
Not What You’re Meant to Be: Part 2 (Isaiah 3-4)
Isaiah 1-5: Unfruitful Tags: Isaiah
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June 19, 2022.
Category: 
Not What You Ought to Be (Isaiah 1)
Isaiah 1-5: Unfruitful Tags: Isaiah
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June 5, 2022.
Category: 
Disenculturation (1 Corinthians 9:20-23)
Raising Faith Tags: 1 Corinthians
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May 1, 2022.
Category: 
Mourning Our Sin (Zechariah 12:10-13:1)
Good Friday Tags: Zechariah
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April 15, 2022.
Category: 
Gospel Thinking (Philippians 4:8-9)
. April 3, 2022. Category:
Gospel Peace (Philippians 4:2-7)
. March 27, 2022. Category:
Gospel Steadfastness (Philippians 3:17-4:1)
. March 20, 2022. Category:
Gospel Perseverance (Philippians 3:12-16)
. March 13, 2022. Category:
Gospel Gain (Philippians 3:1-11)
. March 6, 2022. Category:
Gospel Examples (Philippians 2:19-30)
. February 27, 2022. Category:
Gospel Work (Philippians 2:12-18)
. February 20, 2022. Category:
Gospel Paradigm (Philippians 2:5-11)
. February 13, 2022. Category:
Gospel Unity (Philippians 2:1-4)
. February 6, 2022. Category:
Gospel Living (Philippians 1:27-30)
. January 30, 2022. Category:
Gospel Purpose (Philippians 1:18b-26)
. January 23, 2022. Category:
Gospel Perspective (Philippians 1:12-18a)
. January 16, 2022. Category:
Gospel Advance (Philippians 1:1-11)
. January 9, 2022. Category:
What Do We Do When We Gather (Colossians 3:15-17)
Gathering Tags: Colossians
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October 31, 2021.
Category: 
Longing for Justice (Acts 17:31)
. October 10, 2021. Category:
Longing for Beauty (Psalm 19:1-6)
. October 3, 2021. Category:
Longing for Love (Ephesians 5:1-2)
. September 26, 2021. Category:
Longing for Transcendence (Ecclesiastes 3:11)
. September 19, 2021. Category:
Longing for Satisfaction (John 4:4-26)
. September 12, 2021. Category:
Entrust (Matthew 6:13)
. September 5, 2021. Category:
Seek (Matthew 6:10)
. August 15, 2021. Category:
Honor (Matthew 6:9b)
. August 8, 2021. Category:
Our Father (Matthew 6:9a)
. August 1, 2021. Category:
We Make Our Money Work for the Kingdom (Luke 16:1-15)
Because He's Worth It Tags: Luke
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May 16, 2021.
Category: 
We Make Foolish Choices (Luke 12:13-21)
Because He's Worth It Tags: Luke
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May 9, 2021.
Category: 
We Make Generous Choices Cheerfully (2 Corinthians 9:6-15)
. May 2, 2021. Category:
We Make Him Lord of All (Luke 6:46-49)
Because He's Worth It Tags: Luke
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April 18, 2021.
Category: 
We Make Him Our Treasure (Mark 10:17-31)
Because He's Worth It Tags: Mark
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April 11, 2021.
Category: 
2021 Believe, Hope, Love (Mark 16:1-8)
. April 4, 2021. Category:
Enter & Receive (Mark 15:33-47)
. April 2, 2021. Category:Worship the King (Mark 15:1-20)
Mark: Cross & Crown Tags: Mark
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March 21, 2021.
Category: 
Give Everything (Mark 12:13-44)
Mark: Cross & Crown Tags: Mark
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February 14, 2021.
Category: 
Answer the Question (Mark 11:12-12:12)
Mark: Cross & Crown Tags: Mark
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February 7, 2021.
Category: 
Expect the Unexpected (Mark 2:13-3:6)
Mark: Cross & Crown Tags: Mark
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October 4, 2020.
Category: 
Get Up and Walk (Mark 2:1-12)
. September 27, 2020. Category:
Getting There (Psalm 134)
. September 6, 2020. Category:
Walking Together (Psalm 133)
. August 30, 2020. Category:
Finding Contentment (Psalm 131)
. August 16, 2020. Category:
Confessing Sin (Psalm 130)
. August 9, 2020. Category:
Receiving Blessing (Psalm 128)
. July 26, 2020. Category:
Yet I Will Rejoice (Habakkuk 3:1-19)
. May 24, 2020. Category:
Worldly Woes (Habakkuk 2:6-20)
. May 17, 2020. Category:
Faithful Living in Troubled Times (Habakkuk 2:2-5)
. May 10, 2020. Category:
When You Don’t Like What God Is Doing (Habakkuk 1:12-2:1)
. May 3, 2020. Category:
What Is God Thinking? (Habakkuk 1:5-11)
. April 26, 2020. Category:
Faithful Wrestling – How Long Lord? (Habakkuk 1:1-4)
. April 19, 2020. Category:
Hope in the Time of Plague (Romans 8:18-25)
In the Time of Plague Tags: Romans
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April 5, 2020.
Category: 
Love in the Time of Plague (Galatians 6:7-10)
. March 29, 2020. Category:
Sharing the Better Yes (Colossians 4:2-6)
The Better Yes Tags: Colossians
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March 27, 2020.
Category: 
Faith in the Time of Plague (Isaiah 26:1-6)
. March 15, 2020. Category:
Expanding the Vision (Ephesians 5:31-32)
The Better Yes Tags: Ephesians
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March 8, 2020.
Category: 
God’s Answer (1 Corinthians 6:9-20)
The Better Yes Tags: 1 Corinthians
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February 16, 2020.
Category: 
In His Birth (Luke 2:1-21)
. December 24, 2019. Category:
In His Faithfulness (Luke 1:57-80)
. December 22, 2019. Category:
In the Great Reversal (Luke 1:39-56)
. December 15, 2019. Category:
In the Coming King (Luke 1:26-38)
. December 8, 2019. Category:
In the Preparation (Luke 1:1-25)
. December 1, 2019. Category:
2019 Come Back and Thank Him (Luke 17:11-19)
. November 27, 2019. Category:
God Intended It for Good (Genesis 50:15-26)
. November 24, 2019. Category:
The Scepter Will Not Depart (Genesis 49:1-50:14)
. November 17, 2019. Category:
Carry Me out of Egypt (Genesis 47:13-31)
. November 3, 2019. Category:
A Great Nation There (Genesis 46:1-47:12)
. October 27, 2019. Category:
But God (Genesis 44-45)
. October 20, 2019. Category:
May God Grant You Mercy (Genesis 43)
. October 13, 2019. Category:
An Accounting for His Blood (Genesis 42)
. October 6, 2019. Category:
God Has Shown (Genesis 40-41)
. September 29, 2019. Category:
The Lord Was with Him (Genesis 39)
. September 22, 2019. Category:
More Righteous Than I (Genesis 38)
. September 15, 2019. Category:
What Comes of His Dreams (Genesis 37)
. September 8, 2019. Category:
The King Is Dead, Long Live the King (1 Samuel 28-31)
1 Samuel: Inside Out Tags: 1 Samuel
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September 1, 2019.
Category: 
Kingdom Justice (1 Samuel 24-27)
1 Samuel: Inside Out Tags: 1 Samuel
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August 25, 2019.
Category: 
The Wilderness King (1 Samuel 21-23)
1 Samuel: Inside Out Tags: 1 Samuel
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August 18, 2019.
Category: 
The Cost of Loving the King (1 Samuel 18-20)
1 Samuel: Inside Out Tags: 1 Samuel
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August 11, 2019.
Category: 
A New King, An Old Problem (1 Samuel 11-12)
1 Samuel: Inside Out Tags: 1 Samuel
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July 21, 2019.
Category: 
The People’s King (1 Samuel 9-10)
1 Samuel: Inside Out Tags: 1 Samuel
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July 14, 2019.
Category: 
Heavy Stuff (1 Samuel 2:12-4:1a)
1 Samuel: Inside Out Tags: 1 Samuel
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June 23, 2019.
Category: 
The Upside-Down King (1 Samuel 1:1-2:11)
1 Samuel: Inside Out Tags: 1 Samuel
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June 16, 2019.
Category: 
An End Like No Other (Revelation 21:1-4)
No Other Tags: Revelation
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May 19, 2019.
Category: 
2019 Enduring Hope (1 Corinthians 15:17-19)
Easter Tags: 1 Corinthians
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April 21, 2019.
Category: 
A Prophet without Honor (Matthew 13:53-58)
. April 14, 2019. Category:
The Parables of the Hidden Treasure and the Pearl (Matthew 13:44-46)
. March 31, 2019. Category:
The Parable of the Weeds (Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43)
. March 17, 2019. Category:
The Parable of the Sower (Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23)
. March 10, 2019. Category:
Secrets of the Kingdom (Matthew 13:10-17)
. March 3, 2019. Category:
Can I Know God Personally? (John 1:12)
Explore God Tags: John
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February 24, 2019.
Category: 
Is the Bible Reliable? (2 Timothy 3:16-17)
Explore God Tags: 2 Timothy
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February 17, 2019.
Category: 
Is Jesus Really God? (Matthew 26:64-65)
Explore God Tags: Matthew
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February 10, 2019.
Category: 
Is Christianity Too Narrow? (Acts 17:16-34)
Explore God Tags: Acts
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February 3, 2019.
Category: 
Why Does God Allow Pain and Suffering? (2 Corinthians 4:16-18)
Explore God Tags: 2 Corinthians
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January 27, 2019.
Category: 
Does Life Have Purpose? (Ecclesiastes 1:1-11)
Explore God Tags: Ecclesiastes
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January 13, 2019.
Category: 
The Messiah and the Unborn (Luke 1:39-45)
Isaiah 61: Epiphany Tags: Luke
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January 6, 2019.
Category: 
The Messiah Saves (Isaiah 53:1-6)
Isaiah 61: Epiphany Tags: Isaiah
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December 24, 2018.
Category: 
The Messiah and the Oppressed (Luke 4:22-29, Philemon 8-21)
. December 23, 2018. Category:
The Messiah and the Orphans (James 1:18-27)
Isaiah 61: Epiphany Tags: James
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December 16, 2018.
Category: 
The Messiah and the Poor (Micah 6:8)
Isaiah 61: Epiphany Tags: Micah
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December 9, 2018.
Category: 
The Messiah’s Purpose (Luke 4:14-21, Isaiah 61:1-4)
. December 2, 2018. Category:
Go up to Bethel (Genesis 35)
. November 25, 2018. Category:
He Took Her (Genesis 34)
. November 18, 2018. Category:
God Has Been Gracious to Me (Genesis 33)
. November 11, 2018. Category:
I Am Unworthy (Genesis 32)
. November 4, 2018. Category:
Send Me on My Way (Genesis 30:25-43)
. October 21, 2018. Category:
This Time I Will Praise the Lord (Genesis 29:31-30:24)
. October 14, 2018. Category:
Two Daughters (Genesis 29:1-30)
. October 7, 2018. Category:
If God Will Be with Me (Genesis 28:10-22)
. September 30, 2018. Category:
Indeed He Will Be Blessed (Genesis 27:1-28:9)
. September 23, 2018. Category:
Up to Beersheba (Genesis 26)
. September 16, 2018. Category:
What Good Is the Birthright? (Genesis 25:19-34)
. September 9, 2018. Category:
The Pursuit of a Steward: Justice (Isaiah 58:1-14)
Good & Faithful Tags: Isaiah
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September 4, 2018.
Category: 
The Lifestyle of a Steward: Generosity (2 Corinthians 8:1-15)
Good & Faithful Tags: 2 Corinthians
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August 26, 2018.
Category: 
The Attitude of a Steward: Contentment (1 Timothy 6:2b-10)
Good & Faithful Tags: 1 Timothy
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August 19, 2018.
Category: 
The Heart of a Steward: Worship (Matthew 6:19-24)
Good & Faithful Tags: Matthew
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August 12, 2018.
Category: 
What Is a Steward? (Matthew 25:14-30)
Good & Faithful Tags: Matthew
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August 5, 2018.
Category: 
Two Ways to Serve (3 John 9-14)
. July 8, 2018. Category:
Two Ways to Welcome (3 John 5-8)
. July 1, 2018. Category:
Two Ways to Walk (3 John 1-4)
. June 24, 2018. Category:
Missional Mindset (Philippians 1:18b-26)
City Who? Tags: Philippians
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June 17, 2018.
Category: 
Gospel-Centered Ministry (1 Corinthians 2:1-5)
City Who? Tags: 1 Corinthians
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May 20, 2018.
Category: 
The Proof Question (1 Corinthians 15:1-8)
In My Book Tags: 1 Corinthians
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April 22, 2018.
Category: 
The Assumption Question (2 Peter 1:16-21)
In My Book Tags: 2 Peter
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April 15, 2018.
Category: 
Strange Humility (1 Peter 5:5-14)
. March 25, 2018. Category:
Strange Endurance (1 Peter 4:12-19)
. March 11, 2018. Category:
Strange Attitude (1 Peter 4:1-11)
. March 4, 2018. Category:
Strange Answers (1 Peter 3:8-22)
. February 25, 2018. Category:
Strange Men (1 Peter 3:7)
. February 18, 2018. Category:
Strange Women (1 Peter 3:1-6)
. February 11, 2018. Category:
Strange Lives (1 Peter 2:11-25)
. February 4, 2018. Category:
Strange People (1 Peter 2:4-10)
. January 28, 2018. Category:
Strange Conduct (1 Peter 1:13-2:3)
. January 21, 2018. Category:
Strange Joy (1 Peter 1:3-12)
. January 14, 2018. Category:
Scattered Pilgrims (1 Peter 1:1-2)
. January 7, 2018. Category:
Who Is This King? (Matthew 1:18-25)
We Two Kings Tags: Matthew
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December 17, 2017.
Category: 
The King’s Succession (Matthew 1:1-17)
We Two Kings Tags: Matthew
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December 10, 2017.
Category: 
A Wife for My Son (Genesis 24:1-25:18)
. December 3, 2017. Category:
Bury Your Dead (Genesis 23)
. November 27, 2017. Category:
2017 Running After Your Hat (Philippians 4:10-20)
Thanksgiving Tags: Philippians
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November 22, 2017.
Category: 
God Tested Abraham (Genesis 22)
. November 19, 2017. Category:
Will Not the Judge Do Right? (Genesis 18:16-19:38)
. November 5, 2017. Category:
About This Time Next Year (Genesis 18: 1-15)
. October 29, 2017. Category:
An Everlasting Covenant (Genesis 17)
. October 24, 2017. Category:
Credited As Righteousness (Genesis 15)
. October 8, 2017. Category:
All the Land That You See (Genesis 13)
. September 24, 2017. Category:
What Have You Done? (Genesis 12:10-20)
. September 17, 2017. Category:
Blessed Through You (Genesis 12:1-9)
. September 10, 2017. Category:
A Greater Heart (2 Corinthians 5:11-21)
. September 3, 2017. Category:
A Greater Responsibility (Matthew 28:18-20)
. August 27, 2017. Category:
A Greater Work (John 14:12-14)
. August 6, 2017. Category:
New Priorities (Haggai 1:1-15a)
. July 9, 2017. Category:
Suffering and Jesus (Daniel 3:13-30)
The God of Scars Tags: Daniel
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May 14, 2017.
Category: 
Suffering and God (Genesis 50:15-21)
The God of Scars Tags: Genesis
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May 7, 2017.
Category: 
Suffering and Purpose (1 Peter 1:3-9)
The God of Scars Tags: 1 Peter
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April 30, 2017.
Category: 
A Vocational Identity (Ephesians 6:1-9)
. April 2, 2017. Category:
A Complementary Identity (Ephesians 5:22-33)
. March 26, 2017. Category:
A Spiritual Identity (Ephesians 5:15-21)
. March 19, 2017. Category:
A Loving Identity (Ephesians 5:1-14)
. March 12, 2017. Category:
A Transformed Identity (Ephesians 4:17-32)
. March 5, 2017. Category:
A Purposeful Identity (Ephesians 4:7-16)
. February 26, 2017. Category:
A Peaceful Identity (Ephesians 4:1-6)
. February 19, 2017. Category:
A Praying Identity (Ephesians 3:14-21)
. February 12, 2017. Category:
A Group Identity (Ephesians 2:11-22)
. January 29, 2017. Category:
A Gospel Identity (Ephesians 2:1-3)
. January 22, 2017. Category:
A Powerful Identity (Ephesians 1:15-23)
. January 15, 2017. Category:
Our Identity in Christ (Ephesians 1:1-14)
. January 8, 2017. Category:
The King (2 Samuel 7:11b-16)
. December 18, 2016. Category:
The Priest (Zechariah 3:1-9)
. December 11, 2016. Category:
Make a Name for Ourselves (Genesis 10-11)
. November 27, 2016. Category:
The Covenant (Genesis 9:1-29)
. November 20, 2016. Category:
Only Evil All the Time (Genesis 6:1-8)
. October 30, 2016. Category:
And Then He Died (Genesis 4:17-5:32)
. October 23, 2016. Category:
Blood Cries Out (Genesis 4:1-14)
. October 16, 2016. Category:
Because You Have Done This (Genesis 3:14-24)
. October 9, 2016. Category:
Did God Really Say? (Genesis 3:1-13)
. October 2, 2016. Category:
Male and Female (Genesis 2:18-25)
. September 25, 2016. Category:
The Image of God (Genesis 2:4-17)
. September 18, 2016. Category:
Let There Be Light (Genesis1:1-2:3)
. September 11, 2016. Category:
Let Another Praise You (Proverbs 27:2)
Proverbs 2.0 Tags: Proverbs
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September 4, 2016.
Category: 
A Banquet in the Grave (Proverbs 7:1-27)
Proverbs 2.0 Tags: Proverbs
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August 28, 2016.
Category: 
In the Opinion of Fools (Proverbs 12:23)
. August 21, 2016. Category:
The Wisdom of God (Proverbs 1:1-7)
. August 14, 2016. Category:
Growing Holiness (Titus 3:1-15)
. August 7, 2016. Category:
Gracious Hope (Titus 2:11-15)
. July 31, 2016. Category:
Generational Multiplication (Titus 2:1-10)
. July 24, 2016. Category:
Something Smells Fishy (Jonah 1:17-2:10)
Jonah: Ever-Chasing God Tags: Jonah
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June 19, 2016.
Category: 
The Heart of the Storm (Jonah 1:1-16)
Jonah: Ever-Chasing God Tags: Jonah
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June 12, 2016.
Category: 
Gospel-Centered Parenting (Psalm 78:1-8)
Raising Havoc Tags: Psalms
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May 22, 2016.
Category: 
One Reason It Might Be (Colossians 2:13-15)
. May 15, 2016. Category:
You Can’t Take The Bible Literally (Luke 1:1-4, 24:13-35)
. May 8, 2016. Category:
Christians Think They Know Everything (Galatians 2:4-16)
. May 1, 2016. Category:
There Can’t Be Just One Way (1 John 4:1-12)
. April 24, 2016. Category:
Science Has Buried God (Romans 1:18-23)
. April 17, 2016. Category:
Hell Is Offensive (Luke 16:19-31)
. April 10, 2016. Category:
God Wouldn’t Allow So Much Suffering (1 Peter 1:3-9)
. April 4, 2016. Category:
A Continuing Mission (Acts 28:11-31)
Acts: Life On Mission Tags: Acts
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March 20, 2016.
Category: 
On Mission to Culture (Acts 24:1-26:27)
Acts: Life On Mission Tags: Acts
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March 6, 2016.
Category: 
Cultivating Courage for the Mission (Acts 21:1-23:35)
Acts: Life On Mission Tags: Acts
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February 28, 2016.
Category: 
Leading the Mission (Acts 20:7-38)
Acts: Life On Mission Tags: Acts
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February 21, 2016.
Category: 
Life-on-Life Mission (Acts 18:1-20:6)
Acts: Life On Mission Tags: Acts
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February 14, 2016.
Category: 
Mission in Context (Acts 17:16-34)
Acts: Life On Mission Tags: Acts
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February 7, 2016.
Category: 
Authority for the Mission (Acts 17:1-15)
Acts: Life On Mission Tags: Acts
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January 31, 2016.
Category: 
Stories from the Mission Field: A Woman, a Slave and a Gentile (Acts 15:36-16:40)
Acts: Life On Mission Tags: Acts
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January 24, 2016.
Category: 
The Community That Stays on Mission (Acts 15:1-35)
Acts: Life On Mission Tags: Acts
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January 17, 2016.
Category: 
The Mission-Minded Church (Acts 12:25-14:28)
Acts: Life On Mission Tags: Acts
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January 10, 2016.
Category: 
A Perplexing Mission (Acts 11:19-12:24)
Acts: Life On Mission Tags: Acts
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January 3, 2016.
Category: 
What the World Needs Now – Love (John 4:1-42)
What the World Needs Now Tags: John
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December 20, 2015.
Category: 
What the World Needs Now – Joy (Mark 10:17-27)
What the World Needs Now Tags: Mark
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December 13, 2015.
Category: 
What the World Needs Now – Hope (Luke 19:1-10)
What the World Needs Now Tags: Luke
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December 6, 2015.
Category: 
Stories from the Mission Field: The Outsider (Acts 10:1-48)
Acts: Life On Mission Tags: Acts
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November 29, 2015.
Category: 
2015 Stories from the Mission Field: The Religious Guy (Acts 9:1-31)
Acts: Life On Mission Tags: Acts
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November 22, 2015.
Category: 
The Spirit of the Mission (Acts 8:1-40)
Acts: Life On Mission Tags: Acts
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November 15, 2015.
Category: 
Organizing for the Mission (Acts 6:1-7)
Acts: Life On Mission Tags: Acts
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November 1, 2015.
Category: