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The Hickory Rock Baptist Church Podcast — 314 episodes
The Known Life---Psalm 139
The Satisfied Life---Psalm 90
The Sustained Life---Psalm 121
The Repenting Life---Psalm 51
The Waiting Life---Psalm 40
The Trusting Life---Psalm 13
The Good Life---Psalm 1
Living In The Ordinary And Extraordinary---Ephesians 6:10-24
Everyday Christlikeness---Ephesians 5:15-6:9
Living The New Normal---Ephesians 4:25-5:5
Learning A New Normal---Ephesians 4:17-24
Ordinary Faithfulness---Ephesians 4:1-16
Focused Faith---Ephesians 3:10-21
Powerfully Reconciled---Ephesians 2:11-22
Powerfully Alive---Ephesians 2:1-10
Resurrection Progression---Ephesians 1:15-23
Resurrected Living In Real Time---Ephesians 1:1-14
Living A Resurrected Life---Ephesians 4:1-16
Learning To Live An Empowered Life---Luke 24:44-49
Learning To Live A Surrendered Life---Luke 23:44-46
Learning To Grieve With God---Luke 19:41-44
Learning To Live As God's Family---Luke 8:19-21
Learning To Be Gracious---Luke 7:36-50
Learning To Be Welcoming---Luke 5:27-32
Learning To Be Dependent---Luke 4:1-13
Learning To Be Beloved---Luke 3:21-23
New Birth, New Life---1 John 5:1-15
Revealing Love---1 John 4:7-21
Remembering & Remaining---1 John 2:12-29
Walking In The Light---1 John 1:5-2:6
Seen. Heard. Declared.---1 John 1:1-4
Rehearsing Remembrance---Psalm 136
Praying Through Tears---Lamentations 5
Joy Against The Odds---Lamentations 3
Sitting With Sorrows And Longings---Lamentations 1
Good News For The Forgiven Heart---Luke 7:36-50
Good News For The Suffering Heart---Luke 8:40-48
Good News For The Addicted Heart---Mark 5:1-20
Good News For The Grieving Heart---John 11:32-44
Good News For The Abandoned Heart---Psalm 22
Good News For The Burned-Out Heart---1 Kings 19
Good News For The Overwhelmed Heart---Ruth 1
Good News For The Dysfunctional Heart---Genesis 27
Good News for the Mistreated Heart---Genesis 16; John 4
Good News for the Hiding Heart---Genesis 3:7-21
Feasting With The Shepherd: A Mediation on Psalm 23
Dwelling With The Shepherd---Psalm 23
Same Story, New Day---Acts 28:20-31
Baptized and Beloved---Mark 1:9-12
Whole-Body Trust---Acts 27:13-36
Learning To Love To Tell The Story---Acts 25-26
Waiting Faithfully--Acts 24:10-27
The Cycle Is Broken---Isaiah 53:3-6
Surviving Spiritual Shell Shock---Acts 23:11-35
Ordinary Tools For Steady Faith---Acts 22:30 - 23:11
Living A Life Of Recovery---Acts 22:3-29
Meeting Dysfunction With Love---Acts 21:27 - 22:2
Family Drama---Acts 21:17-26
Living and Praying in the Middle Voice---Acts 21:1-17
A Cruciform Legacy---Acts 20:17-38
Living Faithfully In A World Of Outrage---Acts 19:20-20:1
Restoration Experienced---John 20:24-31
Restoration Secured---Luke 24:36-43
Restoration Promised---Zechariah 9:9-12; Matthew 21:1-11
Spiritual Spring Cleaning---Acts 19:11-20
A Kingdom Civics Lesson---Acts 19:8-10
A Well-Balanced Spiritual Diet---Acts 18:24 - 19:7
God Works In Ironic Ways---Acts 18:12-23
Seeing Jesus In The Hard Times---Acts 18:1-11
Modeling Incarnational Love---Acts 17:16-34
A Gospel Crash Course---Acts 17:1-15
How To See The Kingdom---Acts 16:25-40
Love Me---John 14:15
Be My Church---Matthew 16:13-18; 1 Peter 2:9-10
Abide In Me---John 15:1-10
Follow Me---Matthew 4:17-22
Come to Me---Matthew 11:25-30
Faithful Living---Habakkuk 3:1-19
Christmas 2024!
Joy In The Reckoning---Habakkuk 2:5-20
How Much Longer, Lord?---Habakkuk 1:1-11
A Threat To Society---Acts 16:16-25
Clothed With Christ---Galatians 3:27
Sharing Jesus The Jesus Way---Acts 16:11-15
Living Incarnationally---Acts 16:6-10
The Gift of Confession---Psalm 32:1-11
Three Chords & the Truth---Acts 15:30-16:5
Amazing/Scandalous Grace---Acts 15:1-29
Faith In Action---Acts 14:1-28
Kingdom Supply & Demand---Acts 13:13-52
From Antioch With Love---Acts 12:25-13:12
Cultivating A Consistent Faith---Acts 12:1-24
A Glimpse of Heaven in Antioch---Acts 11:19-30
A Familiar Critique---Acts 11:1-18
Restored Forever, Amen.---Revelation 22:1-5
When Life Conquers Death---1 Corinthians 15:50-58
Pardon & Healing---1 Peter 2:21-25
The Tie That Binds---John 17:20-26
One Holy Church---1 Peter 2:9-10
The Counselor/Comforter---John 14:15-26
To Judge the Living and the Dead---John 5:22-30
Up, Up, Up.---Luke 24:1-8,44-53
Lifted Up and Laid Low---John 19:17-20,28-30
Pilate and the Suffering Servant---Luke 9:20-22
The Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary---Luke 1:26-38
Jesus: Christ. Son. Lord.---Philippians 2:5-11
God: The Almighty Creator Father---John 1:1-18
All In The Family---Acts 10:24-48
A Familiar Story---Acts 10:1-23
Passing Through The Waters--Romans 6:3-4
Doing Ministry Like Jesus---Acts 9:31-43
Proof of the Resurrection---1 Corinthians 15:1-11
A Total Transformation---Acts 9:19-31
Confronted, Humbled, Transformed, Loved---Acts 9:1-19
The God Who Loves The One---Acts 8:26-40
A Case of Spiritual Dysmorphia---Acts 8:9-25
The Minor Falls, The Major Lifts---Acts 8:1-8
Those Who Cannot Remember---Acts 7:1-53
A Profile In Christlikeness---Acts 6:8-7:1, 7:54-60
Seeing Through The Distraction---Acts 6:1-7
God Is Marching On---Acts 5:12-42
Grace and Fear in Jerusalem---Acts 4:32-5:11
A Recipe for Boldness---Acts 4:5-31
Remember, Remember---Acts 3:11-4:4
A Clash of Kingdoms---Luke 2:1-20
A Sign of the Time---Acts 3:1-10
Pentecost Prognosis---Acts 2:37-47
Purpose and Proclamation---Acts 2:14-36
A Day That Shook the World---Acts 2:1-13
Taking the First Step---Acts 1:12-26
Why Acts Matters---Acts 1:1-11
Cleansing and Renewal---Haggai 2:10-23
Glory Days---Haggai 2:1-9
Priority Problems---Haggai 1:1-15
Confirmed and Commissioned---Matthew 28:1-20
Catharsis---Matthew 27:45-66
The Final Tests---Matthew 27:27-44
Misplaced Trust---Matthew 27:1-26
Condemned and Denied---Matthew 26:57-75
Midnight in the Garden---Matthew 26:31-56
Why Is This Night Different?---Matthew 26:17-30
Plotting and Anointing---Matthew 26:1-16
Two Questions, Pt. 2---Matthew 24:36-25:46
Two Questions,Pt. 1---Matthew 24:1-35
Woe To You, Pharisees---Matthew 23:1-39
Missing the Point---Matthew 22:23-46
Whose Image Is This?---Matthew 22:15-22
Two Sons, a Vineyard, and a Feast---Matthew 21:23-22:14
Fig Trees and Questions---Matthew 21:18-22
Longing To Be Where We Belong---Psalm 84:1-12
A Few Final Things---Colossians 4:2-18
Out With the Old---Colossians 3:1-11
Christ Through the Noise---Colossians 2:1-23
The Greatest of All-Time---Colossians 1:15-29
Walk The Line---Colossians 1:1-14
Needing A New Song---Psalm 40:1-17
Resurrection Reassurance---Luke 24
Behold Your King---Matthew 21:1-17
Not To Be Served, But To Serve---Matthew 20:20-34
Something Better Than Fair---Matthew 20:1-19
Go, Give, Come, Follow---Matthew 19:16-30
To Such As These---Matthew 19:13-15
What God Has Joined Together---Matthew 19:1-12
A New Identity and Purpose---2 Corinthians 5:17-21
Joy Out Of Mourning---Psalm 30:1-12
Doing Life Together: Part 4---Matthew 18:21-35
Doing Life Together: Part 3---Matthew 18:15-20
Doing Life Together: Part 2---Matthew 18:10-14
Doing Life Together: Part 1---Matthew 18:1-9
The Humility of the Son---Matthew 17:24-27
Christmas in the Kingdom---Revelation21:1-5, 22:1-5
Christmas on the Cosmic Scale---Revelation 12:1-12
Christmas in the Garden---Genesis 3:1-15
From the Mountaintop Back to Reality---Matthew 17:9-23
A Transfigured Heart---Matthew 17:1-8
The Opportunity Cost of Following Jesus---Matthew 16:21-28
Who Do You Say I Am?---Matthew 16:13-20
Selfish Demands and Silly Confessions---Matthew 16:1-12
The Loving King---Matthew 15:21-39
The Heart of the Problem---Matthew 15:1-20
From Death to Life---Romans 6:1-4
A Better Healing---Matthew 14:34-36
You Are the Son of God!---Matthew 14:22-33
Bring Them To Me---Matthew 14:13-21
Looking Back, Looking Forward---Matthew 14:1-12
He's Just the Carpenter's Son---Matthew 13:53-58
The Kingdom of Heaven is...---Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52
Who is Worthy?---Revelation 5:1-14
The Two Kingdoms---Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43
The Sower, the Seed, and the Soil---Matthew 13:1-9,18-23
Parables, Parables, Parables---Matthew 13
What More Could We Ask For?---Matthew 12:38-50
Neutrality Isn't An Option---Matthew 12:22-37
The Father, The Servant, and the Plan---Matthew 12:15-21
Sabbath Mornin' Comin' Down---Matthew 12:1-14
Rebuke and Relief---Matthew 11:20-30
Learning to Lament---Psalm 42-43
Three Questions---Matthew 11:2-19
Jesus Over All--Matthew 10:34-11:1
A Disciple...---Matthew 10:24-33
What To Expect When You're A Disciple---Matthew 10:16-23
The Fool's Vineyard---Proverbs 24:30-34
Back to the Garden:Easter 2022---John 20:11-18
Instructions from the King---Matthew 10:5-15
Volunteered for Service---Matthew 10:1-4
The Good Shepherd-King---Matthew 9:35-38
The Song of the King---Matthew 9:27-34
The King Who Can Fix Anything---Matthew 9:18-26
At the Table With Jesus, Part 2---Matthew 9:14-17
At the Table With Jesus, Part 1---Matthew 9:9-13
Who Does Jesus Think He Is?---Matthew 9:1-8
The King Recognized and Rejected---Matthew 8:28-34
Who is this Man?---Matthew 8:23-27
Colossians 1 Devotional---Colossians 1:11-23
The King and His Authority---Matthew 8:18-22
Your First Love---Revelation 2:1-7
Redemption---Ruth 4:1-22
Midnight at the Threshing Floor---Ruth 3:1-18
A Good-Hearted Woman and a God-Fearing Man---Ruth 2:1-23
From Pleasant to Bitter---Ruth 1:1-22
A Song of Love and Thanks---Psalm 116:1-19
Oh, What a Foretaste of Glory Divine!---Matthew 8:14-17
No Such Faith In Israel---Matthew 8:5-13
I Am Willing---Matthew 8:1-4
Amazed At His Authority---Matthew 7:28-29
These Words of Mine---Matthew 7:24-27
I Never Knew You---Matthew 7:21-23
Good and Bad Fruit---Matthew 7:15-20
The Way To Life, The Path Of Destruction---Matthew 7:13-14
The Golden Command---Matthew 7:12
Our Good Father and His Kingdom---Matthew 7:7-11
To Judge, Or Not To Judge?---Matthew 7:1-6
Stop. Trust. Seek.---Matthew 6:25-34
Who Has Your Heart?---Matthew 6:19-24
How To Fast---Matthew 6:16-18
Pray Like This---Matthew 6:9-15
Praying For God's Attention---Matthew 6:5-8
How You Should Give---Matthew 6:2-4
What's Your Motivation?---Matthew 6:1
But I Say: Love Your Enemies---Matthew 5:43-48
But I Say: Revenge and Retaliation---Matthew 5:38-42
But I Say: Honesty and Oaths---Matthew 5:33-37
But I Say: Divorce---Matthew 5:31-32
But I Say: Lust and Adultery---Matthew 5:27-30
But I Say: Anger and Murder---Matthew 5:21-26
Everything's Chaging. Or Is It?---Matthew 5:17-20
What's Your Purpose?---Matthew 5:13-16
The Blessing of Persecution---Matthew 5:10-12
The Peacemakers---Matthew 5:9
The Pure in Heart---Matthew 5:8
The Merciful---Matthew 5:7
Craving Righteousness---Matthew 5:6
Good Friday 2021
The Meek---Matthew 5:5
Those Who Mourn---Matthew 5:4
The Poor in Spirit---Matthew 5:3
Finding True North---Matthew 5:1-2
The King's Ministry---Matthew 4:23-25
The King is Calling---Matthew 4:18-22
The Light Has Come---Matthew 4:12-17
The Wilderness Testing---Matthew 4:1-11
The Wilderness Baptisms---Matthew 3:13-17
The Wilderness Voice---Matthew 3:1-12
Nazareth?!?---Matthew 2:19-23
Egypt and Ramah---Matthew 2:13-18
Where is He? Bethlehem!---Matthew 2:1-12
Problems, Problems, Problems---Matthew 1:18-25
Son of David, Son of Abraham---Matthew 1:1-17
A Few Parting Words---Hebrews 13:1-25
Sinai and Zion---Hebrews 12:18-29
How to Stay on the Straight Path---Hebrews 12:14-17
Suffering Faithfully---Hebrews 12:4-13
The Hero of Faith---Hebrews 12:1-3
Heroes of Faith: And The List Goes On---Hebrews 11:30-40
Heroes of Faith: Moses and The Exodus---Hebrews 11:24-29
Heroes of Faith: Despite Death and Danger---Hebrews 11:17-23,35-38
Heroes of Faith: The Hopeful Pilgrims---Hebrews 11:8-16
Heroes of Faith: Before the Flood---Hebrews 11:4-7
Assurance and Conviction---Hebrews 11:1-3
Faithfully Pushing Forward---Hebrews 10:32-39
With a Raised Fist---Hebrews 10:26-31
Confidence, Confession, Community---Hebrews 10:19-25
No More---Hebrews 10:11-18
Christ's Obedience, Our Salvation---Hebrews 10:1-10
The Perfect Solution---Hebrews 9:23-28
No Blood, No Forgiveness---Hebrews 9:15-22
How Much More Will the Blood of Christ?---Hebrews 9:11-14
Outwardly Clean, Spiritually Dead---Hebrews 9:1-10
Blueprint of a Better Covenant---Hebrews 8:1-13
Guaranteed To Be Better---Hebrews 7:20-28
A Better Priesthood---Hebrews 7:4-19
The Priest-King---Hebrews 7:1-3
Promises, Promises---Hebrews 6:11-20
Milk and Maturity---Hebrews 5:11-6:12
High Priests---Hebrews 5:1-10
Renewed and Transformed---Romans 12:1-21
Compassion and Confidence---Hebrews 4:14-16
Work Hard for the Rest---Hebrews 4:1-13
The Cost of Unbelief---Hebrews 3:7-19
Turn Your Eyes to Jesus---Hebrews 3:1-6
One of Us---Hebrews 2:5-18
Superior to the Angels---Hebrews 1:4-2:4
Long Ago and In Various Ways---Hebrews 1:1-3
Tell the Good News---John 20:1-20
Good Friday: The King is Crowned
Save Us Now!---Matthew 21:1-17
The Lord is Near!---Philippians 4:1-23
Keep Calm and Carry On---Philippians 3:1-21
United in Humility---Philippians 2:1-30
Christ is Proclaimed. Rejoice!---Philippians 1:1-30
Are You Mad?---Jonah 4:1-11
Repenting and Relenting---Jonah 3:1-10
A Prayer From the Deep---Jonah 2:1-10
Down, Down, Down--Jonah 1:1-17