<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><rss xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" version="2.0"><channel><title>Central Baptist Church of Ponca City</title><description>"Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature" - Mark 16:15</description><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Central Baptist Church)</managingEditor><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 07:30:33 -0500</pubDate><generator>Blogger http://www.blogger.com</generator><openSearch:totalResults xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/">3794</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/">1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/">25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><link>http://cbcponca.blogspot.com/</link><language>en-us</language><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="http://www.jude25.net/cbcdata/files/CBC_Generic_SQUARE.jpg"/><itunes:keywords>Church,Christian,Christianity,Scripture,Bible,Sermon,Sermons,Christians,Baptist,Fundamental,music,preaching,encouragement,inspirational,encouraging,Christ,Jesus,independent,expository,exposition,teaching,instruction,learning,biblical,scriptural,God,truth</itunes:keywords><itunes:summary>Biblical preaching from the pulpit of Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK.</itunes:summary><itunes:subtitle>Biblical preaching from the pulpit of Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK.</itunes:subtitle><itunes:category text="Religion &amp; Spirituality"><itunes:category text="Christianity"/></itunes:category><itunes:category text="Kids &amp; Family"/><itunes:category text="Religion &amp; Spirituality"/><itunes:author>Central Baptist Church of Ponca City</itunes:author><itunes:owner><itunes:email>cbcponca@gmail.com</itunes:email><itunes:name>Central Baptist Church of Ponca City</itunes:name></itunes:owner><item><title>The Secret of Spiritual Courage</title><link>http://cbcponca.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-secret-of-spiritual-courage.html</link><category>Central Baptist Church Sermons</category><pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 19:00:00 -0500</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19066319.post-4559682637979212640</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;WEDNESDAY SERMON&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; 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font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;DATE: Wednesday PM, September 16, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON TITLE: The Secret of Spiritual Courage&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON THEME: Letters to a King&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON SERIES: Ezra&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON VERSES: Ezra 5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ezra 5:1&lt;/b&gt; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that &lt;i&gt;were&lt;/i&gt; in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, &lt;i&gt;even&lt;/i&gt; unto them. &lt;b&gt;2&lt;/b&gt; Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which &lt;i&gt;is&lt;/i&gt; at Jerusalem: and with them&lt;i&gt; were&lt;/i&gt; the prophets of God helping them.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ezra 5:3&lt;/b&gt; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;At the same time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shetharboznai, and their companions, and said thus unto them, Who hath commanded you to build this house, and to make up this wall? &lt;b&gt;4&lt;/b&gt; Then said we unto them after this manner, What are the names of the men that make this building? &lt;b&gt;5&lt;/b&gt; But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned answer by letter concerning this&lt;i&gt; matter&lt;/i&gt;. &lt;b&gt;6&lt;/b&gt; The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shetharboznai, and his companions the Apharsachites, which &lt;i&gt;were&lt;/i&gt; on this side the river, sent unto Darius the king: &lt;b&gt;7&lt;/b&gt; They sent a letter unto him, wherein was written thus; Unto Darius the king, all peace. &lt;b&gt;8&lt;/b&gt; Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in their hands. &lt;b&gt;9&lt;/b&gt; Then asked we those elders, &lt;i&gt;and&lt;/i&gt; said unto them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls? &lt;b&gt;10&lt;/b&gt; We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that &lt;i&gt;were&lt;/i&gt; the chief of them. &lt;b&gt;11&lt;/b&gt; And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and set up. &lt;b&gt;12&lt;/b&gt; But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon. &lt;b&gt;13&lt;/b&gt; But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon&lt;i&gt; the same&lt;/i&gt; king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God. &lt;b&gt;14&lt;/b&gt; And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that &lt;i&gt;was&lt;/i&gt; in Jerusalem, and brought them into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king take out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered unto &lt;i&gt;one&lt;/i&gt;, whose name&lt;i&gt; was&lt;/i&gt; Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor; &lt;b&gt;15&lt;/b&gt; And said unto him, Take these vessels, go, carry them into the temple that &lt;i&gt;is&lt;/i&gt; in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be builded in his place. &lt;b&gt;16&lt;/b&gt; Then came the same Sheshbazzar, &lt;i&gt;and&lt;/i&gt; laid the foundation of the house of God which &lt;i&gt;is&lt;/i&gt; in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now hath it been in building, and &lt;i&gt;yet&lt;/i&gt; it is not finished. &lt;b&gt;17&lt;/b&gt; 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font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://cbcponca.subspla.sh/fdwmnxt" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;https://cbcponca.subspla.sh/fdwmnxt&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><georss:featurename xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss">1732 E Coleman Rd, Ponca City, OK 74604, USA</georss:featurename><georss:point xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss">36.7662397 -97.06133779999999</georss:point><georss:box xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss">8.4560058638211544 -132.2175878 65.076473536178838 -61.90508779999999</georss:box><author>cbcponca@gmail.com (Central Baptist Church of Ponca City)</author></item><item><title>Here Am I</title><link>http://cbcponca.blogspot.com/2026/09/here-am-i.html</link><category>Central Baptist Church Sermons</category><pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2026 18:00:00 -0500</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19066319.post-3585483623864242537</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;SUN PM SERMON&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; 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font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;div class="sap-embed-player"&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://subsplash.com/u/cbcponca/media/embed/d/wdwshnn"frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen allow="clipboard-read; clipboard-write"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;style type="text/css"&gt;div.sap-embed-player{position:relative;width:100%;height:0;padding-top:56.25%;}div.sap-embed-player&gt;iframe{position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;}&lt;/style&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;DATE: Sunday PM, September 13, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON BY: Bro. Scott Naill&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON TITLE: Hear Am I&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON THEME: God Calls Samuel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON SERIES: Guest Speakers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON VERSES: 1Sam 3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;1Sam. 3:1&lt;/b&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no open vision. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;2&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place, and his eyes began to wax dim, that he could not see; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;3&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was, and Samuel was laid down to sleep; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;4&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; That the LORD called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;5&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;6&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And the LORD called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And he answered, I called not, my son; lie down again. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;7&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was the word of the LORD yet revealed unto him. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;8&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And the LORD called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And Eli perceived that the LORD had called the child. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;9&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, LORD; for thy servant heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;10&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;1Sam. 3:11&lt;/b&gt; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;And the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;12&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;13&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;14&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli’s house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;15&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the LORD. And Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;16&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he answered, Here am I. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;17&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And he said, What is the thing that the LORD hath said unto thee? I pray thee hide it not from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide any thing from me of all the things that he said unto thee. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;18&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. 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font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;DATE: Sunday AM, September 13, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON BY: Bro. Scott Naill, Glendale, AZ&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON TITLE: When the Wind is Contrary&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON THEME: Triumphing in a World Dominated by Evil&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON SERIES: Guest Speakers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON VERSES: John 6:15-21; Mat 14:22-33; Mk 6:45-51&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;John 6:15&lt;/b&gt; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;16&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And when even was now come, his disciples went down unto the sea, &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;17&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus was not come to them. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;18&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;19&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the ship: and they were afraid. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;20&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; But he saith unto them, It is I; be not afraid. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;21&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Then they willingly received him into the ship: and immediately the ship was at the land whither they went&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Matt. 14:22&lt;/b&gt; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;23&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;24&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;25&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;26&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;27&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;28&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;29&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;30&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;31&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt? &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;32&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;33&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mark 6:45&lt;/b&gt; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;And straightway he constrained his disciples to get into the ship, and to go to the other side before unto Bethsaida, while he sent away the people. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;46&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And when he had sent them away, he departed into a mountain to pray. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;47&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And when even was come, the ship was in the midst of the sea, and he alone on the land. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;48&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto them: and about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;49&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; But when they saw him walking upon the sea, they supposed it had been a spirit, and cried out: &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;50&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; For they all saw him, and were troubled. And immediately he talked with them, and saith unto them, Be of good cheer: it is I; be not afraid. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;51&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And he went up unto them into the ship; and the wind ceased: and they were sore amazed in themselves beyond measure, and wondered.&lt;span class="Apple-converted-space"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; 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font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://cbcponca.subspla.sh/mdtq8d7" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;https://cbcponca.subspla.sh/mdtq8d7&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><georss:featurename xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss">1732 E Coleman Rd, Ponca City, OK 74604, USA</georss:featurename><georss:point xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss">36.7662397 -97.06133779999999</georss:point><georss:box xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss">8.4560058638211544 -132.2175878 65.076473536178838 -61.90508779999999</georss:box><author>cbcponca@gmail.com (Central Baptist Church of Ponca City)</author></item><item><title>Tender Hearts and Tough Hides</title><link>http://cbcponca.blogspot.com/2026/09/tender-hearts-and-tough-hides.html</link><category>Central Baptist Sunday School</category><pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2026 09:30:00 -0500</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19066319.post-5315246726532807003</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;REAL LIFE SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Watch/Listen here using the Embedded Subsplash Player&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;div class="sap-embed-player"&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://subsplash.com/u/cbcponca/media/embed/d/spkcwhw"frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen allow="clipboard-read; clipboard-write"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;style type="text/css"&gt;div.sap-embed-player{position:relative;width:100%;height:0;padding-top:56.25%;}div.sap-embed-player&gt;iframe{position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;}&lt;/style&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;DATE: Sunday School, September 13, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;LESSON BY: Associate Pastor Lynn Schuyler&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;LESSON TITLE: Tender Hearts and Tough Hides&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;LESSON THEME: The Need for Balance in Christianity&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;LESSON SERIES: REAL LIFE Sunday School Class&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;LESSON VERSES: Acts 24:1-21&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Acts 24:1&lt;/b&gt; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the elders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus, who informed the governor against Paul. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy great quietness, and that very worthy deeds are done unto this nation by thy providence, &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; We accept it always, and in all places, most noble Felix, with all thankfulness. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;4&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Notwithstanding, that I be not further tedious unto thee, I pray thee that thou wouldest hear us of thy clemency a few words. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;5&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes: &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;6&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Who also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom we took, and would have judged according to our law. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;7&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great violence took him away out of our hands, &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;8&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Commanding his accusers to come unto thee: by examining of whom thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things, whereof we accuse him. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;9&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Acts 24:10&lt;/b&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned unto him to speak, answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years a judge unto this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself: &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;11&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Because that thou mayest understand, that there are yet but twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem for to worship. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;12&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man, neither raising up the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in the city: &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;13&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;14&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets: &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;15&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;16&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;17&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;18&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Whereupon certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, neither with multitude, nor with tumult. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;19&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Who ought to have been here before thee, and object, if they had ought against me. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;20&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Or else let these same here say, if they have found any evil doing in me, while I stood before the council, &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;21&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among them, Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in question by you this day.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; 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font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Watch/Listen here using our Subsplash WebShare Player&lt;span class="Apple-converted-space"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://cbcponca.subspla.sh/spkcwhw"&gt;https://cbcponca.subspla.sh/spkcwhw&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><georss:featurename xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss">1732 E Coleman Rd, Ponca City, OK 74604, USA</georss:featurename><georss:point xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss">36.7662397 -97.06133779999999</georss:point><georss:box xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss">8.4560058638211544 -132.2175878 65.076473536178838 -61.90508779999999</georss:box><author>cbcponca@gmail.com (Central Baptist Church of Ponca City)</author></item><item><title>Consider Your Ways</title><link>http://cbcponca.blogspot.com/2026/09/consider-your-ways.html</link><category>Central Baptist Church Sermons</category><pubDate>Wed, 9 Sep 2026 19:00:00 -0500</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19066319.post-5502668194690775892</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;WEDNESDAY SERMON&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; 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font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;div class="sap-embed-player"&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://subsplash.com/u/cbcponca/media/embed/d/q9bmgr2"frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen allow="clipboard-read; clipboard-write"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;style type="text/css"&gt;div.sap-embed-player{position:relative;width:100%;height:0;padding-top:56.25%;}div.sap-embed-player&gt;iframe{position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;}&lt;/style&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;DATE: Wednesday PM, September 9, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON TITLE: Consider Your Ways&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON THEME: It’s Past Time to Complete God’s House&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON SERIES: Ezra&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON VERSES: Ezra 5:1-2; Haggai 1:1-11&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ezra 5:1&lt;/b&gt; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, even unto them. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which is at Jerusalem: and with them were the prophets of God helping them.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Hag. 1:1&lt;/b&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying, &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the LORD’S house should be built. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying, &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;4&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste? &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;5&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;6&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;7&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;8&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;9&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;10&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;11&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; 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font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;DATE: Sunday PM, September 6, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON BY: Assistant Pastor Jacob Welch&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON TITLE: Keep Thy Heart with All Diligence&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON THEME: Don’t Consume Sin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON SERIES: Bear Much Fruit&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON VERSES: Proverbs 4:20&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Prov. 4:20&lt;/b&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;21&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;22&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;23&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;24&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;25&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;26&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;27&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; 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font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;DATE: Sunday AM, September 6, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON TITLE: The Lure of Covetousness&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON THEME: Achan Takes Forbidden Booty&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON SERIES: Joshua - The Victorious Christian Life&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON VERSES: Joshua 7:1-14&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Josh. 7:1&lt;/b&gt; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Bethaven, on the east side of Bethel, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; and make not all the people to labour thither; for they are but few. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;4&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;5&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; 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O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies! &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;9&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Josh. 7:10&lt;/b&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face? &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;11&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;12&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;13&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;14&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; 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font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;LESSON BY: Associate Pastor Lynn Schuyler&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;LESSON TITLE: Paul is Rescued from the Council of Evil Men&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;LESSON THEME: God Always Has Control&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;LESSON SERIES: REAL LIFE Sunday School Class&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;LESSON VERSES: Acts 23:12-24&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Acts 23:12&lt;/b&gt; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;13&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;14&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;15&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;16&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait, he went and entered into the castle, and told Paul. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;17&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Then Paul called one of the centurions unto him, and said, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;18&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; So he took him, and brought him to the chief captain, and said, Paul the prisoner called me unto him, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee, who hath something to say unto thee. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;19&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Then the chief captain took him by the hand, and went with him aside privately, and asked him, What is that thou hast to tell me? &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;20&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And he said, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou wouldest bring down Paul to morrow into the council, as though they would enquire somewhat of him more perfectly. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;21&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now are they ready, looking for a promise from thee. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;22&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; So the chief captain then let the young man depart, and charged him, See thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;23&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And he called unto him two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;24&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And provide them beasts, that they may set Paul on, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; 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font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;DATE: Wednesday PM, September 2, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON BY: Bro. Dustin Crawford&lt;span class="Apple-converted-space"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON TITLE: Gracious… Until&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON THEME: The Graciousness of God&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON SERIES: Guest Speakers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON VERSES: Exodus 34:1-10&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ex 34:1&lt;/b&gt; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;And the LORD said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;2&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me in the top of the mount. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;3&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And no man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;4&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ex. 34:5&lt;/b&gt; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;6&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;7&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, unto the third and to the fourth generation. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;8&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;9&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; 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font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;DATE: Sunday PM, August 30, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON TITLE: Rahab: In the Hall of Faith&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON THEME: The Fall of Jericho&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON SERIES: Joshua - The Victorious Christian Life&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON VERSES: Joshua 6:22-27; Hebrews 11:30-31&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Josh. 6:22&lt;span class="Apple-converted-space"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt;But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the country, Go into the harlot’s house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware unto her. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;23&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; and they brought out all her kindred, and left them without the camp of Israel. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;24&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;25&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father’s household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;26&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;27&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; So the LORD was with Joshua; and his fame was noised throughout all the country.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; 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font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;DATE: Sunday AM, August 30, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON TITLE: Israel Faces the Seemingly Impossible Stronghold&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON THEME: The Fall of Jericho&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON SERIES: Joshua - The Victorious Christian Life&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON VERSES: Joshua 6:1-21; 2Cor 10:3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Josh. 6:1&lt;/b&gt; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;4&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams’ horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;5&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Josh. 6:6&lt;/b&gt; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them, Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark of the LORD. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;7&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And he said unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let him that is armed pass on before the ark of the LORD. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;8&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And it came to pass, when Joshua had spoken unto the people, that the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams’ horns passed on before the LORD, and blew with the trumpets: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;9&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And the armed men went before the priests that blew with the trumpets, and the rereward came after the ark, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;10&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not shout, nor make any noise with your voice, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall ye shout. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;11&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; So the ark of the LORD compassed the city, going about it once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;12&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the LORD. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;13&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark of the LORD went on continually, and blew with the trumpets: and the armed men went before them; but the rereward came after the ark of the LORD, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;14&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And the second day they compassed the city once, and returned into the camp: so they did six days. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;15&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times: only on that day they compassed the city seven times. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;16&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew with the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, Shout; for the LORD hath given you the city.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Josh. 6:17&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-converted-space"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;18&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;19&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are consecrated unto the LORD: they shall come into the treasury of the LORD. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;20&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;21&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; 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font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Watch/Listen here using our Subsplash WebShare Player&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://cbcponca.subspla.sh/hn974wc" target="_blank"&gt;https://cbcponca.subspla.sh/hn974wc&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><georss:featurename xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss">1732 E Coleman Rd, Ponca City, OK 74604, USA</georss:featurename><georss:point xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss">36.7662397 -97.06133779999999</georss:point><georss:box xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss">8.4560058638211544 -132.2175878 65.076473536178838 -61.90508779999999</georss:box><author>cbcponca@gmail.com (Central Baptist Church of Ponca City)</author></item><item><title>The Foundation of Our Justification</title><link>http://cbcponca.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-foundation-of-our-justification.html</link><category>Central Baptist Sunday School</category><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 09:30:00 -0500</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19066319.post-7470725294484300786</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;REAL LIFE SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; 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margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;div class="sap-embed-player"&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://subsplash.com/u/cbcponca/media/embed/d/fcx37c8"frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen allow="clipboard-read; clipboard-write"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;style type="text/css"&gt;div.sap-embed-player{position:relative;width:100%;height:0;padding-top:56.25%;}div.sap-embed-player&gt;iframe{position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;}&lt;/style&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;DATE: Sunday School, August 30, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;LESSON BY: Bro. Dustin Crawford&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;LESSON TITLE: The Foundation of Our Justification&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;LESSON THEME: Paul Explains Salvation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;LESSON SERIES: REAL LIFE Sunday School Class&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;LESSON VERSES: Romans 5:12-21&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Romans 5:12&lt;/b&gt; &lt;i&gt;Therefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;13&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;14&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;15&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;16&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;17&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.) &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;18&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;19&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;20&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;21&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;— — —&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; 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font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://cbcponca.subspla.sh/fcx37c8" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;https://cbcponca.subspla.sh/fcx37c8&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><georss:featurename xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss">1732 E Coleman Rd, Ponca City, OK 74604, USA</georss:featurename><georss:point xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss">36.7662397 -97.06133779999999</georss:point><georss:box xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss">8.4560058638211544 -132.2175878 65.076473536178838 -61.90508779999999</georss:box><author>cbcponca@gmail.com (Central Baptist Church of Ponca City)</author></item><item><title>Facing Opposition, Pt. 2</title><link>http://cbcponca.blogspot.com/2026/08/facing-opposition-pt-2.html</link><category>Central Baptist Church Sermons</category><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 19:00:00 -0500</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19066319.post-3591737709303463043</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;WEDNESDAY SERMON&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; 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font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;div class="sap-embed-player"&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://subsplash.com/u/cbcponca/media/embed/d/tm6pcqb"frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen allow="clipboard-read; clipboard-write"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;style type="text/css"&gt;div.sap-embed-player{position:relative;width:100%;height:0;padding-top:56.25%;}div.sap-embed-player&gt;iframe{position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;}&lt;/style&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;DATE: Wednesday PM, August 26, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo&lt;span class="Apple-converted-space"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON TITLE: Facing Opposition, Pt. 2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON THEME: Our Ongoing Spiritual Battles&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON SERIES: Ezra&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON VERSES: Ezra 4:7-24&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ezra 4:7&lt;/b&gt; &lt;i&gt;And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian tongue, and interpreted in the Syrian tongue. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;8&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort: &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;9&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites, &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;10&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Asnappar brought over, and set in the cities of Samaria, and the rest that are on this side the river, and at such a time. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;11&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; This is the copy of the letter that they sent unto him, even unto Artaxerxes the king; Thy servants the men on this side the river, and at such a time. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;12&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Be it known unto the king, that the Jews which came up from thee to us are come unto Jerusalem, building the rebellious and the bad city, and have set up the walls thereof, and joined the foundations. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;13&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls set up again, then will they not pay toll, tribute, and custom, and so thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;14&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Now because we have maintenance from the king’s palace, and it was not meet for us to see the king’s dishonour, therefore have we sent and certified the king; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;15&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time: for which cause was this city destroyed. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;16&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; We certify the king that, if this city be builded again, and the walls thereof set up, by this means thou shalt have no portion on this side the river.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ezra 4:17&lt;/b&gt; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Then sent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell in Samaria, and unto the rest beyond the river, Peace, and at such a time. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;18&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; The letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read before me. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;19&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And I commanded, and search hath been made, and it is found that this city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made therein. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;20&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, which have ruled over all countries beyond the river; and toll, tribute, and custom, was paid unto them. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;21&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not builded, until another commandment shall be given from me. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;22&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Take heed now that ye fail not to do this: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings? &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;23&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes’ letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;24&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem. 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font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;DATE: Sunday PM, August 23, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON TITLE: A Partnership Sure to Fail&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON THEME: Don’t Yoke Together with Unbelievers&lt;span class="Apple-converted-space"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON SERIES: Ezra&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON VERSES: Ezra 4:1-6&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ezra 4:1 &lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded the temple unto the LORD God of Israel; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;2&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assur, which brought us up hither. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;3&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build an house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto the LORD God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;4&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building, &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;5&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; 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line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;DATE: Sunday AM, August 23, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON TITLE: First Things First&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; 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margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON VERSES: Joshua 5:7-15&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b style="font-style: normal;"&gt;Joshua 5:7&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-converted-space"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;And their children, whom he raised up in their stead, them Joshua circumcised: for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them by the way. &lt;b&gt;&lt;sup&gt;8&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/b&gt; And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the people, that they abode in their places in the camp, till they were whole. &lt;b&gt;&lt;sup&gt;9&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/b&gt; And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgal unto this day.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Josh. 5:10&lt;/b&gt; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho. &lt;b&gt;&lt;sup&gt;11&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/b&gt; And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after the passover, unleavened cakes, and parched corn in the selfsame day. &lt;b&gt;&lt;sup&gt;12&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/b&gt; And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Josh. 5:13&lt;/b&gt; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries? &lt;b&gt;&lt;sup&gt;14&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/b&gt; And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant? &lt;b&gt;&lt;sup&gt;15&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/b&gt; And the captain of the LORD’S host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. 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font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;DATE: Sunday School, August 23, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;LESSON BY: Associate Pastor Lynn Schuyler&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;LESSON TITLE: Paul’s Testimony&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;LESSON THEME: Paul Before the Sanhedrin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;LESSON SERIES: REAL LIFE Sunday School Class&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;LESSON VERSES: Acts 23:1-11&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Acts 23:1&lt;/b&gt; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law? &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;4&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And they that stood by said, Revilest thou God’s high priest? &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;5&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Then said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that he was the high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Acts 23:6&lt;/b&gt; &lt;i&gt;But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;7&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;8&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;9&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And there arose a great cry: and the scribes that were of the Pharisees’ part arose, and strove, saying, We find no evil in this man: but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us not fight against God. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;10&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into the castle. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;11&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; 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font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://cbcponca.subspla.sh/6cfv8kx" target="_blank"&gt;https://cbcponca.subspla.sh/6cfv8kx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><georss:featurename xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss">1732 E Coleman Rd, Ponca City, OK 74604, USA</georss:featurename><georss:point xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss">36.7662397 -97.06133779999999</georss:point><georss:box xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss">8.4560058638211544 -132.2175878 65.076473536178838 -61.90508779999999</georss:box><author>cbcponca@gmail.com (Central Baptist Church of Ponca City)</author></item><item><title>Being Almost Obedient </title><link>http://cbcponca.blogspot.com/2026/08/being-almost-obedient.html</link><category>Central Baptist Church Sermons</category><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:00:00 -0500</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19066319.post-8589692067871972110</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;WEDNESDAY SERMON&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; 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font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;div class="sap-embed-player"&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://subsplash.com/u/cbcponca/media/embed/d/q2twx6t"frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen allow="clipboard-read; clipboard-write"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;style type="text/css"&gt;div.sap-embed-player{position:relative;width:100%;height:0;padding-top:56.25%;}div.sap-embed-player&gt;iframe{position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;}&lt;/style&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;DATE: Wednesday PM, August 19, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON BY: Bro. Sean Gillespie&lt;span class="Apple-converted-space"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON TITLE: Being Almost Obedient&lt;span class="Apple-converted-space"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON THEME: The Disobedient Prophet&lt;span class="Apple-converted-space"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON SERIES: Guest Speakers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON VERSES: 1Kings 13:1-26&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;1Kings 13:1&lt;/b&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the LORD unto Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;2&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men’s bones shall be burnt upon thee. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;3&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which the LORD hath spoken; Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;4&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Bethel, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;5&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the LORD. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;6&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now the face of the LORD thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought the LORD, and the king’s hand was restored him again, and became as it was before. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;7&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;8&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half thine house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place: &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;9&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; For so was it charged me by the word of the LORD, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by the same way that thou camest. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;10&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Bethel&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b style="font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-converted-space"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;13:11&lt;/b&gt; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Now there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father. &lt;b&gt;12&lt;/b&gt; And their father said unto them, What way went he? For his sons had seen what way the man of God went, which came from Judah. &lt;b&gt;13&lt;/b&gt; And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass: and he rode thereon, &lt;b&gt;14&lt;/b&gt; And went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak: and he said unto him, Art thou the man of God that camest from Judah? And he said, I am. &lt;b&gt;15&lt;/b&gt; Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread. &lt;b&gt;16&lt;/b&gt; And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee: neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place: &lt;b&gt;17&lt;/b&gt; For it was said to me by the word of the LORD, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou camest. &lt;b&gt;18&lt;/b&gt; He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him. &lt;b&gt;19&lt;/b&gt; So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and drank water. &lt;b&gt;20&lt;/b&gt; And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of the LORD came unto the prophet that brought him back: &lt;b&gt;21&lt;/b&gt; And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the LORD, and hast not kept the commandment which the LORD thy God commanded thee, &lt;b&gt;22&lt;/b&gt; But camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place, of the which the LORD did say to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water; thy carcase shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;1Kings 13:23&lt;/b&gt; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled for him the ass, to wit, for the prophet whom he had brought back. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;24&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcase. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;25&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcase cast in the way, and the lion standing by the carcase: and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;26&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto the word of the LORD: therefore the LORD hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake unto him&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; 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font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://cbcponca.subspla.sh/q2twx6t" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;https://cbcponca.subspla.sh/q2twx6t&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><georss:featurename xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss">1732 E Coleman Rd, Ponca City, OK 74604, USA</georss:featurename><georss:point xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss">36.7662397 -97.06133779999999</georss:point><georss:box xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss">8.4560058638211544 -132.2175878 65.076473536178838 -61.90508779999999</georss:box><author>cbcponca@gmail.com (Central Baptist Church of Ponca City)</author></item><item><title>Grab a Corner of the Mat!</title><link>http://cbcponca.blogspot.com/2026/08/grab-corner-of-mat.html</link><category>Central Baptist Church Sermons</category><pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 18:00:00 -0500</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19066319.post-1882000344869282241</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SUN PM SERMON&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Watch/Listen here using the Embedded Subsplash Player&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;div class="sap-embed-player"&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://subsplash.com/u/cbcponca/media/embed/d/5hwddx7"frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen allow="clipboard-read; clipboard-write"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;style type="text/css"&gt;div.sap-embed-player{position:relative;width:100%;height:0;padding-top:56.25%;}div.sap-embed-player&gt;iframe{position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;}&lt;/style&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;DATE: Sunday PM, August 9, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON BY: Associate Pastor Lynn Schuyler&lt;span class="Apple-converted-space"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON TITLE: Grab a Corner of the Mat!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON THEME: To Whom are You Accountable?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; 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min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mark 2:1&lt;/b&gt; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;2&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and he preached the word unto them. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;3&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;4&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;5&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;6&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; But there were certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts, &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;7&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only? &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;8&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts? &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;9&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk? &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;10&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; 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line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON TITLE: God Demands Commitment: Circumcision of the Heart&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON THEME: God’s Covenant in the Flesh—He Demands Obedience and Sanctification&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON SERIES: Joshua - The Victorious Christian Life&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON VERSES: Joshua 5:1-9&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Josh. 5:1&lt;/b&gt; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;4&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: All the people that came out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after they came out of Egypt. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;5&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Now all the people that came out were circumcised: but all the people that were born in the wilderness by the way as they came forth out of Egypt, them they had not circumcised. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;6&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto whom the LORD sware that he would not shew them the land, which the LORD sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;7&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And their children, whom he raised up in their stead, them Joshua circumcised: for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them by the way. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;8&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the people, that they abode in their places in the camp, till they were whole. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;9&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgal unto this day.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;— — —&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; 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font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;DATE: Sunday School, August 16, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;LESSON BY: Associate Pastor Lynn Schuyler&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;LESSON TITLE: Don’t Waste Your Freedom!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;LESSON THEME: Appreciate Your Citizenship Papers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;LESSON SERIES: REAL LIFE Sunday School Class&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;LESSON VERSES: Acts 22:22-30&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Acts 22:22&lt;/b&gt; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;23&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And as they cried out, and cast off their clothes, and threw dust into the air, &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;24&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know wherefore they cried so against him. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;25&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned? &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;26&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; When the centurion heard that, he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a Roman. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;27&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yea. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;28&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;29&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Then straightway they departed from him which should have examined him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;30&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from his bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; 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font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://cbcponca.subspla.sh/n4mwvxc" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;https://cbcponca.subspla.sh/n4mwvxc&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><georss:featurename xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss">1732 E Coleman Rd, Ponca City, OK 74604, USA</georss:featurename><georss:point xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss">36.7662397 -97.06133779999999</georss:point><georss:box xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss">8.4560058638211544 -132.2175878 65.076473536178838 -61.90508779999999</georss:box><author>cbcponca@gmail.com (Central Baptist Church of Ponca City)</author></item><item><title>Denying the Adversaries </title><link>http://cbcponca.blogspot.com/2026/08/denying-adversaries.html</link><category>Central Baptist Church Sermons</category><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 19:00:00 -0500</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19066319.post-8129831220060143717</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;WEDNESDAY SERMON&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Watch/Listen here using the Embedded Subsplash Player&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;div class="sap-embed-player"&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://subsplash.com/u/cbcponca/media/embed/d/qp3tr6j"frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen allow="clipboard-read; clipboard-write"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;style type="text/css"&gt;div.sap-embed-player{position:relative;width:100%;height:0;padding-top:56.25%;}div.sap-embed-player&gt;iframe{position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;}&lt;/style&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;DATE: Wednesday PM, August 12, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo&lt;span class="Apple-converted-space"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON TITLE: Denying the Adversaries&lt;span class="Apple-converted-space"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON THEME: Zerubbabel Protects God’s Temple and Truth&lt;span class="Apple-converted-space"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON SERIES: Ezra&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON VERSES: Ezra 4:1-6; Neh 4:1-6&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ezra 4:1&lt;/b&gt; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded the temple unto the LORD God of Israel; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;2&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assur, which brought us up hither. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;3&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build an house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto the LORD God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;4&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building, &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;5&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ezra 4:6&lt;/b&gt; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they unto him an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Neh. 4:1&lt;/b&gt; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;2&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned? &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;3&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;4&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Hear, O our God; 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font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://cbcponca.subspla.sh/qp3tr6j" target="_blank"&gt;https://cbcponca.subspla.sh/qp3tr6j&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><author>cbcponca@gmail.com (Central Baptist Church of Ponca City)</author></item><item><title>What Mean Ye by These Stones?</title><link>http://cbcponca.blogspot.com/2026/08/what-mean-ye-by-these-stones.html</link><category>Central Baptist Church Sermons</category><pubDate>Sun, 9 Aug 2026 18:00:00 -0500</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19066319.post-790602421942756446</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;SUN PM SERMON&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; 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font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;div class="sap-embed-player"&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://subsplash.com/u/cbcponca/media/embed/d/xw3dv53"frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen allow="clipboard-read; clipboard-write"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;style type="text/css"&gt;div.sap-embed-player{position:relative;width:100%;height:0;padding-top:56.25%;}div.sap-embed-player&gt;iframe{position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;}&lt;/style&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;DATE: Sunday PM, August 9, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo&lt;span class="Apple-converted-space"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON TITLE: What Mean Ye by These Stones?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON THEME: The Importance of Memorials&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON SERIES: Joshua&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON VERSES: Joshua 4:1-9; Joshua 4:20-24&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Joshua 4:1&lt;/b&gt; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over Jordan, that the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying, &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;2&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man, &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;3&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests’ feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;4&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man: &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;5&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of Jordan, and take ye up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel: &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;6&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones? &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;7&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Then ye shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it passed over Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;8&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the LORD spake unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;9&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there unto this day&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Joshua 4:20&lt;/b&gt; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;21&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones? &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;22&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;23&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; For the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over: &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;24&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD, that it is mighty: that ye might fear the LORD your God for ever.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; 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font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Watch/Listen here using our Subsplash WebShare Player&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://cbcponca.subspla.sh/xw3dv53" target="_blank"&gt;https://cbcponca.subspla.sh/xw3dv53&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><author>cbcponca@gmail.com (Central Baptist Church of Ponca City)</author></item><item><title>Great Hope… Even While Facing the Unknown</title><link>http://cbcponca.blogspot.com/2026/08/great-hope-even-while-facing-unknown.html</link><category>Central Baptist Church Sermons</category><pubDate>Sun, 9 Aug 2026 10:30:00 -0500</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19066319.post-6512952402664037936</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;SUN AM SERMON&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; 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font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;div class="sap-embed-player"&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://subsplash.com/u/cbcponca/media/embed/d/yfv9d99"frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen allow="clipboard-read; clipboard-write"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;style type="text/css"&gt;div.sap-embed-player{position:relative;width:100%;height:0;padding-top:56.25%;}div.sap-embed-player&gt;iframe{position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;}&lt;/style&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;DATE: Sunday AM, August 9, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON TITLE: Great Hope… Even While Facing the Unknown&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON THEME: Everything Changes: No More Manna, No More Cloud&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON SERIES: Joshua - The Victorious Christian Life&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;SERMON VERSES: Joshua 3:1-17&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Josh. 3:1&lt;/b&gt; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the host; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;4&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;5&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the LORD will do wonders among you. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;6&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people. And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Josh. 3:7&lt;/b&gt; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;8&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When ye are come to the brink of the water of Jordan, ye shall stand still in Jordan. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;9&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of the LORD your God. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;10&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;11&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth over before you into Jordan. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;12&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;13&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand upon an heap.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Josh. 3:14&lt;/b&gt; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;15&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,) &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;16&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;17&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passed clean over Jordan.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; 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font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;DATE: Sunday School, August 9, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;LESSON BY: Associate Pastor Lynn Schuyler&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;LESSON TITLE: The Power of a Testimony&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;LESSON THEME: Paul Seizes the Opportunity to Speak&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;LESSON SERIES: REAL LIFE Sunday School Class&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;LESSON VERSES: Acts 21: 37-40; Acts 22:1-24&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Acts 21:37&lt;/b&gt; &lt;i&gt;And as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said unto the chief captain, May I speak unto thee? Who said, Canst thou speak Greek? &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;38&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Art not thou that Egyptian, which before these days madest an uproar, and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand men that were murderers? &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;39&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;40&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And when he had given him licence, Paul stood on the stairs, and beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying,&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Acts 22:1&lt;/b&gt; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now unto you. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; (And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Acts 22:3&lt;/b&gt; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;4&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;5&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them which were there bound unto Jerusalem, for to be punished. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;6&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was come nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about me. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;7&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;8&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;9&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;10&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said unto me, Arise, and go into Damascus; and there it shall be told thee of all things which are appointed for thee to do. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;11&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And when I could not see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of them that were with me, I came into Damascus. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;12&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt there, &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;13&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Came unto me, and stood, and said unto me, Brother Saul, receive thy sight. And the same hour I looked up upon him. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;14&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;15&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;16&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;17&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;18&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;19&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee: &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;20&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting unto his death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;21&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Acts 22:22&lt;/b&gt; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;23&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And as they cried out, and cast off their clothes, and threw dust into the air, &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;24&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know wherefore they cried so against him.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; 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font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div class="sap-embed-player"&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://subsplash.com/u/cbcponca/media/embed/d/z6d3qmm"frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen allow="clipboard-read; clipboard-write"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;style type="text/css"&gt;div.sap-embed-player{position:relative;width:100%;height:0;padding-top:56.25%;}div.sap-embed-player&gt;iframe{position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;}&lt;/style&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;DATE: Wednesday PM, August 5, 2026&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo&lt;span class="Apple-converted-space"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;SERMON TITLE: An Odd Day of Celebration AND&lt;span class="Apple-converted-space"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Mourning&lt;span class="Apple-converted-space"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;SERMON THEME: The Danger of Comparing&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;SERMON SERIES: Ezra&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;SERMON VERSES: Ezra 3:8-13; Hag. 2:1-9&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ezra 3:8&lt;/b&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the LORD. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;9&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to set forward the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brethren the Levites. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;10&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD, after the ordinance of David king of Israel. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;11&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the LORD; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;12&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy: &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;13&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; So that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people: for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Hag. 2:1&lt;/b&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month, came the word of the LORD by the prophet Haggai, saying, &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;2&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and to the residue of the people, saying, &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;3&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Who is left among you that saw this house in her first glory? and how do ye see it now? is it not in your eyes in comparison of it as nothing? &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;4&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the LORD; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the LORD, and work: for I am with you, saith the LORD of hosts: &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;5&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; According to the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, so my spirit remaineth among you: fear ye not. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;6&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;7&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;8&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;9&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the LORD of hosts.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p4" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;— — —&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;Watch/Listen here using our Subsplash WebShare Player&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p2" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://cbcponca.subspla.sh/z6d3qmm" target="_blank"&gt;https://cbcponca.subspla.sh/z6d3qmm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="p3" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><georss:featurename xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss">1732 E Coleman Rd, Ponca City, OK 74604, USA</georss:featurename><georss:point xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss">36.7662397 -97.06133779999999</georss:point><georss:box xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss">8.4560058638211544 -132.2175878 65.076473536178838 -61.90508779999999</georss:box><author>cbcponca@gmail.com (Central Baptist Church of Ponca City)</author></item></channel></rss>