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Rev. Tim Lien
222 sermons.
| Sermon Title | Sermon Reference | Sermon Date |
|---|---|---|
| One Requirement | Matthew 5:48 | January 29, 2012 |
| Jesus, Friend of Terrorist | Matthew 5:43-47 | January 22, 2012 |
| Dead to Rights | Matthew 5:38-42 | January 15, 2012 |
| And Nothing But the Truth | Matthew 5:33-37 | January 8, 2012 |
| Picture and Practice | Matthew 5:31-32 | January 1, 2012 |
| Particle God | John 1:1-5 | December 25, 2011 |
| Fulfilling His Word | Matthew 2:13-23 | December 18, 2011 |
| Dull or Delight? (Just a List of Names?) | Matthew 1:1-17 | November 27, 2011 |
| A Lusty Roar for More | Matthew 5:27-30 | November 20, 2011 |
| Making the Green One Red | Matthew 5:21-26 | November 13, 2011 |
| Written, Writ, and Wrought | Matthew 5:17-20 | October 30, 2011 |
| Salt Life, Lights All (Part II) | Matthew 5:13-16 | October 23, 2011 |
| Salt Life, Lights All | Matthew 5:13-16 | October 9, 2011 |
| City within a City | Matthew 2:1-11 | October 2, 2011 |
| Kingdom | Matthew 4:12-25 | September 25, 2011 |
| A Twining Pleasure | Matthew 3:13-17 | September 11, 2011 |
| Crossward Re-Repentance | Matthew 3:1-12 | September 4, 2011 |
| Who Is this Jesus? (Introduction to Matthew's Gospel) | Matthew 8:26b-27; Luke 7:49; Matthew 21:10; Matthew 26:63; Matthew 27:11 | August 28, 2011 |
| But If (The Goodness of both Blessing and Cursing) | Leviticus 26:3-13; 14-16a; 40-42 | August 21, 2011 |
| Economic Justice Via Jubilation | Leviticus 25:1-17 | August 14, 2011 |
| Time, Compressed | Leviticus 23:23-44 | August 7, 2011 |
| A Calling, Not a Job | Leviticus 23:9-22 | July 31, 2011 |
| A Festivus for the Rest of Us | Leviticus 23:4-8 | July 3, 2011 |
| The Power of a Perennial Party | Leviticus 23:4-8 | June 26, 2011 |
| The Feast of Cease | Leviticus 23:1-3 | June 19, 2011 |
| Super Priest | Leviticus 21:16-24 | May 22, 2011 |
| Marital Bliss and Blisters | Leviticus 21:1a; 7-8; 13-15 | May 15, 2011 |
| Now My Eye Sees You | Job 38:25-38; Mark 4:35-41; Luke 13:1-5 | May 1, 2011 |
| Knee-Bender | Matthew 28:16-20 | April 24, 2011 |
| Can't Do, I Do, Will Do: Priestly Death and Marriage | Leviticus 21:1-15 | April 10, 2011 |
| How Wonderful Is Your Law O Lord | Leviticus 19:19-37 | March 27, 2011 |
| What God's Law Will Do to God's People | Leviticus 19: 1-8 | March 13, 2011 |
| Intimacy for God's People | Leviticus 18: 1-5, 24-30 | March 6, 2011 |
| Big Kahunas, Head Honchos, and Grand Poobahs | 1 Timothy 3:1-13 | February 27, 2011 |
| Blood Will Tell | Leviticus 17 | February 20, 2011 |
| One Fine Day | Leviticus 16 | February 13, 2011 |
| Body Business and a Holy God | Leviticus 15:1-15; 31 | February 6, 2011 |
| Habitats for Humanity, Domiciles for Divinity | Leviticus 14:33-53 | January 30, 2011 |
| Beyond Cure: A Thorough Restoration | Leviticus 14:1-20 | January 23, 2011 |
| The Plague of Plagues | Leviticus 13:1-8; 38-46 | January 9, 2011 |
| King of the Jews | Matthew 2:1-12 | January 2, 2011 |
| Immanuel | Matthew 1:18-25 | December 26, 2010 |
| An Uncompromising Mediation | Hebrews 4:14-16; Hebrews 5:1-7 | December 19, 2010 |
| More than Just a Break | Hebrews 4:9-10 | December 5, 2010 |
| The Reveal | Hebrews 1:1-3a; John 1:14-18 | November 28, 2010 |
| The Divine Property Rights to Blood | Leviticus 12 | November 21, 2010 |
| Longing to Fit In | Leviticus 11:20; 12:1-2a; 13:1-3a; 14:33-35; 15:1-2 | November 7, 2010 |
| On Fire with Strange Fire | Leviticus 10 | October 31, 2010 |
| How Can Priest-led Rituals Ever Be Authentic Worship? | Leviticus 9 | October 24, 2010 |
| A Living, Breathing, World-Changing Authority | Leviticus 8:22-36 | October 10, 2010 |
| Poor Priest! This Am I Drest | Leviticus 8:1-21 | October 3, 2010 |
| Solomon's Temple and a Giant Cross | 1 Kings 8:6, 9-11 | September 26, 2010 |
| The Possibility of Present Purity while Sin Lingers | Leviticus 4:1-12 | September 19, 2010 |
| Relationship Status: It's Complicated | Leviticus 2 | September 5, 2010 |
| Up in Smoke | Leviticus 1:1-17 | August 29, 2010 |
| The Curiously Strong Case for the Immediate Relevancy of Leviticus | Leviticus 1:1-2a | August 22, 2010 |
| Our King: Not Available in Cuddly Plush-Toy | Psalm 2 | August 8, 2010 |
| The Favor-ites (of God) | Psalm 1 | August 1, 2010 |
| To Sum It All Up | Galatians 6:11-18 | July 18, 2010 |
| The Glory of God in Filthy Lucre | Galatians 6:6-10 | June 27, 2010 |
| The Producers, Act II | Galatians 5:16-26 | June 13, 2010 |
| Prison for One, Please: Individual Liberties | Galatians 5:13-15 | May 30, 2010 |
| Of Nettles and Zingers: Offensive Christianity | Galatians 5:7-12 | May 23, 2010 |
| Right on Pace | Galatians 5:[1-6] 7-12 | May 16, 2010 |
| Good for Nothing | Galatians 5:1-6 | May 9, 2010 |
| With My Own Two Hands and Without a Promise | Galatians 4:21-31 | May 2, 2010 |
| Prescriptive Professionals and a Pastor | Galatians 4:8-20 | April 18, 2010 |
| If I'm an Heir, Show Me Some Money | Galatians 4:1-7 | April 11, 2010 |
| 7 Mile Jesus | Luke 24:13-27 | April 4, 2010 |
| Promise and Participation | Galatians 3:15-29 | March 21, 2010 |
| How Sweet and Offal | Galatians 3:10-14 | March 14, 2010 |
| Gospel, Old School | Galatians 3:1-9 | March 7, 2010 |
| A Real Rebuke for a Real Christian | Galatians 2:11-14 | February 14, 2010 |
| Different Uniforms Very Much The Same | Galatians 2:1-10 | February 7, 2010 |
| Not From Man | Galatians 1:11-24 | January 31, 2010 |
| Beginning Galatians: The End of the Gospel | Galatians 1:1-5 | January 24, 2010 |
| What a Pastor Thinks About | I Corinthians 16 | January 10, 2010 |
| Submission Holds | Luke 2:41-52 | January 3, 2010 |
| Live and in Person | Luke 2:22-38 | December 27, 2009 |
| Destiny's Child | Luke 1:68-79 | December 20, 2009 |
| Let It Be to Me | Luke 1:26-38 | December 13, 2009 |
| Body 2.0 | I Corinthians 15:35-49 | November 15, 2009 |
| Baptism for the Dead, Resurrection in Your Head | I Corinthians 15:29-34 | November 8, 2009 |
| An Office Closing and a Grand Re-Opening | I Corinthians 15:20-28 | November 1, 2009 |
| Future Success: No Other Gospel | Galatians 1:6-10 | October 18, 2009 |
| Money Talks: Beyond Words | II Corinthians 9:1-15 | October 11, 2009 |
| The Apostle Paul Shamelessly Asks for Money | II Corinthians 8:1-15 | October 4, 2009 |
| You May Have the Keys, but You Don't Have the Title | Genesis 1:26-31 | September 27, 2009 |
| An Ancient Future | Deuteronomy 8 | September 20, 2009 |
| Any Given Sunday | 1 Corinthians 14:26-40 | September 6, 2009 |
| This Modern Love | 1 Corinthians 13 | August 23, 2009 |
| A God Who Knows What He Is Doing | 1 Corinthians 12:11-31 | August 16, 2009 |
| Charismata Sonata | 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 | August 9, 2009 |
| Trinitarian Testosterone and Estrogen, Part II | 1 Corinthians 11:2-16 | July 26, 2009 |
| Trinitarian Testosterone and Estrogen, Part I | 1 Corinthians 11:2-16 | July 19, 2009 |
| Grey is the New Glorious | 1 Corinthians 10:23-33; 11:1 | July 12, 2009 |
| When Eating Is Similar to Sex | 1 Corinthians 10: 14-22 | July 5, 2009 |
| Nothing Sacred but Right Rites and Types | 1 Corinthians 10:1-22 | June 21, 2009 |
| Chameleon Christianity: Wildly Regimented Camouflage | 1 Corinthians 9:15-27 | June 14, 2009 |
| Employees of the Gospel | 1 Corinthians 9:1-14 | June 7, 2009 |
| Christian Liberty for Wimps and Prigs, Part II | 1 Corinthians 8 | May 31, 2009 |
| "Christian Liberty for Wimps and Prigs, Part I" | I Corinthians 8 | May 24, 2009 |
| Singled Out, Marred and Married | 1 Corinthians 7:25-40 | May 17, 2009 |
| Let’s Get Physical: A Case for Christian Marriage | 1 Corinthians 7:1-16 | April 26, 2009 |
| Lord of the Pants | 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 | April 19, 2009 |
| On My Own | Psalm 16 | April 12, 2009 |
| Christian v. Christian: Pursuing Personal Rights among the People of God | 1 Corinthians 6:1-11 | March 29, 2009 |
| Displays and Power | 1 Corinthians 4:8-20 | March 15, 2009 |
| Rankers, Haters, Gospel Killers | 1 Corinthians 4:1-7 | March 8, 2009 |
| A Regular Family Meal | Matthew 26:26-29 | February 22, 2009 |
| But -- Insert-Current-Favorite -- Says | 1 Corinthians 3 | February 15, 2009 |
| Spiritual Superiority | 1 Corinthians 2:1-16 | February 8, 2009 |
| The Call You Cannot Ignore or Send to Voicemail | 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 | February 1, 2009 |
| Image Is Everything | 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 | January 25, 2009 |
| A Disgusting and Christian Church | 1 Corinthians 1:1-3 | January 4, 2009 |
| Bless the Lord, Oh My Blasé Soul | Psalm 103:1-14 | December 28, 2008 |
| From the Top, Mary | Luke 1:46-55 | December 21, 2008 |
| Tell Me More Stories about Food | Isaiah 61:1-11 | December 14, 2008 |
| A Reintroduction: Clay, Potter | Isaiah 64:1-9 | November 30, 2008 |
| A Personal Invitation to Die | Matthew 16:24-28 John 12:20-26 | November 23, 2008 |
| Return Policies | Hosea 14 | November 9, 2008 |
| Dancing on Gravestones | Hosea 13:12-16 | November 2, 2008 |
| Puny Messiahs, Fake Christs, and a Genuine Savior | Hosea 13:4-11 | October 19, 2008 |
| Men Kissing Cows! | Hosea 13:1-3 | October 12, 2008 |
| Propheteering | Hosea 12:10-14 | October 5, 2008 |
| The God of Israel Will Never be Jacobed | Hosea 12:2-9 | September 28, 2008 |
| Roaring Carnivore of Promise | Hosea 11:10-12:1 | September 21, 2008 |
| Never Gonna Give You Up | Hosea 11:1-9 | September 7, 2008 |
| It Could Be Worse, and It Is | Romans 3:9-20 | August 31, 2008 |
| Appalling, That Calling of Apostle | Matthew 9:9-13 | August 24, 2008 |
| Harnessed to Hardship, Harvesting Grace | Hosea 10:7-15 | August 17, 2008 |
| Displacing Melancholy and the Infinite Sadness | Hosea 10:1-6 | August 10, 2008 |
| Losing My Religion: The Immediate Plan of God | Hosea 9:1-17 | August 3, 2008 |
| Shelter Shock | Hosea 8:1-14 | July 27, 2008 |
| The Church of You | Hosea 7:3-16 | July 20, 2008 |
| That Uneasy, Peaceful Knowing | Hosea 6:1-7:2 | July 6, 2008 |
| My God, My God | Psalm 22:1-5 | June 29, 2008 |
| Good That Is Sin, Pain That Begins | Hosea 5 | June 22, 2008 |
| Priests, Pulpits, Pulp, and Pits | Hosea 4 | June 8, 2008 |
| Half-Priced Whore Reborn | Hosea 3 | June 1, 2008 |
| Killing Me Softly With His Song | Hosea 2:14-23 | May 25, 2008 |
| Siren Winks, Sirens Wail | Hosea 2:2-13 | May 18, 2008 |
| Dancing at the Wrecking Ball | Hosea 1:2-2:1 | May 11, 2008 |
| Pax, Prosperity, Pox | Hosea 1:1 | May 4, 2008 |
| Portion and Control | Psalm 73:21-28 | April 20, 2008 |
| Guests Who Just Won't Leave | Psalm 15 | April 13, 2008 |
| Simon, a Slut, and a Savior | Luke 7:36-50 | March 9, 2008 |
| A New Movement Based on an Older Formula: Filling Stadiums with Promise Breakers | Nehemiah 9:32-38 | March 2, 2008 |
| Nothing Is Right Until You Get to the Wrong, Part I | Nehemiah 9:1-15 | February 24, 2008 |
| Death as Inauguration | Matthew 16:21-28 | February 17, 2008 |
| Fight, Fight, Fight | Ephesians 6:10-20 | February 10, 2008 |
| Au Contrarian: Obedience | Ephesians 6:1-9 | January 27, 2008 |
| Role-Playing Confusion: The Effete, the Brute, the Slave, and the Matriarch | Ephesians 5:21-33 | January 13, 2008 |
| Real Time | Ephesians 5:15-20 | January 6, 2008 |
| The Called By Are Loved By | Romans 1:1-7 | December 23, 2007 |
| Joyful, Joyful, the Violent Adore Thee | Matthew 11:2-12 | December 16, 2007 |
| Shalom: Counterfactual Lunacy? | Isaiah 11:1-10 | December 9, 2007 |
| Is That All? | Matthew 24:36-44 | December 2, 2007 |
| Tender is the Forgiven | Ephesians 4:25-32 | November 25, 2007 |
| Graphic Executions of Old Men | Ephesians 4:17-24 | November 18, 2007 |
| Harmonious Collective Individualism | Ephesians 4:7-16 | November 11, 2007 |
| Diana's Body and the Great Shema | Ephesians 4:1-6 | November 4, 2007 |
| What I Want For You | Ephesians 3:14-21 | October 21, 2007 |
| A Collyer Mansion | Ephesians 3:7-13 | October 14, 2007 |
| Mysterious Controversy | Ephesians 3:1-6 | October 7, 2007 |
| House | Ephesians 2:11-22 | September 30, 2007 |
| D.O.A. | Ephesians 2:1-10 | September 23, 2007 |
| Name Dropper | Ephesians 1:15-23 | September 16, 2007 |
| Spiritus Guarantor | Ephesians 1:11-14 | September 9, 2007 |
| (Super)natural Selection | Ephesians 1:1-10 | September 2, 2007 |
| You Will Drink the Cup | Matthew 20:20-28 | August 26, 2007 |
| Mommy, Where Does Evil Come From? | Matthew 15:1-20 | August 19, 2007 |
| You Couldn't Even Fail If You Tried | I Thessalonians 5:12-28 | August 12, 2007 |
| You Do Not Know, But What You Do Know Will Not Surprise You | I Thessalonians 5:1-11 | August 5, 2007 |
| Writing a Prescription for Death | I Thessalonians 4:13-18 | July 29, 2007 |
| More Than a Warehouse | I Thessalonians 4:9-12 | July 22, 2007 |
| Communal Sex | I Thessalonians 4:1-8 | July 15, 2007 |
| Gospel Largesse | I Thessalonians 3:6-13 | July 8, 2007 |
| An Appointment in a Senior Position | 1 Thessalonians 2:17-3:5 | July 1, 2007 |
| For All Intents and Purposes | I Thessalonians 2:13-16 | June 10, 2007 |
| Gospel Sensei | 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12 | June 3, 2007 |
| A Bright Spot in a Dark Place | 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 | May 27, 2007 |
| The Glory of the Lord in Furious Judgment | Isaiah 66:15-24 | May 20, 2007 |
| Low | Isaiah 66:1-6 | May 13, 2007 |
| The Prosperity Gospel of Jesus | Isaiah 52:13-53:6 | May 6, 2007 |
| Red State Rising | Isaiah 58:1-12 | February 22, 2007 |
| Outcasts of Israel | Isaiah 56:1-8 | April 15, 2007 |
| Hinge of History | Matthew 28:1-10 | April 8, 2007 |
| Breaking and Entering | Matthew 21:1-11 | April 1, 2007 |
| Your Hunger, His Glory | Isaiah 55 | March 25, 2007 |
| The Profanity of a Non-Redemptive Poultice | Isaiah 43:14-28 | March 18, 2007 |
| From Shot to Ribbon | Isaiah 43:1-13 | March 11, 2007 |
| A Quiet Roaring | Isaiah 42:1-9 | March 4, 2007 |
| Idolized and Paralyzed | Isaiah 41:21-29 | February 25, 2007 |
| Not Much of a Choice | Isaiah 41:1-20 | February 18, 2007 |
| Southern Comfort, Part II | Isaiah 40:9-31 | February 11, 2007 |
| Southern Comfort, Part I | Isaiah 40:1-8 | February 4, 2007 |
| Part and Parcel | Isaiah 35 | January 21, 2007 |
| On the Brink | Isaiah 37:14-20 | January 14, 2007 |
| A Jarring Juxtaposition | Isaiah 6:1-7 | January 7, 2007 |
| The Righteous as Rescue | Psalm 142 | December 31, 2006 |
| What'll He Be? | John 1:9-17 | December 24, 2006 |
| Great Expectations | Luke 1:26-38 | December 17, 2006 |
| First Gospel | Genesis 3:1-15 | December 3, 2006 |
| Unimpeachable Monarch | Psalm 93 | November 26, 2006 |
| The Contents of Contentment | Philippians 4: 10-23 | November 19, 2006 |
| Preposterous Pondering | Philippians 4:2-9 | November 12, 2006 |
| Expatriates in the Land of the Belly God | Philippians 3:12-4:1 | November 5, 2006 |
| Excremental Increases | Philippians 3:1-11 | October 22, 2006 |
| Closer than a Brother | Philippians 2:19-30 | October 15, 2006 |
| Sixteen (Million) Candles | Philippians 2:12-18 | October 8, 2006 |
| The Intentional Valuation of Nothing | Philippians 2:1-11 | October 1, 2006 |
| A Magnification of One | Philippians 1:18b-30 | September 24, 2006 |
| Peace, Freedom, and Liberty [in Captivity] | Philippians 1:12-18a | September 17, 2006 |
| Beginning with the End | Philippins 1:3-11 | September 10, 2006 |
| Grace and Peace | Philippians 1:1-2 | September 3, 2006 |
| The Sustenance of Salvation | Exodus 12:1-14, Luke 22:14-20 | August 27, 2006 |
| Only the Penitent Shall Pass | Psalm 51 | August 20, 2006 |
| Hurry Up | Psalm 70 | August 13, 2006 |
| Homogenous, Monochrome, and Monotonous: Ignoring the Blueprint of Heaven | Psalm 82 | August 6, 2006 |
| Sweet Relief | Psalm 130 | July 23, 2006 |
| The Milieu of Hallelu | Psalm 150 | July 16, 2006 |