Thu, 18 Jun 2026 09:08:05 -0800 https://www.buzzsprout.com/288175 en-us © 2026 Prairie Preacher yes 14a1a4fa-eeef-521a-a193-58530a9d3509 Curtis Taylor episodic false Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) Curtis Taylor https://storage.buzzsprout.com/8qdafq69dw8w5493grtecldms2ve?.jpg Paul's Love for the Church -- Acts 20:13-21:1 Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-19367725 Thu, 18 Jun 2026 09:00:00 -0800 2903 full false Jesus Is Not Supplemental — Mark 2:13-3:6 Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-8896268 Sun, 18 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0800 2115 full false Is Forgiveness Enough? -- Mark 2:1-12 Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-8875897 Sun, 11 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0800 2330 full false Influence and Authority -- Mark 1:14-45 Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-8832029 Sun, 04 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0800 2553 full false Suffer Well -- Mark 1:1-13 Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-8796236 Sun, 27 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0800 2267 full false Following Jesus in Four Easy Steps? Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-8701901 Sun, 13 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0800 2127 full false Jesus Invites Us to Leave -- Matthew 7:24-27 Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-8656704 Sun, 06 Jun 2021 19:00:00 -0800 1882 full false A Hidden Life -- Matthew 7:21-23 Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-8616597 Sun, 30 May 2021 23:00:00 -0800 1866 full false Beware Together -- Matthew 7:15-20 Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-8578145 Sun, 23 May 2021 00:00:00 -0800 2235 full false Are Few Saved? Are You Saved? -- Matthew 7:13-14 Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-8546425 Sun, 16 May 2021 00:00:00 -0800 1840 full false One Verse to Rule Them All -- Matthew 7:12 Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-8494344 Sun, 09 May 2021 00:00:00 -0800 1860 full false Persist in Prayer for God's Good Gifts -- Matthew 7:7-11 Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-8446102 Sun, 02 May 2021 15:00:00 -0800 1909 full false The Judge, the Hypocrite, and the Brother -- Matthew 7:1-6 Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-8403198 Sun, 25 Apr 2021 18:00:00 -0800 2248 full false Don't Worry...Seek -- Matthew 6:25-34 Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-8403072 Sun, 18 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0800 2819 full false The Delusion of Divided Devotion -- Matthew 6:19-24 Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-8402983 Sun, 11 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0800 2549 full false The Resurrection Revealed Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-8270990 Sun, 04 Apr 2021 15:00:00 -0800 1337 full false God in the Secret Spaces -- Matthew 6:1-18 Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-8232682 Sun, 28 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0800 2601 full false Radical Reliability,Mysterious Mercy, and Limitless Love -- Matthew 5:33-48 Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-8140283 Sun, 14 Mar 2021 17:00:00 -0800 2098 full false The Gospel and Greg Brady -- Matthew 5:21-32 Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-8095317 Sun, 07 Mar 2021 14:00:00 -0900 2418 full false The Teacher and Tattoos -- Matthew 5:17-20 Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-8048802 Sun, 28 Feb 2021 18:00:00 -0900 2470 full false A Different Kind of Difference Maker — Matthew 5:13-16 Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-7997692 Sun, 21 Feb 2021 15:00:00 -0900 2212 full false The Beatitudes -- Matthew 5:1-12 Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-7893463 Sun, 14 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0900 2562 full false You Must Follow Jesus: An Introduction to the Sermon on the Mount Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-7731493 Sun, 07 Feb 2021 14:00:00 -0900 2108 full false Living in Holy Tension -- Psalm 139 Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-7597447 Sun, 31 Jan 2021 16:00:00 -0900 2431 full false I Believe. Help My Unbelief -- Psalm 91 Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-7463443 Sun, 24 Jan 2021 15:00:00 -0900 2183 full false A Psalm for Inauguration Day -- Psalm 110 Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-7340881 Sun, 17 Jan 2021 14:00:00 -0900 2278 full false Speak and Seek into the Darkness of God's Silence -- Psalm 88 Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-7224481 Sun, 10 Jan 2021 13:00:00 -0900 2198 full false Shout for Joy, All the Earth! -- Psalm 100 Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-7132945 Sun, 03 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0900 2275 full false A Sinner Looks at Psalm 51 Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-7101739 Sun, 27 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0900 2655 full false God Unmasked Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-7008763 Thu, 24 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0900 1056 full false A Sheep Looks at Psalm 23 Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-6940463 Sun, 20 Dec 2020 15:00:00 -0900 1908 full false His Presence, Our Help -- Psalm 20 Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-6830296 Sun, 13 Dec 2020 16:00:00 -0900 2221 full false Refuge and Resurrection -- Psalm 16 Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-6721477 Sun, 06 Dec 2020 13:00:00 -0900 1823 full false The Purpose of Praise -- Psalm 8 Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-6620851 Sun, 29 Nov 2020 11:00:00 -0900 2064 full false Sleeping Through the Dangerous Night -- Psalm 3 Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-6513769 Sun, 22 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0900 2250 full false An Invitation to All -- Psalm 1 Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-6391138 Sun, 15 Nov 2020 18:00:00 -0900 2201 full false The Never-Ending Story -- Acts 28:11-31 Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-6292639 Sun, 08 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0900 2311 full false Don't Be Swayed -- Acts 28:1-10 Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-6186010 Sun, 01 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0800 2563 full false Salvation in the Storm -- Acts 27 Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-6058834 Sun, 25 Oct 2020 16:00:00 -0800 2581 full false The Promise Protected -- Acts 25-26 Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-6024376 Mon, 19 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0800 2249 full false Not Right, Not Left, But Middle -- Acts 24 Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-5858236 Sun, 11 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0800 2566 full false Promise at Risk, Perspective in Action -- Acts 23:12-35 Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-5740555 Sun, 04 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0800 2571 full false Poor Paul -- Acts 22:30-23:11 Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-5630503 Sun, 27 Sep 2020 16:00:00 -0800 2338 full false Witness as Defense -- Acts 21:37-22:29 Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-5538475 Sun, 20 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0800 2055 full false Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Suffering -- Acts 21:1-36 The road to Jerusalem continues...

]]> The road to Jerusalem continues...

]]> Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-5439889 Sun, 13 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0800 2791 full false Don't Fall Asleep -- Acts 20 Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-5325097 Sun, 06 Sep 2020 20:00:00 -0800 3083 full false Civil Religion Confronts the Way -- Acts 19:21-41 Civil religion, according to New Testament scholar Michael Gorman, is what happens when the sacred becomes political and the political becomes sacred. Civil religion is also the result of the few and power wrapping up the culture they want to impose or maintain in the religious language of the many.

]]> Civil religion, according to New Testament scholar Michael Gorman, is what happens when the sacred becomes political and the political becomes sacred. Civil religion is also the result of the few and power wrapping up the culture they want to impose or maintain in the religious language of the many.

]]> Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-5227828 Sun, 30 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0800 2310 full false The Gospel Prevails -- Acts 19:1-20 Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-5116354 Sun, 23 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0800 2841 full false Leaders and Followers -- Acts 18:18-28 Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-5116300 Sun, 16 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0800 2232 full false I Am With You...But Not With You Only! Acts 18:1-17 Preaching, conversion, opposition, confrontation...this pattern has emerged in Acts, so the events of chapter 18 are not surprising. However, Luke's account of Paul in Corinth gives us some insight into how Paul was able to endure, to continue, to overcome. He experiences a vision that tells him, not to go, but to stay, and this vision tells us how Paul was enabled and empowered for faithfulness. The Lord was with him...but not with him only.

]]> Preaching, conversion, opposition, confrontation...this pattern has emerged in Acts, so the events of chapter 18 are not surprising. However, Luke's account of Paul in Corinth gives us some insight into how Paul was able to endure, to continue, to overcome. He experiences a vision that tells him, not to go, but to stay, and this vision tells us how Paul was enabled and empowered for faithfulness. The Lord was with him...but not with him only.

]]> Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-4970474 Sun, 09 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0800 2148 full false A Certain God in Uncertain Times -- Acts 17:16-34 Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-4838135 Sun, 02 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0800 2477 full false The Invariability of the Cross -- Acts 17:1-15 The message of the cross has not changed. It is tempting to read Acts with a curiosity about how the same message we hold to so dearly today was received way back then in such a pagan, polytheistic culture. But what I want you to consider today is the possibility that the context and the culture haven’t really changed that much at all. Customs change, languages change, leadership changes, government changes, technology changes. Lots of things change, but don’t think for a second that we can’t relate to Paul and Silas and Timothy, and to those followers of Jesus in Philippi and Thessalonica and Berea. They faced the same kind of obstacles and opposition that we do today, that followers of Jesus all around our world and throughout history have faced when proclaiming the cross. 

]]> The message of the cross has not changed. It is tempting to read Acts with a curiosity about how the same message we hold to so dearly today was received way back then in such a pagan, polytheistic culture. But what I want you to consider today is the possibility that the context and the culture haven’t really changed that much at all. Customs change, languages change, leadership changes, government changes, technology changes. Lots of things change, but don’t think for a second that we can’t relate to Paul and Silas and Timothy, and to those followers of Jesus in Philippi and Thessalonica and Berea. They faced the same kind of obstacles and opposition that we do today, that followers of Jesus all around our world and throughout history have faced when proclaiming the cross. 

]]> Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-4837952 Sun, 12 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0800 2298 full false The Unpredictable Power of God -- Acts 15:36-16:40 Yes, that is one sermon on a little more than one chapter of Acts. Listen to how the unpredictable power of God is displayed in overcoming failure, fierce flexibility, and in focusing his followers.

]]> Yes, that is one sermon on a little more than one chapter of Acts. Listen to how the unpredictable power of God is displayed in overcoming failure, fierce flexibility, and in focusing his followers.

]]> Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-4468412 Sun, 05 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0800 2283 full false Differences Without Distinction -- Acts 15:1-35 Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-4423319 Sun, 28 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0800 2252 full false The Gospel Confronts Civil Religion -- Acts 14 No matter where you live, you live under a civil religion. In Acts 14 we are looking at what happens when the Gospel confronts civil religion and how followers of King Jesus should respond.

]]> No matter where you live, you live under a civil religion. In Acts 14 we are looking at what happens when the Gospel confronts civil religion and how followers of King Jesus should respond.

]]> Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-4266440 Sun, 21 Jun 2020 21:00:00 -0800 2420 full false Paul's First Sermon -- Acts 13:13-52 Hear the story of my first sermon and then hear Paul's. Pay attention to the story Paul tells -- to what happens when God initiates the action versus what happens when people take matters into their own hands. Sorry for the length. 

]]> Hear the story of my first sermon and then hear Paul's. Pay attention to the story Paul tells -- to what happens when God initiates the action versus what happens when people take matters into their own hands. Sorry for the length. 

]]> Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-4213469 Sun, 14 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0800 2817 full false Mission and Worship -- Acts 13:1-12 Do you believe that the church should have a voice amidst the chaos and crises that we are facing today and the ones we will face tomorrow? We must remember that the church's voice must be connected to its mission and that its mission must be rooted in its worship.

]]> Do you believe that the church should have a voice amidst the chaos and crises that we are facing today and the ones we will face tomorrow? We must remember that the church's voice must be connected to its mission and that its mission must be rooted in its worship.

]]> Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-4133204 Sun, 07 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0800 2063 full false Two Bodies, Two Kingdoms -- Acts 12 One kingdom is made and maintained by violence and the threat of violence. One kingdom is made by one who suffered violence and maintained by citizens who die to themselves and are willing to suffer violence. One kingdom decays and decomposes while the other develops, spreads, and grows. Which has your allegiance?

]]> One kingdom is made and maintained by violence and the threat of violence. One kingdom is made by one who suffered violence and maintained by citizens who die to themselves and are willing to suffer violence. One kingdom decays and decomposes while the other develops, spreads, and grows. Which has your allegiance?

]]> Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-4032071 Sun, 31 May 2020 00:00:00 -0800 2473 full false On Cockroaches and Christians -- Acts 11:19-30 What do cockroaches and Christians have in common? Not much, I hope. 

]]> What do cockroaches and Christians have in common? Not much, I hope. 

]]> Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-3909890 Sun, 24 May 2020 00:00:00 -0800 2339 full false Agree to Disagree, Just Be Right About Jesus -- Acts 11:1-18 COVID-19 opinions and theories have spread infectiously. Don't let them divide us. Don't let anything divide us. Let Jesus unite us. Pretty simple, right?

]]> COVID-19 opinions and theories have spread infectiously. Don't let them divide us. Don't let anything divide us. Let Jesus unite us. Pretty simple, right?

]]> Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-3822773 Sun, 17 May 2020 00:00:00 -0800 1756 full false The Gentiles Are In! -- Acts 10 Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-3821801 Sun, 10 May 2020 00:00:00 -0800 1221 full false Unremarkable -- Acts 9:32-43 Are you just a ____________ and wonder how God could ever use you to do amazing work for his kingdom? If you've ever felt this way, then listen to this remarkable story of how God uses unremarkable men and women.

]]> Are you just a ____________ and wonder how God could ever use you to do amazing work for his kingdom? If you've ever felt this way, then listen to this remarkable story of how God uses unremarkable men and women.

]]> Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-3821540 Sun, 03 May 2020 00:00:00 -0800 1069 full false Connections: Jesus, Community, and Tradition -- Acts 9:19b-31 Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-3518725 Sun, 26 Apr 2020 19:00:00 -0800 1482 full false Marshmallow or Messiah? (Acts 9:1-19) Happy Easter! This message explores just a bit of how the conversion of Saul displays the significance of an embodied Easter. It also discusses the dangers involved in a disembodied church and a disembodied resurrection.

]]> Happy Easter! This message explores just a bit of how the conversion of Saul displays the significance of an embodied Easter. It also discusses the dangers involved in a disembodied church and a disembodied resurrection.

]]> Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-3336619 Sun, 12 Apr 2020 14:00:00 -0800 1532 full false Let Your Idols Fall...and Don't Pick Them Up Again -- Acts 8:26-40 Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-3112963 Sun, 22 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0800 2087 full false Philip in Samaria -- Acts 8:4-25 We are disciples, not customers.  

]]> We are disciples, not customers.  

]]> Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-3112696 Sun, 15 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0800 1780 full false The Stoning of Stephen -- Acts 7:1 - 8:3 Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-3112591 Sun, 08 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0900 2449 full false The Man Who Changed the Meaning of a Word -- Acts 6:1-15 ...or : "The Man Who Up a Hill a Deacon, and Came Down a Martyr."
The early church begins stretching, if not breaking, its ties to Jerusalem by appointing seven "deacons."  Stephen is "just a deacon," but his courage and faithfulness will change the meaning of a word forever as well as the course of the church forever.

]]> ...or : "The Man Who Up a Hill a Deacon, and Came Down a Martyr."
The early church begins stretching, if not breaking, its ties to Jerusalem by appointing seven "deacons."  Stephen is "just a deacon," but his courage and faithfulness will change the meaning of a word forever as well as the course of the church forever.

]]> Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-3112486 Sun, 01 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0900 2660 full false The Enduring Work of the Church -- Acts 5:12-42 The church must look to the God who gives courage, the God who is in control, and the God was is crucified and crowned.

]]> The church must look to the God who gives courage, the God who is in control, and the God was is crucified and crowned.

]]> Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-3112228 Sun, 23 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0900 2644 full false Could It Happen Today? -- Acts 4:32-5:11 Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-3111580 Sun, 16 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0900 2695 full false Be Together, Pray Together, Act Together -- Acts 4:23-31 Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-3108394 Sun, 09 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0900 2428 full false Opposition Emerges -- Acts 4:1-22 Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-3100603 Sun, 02 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0900 2374 full false Failure and Fulfillment -- Acts 3:1-26 Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-3087109 Sun, 26 Jan 2020 14:00:00 -0900 1958 full false The Way and Life of Jesus -- Acts 2:37-47 Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-3096172 Sun, 19 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0900 2499 full false The Church's DNA Test -- Acts 2:14-36 Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-3086971 Sun, 12 Jan 2020 13:00:00 -0900 1960 full false When and Where the Spirit Moves... Acts 2:1-13 Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-3086851 Sun, 05 Jan 2020 13:00:00 -0900 2886 full false How Should the Church Prepare for Its Mission? Acts 1:12-26 Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-3086683 Sun, 29 Dec 2019 13:00:00 -0900 2180 full false Christmas Eve -- Encountering Jesus Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-2986681 Tue, 24 Dec 2019 17:00:00 -0900 805 full false The Good, the Bad, and the Bride Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-3086542 Sun, 22 Dec 2019 13:00:00 -0900 2550 full false Stop Staring and Get to Work -- Acts 1:1-14 Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-2985703 Sun, 15 Dec 2019 15:00:00 -0900 1582 full false The Parable of the Sheep and the Goats Curtis Buzzsprout-2158448 Sun, 24 Nov 2019 15:00:00 -0900 2113 full false A Thief, A Salve, and Ten Virgins Curtis Buzzsprout-2177621 Sun, 17 Nov 2019 19:00:00 -0900 2181 full false The Rich Fool Curtis Buzzsprout-2177675 Sun, 10 Nov 2019 19:00:00 -0900 1911 full false The Friend at Midnight Curtis Buzzsprout-2177825 Sun, 03 Nov 2019 19:00:00 -0900 1840 full false The Tower Builder and the Warring King Curtis Buzzsprout-2721913 Sun, 27 Oct 2019 19:00:00 -0800 1956 full false The Two Builders Curtis Buzzsprout-2721985 Sun, 20 Oct 2019 19:00:00 -0800 1791 full false What is God's Kingdom Worth? Curtis Buzzsprout-2722096 Sun, 22 Sep 2019 19:00:00 -0800 2685 full false The Wheat and the Weeds Curtis Buzzsprout-2721838 Sun, 15 Sep 2019 18:00:00 -0800 1993 full false The Lost Sheep and Lost Coin Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-2985889 Sun, 08 Sep 2019 15:00:00 -0800 2293 full false The Pharisee and the Tax Collector Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-3100372 Sun, 01 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0800 2387 full false The Parable of the Sower The Parable of the Sower from Matthew 13 and a bit of my personal testimony.

]]> The Parable of the Sower from Matthew 13 and a bit of my personal testimony.

]]> Curtis Buzzsprout-1613806 Tue, 27 Aug 2019 22:00:00 -0800 1660 full false Introduction to Parables Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-2986024 Sun, 18 Aug 2019 15:00:00 -0800 1974 full false People, Places, and Preachers -- Philippians 4:21-23 Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-3099832 Sun, 02 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0800 1905 full false Be Grateful, Be Distant, and Learn the Secret of Contentment -- Philippians 4:10-20 Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-3099538 Sun, 26 May 2019 00:00:00 -0800 2526 full false Think About These Things -- Philippians 4:8-9 Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-3098458 Sun, 19 May 2019 00:00:00 -0800 1828 full false Presence or Presents? -- Philippians 4:5-7 Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-3098005 Sun, 12 May 2019 00:00:00 -0800 2393 full false Rift and Restoration -- Philippians 4:2-4 Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-3097858 Sun, 05 May 2019 00:00:00 -0800 1755 full false Be Single-Minded -- Philippians 3:12-4:1 Curtis Taylor Buzzsprout-3096433 Sun, 28 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -0800 1871 full false An Easter Encounter: 1 Peter 1:3-9; John 21:15-19 What's the difference between Judas' betrayal and Peter's denial? Peter stuck around for an encounter with the resurrected Jesus. 
(The first few minutes were lost...basically just me talking about how my kids have asked a lot of questions about Judas...all very interesting and would have had you hooked for sure).

]]> What's the difference between Judas' betrayal and Peter's denial? Peter stuck around for an encounter with the resurrected Jesus. 
(The first few minutes were lost...basically just me talking about how my kids have asked a lot of questions about Judas...all very interesting and would have had you hooked for sure).

]]> Curtis Buzzsprout-1052500 Sun, 21 Apr 2019 19:00:00 -0800 1139 full false The Week-Before-Jesus Philippians 3:1-11 Curtis Buzzsprout-2722237 Sun, 14 Apr 2019 20:00:00 -0800 1961 full false Snakes on a Plain -- Philippians 2:19-30 Curtis Buzzsprout-1250786 Sun, 07 Apr 2019 19:00:00 -0800 2542 full false Progress in Prison -- Philippians 2:12-18 Curtis Buzzsprout-1250768 Sun, 31 Mar 2019 19:00:00 -0800 2719 full false Poetry in Motion -- Philippians 2:1-11 Curtis Buzzsprout-1250756 Sun, 24 Mar 2019 19:00:00 -0800 2701 full false Celebrities, Serpents, and the Spirit -- Philippians 1:27-30 Curtis Buzzsprout-1241429 Sun, 17 Mar 2019 09:00:00 -0800 2053 full false The Prerequisites of Predictive Joy -- Philippians 1:18-26 Many of us can look back and rejoice -- rejoice in what God has done for us and through us as our faith and faithfulness was tested and tried.  But how many of us have looked forward and rejoiced?  At the very least, joy happens in the present and even more as we look at the past.  In this passage, however, Paul predicts his joy.  Is it just wishful thinking, or is he on to something?

]]> Many of us can look back and rejoice -- rejoice in what God has done for us and through us as our faith and faithfulness was tested and tried.  But how many of us have looked forward and rejoiced?  At the very least, joy happens in the present and even more as we look at the past.  In this passage, however, Paul predicts his joy.  Is it just wishful thinking, or is he on to something?

]]> Curtis Buzzsprout-1190309 Sun, 10 Mar 2019 14:00:00 -0800 2613 full false Participation, Partners, and Production -- Philippians 1:3-11 Curtis Buzzsprout-1190087 Sun, 24 Feb 2019 11:00:00 -0900 2418 full false Slaves and Saints -- Philippians 1:1-2 Curtis Buzzsprout-1190015 Sun, 17 Feb 2019 11:00:00 -0900 2423 full false