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Heaven Bound — 302 episodes

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A Woman of Real Strength

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We Are Not Alone

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The Death of Moses

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Seasons of Growth: Our Individual Responsibilities

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Welcome, as Christ Has Welcomed You

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Some Things Simply Do Not Fit

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Seasons of Growth: The Word Was Preached

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Life is Worth the Living Just Because He Lives

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“Going to Heaven”

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Seasons of Growth: The Growth of the Gospel

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How Can We Develop “Depth” as Disciples?

12

“I Was in Prison and You…”

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Seasons of Joy: The Joy of Reaching the End and a Lasting Legacy

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What Happened the Next Day?

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Even in Laughter…

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Seasons of Joy: The Joy of Worship

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What is “the Kingdom of God”?

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When Storms Blow…

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Seasons of Joy: The Joy of Knowing the Truth

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Transformation, Compassion, and Purpose

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Rejoicing, Praying, Thanking

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Seasons of Joy: The Joy of Right Thinking

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The Shepherds of God’s Pasture

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Some Things Are Just Wrong

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Change is Coming (4): Change in Our Personal Lives

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Why Are There Times When I Do Not Feel Saved?

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One Thing is Necessary

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Change is Coming (3): Change in Our Churches

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Stones That Help Us Tell the Story

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A Man in the Gap

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Change is Coming (2): Change in Our Families

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Some Never See…

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Bloom Where You Are Planted

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Change is Coming (1): Life is All About Change

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Fueling Up with Psalm 119

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“Casting All Your Anxiety on Him…”

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The Joy of the Journey (5): Fuel for the Journey

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The Balance of Shame

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Job and His Wife

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The Joy of the Journey (4): Our Journey Home

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If God Could Give David a Song in a Cave…

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David Prepared, Solomon Built

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The Joy of the Journey (3): Our Journey Through the World

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Thinking Through “The Way”

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The Revelation of God Through What Has Been Made

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The Joy of the Journey (2): Our Journey With Each Other

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How Do We Find Joy in the Journey?

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Changing Things

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The Joy of the Journey (1): Our Journey With the Lord

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Seven Questions to Launch a New Year

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Plans for a New Year

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Celebrating the Seasons of Faith (4): What is There to Celebrate in the “Winter”?

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Averages and Comparisons

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Celebrating the Seasons of Faith (3): What is There to Celebrate in the “Fall”?

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There Is So Much More Going On Than We Can See

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Tears in a Bottle

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Celebrating the Seasons of Faith (2): What is There to Celebrate in the “Summer”?

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What Does It Mean to Live With Propriety?

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If You Haven’t Made the Bible a Part of Your Daily Life…

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Celebrating the Seasons of Faith (1): What is There to Celebrate in the “Spring”?

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The Fundamental Choices of Discipleship

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The Lord Gave, and So Should We

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The Seasons of Thanksgiving (4): Gratitude for Things Personal

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When Storms Come, What Choices Will We Make?

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It Is Good to Give Thanks to the LORD

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The Seasons of Thanksgiving (3): Gratitude for Things Eternal

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The Battle Against Bitterness When Life is Tough

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Noah Prepared an Ark

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The Seasons of Thanksgiving (2): Gratitude for Things Invisible

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“You Will Be Able…” Resisting the Lion in the Fall

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Praying for Strangers

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The Seasons of Thanksgiving (1): Gratitude for Things Visible

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The Gentle Lowliness of Jesus

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Your Enemy’s Donkey and What Kindness Looks Like

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Lord’s Supper Reflections (5): Jesus Became Poor That We Might Become Rich

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“Caleb Fully Followed the LORD”

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Let Them Lean

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Lord’s Supper Reflections (4): Jesus is Crowned With Glory and Honor

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The Blessing and Power of Singing

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Moses Wanted to Know the LORD

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Lord’s Supper Reflections (3): Jesus is the Founder & Perfecter of Our Faith

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Maturity in Christ: The Big Ones Helping the Little Ones

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“He Causes the Grass to Grow…”

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Lord’s Supper Reflections (2): Jesus Has Unleashed the Power of the Gospel

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Exciting Opportunities to Grow on Wednesdays Throughout the Fall

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“When I Kept Silent About My Sin…”

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Lord’s Supper Reflections (1): Jesus Destroys the Works of the Devil

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Exciting Opportunities to Grow on Sundays Throughout the Fall

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A Person of Wisdom Learns

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New to the Bible (4): Growth Will Take You Places

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Why Do People Walk Away From Jesus?

92

The Expanse is Declaring

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New to the Bible (3): Gaining an Appreciation for Steady, Consistent Reading

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Is Real Stability Anywhere To Be Found?

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Marriage: Many Moons in the Same Canoe

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New to the Bible (2): Getting to Know Your Bible

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Choosing Life … Differently

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A Sign From Heaven, “Marvelous”

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New to the Bible (1): Getting the Big Picture

100

Are You Confident?

101

“Where Are You?”

102

Thinking Through “My Jesus, I Love Thee” (4): How Does God’s Love Change Me?

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Are We Serious About the Things God Is Serious About?

104

Opening Your Bible Each Day

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Thinking Through “My Jesus, I Love Thee” (3): How Do We Show Our Love for God?

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When God Talks to Us About Submission…

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Sins, Guilt, and Forgiveness

108

Thinking Through “My Jesus, I Love Thee” (2): Is It Tone Deaf to Talk About God’s Love in the Midst of a Tragedy?

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On Guard Against the Lion in the Summer

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Pride: A Tough Word to Understand

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Thinking Through “My Jesus, I Love Thee” (1): Love is a Choice

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On the Other Side of the Waters… What’s Next?

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Uncomfortable For Jesus

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“Go & Tell” (4): The Case Study of Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch

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Through the Waters: Distress, Limitations & Relationship

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Good Leaders, Good Followers

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“Go & Tell” (3): Sharing the Good News at Home

118

Four “See to It” Admonitions For Your Day From Hebrews 12

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Forgotten Names, But Known to God

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“Go & Tell” (2): The Simple Power of “Come & See”

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“In My House”

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“Go & Tell”: The “Why” Behind Evangelism

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Why Would Anyone Want to Be a Servant?

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The Watchman

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Words That Move Us (5): Keep

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What is God Doing Now?

127

Reflections on Fear

128

Words That Move Us (4): Guard

129

Thinking Through the Coronation of a New Pope

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“To the Church…” It’s Not Just About Me

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Words That Move Us (3): Watch

132

The Great Potential of New Faith

133

Are You a Helper in the Kingdom?

134

Words That Move Us (2): Alert

135

Will I Be Part of the Devil’s Crushing or Act Like His Child?

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A Worthless Religion

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Words That Move Us (1): Diligence

138

“Do This Because I Said So…”

139

Pure Nard and a Pure Heart

140

The Four Resurrections in the Gospels (4): The Resurrection of Jesus

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From Theory to Reality

142

“I’m Sending Timothy”

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The Four Resurrections in the Gospels (3): Lazarus

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How Can We Make Sure Our Hearts are “Good Soil”?

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Leading Through Storms

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The Four Resurrections in the Gospels (2): The Only Son of a Widow

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That Very First Sunday…

148

A Lament for a Good Man

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The Four Resurrections in the Gospels (1): Jairus’ Daughter

150

Am I a Friend of God?

151

“For What is Your Life?”

152

Our Favorite Psalms (4): Psalm 63: Your Steadfast Love is Better Than Life

153

The Various Roles of the Watchman

154

Preparing to Be an Elder

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Our Favorite Psalms (3): Psalm 73: But God is the Strength of My Heart

156

Why Reread a Book I’ve Read Many Times Before?

157

It’s an Honor to Lead the People of God

158

Our Favorite Psalms (2): Psalm 34: Taste and See That the LORD is Good

159

Disciples of the Second Mile

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“We Handle Pain Better Than Pleasure”?

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Our Favorite Psalms (1): Psalm 23: The LORD is My Shepherd

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Knit Together

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Good Old Noah

164

Taking the Masks Off of Love (4): Love With Boundaries

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“Remember Lot’s Wife.”

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We Once Were Goats

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Taking the Masks Off of Love (3): Love & Discipline

168

Maturity Doesn’t Make Us Immune to Temptation

169

We Are at War

170

Taking the Masks Off of Love (2): Finding the Balance Between Love & Truth

171

Maturing Into a WE (not Me) Mindset

172

The Hope We Have in Christ

173

Taking the Masks Off of Love

174

Slowing Down Long Enough to Look, Ask, Walk & Find

175

Listening, Silence, and Prayer

176

Seasons of Life, Seasons of Faith: Fall

177

Thinking Through the “Rings” of Spiritual Development

178

Just Bring the Donkey

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Seasons of Life, Seasons of Faith: Summer

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Growing to Be People of Dependability, Responsibility & Knowledge

181

Inauguration Day

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Seasons of Life, Seasons of Faith: Spring

183

Time for Some Self-Evaluation: In What Season of Faith Am I?

184

“We Know God Spoke to Moses…”

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Seasons of Life, Seasons of Faith: Winter

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The Greatest Sermon Ever Preached

187

Speaking a Clear Message

188

Bringing the Best (3): Our Opportunities

189

A Holy Temple in the Lord

190

Gracious to the Poor

191

Bringing the Best (2): The Best Home We Can Be

192

Drawing Near as Priests of God

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Old Things & New Things

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Bringing the Best (1): The Best Disciple I Can Be

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Speaking the Same Thing as God

196

When There Was No King in Israel

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Legacy (5): What Does a Culture of Legacy Look Like?

198

Joy, Prayer & Gratitude as a Lifestyle

199

Being Married is a Blessing

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Legacy (4): Where Does It Begin?

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“What is Man That You Are Mindful of Him?”

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Help From Heaven

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Legacy (3): How to Keep It Going?

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“How’s This Going to End?”

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“Jesus, Will You Help Me?”

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Legacy (2): The Principle of the Baton

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Following Jesus: Not Always Convenient, Comes With Consequences, More Than Talk

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We Are the World’s Bible

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Legacy (1): The Value of Legacy

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Rome, America, and the Choices We Make as Citizens of Heaven

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The Seed Among the Thorns of This Life

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Changing Seasons (2): Changes in Our Spiritual Lives

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WE Are the Temple, the Sacrifices, the Priests, and the Instruments

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The Rebuke of a Wise Man

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A Two-Week Fall Break

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Changing Seasons (1): Constants in Our Spiritual Lives

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When My Will Intersects With God’s Will

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Hope is a Powerful Experience

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Our Favorite Hymns (4): I Could Not Do Without You

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Getting to Know the Unknown God

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An Old Christian at a Funeral Home

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Our Favorite Hymns (3): Thank You, Lord

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You Decide Who Will Find You

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Our Favorite Hymns (2): Jesus, Draw Me Ever Nearer

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The Long Thread of God’s Grace That Stretches All the Way to Me

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Whatever Happened to Esther?

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Our Favorite Hymns (1): Footprints of Jesus

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Jesus is the Best Messenger, the Best Mediator, and the Best Shepherd

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There Was a Dread in Esther’s Day

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Teach Me, O Lord (5): We Are Taught to Teach

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Seeing Signs of the Grace of God Today

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On That Night, the King Could Not Sleep…

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Teach Me, O Lord (4): Teach Me to Do Your Will

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The Basic Ingredients of a Healthy Church

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Esther as a Leader

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Teach Me, O Lord (3): Teach Me to Pray

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Hearts That Are Glad & Generous

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It’s Risky to Stop Evil, But It’s the Right Thing to Do

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Teach Me, O Lord (2): Teach Me to Wait

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A Reminder of How Good We Have it

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“I Cannot and Will Not…”

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Teach Me, O Lord (1): Jesus Learned Obedience

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Pulling the Weeds in Our Hearts

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The Last Will Be First, and the First Last

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Let Freedom Reign (4): People Who Are Free, Living as Servants of God

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Seeing the Invisible

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We Like Grace … When It Comes to Us, But…

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Let Freedom Reign (3): What’s It Mean to Be a Slave of Christ?

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“Don’t You Know…?” Lessons From the Olympic Athlete

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God is Different

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Let Freedom Reign (2): A Slave Who Lived Among the Tombs

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Is the Restoration Plea Still Relevant Today?

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The Master Has a Work

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Let Freedom Reign (1): The Truth Will Set You Free

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Is It Even Possible to Be Ready?

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Some of Us Are Eleventh Hour People

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“Now That I’ve Graduated…” (5): Rejoice, O Young Person, in Your Youth

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The Choice to Make Faith My Own

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Angels in Our Lives

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“Now That I’ve Graduated…” (4): What Should I Look For in a Spouse?

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How Can I Avoid Being Separated From My Faith?

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Angels Who Did Wrong

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“Now That I’ve Graduated…” (3): What Should I Look For in a Church?

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Six Important Reminders for Parents

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Guardian Angels?

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“Now That I’ve Graduated…” (2): Coming Out of the Starting Gate Strong

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Prayer Prompts from Psalm 90

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Angels: Appreciating How Many of Them There Are

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“Now That I’ve Graduated…” (1): Appreciate the Foundations

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“When My Anxious Thoughts Multiply Within Me…”

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“You Have Made Him a Little Lower Than the Angels…”

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When the World Goes Dark: Lessons From the Eclipse (4): When People Love the Dark…

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The Transient and the Eternal

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Using Our Times of Misery

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When the World Goes Dark: Lessons From the Eclipse (3): “The Sun Shall Be Turned to Darkness”

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“Lowering the Nets” with Dan Lankford

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Running Like Jonah

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When the World Goes Dark: Lessons From the Eclipse (2): Darkness at the Crucifixion

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Making Sure Our Insides Match Our Outsides

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From the Belly of a Fish

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When the World Goes Dark: Lessons From the Eclipse (1): The Plague of Darkness

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Why the Resurrection Really Matters

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A Preacher Who Longed to Be a Failure

284

Tips for Marriage (5): Frustrations

285

Why Jesus? Because…

286

You Can’t Live Like a Sinner and Die Like a Saint

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Tips for Marriage (4): Future

288

Every Person Matters

289

“…And in Hades…”

290

Tips for Marriage (3): Family

291

The Compass in the Middle of Your Bible

292

There is No “The End” to Our Lives

293

Tips for Marriage (2): Finances

294

“I Do Not Ask For These Only, But Also For Those Who Will Believe”

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Not So Much What You Have as What Has You

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Tips for Marriage (1): Faith

297

The Righteous Justice of God

298

Poor Lazarus

299

What I Wish Someone Had Told Me (4): “There Are Moments You Won’t Be Sure You’re Going to Make It”

300

An Essential, Productive, Glorified Relationship

301

Guidance and Direction in Our Plans

302

What I Wish Someone Had Told Me (3): “Some Brethren Are Going to Disappoint You”