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| 10/16/11 | Do I Have to Be a Nice Person if I'm a Christian? /  |
| 10/02/11 | Is There Anything Good about Suffering? / |
| 09/11/11 | Does Prayer Really Work? / |
| 08/28/11 | Is Heaven Real? / |
| 08/21/11 | Is Healing Just a Hoax? / |
| 08/14/11 | Hasn't the Church Always Marginalized Women? / |
| 08/07/11 | Why Should I Be a Christian Today? / |
| 07/24/11 | Do We Need to Be Saved? / |
| 07/17/11 | Is Jesus the Son of God? / |
| 06/26/11 | Interview / |
| 06/12/11 | Sabbath Summer / |
| 06/05/11 | Where Is Jesus? / |
| 05/29/11 | The Spirit of One / |
| 05/08/11 | More Than a Story / |
| 04/17/11 | What Kind of Courage? / |
| 04/10/11 | Time to Come Out / |
| 04/03/11 | What Are We Afraid to See? / |
| 03/27/11 | Finding Life on the Journey / |
| 03/20/11 | Standing Up to Temptation / |
| 03/13/11 | The Journey Home / |
| 03/06/11 | The Cloud of Unknowing / |
| 02/27/11 | Beachfront Property / |
| 02/20/11 | Stages of Faith (part 7) / |
| 02/13/11 | Stages of Faith (part 6) / |
| 02/06/11 | Stages of Faith (part 5) / |
| 01/30/11 | Stages of Faith (part 4) / |
| 01/23/11 | Stages of Faith (part 3) / |
| 01/16/11 | Stages of Faith (part 2) / |
| 01/09/11 | Stages of Faith (part 1) / |
| 12/19/10 | The Jesus, Gandhi and King Connection / |
| 12/12/10 | The Gospel of Thomas (The Gospel in India) / |
| 12/05/10 | Buddhism and Christian Faith / |
| 11/14/10 | The Church Reborn / |
| 11/07/10 | The Church Reborn / |
| 10/31/10 | Shalom Is a Process / |
| 10/24/10 | When All is Said and Done / |
| 10/17/10 | Jacob / |
| 10/10/10 | Who Will Make the Difference? / |
| 10/03/10 | Is It True? / |
| 09/26/10 | The Promise Behind the Promise / |
| 08/29/10 | God's image and name / |
| 08/22/10 | What Do You Mean by 'Word of God'? / |
| 08/15/10 | Does Prayer Work? / |
| 08/08/10 | Diversity Then and Now / |
| 08/01/10 | Is There Meaning in Suffering? / |
| 07/25/10 | Mary or Martha? Luke 15 / |
| 07/11/10 | Three Stories of Jesus from Luke 15 / |
| 07/04/10 | Do Justice, Love Tenderly and Walk Humbly with God / |
| 06/27/10 | What can I do to build a life worth living? / |
| 06/20/10 | Who's In and Who's Out at Church? / |
| 06/13/10 | How to Have a Real Party! / |
| 06/06/10 | Deficit Thinking or Abundant Living / |
| 05/30/10 | Whose Pain Is It? / |
| 05/23/10 | The Realm of Possibility / |
| 05/16/10 | Another Look at Pentecost / |
| 05/09/10 | How Important Is Church? / |
| 05/02/10 | The Promises of Revelation / |
| 04/25/10 | Resurrection / |
| 04/18/10 | Compassion as Symbolic Action / |
| 04/11/10 | Getting the Word / |
| 04/04/10 | Not Out of the Woods Yet: Responding to an Empty Tomb / |
| 03/28/10 | The Bulls Eye / |
| 03/21/10 | Into the Woods / |
| 03/14/10 | Celtic Spirituality / |
| 03/07/10 | A Good Value / |
| 02/28/10 | Finishing the Work / |
| 02/14/10 | The Future / |
| 01/31/10 | Love / |
| 01/24/10 | Grief / |
| 01/17/10 | Changing Water Into Wine / |
| 01/10/10 | Epiphany Sunday / |
| 01/03/10 | All People are Children of God / |
| 12/20/09 | Mary's Magnificat / |
| 12/13/09 | Peace / |
| 12/06/09 | The Plane of Salvation / |
| 11/29/09 | Where Is Our Salvation? / |
| 11/22/09 | Can We Still Say Kingdom? / |
| 11/15/09 | Making Sense of Sin and Sacrifice (Part II) / |
| 11/08/09 | Making Sense of Sin and Sacrifice (Part I) / |
| 11/01/09 | The Raising of Lazarus / |
| 10/25/09 | What Do You Want: Is It Worth Wanting? / |
| 10/18/09 | What Do You Want: Is It Worth Wanting? / |
| 10/11/09 | Ask Jack Series: Is God unchanging? / |
| 09/20/09 | Ask Jack Series: What is prayer and how do we do it? / |
| 09/13/09 | Ask Jack Series: How do we bring the Kingdom of God to earth if we don't know what that looks like and how to do it? / |
| 08/30/09 | Ask Jack Series: Who am I? What is my purpose? Am I a victim of life? / |
| 08/23/09 | Ask Jack Series: Is It Ever Okay to Kill Someone? / |
| 08/16/09 | Ask Jack Series: Is It Okay to Fail? / |
| 08/09/09 | Ask Jack Series: Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People? / |
| 08/02/09 | Ask Jack Series: Why is Confession Good for the Soul? / |
| 07/26/09 | Ask Jack Series: Lyrics for Our Worship Songs / |
| 07/19/09 | Ask Jack Series: What are all the layers of meaning you know for the story of the Prodigal Son? / |
| 07/12/09 | Ask Jack Series: Jesus' titles 'Son of man' and 'Son of God,' what they mean, what the difference between them is, and does that difference matter / |
| 07/05/09 | Ask Jack Series: Why so many Christians actually favor the use of torture to ensure national security / |
| 06/28/09 | Ask Jack Series: Midnight in the Garden of Eden / |
| 06/21/09 | Friedman's Fables: Jean and Jane / |
| 06/14/09 | Friedman's Fables: Attachment / |
| 06/07/09 | Friedman's Fables: Metamorphosis / |
| 05/31/09 | Friedman's Fables: Net Result / |
| 05/24/09 | Friedman's Fables: Soaring / |
| 05/17/09 | Friedman's Fables: Power of Belief / |
| 05/03/09 | Friedman's Fables: A Nervous Condition / |
| 04/26/09 | Friedman's Fables: The Bridge / |
| 04/05/09 | Holy Week: Holy Saturday / |
| 03/29/09 | Holy Week: Good Friday (cont.) / |
| 03/22/09 | Holy Week: Good Friday / |
| 03/15/09 | Holy Week: Maundy Thursday / |
| 03/08/09 | Holy Week: Wednesday / |
| 03/01/09 | Holy Week: Tuesday / |
| 02/22/09 | Holy Week: Monday / |
| 02/15/09 | Holy Week: Palm Sunday / |
| 09/28/08 | What Does the Bible Teach Us on Foreign Policy / |
| 08/24/08 | Living the Questions-Embracing Mystery (discussion of video presentation) / |
| 08/17/08 | Living the Questions-Creative Transformation (discussion of video presentation) / |
| 08/10/08 | Living the Questions-Compassion, the heart of Jesus' Ministry (discussion of video presentation) / |
| 08/03/08 | World Religions-Hinduism / |
| 05/18/08 | World Religions - Hinduism and Buddhism / |
| 05/11/08 | Living the Questions - discussion of video presentation / |
| 05/04/08 | Living the Questions - discussion of video presentation / |
| 04/20/08 | World Religions - Judaism (guest speaker) / |
| 04/13/08 | World Religions - Judaism (introduction) / |
| 03/23/08 | Living the Questions - discussion of video presentation / |
| 03/16/08 | World Religions - Judaism (guest speaker) / |
| 03/09/08 | Living the Questions - discussion of video presentation / |
| 03/02/08 | Living the Questions - discussion of video presentation / |
| 02/24/08 | World Religions - Islam (guest speaker) / |
| 02/10/08 | World Religions - Islam (introduction) / |
| 02/03/08 | Living the Questions - discussion of video presentation / |
| 01/27/08 | Living the Questions - discussion of video presentation / |
