DEED OF GIFT # 960

Vern Ratzlaff

January 2016

Sermons, Radio Talks – The Abundant Life, 1987-2003

June to August, 1988 based on Exodus to Deuteronomy

1. Unlikely Beginnings (Ex. 2:1-10)

2. Unlikely Grace (Ex. 2:11-22)

3. Unlikely Name (Ex 3:1-12)

4. Unlikely Meeting (Ex. 5:1-8)

5. Unlikely Celebration (Ex.12)

6. Unlikely Freeing (Ex. 14)

7. Unlikely Responses (Ex. 16)

8. Unlikely Leaders (Ex. 18)

9. Unlikely Love (Ex. 19)

10. Unlikely Rebels (Ex. 32)

11. Unlikely Caring (Nu. 14)

12. Unlikely Ethics (Deut. 6)

13. Unlikely Leader (Deut. 34)

June to August 1989 based on Joshua, Judges, Ruth

1. Remembered Living: a River Crossed (Joshua 4)

2. Obedient Living: a City Taken (Joshua 6)

3. Rested Living: a Land Lived In (Joshua 21:43-22:6)

4. Responsive Living: a Faith Reaffirmed (Joshua 24:14-27)

5 Dark Times: Introduction to Judges

6. Call to Action (Judges 4, 5)

7. A Reluctant Leader (Joshua 6)

8. A Two-handed Leader (Judges 7, 8)

9. A Self-appointed Leader (Judges 9)

10. A Flawed Leader (Judges 16)

11. A Love Story (Ruth 1)

12. A Refugee Story (Ruth 2)

13. A Family Story (Ruth 4)

December 1989 – May 1990 based on John and 1, II, III John

1. Waiting for G-d (John 1)

2. Looking for Answers (John 3)

3. Looking for Acceptance (John 4)

4. Looking for G-d (John 1:1-18)

5. What’s Really Important (John 5:1-15)

6. When the Bible Isn’t Enough (John 5:30-47)

7. Jesus Satisfies (John 6:35-51)

8. Jesus Sets Us Free (John 8)

9. Jesus Illumines (John 9)

10. The Plot Thickens (John 12)

11. Jesus as Servant (John 13)

12. Jesus as the Way (John 14)

13. Jesus as Guide (John 14)

1. Friends of Jesus (John 15)

2. G-d Still Guides (John 16)

3. Betraying G-d (John 18)

4. Denying G-d (John 18)

5. G-d on Trial (John 18)

6. Burying G-d (John 19)

7. The Marks of G-d (John 20)

8. G-d Forgives (1 John 1:1 – 2:6)

9. G-d Accepts (1 John 2)

10. G-d Loves (I John 3)

11. G-d Calls (1 John 4)

12. G-d Gives Life (1 John 5)

13 G-d’s Community (II John & III John)

September to November 1990 based on I & II Samuel, I & II Kings, Amos, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel

1. A Prophet Crowns a King ( I Sam. 10)

2. A Prophet Disappoints a King (II Sam. 7)

3. A Prophet Convicts a King (II Sam. 11-12)

4. A Prophet Judges a King (I Kings, 21)

5. A Prophet Unsettles a King (I Kings 22)

6. A Prophet Creates a King (II Kings 9)

7. A Prophet Challenges a Priest (Amos)

8. A Prophet Encourages a King (Isaiah &7)

9. A Prophet Teaches a King to Pray (II Kings 19)

10. A Prophet Encourages a King (II Kings 22)

11. A Prophet Confronts Parliament (Jeremiah 26)

12. A Prophet Rewrites a Book (Jeremiah 36)

13. Prophets, Priests, Kings, and Shepherds (Ezekiel 34

December 1990 to February 1991 based on Luke & Matthew

1. Grace Still Waits (Luke 15) 1st Advent

2. Grace Raises the Dead (Luke 18) 2nd Advent

3. Grace Invites (Luke 14) 3rd Advent

4. Grace Seeks (Luke 2; John 10) 4th Advent

5. Grace Provides (Mt 20)

6 The G-d of the Kingdom (Mt 13) Epiphany-Week of Prayer

7. Waiting as Response (Mt 25)

8. A Call to Response (Lk 16)

9. A Committed Response (Lk 19)

10. Love Seeks (Lk 10)

11. Grace as Entry (Lk 11)

12. Forgiveness and Forgiving (Mt 18)

13. Accepting Grace (Mt 25)