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DOCTRINE AND DISCERNMENT SERMONS

Biblical doctrine, theological testing, apologetics, and spiritual discernment.

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July 12, 2026Pastor Dean Odle

The Power of the Word of God

In “The Power of the Word of God,” Pastor Dean Odle teaches that Scripture is living, powerful, and intended for active use. Beginning with Hebrews 4:12 and Hebrews 5:14, he connects spiritual maturity and discernment with repeated obedience to the Word. Jesus’ temptation in Luke 4 supplies the central pattern: Christ answers the devil by speaking Scripture accurately and in context. Odle therefore calls believers to read the Bible aloud, resist the devil steadfastly, remove spiritual footholds, and judge supernatural claims by Scripture rather than emotion or spectacle.

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July 5, 2026Pastor Dean Odle

Born Again and Ready

In “Born Again and Ready,” Pastor Dean Odle argues that conversion is the beginning of the Christian race, not permission to return to habitual sin. Beginning with Jesus’ words to Nicodemus in John 3, he presents the new birth as a real work of the Holy Spirit received through heartfelt faith, repentance, and confession of Christ. He then contrasts a merely verbal profession with obedient faith, drawing on James 2:17 and Titus 1:16.

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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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June 14, 2026Pastor Dean Odle

The Book of Enoch (Part 4)

In The Book of Enoch (Part 4), Pastor Dean Odle presents Enoch’s visions as an ancient prophetic witness to Jesus Christ—the Elect One, Righteous One, Son of Man, and Anointed One. He compares passages from 1 Enoch 39–62 with Genesis, Hebrews, Isaiah, the Gospels, Paul’s letters, and Revelation. Odle argues that Enoch anticipates Christ’s preexistence, wisdom, saving name, resurrection of the righteous, heavenly dwellings, the defeat of Satan, the judgment of rulers, and the final separation of the righteous from the wicked.

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June 7, 2026Pastor Dean Odle

The Book of Enoch (Part 3)

In The Book of Enoch (Part 3), Pastor Dean Odle answers critics of Enoch and argues that its account of the Watchers and their giant offspring complements rather than contradicts the canonical Bible. Beginning with objections about the origin of sin, the title “Son of man,” bound angels, the Flood, and intercession, he urges Christians to examine claims in context instead of repeating inherited objections. He then connects Jesus’ answer to the Sadducees in Matthew 22 with Enoch 15, presenting Enoch as background for the teaching that heavenly angels are not appointed wives.

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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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May 17, 2026Pastor Dean Odle

The Book of Enoch

In “The Book of Enoch,” Pastor Dean Odle begins a series examining whether 1 Enoch should be received as genuine prophecy. He does not argue that it must be added to the biblical canon. Instead, he proposes that its claims should be judged by the written Word and the witness of the Holy Spirit, appealing especially to Genesis 5:21-24, Hebrews 11:5-6, and Jude 14-15. Jude’s attribution of a judgment prophecy to “Enoch the seventh from Adam” is the sermon’s central biblical basis.

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May 10, 2026Pastor Dean Odle

The New Alien Religion 2

In The New Alien Religion 2, Pastor Dean Odle argues that modern UFO disclosure, alleged nonhuman contact, and a growing “cosmic” spirituality are not religiously neutral. He presents them as an end-time deception designed to weaken confidence in Scripture, redefine Jesus as an alien emissary or ascended master, and prepare humanity for a counterfeit world religion. His strongest biblical foundation is the New Testament warning about seducing spirits and doctrines of devils, joined to the command to abide in the doctrine of Christ and test every spirit by its confession concerning Jesus.

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May 3, 2026Pastor Dean Odle

The New Alien Religion

Pastor Dean Odle presents the modern UFO and extraterrestrial narrative as an emerging global religion rather than a neutral scientific disclosure. Surveying public claims about government disclosure, Steven Greer's contact movement, altered-state meditation, occult figures, and alleged recovered objects, he argues that the phenomenon is real but misidentified: in his interpretation, the beings are fallen angels and demons, not visitors from other planets. He places the warning under Jesus' commands concerning end-time deception and Paul's teaching about strong delusion.

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