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Talking about local church matters and why the local church matters. Hosts: Eps 1-13, Brad Arnold & Greg Peterson, Pastors of Anchor Bible Church NWA; Eps 14-present, Greg Peterson & Brandon Scott

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    • May 15, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 35 EPISODES


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    Ep35: Members Matters: Greg Peterson

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2025 43:20


    Pastor Greg Peterson and Brandon Scott of Anchor Bible Church discuss Pastor Greg's testimony and journey through ministry.

    Ep34: Liturgy

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2025 36:41


    Pastor Greg Peterson and Brandon Scott of Anchor Bible Church consider the concept of liturgy and how Anchor functions within that.

    Ep33: Seminary Update w/ Harrison & Brandon

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2024 59:12


    Mostly an update on how seminary is going, and working through a bit of what's been learned.

    Ep32: Faithful Elders

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2024 64:35


    Pastor Greg Peterson and Brandon Scott of Anchor Bible Church sit down with Pastors Jason Vaughn and Gino Guillermo from Cornerstone Community Church in Las Vegas, NV to talk about what makes a faithful elder.

    Ep31: A Faithful Church

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2024 73:42


    Pastor Greg Peterson and Brandon Scott of Anchor Bible Church sit down with Pastors Jason Vaughn and Gino Guillermo from Cornerstone Community Church in Las Vegas, NV to talk about what makes a faithful church & churchman.

    Ep30: Gospel and Evangelism pt.3

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2024 47:39


    Pastor Greg Peterson and Brandon Scott of Anchor Bible Church talk with fellow churchmen Harrison Smith and Nahum Payne on the gospel and evangelism. (Part 3/3)

    Ep29: Gospel and Evangelism pt.2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2024 43:14


    Pastor Greg Peterson and Brandon Scott of Anchor Bible Church talk with fellow churchmen Harrison Smith and Nahum Payne on the gospel and evangelism. (Part 2/3)

    Ep28: Gospel and Evangelism pt.1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2024 37:17


    Pastor Greg Peterson and Brandon Scott of Anchor Bible Church talk with fellow churchmen Harrison Smith and Nahum Payne on the gospel and evangelism. (Part 1/3)

    Ep27: Sufficiency and Cessationism pt.2

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2024 30:04


    Pastor Greg Peterson and Brandon Scott of Anchor Bible Church consider how the sufficiency of scripture relates to cessationism.

    Ep26: Sufficiency and Cessationism pt.1

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2024 28:02


    Pastor Greg Peterson and Brandon Scott of Anchor Bible Church consider how the sufficiency of scripture relates to cessationism.

    Ep25: Emma Smith on College, Church, & Marriage pt.2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2024 42:12


    Pastor Greg Peterson and Brandon Scott of Anchor Bible Church sit down with church member Emma Smith to discuss being a student in bible college, the importance of being in a solid local church, engagement, marriage, and more.

    Ep24: Emma Smith on College, Church, & Marriage pt.1

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2024 33:32


    Pastor Greg Peterson and Brandon Scott of Anchor Bible Church sit down with church member Emma Smith to discuss being a student in bible college, the importance of being in a solid local church, engagement, marriage, and more.

    Ep23: Cessationism pt.3

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2024 42:35


    Pastor Greg Peterson and Brandon Scott of Anchor Bible Church continue their discussion on the miraculous gifts and whether they are still in operation today.

    Ep22: Cessationism pt.2

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2024 29:21


    Pastor Greg Peterson and Brandon Scott of Anchor Bible Church continue their discussion on the miraculous gifts and whether they are still in operation today.

    Ep21: Cessationism pt.1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2024 38:52


    Pastor Greg Peterson and Brandon Scott of Anchor Bible Church discuss the miraculous gifts and whether they are still in operation today.

    Ep20: Sanctification, Perseverance, and the Church

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2024 23:54


    Pastor Greg Peterson and Brandon Scott of Anchor Bible Church continue their discussion on sanctification, perseverance, and their relation to the local church.

    Ep19: Seminary, Sanctification, Perseverance

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2023 42:01


    Pastor Greg Peterson and Brandon Scott of Anchor Bible Church discuss Brandon's 1st semester at seminary, as well as the doctrines of sanctification and perseverance.

    Ep18: Every Member has Spiritual Gifts

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2023 40:57


    Pastor Greg Peterson and Co-Host Brandon Scott (of Anchor Bible Church in NW Arkansas) discuss how God equips His people with gifts intended to serve and meet the needs of the local church.

    Ep17: Every Member is a Minister

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2023 29:44


    Pastor Greg Peterson and Co-Host Brandon Scott (of Anchor Bible Church in NW Arkansas) discuss the biblical truth that ministry is not just for the "professionals", but that every member is called to full time ministry.

    Ep16: Anthropology - What Are We???

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2023 33:41


    Pastor Greg Peterson and Co-Host Brandon Scott (of Anchor Bible Church in NW Arkansas) talk what it means to be human and made in God's Image.

    Ep15: Seminary and Anthropology

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2023 33:13


    Pastor Greg Peterson and Co-Host Brandon Scott (of Anchor Bible Church in NW Arkansas) discuss Brandon's seminary journey thus far and get into some aspects of anthropology.

    Ep14: We're Back!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2023 12:01


    Pastor Greg Peterson and Co-Host Brandon Scott (of Anchor Bible Church in NW Arkansas) discuss all that has happened since the last episode aired more than a year ago.

    Ep13: The One Way to Please God

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2021 49:12


    Anchor Bible Church of NW Arkansas celebrated its first anniversary of God's sustaining grace. ABC decided to celebrate by bringing in Jack Hughes (Anchor Bible Church of Louisville, KY) to teach from the Bible what our 1-year old church needed to know as a young church. This is one of those messages in which Pastor Jack answers the question, "What is the One Way to Please God?" from Daniel 6.

    Ep12: The Qualifications and Responsibilities of Elders & Deacons

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2021 31:13


    Brad Arnold & Greg Peterson (pastors of Anchor Bible Church in NW Arkansas) discuss the New Testament's understanding of the qualifications of elders & deacons and how how those define their responsibilities in the local church.

    Ep11: The Equality of Local Church Elders

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2021 31:15


    Brad Arnold & Greg Peterson (pastors of Anchor Bible Church in NW Arkansas) discuss the New Testament's understanding of the equality of authority among the local church elders.

    Ep10: The Elders of the Local Church - their Plurality & Equality

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2021 29:34


    Brad Arnold & Greg Peterson (pastors of Anchor Bible Church in NW Arkansas) discuss the New Testament's revealing of the plurality and equality of local church elders.

    Ep9: The Leadership of the Church

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2021 34:08


    Brad Arnold & Greg Peterson (pastors of Anchor Bible Church in NW Arkansas) discuss the authority in the local church that starts with Jesus is delegated to gifted men.

    Ep8: Applying the Mission of the Church

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2021 29:04


    Brad Arnold & Greg Peterson (pastors of Anchor Bible Church in NW Arkansas) discuss how the mission of the Church (to proclaim the gospel & make disciples) works practically.

    Ep7: The Mission of the Church

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2021 23:47


    Brad Arnold & Greg Peterson (pastors of Anchor Bible Church in NW Arkansas) discuss the mission of the Church is to proclaim the gospel & disciple-making. **We apologize for the lack of sound quality on this recording. It is not up to the standard we want. We decided, however, to post it because of the good content. Thank you for understanding.**

    Ep6: The Purpose of the Church

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2021 28:48


    Brad Arnold & Greg Peterson (pastors of Anchor Bible Church in NW Arkansas) discuss the purpose of the Church is to glorify God.

    Ep5: The Nature of the Church

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2021 28:59


    Brad Arnold & Greg Peterson (pastors of Anchor Bible Church in NW Arkansas) discuss why the nature of the Church using the New Testament metaphor of "the body."

    Ep4: The Church is Distinct from Israel

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2021 28:55


    Brad Arnold & Greg Peterson (pastors of Anchor Bible Church in NW Arkansas) discuss why the Church is distinct from Israel. This must be done in order to properly define the church.

    Ep3: What is the Origin of the Church?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2021 26:33


    Brad Arnold & Greg Peterson (pastors of Anchor Bible Church in NW Arkansas) discuss why the the origin of the Church according to the New Testament.

    Ep2: Why the Local Church Matters

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2021 26:48


    Brad Arnold & Greg Peterson (pastors of Anchor Bible Church in NW Arkansas) discuss why the Local Church Matters.

    Ep1: What's in Our Name? - The Reason we named this podcast "Local Church Matters"

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2021 25:55


    Brad Arnold & Greg Peterson (pastors of Anchor Bible Church in NW Arkansas) discuss why they named their podcast "Local Church Matters."

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