Peak Community Church Sermons
By Pastor Greg Kendall
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Podcast Description
A weekly podcast of the recorded sermons for Peak Community Church, in Fort Collins, Colorado. Pastor Greg Kendall delivers biblical, insightful, thought-provoking messages to challenge the Christian community to evaluate how we should live in this world as faithful disciples of Jesus Christ.
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CleanThe Power of Forgiveness | The memorable story of Jesus healing a paralyzed man when his friends lower him through the roof has much to teach us about the power of forgiveness. Luke 5:17-26 | 2/5/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanGod's Agenda | Jesus comes to his home-town of Nazareth and is offered the honor of reading from the scriptures. He chose to read from Isaiah 61 and said, "Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing." Luke 4:14-21 | 1/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Cross and the Crown | Jesus' temptation in the wilderness exposes some temptations we all face when it comes to our faith. Luke 4:1-13 | 1/15/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Best is Yet to Come | God waits for us in the future, constantly calling us into the plans He has for us. Hebrews 11:8-16 | 1/8/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Gift of Hope | As we begin a new year, let's remember two great truths about living as followers of Jesus. | 1/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMaking Room for Joy | For many, the Christmas season is stressful. But the first Christmas reverberated with the sound of joy. Luke 1:39-45 | 12/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMaking Room by Simplifying | If Christmas leaves you with little more than a sigh of relief when it's over, if it robs you of times of spontaneity and joy, it's not simple enough. Luke 2:6-16 | 12/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanKingdom Crossroads | When Jesus was 8 days old, the prophet Simeon said, "This child is destined to cause the falling and rising of many in Israel." Jesus would become the great watershed of human history, the crossroads where every person must choose their path. Matthew 7:24-27 | 11/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanKingdom Community | This section of the Sermon on the Mount is summarized by the Golden Rule. But it is preceded by three other "rules" that should guide our treatment of others in the Kingdom Community. Matthew 7:1-12 | 11/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanKingdom Investing | Wouldn't you like to get investment advice from God, the One who has declared it his goal to give us abundant life? Our consideration of the Sermon on the Mount continues with four simple guidelines for Kingdom Investing. Matthew 6:19-34 | 11/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Hidden Kingdom | In this section of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus identifies another aspect of Kingdom Life - hiddenness or secrecy. He repeats this phrase three times, "Your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you." Let's think about what that might mean. Matthew 6:1-18 | 10/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Upside Down Kingdom | You have heard it said...but I say to you. Jesus turns everything upside down. Matthew 5 | 10/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanGuest Speaker: Beau Johnson | Continuing in the series on the Sermon on the Mount. | 10/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Blessed Life | The Beatitudes- Whose definition of "the good life" are you pursuing? What determines whether you are "happy" on any given day? Matthew 5:1-12 | 10/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanFollowing the King | The Sermon on the Mount is a primer on Discipleship. What does it really mean to be a disciple? Matthew 4:18-22 | 9/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Kingdom is Here | Jesus was a one-theme preacher: the Kingdom of God. It is the key that unlocks the meaning of the entire narrative of scripture, and how the two Testaments fit together. | 9/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDefining Moments | Isaiah 6:1-8. How did the events of 9-11-01 change us? What changes would God like to see in his people as we wake up to the new realities of a post 9-11 world? Isaiah's response to a watershed event in his lifetime may help us. | 9/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMoving Back into the Neighborhood | John 1:14. The church must learn to follow God into the neighborhood - to rediscover the ability and desire to find God in places of service and action - so that others may find Him there as well. | 9/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPrayer That Says Hallelujah! | Hallelujah! The prayer that sings and dances. Psalm 150 | 8/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPrayer That is Silent | Most of the Psalms are rather noisy. But there is a kind of prayer that simply enters the silence at the heart of God. This is the prayer of contemplation. Psalms 131 and 46 | 8/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPrayer That Says Someday | This is the prayer of imagination and aspiration. The writer imagines a world that functions very differently than the one with which we are familiar. It's an invitation to dream God's dream for the world. Psalm 72. | 8/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPrayer That Says Yes | John's gospel closes in a curious way, with a conversation between Jesus and Peter that leaves us wondering about Peter's future. Psalm 131 | 7/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPrayer That Says Behold | When we emerge from the long tunnel of the Dark Night of the Soul and stumble blinking into the light again, we often find a new perspective on things. Psalm 46 | 7/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPrayer That Asks Why | As the dark night of the soul continues, the prayers that say How Long? or No! gradually change into another question - Why? This is almost always an unanswerable question. But the crucial point is where we locate the mystery - is it a mystery about God, or about the world we live in? Psalm 22. | 7/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPrayer That Says No! | This is the prayer that rages. It's the prayer you pray in the dark night of the soul, when you are struggling to reconcile a belief in God's goodness and justice in the face of suffering and evil in the world. Psalm 88. | 7/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPrayer That Asks When | Prayer asking How Long? Psalm 42 is about exile - the experience of feeling separated from God, far from God's presence. Jesus quoted from it both in the Garden of Gethsemane and again on the cross, the time when jesus is most like us in our humanness. Psalm 42-43. | 7/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanGuest Speaker: Beau Johnson | Continuing in the series, "All Kinds of Prayer." | 6/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPrayer That Says Please | Prayer of Intercession. Psalm 10. | 6/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPrayer That Says Help | Prayer of Petition. Psalm 70. | 5/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPrayer That Says Sorry | Prayer of Confession. Psalm 51. | 5/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPrayer That Says O! | When we begin to contemplate the greatness and goodness of God, a flood of thoughts and emotions can quickly overwhlem us. Sometimes the only response is, "O!" The prayer of worship; prayer that sings and dances. Psalm 8. | 5/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPrayer That Says THANKS | Addressing God is what we call prayer. The Psalms are a treasure trove of prayer. Throughout this series, we'll use one of them to teach and prompt us in a different kind of prayer. Psalm 136. | 5/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPrayer That Says HERE | Addressing God is what we call prayer. The Psalms are a treasure trove of prayer. Throughout this series, we'll use one of them to teach and prompt us in a different kind of prayer. Psalm 139. | 5/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Story God is Telling | Most of the small stories we write for ourselves are born out of an experience of pain or loss. These smaller stories always take us away from the story God is telling. | 4/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanJoined With Christ | The Christian life is not just imitation of Christ, but rather participation in Christ. | 4/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanComing Home | The Christian life is a journey of the heart - life is lived on the road. We look backward with thanksgiving and forward with hope. But what are we hoping for? | 4/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanAlong the Road | The people of Israel are on a journey, somewhere along the road to the Promised Land. They have paused to rest and regroup, and Moses has some very important words for them about the two most importnat possessions they carry with them. Deuteronomy 8:1-9 | 4/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Great Story | The biggest problem with the Resurrection for many people is not believing THAT it happened, but rather understanding WHY it happened. What does it mean? Why was it necessary? Where do the events of Easter fit in the Great Story of God's relentless pursuit of our hearts? | 3/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanHungry for More | Somewhere along the road, there comes a time when we are tempted to abandon the passionate, wild love affair that God is calling us into, and settle into duty, obligation, and routine. Philippians 3:4-14 | 3/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWhat Does God See in Me? | Next to our beliefs about God, our beliefs about ourselves are the most important things about us. What does God see in us that we can' see in ourselves? Isaiah 62:1-5 | 3/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanLeaving Your Story Behind | Most of the small stories we write for ourselves are born out of an experience of hurt or pain. Each painful episode carries a message which, if we believe it, can become part of our personality. They certainly affect our ability to respond to the relentless pursuit of our hearts by God. Luke 4:14-21 | 2/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanGod, the Ageless Romancer | The story God is telling is a love story in four acts. God is not just the author, but also the lead character. Book of Hosea | 2/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanA Story Big Enough to Live In | The story of Joseph is a great example of the way God weaves everything that happens to us into the larger story he is telling. Genesis 37-45 | 2/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Story We Find Ourselves In | The Apostle Paul wrote the letter to the Ephesians to help them see the big picture - to understand the larger story they were part of. It sheds light on our situation as well. The letter opens with Paul's explanation of what has happened to them, and us. Ephesians 1 | 2/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanHow to Amaze God | In Luke 7 is the story of Jesus healing a Roman Centurion's servant. Jesus expresses amazement at his great faith. On the other hand, in Mark 6 Jesus expresses amazement at the lack of faith in Nazareth. | 1/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Water of Life | This is the story of Jesus' encounter with the woman at the well of Samaria. Jesus wants to help her, but she resists him with excuses that sound very contemporary and familiar. John 4:1-42 | 1/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanHow to Be Born Again | This is the story of Jesus' conversation with Nicodemus. It is where we get the phrase, "born again." But what does that really mean? Nicodemus needed an explanation, and perhaps so do we. John 3:1-15 | 1/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpiphany: The Ways God Comes to Us | Epiphany means "showing forth," and it commemorates the arrival of the Magi in Bethlehem to see Jesus. God wants to show himself to you this year, and you will see him if you know what to look for. John 1:43-2:25 | 1/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWhen You Follow a Star and Find a Stable | How do we react when faced with life's inevitable disappointments? This is where character is revealed. The story of the wise men gives us three clues. Matthew 2:1-11 | 12/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanA Miraculous Birth | Mary was chosen to give birth to the Christ child - to become the dwelling place of God. But in order for this wonderful thing to happen she had to overcome some obstacles within herself. And they are the same obstacles we have to overcome in order for Christ to be formed in us. Luke 1:26-38 | 12/19/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Cradle That Rocked the World | The event we celebrate at Christmas time was not peaceful and dreamlike. We must not allow all the sentimental, cultural trappings of the season to remove us from its true meaning. Luke 2:25-35 | 12/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanGreat Expectations | What are your expectations for this Christmas season? The answer is tied to your response to another question: Who do you say Jesus is? | 12/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWhat is God Up To? | Advent is the season of waiting, of expectation. But what are we expecting? What's God up to? We know He's up to something, preparing something, getting ready to do something. What is it? | 11/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSubverting the Empire | Jesus was born during the time of King Herod - a homicidal maniac who ruled over the empire using domination, intimidation, and manipulation. The spirit of Herod is alive in the world today, and has taken the form of materialism and consumerism. How did Jesus respond to Herod? How do we respond today? | 11/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Yoke of Consumerism vs. the Yoke of Christ | The story of the Bible is telling our story. Matthew 11:28-30 | 11/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanAdvent Conspiracy | This Christmas season, let's be more intentional than ever before at celebrating a truly Christian Christmas season. Advent Conspiracy: Worship Fully, Give More, Spend Less, Love All | 11/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanLiving in Community | These last few verses of James paints a picture of how a community will function when they are living out practical Christianity. James 5:13-20 | 10/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPleasing God vs. Pleasing Self | Life is full of misconceptions. The book of James was written to correct some of them. Today, the belief that living to please oneself is the path to happiness. James 4:1-10 | 10/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanFaith and Action | James points out the paradox between faith and deeds. Biblical faith holds together both belief and action. James 2:14-26 | 10/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPractical Christianity | Faith is what you do. It's not just what you believe. It's the we way in live in this world to demonstrate what we believe. James 2:1-13 | 10/3/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPure Religion | Anyone who is serious about living a life that is pleasing to God has to be concerned about what he really wants from us. In our text, James offers an answer by identifying what he calls "pure religion."James 1:19-27 | 9/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDo Something! | The book of James is about "Practical Christianity." It answers the "so now what?" questions. Basically, James says, "Do something!" to put your faith in action. But he starts with a helpul reminder of how to handle the storms of lie that inevitably come our way. James 1 | 9/19/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWorld Class Christianity | The goal of the Christian life is transformation - conformity to the character of Christ. Why? Because God wants us to partner with him in the healing and restoration of the world. So, in order to realize God's dreams for our lives and our church, first we have to identify with God's heart for the world. Jonah 3 and 4 | 9/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMissional Practices | The church is not the end-user of the Gospel. The Good News of God is not intended just for our enjoyment - it is intended for our transformation so that we can join God in his ultimate goal of healing and restoring all of Creation. Isaiah 1:11-17 | 8/29/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanCommunal Practices | Communal practices are the things we do together when we come together for weekly worship services, designed to help God do his work in our lives. Hebrews 10:23-25 | 8/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanContemplative Practices | The goal of the Christian life is transformation - to be conformed to the image of Christ. There are things we can do to cooperate with that process. Over the centuries, God's people have developed disciplines - or practices - that can help us in this transformation process. 1 Timothy 4:7-8 | 8/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanTrying vs. Training | The goal of the Christian life is transformation - to be conformed to the image of Christ. This is God's work, but there are some things we can do to cooperate with it. We call them Spiritual Practices, or Disciplines. These are activities that will help us train for righteousness. 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 | 8/8/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Changed Life | Is it possible to become a better person? Yes. Given the right conditions, it is as natural for character to grow to maturity as for a seed to turn into a beautiful flower. But how does it happen? 2 Corinthians 3:18 | 7/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Goal of the Christian Life | The goal of the Christian life is transformation. God intends to change us into the likeness of Christ, to conform us to his image. Mark 1:14-20 | 7/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Pursuit of Happiness | In our Declaration of Independence, the founding fathers affirmed a belief that God has endowed human beings with certain "inalienable rights"; among them, "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." The question is, after 235 years are we any closer to catching it?. | 7/4/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPeak 60th Anniversary Celebration | This Sunday we celebrate our 60th anniversary as a church, with special guest Rev. Dale Hency, the church's inaugural pastor. | 6/27/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Society of the Jesus Creed | A Society for Reconciliation. Jesus Creed-ers work to remove the barriers that divide us. | 6/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Society of the Jesus Creed | A Society for Justice. Jesus Creed-ers love, and work for, justice. | 6/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Society of the Jesus Creed | A Society of Joy. Jesus Creed-ers love to party; it's a foretaste of what's to come. | 6/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Society of the Jesus Creed | A Society of Mustard Seeds. Don't despise the day of small things; keep planting. | 5/30/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Society of the Jesus Creed | A Society of Transformation. Kingdom Now. Let the transformation begin. | 5/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 76 Episodes |
