{"id":3222,"date":"2012-03-29T16:09:45","date_gmt":"2012-03-29T22:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/?p=3222"},"modified":"2012-03-29T17:32:16","modified_gmt":"2012-03-29T23:32:16","slug":"how-to-search-dscs-message-database","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/how-to-search-dscs-message-database\/","title":{"rendered":"Ways to Search DSC&#8217;s Message Database"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The internet is good for many things. I&#8217;m sure you can think of a few.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the best thing that the internet is good for is the wide and voluminous\u00c2\u00a0distribution of the Word of God.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the most important sermon any of us hears in a week is the sermon we hear when we&#8217;re together with the body on Sunday morning.\u00c2\u00a0But there is a place for listening to a specific sermon at a specific time to address a specific question or need, or just to hear more of the Bible.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s part of why we publish almost ten years of preaching and approximately\u00c2\u00a0400 sermons at the DSC <a href=\"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/messages\/\">Messages<\/a> page. That&#8217;s a lot of sermons! For that reason, it is good to be familiar with the various ways to search the sermon database.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Search by Scripture (New!)<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>This option is first on the list here because it is new as of this week. If you have visited the Messages page before in hopes of finding a sermon on a particular text, you may have had difficulty if that text didn&#8217;t fall within a series by that book. Not anymore.<\/div>\n<p><strong>Search by Series<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When searching by series, sermons can be filtered by sermon series, conference, seminar weekend, or type of event, like Lord&#8217;s Supper. Here are some examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/messages\/By_Series\/Clarus_05\">Clarus 2005 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c The Reformation: Why Was It Needed and Do We Need Another?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/messages\/By_Series\/Colossians:Christ_Is_All\">Colossians: Christ is All<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/messages\/By_Series\/Elders_Q&amp;A\">Elders Q&amp;A<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/messages\/By_Series\/Lord's_Supper\/\">Lord&#8217;s Supper<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/messages\/By_Series\/Mapping_Out_the_Old_Testament\">Mapping Out The Old Testament<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/messages\/By_Series\/Proverbs:Wisdom_for_the_Home\">Proverbs: Wisdom for the Home<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/messages\/By_Series\/Psalms:Pour_Out_Your_Heart_to_Him\">Psalms: Pour Out Your Heart to Him<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/messages\/By_Series\/Seminar:The_Reliability_of_the_Bible\">Seminar: The Reliability of The Bible<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/messages\/By_Series\/The_Word_on_Parenting\">The Word on Parenting<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Search by Speaker<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you remember or want to listen to a sermon by a particular preacher, you can search by speaker. Here are some examples of familiar names:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/messages\/By_Speaker\/Carlos_Griego\">Carlos Griego<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/messages\/By_Speaker\/D_A_Carson\">D.A. Carson<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/messages\/By_Speaker\/Fred_Zaspel\">Fred G. Zaspel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/messages\/By_Speaker\/Greg_Schneeberger\">Greg Schneeberger<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/messages\/By_Speaker\/Ron_Giese\">Ron Giese<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/messages\/By_Speaker\/Ryan_Kelly\">Ryan Kelly<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/messages\/By_Speaker\/Wayne_Grudem\">Wayne Grudem<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Search by Topic<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Under the umbrella categories of &#8220;Theology,&#8221; &#8220;Worldview and Culture,&#8221; &#8220;The Christian Life,&#8221; &#8220;Family,&#8221; and &#8220;Church and Ministry,&#8221; sermons are searchable by a number of topics. Here are some examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/messages\/By_Topic\/The_Grace_of_God\">The Grace of God<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/messages\/By_Topic\/Assurance_of_Salvation\">Assurance of Salvation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/messages\/By_Topic\/Repentance\">Repentance<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/messages\/By_Topic\/Conflict\">Conflict<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/messages\/By_Topic\/Death_and_Dying\">Death and Dying<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/messages\/By_Topic\/Knowing_God's_Will\">Knowing God&#8217;s Will<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/messages\/By_Topic\/Work_and_Vocation\">Work and Vocation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/messages\/By_Topic\/Parenting\">Parenting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/messages\/By_Topic\/Church_Planting\">Church Planting<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Search by Date<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you remember a sermon from a particular year or time of year, you can search by year back to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/messages\/By_Date\/2004\">2004<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The internet is good for many things. I&#8217;m sure you can think of a few. Perhaps the best&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/how-to-search-dscs-message-database\/\">Continue Reading &rsaquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[23],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3222"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3222"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3237,"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3222\/revisions\/3237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}