You are a Character in God’s Story

Randy Frazee | The Story

Date: 9.4.2016

Messages from this Series

You are a Character in God’s Story
9.4.2016 Creation
9.11.2016 God Builds a Nation
9.18.2016 Joseph: From Slave to Deputy Pharaoh
9.25.2016 Deliverance
10.2.2016 New Commands and a New Covenant
10.9.2016 Wandering
10.16.2016 The Battle Begins
10.23.2016 A Few Good Men... and Women
10.30.2016 The Faith of a Foreign Woman
11.6.2016 Standing Tall, Falling Hard
11.13.2016 From Shepherd to King
11.20.2016 The Trials of a King
11.27.2016 The King Who Had It All
1.8.2017 A Kingdom Torn in Two
1.15.2017 God's Messengers
1.22.2017 The Beginning of the End (of the Kingdom of Israel)
1.29.2017 The Kingdoms' Fall
2.5.2017 Daniel in Exile
2.12.2017 The Return Home
2.19.2017 The Queen of Beauty and Courage
2.26.2017 Rebuilding the Walls
3.5.2017 The Birth of the King
3.12.2017 Jesus' Ministry Begins
3.19.2017 No Ordinary Man
3.26.2017 Jesus, the Son of God
4.2.2017 The Hour of Darkness
4.9.2017 The Resurrection
4.16.2017 New Beginnings
4.23.2017 Paul's Mission
4.30.2017 The End of Time
5.21.2017 The Story Celebration
5.28.2017

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