PTP 2020 Schedule

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Thursday, August 13

B.J. Clarke: Where Could I Go, but to the Lord? (Ps. 73)
B.J. Clarke: It’s a Matter of Life and Death! (Prov. 18:21)
B.J. Clarke: There Is One Baptism, but Which One? (Eph 4:5)
B.J. Clarke: There Is One Body, but Which One? (Eph 4:5)
B.J. Clarke: The Six Steps of Effective Bible Study
Dan Winkler: I Must Listen to God What God Says — HEAR
Dan Winkler: I Must Accept and Act on What God Says — BELIEVE
Dan Winkler: I Must Change because of What God Says — REPENT
Dan Winkler: I Must Express My Faith in What God Says — CONFESS
Dan Winkler: I Must Be Baptized the Way God Says — BE BAPTIZED
Glenn Colley: Four Magnificent Statements from John 16 that Will Ground You in the Faith
Glenn Colley: Seeing the Unseen (2 Corinthians 5)
Glenn Colley: Five Scriptures Parents Should Teach Their Young Teens about Dating
Glenn Colley: How to Recognize a False Teacher When You See One (Matt. 7:13-23)
Glenn Colley: Seven Bible Superlatives that make life easier

Friday, August 14

Men (click for playlist)

Patrick Morrison: 2 Minutes Tops – My Best Advice to Preachers
Keith Hovis: 2 Minutes Tops – My Best Advice to Preachers
Keith Kasarjian: 2 Minutes Tops – My Best Advice to Preachers
Aaron Gallagher: The Most Unjust Legal Trial in History
Mike Hixon: The Church That Belongs to the Lord
Caleb Colley: The Royal Law
Cliff Goodwin: In Christ Alone
Larry Acuff: Ask, Seek, and Knock
Glenn Colley: Four Scriptures Uniquely Important for Christian Singles
Dan Winkler: I Don’t Want to Go to Heaven Because…
Doug Dingley: Evangelism – Every Member’s Mission Part 1 – Taking it Personally and Why
Ed DeBerry: If I Be Lifted Up
Adam Faughn: What Mercy Looks Like
Mike Glenn: The Tie That Binds
Todd Clippard: The Sermon on the Mount

Women (click for playlist)

Cindy Colley: Momma Lessons from a Daddy Verse Part 1
Anne Galbreath: What Are You Worth?
Celine Sparks: I Hope You’re Happy Part 1
Celine Sparks: I Hope You’re Happy Part 2

Saturday, August 15

Men (click for playlist)

Adam Faughn: Total Transformation
B.J. Clarke: Living Water for Thirsty Souls
Clark Sims: Heading to the Promised Land…but we’re not there yet!
Cliff Goodwin: A Heart of Spiritual Failure
Doug Dingley: Evangelism – Every Member’s Mission Part 2 – Taking it Personally and Without Hesitation
Gary Hampton: The Power of One: Margaret E. Vick’s Impact on 20,000 Souls
Hiram Kemp: Pressing Toward the Goal (Philippians 3:12-14)
Justin Rogers: How to Read the Psalms Spiritually
Keith Hovis: 2 Minutes Tops – My Favorite Sermon Illustration
Kerry Richardson: 2 Minutes Tops – My Favorite Sermon Illustration
Kyle Butt: Scientific Foreknowledge and the Bible
Mike Hixon: Homeward Bound 2 Timothy 4:6-8
Mike Houts: Focus on Eternity
Patrick Morrison: 2 Minutes Tops – My Favorite Sermon Illustration
Terrance Dindy: Elements of an Excellent Spirit (Dan 6)
Todd Clippard: Matthew 29:19: Lessons from Pilate’s Wife
Westley Hazel: Manna in the Morning 1 The Challenge to Rely on God

Women (click for playlist)

Cindy Colley: Bitter Is Never Better
Cindy Colley: Momma Lessons from a Daddy Verse Part 2
Denise Martin: God’s Golden Moments
Sheila Butt: If the Shoe Fits and Healing Broken Things Part 1

Sunday, August 16

Men (click for playlist)

Ben Phillips: Sword Sharpening – Ben Phillips
BJ Clarke: A Trip to the Bookstore
Caleb Rutherford: Timothy
Cliff Goodwin: A Heart of Spiritual Victory
Don Blackwell: Proving why we must partake of the Lord’s Supper on Sunday
Doug Dingley: Evangelism – Every Member’s Mission Part 3 – Taking it Personally and Without Ever Inviting Anyone to Church
Glenn Colley: Getting to Know Jesus Better by His Names
Hiram Kemp: Our Love for God (Mark 12:29-31)
John McMath: 2 Minutes Tops – My Best Advice to Preachers
Johnny Scaggs: There Must Be a Wide Awaken Leadership
Justin Rogers: The Spirit of Corruption (Ps. 14)
Kerry Richardson: 2 Minutes Tops – My Best Advice to Preachers
Larry Acuff: Christ Our Center
Mike Hixon: Jesus Has the Keys to the Cemetery
Mike Houts: Teaching our Children to Defend Their Faith
Paul Sain: God’s Way = The Right Way
Ronnie Hays: 2 Minutes Tops – My Favorite Sermon Illustration
Todd Clippard: Jesus, Never One like Him (1)

Women (click for playlist)

Celine Sparks: What’s Wrong with This Submit Button?
Cindy Colley: 5 Pandemic Passages for 2020
Cindy Colley: Momma Lessons from a Daddy Verse Part 3
Denise Martin: Living a Legacy

Monday, August 17

Men (click for playlist)

Don Blackwell: Miracles do NOT exist today
Mike Vestal: The Worlds of the Preacher
Cliff Goodwin: What Is a Christian?
Gary Hampton: What Every Church Needs
Hiram Kemp: True Unity (Ephesians 4:1-6)
Justin Rogers: The Spirit of Provision (Ps. 23)
Terrance Dindy: Loving Provisions of Our Heavenly Father (Gen 1)
Todd Clippard: Jesus, Never One like Him (2)
Ty Rhymes: Joseph
John McMath: 2 Minutes Tops – My Favorite Sermon Illustration
Keith Kasarjian: 2 Minutes Tops – My Favorite Sermon Illustration
Ted Burleson: 2 Minutes Tops – My Favorite Sermon Illustration
Mike Hixon: Learning from the Prayer Life of Jesus
Doug Dingley: OT Route 316
Doug Dingley: NT Route 316
Matt Jones: Evangelism During COVID 19
Glenn Colley: Bedtime Devotional for Kids
Caleb Colley: Engaging the Skeptics on Theism: God is Not Required for Morality
Westley Hazel: Manna in the Morning 2 As a Man Carries His Son

Women (click for playlist)

Mallory Baker: Am I a Wife That My Husband Can’t Wait to Come Home To?
Cindy Colley: Philemon Philosophies
Celine Sparks: Self-rising or All-purpose
Donna Faughn: Be Still My Heart and Church is a Family, Not an Event Part 1
Cindy Colley: Moms (and Grandmoms) Can Make the Church Stronger Part 2

Tuesday, August 18 (All Children’s Classes Released)

Men (click for playlist)

Mike Hixon: Don’t Let the Devil Make a Slave out of You
Kyle Butt: Friends (Choose Friends Carefully; Lay down Your Life for a Friend; A Friend Loves at All Times)
Ty Rhymes: Jeremiah
Ande Zimmerman: Dealing with Negativity: A Biblical Approach
Kevin Moore: VIllage Story
Don Blackwell: How Grace, Faith, and Works Are all Involved in Salvation
Cliff Goodwin: Truth You Need to Know
Hiram Kemp: The God we Serve (Philippians 4)
Ed DeBerry: Where Is the Love?
Phil Sanders: Contagious Christianity
Justin Rogers: The Spirit of Desperation (Ps. 69)
Terrance Dindy: God’s Divine Design for the Church (Eph 4)
Todd Clippard: The Challenge to Make Good Decisions
Joey Sparks: 2 Minutes Tops – My Favorite Sermon Illustration
Jim Faughn: 2 Minutes Tops – My Best Advice to Preachers
Ted Burleson: 2 Minutes Tops – My Best Advice to Preachers
Jeff Archey: The Fulfilled Life John 6:31-55
Westley Hazel: Manna in the Morning 3 He Allowed You to Be Hungry
Joe Wells: Temptation

Women (click for playlist)

April Meacham: Being a Christian Lady in a Gender-Neutral World #1: Be Not Deceived
Kim Higginbotham: A Message for Parents of Children with Special Needs
Cindy Colley: If I Die
Donna Faughn: Be Still My Heart and Church is a Family, Not an Event Part 2

Children’s Classes (click for playlist)

Kayla Harville: Celebrating God’s Day and Night Lights (Class for 2-year-old children)
Kayla Harville: Exploring God’s Animals (Class for 2-year-old children)
Kayla Harville: Exploring God’s Insects (Class for 2-year-old children)
Kayla Harville: God Made Me Special (Class for 2-year-old children)
Casie Adams: Class for 3-year-old children
Heather Scarbrough: God creates the world (Class for 4-year-old children)
Heather Scarbrough: Noah builds an ark (Class for 4-year-old children)
Heather Scarbrough: Moses leads the people (Class for 4-year-old children)
Heather Scarbrough: Elijah and the Prophets of Baal (Class for 4-year-old children)
Heather Scarbrough: Daniel and the Lions’ Den (Class for 4-year-old children)
Sandie Goodwin: The little boy with 5 loaves of bread and two fishes (John 6) (Class for 5-year-old children)
Tish Housley: David and Goliath (1 Samuel 17) (Class for 6-year-old children)
Tish Housley: Gideon (Judges 6-7) (Class for 6-year-old children)
Tish Housley: Moses and the Burning Bush (Exodus 3-4) (Class for 6-year-old children)
Drew Parsons: Noah and the Rainbow (Class for 8-year-old children)
Drew Parsons: Job 1 – A Blameless and Upright Man (Class for 8-year-old children)
Drew Parsons: Job 2 – Do Not Hold onto Possessions: God gives and God takes away (Class for 8-year-old children)
Drew Parsons: Job 3 – In Adversity, Job did not Sin with his lips (Class for 8-year-old children)
Drew Parsons: Paul’s letter to Galatia (Class for 8-year-old children)
Gina Simpson: Intro to Bible Study (Class for 9-year-old children)
Gina Simpson: Using Study Aids (Class for 9-year-old children)
Gina Simpson: Opening the Bible (Class for 9-year-old children)
Gina Simpson: Bible Marking (Class for 9-year-old children)
Gina Simpson: Verse Mapping (Class for 9-year-old children)
Kim Higginbotham: God Made the World (Class for children with special needs)
Kim Higginbotham: God Made the Animals (Class for children with special needs)

Wednesday, August 19 (All Mission-Fair Content for Children Released)

Men (click for playlist)

Jimmy Holland: Godliness
Mike Hixon: Jesus Has the Keys to the Cemetery
Cliff Goodwin: The Cities of Refuge
Gary Hampton: God’s Character and Man’s Sin (Holy, Justice, Mercy, and Love)
Jim Faughn: 2 Minutes Tops – My Favorite Sermon Illustration
Kyle Butt: Satan: Where He Came from, What He Is, What He Is Doing, and Where He Is Going
Larry Acuff: Jewels from Giants
Matthew Thigpen: 2 Minutes Tops – My Favorite Sermon Illustration
Mike Vestal: Roadside Assistance: The Parable of the Good Samaritan
Paul Sain: Facts We Must All Face
Wes Garland: 2 Minutes Tops – My Favorite Sermon Illustration
Westley Hazel: Manna in the Morning 4 Just Enough
Ande Zimmerman: Do You Know the God Who Was with Them?
Johnny Scaggs: There Must Be Love
Justin Rogers: The Spirit of Absolution (Ps. 130)
Phil Sanders: Why You Should be a Christian
Todd Clippard: Fallacies of Popular Thought vs. The Reality of Successful Living
Ty Rhymes: Josiah

Women (click for playlist)

Mary Carole Jackson: Social Media and the Christian’s Influence
Mallory Baker: Leaving a Spiritual Legacy for My Children and Grandchildren
Cindy Colley: Moms Can Make the Church Stronger! Part 1
Renee Brown/Karen Perkins: PTP 2020 Chalking Class 1
Teah McWhorter: The Steadfast Love of the Lord #2
April Meacham: Being a Christian Lady in a Gender-Neutral World #2: You are a Gift

Children’s Classes (click for playlist)

Joe Wells: Bedtime Devotional for Kids: Standard of Truth
Carmen Jarvis: Mission Fair: Puerto Rico
Rocco Pierce: Mission Fair: Fiji
Scott Shanahan: Mission Fair: Italy
Wayne Parker: Mission Fair: Pohnpei
Joey Treat: Mission Fair: Guam

Thursday, August 20 (Carnival Games for Children Released)

Men (click for playlist)

Phil Sanders: Will Jesus Really Help Me?
Todd Clippard: Foundation of an Evangelistic Spirit
Caleb Colley: Children, Obey Your Parents
Cliff Goodwin: A Man of Contradictions
John DeBerry: America: A Return to Righteousness (1)
Larry Acuff: The Church of a Lifetime
Mike Hixon: Our Refuge in Troubled Times
Mike Vestal: “Don’t Waste a Set-Back” (Blessings in Disguise)
Mike Vestal: “Great Themes of Revelation”
Westley Hazel: Manna in the Morning 5 What Is It
David Shannon: What if Daniel Taught us to Pray Daniel 9
Eddie Finch: 2 Minutes Tops – My Favorite Sermon Illustration
Johnny Scaggs: There Must Be Unity
Justin Rogers: The Spirit of Devotion (Ps. 139)
Kelvin Pugh: Godly Father
Melvin Otey: Modesty, is this a topic for boys?
Ande Zimmerman: The Bible: one of God’s many blessings
Neil Richey: Look on the Bright Side

Women (click for playlist)

Sharla Orren: It’s a Wonderful Life – You Make an Impact
Teah McWhorter: The Canvas of an Impressionable Heart
Mary Carole Jackson: Life Balance and How to Achieve It
April Meacham: Relationships and Readiness – Ephesians 6
Rachel Holland: Painting Devotional
Jania Otey: Remembering God Part 1
Renee Brown/Karen Perkins: PTP 2020 Chalking Class 2

Children’s Classes (click for playlist)

Celine Sparks: Carnival Games
Joe Wells: Bedtime Devotional for Kids: Marriage

Friday, August 21

Men (click for playlist)

Phil Sanders: Will Jesus Really Help Me?
Cliff Goodwin: Where Is Jesus?
Hiram Kemp: Why I Love the Church of Christ
Larry Acuff: The Faith of Noah
Mike Hixon: Our Most Valuable Possession
Mike Vestal: Engaging Future Leaders Now
Westley Hazel: Manna in the Morning 6 Work For It
David Smith: Giving Your Heart to God
Glenn Colley: Judge Not
Ande Zimmerman: Kindness: What is it and why we need it
Caleb Colley: Physical Suffering, Grief, and the Christian
Caleb Rutherford: David
Eddie Finch: 2 Minutes Tops – My Best Advice to Preachers
John DeBerry: America: A Return to Righteousness (2)
Mike Glenn: Why Not Play? A Different Perspective
Mike Houts: The Victims of our Enemy
Todd Clippard: Take Heed How You Hear
Todd Clippard: If I Were a Teen Again
Jania Otey: Remembering God Part 2
Alan Judd: Are You Worried about Worry?

Women (click for playlist)

Hannah Giselbach: First Things First Part 1
Martha Howell: Work At Home Moms: How to Make it Work (And How to Know When It Won’t)
Tish Clarke: Exhausted and Worn Out, What’s Left for Him?
Teah McWhorter: The Unchangeable God in a Changing World
Renee Brown/Karen Perkins: PTP 2020 Chalking Class 3
April Meacham: Joy in Unity
Teah McWhorter: The Steadfast Love of the Lord #1

Children’s Classes (click for playlist)

Joe Wells: Bedtime Devo: Filters

Saturday, August 22

Men (click for playlist)

Larry Acuff: The Importance of the Church
Mike Houts: Using Science to Evangelize Agnostics
Todd Clippard: Jesus for President
Caleb Colley: Ask and You Shall Receive
Cliff Goodwin: The Beautiful Bride of Christ
Mike Vestal: Learning from the Master How to Pray
Westley Hazel: Manna in the Morning 7 Not By Bread Alone
Ande Zimmerman: Psalm 23: Looking at an old familiar text
Daniel Stearsman: Faith in an Age of Scientific Uncertainty
Ed Bull: 2 Minutes Tops – My Best Advice to Preachers
Eddy Gilpin: Sword Sharpening – Eddy Gilpin
Eric Lyons: What Does “Believe” Mean in John 3:16
John DeBerry: America: A Return to Righteousness (3)
Johnny Scaggs: We Must learn to Turn Trials Into Triumph
Keith Kasarjian: Look on the Bright Side
Kevin Rutherford: Eternal Life and Light
Caleb Rutherford: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego
Mike Hixon: Our Refuge in Troubled Times
Todd Clippard: Recognizing Value= Faith

Women (click for playlist)

Renee Brown/Karen Perkins: PTP 2020 Chalking Class 4
Teah McWhorter: Children are Like Live Wires – They Need to be Well-Grounded
Tish Clarke: Heavenly Light
Martha Howell: Rizpah: Turning Trauma into Meaning
April Meacham: Peter’s Last Words – A Study of 2 Peter 3
Cindy Colley: I Just Wanna Be a Sheep
Hannah Giselbach: First Things First Part 2
Jania Otey: Behind the Makeup

Children’s Classes (click for playlist)

Joe Wells: Bedtime Devotional: Barriers

Sunday, August 23

Men (click for playlist)

B.J. Clarke: I Have Chosen the Way of Truth
Caleb Colley: Jesus’ Death on the Cross
Don Blackwell: Proving Jesus is Fully Deity
Hiram Kemp: What the Thief on the Cross Believes (Luke 23)
Kyle Butt: Courage (Doing What Is Right Regardless of Physical Consequences)
Dean Thompson: The Church’s Responsibility to the Next Generation
Eddie Finch: 2 Minutes Tops – My Best Advice to Preachers
Caleb Colley: The Unity of All Believers
David Dixon: 2 Minutes Tops – My Favorite Sermon Illustration
Doug Dingley: Christianity in 3-D
Greg Dismuke: God is in the Delivery Business
John DeBerry: America: A Return to Righteousness (4)
Jordan Pugh: Podcast
Kevin Rutherford: Eternal Life and Love
Mike Houts: Conversion of an Atheist
Todd Clippard: The Penitent Prodigal = Repentance
Todd Clippard: How Do I Talk about the One Church?

Women (click for playlist)

Kathy Pollard: A Better You and How to Resolve Conflict Part 1
Martha Howell: Hop off the “Busy Train”: Banish “Busy” and Live With Intention
Tish Clarke: Better Together
April Meacham: The Next Step is yours #1
Donna Faughn: I Love Life
Jania Otey: What the World Needs Now is Love Sweet Love
Renee Brown/Karen Perkins: PTP 2020 Chalking Class 5
Teah McWhorter: Beware of False Teachers
Tonja McReady: Hannah

Children’s Classes (click for playlist)

Rob Baker: Bedtime Devo

Monday, August 24

Men (click for playlist)

Kelvin Pugh: Solitary Refinement
Kyle Butt: Why is the Bible So Hard to Understand
Mike Hixon: Our Most Valuable Possession
Alan Judd: Regrets of a Dead Man
Daniel Howell: 2 Minutes Tops – My Favorite Sermon Illustration
Dean Thompson: What We Can Learn From Jesus About Racial Unity
Gary Hampton: If I Could Start My Life Over
Johnny Scaggs: Then Each Member Must Be Willing to do His, Her Part
Jordan Pugh: Podcast
Keith Hovis: 2 Minutes Tops – My Best Advice to Preachers
Kevin Rutherford: Eternal Life and Truth
Kyle Butt: God Always Gets It Right (Reliability of the Bible)
Mark Howell: 2 Minutes Tops – My Favorite Sermon Illustration
Mike Vestal: Great Themes in Revelation
Paul Sain: A Father’s Charge to His Son
Terrance Dindy: The Resurrection (1 Cor 15)
Todd Clippard: Does My Practice Match My Profession = Confession
Todd Clippard: Choosing a Mate

Women (click for playlist)

April Meacham: The Next Step is yours #2
Teah McWhorter: Serving from the Heart #1
Donna Faughn: What keeps me from Loving LIfe and seeing good days
Jeanny Gilpin: A Woman After God’s Own Heart Part 1
Martha Howell: In it Not of it: Living in this World without the World Living in Us Part 1
Renee Brown/Karen Perkins: PTP 2020 Chalking Class 6
Sheila Butt: If the Shoe Fits and Healing Broken Things Part 2
Tonja McReady: Our Influence

Tuesday, August 25

Men (click for playlist)

Paul Sain: The Victorious Life
Billy Lambert: How Can We Have a Strong Faith?
Dale Hubbart: 2 Minutes Tops – My Best Advice to Preachers
Joey Treat: Do We Compete With Denominations (A Missionary’s Perspective)
Johnny Scaggs: Only Healthy Churches
Jordan Pugh: Podcast
Kevin Rutherford: Eternal Life and Jesus
Kyle Butt: Absolute Truth
Matt Wallin: Power of Positivity in Evangelism
Mike Hixon: Learning From The Prayer Life of Jesus
Mike Vestal: 30 Years that Changed the World
Riley Nelson: My Advice to Preachers
Terrance Dindy: Without Love (1 Cor 1)
Steve Higginbotham: Blessed Assurance, Jesus is Mine
Mark Howell: 2 Minutes Tops – My Best Advice to Preachers
Rob Whitacre: Common Sense in Religion
Todd Clippard: Are You Dressed Properly? = Baptism

Women (click for playlist)

April Meacham: Journey with Bible Women
Cindy Colley: Avoiding the Landmines of the Devil Part 2
Donna Faughn: Now what do i do with this wonderful life
Tish Clarke: Building Strong Relationships
Teah McWhorter: Serving from the Heart #2
Kathy Pollard: A Better You and How to Resolve Conflict Part 2

Wednesday, August 26

Men (click for playlist)

Caleb Colley: Always Abounding in the Work of the Lord
Chris Donovant: 2 Minutes Tops – My Favorite Sermon Illustration
Doug Dingley: God of All Comfort
Gary Hampton: The Cornerstone and the Living Stones
Hiram Kemp: God’s Keys to Success
Larry Acuff: Get a Life
Jordan Pugh: Podcast
Kelvin Pugh: Do Thee Good
Kevin Rutherford: Eternal Life and Balance
Mike Hixon: Don’t Let the Devil Make a Slave Out of You
Mike Hixon: 2 Minutes Tops – My Favorite Sermon Illustration
Neal Pollard: Pilate’s Powerful Questions
Paul Sain: Lived Too Long or Died Too Soon
Phil Sanders: Give Me the Bible
Phil Sanders: Jesus and His Word
Jeff Miller: In the Way He Should Go: Rearing Children With a Bible Introduction
Jeff Miller: In the Way He Should Go: Rearing Children With a Bible 1
Jeff Miller: In the Way He Should Go: Rearing Children With a Bible 2

Women (click for playlist)

April Meacham: Journey with the Woman at the Cross
Donna Faughn: Ten Commandments for Christian Women Pt 1
Donna Faughn: Ten Commandments for Christian Women Pt 2
Martha Howell: I think I’m more Like Martha than Mary. Is That So Bad?
Tish Clarke: Together in Action
Mallory Baker: Remaining Faithful during Uncertain Times
Martha Howell: In it, Not of it – Living in the World Without the World Living in Us Part 2
Celine Sparks: Forgive Me
Teah McWhorter: The Joy of Being a Christian
Tonja McReady: Trust 2