QUESTIONING CHRIST’S AUTHORITY or CAN JESUS MOVE YOUR TABLES? (audio post)

This time you have a choice of titles for the sermon:  QUESTIONING CHRIST’S AUTHORITY or CAN JESUS MOVE YOUR TABLES?

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 --Anderson T. Graves II   is a writer, community organizer and consultant for education, ministry, and rural leadership development.

Rev. Anderson T. Graves II is pastor of Bailey Tabernacle CME Church in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He writes the popular blog: A Word to the Wise at www.andersontgraves.blogspot.com

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Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35403

TEMPTATIONS, TESTS, & TESTIMONIES (audio)

Message #5 in the Hebrews preaching series: TEMPTATIONS, TESTS, & TESTIMONIES.

(message 5, chapter 2:17-18)

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---Anderson T. Graves II   is a writer, community organizer and consultant for education, ministry, and rural leadership development.

Rev. Anderson T. Graves II is pastor of Miles Chapel CME Church in Fairfield, Alabama;  executive director of the Substance Abuse Youth Networking Organization (SAYNO);  and director of rural leadership development for the National Institute for Human Development (NIHD).

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P O Box 132

Fairfield, AL 35064

THE POWER OF REPETITION

Sunday to next Sunday.  Bible study to next Bible study.  A book full of beautiful words that have been quoted so often that everything sounds like a cliché.  Let’s be honest.  Christianity can sometimes feel repetitive. 

But maybe that’s not such a bad thing.

There was this time in the Old Testament when God decided to have church.  The Lord even personally preached the sermon, but it was the way God organized the service.  God demonstrated how repetition can be a glorious spiritual tool. 

So, the title of this message is: THE POWER OF REPETITION

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---Anderson T. Graves II   is a writer, community organizer and consultant for education, ministry, and rural leadership development.

Rev. Anderson T. Graves II is pastor of Miles Chapel CME Church in Fairfield, Alabama;  executive director of the Substance Abuse Youth Networking Organization (SAYNO);  and director of rural leadership development for the National Institute for Human Development (NIHD).

Subscribe to my personal blog  www.andersontgraves.blogspot.com .

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Miles Chapel CME Church

P O Box 132

Fairfield, AL 35064

TURNING ON THE POWER AFTER THE STORM

Thursday, our community was hit by a tornado, and the electricity at the church was restored Saturday morning.  Some of our neighbors were still without power when we started worship Sunday morning. 

So, I guess God wanted to emphasize the theme of the message He gave me because at a certain point in the sermon you’ll hear a gasp from the congregation then a moment of silence followed by me looking up to heaven and saying, “You’re a trip.”  That was the moment when the power went out and then came back on.

The title of the message is TURNING ON THE POWER AFTER THE STORM.

Please comment.

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The podcast is on iTunes at https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/anderson-graves-podcast/id918990482

---Anderson T. Graves II   is a writer, community organizer and consultant for education, ministry, and rural leadership development.

Rev. Anderson T. Graves II is pastor of Miles Chapel CME Church in Fairfield, Alabama;  executive director of the Substance Abuse Youth Networking Organization (SAYNO);  and director of rural leadership development for the National Institute for Human Development (NIHD).

Subscribe to my personal blog  www.andersontgraves.blogspot.com .

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Miles Chapel CME Church

P O Box 132

Fairfield, Al 35064

THE PURPOSE AND PROCESS OF POWER

In the space of one chapter, the number of trained, qualified, anointed, engaged leaders multiplied 7 fold.  Think about what your church cold accomplish with 7 times more powerful leaders engaged, united, and committed to the work of Jesus Christ.   If only there were a process for producing that kind of growth.

There is.

In this detailed lesson originally delivered for Empowerment Week at Wesley Chapel CME church, we see how Jesus multiplied the power of leadership in his ministry and learn the steps to doing the same in the ministries of Jesus Christ where we serve. 

The message is called:  THE PURPOSE & PROCESS OF POWER .

Listen well.

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The podcast is on iTunes at https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/anderson-graves-podcast/id918990482

---Anderson T. Graves II   is a writer, community organizer and consultant for education, ministry, and rural leadership development.

Rev. Anderson T. Graves II is pastor of Miles Chapel CME Church in Fairfield, Alabama;  executive director of the Substance Abuse Youth Networking Organization (SAYNO);  and director of rural leadership development for the National Institute for Human Development (NIHD).

Subscribe to my personal blog  www.andersontgraves.blogspot.com .

Email atgravestwo2@aol.com

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Follow me on twitter @AndersonTGraves  #Awordtothewise 

You can help support this ministry with a donation to Miles Chapel CME Church.

You can help support Rev. Graves’ work by visiting his personal blog and clicking the DONATE button on the right-hand sidebar.

Support by check or money order may be mailed to 

Miles Chapel CME Church

P O Box 132

Fairfield, Al 35064

GROWING PAINS & GROWING POWER

Historic, traditional denominations like the Christian Methodist Episcopal church feel distressed and confused by patterns of decline in membership and influence.  We desperately leap from growth strategy to growth strategy.  The solutions though have already been provided, long ago, in the story of a phenomenally fast growing collective of churches, a fellowship that went from 120 members to over 3,120 in just 10 days.  And that was all sustained growth.

Their strategies are preserved for us in the book of Acts.  This message unpacks and applies the principles and practices that made the Jerusalem church flourish.  But you’re not going to like everything they did. 

This message was originally delivered for the District Conference of the Birmingham congregations of the CME Church.  The title of the sermon is:  GROWING PAINS & GROWING POWER.

Listen well.

If you can’t get the audio on your device, visit the main podcast page at http://revandersongraves.podomatic.com/

The podcast is on iTunes at https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/anderson-graves-podcast/id918990482

---Anderson T. Graves II   is a writer, community organizer and consultant for education, ministry, and rural leadership development.

Rev. Anderson T. Graves II is pastor of Miles Chapel CME Church in Fairfield, Alabama;  executive director of the Substance Abuse Youth Networking Organization (SAYNO);  and director of rural leadership development for the National Institute for Human Development (NIHD).

Subscribe to my personal blog  www.andersontgraves.blogspot.com .

Email atgravestwo2@aol.com

Friend me at www.facebook.com/rev.a.t.graves

Follow me on twitter @AndersonTGraves  #Awordtothewise 

You can help support this ministry with a donation to Miles Chapel CME Church.

You can help support Rev. Graves’ work by visiting his personal blog and clicking the DONATE button on the right-hand sidebar.

Support by check or money order may be mailed to 

Miles Chapel CME Church

P O Box 132

Fairfield, Al 35064

OUR PROBLEMS, HIS POWER, THE PLAN or LESSONS FROM ISRAEL’S HOOD

The man God named Israel had 12 sons, at least 1 daughter, 3 wives, and 2 baby’s mamas-- give or take.  The Biblical account of the family that became the Jewish nation is not a pretty story; but it is a profoundly and relevantly human story.  In this in-depth message for a Men-to-Men ministry workshop, Pastor Graves provides a contemporary profile of the community that became a nation.

You’ll never forget the children of Israel, and you’ll never think about “the hood” the same .

The title of the message is: OUR PROBLEMS, HIS POWER, THE PLAN or LESSONS FROM ISRAEL’S HOOD.

Listen well.

If you can’t get the audio on your device, visit the main podcast page at http://revandersongraves.podomatic.com/

The podcast is on iTunes at https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/anderson-graves-podcast/id918990482

---Anderson T. Graves II   is a writer, community organizer and consultant for education, ministry, and rural leadership development.

Rev. Anderson T. Graves II is pastor of Miles Chapel CME Church in Fairfield, Alabama;  executive director of the Substance Abuse Youth Networking Organization (SAYNO);  and director of rural leadership development for the National Institute for Human Development (NIHD).

Subscribe to my personal blog  www.andersontgraves.blogspot.com .

Email atgravestwo2@aol.com

Friend me at www.facebook.com/rev.a.t.graves

Follow me on twitter @AndersonTGraves  #Awordtothewise 

You can help support this ministry with a donation to Miles Chapel CME Church.

You can help support Rev. Graves’ work by visiting his personal blog and clicking the DONATE button on the right-hand sidebar.

Support by check or money order may be mailed to 

Miles Chapel CME Church

P O Box 132

Fairfield, Al 35064

MEN & WOMEN MOVING ON FAITH IN CHANGING TIMES

My, how times have changed.  In the days of the Judges in ancient Israel God’s people found themselves oppressed by enemies they should have defeated long before.  Men and women debated their roles as leaders in the time of crisis.  The people of God were under pressure to compromise with the culture.  The worship of God based on His written Word was in peril.

Well maybe times haven’t changed that much.

Find out how men and women of faith overcame insurmountable odds in the time of Judges and how their victory shows the path for ours.  The message is about MEN & WOMEN MOVING ON FAITH IN CHANGING TIMES.

Listen well.

If you can’t get the audio on your device, visit the main podcast page at http://revandersongraves.podomatic.com/

The podcast is on iTunes at https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/anderson-graves-podcast/id918990482

---Anderson T. Graves II   is a writer, community organizer and consultant for education, ministry, and rural leadership development.

Rev. Anderson T. Graves II is pastor of Miles Chapel CME Church in Fairfield, Alabama;  executive director of the Substance Abuse Youth Networking Organization (SAYNO);  and director of rural leadership development for the National Institute for Human Development (NIHD).

Subscribe to my personal blog  www.andersontgraves.blogspot.com .

Email atgravestwo2@aol.com

Friend me at www.facebook.com/rev.a.t.graves

Follow me on twitter @AndersonTGraves  #Awordtothewise 

You can help support this ministry with a donation to Miles Chapel CME Church.

You can help support Rev. Graves’ work by visiting his personal blog and clicking the DONATE button on the right-hand sidebar.

Support by check or money order may be mailed to 

Miles Chapel CME Church

P O Box 132

Fairfield, Al 35064