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Advice for Couples
Larry Wall on Marriage
Larry Wall's Marriage Talk
Arguing with God
Anxiety - God's Antidote
Atonement theories
Becoming a Christian
Believer Baptism
Blessing Others
Characteristics of God
Communion, intended or not
Confession
Consequences, intended or not
Faith & Works
Faith is a Gift
Forgiveness & Beyond
Freedom in Christ
Gender Theology
God's Trust is Conditional
Guilt, Shame, & Bad Habits
Holy Anger on the Streets
Holy Envy & Discontent
Injustice
Invitation to Faith
Joy in Heaven
Kingdom Politics
Learning to Pray
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
Re-imagining Worship Music Time
Resolving an Offense
Satan and Demons
Skeptics of the historical Jesus
Stop Trying to Love God
Soul, what is it?
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
2026-08-16 A Proper 15
2026-08-23 A Proper 16
Year A
Year B
Year C
SEASONAL MEDITATIONS
Advent Meditations
Christmas meditations
Epiphany meditations
Lent meditations
Holy Week meditations
Easter meditations
Ordinary Time meditations
Transforming Partnerships
Preaching
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
Ecology
Climate Change
Economics
AI Meets the Christian Worldview
Fiscal Cliff in Perspective
Unbalanced Wealth
Elections
2024 U.S. Election
Politics & Religion
Iran War: I'm with the Pope
Orthocardia
White Christian Nationalism
Christian Politics
Politics: The Way of Jesus
Second Amendment
Firearm Keys & Liability
Firearms Insurance
Fix the Filibuster
Healthcare Battle
Immigrants & Refugees
God's Antidote for Existential Threats
Personal Finance
Investments
Asset Allocation Basics
Efficient Frontier
Human v Financial Capital
Portfolio Expectations
Rebalancing w/ a Spreadsheet
Financial Rules-of-Thumb
Mutual Fund Distributions & Taxation
Portfolio Evaluation
Benchmark Details
Portfolio Leaks
The 10 Most Important Financial Decisions Ever
The Case for Index Funds
Yogi Berra on Investing
Charity
Tax-smart Donations
Local Church Donations
Ordinary Income & Expense
Credit Card Minimum Payments
Financial Dashboards
Retirement
Delay Social Security? ... revised
Downsizing Basics
Downsizing Followup
Home Sale Math
Power of Attorney
Retirement Funding
Tax-smart Giving
Resources/Links
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