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APOSTASY AND DECEPTION SERMONS

Falling away, false teaching, counterfeit faith, and spiritual deception.

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February 18, 2024Dean Odle

Knowing Your Adversary

Dean Odle presents Satan as a subtle adversary who works through temptation, distorted Scripture, false doctrine, counterfeit spiritual experiences, and ungoverned thoughts. Beginning with the believer’s authority in Jesus and the armor of God, he argues that Christians must acknowledge spiritual conflict without becoming fascinated by it. Ephesians 6 frames the battle as a struggle against principalities rather than flesh and blood, while Jesus’ temptation in Matthew 4 shows that the devil may quote a true biblical text with a false application. Regular Scripture reading and prayer are therefore presented as essential defenses.

Spiritual WarfareApostasy and DeceptionDoctrine and DiscernmentScripture Alone
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February 8, 2024Mike 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.

Biblical CreationScripture AloneDoctrine and DiscernmentApostasy and Deception
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January 5, 2024Dean Odle

Emmanuel, Salvation & Torah Deceivers

In “Emmanuel, Salvation & Torah Deceivers,” Pastor Dean Odle defends the deity of Jesus Christ and salvation by grace through faith against Torah-observant teachings that he believes diminish Christ or make Mosaic-law keeping necessary for right standing with God. He traces the meaning of Emmanuel—God with us—through prophecy and the New Testament, emphasizing that Jesus is not merely a human Messiah but God manifested in the flesh.

Christ AloneDoctrine and DiscernmentApostasy and DeceptionScripture AloneSalvation and the Gospel
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January 3, 2024Pastor Dean Odle

Corrupted from Simplicity

“Corrupted from Simplicity” is Pastor Dean Odle’s appeal for single-minded devotion to Jesus Christ amid increasing religious deception. From Paul’s warning in Second Corinthians 11, Odle argues that Satan’s subtle strategy is to move believers away from the sufficiency of Christ—his incarnation, cross, resurrection, forgiveness, righteousness, and New Covenant—toward complicated systems, speculative research, or religious practices that diminish joy in the gospel.

Christ AloneDoctrine and DiscernmentApostasy and DeceptionChristian Living
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December 30, 2023Pastor Dean Odle

Contentions & Strivings about the Law

In “Contentions & Strivings about the Law,” Pastor Dean Odle responds to controversy surrounding his criticism of Hebrew Roots and Torah-observant teaching. He acknowledges the volume of last-days deception and distinguishes his position from antinomianism: Christians are called to holiness and obedience, but Odle argues that they are governed by the New Covenant rather than commanded to adopt Israel’s complete Mosaic code, ritual calendar, food laws, or identifying customs.

Doctrine and DiscernmentChrist AloneApostasy and DeceptionScripture Alone
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December 29, 2023Dean Odle

Ebionites, Rob Skiba & the Law

Pastor Dean Odle argues that requiring Christians to keep the Sinai covenant undermines justification by faith and revives ideas associated with the ancient Ebionites. Using Galatians, Acts 15, and Paul’s contrast between bondage and freedom, he responds to teachings associated with Rob Skiba and the modern Torah-observant movement. Odle’s principal concern is not voluntary cultural practice but making Mosaic observance a measure of righteousness, salvation, or spiritual legitimacy.

Doctrine and DiscernmentChrist AloneScripture AloneApostasy and DeceptionChurch and Ministry
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December 28, 2023Pastor 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.

Apostasy and DeceptionDoctrine and DiscernmentChrist AloneScripture AloneChurch and Ministry
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December 27, 2023Dean Odle

I Don't Hate Torah Observers

Dean Odle responds to claims that his criticism of Torah-observance teaching reflects hatred toward its adherents. Drawing on his own time in Messianic fellowship, he says his concern is doctrinal and pastoral: requiring Mosaic observance for salvation or covenant standing obscures the sufficiency of Jesus Christ and the change of priesthood and covenant described in Hebrews.

Christ AloneDoctrine and DiscernmentScripture AloneApostasy and Deception
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December 20, 2023Pastor Dean Odle

The Schoolmaster, The Bondwoman & The Dead Husband

Dean Odle argues that New Covenant believers are justified by faith in Jesus Christ apart from the works of the Mosaic law. Through Romans, Galatians, Hebrews, Acts 15, and three governing images—the schoolmaster, bondwoman, and dead husband—he opposes Torah-observant teaching that makes Sabbaths, feasts, circumcision, or dietary rules measures of righteousness.

Christ AloneScripture AloneDoctrine and DiscernmentApostasy and Deception
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