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Teaching focused on the church, pastoral and ministry leadership, worship, church order, and the work of ministry.

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September 27, 2026Pastor Dean Odle

Oh They Perish

In “Oh They Perish,” Pastor Dean Odle reflects on Jesus weeping over Jerusalem and argues that Christians should share Christ’s grief for people who are spiritually lost. Moving through Luke 19, Ecclesiastes 8, and the rich man and Lazarus in Luke 16, he stresses judgment, repentance, and the urgency of proclaiming the gospel. Odle criticizes churches that avoid hell, Christ’s exclusivity, biblical authority, and sound doctrine, while calling every believer—not only pastors—to evangelize boldly. Personal testimony, Daniel’s end-time witness, and Paul’s travail for the Galatians support his appeal for compassionate truth-telling, perseverance, and obedience to Jesus Christ.

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September 7, 2026Kelsey

The Offense of the Older Brother

In “The Offense of the Older Brother,” Kelsey examines the part of Jesus’ prodigal-son parable that is often overlooked: the elder son who remained in his father’s house but resented the restoration of his brother. Working primarily from Luke 15, she argues that outward faithfulness can coexist with anger, comparison, self-righteousness, jealousy, and a graceless heart. The older brother’s refusal to celebrate reveals the danger of evaluating another believer’s restoration, blessing, healing, or calling through personal disappointment rather than the Father’s compassion.

Doctrine and DiscernmentChristian LivingChurch and Ministry
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April 5, 2026Pastor Dean Odle

The Church of NASA

In The Church of NASA, Pastor Dean Odle contrasts trust in Scripture with what he describes as an institutional faith in modern space agencies and heliocentric cosmology. He begins with the conspiracy surrounding attempts to suppress testimony of Christ’s resurrection, then argues that powerful institutions can coordinate false narratives and that Christians must test widely accepted claims by the written Word.

Doctrine and DiscernmentChurch and MinistryBiblical CreationApostasy and Deception
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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.

Doctrine and DiscernmentApostasy and DeceptionChristian LivingChurch and Ministry
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January 25, 2026Pastor 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.

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May 9, 2025Gary Powell

Battle Ready - As Christ Loves the Church by Gary Powell

In “Battle Ready - As Christ Loves the Church by Gary Powell,” Gary Powell presents a Scripture-centered message about biblical love, marriage and covenant, spiritual leadership. Drawing especially from Colossians 2, 1 Corinthians 1:18, Mark 10, Mark 10:2, the teaching emphasizes that biblical love is demonstrated through truth, patience, sacrifice, and conduct toward others. Powell connects that foundation with the conviction that marriage is treated as a covenant requiring faithfulness, sacrifice, truth, and biblical order.

Doctrine and DiscernmentChrist AloneChurch and MinistryMarriage and Family
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December 15, 2024Dean Odle

Keeping Your Intensity

Dean Odle exhorts believers to retain spiritual intensity under pressure rather than surrendering ground to temptation, discouragement, or distraction. He describes the adversary’s strategy as repeated pressure that persuades a Christian to retreat a little at a time and then accept the loss as normal. Walking away from the Lord, enduring disappointment after disappointment, and seeking quick stimulation are presented as different ways spiritual desire can be drained. The message therefore calls for sustained, Spirit-enabled resistance rather than confidence in a passing emotional high.

Christian LivingSpiritual WarfareHoly Spirit and Spiritual GiftsChurch and Ministry
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October 20, 2024Dean Odle

Death in the Pot

In “Death in the Pot,” Pastor Dean Odle warns that corruption can enter Christian teaching while still appearing religious and respectable. Beginning with the apostolic warnings in 2 John and moving through the image of poisoned food in 2 Kings 4, he argues that believers must test doctrine rather than accept it because it comes from seminaries, popular pastors, church traditions, or modern Bible scholarship. The sermon especially criticizes Roman Catholic influence, ecumenism, and teachings that Odle believes obscure the deity of Christ and the authority of Scripture.

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October 5, 2024Dean Odle

Leadership #9 - Women in Ministry -

Dean Odle argues that passages commonly used to silence all women in church must be interpreted grammatically, historically, and in harmony with the rest of Scripture. He points to women prophesying in Acts and 1 Corinthians, studies the Greek word gynē in its contexts, and contends that Paul’s restrictions address disorder and marital authority rather than a universal ban on women speaking or ministering.

Doctrine and DiscernmentChurch and MinistryHoly Spirit and Spiritual GiftsScripture Alone
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