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Depending on your perspective either cats rule and dogs drool or cat's are rude and dogs are cool! ... read more..

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One can be a thankful person and yet still live ungratefully in life. Listen Online: {audio}podcast/sm20141012.mp3{/audio}... read more..

Understanding how God has designed our brain's reward system gives us another tool to use in our struggles with and against addiction and temptation. Listen Online: {audio}podcast/sm20141005.mp3{/au... read more..

The struggle with addiction and temptation itself can become a distraction from trying to live the Christian life. Listen Online: {audio}podcast/sm20140928.mp3{/audio}... read more..

Does God hear the prayers of men who abuse their wives? Listen to find out. Listen Online: {audio}podcast/sm20140921.mp3{/audio}... read more..

The life of the prophet Elijah reminds us that ministry is hard and that God may very well use us up in our service to Him. Listen Online: {audio}podcast/sm20140914.mp3{/audio}... read more..

  This article page features a draft lottery used to address the need for volunteers in church read more..

God's plan to reach out to the world is to do so through his followers - followers not all caught up in themselves. Listen Online: {audio}podcast/sm20140907.mp3{/audio}... read more..

One night a teenage girl brought her new boyfriend home to meet her parents and they were appalled by his appearance: leather jacket, motorcycle boots, tattoos and pierced nose. Later, the parents pu... read more..

Hey look, it's me!  Yes, after a super busy summer I'm trying to get into the swing of sending out mailings again.  I have so many things to catch up on. First of all, when I do make new pa... read more..

Being interviewed by the school administration, the eager teaching prospect said: "Let me see if I've got this right. You want me to go into that room with all those kids, and fill their every waking... read more..

"If they are wrong they need your prayers all the more; and if they are your enemies, then you are under orders to pray for them."- C. S. Lewis read more..

There is no "i" in "ego."... read more..

If you have to tell me what the rules are, at least use proper grammar....Thems the rules.... read more..

Tommy had reached school age. His mother managed with a blast of propaganda to make him enthusiastic about the idea. She bought him lots of new clothes, told him of the new friends he'd meet and so on... read more..

Victoria Osteen's recent comments about worship - "When you come to church, when you worship Him, you're not doing it for God really. You're doing it for yourself, because that's what makes God happy"... read more..

AGC West Superintendent, Rev. Russ Wilson, reminds us of the foundational cost of becoming a follower of Jesus. Listen Online: {audio}podcast/sm20140824.mp3{/audio} (Want to know more about Russ? -... read more..

This guy is an inspiration to all of us who wish we could keep our ducks in a row.  Although I'd line up too if someone yelled at me like that.  ... read more..

Part of God's kingdom growing involves our waiting for him to work according to his timing and not despising the small things he does along the way. (With apologies for Pastor Tim's croaky voice.) L... read more..

Paper marbling is a pretty amazing art form and this guy, Seyit Uygur, is clearly very good at it.  ... read more..

The personal cost of God's rule in our lives is well worth it.  (With apologies for the sound quality of this recording) Listen Online: {audio}podcast/sm20140803.mp3{/audio}... read more..

Christian fellowship is the sharing of the common experience of what Jesus has done and is doing in our lives. Listen Online: {audio}podcast/sm20140727.mp3{/audio}... read more..

Paul answers the question, "Is God done with Israel?" in Romans 11. Listen Online: {audio}podcast/sm20140720.mp3{/audio} ... read more..

Mentorship within a church family should happen with a humble singularity and encouraging plurality. Listen Online: {audio}podcast/sm20140713.mp3{/audio}... read more..

A look at repentance and what it means for those who would turn to follow God. Listen Online: {audio}podcast/sm20140706.mp3{/audio} ... read more..

Sir Nicholas Winton refused to do nothing and saved 669 children.  He is an inspiration to leave our comfortable lives behind and sacrifice for others.  These two videos tell his amazing sto... read more..

To know God is to know Him as He has always wanted to be known. (The sound quality of this recording is a bit off.  It does improve a bit after a few minutes.) Listen Online: {audio}podcast/sm... read more..

Jesus has a way for His followers to live in the midst of opposition to God. Listen Online: {audio}podcast/sm20140622.mp3{/audio} ... read more..

Doctor Harold McNabb preaches about how followers of Jesus can answer God's call to service with the knowledge that God will accomplish what he wants to. Listen Online: {audio}podcast/sm20140615.mp3... read more..