To Know Him.... To Make Him Known
The complete collection of The 7 Churches Podcast with Donnie Scarlett. Listen from Ephesus all the way to Laodicea as the Lord speaks to his church. Listen closely and see if you can catch the easter eggs from the audio design of this podcast!
Church #7: The Letter to the Church of Laodicea. Donnie's seventh and final church was Zion Hill Baptist Church and just like Laodicea they were lukewarm chuches that God spit out of his mouth.
Church #6: The Letter to the Church of Philadelphia. Donnie's sixth church was Heritage Baptist Church. It was a healthy, faithful and fruitful church, just like the Church of Philadelphia.
Church #5: The Letter to the Church of Sardis. Donnie's fifth church moves him to Huntsville, Alabama to Five Points Baptist Church. And just like Sardis, they were the church of the living dead.
Church #4: The Letter to the Church of Thyratira. Donnie's fourth church New Harmony Baptist Church mirrors Thyratira, crossing the line of compromise.
Church #3: The Letter to the Church of Pergamum. Donnie's third church was in Fayetteville, Tennessee called Brogan Avenue Baptist Church. And like Pergamum it was evangelistic, but it had immorality and the seed of satan.
Church #2: The Letter to the Church of Smyrna. Donnie's second stop was a church he pastored called Shiloh Baptist Church. And like Smryna it was a poor church, that was rich in faith.
Church #1: The Letter to the Church of Ephesus. Donnie pastored a church in Dowelltown, Tennessee named Dry Creek Baptist Church. And much like Ephesus it had lost its first love of Christ for labor.
Pastor Mark Hernandez on the respectable sins of impatience and irritability.
The New Hampshire Church Plant Team of Matthew Hubley, Mason Boni, Josh Bomar, Jaedyn Bond, Peter Helm and Joel Rainey join to talk about what God is doing in them and in New Hampshire.
Pastor Jared Lockart on the respectable sins of pride and selfishness in our lives.
Elder Fred Smith on the "respectable sins" of ungodliness and worldliness.
Disciples go because Jesus sends and disciples rejoice becasue Jesus saves!
We start a new series on Respectable Sins. Pastor Tyler kicks off the series giving us an overview of what sin is.
The marks of a true disciple is confessing Jesus properly, following Jesus sacrificially and beholding Jesus gloriously.
Pastor Tyler Scarlett and Joe Veres report on the SBC conference in Dallas Texas for 2025, including topics of sports gambling, pornagraphy and baptism numbers.
Tim and Jared are back to tackle another complext tech issue: AI. They will add nuance and persepctive to how we view these issues as Christians, how we talk about AI, and how we use AI.This episode was made wihtout the use of any AI.
Pastor Mark Hernandez shows us how to update your God iOS in 2 Peter 1:5-11!
Pastor Tyler Scarlett on a practical way to take the Baptist Fatih and Message and pracitcally apply to our lives.
God has ordained the family as the foundational institution of human society. It is composed of persons related to one another by marriage, blood, or adoption.Marriage is the uniting of one man and one woman in covenant commitment for a lifetime. It is God's unique gift to reveal the union between Christ and His church and to provide for the man and the woman in marriage the framework for intimate companionship, the channel of sexual expression according to biblical standards, and the means for procreation of the human race.The husband and wife are of equal worth before God, since both are created in God's image. The marriage relationship models the way God relates to His people. A husband is to love his wife as Christ loved the church. He has the God-given responsibility to provide for, to protect, and to lead his family. A wife is to submit herself graciously to the servant leadership of her husband even as the church willingly submits to the headship of Christ. She, being in the image of God as is her husband and thus equal to him, has the God-given responsibility to respect her husband and to serve as his helper in managing the household and nurturing the next generation.Children, from the moment of conception, are a blessing and heritage from the Lord. Parents are to demonstrate to their children God's pattern for marriage. Parents are to teach their children spiritual and moral values and to lead them, through consistent lifestyle example and loving discipline, to make choices based on biblical truth. Children are to honor and obey their parents.
God alone is Lord of the conscience, and He has left it free from the doctrines and commandments of men which are contrary to His Word or not contained in it. Church and state should be separate. The state owes to every church protection and full freedom in the pursuit of its spiritual ends. In providing for such freedom no ecclesiastical group or denomination should be favored by the state more than others. Civil government being ordained of God, it is the duty of Christians to render loyal obedience thereto in all things not contrary to the revealed will of God. The church should not resort to the civil power to carry on its work. The gospel of Christ contemplates spiritual means alone for the pursuit of its ends. The state has no right to impose penalties for religious opinions of any kind. The state has no right to impose taxes for the support of any form of religion. A free church in a free state is the Christian ideal, and this implies the right of free and unhindered access to God on the part of all men, and the right to form and propagate opinions in the sphere of religion without interference by the civil power.
Did you know that Christians should be known for our love...but also our hate? Godly love leads to Godly hatred too!
It is the duty of Christians to seek peace with all men on principles of righteousness. In accordance with the spirit and teachings of Christ they should do all in their power to put an end to war.The true remedy for the war spirit is the gospel of our Lord. The supreme need of the world is the acceptance of His teachings in all the affairs of men and nations, and the practical application of His law of love. Christian people throughout the world should pray for the reign of the Prince of Peace.
Have you found the precious rare gem of God's Word? It is the source of all life!
All Christians are under obligation to seek to make the will of Christ supreme in our own lives and in human society. Means and methods used for the improvement of society and the establishment of righteousness among men can be truly and permanently helpful only when they are rooted in the regeneration of the individual by the saving grace of God in Jesus Christ. In the spirit of Christ, Christians should oppose racism, every form of greed, selfishness, and vice, and all forms of sexual immorality, including adultery, homosexuality, and pornography. We should work to provide for the orphaned, the needy, the abused, the aged, the helpless, and the sick. We should speak on behalf of the unborn and contend for the sanctity of all human life from conception to natural death. Every Christian should seek to bring industry, government, and society as a whole under the sway of the principles of righteousness, truth, and brotherly love. In order to promote these ends Christians should be ready to work with all men of good will in any good cause, always being careful to act in the spirit of love without compromising their loyalty to Christ and His truth.
Pastor Jared Lockhart and Children's Director Tim Helm login to tackle social media and the potential dangers that lurk behind it. Can they convince you to delete your accounts? They believe that you'll at least stop and think about what you do online.
Are you a sojourner? A sufferer? Or maybe even a sucker? God's Word is able to help with that!
Christ's people should, as occasion requires, organize such associations and conventions as may best secure cooperation for the great objects of the Kingdom of God. Such organizations have no authority over one another or over the churches. They are voluntary and advisory bodies designed to elicit, combine, and direct the energies of our people in the most effective manner. Members of New Testament churches should cooperate with one another in carrying forward the missionary, educational, and benevolent ministries for the extension of Christ's Kingdom. Christian unity in the New Testament sense is spiritual harmony and voluntary cooperation for common ends by various groups of Christ's people. Cooperation is desirable between the various Christian denominations, when the end to be attained is itself justified, and when such cooperation involves no violation of conscience or compromise of loyalty to Christ and His Word as revealed in the New Testament.
God is the source of all blessings, temporal and spiritual; all that we have and are we owe to Him. Christians have a spiritual debtorship to the whole world, a holy trusteeship in the gospel, and a binding stewardship in their possessions. They are therefore under obligation to serve Him with their time, talents, and material possessions; and should recognize all these as entrusted to them to use for the glory of God and for helping others. According to the Scriptures, Christians should contribute of their means cheerfully, regularly, systematically, proportionately, and liberally for the advancement of the Redeemer's cause on earth.
The wonderful Word of God! Obey the Good Book and you will find the Good life!
Christianity is the faith of enlightenment and intelligence. In Jesus Christ abide all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. All sound learning is, therefore, a part of our Christian heritage. The new birth opens all human faculties and creates a thirst for knowledge. Moreover, the cause of education in the Kingdom of Christ is co-ordinate with the causes of missions and general benevolence, and should receive along with these the liberal support of the churches. An adequate system of Christian education is necessary to a complete spiritual program for Christ's people.In Christian education there should be a proper balance between academic freedom and academic responsibility. Freedom in any orderly relationship of human life is always limited and never absolute. The freedom of a teacher in a Christian school, college, or seminary is limited by the pre-eminence of Jesus Christ, by the authoritative nature of the Scriptures, and by the distinct purpose for which the school exists.
Pastor Steve Putney. Gensis 41:37-57, 50:15-21
It is the duty and privilege of every follower of Christ and of every church of the Lord Jesus Christ to endeavor to make disciples of all nations. The new birth of man's spirit by God's Holy Spirit means the birth of love for others. Missionary effort on the part of all rests thus upon a spiritual necessity of the regenerate life, and is expressly and repeatedly commanded in the teachings of Christ. The Lord Jesus Christ has commanded the preaching of the gospel to all nations. It is the duty of every child of God to seek constantly to win the lost to Christ by verbal witness undergirded by a Christian lifestyle, and by other methods in harmony with the gospel of Christ.Jared Lockhart
X. Last ThingsGod, in His own time and in His own way, will bring the world to its appropriate end. According to His promise, Jesus Christ will return personally and visibly in glory to the earth; the dead will be raised; and Christ will judge all men in righteousness. The unrighteous will be consigned to Hell, the place of everlasting punishment. The righteous in their resurrected and glorified bodies will receive their reward and will dwell forever in Heaven with the Lord.
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