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2001

December 30
Sunday Night Alive

Rev. Matthew J. Hook

What If Christmas Never Happened?

December 30
Morning Services

Dr. William A. Ritter

Two Nights in December: A Pair of Epiphanies on Crystal Lake

December 24
Christmas Eve

Dr. William A. Ritter

Is Your Home Childproof?

December 23
All Services

Dr. William A. Ritter

Let's Pretend

December 16
All Services

Dr. William A. Ritter

And the Angel Said to Harry Potter

December 9
Sunday Night Alive

Taek Kim

Preparing for Christ's Coming

December 9
Morning Services

Dr. William A. Ritter

Throw the Book at Her

December 2
Evening Services

Rev. Matthew J. Hook

The Unbridled Terror of Christmas

December 2
All Services

Dr. William A. Ritter

It's About Time

November 25
Evening Services

Rev. Matthew J. Hook

What's Faith Got to Do With It?

November 25
Morning Services

Dr. Carl Price

Courage at 3:00 a.m.

November 18
All Services

Dr. William A. Ritter

A Time for Penance and a Time for Partridge

November 11
All Services

Dr. William A. Ritter

An "All Things Possible" God in an "As Is" World

November 4
Sunday Night Alive

Rev. Matthew J. Hook

A Bridge to a Banquet

November 4
Morning Services

Dr. William A. Ritter

One Hundred Fifty Three and Counting

October 28 
All Services

Dr. William A. Ritter

Hook, Line and Sinker

October 21 
All Services

Dr. William A. Ritter

Go Fish

October 14 
Sunday Night Alive

Rev. Matthew J. Hook

Going Deep, Part IV: The Bucket Brigade

October 14 
Morning Services

Dr. William A. Ritter

Bowling Alone, Praying Together

October 7 
Sunday Night Alive

Rev. Matthew J. Hook

Going Deep, Part III: Asking the Right Question

October 7 
Morning Services

Dr. William A. Ritter

What If?

September 30 
Sunday Night Alive

Rev. Matthew J. Hook

Going Deep, Part II: The Methodist Insult

September 30 
Morning Services

Rev. Rodney F. Quainton

Oh Please, Father Abraham

September 23 
Sunday Night Alive

Rev. Matthew J. Hook

Going Deep, Part 1: The Call and the Craving

September 23 
Morning Services

Dr. William A. Ritter

Open Sesame

September 16 
All Services

Dr. William A. Ritter

I Believe in the Final Triumph of Righteousness

September 9 
All Services

Dr. William A. Ritter

On Storing Up Nuts for the Winter

September 2
Morning Services

Dr. Richard Cheatham

Let It Go

August 26
Sunday Night Alive

Rev. Matthew J. Hook

You Gotta Serve Somebody

August 26
Morning Services

Rev. Lisa McIlvenna

All Bent Out of Shape

August 19
Sunday Night Alive

Taek Kim

Purposeful Prayer

August 19
Morning Services

Dr. William A. Ritter

The Advocate:  A Biblical Brief for Sparing the Lives of the Lawyers

August 12
All Services

Dr. William A. Ritter

Contradicting the Burger King Mentality

August 5
All Services

Dr. William A. Ritter

Theme and Variations on The Weakest Link

July 29
Sunday Night Alive

Rev. Matthew J. Hook

Pottery 101

July 29
Morning Services

Rev. Rodney Quainton

Doctrine, Dogma, Screeds and Creeds

July 22
Sunday Night Alive

Jeremy Africa

Answering a Call from God While on a Coffee Break

July 22
Morning Services

Dr. William A. Ritter

Remembering Wilbur

July 15
All Services

Dr. William A. Ritter

You Can Teach an Old Dog New Tricks

July 8
Sunday Night Alive

Rev. Matthew J. Hook

The Prayer of Jabez, Part II: Selfish Prayers

July 8
Morning Services
and
July 1
Sunday Night Alive

Rev. Matthew J. Hook

The Prayer of Jabez, Part I:
What Could Be Worse Than Hortence Waffle?

July 1
Morning Services

Dr. Carl Price

Celebrating Creation
(Text not available)

June 24
All Services

Dr. William A. Ritter

Bless the Roadkill

June 17
Sunday Night Alive

Rev. Matthew J. Hook

I Guess It Just Runs in Our Family

June 17
Morning Services

Dr. William A. Ritter

R.S.V.P.

June 10
All Services

Dr. William A. Ritter

First, Do No Harm

June 3
All Services

Dr. William A. Ritter

On Stopping the Service to Raise the Dead

May 27
Sunday Night Alive

Rev. Matthew J. Hook

Building in the Wrong Place at the Wrong Time
(Text not available)

May 27
Morning Services

Dr. Richard Cheatham

Echoes From the Past

May 20
Morning Services

Dr. William A. Ritter

Now

May 13
All Services

Dr. William A. Ritter

What Do We Owe Our Children: Part II

May 6
All Services

Dr. William A. Ritter

Not All of This is Me

April 29
Sunday Night Alive

Rev. Matthew J. Hook

A Millionaire in Poverty

April 29
Morning Services

Rev. Lisa McIlvenna

Beyond Good Intentions
(Text not available)

April 22
All Services

Rev. Rodney Quainton

Signs of the Time, Time of the Signs

April 15
Easter Sunday
Sunday Night Alive

Rev. Matthew J. Hook

Eternal Life Made Real

April 15
Easter Sunday
Morning Services

Dr. William A. Ritter

He's Back

April 15
Easter Sunday
Sunrise Service

Dr. Carl Price

When a World Falls Apart

April 13
Good Friday

Dr. William A. Ritter

O Do Remember Me

April 12
Maundy Thursday

Dr. William A. Ritter

The Piece of Furniture That Separates Us From the Barbarians

April 8
Palm Sunday
All services

Dr. William A. Ritter

Fax to Florist: Palms for 144,000

April 1
Sunday Night Alive

Rev. Matthew J. Hook

Forgiveness II: The Skeleton at the Feast

April 1
Morning Services

Dr. William A. Ritter

On a Willingness to Die for Jesus

March 25
Sunday Night Alive

Rev. Matthew J. Hook

Forgiveness I: Free Isn't Cheap

March 25
Morning Services

Rev. Susan Pendleton Jones

It`s Time to Rejoice
(Text not available)

March 18
All Services

Dr. William A. Ritter

Meeting the Lord in the Dining Room: The Protocol

March 11
All Services

Dr. William A. Ritter

Meeting the Lord in the Dining Room: The Menu

March 4
All Services

Dr. John Claypool

The Gift of Forgiveness
(Text not available)

March 2-3
Lecture series

Dr. John Claypool

Avenues to Hopefulness
What Can We Expect of God
Hope and the Life to Come
(Text not available)

February 28
Ash Wednesday

Dr. William A. Ritter

On Having a Good Lent

February 25
Sunday Night Alive

Rev. Matthew J. Hook

Identity Crisis
(Text not available)

February 25
Morning Services

Dr. Carl Price

When Living Is Close

February 18
All Services

Dr. William A. Ritter

On Meeting the Lord in the Dining Room: The Guest List

February 11
All Services

Dr. William A. Ritter

Tied to be Fit

February 4
Sunday Night Alive

Rev. Matthew J. Hook

Attitudes and Armies

February 4
Morning Services

Dr. William A. Ritter

The All-But-Forgotten Part of the Scout Law

January 28
Sunday Night Alive

Dr. William A. Ritter

On Playing to Win

January 28
Laity Sunday
Morning Services

Eleanor Chambliss

A Confident Faith for an Unknown Future

January 21
All Services

Dr. William A. Ritter

Some Men Can Sleep Through Anything

January 14
Sunday Night Alive

Rev. Lisa McIlvenna

A Simple Case of Mind Over Matter
(Text not available)

January 14
Morning Services

Dr. William A. Ritter

Unrepentant Confessions of a World-Weary Sixties Liberal

January 7
Sunday Night Alive

Rev. Matthew J. Hook

Starting with a Clean Slate

January 7
Morning Services

Dr. William A. Ritter

Beware the New Broom



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