WEEKLY MESSAGES

SALVATION AND THE GOSPEL SERMONS

Teaching focused on the gospel, salvation, redemption, the new birth, the cross, and Christ's saving work.

April 4, 2024Pastor Dean Odle

Spiritual Warfare #5 - Binding and Loosing

In “Spiritual Warfare #5 - Binding and Loosing,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about Satanic opposition, demons and deliverance, faith. Drawing especially from Ephesians 6:12, Daniel 10, Ephesians 2, 2 Corinthians 3, the teaching emphasizes that Satan’s work is described through deception, accusation, temptation, and opposition to God’s purposes. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that demonic influence must be answered through Christ’s authority and the freedom He provides.

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March 24, 2024Pastor Dean Odle

The Simple Gospel

Dean Odle presents the Christian gospel to wedding guests as the claim that Jesus Christ is God in the flesh, lived without sin, died as the atonement for human sin, and rose bodily from the dead. He appeals to changed lives, fulfilled Old Testament prophecy, eyewitness testimony, and his own conversion as evidence that salvation is found in Christ alone rather than religion, karma, reincarnation, or human merit.

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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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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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December 9, 2023Dean Odle

Ephraim Awakening or Apostasy - Torah Observance vs. the Law of Christ

Pastor Dean Odle evaluates the so-called Ephraim awakening and argues that much of the modern Hebrew Roots or Torah-observant movement is apostasy rather than biblical restoration. He examines identity claims connecting Gentile Christians with the lost tribes of Israel, then asks whether the New Testament directs believers to Sinai or to the law of Christ. His controlling concern is that covenant identity and Mosaic practice not replace repentance, faith, and union with Jesus Christ.

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December 7, 2023Pastor Dean Odle

Sunday Service after Creation Debate

In “Sunday Service after Creation Debate,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about faith, the authority of Scripture, biblical creation. Drawing especially from Psalm 92, Hebrews 11:3, Psalm 103, 2 Corinthians 12, the teaching emphasizes that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that Scripture is presented as the standard for doctrine, discernment, and daily obedience.

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October 19, 2023Pastor Dean Odle

Great Awakening Under the Tent - Ariton, AL

In “Great Awakening Under the Tent - Ariton, AL,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about demons and deliverance, the condition of the church, faith. Drawing especially from Matthew 10, Matthew 10:6, and Matthew 15, the teaching emphasizes that demonic influence must be answered through Christ’s authority and the freedom He provides. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that the church is called to recover biblical faithfulness instead of accommodating compromise.

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September 18, 2023Pastor Dean Odle

Real Revival

In “Real Revival,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about holiness, revival, the condition of the church. Drawing especially from Isaiah 59, 1 Corinthians 11, Isaiah 30, Galatians 5, the teaching emphasizes that God calls believers to reject compromise and pursue practical holiness. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that revival begins with repentance, renewed hunger for God, and practical obedience among His people.

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