Dove Creek Bible Church's Podcast

What does it mean to abide in Jesus? What is the main idea, the main focus and the main point Jesus is making in John 15 when He says, "I am the vine, you are the branches"? In this sermon we explore why it is so important that we "do nothing".

At the end of John 14, we encounter the answers to the questions: What is our motivation to obey? From whence comes the power to obey? After giving us the answers to these questions Jesus says He will give us His peace which is not like the peace that the world gives. How is His peace different?

Jesus predicts many troubling events ahead for His disciples and then He exhorts them to not let their hearts be troubled. It's almost as if He is upsetting them on purpose and then telling them not to be upset. What does He mean? Where will they find the comfort they need when they need it?

About to be betrayed by one disciple and denied by another Jesus prepares His disciples for His imminent departure by stressing the need to love one another.

It takes a certain amount of humility to receive sacrificial service as well as to render it. Jesus' washing of the feet of His disciples shows them the full extent of His love. Peter will learn the importance of why it's better to be humble than to have to be humbled.

In some pulpits one finds the quote from John 12:21 inscribed so that only the speaker can see it "Sir, we would see Jesus." Why is is so important that people see Jesus not only in the pulpit, but also in the people of God? What happens when Christians speak of grace but not with grace? What happens to the person who loves his or her life in this world? This sermon addresses these issues.

In Luke 10, Martha stresses out while serving one guest. In John 12, Martha serves 13 guests and yet she is somehow unstressed. In Luke 10, she concerns herself with what her sister Mary is doing and in John 12 she seems less conscious of what Mary is dong. What made the difference? How can I serve like Martha in John 12 and avoid serving like Martha in Luke 10?

Lori Panici, Director of Children's Ministry for The Oaks Church, explains the new children's ministry model their church is using which is more of a relational model than an educational model.

The plot to kill Jesus made for strange alliances. Caiaphas predicts that Jesus will die as a substitute for the nation and He was right...just not in the way he thought. Then as now there are three reactions to Jesus: Ignore Him, oppose Him or worship Him.

Jesus learns His friend Lazarus is sick and near death, but He does not go to heal him. In fact, He delays two more days. Why? Was this purposeful delay a denial or was it for some greater purpose and plan?

This is Jesus' last public discourse with the crowds. From this point forward He concentrates on smaller groups and in particular His disciples. What would Jesus final words to the crowds be and how would they respond?

The Good Shepherd Discourse is on of the most famous passages of the Bible. In this discourse Jesus uses three different analogies of the sheep/shepherd motif to describe how He is like a shepherd to His people. The Good Shepherd Discourse dovetails nicely with another famous passage of the Bible - Psalm 23.

Jesus addresses the differences between being necessarily blind and being willfully blind. In the story of the healing of the blind man a man goes from sight to insight; while others maintain stubborn eyes.

This is the second of Jesus' "I Am" sayings. He states "I am the Light of the World". The religious leaders are offended by this bold proclamation because it is a truth they will not allow themselves to accept. As the will not believe Jesus is the Light of the World they cannot believe it and thus this truth is unable to set them free. The only truth that frees is accepted truth.

This sermon deals with one of the most disputed texts of the New Testament and the tendency to use Jesus' statement here as justification for all kinds of nonsense. Yet it is also a great example of how to handle someone caught in sin. Should we confront sin and if so, how should we confront sin? Jesus sets the example for the proper balance in John 8:1-11.

In John 7:19-52, Jesus says, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.” How do we drink? How do we allow those rivers of living water to flow? After we drink is there a way we can hinder the flow of the living water? This sermon tries to answer these questions.

If Jesus told His brothers He wasn't going to the feast and then He went secretly...did Jesus lie? Of course not...but how do we explain it? This sermon discusses how Jesus divides before he unites, how the world in the church hurts discipleship, the difficulty in being considered credible without credentials and how God has a time for everything and everything has a time.

Did I decide to follow Jesus or did God decide I would follow Jesus? Is anyone able to come to to Jesus or only those chosen to come? This sermon takes a look at how reformed theologians and non-reformed theologians understand what Jesus is saying in John 6. Ultimately all agree Jesus has said we have greater needs than we know and there is a greater resource available than we could possibly imagine.

In His "Bread of Life" discourse is Jesus teaching His disciples in advance what happens at the Lord's Supper or is he merely teaching why we partake of the Lord's Supper? Various churches and theological systems have different explanations of what Jesus means by what He says in this passage.

Jesus wants to feed the 5000 men and their families, but Philip thinks the enormity of the problem precludes it and Andrew thinks the meagerness of the resources preclude it. How can Jesus get His disciples to start thinking "outside the box"?