Sermon Audio

Gus Harter: The Joy of Giving

July 17, 2011

Using 1 Corinthians 16:1-3 as a text, Elder Harter presents The Joy of Giving. He takes us through the principles of giving, the purpose of giving, some examples of giving, and the blessings and benefits of giving. Download or click below to play immediately. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

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Gus Harter: Deacons in the Primitive Church

July 17, 2011

With the upcoming selection of new deacons for Bethany Church, Elder Harter instructs us on the selection of the first deacons in the primitive church from Acts chapter 6. Download or click below to play immediately. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

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Gus Harter: Salvation by Grace

July 10, 2011

Elder Harter continues his expository preaching from the book of Philippians 2:12-13. The subject is God’s grace in our salvation. Our eternal salvation is by grace not works. Download or click below to play immediately. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

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Ben Mozingo: Grace

July 10, 2011

Brother Ben Mozingo exposes the glorious grace and love of our God and our savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, from Ephesians chapter 1. This outline is a clear picture of God’s grace and his plan for our salvation. Download or click below to play immediately. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

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Gus Harter: Christ, the Model of Unity

July 3, 2011

Elder Harter brings us another timely message about unity, this time from Philippians 2:5-11. As Elder Harter summarized, “This message gives the greatest model of how and why we should seek unity and should embrace the mind of Christ, and if we do, we’ll have warmth and love that is beyond measure. Download or click [...]

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Gus Harter: A Goodly Heritage

July 3, 2011

Elder Harter brings us a July 4th message from Psalms 16:6 where David writes: “The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.” We have a great heritage in the founding of our nation, when men of faith constituted a country in humble service to our Lord. Download or [...]

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Jim Stevenson: Liberty

July 3, 2011

Brother Jim Stevenson reads from 2 Corithians 3:17 “Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.” In a message for the Fourth of July celebration of the 235th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, Brother Jim shows us that many of the Founding [...]

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Gus Harter: Unity in the Church

June 26, 2011

Elder Harter continues our study of the book of Philippians from chapter 2. The theme is unity, and unity in the church as the apostle Paul encourages the church at Philippi to find the joy in unity, being of one accord and one mind. From Philippians 2:1-4 Elder Harter shows us the motives of unity, [...]

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Gus Harter: A Father’s Day Message

June 19, 2011

Elder Harter shows us the last message from God to the children of Israel before a 400 year silence. In Malachi 4:6, God’s word says “And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth a with [...]

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Lloyd Wilkinson: Forgiveness

June 19, 2011

Brother Lloyd Wilkinson speaks about Forgiveness, and specifically, the Cost of Forgiveness and the concept of Forgiving ALL the way. In Colossians 3:13, we are instructed to forgive each other as Christ forgave us. Jesus loved us and forgave us by grace, not based on anything that we had done. Christianity is unique in this [...]

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Gus Harter: Christian Conversation

June 12, 2011

Elder Harter shows us that we should have integrity with our Christian walk, called our converation in Philippians 1:27. If we’re going to talk the talk then we need to walk the walk. What we believe and say should be reflected in our walk with Christ. We have integrity if it does. As Christians, in [...]

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Tim Gerke: Belief and Unbelief

June 12, 2011

Brother Tim Gerke speaks to us from Mark 9:24 where a distraught father of a demon possessed child cries out to Jesus to help his unbelief. We all want to believe but struggle with our unbelief. Brother Tim encourages us with the lesson that we are new creatures in Christ. He remakes us anew so [...]

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Gus Harter: Barnabas, the Encourager

June 5, 2011

Elder Harter encourages us to be like Barnabas, who showed great courage as a member of the early church and was renamed by the apostles because he was “the son of consolation.” In Acts 4:36, he is introduced to us for the first time, when he sold his land and gave the money to the [...]

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Gus Harter: The Joy of Ministry

June 5, 2011

Elder Harter shows us the joy of the ministry from Philippians 1:12-26 as he takes us through the apostle Paul’s ministry, addressing the chains, critics, and crisis of Paul. These chains made Christ known, despite his critics, Christ was preached, and through crisis Christ was magnified. Download or click below to play immediately. [Audio clip: [...]

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Jonathan Harter: In Search of Joy

May 29, 2011

Brother Jonathan Harter speaks to us from Hebrews 12:2 about the joy Jesus had in enduring the cross for us, and how we can take part in that same joy. He answers the question: how do we find joy in life? Download or click below to play immediately. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

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Jonathan Harter: God Restoreth My Soul

May 29, 2011

Brother Jonathan Harter shows how God is constantly looking after us and is not only concerned about our eternal salvation but also the transformation and restoration of our souls in the here and now.  In one of the most familiar passages of scripture, one that most of us have memorized, He tells us in Psalms [...]

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Gus Harter: Let Your Love Abound

May 22, 2011

Elder Harter exposes the lessons for the church today from Paul’s prayer for the church at Philippi found in Philippians 1:9-11.  Paul loves the church at Philippi.  The overarching theme of his letter to them is: Joy!  That love and joy comes through the ages to us as Paul prays that our love may abound, [...]

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Gus Harter: Stealers of Joy

May 15, 2011

Elder Harter continues with the subject of joy in the afternoon service as he looks at the other side of the coin, exploring those things that can rob us of our joy. Some examples: not understanding the sovereignty of God, our sin, doubt, the lack of prayer, ingratitude, fear of the future, self-centeredness, and the [...]

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Gus Harter: Five Reasons for Joy

May 15, 2011

Elder Gus Harter looks into Philippians 1:3-6 for five things that gave the Apostle Paul joy.  Even though he was a prisoner in Rome, chained to a Roman soldier 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, Paul reassures the Philippians in a letter to them that he is ok, and there is great reason [...]

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Gus Harter: A Mother’s Day Sermon

May 8, 2011

Elder Gus Harter honors our mothers by looking into the scriptures for illustrations of godly, gracious women. Download or click below to play immediately. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]  

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Ben Mozingo: The Spirit of God within Us

May 8, 2011

Brother Ben Mozingo shows the wonderful things that God reveals unto us through His Spirit that dwells within us. Download or click below to play immediately. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]  

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Harvey: Resist the Adversary (Spring ’11)

April 17, 2011

Sunday Morning Peter closes his epistle with a grave warning to the church: Satan, the adversary, is actively seeking the destruction of God’s people. Though our eternal security is secure and cannot be threatened by the devil, he will attack things very precious and vulnerable things: our faith, our family, our witness, our churches. God [...]

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Harvey: You’ve Got to Make It Happen (Spring ’11)

April 16, 2011

Saturday Afternoon Elder Gary Harvey exhorts us that it is up to us to obey the impulse given us by God to serve Him. God does not force us to follow and serve Him. It is God’s will for our lives that we honor and serve God, but if we are to be in church; [...]

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Jordan: Continuing Steadfastly (Spring ’11)

April 16, 2011

Saturday Afternoon The follower of Jesus Christ cannot enjoy an intimate relationship with Him outside of the church. The local church also has the privilege and responsibility of promoting His word and His truth in the community and the world. We are commanded, and should find ready motivation, to attend and support the local church. [...]

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Jordan: It’s Not About You (Spring ’11)

April 16, 2011

Saturday Morning The world teaches us that life is about us: our desires, our preferences. Elder Matt Jordan begins in 1 Peter 5 to show us the biblical teaching that we as Christians should set aside our own desires and become servants, making sacrifices to give others what they desire. This self-sacrificial attitude is, in [...]

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Harvey: The Condition of the Regenerate Man, Part 2 (Spring ’11)

April 16, 2011

Saturday Morning Continuing the topic he opened Friday night, Elder Gary Harvey studies the dual, conflicted nature of one whom God has given eternal life. Elder Harvey begins by stirring us to imagine an existence in which every unthinking, unconsidered reaction is holy, not corrupt. That is heaven. Until then, we must struggle to subdue [...]

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Harvey: The Condition of the Regenerate Man, Part 1 (Spring ’11)

April 15, 2011

Friday Evening Elder Gary Harvey speaks from the book of Romans to bring clarity to the complex, dual nature that defines the struggle of discipleship faced by each of God’s children. When God puts eternal life in each of His children, it takes the from of a spiritual creature put into and under the subjection [...]

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Jordan: Saved From What? (Spring ’11)

April 15, 2011

Friday Evening Elder Matt Jordan opens our annual Spring Meeting reading from Acts 2. Scriptures are clear that Jesus saves. From what does He save us? Each time the Bible records a salvation Jesus provides His people, it gives context for that salvation. Eternal punishment is one judgment from which we are saved; in other [...]

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Gus Harter: The Sayings of Christ on the Cross

April 10, 2011

Elder Gus Harter examines the gospel accounts of the crucifixion to reflect on the meaning of each utterance of Christ as he hung on the cross. This is the fifth message in our study of the week of Christ’s passion. Download or click below to play immediately. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

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Chris Taylor: Burning Ground

April 10, 2011

Chris Taylor reads from Hebrews 6:7-8 and connects the burning of the thorny, unfruitful ground with the parable of the soils. Jesus taught that some who hear His word would receive it, but that thorns, the distractions and cares of the world, would choke out the growth of the seed that was sown. The end [...]

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