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Working Through the Word — 580 episodes

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I Know

2

I Win When We Win

3

Why Do You not have Full Assurance?

4

All In

5

What You Should Take to School

6

Imagine...Faith with Conviction

7

Imagine: Relationships without Conflict

8

Overcoming the Pit: Slaying Lions on Slippery Ground

9

Simeon: A Lesson in Longing

10

What is It?

11

Trusting in God's Providence

12

Your Mission, Should You Choose to Accept It

13

What Makes a Growing Church? Honoring Fathers

14

Its All About Me

15

Imagine...Leadership with Courage

16

The Cords that Bind Us

17

Why Can't I Submit!

18

Imagine...Submission without Complaint

19

What are You Doing Now?

20

What are You Waiting For?

21

Ask Preacher Mike "Please explain Ecclesiastes 3:9-4:3"

22

What Makes a Great Church? Honoring Motherhood

23

Cornerstone Family Seminar: Session 4- Creating Confidence in Christ

24

Cornerstone Family Seminar: Session 3- Prioritizing Jesus in Our Families

25

Cornerstone Family Seminar: Session 2- Raising Faithful Children

26

Cornerstone Family Seminar: Session 1- Worshipping Beyond the Building

27

The G. O. A. T.

28

Broken

29

Mended

30

Loved. Regardless.

31

Ask Preacher Mike- 04/05/2026

32

Imagine... Death with Confidence

33

Intense Fellowship

34

Lessons from a Song: Here I Raise My Ebenezer

35

How to Become the Kind of Member We Need

36

The Members the Richmond Church Needs

37

The Holy Spirit Loves Like a Friend

38

Imagine...Life without Care

39

Imagine...Life without Care

40

I'm Sorry!

41

Lessons Learned From the Appalachian Trail

42

Lessons Learned From the Two Horses

43

Jesus Loves Like a Husband

44

Falling Short of the Grace of God

45

Imagine Hell

46

The Church of the Christ and The Christ of the Church

47

Ask Preacher Mike: What can we learn from the life of Nebuchadnezzar?

48

Tempted and Tried

49

God Loves Like a Father

50

Imagine...Heaven

51

Ask Preacher Mike: Death, Resurrection, Ascension

52

Jesus is Better

53

Ask Preacher Mike: Is God Testing Me, Preparing Me, or Punishing Me?

54

Joy Beyond the Cross

55

Keeping It Real!  Real Giving!

56

In Moments Like These...Moments with God

57

Jesus, Incarnate

58

The Other Beatitudes: John 13:17

59

Bible Question: How Do We Receive the Baptism of the Holy Spirit?

60

Fellowship: An Ounce of Prevention

61

Ask Preacher Mike: 11/16/2025

62

Rise Above! Eat, Drink, and Enjoy!

63

Keeping It Real! Real Happiness!

64

In Moments Like These... Moments of Introspection

65

Bible Questions: What is the Tree of Life?

66

Ask Preacher Mike: Angels and Demons

67

The Other Beatitudes: Revelation 22:14

68

Ask Preacher Mike: What Does the Bible Teach About the Trinity?

69

God's Women are Forces of Nature

70

Keeping It Real! Real Rest

71

In Moments Like These: Moments of Worship

72

Ask Preacher Mike: Language, Census, Magic, and Judging

73

The Other Beatitudes: Revelation 19:9

74

Ask Preacher Mike

75

7 Wonders of the World: I Wonder...Which Way Now?

76

Keeping It Real! Real Life!

77

Practical Ways to Reflect Christ in Our Work Lives

78

In Moments Like These: Christians at Work

79

The Command to Evangelize

80

Who Are The Sons of God?

81

The Other Beatitudes: Revelation 16:15

82

Ask Preacher Mike - How the Holy Spirit Works

83

I Wonder: How Can I Start?

84

Keeping It Real! Real Strength!

85

Planning Lessens Failure

86

In Moments Like These: Moments of Failure

87

Does God Have A Sense of Humor?

88

God's One-liners

89

Ask Preacher Mike

90

7 Wonders of the World: When Can I Start?

91

Ask Preacher Mike: How Did People Worship in the Old Testament?

92

Discerning the Body in the Supper

93

Ask Preacher Mike

94

In Moments Like These: Moments of Decision

95

7 Wonders of the World: Where Am I Going?

96

Defenders of the Realm

97

In Moments Like These...It's Time to Get Involved

98

Ask Preacher Mike: Understanding God's Teaching

99

I Wonder...Why am I Here?

100

Ask Preacher Mike- Parables

101

In Moments Like These: Moments of Change

102

Ask Preacher Mike: Discerning God's Will

103

The Day a Godly Mother Cried

104

Cornerstone Family Seminar Session 4: 4 Lessons for Families from Luke 15

105

Cornerstone Family Seminar Session 3: Technology and the Christian Home

106

Cornerstone Family Seminar Session 2: Prioritizing Christ in the Family

107

Cornerstone Family Seminar Session 1: A Biblical Portrait of the Family

108

Ask Preacher Mike

109

I Wonder: What Do I Need?

110

3 Bible Questions

111

I’ll Be Back

112

How to be Rich

113

Keeping It Real! Real Prosperity!

114

In Moments Like These: Moments of Challenge

115

The Gospel Presentation that Works

116

Bible Questions: What Does It Mean to be a Seer?

117

The Other Beatitudes: Matthew 13:6

118

Doors of the Bible

119

7 Wonders of the World: Who Am I?

120

Is My Faith not Real If I Doubt?

121

Keeping It Real! Real Faith!

122

Developing My Other Family

123

In Moments Like These...with My Other Family

124

Did Satan Become a Serpent to Tempt Eve?

125

The Other Beatitudes: Luke 7:23

126

Simple Ways to Complete Our Evangelism Mission

127

The Christian Warrior Ethos

128

10 Practical Ways to Show Christian Love

129

Keeping It Real! Real Love!

130

What Our Homes Say About Our View of Heaven

131

In Moments Like These...with Family

132

Influencers

133

Influenced

134

Responsibilities in Knowing

135

Knowing

136

Practical Ways to Make Expectations Become Realities

137

Keeping It Real! Real Expectations!

138

How to Make an Opportunity Out of a Moment

139

In Moments Like These...Every Moment an Opportunity

140

The Whole Bible in 25 Minutes

141

My Mission, Our Mission

142

His Mission, My Mission

143

The Faithful

144

The Faith

145

The Struggle for Self-Control

146

The Fruit of the Spirit: Self-Control

147

Climb the Mountain: The Summit Was Always in View

148

Thank You for Paying Attention

149

Be Real and Unreal

150

Varsity Wrestling

151

The Gentle Christian

152

Fruit of the Spirit: Gentleness

153

Climb the Mountain: Follow the Leader

154

Climb the Mountain: The Gift of a Guide

155

Better Promises

156

Better Covenant

157

Give All You Get

158

Get All You Can

159

Building Faithfulness

160

The Fruit of the Spirit: Faithfulness

161

Seeking the Living Water

162

Climb the Mountain - Stay Hydrated

163

Worship Through a Study of God’s Word

164

A Life of Purpose

165

Here am I! I will do it!

166

Woe is Me! I am Undone!

167

My Good is Not Good Enough

168

Fruit of the Spirit: Goodness

169

Climb the Mountain: Why Is It There?

170

Climb the Mountain, Because It is There

171

We Must Pursue God

172

God Draws Us

173

Keep Yourself in God's School

174

Take Jesus to School with You

175

Fruit of the Spirit: Kindness

176

Climb the Mountain: With Grace

177

Climb the Mountain: Without Grumbling

178

Birthright

179

Proper Birth

180

How Does the Church Make Me Strong?

181

What Makes a Strong Church?

182

A Plan God Would Agree With: The Christian OP Order

183

Could I Be Convicted of Being a Christian?

184

Man Plans, God Laughs

185

House to House, Heart to Heart, and Sprouts Training

186

Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs

187

Jealous with Godly Jealousy

188

I Am a Jealous God

189

The Instruction of Your Father

190

The Great Showman: He Showed Love

191

Influenced

192

Influencers

193

When Memories Hurt

194

God’s Memorial to All Generations

195

Be with the Lord

196

The Lord is With You

197

Fruit of the Spirit: Patience

198

The Law of Your Mother

199

Climb the Mountain: No One Left Behind

200

Climb the Mountain: The Value of Climbing Together

201

The Dangers of False Worship

202

What Happens in True Worship?

203

I did not Come to Bring Peace

204

Fruit of the Spirit - Peace

205

Climb the Mountain: Climbing to a Prepared Place

206

Climb the Mountain - Prepare to Climb

207

God has Pursued Us

208

When Got to Becomes Get to

209

When Get to Becomes Got to

210

How Do Rejoicers Do It?

211

Fruit of the Spirit: Joy

212

Climb the Mountain: Each One has a Unique Path

213

Climb the Mountain - All Headed to the Same Place

214

Are You Ashamed?

215

The Highway of Holiness

216

God Equips the Called

217

God Calls the Equipped

218

You have Left Your First Love

219

The Fruit of the Spirit: Love

220

Does Just One Sin Really Matter?

221

Climb the Mountain: Not Easy but Necessary

222

If You have been with Jesus...Bold or Bully? Part 2

223

If You have been with Jesus...Bold or Bully? Part 1

224

Be Longing

225

Belonging

226

Crucified for Christ

227

But the Fruit of the Spirit is....

228

When the Ground is Unstable

229

Climb the Mountain - Stay Grounded

230

I Make All Things New

231

Jesus, the Reason for Every Season

232

10 Reasons Giving is Better Than Receiving

233

His Eye is on the Sparrow

234

Losing My Religion

235

In View of the Judgment: Look at the Interior

236

In View of the Judgment: Look Externally

237

The Shadow of a Doubt

238

"Nor Were Thankful"

239

3 Great Thanksgiving Days

240

Unshakeable

241

God as the Ultimate Source of Stability

242

Childlike Faith

243

Amber Alert

244

The Old Testament View of the New Testament Jesus

245

Submission to the Mission: Our "Meanwhile" Mission

246

The Mission of Submission: The Ultimate Mission

247

When did the Church of Christ Begin?

248

The Twelve Apostles

249

Rich by Choice

250

Poor by Choice

251

Lads to Leaders Podcast Submission

252

God Has a Plan

253

Self Control: The Super Fruit

254

Hide and Seek- Mankind’s View

255

Hide and Seek—God’s View

256

More Than Conquerors

257

Conquered for Jesus

258

Finish the Race

259

Stand in the Gap: Involved

260

Desiring My Own NIL Deal

261

NIL – Name, Image, Likeness

262

How Do We Lay Up Treasures in Heaven?

263

Heaven is Our Treasure Storehouse

264

Changed to Challenge

265

Challenged to Change

266

God’s Grace Fills the Gaps of Life

267

Stand in the Gap with God’s Grace

268

6 Great Partnerships

269

Strengthening God’s Families In Richmond

270

A Family Minister: What’s That?

271

How Can I Learn My Talents?

272

People Say vs Jesus Says

273

Stop Going to Church

274

Responsibility in Freedom

275

Free to Stand in the Gap

276

Are We Allowed to be Proud of Anything?

277

Pride Comes Before a Fall

278

How Do We Stand in the Gap for Fathers?

279

Fathers Stand in the Gap

280

Redeemed! How I Love to Proclaim It

281

God Stands in the Gap for Us

282

Stand in the Gap for God

283

Why Be Joyful?

284

Christians Never Graduate Here

285

The Enemy is Surrounded

286

When the Enemy Surrounds Us

287

Faith Passed On

288

It’s Not How You Start But How You Finish

289

Peace in the Midst of Turmoil

290

Love Can Build a Bridge

291

If God Filed a 1040... Could He Claim You as a Dependent?

292

What is Love?

293

7 Love Words

294

How to Forgive Yourself

295

Stand in the Gap for Yourself

296

You Who are Spiritual- Sowing and Reaping

297

You Who are Spiritual - Burden-Bearing

298

When I Don’t Fly So High

299

Fly Like an Eagle

300

Many Other Shining Moments

301

One Shining Moment

302

When the Lost are Saved

303

When the Saved are Lost

304

This is My Church!

305

Stand in the Gap for the Church

306

God’s Two Hands: Scary

307

God’s Two Hands: Secure

308

Well Pleasing to God

309

Great Love Stories

310

The Book of Philippians

311

Stand in the Gap: Prepared

312

The Heart of Titus

313

How Can I Heal My Family?

314

Jesus, Stone of Stumbling

315

Jesus, the Precious Stone

316

The Faithful and Their Curves

317

Flattening the Curve or Stopping the Curve

318

Stand in the Gap: The Christian Fills the Gap

319

Standing in the Gap: The Church Filled the Gap

320

Wise Men Still Come

321

Partnering with God

322

Partnering with God’s People

323

When Function Becomes Dysfunction

324

Imitate Me

325

Drink from the Spiritual Rock: Imitate

326

How Not to Be Afraid of God

327

How to Be Led & Fed, So I Don’t Wind Up Spiritually Dead

328

Jesus: The G.O.A.T.

329

Jesus: The Lamb

330

Reign Debt: Counseling

331

Reign: Indebted

332

The Salvation of Profit: Will I Know Materialism When I See It?

333

The Profit of Salvation

334

Overworked! Underpaid

335

Jesus, Yes! Church, Yes!

336

An Invitation to Jesus’ House

337

What is Eternal Punishment?

338

Homegoing

339

Your Good, a Reflection of God

340

What To Do When You Are Offended

341

Drink from the Spiritual Rock: Beware of Offensiveness

342

What Time Is It?

343

God’s Secret Place

344

Jesus is Amazing!

345

Disciples are Disciplined

346

A Point from a Proverb: How to Love a Child

347

Drink from the Spiritual Rock: All of Life Glorifies God

348

Documented Workers

349

Undocumented Workers

350

A Point from a Proverb: There is a Way That Seems Right

351

Standing on the Promises

352

Standing on the Premises

353

Drink from the Spiritual Rock: Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide

354

God, I Will Stand Before You

355

The Crosses We Bear

356

Take Up Your Cross

357

The Importance of Bringing the Spiritual Family Together Physically

358

The Importance of Raising a Spiritual Family

359

Evidence of Being Free in Christ

360

Doom, Despair, and Agony

361

Freedom vs Rights: Do We Have the Right to be Wrong?

362

Freedom vs Rights: Freedom to be Secure

363

Thoughts on the Issue of Abortion

364

Out of the Pew

365

What Do You Expect of God as Your Father?

366

Abba Father

367

A Little More Hospitality

368

Drink From the Spiritual Rock: Look to Edify

369

Drink from the Spiritual Rock: Follow the Law

370

Military Lessons

371

A Point from a Proverb: Why Should We Remember?

372

Out of the Mouths of Babes

373

The 3 Rules of Life

374

Idols are a Reflection of Me

375

Drink From the Spiritual Rock: Flee From Idolatry

376

What About Children Who Become Unfaithful?

377

A Mother Who Molded

378

How Will I Know When I Have Found It?

379

Ask, Seek, Knock

380

What Does It Mean to Blaspheme the Holy Spirit?

381

Influence in Corinth

382

A Point From a Proverb: Dedicate Your Child

383

How to Teach Baptism

384

Baptism in 3D for a Life in 4D

385

Power From the Parables: The Unforgiving Servant

386

A Point from a Proverb: Everything is Nothing

387

A Point from Proverb: Nothing is Everything

388

How to Grow a Church

389

Power From the Parables: The Mustard Seed

390

Sins Desire is to Rule Over Me

391

My Desire Should be to Rule Over Sin

392

Drink From The Spiritual Rock: Learn From The Past But Don’t Live In It

393

Away Game

394

Home Game

395

Power From The Parables The Growing Seed

396

Much with Little

397

Ashamed of Jesus

398

What is the Exchange Rate for the Soul

399

Jesus Is the Rock

400

Creating Christ’s Culture in His Church

401

The Culture of Christ

402

Pass the Salt Please

403

Rejoice In The Lord

404

Multifocal Vision: Nearsighted

405

Multifocal Vision: Farsighted

406

Overcoming Objections to Ministry

407

When I Minister...

408

How to be Persecuted

409

Live the Abundant Life: Persecution

410

Sunday Night Sit Down with Preacher Mike: In Everything Give Thanks

411

Thank You, Lord

412

The Things That Divide Us

413

My Story

414

Sunday Night Sit Down with Preacher Mike: Finding Peace When There is None

415

Live the Abundant Life: Peace

416

Love and Unity Are Our Identity

417

Sermon #4

418

Christian Unity During Imposed Cultural Conflicts

419

Why Did My Savior Come To Earth- To Fulfill the Law

420

Absence Makes the Heart Go Wander

421

From the Heart of Your Preacher

422

From the Heart of the Preacher

423

Live the Abundant Life- Pure in Heart

424

Lads to Leaders Podcast Submission

425

What Can Faith Do For You?

426

Living Your Worth

427

Will There Be Recognition in Heaven?

428

Are There Degrees of Heaven and Hell?

429

When I Forgive

430

When God Forgives

431

Live the Abundant Life: Meek

432

When They are Thirsty, They Will Drink

433

Lead Them to the Water

434

When Did the church of Christ Begin?

435

A church of Christ Lesson

436

Is Eternal Punishment Consistent with God‘s Mercy?

437

Live the Abundant Life: Merciful

438

Members of One Another

439

Things Jesus Wouldn‘t Do

440

Things Jesus Couldn‘t Do

441

How to Keep the Saved from Being Lost

442

Why Did My Savior Come to Earth?: To Seek and Save the Lost

443

When the Fruit Fails

444

Works vs Fruits

445

Hungering and Thirsting is the Appetite of the Spirit

446

Live the Abundant Life: Hunger and Thirst

447

By-Standers

448

Standing By

449

Why Did My Savior Come to Earth?: To Preach the Kingdom of God

450

Free-Range Living

451

Full Range Living

452

Are There Any Pharisees Present?

453

Make Your Father Proud

454

How to Manage the Fire

455

Why Did My Savior Come to Earth?: To Send Fire on the Earth

456

Live the Abundant Life: Mourn

457

Not Worried, Just Concerned

458

The Unexpected God

459

The Expected God

460

Why Did My Savior Come to Earth?: Not to Judge the World

461

Why Did My Savior Come to Earth?: To Judge the World

462

The Fight for Our Homes is Real

463

Mothers Fight for Their Homes

464

The Role of the Church in the Disciple-Making Process

465

Do You See Yourself as God Sees You?

466

A Round Peg Fits Any Hole

467

Live the Abundant Life: The Sheepfold

468

The Lord‘s Supper and the First Day of the Week

469

Why Did My Savior Come to Earth?: To Give His Life as a Ransom

470

The Bible of the Church

471

The Church of the Bible

472

Understanding the Law Mentality

473

Why Did My Savior Come to Earth?: To Fulfill the Law

474

Announcing a Regime Change

475

Developing An Evangelistic Heart

476

The Sheep Have Lost Their Sheepishness

477

Live the Abundant Life: The Sheep

478

How to Make a Spiritual Resume‘

479

The Value of a Spiritual Resume‘

480

Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God

481

God in the Hands of Angry Sinners

482

What is Truth?

483

Why Did My Savior Come to Earth?: To Bear Witness to the Truth

484

Difficult Passages: John 10:16

485

Live the Abundant Life: The Shepherd

486

The One Talent Man

487

For the Church: Cross-Pollination

488

Right is Might

489

Might Makes Right

490

How to Get to Know People

491

Why Did My Savior Come to Earth?: To Show Us the Father

492

Why Do We Aim Too Low?

493

Live the Abundant Life: Above and Beyond the Call of Duty

494

What Does God Look Like?

495

Focus on the Goal: Relationship with God

496

When Wise Men Come

497

Wise Men Still Come

498

God Never Promised Comfortable

499

God Promises Comfort

500

When Faith Goes Blind

501

What Faith Sees

502

It is Good for Us to Understand God‘s Will

503

God‘s Will is that You Pursue What is Good for Yourself

504

Be Angry and Do Not Sin

505

Be Angry

506

How Does Idolatry Affect the Church?

507

Idolatry is Real

508

What Do You Expect From Your Preacher?

509

Will You Be There for God?

510

What Do You Expect From God?

511

Mission Possible: Should You Choose to Accept It

512

Mission Possible: Your Mission

513

I Wanna Go There!

514

Heaven is a Wonderful Place

515

Submission: Forced or Frewill?

516

Case Studies in Godly Leadership: Deborah the Submitter

517

God Will Be There For You

518

Convenience vs Expedience

519

Convenience Kills Commitment

520

Let It Begin With Me

521

A Beneficial Pandemic for the Kingdom

522

How to listen to a Sermon

523

Case Studies in Godly Leadership - Apollos, the Listener

524

A Look At What Is Warfare Without War

525

A Vision of What Can Be: Warfare Without War

526

A Look At What Is: Soundness Without Spitefulness

527

Overtaken or Escape

528

When Focus Fails

529

How Can I Know That I Am Prepared?

530

If I Don‘t Pray

531

How I Know When My Prayers Have Been Answered

532

Case Studies In Godly Leadership: Daniel the Prayer

533

Freedom From Bondage

534

Case Studies In Godly Leadership: Peter the Proclaimer

535

Things That Propel Us Forward: Equipped

536

What Godly Father‘s Want

537

The Ascendant One Descended

538

Grace According to the Measure of Christ‘s Gift

539

There Is An ”I” In Team

540

There is No I In Team

541

Give Me a Double Portion

542

My Portion

543

I See the Problem

544

Naaman Finally Got it Right

545

Naaman: A Study in Humility

546

A Child Like Samuel

547

A Mother Like Hannah

548

What's the Difference Between Inspiring and Inspiration?

549

Studies in Godly Leadership: Paul the Inspirer

550

The Dangers of Social Distancing

551

What Can Faith Do For You?

552

Seeing What Cannot Be Seen

553

The Dangers of Religious Holidays

554

What Did Jesus Teach About Easter?

555

Studies in Godly Leadership: Moses the Perseverer

556

Is it a Sin to Not Assemble?

557

You Don't Matter

558

You Matter

559

The Value in the Virus

560

What Does Jesus Look Like?

561

Focus On the Goal: Relationship with Jesus

562

When I Am Challenged

563

Case Studies In Godly Leadership: Joshua the Challenger

564

How to Cry as Jesus Did

565

Three Times Jesus Wept

566

Focus on the Goal: Relationship

567

Case Studies in Godly Leadership: Barnabas- the Encourager

568

Take Heed! No Excuses!

569

Bible Authority- Church Organization

570

Bible Authority- Marriage, Divorce, and Remarriage

571

Bible Authority- Name of the Church

572

Bible Authority- Fellowship

573

Bible Authority- Pattern Theology

574

Bible Authority- One Church

575

Bible Authority- The First Day of the Week

576

Bible Authority- The Lord's Supper

577

Bible Authority- Male Leadership

578

Bible Authority- Instrumental Music

579

Bible Authority- Baptism

580

Bible Authority