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Judges 1

Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them? And the LORD said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.…

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

Redemption #14 - Redemption of the Body

In “Redemption #14 - Redemption of the Body,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about faith, the resurrection, salvation. Drawing especially from 1 Thessalonians 5, Colossians 2, 1 Corinthians 5, Romans 8, the teaching emphasizes that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that Christ’s resurrection establishes the believer’s hope and the certainty of God’s final victory.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

Spiritual Warfare #1 - Know Your Enemy

In “Spiritual Warfare #1 - Know Your Enemy,” Pastor Dean Odle develops a Scripture-centered message moving through the name and nature of satan, the accuser before god, jesus rebukes the adversary, watchfulness, not passivity. The sermon follows the speaker’s argument chronologically, grounding its principal appeals in biblical passages and practical ministry examples.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

The Great End-Time Delusion (Part 1)

In “The Great End-Time Delusion (Part 1),” Pastor Dean Odle after prayer for renewed love of Christ, Odle introduces repeated biblical commands not to be deceived. He defines Satan chiefly as a seducer who misrepresents truth and tries to draw people away from Jesus, Scripture, and sound doctrine. The message develops its case chronologically from the biblical texts, examples, and applications heard in the sermon.

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 · Dean Odle

Eschatology #1 - God of Judgment

In the opening eschatology class, Pastor Dean Odle establishes divine judgment as a foundational end-times doctrine. He begins with Peter’s teaching that the present creation is reserved for fire, then contrasts God’s patience with the certainty that the present age will end. Odle argues that biblical prophecy cannot be understood if God is reduced to unconditional affirmation or if judgment passages are treated as merely symbolic.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

Samson

In “Samson,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about Samson’s life, faith, prayer. Drawing especially from Ephesians 5, Galatians 5, Jeremiah 1, Judges 13, the teaching emphasizes that Samson’s calling and failures illustrate the tension between spiritual gifting, appetite, and obedience. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

Bad Company Corrupts

In “Bad Company Corrupts,” Pastor Dean Odle warns that close fellowship is spiritually formative: companions, teachers, ministries, workplaces, and churches can either strengthen obedience or normalize deception. Beginning with a reported answer to prayer for a critically ill child, he moves into 1 Corinthians 15:33, Proverbs, and New Testament commands concerning church discipline. His central claim is that Christians must take biblical boundaries seriously because “evil communications” means corrupting companionship, not merely vulgar speech.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

Blaspheming the Holy Spirit

Pastor Dean Odle presents “Blaspheming the Holy Spirit” as both a warning and an invitation: believers should commune and cooperate with the Holy Spirit rather than resist, quench, grieve, or malign his work. Moving from Jesus’ promise in John 16 to Pentecost and later New Testament examples, Odle argues that the Spirit still guides, empowers, heals, gives gifts, and helps believers pray. He challenges traditions that restrict these works to the apostolic age.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

Blind Spots

In “Blind Spots,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about family discipleship, the condition of the church, the condition of the heart. Drawing especially from Mark 7, Proverbs 17, Proverbs 24, Leviticus 18, the teaching emphasizes that faithfulness in the home requires instruction, loving correction, protection, and a consistent Christian example. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that the church is called to recover biblical faithfulness instead of accommodating compromise.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

Blood

In “Blood,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about the cross and Christ’s blood, faith, holiness. Drawing especially from Leviticus 17, Genesis 4, Romans 8, Acts 15, the teaching emphasizes that Christ’s sacrifice and shed blood are presented as the foundation of redemption, forgiveness, and victory over sin. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

Breaking the Box of Religion

In “Breaking the Box of Religion,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about holiness, the Holy Spirit, baptism. Drawing especially from Matthew 26, John 12, Acts 10:38, Luke 24, 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

Church History & Function #5 - The Roman Catholic Church

In “Church History & Function #5 - The Roman Catholic Church,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about the condition of the church, idolatry and occult influence, faith. Drawing especially from Revelation 17, Revelation 14, Peter 5, Revelation 4, the teaching emphasizes that the church is called to recover biblical faithfulness instead of accommodating compromise. 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

Church History & Function #7 - Prayer & Revival

In “Church History & Function #7 - Prayer & Revival,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about prayer, revival, the condition of the church. Drawing especially from Acts 2, 1 Thessalonians 5, Psalm 127, Timothy 2, 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 revival begins with repentance, renewed hunger for God, and practical obedience among His people.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

Dangerous End-Time Error

In “Dangerous End-Time Error,” Pastor Dean Odle warns that two widely taught doctrines—unconditional “once saved, always saved” and a pre-tribulation rapture—can reinforce one another in ways he believes leave Christians spiritually unprepared. Beginning with 2 Timothy 4 and Genesis 3, Odle argues that Satan’s first deception was the promise that disobedience would carry no fatal consequence. He traces that warning through Revelation 3, 2 Corinthians 11, 2 Peter 2-3, and 1 Corinthians 6, insisting that genuine faith must continue in repentance, obedience, and endurance rather than resting in a profession that permits persistent sin.

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

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

Few Things are as they Appear

In “Few Things Are as They Appear,” Pastor Dean Odle urges believers to distrust prideful first impressions and seek discernment from God. Romans 12:3 and 1 Corinthians 8:2 warn against thinking too highly of oneself or assuming complete knowledge. Through Acts 16 and ministry experiences, Odle argues that apparently religious people, opportunities, and messages may conceal manipulation, false doctrine, predatory intent, or spiritual danger.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

Follow Through

In “Follow Through,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about Satanic opposition, biblical love, prayer. Drawing especially from Romans 10, John 11, Luke 22, Revelation 19, 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 love is demonstrated through truth, patience, sacrifice, and conduct toward others.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

Forsake All

In “Forsake All,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about prayer, family discipleship, costly discipleship. Drawing especially from John 8:31, John 8, Mark 10, Amos 3:3, 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

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

Heretic Preachers & Phony Christians

In “Heretic Preachers & Phony Christians,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about faith, the condition of the church, the authority of Scripture. Drawing especially from John 8, 2 Timothy 3:16, Hebrews 5, Hebrews 6, the teaching emphasizes that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that the church is called to recover biblical faithfulness instead of accommodating compromise.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

Jesus Christ Is God

In “Jesus Christ Is God,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about faith, family discipleship, the authority of Scripture. Drawing especially from 1 Corinthians 11, 1 Corinthians 5, John 14, John 7, the teaching emphasizes that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. 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

Keys of the Kingdom

In “Keys of the Kingdom,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about demons and deliverance, the condition of the church, Satanic opposition. Drawing especially from Matthew 16, Matthew 6:33, Matthew 12, 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 the church is called to recover biblical faithfulness instead of accommodating compromise.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

Mercy & the Mantle of Revival

In “Mercy & the Mantle of Revival,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about prayer, the condition of the church, grace and mercy. Drawing especially from Habakkuk 3, Revelation 9, Isaiah 1, Daniel 9, 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 the church is called to recover biblical faithfulness instead of accommodating compromise.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

Moving Past the Gatekeepers

In “Moving Past the Gatekeepers,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about demons and deliverance, the condition of the church, faith. Drawing especially from Ephesians 6, Ephesians 6:10, Ephesians 4, Matthew 23, 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 the church is called to recover biblical faithfulness instead of accommodating compromise.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

Normal Christian Life

In “Normal Christian Life,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about Satanic opposition, demons and deliverance, the authority of Scripture. Drawing especially from Ephesians 4, Ephesians 1, 1 Corinthians 15, 1 Corinthians 5, 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 demonic influence must be answered through Christ’s authority and the freedom He provides.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

Politics, Religion & Division

In “Politics, Religion & Division,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about prayer, Bible prophecy, the condition of the church. Drawing especially from 1 Corinthians 12, Proverbs 29, Isaiah 60, Isaiah 13, 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 prophecy should produce discernment, readiness, and faithfulness rather than speculation alone.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

Religious Pride

In “Religious Pride,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about pride and humility, the condition of the church, prayer. Drawing especially from Romans 12, Romans 7, 1 Corinthians 10, Luke 18, the teaching emphasizes that spiritual pride blinds people to correction, while humility receives truth and depends on God. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that the church is called to recover biblical faithfulness instead of accommodating compromise.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

Remember Lot's Wife

In “Remember Lot's Wife,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about biblical love, eternal judgment, the authority of Scripture. Drawing especially from Isaiah 65, Jeremiah 7, Psalm 91, Luke 17, the teaching emphasizes that biblical love is demonstrated through truth, patience, sacrifice, and conduct toward others. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that the reality of final judgment gives urgency to repentance, salvation, and faithful witness.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

Running from the Lions

In “Running from the Lions,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about Bible prophecy, the authority of Scripture, divine judgment. Drawing especially from Amos 5, Revelation 5, Revelation 6, 1 Samuel 17, the teaching emphasizes that prophecy should produce discernment, readiness, and faithfulness rather than speculation alone. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that Scripture is presented as the standard for doctrine, discernment, and daily obedience.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

Satanic Year

In “Satanic Year,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about Bible prophecy, Satanic opposition, faith. Drawing especially from John 9, John 12, 1 Thessalonians 2, Isaiah 14, the teaching emphasizes that prophecy should produce discernment, readiness, and faithfulness rather than speculation alone. 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

Spiritual Warfare #5 - Binding and Loosing

In “Spiritual Warfare #5 - Binding and Loosing,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about Satanic opposition, demons and deliverance, faith. Drawing especially from Ephesians 6:12, Daniel 10, Ephesians 2, 2 Corinthians 3, 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 demonic influence must be answered through Christ’s authority and the freedom He provides.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

Spiritual Warfare #6 - Demons & Deliverance

In Spiritual Warfare class six, Dean Odle argues that casting out demons was a normal and prominent part of Jesus’ ministry and was meant to continue through believers. He distinguishes different degrees of demonic influence, traces the origin of demons through his reading of Genesis 6, Jude, 2 Peter, and 1 Enoch, and uses Gospel deliverance accounts to explain how spirits gain and exercise control.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

The Blasphemy of Yahweh & the Apocalypse

In “The Blasphemy of Yahweh & the Apocalypse,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about faith, Satanic opposition, grace and mercy. Drawing especially from Genesis 6, 2 Timothy 3, Daniel 7, Revelation 13, the teaching emphasizes that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. 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 Burden of San Francisco & the Approaching Tribulation

In “The Burden of San Francisco & the Approaching Tribulation,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about divine judgment, repentance, the authority of Scripture. Drawing especially from 2 Timothy 3, Genesis 18, Galatians 5, Ephesians 5, the teaching emphasizes that God’s judgment is treated as righteous, certain, and a reason to repent while mercy is offered. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that repentance involves turning from known sin and bringing conduct into agreement with God’s word.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

The Covenant with Many

In “The Covenant with Many,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about the beast system, Bible prophecy, the authority of Scripture. Drawing especially from Daniel 9, Matthew 24, Revelation 3, Daniel 12, the teaching emphasizes that Revelation’s beast imagery is connected with coercion, worship, and end-time deception. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that prophecy should produce discernment, readiness, and faithfulness rather than speculation alone.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

The Dark Operations of the Jesuit Order

In “The Dark Operations of the Jesuit Order,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about the condition of the church, the authority of Scripture, spiritual deception. Drawing especially from Revelation 13, Romans 16, Timothy 2, Timothy 4, the teaching emphasizes that the church is called to recover biblical faithfulness instead of accommodating compromise. 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 Fate of America

In “The Fate of America,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about Bible prophecy, divine judgment, faith. Drawing especially from Ezekiel 13, John 4, Acts 13, Revelation 12, the teaching emphasizes that prophecy should produce discernment, readiness, and faithfulness rather than speculation alone. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that God’s judgment is treated as righteous, certain, and a reason to repent while mercy is offered.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

The Heart of Mankind

In The Heart of Mankind, Pastor Dean Odle challenges the cultural command to “follow your heart.” From Jeremiah 17:9, he argues that the fallen human heart is deceitful and cannot safely serve as its own moral guide. The sermon traces the biblical meanings of heart, soul, mind, and spirit, stressing that sanctification involves bringing thoughts, desires, memory, and will under the Word and Spirit of God.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

The Jeremiah Prophets & the Fate of America

In “The Jeremiah Prophets & the Fate of America,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about Bible prophecy, prayer, divine judgment. Drawing especially from Isaiah 60, Malachi 4, Daniel 1, Jeremiah 23, the teaching emphasizes that prophecy should produce discernment, readiness, and faithfulness rather than speculation alone. 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 Joy of Salvation

In “The Joy of Salvation,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about faith, salvation, grace and mercy. Drawing especially from Psalm 16, Nehemiah 8, Nehemiah 18, Philippians 4, the teaching emphasizes that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that salvation is presented as God’s work in Christ that produces a changed life and continuing faith.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

The New Sorcery: Psychiatric Drugs

In “The New Sorcery - Psychiatric Drugs,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about demons and deliverance, faith, the condition of the church. Drawing especially from Deuteronomy 28, Galatians 5, Revelation 14, Revelation 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 biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

The Offense of the Cross

In “The Offense of the Cross,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about the cross and Christ’s blood, bitterness and forgiveness, faith. Drawing especially from Matthew 24, 1 Corinthians 13, Revelation 21, John 3, the teaching emphasizes that Christ’s sacrifice and shed blood are presented as the foundation of redemption, forgiveness, and victory over sin. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that unresolved offense can become bitterness, while forgiveness releases judgment to God and protects the heart.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

The Seven Spirits of God

In “The Seven Spirits of God,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about holiness, the Holy Spirit, baptism. Drawing especially from 1 Thessalonians 5:23, John 16, Revelation 4, Revelation 4:5, 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 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 · Dean Odle

Trump & the Future of America

Preached immediately after the July 2024 attempt on Donald Trump’s life, this message presents Dean Odle’s belief that God raised Trump as a flawed instrument to restrain evil and give the United States further mercy. Odle recounts prophetic impressions from 2016 onward, compares God’s choices of Cyrus and David, discusses presidential security, foreign policy, political office, and personal dreams, and distinguishes support for an instrument from worship of a politician; those prophetic and political claims remain the speaker’s interpretations.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

Unashamedly Pentecostal

In “Unashamedly Pentecostal,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about healing and faith, faith, prayer. Drawing especially from Hebrews 13, John 14, Acts 10, 1 Peter 2, the teaching emphasizes that the message connects prayer for healing with faith in Christ, pastoral care, and submission to God. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

When God’s Favor Doesn’t Look Like Favor

In “When God’s Favor Doesn’t Look Like Favor,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about family discipleship, the condition of the heart, prayer. Drawing especially from Luke 1, Matthew 1, Genesis 6, Genesis 12, the teaching emphasizes that faithfulness in the home requires instruction, loving correction, protection, and a consistent Christian example. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that the inner life must be healed, guarded, and brought under the truth of God’s word.

Biblical archaeology · Herodian period, late first century BC to first century AD

4QJudgesᵃ (4Q49) and the Gideon Narrative

Two late Hasmonean or early Herodian fragments preserve Judges 6:2-13 without the prophet's speech in verses 7-10, furnishing rare physical evidence for a shorter Gideon narrative while leaving its priority disputed.

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

Building 1500: The Egyptian Governor's Residence at Beth Shean

Building 1500 and the surrounding administrative quarter belong to the Egyptian imperial presence at Beth Shean. Architecture, inscriptions, statuary, ceramics, and administrative finds show that the site served as an Egyptian-controlled center in Canaan. The dossier connects the excavated evidence to Judges 1:27 and 1 Samuel 31:10-12 while keeping the historical claim narrower than the biblical narrative.

Sermon · Pastor Nancy

Are you Dead Yet

In “Are You Dead Yet?” Pastor Nancy calls believers to die to self through humility, obedience, and practical service. Beginning with Galatians 2:20 and Christ’s self-emptying example in Philippians 2, she contrasts the hunger for recognition with the mind of Jesus, who lowered himself, accepted suffering, and put others first. Paul’s testimony, James’ command to humble oneself, and Jesus’ warnings against self-exaltation reinforce the central question: has the old self truly yielded to Christ?

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

Cerinthus, the Ebionites & Sophia Heresies

Pastor Dean Odle warns that ancient Christological and Gnostic errors are resurfacing in modern Christian movements. Beginning with Paul’s prediction that people would turn from sound doctrine to fables, he identifies teachings associated with Cerinthus, the Ebionites, and “Sophia” traditions: denying Christ’s full deity, separating the heavenly Christ from the man Jesus, treating the Holy Spirit as a feminine goddess, or requiring Mosaic-law observance for salvation and standing with God. He also criticizes celebrity loyalty that excuses serious doctrinal error.

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

Demons & Deliverance Part 3 - Doorways

Pastor Dean Odle continues the deliverance series by identifying what he calls doorways through which demonic bondage gains or retains access. He begins with prayer and biblical imagery, then turns to personal sin, inherited patterns, trauma, occult practices, false spiritual impartation, unforgiveness, and destructive relationships. His emphasis is that spiritual attacks should prompt careful repentance and inquiry rather than fear or superstition.

Sermon · Dean Odle

Fighting Witchcraft

In “Fighting Witchcraft,” Pastor Dean Odle teaches that believers must actively resist spiritual attack rather than assume conversion automatically removes every conflict. He defines witchcraft broadly as occult practice, manipulative words, intimidation, rebellion, curses, and demonic pressure, then grounds resistance in Christ’s authority, submission to God, prayer, and awareness of Satan’s devices.

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

Leadership Lesson #5 - Understanding Fasting

In “Leadership Lesson #5 - Understanding Fasting,” Pastor Dean Odle develops a Scripture-centered message moving through biblical patterns of corporate fasting, private preparation before public ministry, reversing the appetite of eden, the flesh and the law of sin. The sermon follows the speaker’s argument chronologically, grounding its principal appeals in biblical passages and practical ministry examples.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

Leaving the House of Micah

In “Leaving the House of Micah,” Pastor Dean Odle develops a Scripture-centered message moving through prayer and the state of the church, micah’s self-made religion, silent watchmen and missing truth, money, celebrity, and ministry. The sermon follows the speaker’s argument chronologically, grounding its principal appeals in biblical passages and practical ministry examples.

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

Spiritual Heaviness

In “Spiritual Heaviness,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about demons and deliverance, Satanic opposition, idolatry and occult influence. Drawing especially from Psalm 69:20, Romans 9:2, Philippians 2:26, James 4:9, 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 · 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

Spiritual Warfare #8 - Can a Christian Have Demons?

Dean Odle directly answers the question “Can a Christian have demons?” in the affirmative, distinguishing salvation from the surrender of particular areas of a believer’s soul or body. He argues from warnings addressed to Christians, Israel’s Old Testament experience, and Gospel deliverance accounts that covenant people can fellowship with demons, retain unclean strongholds, and need those bondages removed.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

The Great Whore (Part 2)

In The Great Whore (Part 2), Pastor Dean Odle argues that Jesus Christ is sufficient as Savior, high priest, intercessor, and the one mediator between God and humanity. Beginning with his own struggle, weakness, and need for grace, he contrasts biblical faith in Christ's blood with religious systems that, in his view, place Mary, saints, priests, sacraments, images, relics, or church tradition between the believer and Christ. First Timothy 2:5-6, Romans 3 and 5, Exodus 20, and Colossians 2 form the message's principal biblical foundation.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

The Heart of Mankind - Part 5: The Depraved Heart

Pastor Dean Odle examines the depraved heart through the love of money, covetousness, pleasure, and self-preservation. First Timothy 6 anchors the teaching: the desire to be rich exposes people to temptation, snares, and destructive lusts, while the love of money causes many to err from the faith. Second Timothy 3 broadens the warning to a culture of self-love, covetousness, pride, brutality, and pleasure without true godliness.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

The King of the North

In “The King of the North,” Pastor Dean Odle worship exalts Jesus as King, Creator, Savior, healer, and the one upon whose shoulders government will rest. Odle rejects the claim that churches must avoid politics, noting that biblical prophets advised, anointed, corrected, and rebuked rulers and that God placed Joseph in pagan government. The message develops its case chronologically from the biblical texts, examples, and applications heard in the sermon.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

The Roman Catholic Whore

Dean Odle argues that Roman Catholic mysticism and ecumenical compromise have polluted parts of the Pentecostal and charismatic church. Beginning with revival history and the abuse scandal surrounding IHOP Kansas City founder Mike Bickle, he says spiritual movements must be judged by Scripture, doctrine, and moral fruit rather than reputation, prophecy, spectacle, or institutional success. He contrasts ministries centered on repentance and deliverance with practices he associates with Catholic contemplative mystics, repetitive prayer, visualization, and leaders who shield serious sin.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

The World You Live In: The Brainwashed (Part 4)

In The Brainwashed, Part 4 of The World You Live In, Pastor Dean Odle warns that religious familiarity and information are not the same as knowing God. He compares modern church confidence with Corinthian immaturity, repeats Jesus' warnings in Matthew 24 about end-time deception, and uses Hosea 4 to argue that people are destroyed for lack of knowledge even while believing themselves informed.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle

Touch Not Thine Anointed

In “Touch Not Thine Anointed,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about the condition of the church, divine judgment, biblical love. Drawing especially from Ephesians 4, Genesis 20, John 8, Matthew 24, the teaching emphasizes that the church is called to recover biblical faithfulness instead of accommodating compromise. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that God’s judgment is treated as righteous, certain, and a reason to repent while mercy is offered.

Biblical archaeology · Early Bronze Age I, late fourth millennium BC

Megiddo's Early Bronze Great Temple

Excavation in Megiddo’s sacred precinct revealed an exceptionally large Early Bronze temple and a vast concentration of animal bones associated with feasting or sacrifice. The building demonstrates organized labor, surplus, and regional gathering at Megiddo long before the city enters biblical narrative. The dossier connects the excavated evidence to Joshua 12:21 and Judges 5:19 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 · Late Bronze Age, mainly 15th–14th centuries BC

Taanach Cuneiform Archive

A small group of Late Bronze Akkadian tablets from Taanach preserves correspondence, administration, personal names, and scribal practice within a Canaanite city later named in Joshua and Judges.

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 · 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.

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 · Late twelfth–early eleventh century BC

The Jerubbaal Inscription from Khirbet al-Ra‘i

Five surviving inked letters on a jug from a well-defined early Iron Age level at Khirbet al-Ra‘i most naturally form the name Jerubbaal. The find places this uncommon name-form in the broad period evoked by Judges, but its southern location and missing genealogy do not identify Gideon.

Biblical archaeology · Middle–Late Bronze Age, with destruction near the end of the twelfth century BC

The Shechem Fortress-Temple

A massive broad-room sanctuary on Shechem’s acropolis combined sacred and defensive functions, giving Judges 9 a credible architectural setting for a temple used as a refuge while leaving the building’s divine dedication and correlation with Abimelech’s destruction unresolved.

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.

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 from Jesse

Isaiah promises a Spirit-endowed ruler from Jesse’s line who judges righteously and becomes a banner for the nations.

Biblical archaeology · 13th to early 12th century BC

The Deir el-Balah Anthropoid Coffins

Large clay coffins with modeled human faces from a Late Bronze Age cemetery near Deir el-Balah combine Egyptian funerary forms with local Canaanite practice. They document Ramesside-era Egyptian presence and cultural exchange in Gaza while offering no direct evidence for an Exodus burial population.

Biblical archaeology · about 510 BC

The Pyrgi Gold Tablets and Astarte

Three inscribed gold sheets from the sanctuary at Pyrgi preserve related Phoenician and Etruscan dedication texts naming Astarte and Uni. They document the transmission of a Levantine goddess into an Etruscan royal cult without directly illuminating Israelite worship.

Bible prophecy

The Righteous King’s Worldwide Reign

Psalm 72 envisions a royal son who judges justly, rescues the poor, receives worldwide honor, and brings enduring abundance.

Biblical archaeology · reign of Thutmose III, approximately 1479–1425 BC

Thutmose III's Karnak Topographical Lists

Rows of bound-place name ovals carved at Karnak under Thutmose III catalogue towns and regions claimed in Egyptian campaigns across Canaan and Syria. Names such as Megiddo give an Egyptian geographic witness to the Canaanite landscape centuries before Israel's monarchy.

Biblical archaeology · Middle Bronze Age IIA-B, principally nineteenth-eighteenth centuries BC

Ashkelon’s Middle Bronze Arched Gate and Ramparts

Ashkelon’s monumental mudbrick gateway and earthen ramparts reveal the engineering, traffic control, and civic authority of a major Canaanite port centuries before the city became a Philistine center.

Biblical archaeology · Late sixth–early fifth century BC

Bodashtart's Sidon Temple Inscriptions

Repeated Phoenician foundation texts at Eshmun's sanctuary name King Bodashtart, his dynasty, Sidon's territorial divisions, and his building for Eshmun, fixing royal cult patronage into the temple's own masonry.

Teaching

Come Out of Her

A biblical call to leave Mystery Babylon, religious mixture, counterfeit unity, and spiritually dead fellowship—and to belong wholly to Jesus Christ in truth, holiness, and living faith.

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.

Biblical archaeology · Ancient Near Eastern or Second Temple period; see cited catalog

Great Harris Papyrus

Papyrus Harris I is Ramesses IV’s monumental retrospective on Ramesses III: forty-two meters of temple endowments, royal ideology, and selected history that contextualize Egypt at the dawn of the Iron Age while demanding source criticism.

Biblical archaeology · Thirteenth century BC, end of Late Bronze Age Hazor

Hazor’s Late Bronze Age Destruction

The vast Canaanite capital of Hazor ended in an exceptionally fierce thirteenth-century BC destruction that burned its palace and monumental buildings; the catastrophe illuminates Joshua’s description of Hazor’s scale and fiery end but does not identify who destroyed it.

Biblical archaeology · Fifth century AD

Huqoq Synagogue Biblical Mosaics

The fifth-century synagogue at Huqoq preserves an exceptional cycle of biblical mosaics including Samson, Jonah, Noah, the Exodus, and Daniel traditions.

Biblical archaeology · Ancient Near Eastern or Second Temple period; see cited catalog

Medinet Habu Peleset Texts

Ramesses III’s Year 8 inscriptions and reliefs at Medinet Habu name the Peleset within an enemy coalition and stage dramatic land and sea victories, providing a firm Egyptian horizon for Philistine origins while remaining royal ideology rather than neutral reportage.

Biblical archaeology · Ninth century BC

Megiddo's Iron Age Water System

Megiddo's evolving hydraulic complex culminated in a deep shaft and long tunnel that allowed concealed access to a spring outside the mound, reflecting siege planning but not securely identifying a biblical builder.

Sermon · Pastor Dean Odle and ministry team

Passports

In “Passports,” Pastor Dean Odle sets aside a planned teaching for a ministry-centered service focused on encountering Jesus Christ, repentance, prayer, healing, and the gifts of the Holy Spirit. After extended worship, he recounts his childhood encounter with Christ and the conversion of an Australian atheist at the Garden Tomb, arguing that biblical truth and the manifest presence of God belong together. Using Thomas’s doubt and Elisha’s prayer for his servant in 2 Kings 6, Odle urges young people and other hearers to take a deliberate step toward Christ so their spiritual eyes may be opened.

Biblical archaeology · Early Iron Age, chiefly twelfth to eleventh centuries BC

Tall al-Umayri: An Early Iron Age Fortified Neighborhood in Ammon

A fortified early Iron Age neighborhood east of the Jordan preserves defenses, houses, storage, and destruction evidence from the highland world associated with biblical Ammon.

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 · Middle Bronze Age II

Tel Dan Middle Bronze Mudbrick Gate

Tel Dan’s remarkably preserved Middle Bronze gateway documents the engineering and urban scale of Canaanite Laish centuries before the tribe of Dan occupied and renamed the city.

Biblical archaeology · Tenth–ninth centuries BC

Tel Rehov Iron Age Apiary

An industrial apiary of cylindrical clay hives at Tel Rehov provides the earliest securely excavated evidence for large-scale beekeeping in the ancient Near East.

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Bad Company Corrupts

Blaspheming the Holy Spirit

Blind Spots

Blood

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Church History & Function #5 - The Roman Catholic Church

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Dangerous End-Time Error

Deliverance from Demons

Facing the Giants

Few Things are as they Appear

Follow Through

Forsake All

God of Genocide or Judge of the Nephilim?

Heretic Preachers & Phony Christians

Jesus Christ Is God

Keys of the Kingdom

Mercy & the Mantle of Revival

Moving Past the Gatekeepers

Normal Christian Life

Politics, Religion & Division

Religious Pride

Remember Lot's Wife

Running from the Lions

Satanic Year

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The Blasphemy of Yahweh & the Apocalypse

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The Covenant with Many

The Dark Operations of the Jesuit Order

The Fate of America

The Heart of Mankind

The Jeremiah Prophets & the Fate of America

The Joy of Salvation

The New Sorcery: Psychiatric Drugs

The Offense of the Cross

The Seven Spirits of God

The Sword of the Spirit & Obedience

The Wisdom of God

Trump & the Future of America

Unashamedly Pentecostal

When God’s Favor Doesn’t Look Like Favor

4QJudgesᵃ (4Q49) and the Gideon Narrative

Building 1500: The Egyptian Governor's Residence at Beth Shean

Are you Dead Yet

Cerinthus, the Ebionites & Sophia Heresies

Demons & Deliverance Part 2 - Demons in Christians

Demons & Deliverance Part 3 - Doorways

Fighting Witchcraft

Hatching Snake Eggs

Leadership Lesson #5 - Understanding Fasting

Leaving the House of Micah

Pushed

Spiritual Heaviness

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

Spiritual Warfare #8 - Can a Christian Have Demons?

The Great Whore (Part 2)

The Heart of Mankind - Part 5: The Depraved Heart

The King of the North

The Roman Catholic Whore

The World You Live In: The Brainwashed (Part 4)

Touch Not Thine Anointed

Megiddo's Early Bronze Great Temple

The Lachish Fosse Temple

Taanach Cuneiform Archive

The Merneptah Stele: Israel in Canaan

Codex Sarravianus-Colbertinus: A Hexaplaric Greek Octateuch

Tel Kedesh Persian-Hellenistic Administrative Complex

The Jerubbaal Inscription from Khirbet al-Ra‘i

The Shechem Fortress-Temple

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