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Advice for Couples
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Faith is a Gift
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Freedom in Christ
Gender Theology
Guilt, Shame, & Bad Habits
Holy Anger on the Streets
Invitation to Faith
Joy in Heaven
Kingdom Politics
Learning to Pray
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SUNDAY MEETUP
Acts - Learning from the Early Church
Advent - Prophets Point to Jesus
Apostles' Creed series
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Kingdom Politics series
Philippians series
What the Bible Says About...
Living thru Snares
Meditative Prayer
Ordinary Practice Evangelism
Before/Christ/After
Journey to Faith
Overcoming Temptation
Paschal Mystery article
Paul's Gospel Script
Prayer Tips for All
Praying for Adult Kids doc
Premarriage Sexuality
Predestination
Premarriage Counseling - online
Quotes File
Reading Suggestions
Resolving an Offense
Satan and Demons
Suffering
Terminal Illness
Those Who Never Heard
Tithes and Offerings
Unstoppable Church - T. Keller
Weight of Glory revisited
Wesleyan Quadrilateral
Where Nazarenes Fit
Why Join a Local Church?
Worship/Holiness before Service
Prayers for Adult kids
Spiritual Formation
BEYOND CONVERSION
Beyond Conversion 1
Beyond Conversion 2
Beyond Conversion 3
Beyond Conversion Marks
Great Works Spreadsheet
Identity in Christ
The Romance
TIM'S LECTIONARY DIGEST
2025-11-16 C Proper 28
2025-11-23 C Reign of Christ
2025-12-07 A 1 Advent
Year A
Year B
Year C
SEASONAL MEDITATIONS
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Christmas meditations
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Lent meditations
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Easter meditations
Ordinary Time meditations
Transforming Partnerships
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SERMON COLLECTIONS
A Advent - New Years
A Epiphany
A Lent
A Easter Season
A Ordinary Time (early)
A Ordinary Time (late)
B Advent - New Years
B Epiphany
B Lent
B Easter
B Ordinary Time (early)
B Ordinary Time (late)
C Advent - New Years
C Epiphany
C Lent
C Easter Season
C Ordinary Time (early)
C Ordinary Time (late)
Courageous Living
Disputable Matters
Evangelism Collection
Gender Theology
Good News for Everyone
Healthy Thinking
Interactive Sermons on the New Life
Lessons from Elijah, Ahab, and Elisha
Lessons from Job
Managing the Gap
Money Sermons
Paschal Mystery collection
Powers of Darkness
Renovation
Resilient Life
Simply Christian
Study in Philippians
Ten Big Ideas of Christian Faith
The Alternate Life Collection
4000 Years and Still..., 2-sermon series
Alternate Life, 4-sermon series
It's God's Initiative, single sermon
Politics of Worship - single sermon
The Powers of Darkness & the Kingdom
Wedding Homilies
House Blessing - to remove evil spirits
Advent Readings
Benedictions
Interactive Preaching
Lectionary Preaching & Teaching
Preaching Crib Notes
Preaching Prep Time
Speaking Notes
2019-08-11 New Life Cupertino
2020-07-19 Cambrian Park Nazarene
2020-09-06 Santa Clara Nazarene
Archives
2011-06-05 Monterey Living Hope
2011-08-14 Santa Rosa Nazarene
2011-11-13 Cambrian Park Nazarene
2011-12-02 Stanford IV-Grad
2012-01-29 BigFish4God
2012-05-17 Technology in Ministry
2012-07-15 Sonoma Valley Nazarene
2012-08-26 BigFish4God
2012-09-30 Sunbury Nazarene class
2012-10-14 & 21 Cupertino New Life
2012-11-04 NLNC Cupertino class
2013-06-23+ Cambrian Park Nazarene
2013-09-29 FCC Richmond
2013-12-22 Watsonville
2014-04-27 Cambrian Park Nazarene
2014-05-15 NorCal DA Machines that Go Ping
2014-06-22 Watsonville Nazarene
2014-08-23 When Opportunity Knocks...
2014-09-28 Sunbury
2014-11-30 ICCSJ
2014-12-28 Watsonville Nazarene
2015-05-24 Antioch Nazarene
2015-05-31 SF Bay Christian Fellowship
2015-08-02,09 Cambrian Park Nazarene
2015-08-16 New Life Cupertino
2015-10-04 Antioch Nazarene
2016-05-15, 22 Monterey Living Hope
2016-08-07 New Life Cupertino
2016-08-20 Culture Shock
2017-07-02,09 Cambrian Park Nazarene
2017-08-06 New Life Cupertino
2017-09-24 Santa Clara Nazarene
2018-02-18 Santa Clara Nazarene
2018-09-02 Santa Clara Nazarene
2018-11-18 Watsonville Nazarene
Tools for Ministry
6 Giving Pockets
Blessing a Dwelling
Funeral Resources
Prayer Teachable Moments
Premarriage Counseling
Questions for People
Stock Donations
Tax-smart Giving
Worship Music Best Practices
Visitation Coaching
Visitation Scriptures List
Culture & Politics
Climate Change - apocalyptic?
Christian Politics
White Christian Nationalism
Firearms Insurance
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Fiscal Cliff in Perspective
Fix the Filibuster
Healthcare Battle
Immigrants & Refugees
2024 U.S. Election
Politics: The Way of Jesus
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Unbalanced Wealth
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The 10 Most Important Financial Decisions Ever
The Case for Index Funds
Yogi Berra on Investing
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Delay Social Security? ... revised
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