Christ Alone Sermons

January 7, 2024Dean Odle

Knowing Jesus

Dean Odle teaches that knowing Jesus is more than possessing information, repeating doctrine, or trusting outward religious credentials; it is an obedient, Spirit-empowered relationship that produces Christlike fruit. He begins with childlike faith and the believer’s willing response to God, then points to Jesus’ dependence on the Father and anointing by the Holy Spirit as the pattern for ministry. Philippians 3 supplies Paul’s desire to know Christ, the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, contrasting experiential knowledge of Jesus with confidence in the flesh.

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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.

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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.

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December 31, 2023Pastor Troy Towns

Placed, Planted & Positioned

In “Placed, Planted & Positioned,” Pastor Troy Towns develops a Scripture-centered message moving through why has god put me here?, placement for immediate purpose, joseph and daniel in foreign ground, planted for long-term fruit. The sermon follows the speaker’s argument chronologically, grounding its principal appeals in biblical passages and practical ministry examples.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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December 23, 2023Dean Odle

His Righteousness

Dean Odle celebrates the new covenant and teaches that believers are justified through the blood of Jesus Christ, not by ethnic identity, Torah observance, or personal achievement. Beginning with worship and the language of overcoming through Christ’s blood, he describes the Christian life as an active pursuit of Jesus. Psalm 37’s picture of a righteous person whose steps are ordered by the Lord supports his assurance that stumbling does not have to end the race. Through personal testimony, he urges believers who fall to repent, receive God’s help, rise again, and resist accusations that turn failure into permanent defeat.

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