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2025 Going Further

DATE OF STUDY	NOTES	ViIDEOS
2/5/2025	Why Do We Need the Black Church	Why Do We Need the Black Church
2/12/2025	How Do I Get Past Disappointments, Pt. 1	How Do I Get Past Disappointments, Pt. 1
2/19/2025	How Do I Get Past Disappointments, Pt. 2	How Do I Get Past Disappointments, Pt. 2
2/26/2025	How Do I Handle Human Applause	How Do I Handle Human Applause
3/5/25	What Happens When God Does Something New	What Happens When God Does Something New
3/12/25	How Do I Know When It’s Time to Move On	How Do I Know When It’s Time to Move On
3/19/25	How Do I Handle God’s Redirection	How Do I Handle God’s Redirection
4/2/25	What Happens When My Kindness Causes Controversy	What Happens When My Kindness Causes Controversy
4/9/25	Why Am I Not Growing	Why Am I Not Growing
4/16/25	Who Am I Listening To	Who Am I Listening To
4/23/25	How Do I Serve Outside the Sanctuary	How Do I Serve Outside the Sanctuary
4/30/25	How Do I Grow My Gifts	How Do I Grow My Gifts
8/6/2025	Before I Let Go	Before I Let Go
8/13/25	Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now	Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now
8/20/25	Say My Name	Say My Name
8/27/25	What’s Going On?	What’s Going On?
9/3/25	Can We Talk?	Can We Talk?
9/10/25	Love Under New Management	Love Under New Management
9/17/25	Backstabbers	Backstabbers
9/24/25	Heard It All Before	Heard It All Before
10/01/25	Waiting to Exhale	Waiting to Exhale
10/08/25	If Only You Knew	If Only You Knew
10/15/25	Sail On	Sail On
10/22/25	Survivor	Survivor
10/29/25	We’ve Only Just Begun	We’ve Only Just Begun

2024 Grounded Conversations

DATE OF STUDY	NOTES/QUESTIONS	VIDEOS
2/4/24	Week 1 Questions	2/4/24 Sermon – Who Is God?
2/7/24	Is God a Misogynist?	Is God a Misogynist?
2/11/24	Week 2 Questions	2/11/24 Sermon – What Is the Bible?
2/14/24	Can I Really Trust the Bible?	Can I Really Trust the Bible?
2/18/24	Week 3 Questions
2/21/24	What Is the Gospel?	What Is The Gospel?
2/25/24	Week 4 Questions	2/25/24 Sermon – What Is the Gospel? & How Do I Know I’m Saved?
2/28/24	Assurance of Salvation	How Do I Know I’m Saved?
3/3/24	Week 5 Questions	3/3/24 Sermon – Why Do I Need a Church?
3/6/24	Why Are Christians so Hypocritical? Understanding God’s People.	Why Are Christians so Hypocritical?
3/10/24	Week 6 Questions
3/13/24	Can I Be Rebaptized?	Can I Be Rebaptized?
3/17/24	Week 7 Questions	What Is Baptism? and What Is the Lord’s Supper?
3/24/24	Week 8 Questions	How Do I Pray?
3/27/24	Making Sense of God’s Trinity	Making Sense of God’s Trinity
3/31/24	Week 9 Questions	How Do I Share My Faith?
4/3/24	Sharing My Faith	Sharing My Faith
4/7/24	Week 10 Questions	How Do I Treat People?
4/10/24	Can Christians Be Wealthy?	Can Christians Be Wealthy?
4/14/24	Week 11 Questions	What’s My Best Self?
4/17/24	Aren’t Christians Basically Good?	Aren’t Christians Basically Good?
4/21/24	Week 12 Questions	What Happens When I Mess Up?
4/24/24	What About People Who Haven’t Heard the Gospel?	What About People Who Haven’t Heard the Gospel?
4/28/24	Week 13 Questions	What’s Next?
5/1/24	Who Got the Body?	Who Got The Body?
8/7/24	Is God Bipolar?	Is God Bipolar?
8/14/24	Does God Hate Gay People?	Does God Hate Gay People?
8/21/24	Does God Change His Mind?	Does God Change His Mind?
8/28/24	Does God Turn His Back on Suffering?	Does God Turn His Back on Suffering?
9/4/24	Would God Condemn People to Hell?	Would God Condemn People to Hell?
9/11/24	What Does The Bible Say About Angels?	What Does The Bible Say About Angels?
9/18/24	Does The Bible Condone Slavery?	Does The Bible Condone Slavery?
9/25/24	Can Women Be Preachers?	Can Women Be Preachers?
10/2/24	Why Does God Allow Preachers to Profit Off His Name?	Why Does God Allow Preachers to Profit Off His Name?
10/9/24	Is Jesus the Only Way?	Is Jesus the Only Way?
10/23/24	Why Should I Believe the Bible More Than Science?	Why Should I Believe the Bible More Than Science?

2023 Notes

DATE OF STUDY	NOTES	YouTube Video
1/11/2023		Lift Higher through Leadership
1/18/2023	LiftHigher through Creativity	Lift Higher through Creativity
1/25/2023	Lift Higher through Legacy	Lift Higher through Legacy
2/1/2023	Better: The God Who Speaks	Better: The God Who Speaks
2/8/2023	Better: Name Dropping	Better: Name Dropping
2/15/2023	Better: Don’t Raise Your Anchor	Better: Don’t Raise Your Anchor
2/22/2023	Better: Hello, It’s Me	Better: Hello, It’s Me
3/1/23	Better: Who Can I Run To?	Better: Who Can I Run To?
3/8/23	Better: Learning from the Past	Better: Learning from the Past
3/15/23	Better: Yearning for the Future	Better: Yearning for the Future
3/29/23	Better: Exposed	Better Exposed
4/5/23	Better: Forever, Ever	Better: Forever, Ever
4/12/23	Better: We Have to Go Over This Again?	Better: We Have to Go Over This Again?
4/19/23	Better: When Experience Ain’t Enough	Better: When Experience Ain’t Enough
4/26/23	Better: A Hope That’s Guaranteed	Better: A Hope That’s Guaranteed
8/2/23	Better: A Strange Biography	Better: A Strange Biography
8/9/23	Better: In the Loins	Better: In the Loins
8/16/23	Better: A Different Order Priest	Better: A Different Order Priest
8/23/23	Better: Permanent Tenure	Better: Permanent Tenure
8/30/23	Better: Out With the Old, In With the New	Better: Out With the Old, In With the New
9/6/23	Better: Good, Better, Best	Better: Good, Better, Best
9/13/23	Better: A Better Sanctuary	Better: A Better Sanctuary
9/20/23	Better: The Last Sacrifice – One and Done	Better: The Last Sacrifice – One and Done
9/27/23	Better: Faith Requires Action	Better: Faith Requires Action
10/4/23	Better: The Judgment of Sin	Better: The Judgment of Sin
10/11/23	Better: School of Hard Knocks	Better: School of Hard Knocks
10/18/23	Better: The Hall of Faith	Better: The Hall of Faith
10/25/23	Better: Running a Fixed Race	Better: Running a Fixed Race
11/1/23	Better: A Tale of Two Mountains	Better: A Tale of Two Mountains
11/8/23	Better: The Voice	Better: The Voice
11/15/23	Better: Faith in Action	Better: Faith in Action