Weekend Messages & Resources prior to January 2006
All messages by Pastor Brad Bailey unless otherwise noted
Questions of Faith (from Faith Has Its Reasons Series)
Is One Way To God Really Fair? - Acts 17:22-31
Jesus ... Life's Ultimate Question - John 11:25
Reasons For Believing In God - 1 Peter 3:15, Exodus 3:14
How Can I Trust A God Who Allows Suffering? - Psalm 22:1,
Relating to Go (Worship, Prayer, etc.)
Living from the Inside Out - Jan. 11, 1998
A Divine Father's Place - June 18, 1995
I Am Meant To Be Here - July 23, 1995
What Am I to Make of This World - July 30, 1995
Getting Close to Our Divine Father - Aug. 6, 1995
Jesus - The Great Shepherd - Jan. 25, 1998
Jesus - The Reclaiming King - Feb. 1, 1998
Jesus - The Cooperating Son - Feb. 8, 1998
Jesus - The Ever-Present Lord - April 19, 1998
Jesus - King of Righteous Rule - April 25, 2004
Meeting the Empowering Presence of God - selected text - Jan. 8, 2004
The Spirit Leads Us - selected text - Jan. 25, 2004
Rediscovering a Holy Fear of God - Eccles. 5:1-2, March 10, 2002
Cultivating a Hunger for God - John 7:37-38, Jan. 20, 2002
Developing a Prayer-Directed Spirit - 1 Thessalonians 4:1-2, 4-6, Oct. 7, 2001
Finding Rest in God - Feb. 9, 2003
Keeping Our Souls before God - Psalm 95:1-11, April 29, 2001
Grounding Ourselves in the Goodness of God - Psalm 116:1-19, April 22, 2001
Deepening Our Desires - Sept. 22, 1996
Discerning God's Voice - Oct. 30, 1994
Prophetic Insight for Today - Oct. 29, 1995
Feasting through Fasting - Jan. 21, 1996
Help for the Hearing Impaired - Nov. 5, 1995
Persevering in Prayer - Dec. 3, 1995
Seven Hinderances to Intimacy with God - Feb. 13, 1994
Faith to Overcome Oppresssion - Jan. 19, 1997
Standing Up to Spiritual Deception - Feb. 9, 1997
Various Life Issues
Embracing the Day - Matthew 6:11, 2 Corinthians 4:16, Jan. 6, 2002
Sharpening Your Leading Edge - Hebrews 12:1-3, June 2, 2002
Navigating Life in a World of Change - Joshua 1:1-2, Jan. 14, 2001
When Success Means Less - Jan. 12, 2003
A Life of Calling and Completion - Jan. 19, 2003
Confronting the Hidden Harm of Contempt - Matthew 5:21-26, June 20, 1999
A Community of Promise - Ephesians 2, Romans 9, July 15, 2001
Keeping an Open Heart - Acts 4:36-37
Living Above and Beyond Marriage - 1 Corinthians 7:7-9
Experiencing Loss - May 4, 2003 (Facing Life's Challenges Series)
When You Feel Disconnected from God - June 8, 2003
When Conflict Lies Unresolved - May 18, 2004 (Facing Life's Challenges Series)
Finding Our Way Forward (A Seminar & Symposium for Single Adults, updated 2005)
Helping Lost Lives Find God - Sept. 21, 1997
Joseph - When Life Rips You Off - Feb. 12, 1995
When Dream Roads Take Strange Turns - April 27, 2003
Conversion from Diversion -Sept. 29, 1996
Social Issues
Power of an Open Window (pornography/lust) - 2 Samuel 11:1-7, 26-27, Aug. 9, 1998
Reckoning with Racial Division (part 1) - John 17:11 - Feb. 4 1996
Reckoning with Racial Division (part 2) - Matthew 5:21-24
Sanctity of the Womb: The Question of Life - Psalm 139:13-16, March 3, 1996
Sanctity of the Womb: The Question of Response - Proverbs 31:8-9, March 10, 1996
Marriage and Family: Social Pursuit or Sacred Provision - 1996
Caring for Creation without Worshipping It - March 17, 1996
God's Plan for the Future
Are We Living in the Last Days? (part 1) - Mark 13:34-37, Jan. 16, 2000
Are We Living in the Last Days? (part 2) - Matthew 24:1-14, Jan. 23, 2000
Glorious New World - Revelation 21:1-7, April 20, 1997
Our Final Freedom - Matthew 22:2, April 27, 1997
What's Up When I Go Down? - 1 Corinthians 2:9, March 13, 1997
Empowered by Eternity - May 11, 1997
Eternity in Heart, Eternity in Hand - April 6, 1997
People of Purpose - July 25, 1993
A Fresh Start to the Unfinished Walls of Our Lives and Ministry - Jan. 5, 1997
Children - Our Door of Hope - April 6, 1996
Christmas
Finding the Peace of Christmas - Luke 2:8-19, Christmas Day 2001
When God Comes Near - Christmas Eve 2001
God with Us - Christmas Eve 1999*
What Do You See in Christmas? - Luke 1:25-32, Christmas Day 1998
Christmas ... It's the Real Thing - Christmas Eve 1997
A Mary Christmas ... for All - Luke 1:26-28, Christmas Day 1996
The Great Gift of Christmas - Christmas Eve 1996
Come and Behold Him - Matthew 2:1-12, 1995
Joy to the World - Luke 2:8-20, Christmas Day 1995
Silent Night, Holy Night - Christmas Eve 1995*
Where in the World Could God Be? - Luke 2:1-7, 1993*
*online text available only
Easter
Experiencing Eternal Life - 2004
When You Wonder What God Has for You - John 21:1-9, 2002
The Transforming Reality of the Risen Christ - 2001
The Hope That Changes Life - John 20:1, 2000
A Tomb Tells All - 1997
That You Will Understand His Power - 1995
The Old Testament Challenge (2005)
Discovering Our True Design and Destiny - Genesis 1-2
The Grand Deception - Genesis 3-11
It's Time to Define the Relationship - Genesis 12-22
God is with Us - Genesis 23-50
The Holy and Whole Life - Exodus and Leviticus
Lessons from the Wilderness - Exodus and Numbers
Loving God's Law - Deuteronomy
The Law of the First Step - Joshua
Where is Your Confidence? - 1 Samuel
The Old Testament Prepares and Points to Christ - Prophets
Moses: The Wound, The Will and The Wilderness
Miscellaneous Messages
The Unstoppable Force - 2006
Lost People Matter to God - Sept. 14, 1997
Stewardship: A Question of Ultimate Trust - Oct. 31, 1993
Stewardship: A Question of Control - Nov. 7, 1993
Six Principles for Giving and Growing in Faith - Nov. 14, 1993
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