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CHRISTIAN LIVING SERMONS

Practical discipleship, obedience, holiness, perseverance, and daily life in Christ.

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June 21, 2026Pastor Dean Odle

Love of the Father

In “Love of the Father,” Pastor Dean Odle uses 1 John 2:15-17 to ask a searching question: not merely whether God loves us, but whether we love the Father enough to surrender our own will. Beginning with worship and reflections on fatherhood, he contrasts the Father’s faithfulness with the world’s lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes, and pride of life. He argues that Christian identity must be expressed through an ongoing life of obedience, not a profession of faith detached from following Christ.

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May 31, 2026Pastor 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.

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April 26, 2026Pastor Dean Odle

Loving Jesus

In “Loving Jesus,” Pastor Dean Odle uses Peter’s failure, restoration, and final testimony to ask what genuine love for Christ looks like in practice. Beginning with submission to God and resistance to the devil, he follows Peter from confident promises before the crucifixion to Jesus’ repeated question, “Lovest thou me?” and the command to feed Christ’s sheep. The sermon argues that love for Jesus cannot be reduced to emotion or religious language; it is shown through obedience, repentance, service, endurance, and a refusal to let the world displace devotion to Christ.

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April 12, 2026Pastor Dean Odle

Blind Oblivious Sheep

In “Blind Oblivious Sheep,” Pastor Dean Odle warns that professing Christians can remain spiritually blind when they neglect Scripture, refuse the fear of the Lord, or settle into lukewarm religion. Using Jesus’ charge to Peter to feed His sheep, 1 Corinthians 4, Ephesians 4, and 1 Peter 2, Odle describes ministers as stewards responsible to provide the whole counsel of God while believers must actively desire the milk and meat of the Word.

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March 29, 2026Pastor 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.

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March 22, 2026Pastor Dean Odle

The Rejected One

Pastor Dean Odle presents Jesus Christ as the prophesied cornerstone whom human beings and world systems repeatedly reject. Beginning with Isaiah's promises that the Son is the mighty God and with the stone imagery of Isaiah 28, Matthew 21, Daniel 2, Matthew 16, and 1 Peter 2, he argues that the identity of Jesus is the foundation of biblical faith: God manifested in the flesh, crucified, risen, and the only Savior. Every person must either fall upon this Rock in repentance and surrender or ultimately face His judgment.

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March 15, 2026Pastor Dean Odle

Preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ

Pastor Dean Odle’s “Preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ” is a practical call for every believer to speak the gospel clearly and courageously. From Mark 16 and 2 Corinthians 4, he argues that Christians are not commissioned merely to behave well in public or offer vague encouragement. They must proclaim Jesus Christ: who He is, His fulfillment of Scripture, His death for sins, His burial and resurrection, and the necessity of repentance, faith, and surrender to His lordship.

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March 8, 2026Pastor Dean Odle

Rekindle the Fire

In “Rekindle the Fire,” Pastor Dean Odle calls weary believers to receive fresh strength from the Holy Spirit rather than allow trials, fear, or restrictive teaching to quench spiritual life. Beginning with 1 Peter 4’s “fiery trial,” he acknowledges suffering and end-time pressure but insists that hardship should drive Christians first toward God. Prayer, worship, Scripture, and dependence on the Spirit are presented as the means by which faith is built up and love for Christ is renewed.

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March 7, 2026Pastor 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.

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