Thematic Studies: Message Listing

New Covenant
Authentic Christianity 2 Corinthians 2:14 - 3:5
The Power You Already Have Ephesians 1:15-23
Pots, Pressures, and Power 2 Corinthians 4:7-12
Doing What Comes Unnaturally 1 Timothy 1:8-11
The Man God Uses Romans 1:13-16
The Whole Story V 2 Corinthians 9:8
The Secrets of God V 1 Corinthians 2:1-16
When Stones Cry Out V Luke 19:37-40
Legalism V Galatians 5:13-26
How to Kill a Lion on a Snowy Day V 1 Chronicles 11:22-24

Body Life

Body Life
Preface
Ch 1: The Most Powerful Force on Earth Matthew 13:24-30
Ch 2: The Church's Highest Priority Ephesians 4:1-3
Ch 3: Not Union--Unity Ephesians 4:4-6
Ch 4: All God's Children Have Gifts Ephesians 4:7
Ch 5: Discovering and Using Your Gift 1 Corinthians 12:7-16
Ch 6: According to the Power Ephesians 4:7-10
Ch 7: How the Body Works Ephesians 4:11-12
Ch 8: Shaping Up the Saints Ephesians 4:11-12
Ch 9: The Work of the Ministry Luke 4:16-23
Ch 10: Keeping the Body Healthy John 13:7-35
Ch 11: The Goal Is Maturity Ephesians 4:13-18
Ch 12: Impact! Luke 4:18-19
Body Life Problems and Solutions Various
Study Guide and End-Notes Various

Single Messages
Body Language V Ephesians 4:11-16
The Body of Christ V Romans 12:4-5

Spiritual Warfare

The Battle of Life
The Weapons of Our Warfare V 2 Corinthians 10:1-4
Pulling Down Strongholds V 2 Corinthians 10:3-4
The Methods of Madness V 2 Corinthians 10:3-5
How Christians Attack V 2 Corinthians 10:4-5
Capturing by Craft V 2 Corinthians 10:3-5
The Secret Government of Earth V 2 Corinthians 10:5
Bringing Thoughts into Captivity V 2 Corinthians 10:2-6

Single Messages
Faith and Modern Knowledge V Colossians 2:6-11
A Word to the Wise V Colossians 4:2-4

Short Essay
On "Binding Satan" Galatians 5:1

Leadership

Servant Leadership
The Lord and His Church Various
Honored Servants John 13:12-17
Leadership in the Church Mark 10:35-45
Servant Leadership and Eldership Various
A Pastor's Authority Mark 10:42-43a

When All Else Fails...Read the Directions
Introduction Ephesians 1:22-23
Ch 1: Can It Be? Matthew 16:18
Ch 2: The Living Church Ephesians 4:1-16
Ch 3: Looking for Missing Links Ephesians 4:16
Ch 4: Leadership... or Domination? Matthew 23:8-10
Ch 5: God Gives Pastors--For What? John 8:28-29
Ch 6: Workers Together with God Acts 10:34-44
Ch 7: Motivating Men Exodus 3:7-4:14
Ch 8: Kinks in the Links Luke 12:37
Ch 9: Spiritual Boot Camp 2 Corinthians 2:14
Ch 10: Letters to the Twentieth Centry Church Revelation 2:29
Appendices Various

Expository Preaching
The Glory of Preaching V 1 Corinthians 2,4
The Preparation of Expository Sermons V Various
The Accountability of the Preacher V 1 Corinthians 4
On Expository Preaching Various
The Primacy of Preaching Various
What the Bible Means to Me Jeremiah 15:16

Baptism, Tithing & Church Discipline
The Meaning of Baptism V Various
Tithing Deut 26:1-10
The Godly Use of Assets, Time and Money Various
Tell It to the Church V Matthew 18:15-18

Lessons from the Past
Secret Growth Mark 4:26-29

Prayer

Jesus Teaches on Prayer
Why Pray? V Luke 18:1-8
The Nature of Prayer V Luke 18:9-14
How Jesus Prayed V Luke 11:1
The Pattern Prayer V Luke 11:2-4
When Prayer Becomes Personal V Luke 11:3-4
Prayer's Certainties V Luke 11:5-13
Praying Together V Matthew 18:18-20
The Holy Spirit and Prayer V John 14:12-17
The True Lord's Prayer V John 17:1-3
Prayer's Possibilities Today V John 17:4-8
Christ Prays for You V John 17:9-19
The Prayer for Unity V John 17:20-26

Old Testament Prayer
The Beginning of Prayer V Genesis 3:8-13
Prayer's Anchor V Genesis 18:22-33
Prayer's Essentials V Genesis 32:9-32
Prayer's Possibilities V Numbers 11:4-34
Prayer's Practicality V 1 Chronicles 4:9-10
Prayer's Fruitfulness V 1 Samuel 1:1 - 2:11
Prayer's Frontiers V 2 Chronicles 6:12-40
Prayer's Humility V Daniel 9:1-23
Prayer's Relationships Job 42:5-10
Prayer's Resources V 2 Chronicles 14:2 - 16:12
Prayer's Delays V Habakkuk 1:1 - 3:19

Christian Living

The Christian and His Possessions
God or Mammon V Matthew 6:19-24
That You Might Be Rich V 2 Corinthians 8:9
What is Money For? V Luke 16:1-14
Prodigality Without Pressure V 1 Corinthians 16:1-2
Blessing Without Measure V 2 Cor 8:9-15, 9:1-15

Guidelines for the Home
Parents Are People V Deuteronomy 6:4-9
Healing Hereditary Hurts V Deuteronomy 6:7
What Every Child Should Know V Proverbs 1 - 9
Life, the Teacher V Deuteronomy 6:5-7
The Sign of Authority V Deuteronomy 6:8-9
The Disciplines of God V Hebrews 12:3-17

The Christian and Moral Conditions
Faith at Home V Deuteronomy 6:4-9
What is Sex? V Genesis 2:18-25
What Every Husband Should Know V 1 Peter 3:7
What Every Wife Should Know V 1 Peter 3:1-6
Life Without Marriage V 1 Cor 7:7-38, Mat 19:5-12
Truth for Youth V Ecclesiastes 11:9

The Christian in Modern Society
More Than Others V Various
The Christian and Food Fads V Various
The Christian and Patriotism V Various
The Christian View of Evolution V Various

Treasures of the Parables

Treasures of the Parables
What to Do While Waiting V Matthew 24:45-51
Here Comes the Bridegroom V Matthew 25:1-13
To Risk or Not to Risk V Matthew 25:14-30
God and the Unthinking V Luke 15:1-7
God and the Neglected V Luke 15:8-10
God and the Rebellious Luke 15:11-24
God and the Respectable V Luke 15:25-32
Get Smart with Money V Luke 16:1-14
The Main Thing V Luke 16:19-31
The Cure to Loneliness V John 12:20-26
Breaking the Resentment Barrier V Matthew 18:21-35
The Chance to Live V Matthew 22:1-14

Questions and Answers

The Church, The Home and The Nation
Where is the Church? V Matthew 18:20
What Is the Home? V Various
What is the Nation? V Romans 13

The Tongues Question
This "Tongues" Question V 1 Corinthians 14:1-37
The True Gift of Tongues V Acts 2-16
The False Gift of Tongues V 1 Corinthians 12, 14
Tongues and Prophesying 1 Corinthians 14

Single Messages
Should a Woman Teach in Church? 1 Corinthians 14:33-35

Prophecy

Understanding the Times
The Coming Time of Trouble V Zephaniah 1:14-18
The Coming Man of Sin V Revelation 13
The Coming King of Kings V Matthew 24:15-27
The New Earth V Revelation 20-22

Single Messages
Dispensationalism V Galatians 4:1-12
The Shaking of the Earth V Hebrews12:25-29
Are These the Last Days? V Romans 13:11-12
God's Faithfulness: Israel and the New Covenant Various
Millennium Various

Tomorrow's Headlines
The Near East in Prophecy Various
Two Churches, God's and Man's V Various
Have the Times of the Gentiles Passed V Various
The Great Tribulation V Various
The Coming Great Society V Various

Christmas and Easter

Christmas
What Child is This? V Hebrews 1:1-4
Boils at Christmas V Job 19:13-27
The Coming of Joy V Luke 2:10-11
When Grace Appeared V 2 Timothy 1:8-10

Easter
The Death of Death 2 Timothy 1:10
Life Beyond Death V 2 Corinthians 5:1-10
A Note of Certainty 2 Timothy 2:3-8
Who's Minding the Store Revelation 1:17-18
Follow the Leader 2 Timothy 2:8
The Fact of Facts 1 Corinthians 15:1-20
A Living Hope V 1 Peter 1:3
The Answer to Death John 11:25-26
What Difference Does it Make? 1 Corinthians 15

Evangelism

Witnessing
The Holy Spirit As The Soul Winner V Various
Salesmanship Is Out V Various
Three Types of People V Various
Bringing People Face To Face with Jesus Christ V Various
A Possible Witnessing Strategy V Various

The Soul Winning of Jesus
Jesus and an Intellectual V John 2:23-3:15
Jesus and a Romanticist V John 4:7-26
Jesus and a Rationalist V John 4:46-54
Jesus and an Addict V John 5:1-16
Jesus and the Guilt-Ridden V John 8:1-11
Jesus and the Handicapped V John 9:1-41
When Jesus met Simple Simon V Luke 7:36-50
Christ and the Race Question V Various

Doctrinal Topics

Problems Confronting Man
The Authority of the Word V 2 Tim 3:1-17
Man in Three Worlds V 1 Cor 1:18 - 2:16
Christians Unabridged V Mat 11:28-30
Finding the Will of God V 1 Thessalonians 4:3
The Point of No Return V Deuteronomy 11:10-12

The Nature and Person of Jesus
Bread from Heaven V John 6:27-57
The King of Peace V Genesis 14:17-24
At Judas' Feet John 13:1-20
The Servant of the Lord V Isaiah 42:1-4

Short Essays
Gems of Theology

Secrets of the Spirit

Secrets of the Spirit
The Towel Wearers V John 13:1-20
Judas and Peter V John 13:21-38
The Cure for Troubled Hearts V John 14:1-11
The Other Comforter V John 14:12-20
Love's Power V John 14:20-31
God's Vineyard V John 15:1-11
Love and Hate V John 15:12-16:4
The Message of the Spirit V John 16:4-15
The Abiding Principles V John 16:16-33
The Accomplishments of Jesus V John 17:1-8
Kept V John 17:9-19
One Body V John 17:20-26

Elaine's Library

To Live in Joy
Introduction
Ch 1: Small Illusions vs. Gigantic Joy John 15:1-14
Ch 2: Where It All Begins 1 John 4:16-19
Ch 3: Joy in Believing Nehemiah 8:10
Ch 4: Joy in Loving 1 John 4:11-12
Ch 5: Joy in Hope 2 Corinthians 2:14
Ch 6: The Joy Way 2 Corinthians 8:2-5

A Woman's Worth
Preface Various
Ch 1: Identity Crisis Various
Ch 2: Whose Image? Psalms 100:3
Ch 3: So What Is Human? Various
Ch 4: Creative Sexuality Romans 11:36-12:3
Ch 5: Creative Equality 2 Corinthians 10:12
Ch 6: Contested Equality Various
Ch 7: The Dignity of Servanthood Various
Ch 8: The Female Mode Various
Ch 9: Woman in Eden (Part 1) Various
Ch 10: Woman in Eden (Part 2) Various
Ch 11: God's Survival Plan Various
Ch 12: Woman in the Law Various
Ch 13: Woman in the New Testament Various
Ch 14: The Parable of Motherhood Various
Ch 15: A Letter Addressed to Men Various

Single Messages
A Woman's Identity Various

The Life of Christ
The Temptation of Christ V Matthew 4:1-11
The Transfiguration of Christ V Mark 9:2-8
The Crucifixion of Christ V Philippians 2:5-11
The Resurrection of Christ V Luke 24:1-9
The Ascension of Christ V Acts 1:8-11
The Return of Christ V John 14:1-3

Conference Messages

The Basics: Ephesians
All Spiritual Blessings V Ephesians 1-2
Hope, Riches and Power V Ephesians 1:15-23
The Human Dilemma V Ephesians 2:1-3
But God... V Ephesians 2:4-7
We Are His Workmanship V Ephesians 2:8-10
Open Forum V Ephesians

Learning the God-Designed Life
Journeying with Contentment V Philippians 4:11-13
Habits of the Heart V Philippians 4:3-13
Prayer with an Awesome God V Matthew 6:9-13
Intimacy with an Awesome High Priest V Hebrews 2:17-18

Abundant Living
When the Books Are Opened V Psalm 19:1-6
God’s Will, Power and Purpose V Colossians 1:1-14
Master of the Universe V Colossians 1:15-18
Head of the Church V Colossians 1:19-23
The Great Mystery V Colossians 1:24-29
The Abounding Life V Colossians 2:1-10
Beware V Colossians 2:10-23

Growing Up to Contentment
Content in the Validated Life V 1 Corinthians 6:19-20
Content in Self-forgetful Serving V 2 Corinthians 8:1-5
Holy Discontent: a World-View V Matthew 25:35-40

Characters in Scripture
Finding Life's Best V 1 Chronicles 4:9-10
The Man Who Died Twice V John 11:11-16
Daring Daughters V Numbers 27:1-11
When God Does Nothing V 1 Kings 19:1-18
Enoch V Genesis 5:21-24
The Bludgeonings of Chance V Luke 23:26