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Joshua 10

Now it came to pass, when Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem had heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them; That they feared greatly, because Gibeon [was] a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it [was] greater than Ai, and all the men thereof [were] mighty.…

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

Redemption #10 - Hebrews

In “Redemption #10 - Hebrews,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about God’s commandments, faith, sacrifice and surrender. Drawing especially from Galatians 2, Galatians 4, 2 Peter 3, Acts 15, the teaching emphasizes that God’s commands reveal His standard and direct the obedient life. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

Skyfall 2023: Biblical Cosmology 101 by Pastor Dean Odle

In “Skyfall 2023 - Biblical Cosmology 101 by Pastor Dean Odle,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about the authority of Scripture, biblical creation, faith. Drawing especially from Zechariah 1, Genesis 1, Job 38, Revelation 20, the teaching emphasizes that Scripture is presented as the standard for doctrine, discernment, and daily obedience. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that the creation account is defended as foundational to biblical authority and the meaning of the created order.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

Breaking Free #1: Spiritual Warfare 101

The opening session of “Breaking Free” lays out Pastor Dean Odle’s basic framework for spiritual warfare. After worship and an appeal to faith, he tells believers that Jesus’ name gives authority over demonic oppression and that Christians should expect to minister healing and deliverance rather than remain passive. He distinguishes fallen angelic rulers from the evil spirits he identifies with the dead giants of Genesis, presenting both as parts of the hostile hierarchy described in Ephesians 6.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

Deliverance from Demons

In “Deliverance from Demons,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about demons and deliverance, faith, family discipleship. Drawing especially from Luke 10, Luke 4, Mark 16, 1 Thessalonians 5, the teaching emphasizes that demonic influence must be answered through Christ’s authority and the freedom He provides. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

Demons & Deliverance Part 4: Accursed Objects & Demonic Healing

In “Demons & Deliverance Part 4 - Accursed Objects & Demonic Healing,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about demons and deliverance, idolatry and occult influence, Satanic opposition. Drawing especially from John 10:10, 1 John 3:8, Revelation 12:11, Revelation 12:10, the teaching emphasizes that demonic influence must be answered through Christ’s authority and the freedom He provides. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that objects and practices tied to idolatry are treated as spiritual compromises that should be renounced.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

Facing the Giants

In “Facing the Giants,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about prayer, family discipleship, the condition of the church. Drawing especially from Isaiah 52, 1 Corinthians 10, Exodus 13:12-14, Genesis 6, the teaching emphasizes that prayer expresses dependence on God and prepares believers to hear and obey Him. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that faithfulness in the home requires instruction, loving correction, protection, and a consistent Christian example.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

Faith

Pastor Dean Odle’s “Faith” defines biblical faith as trust generated and governed by the written Word of God. Hebrews 11:6 and Romans 10:17 anchor the teaching: faith is indispensable, but it does not arise from imagination, institutions, cultural consensus, or impressive signs. From the Emmaus road in Luke 24, Odle argues that Jesus answered unbelief by opening Moses and the prophets, establishing Scripture as the foundation for recognizing Christ and discerning truth.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

Fighting Witches

In “Fighting Witches,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about faith, idolatry and occult influence, Satanic opposition. Drawing especially from Romans 10, Proverbs 18, Exodus 17, Exodus 7, the teaching emphasizes that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that objects and practices tied to idolatry are treated as spiritual compromises that should be renounced.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

Knowledge vs. Wisdom

In “Knowledge vs. Wisdom,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about the authority of Scripture, faith, Satanic opposition. Drawing especially from Proverbs 29:18, John 12, Revelation 19, Luke 10:9, the teaching emphasizes that Scripture is presented as the standard for doctrine, discernment, and daily obedience. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

Personal Revival

In “Personal Revival,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about the condition of the church, faith, prayer. Drawing especially from 1 Corinthians 10, Numbers 13, Exodus 3, Luke 16, the teaching emphasizes that the church is called to recover biblical faithfulness instead of accommodating compromise. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

Propaganda, Controlled Opposition & Our Faith

In “Propaganda, Controlled Opposition & Our Faith,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about faith, the authority of Scripture, Israel in prophecy. Drawing especially from John 14, Romans 10, Luke 18, 1 Corinthians 1, the teaching emphasizes that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that Scripture is presented as the standard for doctrine, discernment, and daily obedience.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

Pursuing and Attaining the Glory of God

In “Pursuing and Attaining the Glory of God,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about the glory of God, the condition of the church, and David’s example. Drawing especially from Isaiah 6, Isaiah 64, 1 Chronicles 13, and 1 Samuel 10, the teaching emphasizes that God’s glory exposes sin, deepens reverence, and changes those who seek His presence. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that the church is called to recover biblical faithfulness instead of accommodating compromise.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

Satan's Secret Agents

In “Satan's Secret Agents,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about the condition of the church, Satanic opposition, prayer. Drawing especially from Matthew 7, Psalm 55, Proverbs 18, Luke 10, the teaching emphasizes that the church is called to recover biblical faithfulness instead of accommodating compromise. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that Satan’s work is described through deception, accusation, temptation, and opposition to God’s purposes.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

The Dwelling of the Wise

In “The Dwelling of the Wise,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about holiness, the Holy Spirit, the wisdom of God. Drawing especially from 2 Timothy 3, John 17, Hebrews 4:12, Proverbs 9:10, the teaching emphasizes that God calls believers to reject compromise and pursue practical holiness. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that the Holy Spirit leads, equips, corrects, and strengthens believers who yield to God.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

The Secret to the Favor of God

Pastor Dean Odle's “secret” to God's favor is deliberately simple: humility expressed through courageous obedience. Using Israel's refusal to enter Canaan in Numbers 13-14, he contrasts Joshua and Caleb's confidence in God's promise with the majority's fear, unbelief, and rebellion. God does not remove every giant or stronghold beforehand; He calls His people to become co-laborers who pray, obey, fight, and grow in faith while depending on His grace.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

Apologetics #2 - The Divine Inspiration of the Bible (Part 1)

In “Apologetics #2 - The Divine Inspiration of the Bible (Part 1),” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about the authority of Scripture, Bible prophecy, faith. Drawing especially from 1 Peter 3:15, Luke 60, Ephesians 60, Philippians 61, the teaching emphasizes that Scripture is presented as the standard for doctrine, discernment, and daily obedience. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that prophecy should produce discernment, readiness, and faithfulness rather than speculation alone.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

Bloody Hands

In “Bloody Hands,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about freedom from fear, faith, prayer. Drawing especially from Proverbs 21:20, 1 Peter 3:15, Mark 16, Luke 24:44, the teaching emphasizes that the believer must answer fear with trust in God, sober judgment, and faithful action. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises.

Sermon · Dean Odle

Demons & Deliverance Part 2 - Demons in Christians

In part two of his deliverance series, Pastor Dean Odle argues that a Christian can be genuinely saved and still require deliverance from demonic oppression or indwelling influence in areas of life that have not been surrendered or cleansed. He distinguishes salvation from sanctification and deliverance, using Israel’s exodus, wilderness journey, tabernacle cleansing, and several Gospel accounts as patterns for the believer’s continuing spiritual warfare.

Sermon · Dean Odle

Demonstrations of the Holy Ghost Power

Pastor Dean Odle calls the church to seek the genuine power and presence of the Holy Spirit while rejecting occult counterfeits and contemplative practices. He surveys biblical symbols of the Spirit, the meaning of divine power, Jesus’ miracles, the gifts described in Acts and 1 Corinthians, and the repeated manifestations that accompanied apostolic ministry. His thesis is that Christian faith should rest not merely in persuasive speech but in the demonstrated power of God.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

Fire & Grace Church Q&A

In “Fire & Grace Church Q&A,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about the authority of Scripture, faith, angelic messengers. Drawing especially from Revelation 9, Matthew 24, Matthew 4, 2 Timothy 3:16, the teaching emphasizes that Scripture is presented as the standard for doctrine, discernment, and daily obedience. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises.

Sermon · Mike Zwick and Dean Odle

Flat Earth or Round Earth -

Host Mike Zwick interviews Pastor Dean Odle about biblical cosmology and Odle’s conclusion that Scripture describes a stationary, enclosed earth rather than the modern heliocentric model. Odle recounts his gradual change of view, argues that Genesis 1 should control Christian cosmology, and says that accepting secular accounts of origins has weakened confidence in the Bible. The interview is presented as advocacy for Odle’s position, not as an independent scientific assessment.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

God of Genocide or Judge of the Nephilim?

In “God of Genocide or Judge of the Nephilim,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about the authority of Scripture, faith, the Nephilim and judgment. Drawing especially from Luke 24, 2 Timothy 3, Matthew 4, Psalm 12, the teaching emphasizes that Scripture is presented as the standard for doctrine, discernment, and daily obedience. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

God's Flat Earth & the Firmament of His Power V

In “God's Flat Earth & the Firmament of His Power V,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about the authority of Scripture, faith, the condition of the church. Drawing especially from Psalm 19, John 8, Psalm 148, Psalm 38, the teaching emphasizes that Scripture is presented as the standard for doctrine, discernment, and daily obedience. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises.

Sermon · Dean Odle

Hatching Snake Eggs

Dean Odle uses Isaiah 59’s imagery of cockatrice or viper eggs to warn that lies, slander, concealed sin, and false teaching eventually hatch destructive consequences. He applies the metaphor to doctrinal controversies, personal integrity, and church relationships, repeatedly urging believers to become valiant for truth rather than sheltering deception. Examples involving unsupported biblical claims and compromised leaders illustrate his contention that impressive language cannot compensate for a lack of Scripture or honest fruit. King Saul becomes a picture of someone who begins with a genuine calling but allows disobedience and deception to corrupt his course.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

Living Under Satanic Influence

In “Living Under Satanic Influence,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about Satanic opposition, faith, the authority of Scripture. Drawing especially from Revelation 12, Ephesians 1, Ephesians 2, Revelation 16, the teaching emphasizes that Satan’s work is described through deception, accusation, temptation, and opposition to God’s purposes. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

Pushed

“Pushed” uses the fiery furnace account in Daniel 3 as a pattern for end-time pressure to worship an antichrist system. Pastor Dean Odle traces Nebuchadnezzar’s image, compulsory worship, accusation against dissenters, and threat of death, then connects that pattern to Revelation’s beast, image, mark, and global worship. His central warning is that believers must settle beforehand that they will not bow, even when economic exclusion, government coercion, or death is used to force compliance.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

Sexual Abuse & Deliverance

In “Sexual Abuse & Deliverance,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about demons and deliverance, Satanic opposition, prayer. Drawing especially from Revelation 12, Luke 18, Luke 4, Matthew 18, the teaching emphasizes that demonic influence must be answered through Christ’s authority and the freedom He provides. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that Satan’s work is described through deception, accusation, temptation, and opposition to God’s purposes.

Sermon · Matt Long

Skyfall 2023: Come and Take It by Matt Long

In “Skyfall 2023 - Come and Take It by Matt Long,” Matt Long presents a Scripture-centered message about family discipleship, marriage and covenant, faith. Drawing especially from Ephesians 5, 1 Corinthians 16, Genesis 1, Deuteronomy 31, the teaching emphasizes that faithfulness in the home requires instruction, loving correction, protection, and a consistent Christian example. Long connects that foundation with the conviction that marriage is treated as a covenant requiring faithfulness, sacrifice, truth, and biblical order.

Sermon · Matt Long

Skyfall 2024 - Biblical Cosmology by Matt Long

In “Skyfall 2024 - Biblical Cosmology by Matt Long,” Matt Long develops a Scripture-centered message moving through a hebrew cosmology reading, competing worldviews, the face of the earth and universal visibility, firmament and waters above. The sermon follows the speaker’s argument chronologically, grounding its principal appeals in biblical passages and practical ministry examples.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

Spiritual Warfare #4 - Nephilim - Satan's Genetic Seed

In “Spiritual Warfare #4 - Nephilim - Satan's Genetic Seed,” Pastor Dean Odle develops a Scripture-centered message moving through sons of god, women, and giants, enoch, jude, and ancient witnesses, mount hermon and the watchers, accounts of extraordinary size. The sermon follows the speaker’s argument chronologically, grounding its principal appeals in biblical passages and practical ministry examples.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

The Aether & "Space"

In “The Aether & Space,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about biblical creation, faith, eternal life and hope. Drawing especially from Proverbs 25, Jeremiah 31, Romans 11, Romans 1, the teaching emphasizes that the creation account is defended as foundational to biblical authority and the meaning of the created order. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

The Anointing of the Holy Spirit

In “The Anointing of the Holy Spirit,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about holiness, the anointing, the Holy Spirit. Drawing especially from John 14:12, Luke 4, Colossians 2:9, 1 Timothy 3, the teaching emphasizes that God calls believers to reject compromise and pursue practical holiness. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that spiritual anointing is given for service and must remain joined to character and obedience.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

The Anointing of the Holy Spirit (2026)

In The Anointing of the Holy Spirit (2026), Pastor Dean Odle calls believers to seek more than routine church activity: the presence, power, guidance, and gifts of the Holy Spirit. Beginning with Jesus in Luke 4, Odle argues that Christ ministered as the anointed Son and model for believers, and that the Spirit’s power exposes darkness, breaks bondage, gives authority for witness, and may provoke resistance as well as revival.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

The Firmament & Clueless Pastors

In this biblical-creation teaching, Dean Odle argues that Genesis describes a solid firmament separating waters above from waters below and that many pastors reinterpret the text through modern cosmology. He contrasts the Bible’s creation account with statements by prominent scientists, using their acknowledgment of unresolved cosmological problems to challenge the authority often granted to scientific models over Scripture.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

The Firmament Revisited

In The Firmament Revisited, Pastor Dean Odle offers an extended defense of his biblical-cosmology reading of the firmament as a real, strong structure created by God to divide waters above from waters below. Working through Genesis 1, Psalm 19, Job 37, Ezekiel 1, Exodus 24, Isaiah 40, and related passages, he argues that Scripture presents the firmament as part of God’s handiwork and glory rather than an empty expanse.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

The Glory of God

In “The Glory of God,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about the glory of God, the condition of the church, prayer. Drawing especially from Psalm 63, Psalm 16, Isaiah 66, Exodus 13, the teaching emphasizes that God’s glory exposes sin, deepens reverence, and changes those who seek His presence. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that the church is called to recover biblical faithfulness instead of accommodating compromise.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

The Great End-Time Delusion (Part 3)

In “The Great End-Time Delusion (Part 3),” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about faith, the authority of Scripture, spiritual deception. Drawing especially from Revelation 18, 2 Timothy 3, 2 Timothy 3:9, Matthew 24, the teaching emphasizes that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that Scripture is presented as the standard for doctrine, discernment, and daily obedience.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

The Racing Luminaries & the Stationary Earth

In “The Racing Luminaries & the Stationary Earth,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about the authority of Scripture, faith, biblical creation. Drawing especially from Zechariah 1, Matthew 4, 1 Chronicles 16, Psalm 93, the teaching emphasizes that Scripture is presented as the standard for doctrine, discernment, and daily obedience. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

The Secret of His Tabernacle

In “The Secret of His Tabernacle,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about holiness, prayer, the condition of the church. Drawing especially from Psalm 27, Matthew 24, John 14, Acts 2, the teaching emphasizes that God calls believers to reject compromise and pursue practical holiness. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that prayer expresses dependence on God and prepares believers to hear and obey Him.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

The Sword of the Spirit & Obedience

In “The Sword of the Spirit & Obedience,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about the authority of Scripture, faith, holiness. Drawing especially from 2 Timothy 3, Mark 4:4, Romans 8, Psalm 12, the teaching emphasizes that Scripture is presented as the standard for doctrine, discernment, and daily obedience. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

The Wisdom of God

In “The Wisdom of God,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about the wisdom of God, prayer, Satanic opposition. Drawing especially from Ecclesiastes 1:6, Psalm 119, Matthew 25, Colossians 2, the teaching emphasizes that God’s wisdom confronts human pride and teaches believers to judge life from an eternal perspective. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that prayer expresses dependence on God and prepares believers to hear and obey Him.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

The World You Live In (Part 2)

In Part 2 of The World You Live In, Pastor Dean Odle continues his argument that Christians should test inherited descriptions of creation against Scripture rather than accept institutional consensus as final authority. Beginning with worship and prayer, he develops a reconstruction or gap reading of Genesis 1:1-2, connects the earth becoming "without form, and void" with prophetic language in Jeremiah and Isaiah, and treats Satan's fall as part of the background to the ruined condition he sees before the six days of ordering.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

The World You Live In (Part 3)

Pastor Dean Odle opens Part 3 with worship and prayer before returning to the series' central warning: Scripture says deception will intensify, and believers must continue in the Word rather than follow culturally accepted fables. Using 2 Timothy 3-4, 2 Peter 1, Revelation 12, and Romans 1, he argues that Satan deceives the whole world through human systems and that professed wisdom can become foolishness when creation truth is suppressed.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

Unbelieving Believers

In “Unbelieving Believers,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about faith, the authority of Scripture, healing and faith. Drawing especially from Hebrews 11, 1 Timothy 4, Matthew 7, Ezekiel 33, the teaching emphasizes that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that Scripture is presented as the standard for doctrine, discernment, and daily obedience.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

Under Attack

In “Under Attack,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about the authority of Scripture, faith, biblical creation. Drawing especially from Romans 1, Revelation 13, Isaiah 40:22, the teaching emphasizes that Scripture is presented as the standard for doctrine, discernment, and daily obedience. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

Wells Without Water

Dean Odle uses Peter’s image of ‘wells without water,’ Israel’s golden calf, and Nadab and Abihu’s strange fire to warn against churches that retain a religious appearance while withholding repentance, truth, holiness, and the fear of God. He argues that seeker-sensitive methods, unconditional security, prosperity teaching, and tolerated immorality can attract crowds yet leave people spiritually dry and exposed to judgment.

Biblical archaeology · Hasmonean period, about second century BC

4QJoshuaᵃ (4Q47): An Early Hebrew Witness to Joshua

Hasmonean parchment fragments from Cave 4 preserve Joshua's Gilgal, Jericho, Ai, and southern-campaign narratives, while an unusual placement of the altar-and-Torah episode makes 4Q47 important evidence for the book's developing textual forms.

Biblical archaeology · fifteenth century BC

Tel Lachish B10969 Early Alphabetic Bowl Sherd

A fifteenth-century BC inscription painted on a Cypriot White Slip II bowl fragment from a sealed Lachish context is the earliest securely dated alphabetic text yet found in the southern Levant. Its brief signs illuminate the alphabet's transmission but are neither Hebrew nor evidence for Israelite authorship.

Biblical archaeology · Middle Bronze and Late Bronze Ages, especially second millennium BC

Hazor's Canaanite Ceremonial Palace

The ceremonial palace in Hazor’s upper city preserves massive mudbrick walls on stone foundations, formal halls, cultic installations, luxury objects, and an intense destruction horizon. It confirms that Hazor was a wealthy Canaanite royal center of exceptional scale. The dossier connects the excavated evidence to Joshua 11:10-13 while keeping the historical claim narrower than the biblical narrative.

Biblical archaeology · Late Bronze Age, principally thirteenth–twelfth centuries BC

The Lachish Fosse Temple

Excavators identified a succession of cult buildings in a trench or fosse below the western side of Lachish. Architectural phases, offering equipment, imported objects, pottery, and the relationship of the sanctuary to the fortified mound make it one of the clearest excavated windows into the religious life of Late Bronze Lachish. The dossier connects the excavated evidence to Joshua 10:31-32 and Judges 2:11-13 while keeping the historical claim narrower than the biblical narrative.

Biblical archaeology · 4th-5th century AD

Codex Sarravianus-Colbertinus: A Hexaplaric Greek Octateuch

A large but dispersed Greek parchment manuscript of the Pentateuch, Joshua, and Judges, now in Leiden, Paris, and St. Petersburg. One of the oldest surviving Greek Octateuch witnesses and a key manuscript for Septuagint and Hexaplaric textual history.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

No Looking Back

Pastor Dean Odle uses an old family plow to illustrate Jesus’s warning in Luke 9:62 about following Him without looking back. Beginning with Romans 8 and John 10, he argues that discipleship requires continually hearing Christ’s voice, resisting the flesh, and surrendering self-will. He examines the excuses in Luke 14, shares personal accounts of ministry decisions, correction, and restoration, and turns to 1 John 2 and Proverbs 3 to urge trust in God’s direction. The sermon closes with warnings drawn from Lot’s wife and the parable of the talents, calling listeners to examine their faith, abide in Christ, and move forward in obedient, fruitful service.

Biblical archaeology · 5th–mid-2nd centuries BC, over a site with earlier Bronze and Iron Age occupation

Tel Kedesh Persian-Hellenistic Administrative Complex

A monumental administrative building and archive of more than two thousand clay sealings at Tel Kedesh reveal the later regional importance of a city remembered in Joshua, Judges, and Kings.

Biblical archaeology · 10th century BC

Taanach Cult Stand: Iron Age Religious Iconography

A four-tiered terracotta stand from Taanach preserves a dense program of animals, a sacred tree, a female figure, and an empty guarded space, illuminating debated Iron Age worship.

False-teaching examination

Christianized Occult Meditation

Mantras, mind-emptying, guided visualization, spirit guides, and altered-state or astral techniques remain occult when given Christian names; biblical meditation thoughtfully fills the mind with God’s word and prayer with understanding.

Biblical archaeology · Nineteenth–eighteenth centuries BC

Egyptian Execration Texts Naming Jerusalem

Middle Kingdom Egyptian enemy lists preserve a toponym widely read as Jerusalem and associate two rulers with it, providing early evidence for a Canaanite highland polity while saying nothing about Abraham or Israelite rule.

Music

Escaping the Matrix

A Watchman 33 release centered on stepping away from deception and returning to truth.

Biblical archaeology · Late Hellenistic or Hasmonean period

Gezer Boundary Inscriptions

Thirteen rock-cut Hebrew and Greek inscriptions around Tel Gezer preserve the ancient place-name and map a late Second Temple-period territorial boundary whose ownership and purpose remain debated.

Biblical archaeology · Iron Age IIA, tenth century BC, with later rebuilding

Gezer’s Six-Chambered Gate and Administrative City

Gezer’s six-chambered gate, casemate defenses, and adjoining administrative complex mark a planned Iron Age IIA city whose radiocarbon-supported tenth-century development is compatible with 1 Kings 9, though architecture and date cannot identify Solomon as its builder.

Biblical archaeology · Middle and Late Bronze Ages, principally 2nd millennium BC

Hazor Cuneiform Tablets and Law Fragment

Hazor's Akkadian tablets—letters, administrative texts, exercises, and a legal fragment—document the scribal culture of the largest Canaanite city in the southern Levant.

Biblical archaeology · Middle Bronze Age, about eighteenth–seventeenth century BC

Hazor Liver Divination Models

Clay liver fragments excavated at Hazor carry modeled features and Akkadian omen language, directly documenting learned divination and western cuneiform culture at the great Middle Bronze city while remaining centuries earlier than the biblical conquest narratives.

Biblical archaeology · Primarily late seventh to early sixth century BC, with later reuse

Horvat Uza: A Fortified Settlement on Judah's Arad Frontier

A late Iron Age fortress and settlement near Arad illuminate how Judah organized defense, movement, storage, and ordinary life along the kingdom's exposed southeastern approaches.

Biblical archaeology · twelfth century BC, final Late Bronze Age Level VI

Lachish 15 Late Bronze Age Inked Jar Inscription

Six red-ink letters on a jar fragment excavated in Lachish's twelfth-century BC Level VI use a standardized Linear Canaanite alphabet and may preserve a name containing the root š-l-ṭ, 'rule.' The find revises alphabetic and lexical history but cannot date biblical books by itself.

Biblical archaeology · About 1700 BC

Lachish Ivory Comb Inscription

A double-sided elephant-ivory lice comb excavated at Lachish carries seventeen tiny early alphabetic letters forming a seven-word plea against parasites, while its secondary context leaves both the proposed 1700 BC date and one key word open to debate.

Music

Put the Dark Cup Down

A family-centered call to reject occult practice and the celebration of darkness without fear or hostility—choosing Christ, guarding children, loving neighbors, and walking in the light.

Biblical archaeology · Iron Age I-II, approximately twelfth-seventh centuries BC

Tel Batash and the Border City of Timnah

Tel Batash preserves a fortified Sorek Valley town whose changing Philistine and Judahite material culture makes it the leading identification for biblical Timnah and its contested borderland.

Biblical archaeology · Bronze and Iron Ages, with prominent Iron Age II occupation

Tel Burna: Proposed Biblical Libnah

Tel Burna is a fortified Judahite-borderland site proposed as biblical Libnah, with Iron Age architecture, cultic finds, storage evidence, and a commanding regional position.

Biblical archaeology · Approximately 1350–1330 BC

The Amarna Letters from Canaan and Jerusalem

Clay tablets from Egypt's fourteenth-century BC royal archive preserve the actual diplomatic voices of Canaanite rulers, including six appeals from Abdi-Heba of Jerusalem, documenting a literate city-state under Egyptian authority centuries before the Israelite monarchy.

Bible prophecy

The Branch Removes Iniquity in One Day

Zechariah announces God’s servant the Branch and promises to remove the land’s iniquity in one day.

Biblical archaeology · First half of the seventh century BC, before Ekron’s destruction in 603 BC

The Ekron Royal Dedicatory Inscription

A five-line limestone dedication found in Temple Complex 650 names Ekron, King Ikausu, four royal ancestors, and a goddess, securely identifying Tel Miqne and linking a local Philistine dynasty with Assyrian records.

Biblical archaeology · Approximately 1208 BC, Merneptah’s fifth regnal year

The Merneptah Stele: Israel in Canaan

A victory hymn from Merneptah's fifth year, about 1208 BC, contains the earliest secure extra-biblical occurrence of Israel's name and marks Israel as a people within the Canaanite campaign horizon.

Biblical archaeology · 14th c BC

The Ophel Cuneiform Tablet

A tiny Late Bronze Age Akkadian letter fragment excavated in Jerusalem preserves direct evidence of local cuneiform scribal activity, while its broken text leaves sender, recipient, and historical occasion unknown.

Biblical archaeology · early thirteenth century BC, reign of Seti I

The Seti I Stelae from Beth Shean

Two basalt victory stelae erected under Seti I at Egyptian-controlled Beth Shean describe military action among neighboring Canaanite towns. Found in reused temple contexts, they directly anchor biblical Beth Shean within Egypt's thirteenth-century BC imperial system.

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Joshua 10

Redemption #10 - Hebrews

Skyfall 2023: Biblical Cosmology 101 by Pastor Dean Odle

Breaking Free #1: Spiritual Warfare 101

Deliverance from Demons

Demons & Deliverance Part 4: Accursed Objects & Demonic Healing

Facing the Giants

Faith

Fighting Witches

Knowledge vs. Wisdom

Personal Revival

Propaganda, Controlled Opposition & Our Faith

Pursuing and Attaining the Glory of God

Satan's Secret Agents

The Dwelling of the Wise

The Secret to the Favor of God

Apologetics #2 - The Divine Inspiration of the Bible (Part 1)

Bloody Hands

Demons & Deliverance Part 2 - Demons in Christians

Demonstrations of the Holy Ghost Power

Fire & Grace Church Q&A

Flat Earth or Round Earth -

God of Genocide or Judge of the Nephilim?

God's Flat Earth & the Firmament of His Power V

Hatching Snake Eggs

Living Under Satanic Influence

Pushed

Sexual Abuse & Deliverance

Skyfall 2023: Come and Take It by Matt Long

Skyfall 2024 - Biblical Cosmology by Matt Long

Spiritual Warfare #4 - Nephilim - Satan's Genetic Seed

The Aether & "Space"

The Anointing of the Holy Spirit

The Anointing of the Holy Spirit (2026)

The Firmament & Clueless Pastors

The Firmament Revisited

The Glory of God

The Great End-Time Delusion (Part 3)

The Racing Luminaries & the Stationary Earth

The Secret of His Tabernacle

The Sword of the Spirit & Obedience

The Wisdom of God

The World You Live In (Part 2)

The World You Live In (Part 3)

Unbelieving Believers

Under Attack

Wells Without Water

4QJoshuaᵃ (4Q47): An Early Hebrew Witness to Joshua

Tel Lachish B10969 Early Alphabetic Bowl Sherd

Hazor's Canaanite Ceremonial Palace

The Lachish Fosse Temple

Codex Sarravianus-Colbertinus: A Hexaplaric Greek Octateuch

No Looking Back

Tel Kedesh Persian-Hellenistic Administrative Complex

Taanach Cult Stand: Iron Age Religious Iconography

Christianized Occult Meditation

Egyptian Execration Texts Naming Jerusalem

Escaping the Matrix

Gezer Boundary Inscriptions

Gezer’s Six-Chambered Gate and Administrative City

Hazor Cuneiform Tablets and Law Fragment

Hazor Liver Divination Models

Horvat Uza: A Fortified Settlement on Judah's Arad Frontier

Lachish 15 Late Bronze Age Inked Jar Inscription

Lachish Ivory Comb Inscription

Put the Dark Cup Down

Tel Batash and the Border City of Timnah

Tel Burna: Proposed Biblical Libnah

The Amarna Letters from Canaan and Jerusalem

The Branch Removes Iniquity in One Day

The Ekron Royal Dedicatory Inscription

The Merneptah Stele: Israel in Canaan

The Ophel Cuneiform Tablet

The Seti I Stelae from Beth Shean

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