Links To Biblical Lectures

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Study Tips	Basics of Biblical Study & Interpretation	From Jesus to the Writing of the New Testament	Numerous lectures on the difficult passages of Paul in 1st Corinthians
Date	Topic or Title	Links to Acrobat Format Sermons in Print	Text	Pericope (Synoptic Story Number)
2002:
2/10/2002	Coming of Age	Coming of Age	John 13:24-25	314
2/3/2002	Humility	Humility	Luke 22:24-27 & John 13:1-17	313
1/27/2002	Nurturing Yourself & The Self Others Have	Self-Concepts	Ephesians 6:4; Colossians 3:21
1/20/2002	Expecting Great Things	Expectation	Jeremiah 33:10-16
1/6/2002	Improving Your Listening	Listening	James 1:19-27
2001:
12/30/2001	Before and Beyond The Light of Day	BeforeAndBeyond	Matthew 289:19,20; Romans 8:26-28; Job 19:25
12/16/2001	Suppose God Posted Your Grades?	Report Cards	Matthew 11:2-11	97, 98
12/9/2001	Are You Growing Spiritually?	Spiritual Growth	Mark 4:26-34	126-128
12/2/2001	Reformation of Presbyterianism	Reformation	Matthew 23:11-39	284
11/25/2001	Unity in Diversity in the Christian Church	Diversity	James 3:13-17
11/18/2001	The Task To Which God Now Calls You	God's Calling	Matthew 18:21-35	172, 183
11/11/2001	Insincere Questioning	Afterlife Questions	Luke 20:27-40	281
11/4/2001	Fear of the Unknown	Unknown	Acts 17:16-34
10/28/2001	Forgiveness	Forgiveness	Luke 18:9-14	237
10/21/2001	Getting What You Want	Prayer	Luke 18:1-8	236
10/14/2001	Values Clashes & Christianity	Values Clashes	Acts 11:1-4, 18
10/7/2001	Being A Healer	Healing	Luke 4:14-30	32 & 33
9/30/2001	Tempted By Trivia	Don't Conform	Romans 12:1-8
9/23/2001	Using What You Have For What's Most Important	Urgency	Luke 16:1-15	222 & 223
9/16/2001	Finding Yourself And Finding God	Lostness	Luke 15:1-10	219
9/9/2001	Healing Through An Ego-less Life	Egoless	Luke 14:7-14	215
9/2/2001	Varieties of Religious Experience	Diversity	Romans 14:5-12
7/29/2001	Basics of Christianity	Basics	Romans 10:5-13
7/22/2001	Curing Resentment	Resentment	Romans 8:31-39
7/15/2001	Staying Connected	Connected	John 15:1-17	329
7/8/2001	Coping With Depression	Depression	Romans 7:15-25; 8:26-28
7/1/2001	Phony Religion	Phony Religion	Isaiah 29:13-14
6/10/2001	Atheists	Atheists	Romans 1:18-23, 28-32
6/3/2001	Communal Living	Commune	Acts 2:36-47
5/27/2001	Loaded With Anger, Set on Detonate	Openness to Learning	Acts 5:27-42
5/13/2001	Just When You Needed It Most	Holy Spirit	John 14:15-31	318
5/6/2001	A New Kind of Security	Security	John 10:22-39	257
4/29/2001	Knowing When God Is Present	Presence	John 14:25-27	318
4/22/2001	Seeing God in Hindsight	Hindsight	Luke 24:13-35	355
4/15/2001	This Is Not What We Had In Mind	Resurrection	Luke 24:1-12	352
4/8/2001	The Last Parade	Parade	Luke 19:28-48	269
4/1/2001	Eyewitness to the Crucifixion	Crucifixion	Matthew 27:33-54	344
3/25/2001	Pride's Crossing	Crossing	Luke 15:11-32	221
3/18/2001	Any Place for Prophecy in Your Life?	Prophecy	Luke 13:31-35	212
3/11/2001	Who's In Control?	Control	John 6:52-59	149
3/4/2001	A Religion of Faith or Works?	Luther	Romans 3:19-26
2/25/2001	Excuses for Refusing God's Calling	Excuses	Exodus 3:1-4:17
2/18/2001	Improving Household Communication	Communication	Matthew 5:23-26	55
2/11/2001	How Great Is Your Faith	Great Faith	Luke 7:1-10	85
2/4/2001	Living in the World and Not Being on the Take	Business Ethics	Luke 3:8-15	15
1/28/2001	Ridding Ourselves of the Chosen People Mentality	Chosen	Luke 3:1-9	18
1/21/2001	Working With What You Have	Your Gifts	Corinthians (1st) 12:1-11
1/7/2001	Seeking Spiritual Growth	Spiritual Growth	Luke 2:41-52	12
2000:
12/31/2000	Joseph and Mary's Predicament	Predicament	Matthew 1:18-25	7
12/24/2000	How Connected Do We Need To Be?	Connected	Micah 5:1-5a
12/10/2000	Anger: Yours, Mine and What to Do About It	Anger	Matthew 5:43-48	59
12/3/2000	What Are You Leaving Your Children?	For Your Children	Deuteronomy 6:1-9
11/19/2000	Miracle of Faith	Miracle of Faith	Corinthians (1st) 16:1-14
11/12/2000	Trusting What We've Been Given (on the Resurrection)	Trusting What We've Been Given	Corinthians (1st) 15:12-19, 20-34
11/5/2000	Women 'Keeping Silence in Churches' in Corinthians 14	Women and Silence	Corinthians (1st) 14:26-33a; 33b-36; 37-40
10/29/2000	Balancing the I and the We (on family & church systems)	Balancing	Corinthians (1st) 12:12-31
10/22/2000	Women Not Wearing Veils When Praying & Preaching in Worship	Women & Veils in Church	Corinthians (1st) 11:1-16
10/15/2000	Dealing with “the weaker brother” in controversy (idolatry meat)	Walking Circumspectly	Corinthians (1st) 10:12-22; 23-33
10/8/2000	When Those Who Are Close Don't Believe	When Those Close Don't Believe	Corinthians (1st) 7:8-24
10/1/2000	Doing The Conflict Work In-House	Doing The Conflict Work In-House	Corinthians (1st) 4:15-21
9/24/2000	Architecture of our Faith	Architecture of our Faith	Corinthians (1st) 3:1-17
9/17/2000	Getting To Know Paul and The Corinthian Church	Getting To Know Paul	Corinthians (1st) 1:10-11, 18-25
9/10/2000	How Can Christianity Survive With Such Cultural Diversity	Christianity & Cultural Diversity	Corinthians (2nd) 1:1-9
9/3/2000	Our Christian Scriptures and How We Got Them	Christian Scriptures	Timothy (2nd) 3:16-17
7/30/2000	The Most Difficult Part of Christianity	Difficult Part of Christianity	Luke 6:27-36	80
7/23/2000	Different Approaches In Faith: The Same God	Different Approaches in Faith	Mark 5: 21-43	138
7/16/2000	Marriage: A Commitment To Communicate	Marriage & Communication	Ephesians 4:25-32
7/9/2000	Focusing On What Is Important	What is Important	Mark 6:7-13	142
7/2/2000	Oral Tradition and Communion	Early Communion Stories	Mark 6:32-44	146
6/25/2000	David: Trusting The Unseen	David's Trust	Samuel (1st) 17:1-11, 20-54
6/18/2000	Forgiveness	Forgiveness	Matthew 18:21-35	217
6/11/2000	New Life From Dry Bones	Ezekiel's Vision	Ezekiel 37:1-14
6/4/2000	Values Classes and Christianity	Values Classes	Acts 9:26-31
5/28/2000	The Basics of Christianity	Basics of Christianity	John (1st) 5:1-12
5/14/2000	Holy Moments in Life	Holy Moments	Psalm 46:10-11
5/7/2000	The Sacraments	The Sacraments	Luke 22:14-30	311
4/30/2000	Doing The One Thing That Matters	What Matters Most	John 20:19-31	356
4/23/2000	What Mark Didn't Tell Us	What Mark Didn't Tell Us	Mark 16:1-8	352
4/16/2000	Jesus' Not So Triumphant Object Lesson	Jesus Triumphant Lesson	Mark 11:1-11	269
4/9/2000	Coming Home To Yourself And God	Coming Home To Yourself and God	Luke 15:11-32	221
4/2/2000	A Sense of Expectation	Expectation	John 3:14-21	27
3/26/2000	Spring Cleaning	Temple Expulsion	John 2:12-22	23
3/19/2000	Christianity and Being Male	Christianity and Being Male	Genesis 3:14-19
3/15/2000	Been Touched By An Angel Lately?	Touched By An Angel	Psalm 139:7-11
3/12/2000	Seeing Others In A Different Light	A Different Light	Corinthians (2nd) 5:11-21
3/5/2000	The Two Gifts (A Gothic Story of Knights, Ladies & Wizards)	The Two Gifts	Ephesians 5:21, 32-33
2/27/2000	Going To Where The Hurt Is	Going To The Hurt	Mark 2:18-22	45
2/20/2000	Forgiveness and Healing	Forgiveness	Mark 2:1-12	43
2/13/2000	What Difference Does Our Faith Make?	The Difference Our Faith Makes	Mark 1:40-45	42
2/6/2000	The Healing of Peter's Mother-In-Law	Peter's Mother-In-Law Healed	Mark 1:29-39	37
1/30/2000	Facing Controversial Issues	Controversial Issues	Corinthians (1st) 8:7-13; 10:23-30
1/23/2000	Being Single	Being Single	Corinthians (1st) 7:25-40
1/16/2000	When God Calls You	When God Calls You	Samuel (1st) 3:1-11
1/9/2000	God's Sense of Humor	God's Humor	Genesis 11:1-9
1/2/2000	Being A Light	Being A Light	John (1st) 4:18-21
1999:
2/14/1999	Divorce	Divorce	Mark 10:2-12	252
1/10/1999	The Meaning of Baptism	Baptism	Colossians 2:11-15

1998:
6/7/1998	The Phenomenon of Speaking in Tongues	Speaking in Tongues	Corinthians (1st) 12:12-31
1992:
11/15/1992	The Difficult Issue of Homosexuality	Sexual Orientation & Ethics	Genesis 19:1-11 (and other texts)