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Bonus Episode - Sunday's Sermon - Not Worthy
September 28, 2020 10:00 - 28 minutes - 19.8 MBIn our Sunday sermon, Andy preaches from Judges 2: 11-23 and Hebrews 11: 32-40. In this message we talk about how some are faithful are well known, but most aren't. What matters above all is this, are we faithful! If we are faithful, God takes care of the rest.
Friday, September 25, 2020 - The Prophets
September 25, 2020 10:00 - 9 minutes - 6.77 MBToday we wrap up our look at the Old Testament and the shelves that the different books "fit on." Today, we look at the prophets. What does it mean to be a prophet? The answer to that may surprise you.
Friday, September 25, 2020 - The Prophets
September 25, 2020 10:00 - 9 minutes - 6.77 MBToday we wrap up our look at the Old Testament and the shelves that the different books "fit on." Today, we look at the prophets. What does it mean to be a prophet? The answer to that may surprise you.
Thursday, September 24, 2020 - Wisdom
September 24, 2020 10:00 - 10 minutes - 7.24 MBIn our Thursday morning reflections, we continue looking at the shelves of scripture. Today, we look at the Wisdom literature and how they fit into the rest of the Bible. These books ask the big, important questions, and give us wisdom for the living our lives.
Bonus Episode - Eight Life Enriching Practices - The Scripture Way of Salvation
September 24, 2020 10:00 - 31 minutes - 21.8 MBIn our Wednesday Night Bible Study, Andy shares with us one of the essentials to a United Methodist and Wesleyan understanding of Christian life - what is often called the Scripture Way of Salvation. In this study we look closer at prevenient, justifying, and sanctifying grace.
Bonus Episode - Eight Life Enriching Practices - The Scripture Way of Salvation
September 24, 2020 10:00 - 31 minutes - 21.8 MBIn our Wednesday Night Bible Study, Andy shares with us one of the essentials to a United Methodist and Wesleyan understanding of Christian life - what is often called the Scripture Way of Salvation. In this study we look closer at prevenient, justifying, and sanctifying grace.
Thursday, September 24, 2020 - Wisdom
September 24, 2020 10:00 - 10 minutes - 7.24 MBIn our Thursday morning reflections, we continue looking at the shelves of scripture. Today, we look at the Wisdom literature and how they fit into the rest of the Bible. These books ask the big, important questions, and give us wisdom for the living our lives.
Wednesday, September 23, 2020 - The Histories
September 23, 2020 10:00 - 10 minutes - 7.49 MBToday we continue our look at the shelves of scripture. Today we are the histories. These books tell us about the history of the covenant and of the Jewish people. Many of the stories that we know so well are found here.
Wednesday, September 23, 2020 - The Histories
September 23, 2020 10:00 - 10 minutes - 7.49 MBToday we continue our look at the shelves of scripture. Today we are the histories. These books tell us about the history of the covenant and of the Jewish people. Many of the stories that we know so well are found here.
Tuesday, September 22, 2020 - The Books of Moses
September 22, 2020 10:00 - 10 minutes - 7.41 MBIn our Tuesday reflections, we start our look at Scripture as a "bookshelf." We'll start our shelf by placing our first books on there, the Torah, or the books of Moses. These books are very important in understanding the Old Testament and all of Scripture.
Tuesday, September 22, 2020 - The Books of Moses
September 22, 2020 10:00 - 10 minutes - 7.41 MBIn our Tuesday reflections, we start our look at Scripture as a "bookshelf." We'll start our shelf by placing our first books on there, the Torah, or the books of Moses. These books are very important in understanding the Old Testament and all of Scripture.
Bonus Episode - Sunday Sermon - Just Do It
September 21, 2020 10:00 - 26 minutes - 18.5 MBIn our message from Sunday, Andy shares from Joshua 2: 1-21. In this passage, we look at Rahab. We see that her faith motivated her to take bold action of faith. Today, what does our faith cause us to do?
Monday, September 21, 2020 - The Bible as a Bookshelf
September 21, 2020 10:00 - 9 minutes - 6.58 MBIn the next two weeks in our reflections, we are going to be looking at what is sometimes called "the shelves." How is scripture organized? How does it all fit together? We'll look at the Bible the next few weeks as a bookshelf as we seek to understand it better.
Monday, September 21, 2020 - The Bible as a Bookshelf
September 21, 2020 10:00 - 9 minutes - 6.58 MBIn the next two weeks in our reflections, we are going to be looking at what is sometimes called "the shelves." How is scripture organized? How does it all fit together? We'll look at the Bible the next few weeks as a bookshelf as we seek to understand it better.
Friday, September 18, 2020 - Acts 17:6
September 18, 2020 10:00 - 9 minutes - 6.52 MBIn today's reading, we see a charge leveled against the Christians. They turned the world upside down. What a powerful thing to have had said against you. The world was not the same because of them. May they say the same thing about us today!
Thursday, September 17, 2020 - Acts 16: 25-34
September 17, 2020 10:00 - 9 minutes - 6.22 MBIn our reading today, we see Paul and Silas in prison, when something amazing happens. How they handle this changes their lives as well as the lives of all the folks around them. They live in such a way that folks get saved. That should be our mission as well.
Bonus Episode - Eight Life Enriching Practices - The Wesleyan Quadrilateral
September 17, 2020 10:00 - 34 minutes - 23.4 MBIn our weekly study, we continue looking at the Eight Life Enriching Practices of United Methodists. The next few weeks we are going to look at some Methodist distinctive. Tonight we'll look look at the Wesleyan Quadrilateral. This is how we do our reflection. We start with Scripture and we add to it, Tradition, Reason, and Experience. What this mean and look like? Join us and learn more.
Wednesday, September 16, 2020 - John 12:20-26
September 16, 2020 10:00 - 9 minutes - 6.53 MBIn our reading today, we see Jesus share with us some controversial words. We must hate our lives. What does this mean? What could He be talking about? Join us as we go a little deeper today.
Tuesday, September 15, 2020 - Job 40: 1-11
September 15, 2020 10:00 - 9 minutes - 6.6 MBIn our reading today from Job we look at God's continued response to Job. We see that God tells Job about all the great things that He has done. What does this mean to the living of our faith today?
Bonus Episode - Sunday Sermon - Paying Attention
September 14, 2020 10:00 - 30 minutes - 21.3 MBIn his Sunday sermon from September 13, 2020 Andy look at Exodus 32: 7-14. In this passage we see Moses and God having a conversation where Moses changes God's mind. What exactly is happening here? And what can this tells us about our faith today?
Bonus Episode - Sunday Sermon - Paying Attention
September 14, 2020 10:00 - 30 minutes - 21.3 MBIn his Sunday sermon from September 13, 2020 Andy look at Exodus 32: 7-14. In this passage we see Moses and God having a conversation where Moses changes God's mind. What exactly is happening here? And what can this tells us about our faith today?
Monday, September 14, 2020 - Numbers 21: 4-9
September 14, 2020 10:00 - 9 minutes - 6.88 MBToday we look at Number 21: 4-9. Moses lifts high the image of the serpent, and all who are bitten by the snakes are saved. What does this tell us about grace, the cross, and Gods' redemptive power?
September 14, 2020 - Numbers 21: 4-9
September 14, 2020 10:00 - 9 minutes - 6.88 MBToday we look at Number 21: 4-9. Moses lifts high the image of the serpent, and all who are bitten by the snakes are saved. What does this tell us about grace, the cross, and Gods' redemptive power?
Bonus Episode - Eight Life Enriching Practices - Denominational Commons, Part Two
September 10, 2020 10:00 - 34 minutes - 23.9 MBIn our weekly Bible Study looking at the Eight Life Enriching Practices of United Methodists, today we look at what we hold in common with the Southern Baptist, Presbyterian, and Charismatic Churches
Bonus Episode - Sunday Sermon - All Things
September 07, 2020 10:00 - 28 minutes - 19.7 MBIn his message from Sunday, September 6, 2020, Andy shares with us from Genesis 50: 15-21. In this passage, we look at how God used all the things that happened in Joseph's life to bring him to a place to save his people. God uses all things for good. And if you've never heard Andy's testimony, he shares at the end.
Bonus Episode - Eight Life Enriching Practices - Denominational Commons, Part One
September 03, 2020 10:00 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MBIn our weekly Bible Study looking at the Eight Life Enriching Practices of United Methodists, today we look at what we hold in common with the Roman Catholic Church and with the Episcopal/Anglican Churches.
Bonus Episode - Who God Uses
August 31, 2020 10:00 - 20 minutes - 13.8 MBIn our Sunday Sermon from August 30, 2020, Andy looks a Genesis 27. We see Issac and Jacob and truthfully when we look at them, we don't see much commendable. That is the scandal of grace and who God uses!
August 28, 2020 - Journey with Andy - Peace
August 28, 2020 10:00 - 9 minutes - 6.59 MBToday in our final stop on this week of travels we take a stop at a place of great peace for Andy. In our lives, we all seek peace. How do we know it? How do we have it? How can peace be ours?
August 28, 2020 - Journey with Andy - Peace
August 28, 2020 10:00 - 9 minutes - 6.59 MBToday in our final stop on this week of travels we take a stop at a place of great peace for Andy. In our lives, we all seek peace. How do we know it? How do we have it? How can peace be ours?
August 27, 2020 - Journey with Andy - Tragedy
August 27, 2020 10:00 - 10 minutes - 7.2 MBToday in our journey with Andy, we talk about grief and pain. We visit a place of tragedy. We all have tragedies in our lives. They all look different, but they all hurt. How do we handle that hurt? That is one of the key questions of life.
August 27, 2020 - Journey with Andy - Tragedy
August 27, 2020 10:00 - 10 minutes - 7.2 MBToday in our journey with Andy, we talk about grief and pain. We visit a place of tragedy. We all have tragedies in our lives. They all look different, but they all hurt. How do we handle that hurt? That is one of the key questions of life.
Bonus Episode - Eight Life Enriching Practices - What all Christians Hold
August 27, 2020 10:00 - 33 minutes - 22.7 MBIn our Wednesday night Bible Study, Andy begins his study on the book Eight Life Enriching Practices of United Methodists. Tonight, he talks about the three things that all Christians hold in common: the Creeds, Scripture, and the Sacraments.
August 26, 2020 - Journey with Andy - Community
August 26, 2020 10:00 - 7 minutes - 5.43 MBToday in our journey with Andy, we stop at a place you've heard a lot about through the years, a place that defines a lot about who he is. A place of community. We all need people to love us and people who we love.
August 26, 2020 - Journey with Andy - Community
August 26, 2020 10:00 - 7 minutes - 5.43 MBToday in our journey with Andy, we stop at a place you've heard a lot about through the years, a place that defines a lot about who he is. A place of community. We all need people to love us and people who we love.
August 25, 2020 - Journey with Andy - Purpose and Mission
August 25, 2020 10:00 - 8 minutes - 6.03 MBToday in our journey we see Andy in front of a place that gives him purpose and mission. We are called to live beyond ourselves, to live for a purpose and a calling greater than just our own desires. We may not always know what that is. God will show us.
August 25, 2020 - Journey with Andy - Purpose and Mission
August 25, 2020 10:00 - 8 minutes - 6.03 MBToday in our journey we see Andy in front of a place that gives him purpose and mission. We are called to live beyond ourselves, to live for a purpose and a calling greater than just our own desires. We may not always know what that is. God will show us.
August 24, 2020 - Journey with Andy - Who are You?
August 24, 2020 10:00 - 9 minutes - 6.48 MBJoin Andy this week as he journeys to several places of deep meaning in his life. As we travel together, each day we'll ask a couple of questions for us to reflect upon. Today, we see Andy leaving home and asking us this key question. Who are you?
Bonus Episode - Sunday Sermon - Revival
August 24, 2020 10:00 - 22 minutes - 15.5 MBIn his sermon from August 23, Andy shares with us from Abraham's life as found in Genesis 18: 1-15. At time when he was tired and exhausted, God sent to him revival. He will do the same for us.
Bonus Episode - Sunday Sermon - Revival
August 24, 2020 10:00 - 22 minutes - 15.5 MBIn his sermon from August 23, Andy shares with us from Abraham's life as found in Genesis 18: 1-15. At time when he was tired and exhausted, God sent to him revival. He will do the same for us.
August 24, 2020 - Journey with Andy - Who are You?
August 24, 2020 10:00 - 9 minutes - 6.48 MBJoin Andy this week as he journeys to several places of deep meaning in his life. As we travel together, each day we'll ask a couple of questions for us to reflect upon. Today, we see Andy leaving home and asking us this key question. Who are you?
Friday, August 21, 2020 - The Unclouded Day
August 21, 2020 10:00 - 8 minutes - 5.95 MBIn our Friday time together, we look at Cokesbury hymn 207. This beautiful hymn tells us that there will come a day with no more labor, no more pain, no more hurt, not more loss. No more clouds. Let's remember today that this world is not our home.
Thursday, August 20, 2020 - Bringing in the Sheaves
August 20, 2020 10:00 - 8 minutes - 6.2 MBToday in our journey with the Cokesbury, we look at an old favorite of many of ours, Brining in the Sheaves, number 165. This is a beautiful song that paints the Christian life as one of faithful labor in the field. But we will reap in time!
Thursday, August 20, 2020 - Bringing in the Sheaves
August 20, 2020 10:00 - 8 minutes - 6.2 MBToday in our journey with the Cokesbury, we look at an old favorite of many of ours, Brining in the Sheaves, number 165. This is a beautiful song that paints the Christian life as one of faithful labor in the field. But we will reap in time!
Wednesday, August 19, 2020 - The Way of the Cross Leads Home
August 19, 2020 10:00 - 8 minutes - 6.14 MBAs we continue with our week in the Cokesbury hymnal, today we look at hymn 141, The Way of the Cross Leads Home. This hymn reminds us that it is through the blood of the cross that we are forgiven and that we are able to return to our home with God.
Tuesday, August 18, 2020 - Let the Lower Lights be Burning
August 18, 2020 10:00 - 9 minutes - 6.37 MBToday we look at hymn 100 in the Cokesbury, Let the Lower Lights be Burning. This hymns paints a powerful picture of God's grace and mercy as a lighthouse, callings sailors to the shore. We, though tend that that light.
Tuesday, August 18, 2020 - Let the Lower Lights be Burning
August 18, 2020 10:00 - 9 minutes - 6.37 MBToday we look at hymn 100 in the Cokesbury, Let the Lower Lights be Burning. This hymns paints a powerful picture of God's grace and mercy as a lighthouse, callings sailors to the shore. We, though tend that that light.
Bonus Episode - Sunday Sermon - Waiting on the Rain
August 17, 2020 10:00 - 23 minutes - 16 MBIn his sermon, Andy looks at Noah's story, as found in Genesis 6 and 7. We see God call Noah. And then he waited. What did Noah do as he waiting on the rain?
Bonus Episode - Sunday Sermon - Waiting on the Rain
August 17, 2020 10:00 - 23 minutes - 16 MBIn his sermon, Andy looks at Noah's story, as found in Genesis 6 and 7. We see God call Noah. And then he waited. What did Noah do as he waiting on the rain?
Monday, August 17, 2020 - Others
August 17, 2020 10:00 - 10 minutes - 6.94 MBThis week we are going to look at different hymns from the old Cokesbury hymnal. To we look at one of Andy's favorites, number 177. It is entitled "Others" and shows us a beautiful way forward for living life.
Monday, August 17, 2020 - Others
August 17, 2020 10:00 - 10 minutes - 6.94 MBThis week we are going to look at different hymns from the old Cokesbury hymnal. To we look at one of Andy's favorites, number 177. It is entitled "Others" and shows us a beautiful way forward for living life.