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Working Through the Word — 569 episodes

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Your Mission, Should You Choose to Accept It

2

What Makes a Growing Church? Honoring Fathers

3

Its All About Me

4

Imagine...Leadership with Courage

5

The Cords that Bind Us

6

Why Can't I Submit!

7

Imagine...Submission without Complaint

8

What are You Doing Now?

9

What are You Waiting For?

10

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

11

What Makes a Great Church? Honoring Motherhood

12

Cornerstone Family Seminar: Session 4- Creating Confidence in Christ

13

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

14

Cornerstone Family Seminar: Session 2- Raising Faithful Children

15

Cornerstone Family Seminar: Session 1- Worshipping Beyond the Building

16

The G. O. A. T.

17

Broken

18

Mended

19

Loved. Regardless.

20

Ask Preacher Mike- 04/05/2026

21

Imagine... Death with Confidence

22

Intense Fellowship

23

Lessons from a Song: Here I Raise My Ebenezer

24

How to Become the Kind of Member We Need

25

The Members the Richmond Church Needs

26

The Holy Spirit Loves Like a Friend

27

Imagine...Life without Care

28

Imagine...Life without Care

29

I'm Sorry!

30

Lessons Learned From the Appalachian Trail

31

Lessons Learned From the Two Horses

32

Jesus Loves Like a Husband

33

Falling Short of the Grace of God

34

Imagine Hell

35

The Church of the Christ and The Christ of the Church

36

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

37

Tempted and Tried

38

God Loves Like a Father

39

Imagine...Heaven

40

Ask Preacher Mike: Death, Resurrection, Ascension

41

Jesus is Better

42

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

43

Joy Beyond the Cross

44

Keeping It Real!  Real Giving!

45

In Moments Like These...Moments with God

46

Jesus, Incarnate

47

The Other Beatitudes: John 13:17

48

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

49

Fellowship: An Ounce of Prevention

50

Ask Preacher Mike: 11/16/2025

51

Rise Above! Eat, Drink, and Enjoy!

52

Keeping It Real! Real Happiness!

53

In Moments Like These... Moments of Introspection

54

Bible Questions: What is the Tree of Life?

55

Ask Preacher Mike: Angels and Demons

56

The Other Beatitudes: Revelation 22:14

57

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

58

God's Women are Forces of Nature

59

Keeping It Real! Real Rest

60

In Moments Like These: Moments of Worship

61

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

62

The Other Beatitudes: Revelation 19:9

63

Ask Preacher Mike

64

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

65

Keeping It Real! Real Life!

66

Practical Ways to Reflect Christ in Our Work Lives

67

In Moments Like These: Christians at Work

68

The Command to Evangelize

69

Who Are The Sons of God?

70

The Other Beatitudes: Revelation 16:15

71

Ask Preacher Mike - How the Holy Spirit Works

72

I Wonder: How Can I Start?

73

Keeping It Real! Real Strength!

74

Planning Lessens Failure

75

In Moments Like These: Moments of Failure

76

Does God Have A Sense of Humor?

77

God's One-liners

78

Ask Preacher Mike

79

7 Wonders of the World: When Can I Start?

80

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

81

Discerning the Body in the Supper

82

Ask Preacher Mike

83

In Moments Like These: Moments of Decision

84

7 Wonders of the World: Where Am I Going?

85

Defenders of the Realm

86

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

87

Ask Preacher Mike: Understanding God's Teaching

88

I Wonder...Why am I Here?

89

Ask Preacher Mike- Parables

90

In Moments Like These: Moments of Change

91

Ask Preacher Mike: Discerning God's Will

92

The Day a Godly Mother Cried

93

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

94

Cornerstone Family Seminar Session 3: Technology and the Christian Home

95

Cornerstone Family Seminar Session 2: Prioritizing Christ in the Family

96

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

97

Ask Preacher Mike

98

I Wonder: What Do I Need?

99

3 Bible Questions

100

I’ll Be Back

101

How to be Rich

102

Keeping It Real! Real Prosperity!

103

In Moments Like These: Moments of Challenge

104

The Gospel Presentation that Works

105

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

106

The Other Beatitudes: Matthew 13:6

107

Doors of the Bible

108

7 Wonders of the World: Who Am I?

109

Is My Faith not Real If I Doubt?

110

Keeping It Real! Real Faith!

111

Developing My Other Family

112

In Moments Like These...with My Other Family

113

Did Satan Become a Serpent to Tempt Eve?

114

The Other Beatitudes: Luke 7:23

115

Simple Ways to Complete Our Evangelism Mission

116

The Christian Warrior Ethos

117

10 Practical Ways to Show Christian Love

118

Keeping It Real! Real Love!

119

What Our Homes Say About Our View of Heaven

120

In Moments Like These...with Family

121

Influencers

122

Influenced

123

Responsibilities in Knowing

124

Knowing

125

Practical Ways to Make Expectations Become Realities

126

Keeping It Real! Real Expectations!

127

How to Make an Opportunity Out of a Moment

128

In Moments Like These...Every Moment an Opportunity

129

The Whole Bible in 25 Minutes

130

My Mission, Our Mission

131

His Mission, My Mission

132

The Faithful

133

The Faith

134

The Struggle for Self-Control

135

The Fruit of the Spirit: Self-Control

136

Climb the Mountain: The Summit Was Always in View

137

Thank You for Paying Attention

138

Be Real and Unreal

139

Varsity Wrestling

140

The Gentle Christian

141

Fruit of the Spirit: Gentleness

142

Climb the Mountain: Follow the Leader

143

Climb the Mountain: The Gift of a Guide

144

Better Promises

145

Better Covenant

146

Give All You Get

147

Get All You Can

148

Building Faithfulness

149

The Fruit of the Spirit: Faithfulness

150

Seeking the Living Water

151

Climb the Mountain - Stay Hydrated

152

Worship Through a Study of God’s Word

153

A Life of Purpose

154

Here am I! I will do it!

155

Woe is Me! I am Undone!

156

My Good is Not Good Enough

157

Fruit of the Spirit: Goodness

158

Climb the Mountain: Why Is It There?

159

Climb the Mountain, Because It is There

160

We Must Pursue God

161

God Draws Us

162

Keep Yourself in God's School

163

Take Jesus to School with You

164

Fruit of the Spirit: Kindness

165

Climb the Mountain: With Grace

166

Climb the Mountain: Without Grumbling

167

Birthright

168

Proper Birth

169

How Does the Church Make Me Strong?

170

What Makes a Strong Church?

171

A Plan God Would Agree With: The Christian OP Order

172

Could I Be Convicted of Being a Christian?

173

Man Plans, God Laughs

174

House to House, Heart to Heart, and Sprouts Training

175

Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs

176

Jealous with Godly Jealousy

177

I Am a Jealous God

178

The Instruction of Your Father

179

The Great Showman: He Showed Love

180

Influenced

181

Influencers

182

When Memories Hurt

183

God’s Memorial to All Generations

184

Be with the Lord

185

The Lord is With You

186

Fruit of the Spirit: Patience

187

The Law of Your Mother

188

Climb the Mountain: No One Left Behind

189

Climb the Mountain: The Value of Climbing Together

190

The Dangers of False Worship

191

What Happens in True Worship?

192

I did not Come to Bring Peace

193

Fruit of the Spirit - Peace

194

Climb the Mountain: Climbing to a Prepared Place

195

Climb the Mountain - Prepare to Climb

196

God has Pursued Us

197

When Got to Becomes Get to

198

When Get to Becomes Got to

199

How Do Rejoicers Do It?

200

Fruit of the Spirit: Joy

201

Climb the Mountain: Each One has a Unique Path

202

Climb the Mountain - All Headed to the Same Place

203

Are You Ashamed?

204

The Highway of Holiness

205

God Equips the Called

206

God Calls the Equipped

207

You have Left Your First Love

208

The Fruit of the Spirit: Love

209

Does Just One Sin Really Matter?

210

Climb the Mountain: Not Easy but Necessary

211

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

212

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

213

Be Longing

214

Belonging

215

Crucified for Christ

216

But the Fruit of the Spirit is....

217

When the Ground is Unstable

218

Climb the Mountain - Stay Grounded

219

I Make All Things New

220

Jesus, the Reason for Every Season

221

10 Reasons Giving is Better Than Receiving

222

His Eye is on the Sparrow

223

Losing My Religion

224

In View of the Judgment: Look at the Interior

225

In View of the Judgment: Look Externally

226

The Shadow of a Doubt

227

"Nor Were Thankful"

228

3 Great Thanksgiving Days

229

Unshakeable

230

God as the Ultimate Source of Stability

231

Childlike Faith

232

Amber Alert

233

The Old Testament View of the New Testament Jesus

234

Submission to the Mission: Our "Meanwhile" Mission

235

The Mission of Submission: The Ultimate Mission

236

When did the Church of Christ Begin?

237

The Twelve Apostles

238

Rich by Choice

239

Poor by Choice

240

Lads to Leaders Podcast Submission

241

God Has a Plan

242

Self Control: The Super Fruit

243

Hide and Seek- Mankind’s View

244

Hide and Seek—God’s View

245

More Than Conquerors

246

Conquered for Jesus

247

Finish the Race

248

Stand in the Gap: Involved

249

Desiring My Own NIL Deal

250

NIL – Name, Image, Likeness

251

How Do We Lay Up Treasures in Heaven?

252

Heaven is Our Treasure Storehouse

253

Changed to Challenge

254

Challenged to Change

255

God’s Grace Fills the Gaps of Life

256

Stand in the Gap with God’s Grace

257

6 Great Partnerships

258

Strengthening God’s Families In Richmond

259

A Family Minister: What’s That?

260

How Can I Learn My Talents?

261

People Say vs Jesus Says

262

Stop Going to Church

263

Responsibility in Freedom

264

Free to Stand in the Gap

265

Are We Allowed to be Proud of Anything?

266

Pride Comes Before a Fall

267

How Do We Stand in the Gap for Fathers?

268

Fathers Stand in the Gap

269

Redeemed! How I Love to Proclaim It

270

God Stands in the Gap for Us

271

Stand in the Gap for God

272

Why Be Joyful?

273

Christians Never Graduate Here

274

The Enemy is Surrounded

275

When the Enemy Surrounds Us

276

Faith Passed On

277

It’s Not How You Start But How You Finish

278

Peace in the Midst of Turmoil

279

Love Can Build a Bridge

280

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

281

What is Love?

282

7 Love Words

283

How to Forgive Yourself

284

Stand in the Gap for Yourself

285

You Who are Spiritual- Sowing and Reaping

286

You Who are Spiritual - Burden-Bearing

287

When I Don’t Fly So High

288

Fly Like an Eagle

289

Many Other Shining Moments

290

One Shining Moment

291

When the Lost are Saved

292

When the Saved are Lost

293

This is My Church!

294

Stand in the Gap for the Church

295

God’s Two Hands: Scary

296

God’s Two Hands: Secure

297

Well Pleasing to God

298

Great Love Stories

299

The Book of Philippians

300

Stand in the Gap: Prepared

301

The Heart of Titus

302

How Can I Heal My Family?

303

Jesus, Stone of Stumbling

304

Jesus, the Precious Stone

305

The Faithful and Their Curves

306

Flattening the Curve or Stopping the Curve

307

Stand in the Gap: The Christian Fills the Gap

308

Standing in the Gap: The Church Filled the Gap

309

Wise Men Still Come

310

Partnering with God

311

Partnering with God’s People

312

When Function Becomes Dysfunction

313

Imitate Me

314

Drink from the Spiritual Rock: Imitate

315

How Not to Be Afraid of God

316

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

317

Jesus: The G.O.A.T.

318

Jesus: The Lamb

319

Reign Debt: Counseling

320

Reign: Indebted

321

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

322

The Profit of Salvation

323

Overworked! Underpaid

324

Jesus, Yes! Church, Yes!

325

An Invitation to Jesus’ House

326

What is Eternal Punishment?

327

Homegoing

328

Your Good, a Reflection of God

329

What To Do When You Are Offended

330

Drink from the Spiritual Rock: Beware of Offensiveness

331

What Time Is It?

332

God’s Secret Place

333

Jesus is Amazing!

334

Disciples are Disciplined

335

A Point from a Proverb: How to Love a Child

336

Drink from the Spiritual Rock: All of Life Glorifies God

337

Documented Workers

338

Undocumented Workers

339

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

340

Standing on the Promises

341

Standing on the Premises

342

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

343

God, I Will Stand Before You

344

The Crosses We Bear

345

Take Up Your Cross

346

The Importance of Bringing the Spiritual Family Together Physically

347

The Importance of Raising a Spiritual Family

348

Evidence of Being Free in Christ

349

Doom, Despair, and Agony

350

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

351

Freedom vs Rights: Freedom to be Secure

352

Thoughts on the Issue of Abortion

353

Out of the Pew

354

What Do You Expect of God as Your Father?

355

Abba Father

356

A Little More Hospitality

357

Drink From the Spiritual Rock: Look to Edify

358

Drink from the Spiritual Rock: Follow the Law

359

Military Lessons

360

A Point from a Proverb: Why Should We Remember?

361

Out of the Mouths of Babes

362

The 3 Rules of Life

363

Idols are a Reflection of Me

364

Drink From the Spiritual Rock: Flee From Idolatry

365

What About Children Who Become Unfaithful?

366

A Mother Who Molded

367

How Will I Know When I Have Found It?

368

Ask, Seek, Knock

369

What Does It Mean to Blaspheme the Holy Spirit?

370

Influence in Corinth

371

A Point From a Proverb: Dedicate Your Child

372

How to Teach Baptism

373

Baptism in 3D for a Life in 4D

374

Power From the Parables: The Unforgiving Servant

375

A Point from a Proverb: Everything is Nothing

376

A Point from Proverb: Nothing is Everything

377

How to Grow a Church

378

Power From the Parables: The Mustard Seed

379

Sins Desire is to Rule Over Me

380

My Desire Should be to Rule Over Sin

381

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

382

Away Game

383

Home Game

384

Power From The Parables The Growing Seed

385

Much with Little

386

Ashamed of Jesus

387

What is the Exchange Rate for the Soul

388

Jesus Is the Rock

389

Creating Christ’s Culture in His Church

390

The Culture of Christ

391

Pass the Salt Please

392

Rejoice In The Lord

393

Multifocal Vision: Nearsighted

394

Multifocal Vision: Farsighted

395

Overcoming Objections to Ministry

396

When I Minister...

397

How to be Persecuted

398

Live the Abundant Life: Persecution

399

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

400

Thank You, Lord

401

The Things That Divide Us

402

My Story

403

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

404

Live the Abundant Life: Peace

405

Love and Unity Are Our Identity

406

Sermon #4

407

Christian Unity During Imposed Cultural Conflicts

408

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

409

Absence Makes the Heart Go Wander

410

From the Heart of Your Preacher

411

From the Heart of the Preacher

412

Live the Abundant Life- Pure in Heart

413

Lads to Leaders Podcast Submission

414

What Can Faith Do For You?

415

Living Your Worth

416

Will There Be Recognition in Heaven?

417

Are There Degrees of Heaven and Hell?

418

When I Forgive

419

When God Forgives

420

Live the Abundant Life: Meek

421

When They are Thirsty, They Will Drink

422

Lead Them to the Water

423

When Did the church of Christ Begin?

424

A church of Christ Lesson

425

Is Eternal Punishment Consistent with God‘s Mercy?

426

Live the Abundant Life: Merciful

427

Members of One Another

428

Things Jesus Wouldn‘t Do

429

Things Jesus Couldn‘t Do

430

How to Keep the Saved from Being Lost

431

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

432

When the Fruit Fails

433

Works vs Fruits

434

Hungering and Thirsting is the Appetite of the Spirit

435

Live the Abundant Life: Hunger and Thirst

436

By-Standers

437

Standing By

438

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

439

Free-Range Living

440

Full Range Living

441

Are There Any Pharisees Present?

442

Make Your Father Proud

443

How to Manage the Fire

444

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

445

Live the Abundant Life: Mourn

446

Not Worried, Just Concerned

447

The Unexpected God

448

The Expected God

449

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

450

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

451

The Fight for Our Homes is Real

452

Mothers Fight for Their Homes

453

The Role of the Church in the Disciple-Making Process

454

Do You See Yourself as God Sees You?

455

A Round Peg Fits Any Hole

456

Live the Abundant Life: The Sheepfold

457

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

458

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

459

The Bible of the Church

460

The Church of the Bible

461

Understanding the Law Mentality

462

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

463

Announcing a Regime Change

464

Developing An Evangelistic Heart

465

The Sheep Have Lost Their Sheepishness

466

Live the Abundant Life: The Sheep

467

How to Make a Spiritual Resume‘

468

The Value of a Spiritual Resume‘

469

Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God

470

God in the Hands of Angry Sinners

471

What is Truth?

472

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

473

Difficult Passages: John 10:16

474

Live the Abundant Life: The Shepherd

475

The One Talent Man

476

For the Church: Cross-Pollination

477

Right is Might

478

Might Makes Right

479

How to Get to Know People

480

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

481

Why Do We Aim Too Low?

482

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

483

What Does God Look Like?

484

Focus on the Goal: Relationship with God

485

When Wise Men Come

486

Wise Men Still Come

487

God Never Promised Comfortable

488

God Promises Comfort

489

When Faith Goes Blind

490

What Faith Sees

491

It is Good for Us to Understand God‘s Will

492

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

493

Be Angry and Do Not Sin

494

Be Angry

495

How Does Idolatry Affect the Church?

496

Idolatry is Real

497

What Do You Expect From Your Preacher?

498

Will You Be There for God?

499

What Do You Expect From God?

500

Mission Possible: Should You Choose to Accept It

501

Mission Possible: Your Mission

502

I Wanna Go There!

503

Heaven is a Wonderful Place

504

Submission: Forced or Frewill?

505

Case Studies in Godly Leadership: Deborah the Submitter

506

God Will Be There For You

507

Convenience vs Expedience

508

Convenience Kills Commitment

509

Let It Begin With Me

510

A Beneficial Pandemic for the Kingdom

511

How to listen to a Sermon

512

Case Studies in Godly Leadership - Apollos, the Listener

513

A Look At What Is Warfare Without War

514

A Vision of What Can Be: Warfare Without War

515

A Look At What Is: Soundness Without Spitefulness

516

Overtaken or Escape

517

When Focus Fails

518

How Can I Know That I Am Prepared?

519

If I Don‘t Pray

520

How I Know When My Prayers Have Been Answered

521

Case Studies In Godly Leadership: Daniel the Prayer

522

Freedom From Bondage

523

Case Studies In Godly Leadership: Peter the Proclaimer

524

Things That Propel Us Forward: Equipped

525

What Godly Father‘s Want

526

The Ascendant One Descended

527

Grace According to the Measure of Christ‘s Gift

528

There Is An ”I” In Team

529

There is No I In Team

530

Give Me a Double Portion

531

My Portion

532

I See the Problem

533

Naaman Finally Got it Right

534

Naaman: A Study in Humility

535

A Child Like Samuel

536

A Mother Like Hannah

537

What's the Difference Between Inspiring and Inspiration?

538

Studies in Godly Leadership: Paul the Inspirer

539

The Dangers of Social Distancing

540

What Can Faith Do For You?

541

Seeing What Cannot Be Seen

542

The Dangers of Religious Holidays

543

What Did Jesus Teach About Easter?

544

Studies in Godly Leadership: Moses the Perseverer

545

Is it a Sin to Not Assemble?

546

You Don't Matter

547

You Matter

548

The Value in the Virus

549

What Does Jesus Look Like?

550

Focus On the Goal: Relationship with Jesus

551

When I Am Challenged

552

Case Studies In Godly Leadership: Joshua the Challenger

553

How to Cry as Jesus Did

554

Three Times Jesus Wept

555

Focus on the Goal: Relationship

556

Case Studies in Godly Leadership: Barnabas- the Encourager

557

Take Heed! No Excuses!

558

Bible Authority- Church Organization

559

Bible Authority- Marriage, Divorce, and Remarriage

560

Bible Authority- Name of the Church

561

Bible Authority- Fellowship

562

Bible Authority- Pattern Theology

563

Bible Authority- One Church

564

Bible Authority- The First Day of the Week

565

Bible Authority- The Lord's Supper

566

Bible Authority- Male Leadership

567

Bible Authority- Instrumental Music

568

Bible Authority- Baptism

569

Bible Authority