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The Year 2008

• Neville Callam: "This is the Day!" 5/4 (TV8, 5/11)
• David Burhans: "Light and Warmth for the Journey." 4/27 (TV8, 5/4)
• David Burhans: "Exercising the Power to Bless." 4/20 (TV8, 4/27)
• David Burhans: "On Preserving a Curious Freshness." 4/13 (TV8, 4/20)
• David Burhans: "God's Other Name is Surprise." 4/6 (TV8, 4/13)
• David Burhans: "A New Birth into a Living Hope." 3/30 (TV8, 4/6)
• Steve Booth: "Through Locked Doors." 3/23 (TV8, live - Easter Sunday)
• Jim Pardue: "Missing the Opportunity." 3/16 (TV8, live - Palm Sunday)
• Jim Somerville: "A Matter of Death and Life." 3/9 (TV8, 3/30)
• Jim Pardue: "Leave None Behind." 3/2 (TV8, 3/9)
• Steve Blanchard: "Are You Broken?" 2/24 (TV8, 3/2)
• Paul Manning: "Shine: The Call to a Brighter Life." 2/17 (TV8, 2/24)
• Jim Pardue: "If You Die, We Cannot Be Born." 2/10 (TV8, 2/17)
• Jim Pardue: "Who Does It Belong To Anyhow?" 2/3 (TV8, 2/10)
• Jim Pardue: "The Great Emptiness." 1/27 (TV8, 2/3)
• Jim Pardue: "Recovering a Spirit of Holiness." 1/20 (TV8, 1/27)
• Jim Pardue: "Losing Breathless Gratitude." 1/13 (TV8, 1/20)
• Jim Pardue: "Are You Ready to Cross the River?" 1/6 (TV8, 1/13)

The Year 2007

• Lynn Turner: "Christmas-size Dreams." 12/24
• Jesse Fletcher: "The Mystery and Miracle of Life." 12/23 (TV8, live)
• Jesse Fletcher: "The Implications of the Star." 12/16 (TV8, live)
• Jesse Fletcher: "The Other Family's Story." 12/9 (TV8, live)
• Jesse Fletcher: "The More Things Change." 12/2 (TV8, live)
• Paul Powell: "Looking at Life Through the Rearview Mirror." 11/25 (TV8, 12/30)
• Jesse Fletcher: "What's in Your Memory?" 11/18 (TV8, 11/25)
• Jesse Fletcher: "Habitat for Humanity." 11/11 (TV8, 11/18)
• Steve Booth: "The Call." 11/4
• Jesse Fletcher: "Speaking Terms." 10/28 (TV8, 11/11)
• Jesse Fletcher: "Dealing with Loneliness." 10/21 (TV8, 11/4)
• Jesse Fletcher: "Belonging." 10/14 (TV8, 10/28)
• Roy Smith: "The Father's House." 10/7 (TV8, 10/21)
• Jesse Fletcher: "Life is Unfinishedness." 9/30 (TV8, 10/14)
• Jesse Fletcher: "Outside the Gate." 9/23 (TV8, 10/7)
• Jesse Fletcher: "The Other Miracle." 9/16 (TV8, 9/30)
• Jesse Fletcher: "Freedom and Destiny." 9/9 (TV8, 9/23)
• David Odom: "Living In Between." 9/2 (TV8, 1/6)
• Bob Moore: "The Necessity of First Hand Experience." 8/26 (TV8, 9/16)
• Ron Crawford: "God: A Home for the Blind." 8/19 (TV8, 9/9)
• Phil Mitchell: "No Thanks, I'm Not Thirsty." 8/12 (TV8, 9/2)
• Lewis Myers: "Nothing Never Happens." 8/5 (TV8, 8/26)
• Sam James: "The Call of God, the Gift of Power." 7/29 (TV8, 8/19)
• Bill Tuck: "The Wilderness Places of Life." 7/ 22 (TV8, 8/12)
• David Garrison: "Lessons From a Journey." 7/ 15 (TV8, 8/5)
• Scott Spencer: "Clash Reunions: Putting Your Best Hip Forward." 7/8 (TV8, 7/29)
• Scott Spencer: "When Somebody Has Your Number: The Trauma of Identity Theft." 7/1 (TV8, 7/15)
• Scott Spencer: "Getting the Last Laugh: The Making of the Covenant Kid." 6/24  (TV8, 7/8)
• Scott Spencer: "I Cannot Tell a Lie (or Can I?): Confessions of Father Abraham." 6/17  (TV8, 7/1)
• Scott Spencer: "This Really Stinks: Scents of Life and Death." 6/10  (TV8, 6/17)
• Scott Spencer: "Good to the Last Drop: Tasting the Fruit of the Lord." 6/3  (TV8, 6/10)
• Scott Spencer: "Eye-Opening Experiences: Seeing and Being Seen." 5/27  (TV8, 6/3)
• Scott Spencer: "Hear Ye, Hear Ye: Pay Attention to How You Listen." 5/20  (TV8, 5/27)
• Scott Spencer: "Helping Hands: 'Touching' Encounters with Jesus" 5/13  (TV8, 5/20)
• Scott Spencer: "Living the Word: Jesus' First Sermon" 5/6  (TV8, 5/13)
• Scott Spencer: "Reading the Book: And All God's People Said..." 4/29  (TV8, 5/6)
• Scott Spencer: "The Good, The Bad, and God," 4/22  (TV8, 4/29)
• Scott Spencer: "Rediscovering the Book: A Woman Shall Lead Them," 4/15 (TV8, 4/22)
• Steve Fitzhugh: "Finding God's Purpose for Your Life," 2/18 (TV8, 2/25)
• Russell Dilday: "Superlative Theme of the Christian Life," 2/11 (TV8, 2/18)
• Russell Dilday: "An Eye on Your Dollar," 2/4 (TV8, 2/11)
• Russell Dilday: "A Good Disciple of Christ Jesus," 1/28 (TV8, 2/4)
• Russell Dilday: "Great Is Thy Faithfulness," 1/21 (TV8, 1/28)
• Russell Dilday: "The Power to See it Through," 1/14 (TV8, 1/21)
• Lynn Turner: "Closing the Gate," 1/7 (TV8, 1/14)

The Year 2006

• Glory to God in the Highest, 12/17
• Glad Tidings to All People, 12/10
• Fear Not, 12/3
• An Unfair Blessing, 11/26
• A Date with Thanksgiving, 11/19 (TV8, 11/26)
• When God Gave a Party and Nobody Came, 11/12 (TV8, 11/19)
• The Price Tags of Forgiveness, 11/5 (TV8, 11/12)
• When the Good Samaritan is Bad News, 10/29 (TV8, 11/5)
• First Steps are Always Hard, 10/22 (TV8, 10/29)
• The Seed, the Soil, and the Soul, 10/15 (TV8, 10/22)
• I Can't Get No Satisfaction, 10/8 (TV8, 10/15)
• He Has an Attitude, 10/1 (TV8, 10/8)
• D. Ray Davis: "A Plan, a Purpose and a Priority" 9/24
• The Lord Bless You and Keep You, 9/17 (TV8, 9/24)
• The Growth Rule, 9/10 (TV8, 10/1)
• The Greatest Gift, 8/6 (TV8, 9/3)
• This Is the Day, 7/30 (TV8, 8/27)
• Under His Wings, 7/23 (TV8, 8/20)
• The Address That Never Changes, 7/16 (TV8, 8/13)
• God's Greatest Creation, 7/2 (TV8, 8/6)
• The Secret of a Happy Heart, 6/25 (TV8, 7/30)
• Blessed Is the Man, 6/18 (TV8, 7/16)
• The Lord Is My Shepherd, 6/11 (TV8, 7/9)
• Leaving Home Happens, 6/4 (TV8, 7/2)
• At the Mouth of the Cave, 5/21 (TV8, 5/28)
• Making a Difference, 5/14
• Taking the Fear Out of the Future, 5/7
• God's Surfboard on the Waves of Anxiety, 4/30
• I Am the Resurrection and the Life, 4/16
• I Am the Vine; You are the Branches, 4/2
• I Am the Good Shepherd, 3/26
• I Am the Door, 3/19
• I Am the Light of the World, 3/12
• I Am the Bread of Life, 3/5
• Before Abraham Was, I Am, 2/26
• The Love Language of a Child, 2/12
• What Happens When the Roof Comes Off, 2/5
• Your Other Vocation, 1/29
• Two Powerful Words: My Church, 1/22
• Who is the Contractor of Your Life? 1/15
• First Steps for the First Month, 1/8
• Prince of Peace, 1/1

The Year 2005

• Everlasting Father, 12/25
• Mighty God, 12/18, 2005
• Wonderful Counselor, 12/11
• Behind Closed Doors, 12/4
• Commitment, 11/13
• The Invisible Connector, 11/6
• Commitment Piece by Piece, 10/30
• The Spirit's Landing, 10/23
• Setting Our Sails to God's Winds, 10/16
• Breakfast at Galilee, 10/9
• He Still Calms the Winds, 10/2
• Setting Your Sail for Worship, 9/25
• Let's Get in the Boat, 9/18
• That Valley of Dry Bones, 9/4
• Waist Deep In Life, 8/28
• Four Visions of New Life, 8/14
• Wheels Within Wheels, 8/7
• Baskets of Hope in the Land of Giants, 7/17
• What Was, What Is, What Is to Come, 6/26
• Making Your Heart a Home, 6/19
• Claiming Your Heritage, 6/12
• By What Name Will You Be Called?, 6/5
• Reaching for the Prize, 5/15
• Who's Number One?, 5/8
• Lost Again, 5/1
• The Wildflower Principle, 4/24
• Salt of the Earth, 4/17
• Just Do It, 4/10
• The Resurrection and You, 3/27 (Easter)
• Palm Sunday is a Thin Place, 3/20
• Are You An Apostle?, 3/13
• The Right Message, 3/6
• The Mat of the Spirit, 2/13
• Communion - Remember Me, 2/6
• The Tsunami and the Other Voices, 1/30
• Sensing the Breath of God, 1/23
• The First Step Toward Spiritual Fitness, 1/16
• On Spiritual Fitness, 1/9

The Year 2004

• What if Jesus Hadn't Come?, 12/26
• The Three Births, (Christmas Eve) 12/24
• The Many Roads of Should, 12/19
• Mary, Did You Know?, 12/12
• The Fullness of time, 12/5
• The Divine Invasion, 11/28
• Giving Thanks in All Circumstances?, (Thanksgiving Day) 11/25
• Celebrating with Gratitude, 11/21
• The Cup of the Lord, 11/14
• The Next Steps, 11/7
• The Purpose Driven Witness, 10/31
• Purpose Driven Service, 10/24
• Getting Passionate about Christ, 10/17
• Putting Fellowship Back in the Center, 10/10
• What on Earth is Worship? 10/3
• From Success to Significance, Sept. 26
• Repacking Your Bags on Purpose, Sept. 19
• Rhythms of Commitment, Sept. 12
• Signs and Wonders, 8/29
• The Mind of the Spirit, 8/22
• From the North, South, East and West, 8/15
• Neither Hot nor Cold, 7/25
• A Wake-Up Call, 7/18
• Right Response - Wrong Person, 7/11
• Open Doors to the Future, 6/27
• What Is for You, Poverty? What Is for You, Wealth?, 6/20
• Leaving Behind the Essentials, 6/13
• True Light, 6/6
• Who's Unacceptable to You? 5/16
• Mary: The Mother & Disciple of Jesus, 5/9
• The Ultimate Sacrifice, 5/2
• The Religion of the Experts, 4/18
• But Then, There Is That Fig Tree, 3/28
• And David Sat Before the Lord..., 3/21
• Planting Tomorrow in Unlikely Places, 3/14
• Us and Them, 3/7
• Love Languages of God: Acts of Service, Feb. 22
• Love Languages of God: One Love - Two Ways, Feb. 15
• Love Languages of God: Words of Affirmation, Feb. 8
• Love Languages of God: The Gift Giver, Feb. 1
• Celebrating God's Way, Jan. 25
• Believing Is Seeing, Jan. 18
• The Stop and Start of New Beginnings. Jan. 11
• The New Covenant. Jan. 4

The Year 2003

• The True Spirit of Christmas, 12/21
• Behind the Scenes at Bethlehem, 12/14
• Exchanging the Sword for the Spirit, 12/7
• Uncovering the Light Jesus Brought, 11/30
• Imagine What God Could Do if We Were Thankful in Spite of..., 11/23
• Imagine What God Could Do With Our First Fruits, 11/16
• Imagine What God Could Do With Our Ebenezers, 11/9
• Imagine What God Could Do if We Kingdom-Think, 11/2
• Imagine Your Place in God's Kingdom, 10/26
• Imagine What God Could Do With a Perfume Maker, 10/12
• Imagine What God Could Do if Everyone Set the Table for the Lord, 10/5
• Imagine What God Can Do in a Storm, 9/28
• What is God's Desire for My Life? 9/14
• The God Who Desires Us, 9/7
• A Compass for Times of Transition, 8/17
• Return: A Strange and Wonderful Celebration, 7/6
• The Great Conflict and the God Who Comes, 6/29
• Churches: Leading and Growing from the Past, 6/22
• Overlooking the Obvious About Men, 6/15
• Churches: Stepping into the Future, 6/8
• Churches: When We Lose Our Spiritual Connections, 6/1
• Your Spiritual Memory Bank, 5/25
• Pentecost: The Other Joseph, 5/18
• Pentecost: The Gift-Driven Life, 5/11
• Pentecost: The Allocation of Our Lives, 5/4
• Resurrection: When Easter is Nowhere, 4/27
• Resurrection: Untaming Easter, 4/20
• Cross: To Celebrate, You Have to Interrupt, 4/13
• Cross: Simon's Cross, 4/6
• Teaching: Muddling Through with the Master, 3/30
• Teaching: The Holy Spirit and One Anothering, 3/23
• Teaching: Jesus and the Children, 3/16
• Teaching: Renaming God, 3/9
• Teaching: Filling the Holes in Holiness, 3/2
• Life: The Hand Signals of Jesus, 1/26
• Life: The Defining Power of Temptation, 1/19
• Life: The Spirit of Baptism, 1/12
• Life: Growing Into Spiritual Maturity, 1/5

The Year 2002

• Birth: A New Voice with Heaven's Song, 12/29
• Birth: The Baby's Fingers, the Mother's Arms, 12/22
• Prophets: The Promise Becomes Ours, 12/15
• Choosing Your King and Your Kingdom, 12/8
• Conquest and Promise, 12/1
• Law: The Indispensable Yes, the Inescapable No, 11/24
• Exodus: Exit, Entrance, and the Hallway in Between, 11/17
• Call: Repack Your Bags on Purpose, 11/10
• Fall: There Is a Snake in Every Garden, 11/3
• Creation: Everything Spiritual Has a Beginning, 10/27
• Your Bible and Your Life, 10/20
• A Prayer Hero in the Shadows, 9/29
• Ruth: From Rejected to Redeemed, 9/22
• The Half-Pint Hero, 9/15
• Jeremiah: A Hero for Tough Times, 9/8
• Two Communion Heroes, 9/1
• What Does the Lord Do...? 7/14
• Glory in the Church? 6/23
• Five Guides for Life, 6/16
• Too Much or Too Little, 6/9
• Give Me That Bread, 6/2
• Finding Christ Through the Back Door, 5/19
• The Church in Your House, 5/12
• The Invisible Implementer, 5/5
• Living Out the Spirit-Filled Life, 4/28
• The Holy Spirit's Model of the Church, 4/21
• Easter Is..., 3/31
• The Creative Tension Between Grace and Accountability, 3/17
• The Creative Tension Between Belief and Doubt, 3/10
• Saying Yes and Saying No, 3/3
• On Trying and Trusting, 2/24
• Choosing & Being Chosen, 2/17
• Starting at the Finish Line, 2/10
• When Prayer Is All About You, 2/2
• Prayer in the Lost and Found, 1/27
• Bible Walking, 1/20
• God's Heroes, 1/13
• Can We Drink This Cup?, 1/6

The Year 2001

• Christmas: Muslims and the Messiah, 12/2
• Spiritual Weight Watchers, 11/25
• Bite Size Commitment, 11/18
• What We Care About, We Rate, 11/11
• A Rule of Life in Unruly Times, 11/4
• By Way of the Heart, 10/28
• What Can I Do to Make a Difference?, 10/21
• Why Doesn't God Intervene?, 10/14
• In the Meantime, 9/30
• The Spiritual Answer to Fear, 9/23
• Hope in the Valley of the Shadow, 9/16
• Choosing Your Vine, 9/9
• The New Old Story: Moses - Blood on the Altar, 9/2
• The New Old Story: Abraham - From Raising Cain to Raising Christ, 8/26
• The new Old Story: Noah - Send in the Clowns, 8/19
• The New Old Story: Abraham - The Risk of Saying Yes, 8/12
• The New Old Story: David & Goliath, 8/5
• Let Communion Work for You, 7/1
• This Is the Day, 6/24
• Abba's Gift, 6/17
• The Christ of the Waves, 6/10
• The Holy Spirit's Model of the Church, 6/3
• God's Letter and Ours, 5/27
• The Ancient-Future Church, 5/20
• Love From Any Angle, 5/13
• On Responding, 5/6
• Spirituality and the Go-Between Spirit, 4/29
• Two Questions with Easter Answers, 4/15
• The Weakness and Foolishness of Palm Sunday and the Cross as told by Mark, 4/8
• Let God Wash Your Feet, 4/1
• The Dinosaur and the Spirit-Moment, 3/25
• Saying Yes, Saying No, 3/18
• A Great Cloud of Witnesses, 3/4
• Experiencing the Love of Jesus, 2/25
• Love in Any Language, 2/18
• A Spiritual Reality Check From the Real World, 2/11
• The Victorious Losers, 2/4
• Winning, Losing, or Learning, 1/28
• The Jesus Yoke, 1/21
• Finding Home Again, 1/14
• The Prayer of Jabez, 1/7

The Year 2000

• There is a Bethlehem in Every Heart, 12/10
• Dealing with Uncertainty, 11/26
• Who Will Supply the Fragrance?, 11/12
• Sharing My Heart, 11/5
• God Says, "Put Your Golden Calf in My Corral.", 10/29
• God Asks, "Is It Veil Time?" 10/22
• God Says, "Listen Up." 10/15
• God Says, "Have a Seat Right Here." 10/8
• God Says, "You Alone Can Allocate Your Life." 10/1
• God Says, "I Want to Meet With You." 9/24
• The Mountain of Beginning Again, 8/27
• A Mountain Called Waiting, 8/20
• Ascension Mountain, 8/13
• Speak to the Mountain, 8/6
• Exaltation Mountain, 7/30
• Renewal Mountain, 7/23
• Upside-Down Mountain, 7/16
• Temptation Mountain, 7/9
• Real Men Love Life, 6/18
• Choosing the Hill Country, 6/11
• The Rainbow Mountain, 6/4
• The Healing of Memories, 5/28
• The Praise Corner, 5/21
• Martha, Martha..., 5/14
• Detours Along Faith Way, 5/7
• Don't Roll These Stones Away, 4/23
• When God Puts Things Together, 4/9
• The Power of Positive Confession, 4/2
• How Much Change do You Have in Your Heart-Pocket?, 3/26
• Unity in Christ, 3/12
• In, But Not Of, 3/5
• What Do You Do With Ambition?, 2/27
• The Raven and The Dove, 2/20
• Garden of Eden Valentine, 2/13
• Words are Worth a Thousand Pictures, 1/30
• God is Not Through With You Yet, 1/23
• In the Beginning...God, 1/16
• The Power to Follow Through, 1/9

The Year 1999

• What Is The Greatest Gift?, 12/26
• What Do You Want Me to Do For You?, 12/19
• How Would You Measure Christmas Love?, 12/12
• Do You See This Woman?, 12/5
• Who Are My Brothers and Sisters?, 11/28
• Where Are The Nine?, 11/21
• Who Made Me Responsible for Your Wealth?, 11/14
• Whose Portrait Is This?, 11/7
• How Much Are You Worth?, 10/31
• How Do You See Yourself?, 10/24
• Why Are You So Afraid?, 10/17
• Who Do You Believe That I Am?, 10/10
• Where Is The Miracle?, 10/3
• The Fulfillment Quotient, 8/1
• Tears - A Gift from God, 7/25
• Remind Me Again, Lord, I Forget..., 7/18
• The Jesus Cup, 7/11
• Celebrating the Last Anniversary of the Millennium, 6/27
• The Spiritual Gymnasium, 6/20
• The Mountain of New Beginnings, 6/13
• A Spiritual Take Off - Pentecost, 5/23
• The Environment of Spiritual Possibility, 5/16
• Working Prayer Into the Rhythms of Life, 5/2
• Time to Try Transformation, 4/25
• Wading into God's Purpose for Your Lives, 3/21
• The Cycle of Trust, 3/14
• How Should I Prepare?, 3/7
• Who will be Left Behind?, 2/28
• Who is the Antichrist?, 2/21
• How will the Second Coming be like the First Coming?, 2/14
• When will the Second Coming Happen?, 2/7
• What is the Second Coming About?, 1/31
• When the Only Way Out is Through, 1/24
• A Prayer for Tough Decisions, 1/17
• A Prayer for the Anxious Heart, 1/10
• A Prayer for the Days Ahead, 1/3

The Year 1998

• The Inn and the Inn Keeper, 12/20
• God's Proposals and Our Responses, 12/13
• The Christmas Tourist, 12/6
• Defining Moments in the Land of Plenty, 11/29
• The Mighty Mite, 11/22
• Christ and the Clay Pots, 11/15
• Babel or Pentecost?, 10/25
• The Measure of the Greatness of God, 10/4
• Nothing is as Wonderful as... ?, 9/27
• Angels in Heaven and Mud on Earth, 9/20
• What do You and God have in your Time Capsule?, 9/13
• A Time to Keep and A Time to Cast Away, 9/6
• The Diamond in the Dirt Pile, 8/23
• The Worry Factor, 8/16
• 8/is the Anxious Month, 8/9
• Sparkles of Salvation, 7/19
• Learning to Listen to God, 7/12
• Three Days to See, 6/14
• The Redemption People, 6/6
• The Three Basic Questions, 5/31
• The Celebration of Place, 5/16
• When Too Much is Not Enough, 2/1
• The Cave and the Promise, 1/11

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