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Resource #228: What it means to follow Jesus (POSTED)
#105: What I believe about you (POSTED)
163: Are you embarrassed when people ask you to pray out loud? (POSTED)
230: A good man suffers: Lessons from the book of Job
231: What you need to know about confessing your sins
232: On being a prophet: Thoughts for prophets and prophet wannabes
233: Is a word-for-word Bible translation always best?
234: Are we sinners or are we saints?
235: Size of Bible books ranked by audio
236: Is the Bible full of contradictions?
237: Top 10 Bible Verses
238: What does it mean to pray in Jesus’ name?
239: 5 things you need to know about heaven
240: 7 Reasons why I choose Jesus (POSTED)
241: What does emotion have to do with love?
242: Five leadership messages that will energize your congregation
243: Candy-coated nonsense: thoughts on faith and the Soviet Gulag
244: If you could go shopping for a God, what would you look for?:
245: Do you need to be a creationist in order to be a Christian?:
246: 3 things about God make me glad:
247: Are you ready?:
248: I’m not sure I understand beauty pageants
249: The legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
250: When Christian leaders disappoint (POSTED)
251: Why a paraphrase is sometimes the best translation:
252: Getting real about heaven
253: The work of God is planted in human failure
254: Have you been scammed?
1445 pages of Discoveries devotionals from the seven years I emailed them to subscribers all over the world (I need help cataloging this)
255: Good News
256: What About This Sin Thing?
257: Your New Identity
258: Easy guided tour of the Bible
259: What is faith?
260: Genesis: A dysfunctional family made whole
261: God for every season—what each month represents for me in my faith journey
102: Bad foundation—building falls: don’t get your worldview from an angry person
224: The Miracle I Didn’t Expect
100: 5 things every survivor of sexual abuse needs to know (POSTED)
112: 7 Freedoms-Your Birthright as a Child of God (POSTED)
199: Steps to forgiving others (POSTED)
10: The gospel as I understand it: my six points (POSTED)
219: What does it mean to be born again?
220: “Prove to me that God exists”
12: Which books of the Bible are easiest to read?: Rank 66 books (POSTED)
229: Life of Jesus: 56 daily readings (PARTIALLY POSTED)
66: 4 ways to verify truth: verify truth
104: Who is telling the truth?: verify truth
109: The surprising truth about judging others: problem: incompetent at restoration
164: Top ten life lessons #1: stand before God
165: Top ten life lessons #2: one power – to say yes
166: Top ten life lessons #3: know who you are
167: Top ten life lessons #4: we are at war
168: Top ten life lessons #5: dream big, take a small step today
169: Top ten life lessons #6: trouble? Turn to God
170: Top ten life lessons #7: forgive
171: Top ten life lessons #8: listen
172: Top ten life lessons #9: do you care?
173: Top ten life lessons #10: promotion ready
187: 10 thoughts about your online presence as a Christian:
6: “Someone needs to change for me to be okay…”: power to be happy is inside you (POSTED)
222: 4 Principles for dating (POSTED)
49: Forgiving does not invite abuse: forgiving vs. reconciliation (POSTED)
50: Forgiving is deeper than just words: how to forgive (POSTED)
51: To forgive others, we must look at what really happened: don’t minimize (POSTED)
52: The truth: Jesus can handle it: be real about our anger (POSTED)
53: Forgiving others empowers us: not the offender (POSTED)
54: Only Jesus can replace hate with love: forgiving is impossible (POSTED)
55: Trading up: giving anger to Jesus (POSTED)
56: You can only forgive from a position of strength: forgiving others (POSTED)
13: How to hear the voice of God—part seven: (POSTED)
14: How to hear the voice of God—part six: (POSTED)
15: How to hear the voice of God—part five: (POSTED)
16: How to hear the voice of God—part four: (POSTED)
17: How to hear the voice of God—part three: (POSTED)
18: How to hear the voice of God—part two: (POSTED)
19: How to hear the voice of God – part one: (POSTED)
65, 107: 5 ways to fight back when your world is falling apart: strategies for suffering
80: Know when the story isn’t over: 2 Kings story (POSTED)
110: How Spiritual Math Really Works:
161: The antidote for anti-Christianity: responding to objections
186: The suffering of God:
214: What I Believe About You – the book (will be broken into several resources)
29: How to neutralize an unpleasant emotion
101: A vision for the church: friends, faith, support to make a difference
113: Three questions every Christian leader must answer: who is God, who are we, why the disconnect
43: Good news of great joy: Christmas classic (POSTED)
225: 7 questions you must answer before you write your book:
103: Why fishing in a bucket never works and nine other things you need to know about dating and marriage (POSTED)
188: Take the high road: when anti-Christians hang out in online Christian communities
44: The manger: God takes small things and transforms them
136: How do we prepare for persecution?:
33: Where do you find your value?: Identity and value
34: You are an eternal soul temporarily occupying a mortal life: short but good
35: Why connecting with Jesus allows you to be you
27: Overcome inner barriers
111: Exit strategy:
185: 6 things you need to know about suffering and evil:
25: Remove guilt from your life
215: They see it all:
176: Seventy-five bags: provision
183: God meets us in our place of weakness
96: The high cost of being right: win the argument, lose the friend
108: Where I see Jesus: I see Jesus in the people the crowd crucifies.
200: Jesus makes the impossible easy: giving anger to Jesus (POSTED)
162: I’d like to be indestructible: Easter message
182: God leads us in the right path:
114: What are we worth?: Unworthy =/= worthless
3: Sin is the disease … Jesus is the cure: Do we need forgiveness or transformation?
24: [Re]Connect with Jesus in a meaningful way
58: Faith affirms the goodness of God: God is good
59: Faith grows: Buick insurance check story
60: How do we get faith?: faith is a gift from God
61: Faith opens our eyes: allows us to see the value of what we have
62: A lesson in faith from a John Deere tractor
5: Head vs. gut: what you probably don’t know about the wall inside your mind
223: Unexplored opportunities for the church
221: Were rape victims punished by God?
26: Bypass forbidden fruit* *to get what you really want
92: Three things God wants to do for you: heal hurt, renew mind, transform life
70: God wants to heal all your hurts: God is actually nice
211: Want to be transformed? Let God speak to you: restoration of Peter
190: An act of worship: we are complex
69: God wants to renew your mind: David & Goliath – God’s perspective
212: God is at work in you: Phil 1:6
36: Overcoming: faith works
175: Our home: God has given us a home
32: The doorway is pain, but the destination is peace: Pain enables us to understand God’s love
31: Understanding what it means to decrease: John the Baptist – self esteem not tied to popularity
37: Reclaiming your lost identity—my story: super compliance
71: God is fixing things; we get to help: God fixes things
74: God hurts when you hurt:
75: God likes you:
76: Questioning God: many think God is guilty – that’s why I share the gospel the way I do
77: Why I DON’T start the gospel with, “You are a sinner”:
217: Fear God? Explaining what the “fear of the Lord” really means
48: Disturbed by the news: yes/no line in our hearts
135: Giving it all away: cow in Mexico – amazing story
63: Forever transformed: truth transforms
64: Changed—how?: set up for #62/63
83: Dressing up for God?:
85: My search: God likes me, healing, transformation, growth all the same
93: Truth and freedom: wall in our minds
203: Jesus can be trusted with our brokenness:
86: Driving test: life’s tests show us what’s inside
179: What we all have in common: yes/no line in our hearts
2: Are we really wretched sinners?: Romans 7 analysis
68: God wants to transform your life: diamond is already there
91: WWJD or WWJB?
94: Try harder?: try harder doesn’t work
72: God’s heart is for the vulnerable: This explains God
73: God cares enough to be angry at the things that are hurting you: emotionally healthy parents are protective
84: Stand alone courage
132: What is the gospel?:
67: Do you have the courage to be first?: ready for God’s assignment
45: What a child understands: value of wonder
160: Hidden in plain sight: a fresh look at the Ten Commandments
226: Is your writing good enough to be published?:
189: Plenty of time: Are we really as busy as we think we are?
87: Finding the door: look for pain – that’s the door
202: Righteous anger:
88: Opening the door: how our faith journey really operates
208: Prescription or description? connect to the vine
81: Let God be who He is
90: God fragile? God hurts when we suffer
213: God’s gift to us: our prayers matter, our suffering counts, our deeds are measured
46: God with us: God invites us close
47: The journey to Bethlehem: He wants to be found
207: Questions we cannot answer
79: Your life—a jigsaw puzzle: cracked, broken, shattered, pulverized (see also introductory lesson)
158: Forgiving debts: forgiving is impossible
174: God cares for you: God is relational – your feelings matter
180: Celebration: God’s confidence
89: The unique flavor of God’s love: God’s love is different for each person
82: How your focus changes everything: Short, but good: God is no longer the enemy
133: The tide is coming in:
40: The kingdom within: God’s work within us prevails
41: God will find a way: God will find a way
42: The rule that outlasts all others: God will triumph
98: Do we need to straighten up? deception
134: How do you create a perfect world? A new look at the fruit of the Spirit
21: The one thing that matters: everything can go wrong, as long as one thing goes right
152: Little by little: dog in park story
181: Meeting God in the valley: Goldilocks bully
205: Your story matters
151: A letter to my future son-in-law:
195: The cure for double-mindedness: bring broken pieces to Jesus
147: A prayer for our nation
227: Honoring the poor
78: There really is a perfect version of you: incomplete
178: 4 reasons for sexual purity
153: A plumbing story: adventures with God
121: Our one power: say yes to Jesus
143: Getting at the root of things: desires get twisted
216: Two kinds of leaders: one line quote
57: Different strengths: we grow in different ways
130: Out of our comfort zone: find the no, make it a yes – also Christmas
138: God is building a mansion: Extreme Makeover
115: Life and death belong to God: God is still in control (Revelation)
122: When Adding Subtracts: we don’t add our efforts to God’s
116: Your prayers are treasured by God: from Revelation
117: The secret of contentment: The deeper you get into situations you don’t like, the more you discover Jesus is already there
206: Heaven: desire for God, heaven – all doors open
120: What happens to our troubles when we do God’s will?: sometimes doing God’s will gets us into more trouble – Judges
157: Built at the brook: Elijah
131: Don’t let yourself be deceived: worldview lies
204: Your feelings matter:
154: Maybe the dance is the destination: enjoy the journey
191: We will stand in awe of God:
1: Pre-Miracle Territory: Trouble = opportunity for God
39: Join the adventure: God has figured out how we will win
127: Empowered by Jesus: Romans 7
184: God is ready: God prays for us
129: Wide open spaces of freedom: freedom has boundaries
137: All their vast array: slide show
218: Like a wave: intro to Revelation
11: Lines of defense: God, truth, good judgment, etc.
128: Honor those who suffer
144: Opportune times: temptations when we’re weak
142: What defines who you are? death of Aaron
155: What you have to offer: your contribution matters
149: Have you noticed? beauty and age and eternity
150: The touch that makes us clean: not what we don’t touch, but what Jesus touches
145: Pain, empathy and obedience: there is a cost to obedience
159: Lies and truth: all of us believe lies
156: What does peace mean to you?
126: The deception strategy: Deception > sin
193: It means peace: Jesus’ message after His resurrection
198: The inevitable triumph of Jesus: God will prevail
22: When love seems far away: how do you decide who to include and who to remove from your life
146: Truth and temptation: God satisfies our desires with good
#262: The joy set before Him – Kim’s vision of Jesus