Calling

84

And When You Pray: As We Forgive

85

‘And When You Pray: Trusting in Prayer’ with Special Guest Brandye Glenn-Minnie

86

'And When You Pray: Simple, Honest, Daily' - With Special Guest Nic Clifton

87

And When You Pray: But Why

88

More Than a Name

89

Even Better

90

Do As I Say . . . . And As I Do

91

'Imprint' with Special Guest Speaker Nic Clifton

92

Now I See

93

Coffee for Jesus

94

An Unexpected Prodigal Story

95

Come and See

96

The Light of the World is Here - with Special Guest Mike Marlett

97

New Year, New You! - with Special Guest Speaker Ken Becker

98

The Poetry of God - A Special Day of Farewell to the Ryan Strebeck Family

99

The Appearance of Jesus: Volume 3

100

Being Wheat in a World of Weeds with Special Guest Dr. Myles Werntz

101

Leadership Lessons from the Life of Paul with Special Guest Rev. Dan Houze

102

The Up Yonder Roll Call Happening Today

103

The Consolation of Having Seen God

104

The Blueprint of Stewardship with Special Guest Bailey Barkley

105

The Culture of Servant Leadership with Special Guest Ken Becker

106

Letting Go of My Personal Justice Mission

107

Conflict and the Presence of God

108

The Time We Have - with Special Guest Speaker Nic Clifton

109

What We Really Wish God Was Like

110

Revelation Readiness

111

Bearing Fruit in Every Good Work

112

So Then, There Remains a Sabbath Rest for the People of God

113

When the Guests Out-Family the Family

114

The Lord of What Troubles Us

115

How Jesus Heals and Grieves What Has Not Healed

116

At Home in the Puzzles of Jesus

117

The Patience of God and Our Relationship to Evil

118

Vulnerability and Hearing the Word of God

119

Show Us the Father

120

How to Get Free

121

Theological Virtues, Part 3: Love

122

Theological Virtues, Part 2: Hope

123

Theological Virtues, Part I: Faith

124

The Form of Godliness Without Power

125

The Summary of God’s Will

126

I Will Not Leave You as Orphans

127

How Belief is like a Window Permit

128

The Lord is My Shepherd

129

Beyond Sight with Special Guest Morgan Strebeck

130

The Patient Persistence of Resurrection News

131

If at First You Feel Rejected

132

‘A Story of Possibilities’ with Ken Becker

133

Knowing What We Don’t Know

134

When Exposure is a Good Thing

135

Everybody’s Got a Hungry Heart

136

What Guitar Repair Taught Me About Temptation

137

The Joy and Trepidation of Following Jesus

138

How the Church Overthrows Evil

139

How an Offering Overpowers a Resolution

140

Discipleship: Defining the Relationship

141

The Call of a Lifetime

142

Beginning Again

143

Time is On Our Side

144

The Desert is Advent Country

145

Be Ye Also Ready

146

Love Reign O’er Me

147

The Forgetful Memory of God

148

‘What’s Your Calling’ with Special Guest Ken Becker

149

When Grace Outruns You

150

‘What Matters Most’ with Special Guest Rick Rhodes

151

The God of Jacob, Part 5

152

The God of Jacob, Wrestling for the Promise

153

The God of Jacob, Part 3

154

The God of Jacob, Part 2

155

The God of Jacob, Part 1

156

Special Guest Speaker Amberly Strebeck

157

On the Road with Jesus: The Goal of Work

158

On the Road with Jesus, Part 10

159

On the Road with Jesus, Part 9

160

Special Guest Speaker Taylor Moore

161

On the Road with Jesus, Part 8: Economics

162

On the Road with Jesus, Part 7: Jesus Answered Prayer

163

On the Road with Jesus, Part 6: Whispers in the Dark

164

On the Road with Jesus, Part 5: Mercy

165

On the Road with Jesus, Part 3

166

On the Road with Jesus, Part 2

167

On the Road with Jesus, Part 1

168

The Gift of Faith

169

At Present, What We Do Not Yet See

170

God’s Presence in the Unknown; with Special Guest Tyler Marlett

171

The Forgotten Mission of All Christians

172

How Jesus Holds the World Together

173

The Resurrection Mystery

174

The Resurrection of Buried Dreams

175

The Name We Find Ourselves In

176

The Lord’s Prayer as an Antidote for Avarice

177

The Lord’s Prayer as an Antidote for Sloth

178

The Lord’s Prayer as an Antidote for Envy

179

Who is this Jesus?

180

You Gotta Dance When the Band’s Downtown

181

Opportunity Cost and Customary Questions

182

Experiencing the Power of God as a Child of God; With Special Guest Dr. John Miller

183

Another Day at the Office and Finding the Worth of Jesus

184

Outsiders and the Empathy of Jesus

185

Evil, the Devil, and Finding the Courage of Jesus

186

The Hope to Which You Were Called

187

Christmas Season - with Special Guest Amberly Strebeck

188

Establish Your Hearts In Low Places

189

Establish Your Hearts . . . In Mercy

190

Establish Your Hearts

191

But We Gonna Have to Serve Somebody

192

Genesis, Part 9: The Test

193

The Church’s One Foundation - 140th Anniversary Celebration

194

Genesis, Part 8

195

Entrusted; with Special Guest Dr. Craig Curry

196

Genesis, Part 7

197

Genesis, Part 6

198

Genesis, Part 5

199

Genesis, Part 4

200

Genesis, Part 3

201

Genesis, Part 2

202

Genesis, Part 1

203

What About the Church?

204

The Death of Jesus as a Blueprint for Building a Life

205

Special Bonus Podcast #2 - with Collin Stafford

206

How We Get the Bread to Go

207

I Saw God Two Weeks Ago - with Gil Cherry

208

Special Bonus Podcast - with Collin Stafford

209

It’s All in the Interruptions - with Ken Becker

210

The Journey Home to Our True Self

211

Dr. Seuss, St. Paul, and the Heart Size of Fathers

212

Thy Kingdom Come

213

Jesus, Our Misunderstood Brother

214

The Giver of Life, Part 2

215

The Giver of Life

216

Into the World

217

Resurrection Routine

218

Resurrection Gravity

219

Resurrection Peace

220

The Habit of Rising From the Dead

221

Palm Sunday Youth Led Service

222

Soundtrack, Part 5 Abandonment

223

Soundtrack, Part 4: Experience Holy Communion

224

Soundtrack, Part 3: Lamentation

225

Soundtrack, Part 2: Why “You Can’t Say That in Church” Keeps Us From Prayer

226

Soundtrack

227

Transfiguration Sunday

228

When the Jesus Frontier Looks Like Home

229

The Ballad of Capernaum

230

Through Zebedee's Eyes

231

God Finding You in the Margins

232

The Day God Met You in the Water

233

Darkness to Light

234

Approval

235

Shout and See

236

Bonus Episode - An Advent Conversation with Special Guest Bailey Barkley

237

The Christian New Year

238

How to Build the House Now That You’ll Live in Forever

239

The Kingdom of Heaven is like Horse Trading

240

Give Me Oil in My Lamp

241

After This, I Looked

242

Hope is Not Cancelled

243

God’s Heart in Ten Words, Ninth and Tenth Word

244

God’s Heart in Ten Words, Eighth Word

245

God’s Heart in Ten Words, Seventh Word

246

God’s Heart in Ten Words, Sixth Word

247

God's Heart in Ten Words, Fifth Word

248

God's Heart in Ten Words, Fourth Word

249

God’s Heart in Ten Words, Third Word

250

God’s Heart in Ten Words, Second Word

251

God’s Heart in Ten Words, First Word

252

God’s Heart in Ten Words

253

Teach Me, O Lord - Part 2

254

Teach Me, O Lord - Part 1

255

Lakeside with the Rabbi, Part 7

256

Lakeside with the Rabbi, Part 6

257

Lakeside with the Rabbi, Part 5

258

Lakeside with the Rabbi, Part 4

259

Lakeside with the Rabbi, Part 3

260

Lakeside with the Rabbi, Part 2

261

Lakeside with the Rabbi, Part 1

262

Crisis Response 101

263

Tragedy and the Promise of the Holy Spirit

264

Ascension Sunday

265

Sixth Sunday of Easter

266

Fifth Sunday of Easter

267

Fourth Sunday of Easter

268

Third Sunday of Easter

269

Second Sunday of Easter

270

Easter Sunday

271

Palm Sunday

272

Perseverance

273

The Lord is My Shepherd - Jesus is Enough

274

The Sufficiency of Jesus, Part 3

275

The Sufficiency of Jesus, Part 2

276

The Sufficiency of Jesus

277

Good Fear and the Glory of God

278

February 16, 2020

279

Harvesting Happiness Pt 2

280

Harvesting Happiness Pt 1

281

My Life Is No Longer Mine

282

The Call to the Company of Jesus

283

When You Really Feel Abandoned, And You Want to Be Alone

284

Epiphany: A New Story for a New Year

285

Be True, Children

286

Making Room for God's Family

287

Not "Business as Usual"

288

Rev. Felicia Hopkins - December 1, 2019

289

Luke: The One No One Wants, But Everyone Needs

290

Luke: The Difference Between Getting Ready and Making Plans

291

Luke: Learning from Future Mistakes

292

The Resiliency of the Saints

293

Joyful Giving

294

Luke 18:1-8

295

Luke: Games are Won and Lost in Practice

296

Luke: The Key to Doing Hard Work

297

The Story We Have Yet to Hear

298

Luke: Work With What You've Got

299

Luke: Lost Things

300

Luke: Loyalty Beneath the Cross

301

Rest & Work: Inspired to Work

302

Rest & Work: The Sabbath as a Song of Freedom

303

A God Who Teaches

304

Praying Like Jesus: Part 2

305

Praying Like Jesus: Part 1

306

Rest and Connect: Becoming Love

307

Rest and Connect: July 21, 2019

308

Rest and Connect: The Inescapability of Neighbors

309

Rest and Connect: When You're Scared and Jesus is Asleep

310

Rest and Connect: There's No Place Like Home

311

Rest and Connect: Legacy and Influence

312

Rest and Connect: All Together and Altogether Different

313

Rest and Connect: An Interlude for Forgiveness

314

Rest and Connect: The Gift of God's Rest

315

Resurrection on the Way: You Are Not Alone

316

Resurrection on the Way: Hearing Our Way Home

317

Resurrection on the Way

318

Luke: Keeping Grace as Time

319

Luke: The Joy of Believing

320

Luke: Double Down At Jesus' Promise

321

Invited to God's Party - Youth Sunday Panel

322

Luke: The Merciful Farmer

323

Luke: Sign, Sign, Everywhere a Sign

324

Luke: How Jesus Enacts Joy

325

Luke: Listen to Him

326

Luke: Jesus at Your Table

327

Luke: The Faith of Our Friends

328

Luke: Let's Go Fishing

329

Luke: The Vocation of Discipleship

330

Luke: What's in an Anointing?

331

The Gift and Burden of the Holy Spirit

332

The Miracle of the Mission

333

Luke: Where it All Begins Again

334

Consolation Part 5

335

A Call to Wisdom

336

Consolation Part 4

337

Consolation Part 3

338

Consolation Part 2

339

Consolation Part 1

340

Thanksgiving: Reflections on the Bread of Life Part 3

341

Thanksgiving: Reflections on the Bread of Life Part 2

342

Thanksgiving: Reflections on the Bread of Life

343

Searching for Saints

344

Stewardship & The Glory of God

345

Getting Involved with God: Part 7

346

Getting Involved with God: Part 6

347

Getting Involved With God: Part 5

348

Getting Involved With God: Part 4

349

Getting Involved with God: Part 3

350

Getting Involved with God, Part 2

351

Getting Involved with God Part 1

352

Rest & Work Part 2

353

Rest & Work Part 1

354

Mark: Begin with the End in Mind

355

Mark: Desperation and Disappointement

356

Mark: Hearts and Minds

357

Mark: The Eyes of Christ

358

Mark: Go Home to Your Friends

359

Do You Love Me?

360

Mission Trip Testimonies and Mark New Wine - 2nd Service

361

Mission Trip Testimonies and Mark New Wine - 1st Service

362

The Gospel According to Mark