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DOCTRINE AND DISCERNMENT SERMONS

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

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May 7, 2025Pastor Troy Towns

Battle Ready - The Benefit of the Spouse by Pastor Troy Towns

In “Battle Ready - The Benefit of the Spouse by Pastor Troy Towns,” Pastor Troy Towns presents a Scripture-centered message about biblical love, marriage and covenant, faith. Drawing especially from Genesis 2, Proverbs 18:22, Ecclesiastes 4, Matthew 6, the teaching emphasizes that biblical love is demonstrated through truth, patience, sacrifice, and conduct toward others. Towns connects that foundation with the conviction that marriage is treated as a covenant requiring faithfulness, sacrifice, truth, and biblical order.

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May 5, 2025Pastor Dean Odle

Wells Without Water

Dean Odle uses Peter’s image of ‘wells without water,’ Israel’s golden calf, and Nadab and Abihu’s strange fire to warn against churches that retain a religious appearance while withholding repentance, truth, holiness, and the fear of God. He argues that seeker-sensitive methods, unconditional security, prosperity teaching, and tolerated immorality can attract crowds yet leave people spiritually dry and exposed to judgment.

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April 28, 2025Dean Odle

Walk in Truth

Dean Odle teaches that walking in truth requires more than rejecting obvious lies: it means loving Christ, submitting to every word of Scripture, and allowing truth to sanctify conduct, doctrine, and church life. From John’s Gospel and letters, 1 Timothy, Psalms, and other passages, he identifies Jesus as the truth, the church as truth’s pillar, and the Holy Spirit as the Spirit who distinguishes truth from error.

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April 13, 2025Pastor Dean Odle

Bad Company Corrupts

In “Bad Company Corrupts,” Pastor Dean Odle warns that close fellowship is spiritually formative: companions, teachers, ministries, workplaces, and churches can either strengthen obedience or normalize deception. Beginning with a reported answer to prayer for a critically ill child, he moves into 1 Corinthians 15:33, Proverbs, and New Testament commands concerning church discipline. His central claim is that Christians must take biblical boundaries seriously because “evil communications” means corrupting companionship, not merely vulgar speech.

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March 16, 2025Pastor Dean Odle

Bloody Hands

In “Bloody Hands,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about freedom from fear, faith, prayer. Drawing especially from Proverbs 21:20, 1 Peter 3:15, Mark 16, Luke 24:44, the teaching emphasizes that the believer must answer fear with trust in God, sober judgment, and faithful action. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises.

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March 10, 2025Pastor Dean Odle

The Dwelling of the Wise

In “The Dwelling of the Wise,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about holiness, the Holy Spirit, the wisdom of God. Drawing especially from 2 Timothy 3, John 17, Hebrews 4:12, Proverbs 9:10, the teaching emphasizes that God calls believers to reject compromise and pursue practical holiness. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that the Holy Spirit leads, equips, corrects, and strengthens believers who yield to God.

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January 26, 2025Pastor Nancy Odle

Ungrateful Hearts

In “Ungrateful Hearts,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about gratitude, worship, prayer. Drawing especially from 1 Corinthians 14, Timothy 3, Matthew 12:33, Colossians 3:23, the teaching emphasizes that thankfulness remembers God’s mercy and guards the heart from entitlement and complaint. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that true worship centers on God and is expressed through reverence, surrender, and obedience.

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January 5, 2025Pastor Dean Odle

A Word for 2025

In “A Word for 2025,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a sober call to spiritual and practical readiness. Beginning with Proverbs 22:3, he argues that biblical prudence recognizes approaching evil and seeks refuge first in Jesus Christ. He connects that refuge with Psalm 91 and Colossians 3, stressing that protection is not a formula for nominal Christians but belongs within a life of genuine faith, obedience, repentance, and attentiveness to the Holy Spirit.

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November 25, 2024Pastor Dean Odle

Whitewashed Tombs

Dean Odle applies Jesus’ condemnation of whitewashed tombs in Matthew 23 to churches and leaders who appear successful or righteous while excusing ongoing sin. He contrasts a megachurch pastor’s claim that confession does not require stopping sin with Jesus’ command to the adulterous woman, Proverbs 28:13, Romans 6, and other passages that join mercy with forsaking iniquity.

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