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"Wine and Milk Without Money:
Slaking Your Thirst in Romans"
It may be the most challenging series of sermons we've ever shared
together here in the Pioneer pulpit. The ancient book that ignited the
Reformation and has fueled revivals throughout the history of
Christianity -- how can the dusty metaphors of "the righteousness of
God" and "righteousness by faith" possibly connect with a third
millennial generation like us? We'll never find out unless we embark on
this journey. Let the voyage begin.
9 Tapes
09-04-04 "Thirsty for God?"
09-11-04 "New Slavery - No Shame"
09-18-04 "No Shame At All"
10-02-04 "The Sunny-side of Wrath"
10-16-04 "The Pain of Circumcision"
10-23-04 "Twice Set Free"
10-30-04 "Can God Rig An Election?"
12-04-04 "A Christmas Present for the Pagan Majority"
12-11-04 "A Universe-All Christmas"
"The Christ of the Passion:
The Truth Behind the Last 12
Hours of Jesus"
Since February 25, this Hollywood production on Jesus' betrayal,
crucifixion, death and resurrection, continues to galvanize the
attention of the nation. Join in this springtime journey to Calvary and
the foot of the cross. Much has been ballyhooed regarded the veracity
(or lack thereof) in Mel Gibson's artistic rendition. It's time we
explored this greatest of all God's mysteries. It's time for a new
"pilgrimage to Calvary".
9 Tapes
03-27-04 "The Garden of Hell"
04-03-04 "The Line Mel Gibson Left Out"
04-10-04 "Till Death Do Us Part"
04-17-04 "Hast Thou No Scar?"
04-24-04 "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World"
05-08-04 "The Passion of the Pacifist"
05-15-04 "The Six Last Words of God"
06-05-04 "As Simple as 1-2-3"
06-12-04 "As Easy as A-B-C"
"America Adrift: The Impending Moral Armageddon"
What do gay marriages, the Alabama Ten Commandments controversy, spreading
Darwinism and the ordination of a practicing homosexual as an Episcopalian
bishop have to do with each other? In this series, we will confront some of
the hottest "hot button" issues that will face American Christians in 2004.
From personal conversations to articles in the Student Movement (Andrews
University student newspaper), it's clear we're not clear. As we face an
unprecedented assault on God's moral law, where do we (you and I) really
stand? "Come, let us reason together." This winter. At Pioneer.
3 Tapes
01-10-04 "Is Gay Marriage Really That?"
01-17-04 "The Episcopalian Meltdown"
01-24-04 "Alabama's Ten Commandments--Evangelical's Achilles' Heel"
"About My Father's Business"
Calling us to the adventure of it all is the radical example of our
Master in the Gospel of Luke. Thirteen words, thirteen vignettes, thirteen
compelling snap-shots of Christ that contain the high-calling of Andrews
University and the Pioneer Church to be "about our Father's business," too.
It's time to get down to that business. It has never been a better time.
8 Tapes
08-30-03 "Follow the Boy"
09-06-03 "Seek the Anointing"
09-13-03 "Looking for the Broke"
09-27-03 "Quit Fishing in the Aquarium"
10-04-03 "How to Be a Non-Anxious Farmer"
10-11-03 "A Prostitute's Best Friend"
11-22-03 "A Shantung Compound Thanksgiving"
12-06-03 "A Counter-Cultural Christmas"
"The John the Baptist Generation"
5 Tapes
10-18-03 "JB-1: Introduction"
10-25-03 "JB-2: Mea Culpa"
11-01-03 "JB-3: Marinating in the Brine"
11-08-03 "JB-4: Locusts and Honey"
11-15-03 "JB-5: 144,000"
Pre-Fall 2003 Singles
2 Tapes
08-16-03 "Before It All Begins: An Extraordinary Prayer"
08-23-03 "How to Run (& Win) This Marathon: Confessions of a Freshman"
"Quid pro Quo"
Because supernaturally speaking, God really does come
through!
4 tapes
05-17-03 "God's Glorious Freebees"
05-24-03 "Return to Sender"
06-07-03 "How to Polish Your Halo"
06-28-03 "Remember Me"
"The Repairers of the Breach: Primitive Christianity for a
Postmodern World"
"The Repairers of the Breach: Primitive Christianity for A Postmodern
World" is the title of the new 2003 pulpit series that begins on Sabbath,
January 11. And I'm eagerly looking forward to it. This new study has been
growing for a year and a half now, and emerges out of an ancient and primitive
passage. A long forgotten passage that speaks compellingly to the community
of faith in this postmodern culture. A primitive template for third millennial
faith and action. Because-as this new generation is increasingly asserting-the
road to the future lies through the past. Primitive Christianity for "the
emerging church." January 11 and beyond.
8 tapes
01-11-03 (Part 1) "The Road to the Future Lies Through the Past and the
Poor"
01-18-03 (Part 2) "Poor Champions"
01-25-03 (Part 3) "Champions of the Poor"
02-01-03 (Part 4) "How to Be Primitive, Poor and Postmodern
Simultaneously"
02-22-03 (Part 5) "The Shabbat Shalom of the Poor"
03-08-03 (Part 6) "Bones in the Garden--The Phenomenal Benefits of Loving
the Poor!"
03-29-03 (Part 7) "Poor, Poor Jesus--Let Us Follow Him"
04-05-03 (Part 8) "The Truth of the Talking Bull: An Unapologetic Apologetic"
"The Revealing"
Inaugurating the 2002-03 university year, this Sabbath morning series
unveils the dramatic portrayal of Christ in the Bible's most provocative
book. "The Revealing" seeks the fulfillment of a promise made a century
ago: "When we understand what [Revelation] means to us, there will be seen
among us a great revival" (TM 113). In our brave, new, post-September-11
world, such a revival and reformation is surely a promise worth pursuing. Now.
DKN
12 tapes
08-31-02 (Part 1) "Christ and the New Apocalypse"
09-07-02 (Part 2) "Apocalypse Now"
09-14-02 (Part 3) "Painted in Blood"
09-28-02 (Part 4) "The Face in the Clouds"
10-19-02 (Part 5) "A Smile Upon the Face of Death"
10-26-02 (Part 6) "The Candlestick Face"
11-02-02 (Part 7) "The Other Face Upon the Throne"
11-09-02 (Part 8) "The Face of the Slaughtered Lamb"
11-16-02 (Part 9) "The Seven Faces of the Other God"
11-23-02 (Part 10) "An Apocalyptic Thanksgiving" (Part 1)
11-30-02 (Part 11) "An Apocalyptic Thanksgiving" (Part 2)
12-07-02 (Part 12) "Of Babies and Dragons--An Apocalyptic Christmas"
"Majoring in the Minors, Rethinking Our Future"
"Majoring in the Minors, Rethinking Our Future" is the title of a new
series of sermons that I'll be preaching this summer. My heart has been
burdened regarding our needs as a campus community of faith facing the
challenge of the future. As the result of some focused time of
reflection, I have sensed the need for us to hear the voice of God
through the passionate cries of seven minor prophets with a very major
message for the likes of us. How easy it is for us to "major in the
minors." And yet, I believe that if we will allow our hearts this summer
to do just that--focus major attention on these minor prophets--God can
bring renewed hope and confidence for our future as a campus and as a
community of faith. DKN
4 tapes
05-11-02 (Part 1) "The Lesson of the Prostitute"
05-25-02 (Part 2) "Between the Porch and the Altar"
06-08-02 (Part 3) "The View from the Top of the Sycamores"
06-15-02 (Part 4) "Whale of a Mission."
"The Contagious Adventist"
"I hope you'll be a part of this series, and even share it with a
friend. Because this New Year, our Sabbath morning experience is going
to be partnered with the new "Contagious Christianity" experience that
began last fall and will be offered over and over here at the Pioneer
Memorial Church for the journey ahead. "Contagious Christianity" is a
basic, easy to learn-and-practice way of Christian living. I like it!
But there is an "Adventist Extra" that we need, in order to share our
faith more fully -- and that's what I want to teach this winter and
spring in our Sabbath pulpit. Seven cheerfully buoyant and attractive
reasons for your faith in Jesus - "The Contagious Adventist" series will
be simple and easy to learn and practice here on campus and around the
neighborhood and community. So bring your Bible, a pen, along with a life
that wants to be contagious for Jesus. It's time for the epidemic to
spread! - DKN, Jan. 5, 2002.
11 tapes
01-05-02 (Part 1) "A New Year of Contagian"
01-12-02 (Part 2) "The Contagious Adventist"
01-19-02 (Part 3) "First Things First"
01-26-02 (Part 4) "Seventh Things Second"
02-02-02 (Part 5) "A Song from the Inferno"
02-23-02 (Part 6) "Let's Roll"
03-09-02 (Part 7) "When the Infamous Six Will Be Forgiven"
03-30-02 (Part 8) "The Ghosts of Easters Past"
04-06-02 (Part 9) "Fit as a Fiddle"
04-20-02 (Part 10) "Follow the Finger"
04-27-02 (Part 11) "The Adventist Advantage"
SPECIAL SINGLES
08-25-01 "If You Want to Walk On Water You've Got to Get Out of
the Boat"
"When the Messiah Is Your Mentor"
This is a new series of sermons that will wrestle with the implications
of Jesus radical messianic mission, as he announced it in his first trip to
Nazareth, his hometown. His public declaration that Isaiah 61:1-2 was the
template for his mission almost got him killed. What is so radical about that
messianic prophecy? And if that was indeed his mission, is it not to be the
mission of his contemporary disciples? With all the talk about mentoring on
campus these days, why not be mentored by the best? The Messiah. The series
will be based on Luke 4:16-30.
10 tapes
09-01-01 Part 1: "Hometown Blues"
09-08-01 Part 2: "A Holy Ghost Anointing"
09-15-01 Part 3: "Gods 911 Call in Our 9-11 Crisis"
09-29-01 Part 4: "In Remembrance of Our Hero Celebrating Calvary
in the Light of NYC"
10-20-01 Part 5: "Jesus Loves New York"
10-27-01 Part 6: "Ney York & Beyond: Raw Terror, Raw Faith"
11-17-01 Part 7: "The Thanksgiving Phoenix: From the Ashes a Grateful
Heart, Part 1"
11-24-01 Part 8: "The Thanksgiving Phoenix: From the Ashes a Grateful
Heart, Part 2"
12-01-01 Part 9: "The Christmas Phoenix: Out of the Ashes a Hopeful Heart",
Part 1
12-08-01 Part 10: "The Christmas Phoenix: Out of the Ashes a Hopeful Heart",
Part 2
"Am I My Brother's Keeper?"
7 tapes
03-31-01 Part 1: "Am I My Brother's Keeper?"
04-07-01 Part 2: "The Communist Manifesto"
04-14-01 Part 3: "Requiem & Resurrection for the Fallen Brother."
04-28-01 Part 4: "Cadences of Home: The Education of An Exile"
05-05-01 Part 5: "The Community of the Twisted Kiss"
05-26-01 Part 6: "Bloom Where You're Planted"
06-09-01 Part 7: "Bowling Alone"
2001 An Earth Odyssey:
"What 'Left Behind' Left Behind"
Nearly three decades ago the world was brought to a popular consciousness
of the year 2001 through the celebrated Stanley Kubrick production,
"2001: A Space Odessy." The very date itself suggested science fiction,
so far away it seemed. And yet, here we are on its threshold. And
America is being swept up in a new multi-million dollar best-seller book
series and soon-to-be-released (February 2, 2001) nationwide movie,
"Left Behind." It may prove to be the biggest theological odessy to grab
the attention of Americans . . . ever. Based upon a mistaken notion of
the secret rapture and dispensationalism (belief in a literal
fulfillment of literal Israel in end time prophecy), this hit novel
series and movie are injecting the second coming of Christ into the
consciousness and conversation of Americans as never before.
3 tapes
01-13-01 Part 1: "The Soon Second Coming"
01-20-01 Part 2: "The Most Urgent truth of All"
01-27-01 Part 3: "The Greatest Truth of All"
02-03-01 Part 4: "The Most Clarifying Truth of All"
02-17-01 Part 5: "The Most Dangerous Truth of All"
02-24-01 Part 6: "The Most Compelling Truth of All"
03-03-01 Part 7: "The Most Shaking Truth of All"
"The Covenant Keepers"
I'm excited about this new series because it represents one of the hot
millennial issues facing society in this new millennium. The series is
subtitled, "Human Sexuality and the Third Millennial Family." Simply
because the human family has never faced so massive a challenge as the
third millennium promises. Every one of us is part of a family network
somewhere on this planet. And every one of us struggles somewhere between
the great divine ideal and the often-times painful human "real"-ity.
Caught in between, how confident can we be that we'll survive? What hope
is there for new healing, new strategies, new chapters in the stories of
our closest human relationships? How can what's good be made better? Can
we start over? It's one journey we can't afford to put off for long, so
come seek the answers with me--God surely won't leave us alone. - Dwight
K. Nelson.
11 tapes
09-09-00 Part 1: "Grace in the Garden, Snake in the Grass"
09-30-00 Part 2: "The Achilles Heel of the Average Heart"
10-07-00 Part 3: "Sex in the City and in the Country and Other
Virtual Places"
10-14-00 Part 4: "The Secret Wound"
10-28-00 Part 5: "The Ugly Secret"
11-04-00 Part 6: "Aborting Someone Else's Future (A Tale of Two Wombs)"
11-11-00 Part 7: "How to Find Your One and Only and Know You've
Picked a Winner"
11-18-00 Part 8: "A Promise of Joy: How Do You Mend a Broken Heart?"
12-02-00 Part 9: "His Needs, Her Needs Five Secrets to a Lasting Marriage"
12-09-00 Part 10: "The Glory of One: How to Live a Fulfilling Singlehood"
12-23-00 Part 11: "When God Had a Step-father"
"The Tipping Point"
"THE TIPPING POINT," is a mini-two-part series of sermons to end the
summer and start the Fall Semester at Andrews University. If you keep
track of the New York Times best seller list, you know that Malcolm
Gladwell's A TIPPING POINT: HOW LITTLE THINGS CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE
has been on the list for weeks. It's a fascinating concept, and it has
everything to do with the success (or the lack of it) in the new year
journey ahead. Through some of the best-selling stories of the Old
Testament, come and embrace what could be your momentous call to God's
greatness! August 26 and September 2, both services.
2 tapes
08-26-00 Part 1: "Of Stones and Striplings and Other Such Unlikelies"
09-02-00 Part 2: "Seven Times Hotter, Ten Times Smarter"
"The Upside-down Kingdom"
4 tapes
04-01-00 Part 1: "The Upside-down Kingdom: In Search of the Greeks"
04-08-00 Part 2: "Perfume Through an Open Window"
04-22-00 Part 3: "Looking for a Silver Bullet in a Black Hole"
05-27-00 Part 4: "A Long Obedience in the Same Direction--Neitzche & Jesus"
"The Second Coming of the Holy Spirit"
6 tapes
01-08-00 Part 1: "Introduction"
01-15-00 Part 2: "A Friendly Thief in the Night"
01-22-00 Part 3: "Signed, Sealed, Delivered--I'm Yours"
01-29-00 Part 4: "A Holy Catch-22"
02-26-00 Part 5: "Fake!"
03-11-00 Part 6: "Gimme Me Oil in My Lamp"
"Prequel To Y2K" & "RUOK4Y2K"
9 Tapes
99-12 Part 1: "Earthquake in Izmit: Footsteps in the Dark"
99-13 Part 2: "The Sixth Sense"
99-14 Part 3: "The Eleventh Commandment"
99-15 Part 4: "A Taste of New Wine"
99-16 Part 5: "Choking on a Camel"
99-17 Part 6: "Y2K E. R. (Part 1)"
99-18 Part 7: "Y2K E. R. (Part 2)"
99-19 Part 8: "Glueing the Goblet Back Together Again"
99-20 Part 9: "The Good Sam Club"
"Jesus, You Da Man!"
11 Tapes
99-01 Part 1: "New Hope for Your Next Millenium in the Humanity of Christ"
99-02 Part 2: "But How Much of a Man Are you?"
99-03 Part 3: "Lead Us Into Temptation"
99-04 Part 4: "Friend of Sinners and Other Such Underdogs"
99-05 Part 5: "The Sunflower and Why We Won't Forgive"
99-06 Part 6: "Learning to Swim With Sharks"
99-07 Part 7: "How to Win Your Stare-down with Death"
99-08 Part 8: "Ten Dozen Toes at the Secret Shrine (Part 1)
99-09 Part 9: "Ten Dozen Toes at the Secret Shrine (Part 2)
99-10 Part 10: "The Logic of Hate"
99-11 Part 11: "Where Have All the Heroes Gone?"
"Keep On Keeping On"
3 tapes
98-13 Part 1: "God, the Lord Admiral and the Battle of Trafalgar"
98-14 Part 2: "Keep On Keeping On-II"
98-15 Part 3: "Keep On Keeping On-III"
"The Stubborn Passion"
5 tapes
98-08 Part 1: "My Friend Harry, My Friend Jesus"
98-09 Part 2: "Did Not Our Hearts Burn Within Us?"
98-10 Part 3: "They Have Turned the World Upside Down!"
98-11 Part 4: "God, The Great Clod: A Taoist Tale with a Christian Truth"
98-12 Part 5: "For the Rest of Your Life, God Will Begin with G-O"
Single Tapes
2 tapes
98-06 "SonRise Over the Pacific: Assaulting the Dark"
98-07 "If the World is the Titanic, What Then Shall We Do...?"
"In the Year of Our Lord NET 98"
5 tapes
98-01 Part 1: "In the Year of Our Lord NET 98: Introduction"
98-02 Part 2: "The Countdown Begins"
98-03 Part 3: "The Kingdom of Heaven is Like Unto a NET"
98-04 Part 4: "Launch Out Into the Deep & Let Down Your NET (The
Other Side of the River)"
98-05 Part 5: "They Left Their NETS and Followed Him"
"Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory"
8 tapes
97-12 Part 1: "Afraid No Longer: Mother Di and Princess Teresa:
the Making of a Saint"
97-13 Part 2: "Learning to Count to Infinity (Without the Rolling
Stones)"
97-14 Part 3: "The Controversial Angel and the Repentance of Billy Joel"
97-15 Part 4: "Imago Hominus: How to Make God in Our Own Image"
97-16 Part 5: "The Day He Died: The Very Long Suffering of God"
97-17 Part 6: "The Power of WOW!"
97-18 Part 7: "How to Win Your Battles in a Choir Robe"
97-19 Part 8: "God in Your Face: Gloria in Excelsis Deo"
"The God of the Gaps"
8 tapes
97-01 Part 1: "Fatal Attraction (the Pope and Evolution)"
97-02 Part 2: "The Achilles' Heel of the Java Man"
97-03 Part 3: "Darwin's Black Box"
97-04 Part 4: "Can You Get a Big Bang Out of God?"
97-05 Part 5: "The Blind Watchman"
97-06 Part 6: "Jurassic Park and Noah's Ark"
97-07 Part 7: "The Missing Link (Inadmissable Evidence)"
97-08 Part 8: "The Third Creation: When Seeing Will Be Believing"
"How to Live with a Broken Heart"
3 tapes
96-19 Part 1: "How to Live with a Broken Heart"
96-20 Part 2: "Cry, Baby, Cry!"
96-21 Part 3: "Are God's Tears Salty?"
"The Elijah Factor"
6 tapes
96-13 Part 1: "The Last Supper"
96-14 Part 2: "The Last Child"
96-15 Part 3: "The Last God"
96-16 Part 4: "The Last Call"
96-17 Part 5: "The Last Wish"
96-18 Part 6: "The Last Prayer"
"Beyond Bosnia and Belgrade"
4 tapes
96-09 Part 1: "A World to Win, the White City to Reach"
96-10 Part 2: "A New Peace in Belgrade-an Eyewitness Account"
96-11 Part 3: "When the Fig tree Doth Not Blossom and No Fruit Be on the
Vine"
96-12 Part 4: "To the Greeks and Barbarians There Is But One Thing Left
to Say"
"The Return of the Remnant"
6 tapes
96-01 Part 1: "A New Militancy-Forward on Our Knees"
96-02 Part 2: "Journeying with the Jews, a Holocaust on the Horizon"
96-03 Part 3: "As the Stars Forever and Ever'-A New Star Spangled Banner"
96-04 Part 4: "Laodecia Is STILL God's Last Church"
96-05 Part 5: "Think Global, Act Local(Part 1)" (NO LONGER AVAILABLE)
96-06 Part 6: "Think Global, Act Local(Part 2)" (NO LONGER AVAILABLE)
96-07 Part 7: "No Greater Prophet Born of a Woman and the Mission of
Ellen White"
"The Bridge"
8 tapes
95-16 Part 1: "Introduction"
95-17 Part 2: "Bridge over Troubled Waters"
95-18 Part 3: "The Day of At-one-ment"
95-19 Part 4: "Like a Refiner's Fire and Fuller's Soap"
95-20 Part 5: "When God Gets Audited"
95-21 Part 6: "Holy, Holey, Wholly"
95-22 Part 7: "The Hot Zone: Ebola Lucifer"
95-23 Part 8: "From Here to Eternity-Christmas aBridged"
"The ACTS-celerated Church"
6 tapes
95-08 Part 1: "A+B=C: A New Formula for ACTS-celeration"
95-09 Part 2: "Your ACTS-cess to Power Is Through an Empty Tomb" (Easter
Message)
95-10 Part 3: "ACTS-cessories to the Crime"
95-11 Part 4: "A New ACTS to Grind"
95-12 Part 5: "The ACTS-cidental End of the World"
95-13 Part 6: "ACTS-cess to Success"
"Finding God"
3 tapes
95-05 Part 1: "A Symphony of Handkerchiefs"
95-06 Part 2: "Let Go of the Baloney"
95-07 Part 3: "The Test Is on the Second Table"
"The Exodus of America"
4 tapes
95-01 Part 1: "Give Me Scotland or I Die"
95-02 Part 2: "Bridegroom of Blood"
95-03 Part 3: "The Achilles' Heel of the American Heart"
95-04 Part 4: "The Tenth Plague"
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