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Marriage
-- Part 1: Why Marriage? The relationship between a man and a Woman
-- Part 2: Coming soon

The Spiritual and Symbolic Significance of Numbers in the Bible:
-- Part 1: One: The Number of Absolute Singleness and Unity
-- Part 2: Coming soon

One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism: Ephesians 4:5
-- Part 1: Mark 1:4, John the Baptist Preaches Baptism of Repentance for the Forgiveness of Sins
-- Part 2: Coming soon

In the Dust of the Rabbi:
When the Rabbi says "Come"
-- Part 1: What is a Disciple?
-- Part 2: The Three Building Blocks of Discipleship
-- Part 3: How did Jesus Describe Discipleship?
-- Part 4: Why Did Jesus Choose Galilee as the Focal Point of His Message?
-- Part 5: Coming Soon

The Kingdom of Heaven-The Kingdom of God:

-- Part 29: Matthew 21:43
               "The Parable of the Wicked Vinedressers"
-- Part 30: Matthew 22:2 / Luke 14:15
               "The Parables of the Wedding Feast and the Great Dinner"
-- Part 31: Matthew 23:13
               "Woe to the Scribes and the Pharisees"
-- Part 32: Matthew 25:1
               "The Parable of the Bridesmaids"
-- Part 33: Matthew 25:14 / Luke 9:27
               "The Parable of the Talents & The Parable of the Minas"
-- Part 34: Mark 4:26
               "The Parable of the Growing Seed"
-- Part 35: Mark 9:1 / Luke 9:27
               "Jesus Foretells His Death and Resurrection"
-- Part 36: Mark 9:47
               "Jesus Warns Against Temptation"
-- Part 37: Mark 12:34
               "The Scribes: Which is the Most Important Commandment
                of All?"
-- Part 38: Mark 14:25 / Luke 22:16 / Luke 22:18
               "Jesus Institutes the Lord's Supper"
-- Part 39: Mark 15:43 / Luke 23:51
               "Jesus Buried in Joseph's Tomb"
-- Part 40: Mark 4:43
               "Jesus Preaches in Galilee"
-- Part 41: Luke 8:1
               "Many Women Minister to Jesus"
-- Part 42: Luke 9:11
               "Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand"
-- Part 43: Luke 9:60 / Luke 9:62
               "The Cost of Discipleship"
-- Part 44: Luke 10:9 / Luke 10:11
               "The Seventy-Two (or seventy) Sent Out"
-- Part 45: Coming Soon.......

Matthew 25:37-46 ....."whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me"
-- Being Used by God.......Filling the Void With His Presence
-- What is Rich?
-- Merry Christmas to all and to all a Good Night
-- Jesus' Measure
-- Amazing Grace and Grits
-- Amazing Grace
-- Daniel
-- Grace and Grits
-- Grace and Grits: Hope and Love through Christ
-- The Honored Guest
-- More Coming Soon

What is Church?:
-- Part 1: What is Church?
-- Part 2: If we were to want to be a "kingdom focused" church.....what would it look like?
-- Part 3: How do we have a church with a solid core of Godly, Christ-centered direction which embraces even the "most foul sinner", while retaining its strength, purity and direction?
-- Part 4: What makes a church, a community of followers and believers "organic" and "authentic"?
-- Part 5: Church is a community of people in dialog with each other about Jesus, about God, about the Bible, about life. Dialogs are conversations that are open...not closed. (engaging and authentic)
-- Part 6: Ecumenical- A Community of Diverse People
-- Part 7: Discipling and Christ Centered
-- Part 8: Big 'C' focused, Missional
-- Part 9:Audio Podcast: What is Church?: EKKLESIA (Greek) and QAHAL (Hebrew)
 

PODCAST (AUDIO MP3 FILES)
[Click on the "POD" icon to download this MP3]

Joseph: Living in God's Will   (8.5 mb, 28 minutes, 9 seconds) 

 Christ' Passion for the Church (10.3 mb, 21 min 56 sec)

The Great Announcement (20 minutes, 9.5 mb)

If We Were To Focus on God Instead of Ourselves, What Would It Look Like? (29 Minutes, 28.8 mb)
Luke 4:43 "Jesus Preaches in Galilee" (8 min, 7.5 mb)

Mark 12:28-34 "Which is the Most Important Commandment of All" (11 min, 9.9 mb)
Sermon: The Kingdom of Heaven (25 min, 17.3 mb)
 

PERSONAL TESTIMONIES

-- Dolphin Paradise Christmas Party 2006
-- My Second Passion....
-- A Prayer Story
-- Lord, I will follow....
-- How Can I Tell God is Speaking to me?
-- God...Our Father-My Father
-- The Blessings of Serving-Retirement Home Fun
-- Patti's Retirement Home
-- God Loves us Through the Rain
-- Are You Ready to Worship?
-- The Baptismal Pool is Done!
-- My Wife Wrestles With God
 

SERIES

MISCELANEOUS

-- NT WRIGHT: How can the Bible be Authoritative?

NEW TESTAMENT

Genesis 22:1-22 The story of Abraham and Isaac
John 1:1   Sometimes You Have to Dig 
Acts 1      The Second Coming, Witnessing
Acts 2      "Christ in You" Evangelism

The Development of the New Testament Canon: The rest of the Story
-- Part 1: Introduction
-- Part 2: The Books of the New Testament
-- Part 3: Clement of Rome
-- Part 4: Ignatius of Antioch
-- Part 5: The Apostles Calling
-- Part 6: The Didache
-- Part 7: Papias of Hierapolis
-- Part 8: The Epistle of Barnabas
-- Part 9: Polycarp of Smyrna

The Veil Has Been Torn:
-- PART 1: I Pray Father, Your Will Not Ours
-- PART 2: Prayer and Meditation
-- PART 3: The Humble Heart
-- PART 4: Listen to God's Voice
-- PART 5: Forgiveness, the Royal Law
-- PART 6: Joy in our Trials
-- PART 7: Draw Near
-- PART 8: All May Enter In

The Trinity:
-- PART 1: Ancient Brush Strokes Give us a Clear Picture
-- PART 2: Brush Stroke of Elohim
-- PART 3: Brush Strokes of Scriptural Revelation-A
-- PART 4: Brush Strokes of Scriptural Revelation-B
-- PART 5: Common Illustrations
-- PART 6: Common Misconceptions

Bible Difficulties:

-- "The Heavenly Witness" 1 John 5:7-8
-- Two Creation Stories?
-- "Mark's Endings" Mark 16:9-20
-- "Phillip and the Ethiopian Eunuch" Acts 8:37

Stephen-A Historical Retrospect: ACTS 7
-- Part 1: Introduction
-- Part 2: The Call of Abraham
-- Part 3: Joseph and the Patriarchs in Egypt
-- Part 4: God Delivers Israel by Moses
-- Part 5: Israel Rebels Against God
-- Part 6: God's True Tabernacle
-- Part 7: Israel Resists the Holy Spirit
-- Part 8: Stephen the Martyr

SPIRITUAL MATTERS
-- Our Brothers and Sisters
-- RANDOM THOUGHTS: Respecting the image of God in others....protecting the image of God in ourselves
-- I Can't Stop Laughing
-- Stripping Away the Old to Make Way for the New
-- Purify our Hearts
-- Liberating Ourselves Through Spiritual Disciplines
-- Spiritual Leadership: Elder-Shepherds in Christ' Church
-- Santa's Prayer on Christmas Eve
-- What is the difference between happiness and joy?
-- Why I am Leaving the Church
-- Beheading Christ
-- Prioritize Your Life
-- Knock and the Door Will be Opened to You
-- Dumpster Baptism
-- Am I a Child of God?
-- Does God Love Us Individually?
-- Children of God
-- Lord, I Will Follow
-- In Search of Truth...In Search of Jesus
-- Relational Theology
-- Some Thoughts on Prayer
-- Songs are Prayer and Life is a Mission of Love
-- If Jesus is walking and you’re standing still, what’s happening?
-- Walking With God- Boot Camp
-- What it Means to Know God Personally
-- Is Anybody Listening?
-- Daytona Beach Evangelism Thoughts

CHURCH GATHERING THOUGHTS

-- Rethinking Community Group Bible Study Gatherings
-- Come to Church to Leave
-- Community Group Gathering Success
-- A Church Is - A Church Isn't

THE RELIABILITY OF THE BIBLE by Eric (eek_71)

-- Part 1   Introduction: The Uniqueness of the Bible
-- Part 2   The supernatural nature of the Bible
-- Part 3   4 more reasons the Bible is unlike any other book in history
-- Part 4   Objections that are raised by those who reject the reliability of the Bible

BaldWorshipLeader.com: A blog and podcast devoted to the craft of modern worship leading

School of Fish: Dedicated to changing the face of popular music to reach the lost with Christ's word through song

ImageDesigns: A graphic design firm for your organization, business or church.

Other Highly Recommended Links:
Dave Ramsey: Biblically based, common sense education and empowerment which gives HOPE to everyone from the financially secure to the financially distressed.

The Lark News: I just love this site! A Christian Parody News site.

Florida Democrats For Life: Pro-Life Democrats advancing the right to life in the Democratic Party, to advocate for for-life legislation and government policies, and to identify and promote Democratic candidates who support the right to life.

Sojourners: Christians for justice and peace. Faith, Politics, Culture.

NTWrightPage.com: Unofficial website dedicated to the Bishop of Durham. Article and Lectures.

Nooma: We want spiritual direction, but it has to be real for us and available when we need it. Short films (DVD's) by Rob Bell that really speak to us and our faith. Very Highly Recommended

Our Church Gathering:
LifePoint Christian Church : Lake Mary, Florida
LifePoint Audio Our Sermons and Songs

My Favorite Bible Software:
QuickVerse Platinum

Some of my Favorite Blogers:
Schenck Thoughts
Ken Schenck HomePage
-- Ken Schenck teaches New Testament at Indiana Wesleyan University, an evangelical college located in Marion, Indiana.

The Writings of Keith Drury
Interesting Thoughts by the Drury Family
-- Keith Drury is Associate Professor of Religion at Indiana Wesleyan University

Ben Witherington     his blog
-- Professor of New Testament Interpretation at Asbury Theological Seminary


Bible Study Tools:
Online Research Tool Links
StudyLight                      BibleGateway
SearchGodsWord              BlueLetterBible
Early Christian Writings      Early Jewish Writings
Open Scrolls Project         The Unbound Bible
Online Interlinear Greek-English NT
Greek Lexicon                  BiblicalGreek
List of Commentaries         Bible-Researcher
Scripture 4All:
     Hebrew Scriptures Interlinear (OT)
     Greek Scriptures Interlinear (NT)

Bible Translation:
Bible Translation Page        Wikipedia: Bible Translations
Better Bibles Blog

Pastoral Research Tools:
SermonIndex                 SermonCentral         SermonSlides
Sermon Notebook           Sermon Outlines       CreativePastors.com
Executable Outlines        Meatloaf Media

Other Research Tools:
Follow The Rabbi            Theology Website
BibleFacts                     ChristiansUnite
Creeds                 
Christian Classics Ethereal Library
The Development of the Canon of the New Testament
Internet Sacred Text Achieve
Adherents : Religious Statistics
All About Truth              All About Religion
All About God                All About Prayer
All About Jesus Christ     Spiritual Disclipines
The Nazarene Way
JC Studies - Dwight A. Pryor: A teaching ministry for the center of Judaic-Christian studies.
The Jerusalem Perspective: Exploring the Jewish background to the life and words of Jesus.
CryingVoice: An Interesting section on Christian Martyrs
God and Science: Harmony between the Bible and Science

Biblical Archeology Review
     -- BAR Companion

Religion:
Beliefnet          MetaReligion
Christian Apologetics Research Ministry
ReligionFacts

Photo's/Graphics
iStockPhoto : great source for royalty free graphics
StockXchng : great source for FREE graphics
DigitalBlasphemy : Great graphics
NT Images                   Biblical Art
Christian Clipart
Bible Art Gallary 1            
Bible Art Gallery 2