Chambersburg Bible Church Podcast

The Wise Man and the Foolish Man

webmaster@chambersburgbible.com (Pastor Gary Yoder) — Thu, 05 May 2011 20:30:54 +0000

Text: Matthew 7:24-27 Topic: The Wise Man and the Foolish Man On Sunday, March 1st, Evangelist Mark Kittrell preached a powerful message on “The Wise Man and the Foolish Man.” Matthew 7:24-27 describes two men, a wise man and a foolish man. These men represent two types of people in life. As in Matthew 7, these types [...]

Showers of Blessing

webmaster@chambersburgbible.com (Pastor Gary Yoder) — Thu, 05 May 2011 17:20:05 +0000

Text: Hosea 6:1-3 Topic: Showers of Blessing On May 1-4, we had the privilege of having Evangelist Mark Kittrell preach for our spring Evangelistic Meetings. In this first message, he preached from Hosea 6:1-3 and explained how we know we need a time of refreshing from the Lord when we start becoming comfortable in the world. We [...]

The Birth Announcement of the King

webmaster@chambersburgbible.com (Pastor Gary Yoder) — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 18:04:46 +0000

This year, as we celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, may we consider the wonderful announcement from God – the birth of the KING of KINGS! Many times, our Christmas and Holiday celebrations detract our attention from this great announcement… for it was the birth of the King, sent to die, [...]

Right With God

webmaster@chambersburgbible.com (Pastor Gary Yoder) — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 21:18:42 +0000

Text: Luke 18:9-14 Topic: Understanding how man can have a right relationship with a Holy God Jesus often used parables to teach spiritual truths in physical illustrations. His teachings were difficult concepts to some of the Jewish people, and his use of parables assisted in his ministry. Jesus often used very common things in his parables, [...]

Leaven and the Lump

webmaster@chambersburgbible.com (Pastor Gary Yoder) — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 16:00:38 +0000

Text: 1 Corinthians 5:1-13 Topic: Understanding the local church’s responsibility to deal with sin within the church Consider some of the most deadliest diseases in history… Smallpox – During its deadliest years, this highly contagious disease killed as many as 30% of people who contracted it, and most survivors were left with lasting impacts Spanish Flu – [...]

Servants & Stewards

webmaster@chambersburgbible.com (Pastor Gary Yoder) — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 19:13:09 +0000

Text: 1 Corinthians 4:1-7 Topic: Understanding the truths concerning individual service in the church When a person trusts Christ as Savior, he enters into a relationship with the Creator. The Bible describes this relationship in a variety of ways: John 3 teaches that we are a Child in God’s Family John 10 illustrates that we are Sheep [...]

Our Patriotic Duty

webmaster@chambersburgbible.com (Pastor Gary Yoder) — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 17:18:57 +0000

Text: Matthew 5:13-16 Topic: Admonishing the believer to fulfill his patriotic duty On this Independence Day 2010, we should examine our patriotic duty as understood from the scripture, while also considering our freedom in Christ from sin and death. Abraham Lincoln once said, “America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose [...]

The Wisdom of God

webmaster@chambersburgbible.com (Pastor Gary Yoder) — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 18:44:04 +0000

Text: 1 Corinthians 2:1-16 Topic: Examining the wisdom of God We live in an information driven world. Never before in the history of the world has access to information been readily available. The creation and expansion of the Internet has dramatically increased the availability of information to almost anyone. If you can type it, or in some [...]

Lessons from the 23rd Psalm

webmaster@chambersburgbible.com (Pastor Gary Yoder) — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 19:16:23 +0000

Dr. Bob Taylor recently preached at our Spring Bible Conference and presented 6 sermons from Psalm 23. This focused look at what is perhaps the most well known chapter in the Bible was an encouragement to many as the conference concluded, and Dr. Taylor graciously agreed to having all six sermons posted here on our [...]

The Father & The Son

webmaster@chambersburgbible.com (Pastor Gary Yoder) — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 17:00:42 +0000

Text: Acts 2:22-36 Topic: Illustrating how God the Father was in Jesus reconciling the world Psalm 118 is one of 6 “hallel” psalms sung by the Jews at the Passover, and is a prayer of praise to the Lord. When Jesus entered Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, the crowd had this Psalm in mind as they cried [...]

Who Am I?

webmaster@chambersburgbible.com (Pastor Gary Yoder) — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:37:37 +0000

Text: 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 Topic: Examining the characteristics of the true Church In 1 Corinthians, we learn much about the reputation of Church at Corinth. They were spiritually blessed by God (1 Corinthians 1:5,7), they had it all (spiritual gifts in chapter 12), they were spiritually proud, they were carnal minded, and they were spiritually divided. In this first [...]

Restored to Service

webmaster@chambersburgbible.com (Pastor Gary Yoder) — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 16:41:25 +0000

Text: John 21:15-19 Topic: Demonstrating how failure does not disqualify the believer from future service Consider the following men, and more specifically what they have in common: Ludwig van Beethoven – was told by a music teacher “as a composer he is hopeless.” Enrico Caruso – was told that “he couldn’t sing at all!” Walt Disney [...]

Valued According to a Divine Exchange Rate

webmaster@chambersburgbible.com (Pastor Gary Yoder) — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:20:05 +0000

Text: Matthew 16:24-28 Topic: Emphasizing the value of man’s soul for eternity We have grown so accustomed to the principle of exchange in our society that we scarcely think about it. Even though we do not think in terms of an exchange being made, we exchange things every day. An exchange takes place when we are [...]

Obtaining Eternal Life

webmaster@chambersburgbible.com (Pastor Gary Yoder) — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 17:00:54 +0000

Text: Matthew 19:17-30 Topic: To show how eternal life would never be a reality apart from God Matthew 19 introduces a rich young ruler and his discussion with Jesus regarding eternal life. This account is recorded in all three of the synoptic gospels, all of which tell us a little bit about the man. Matthew 19:22 says [...]

Behold, I Come Quickly!

webmaster@chambersburgbible.com (Pastor Gary Yoder) — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 01:19:06 +0000

Text: Revelation 22:12 Topic: Christ’s return for his Saints is imminent! We must be living our lives with the expectation of the Lord’s imminent return upon our minds. His return could happen at any time, nothing is preventing it from happening. We often say that, eschatologically speaking , “it is the next thing on God’s calendar” [...]

Leaving Our First Love

webmaster@chambersburgbible.com (Pastor Gary Yoder) — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 23:00:02 +0000

Text: Revelation 2:1-7 Topic: Believers must constantly look for the Lord’s appearing Revelation 2:4 records the scathing rebuke of the Lord for the church at Ephesus, but they were not all words of rebuke. The church at Ephesus was standing up to the task – Verse 1 “I know thy works, thy labor, and thy patience” They [...]

Reaping the Same Kind as We Sow

webmaster@chambersburgbible.com (Pastor Gary Yoder) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:00:11 +0000

Text: Galatians 6:1-10 Topic: The spiritual harvest is always the same kind as what is sown Matthew 13 depicts the Kingdom Parables, and Christ explains their purpose in verses 10-11. In all, there are seven such parables dealing with the Kingdom of God: Parable of the Sower (Matthew 13:3-9) Parable of the tares (Matthew 13:24-30) Parable of the [...]

Reaping What We Did Not Sow

webmaster@chambersburgbible.com (Pastor Gary Yoder) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:17:41 +0000

Series: The Laws of the Harvest Text: John 4:31-38 Topic: Understanding how we often reap much that we did not sow ourselves As discussed in our introduction to this series, we are able to glean 7 distinct laws of the spiritual harvest from the scriptures. Our introductory text was Galatians 6:7-10. This message deals with the First [...]

The Spiritual Laws of the Harvest

webmaster@chambersburgbible.com (Pastor Gary Yoder) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:00:13 +0000

Series: The Spiritual Laws of the Harvest Text: Galatians 6:6-10 Topic: Introduction to a series outlining the cause and effect relationships between what we do and what we earn Our God is a God of order, and He has established laws and principles that govern all things Physical laws Laws of physics are so reliable that [...]

In the World, But Not of the World (Part 2)

webmaster@chambersburgbible.com (Pastor Gary Yoder) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:00:04 +0000

Text: John 17:1-19 Topic: An examination of Christ’s prayer for the Church as recorded in the book of John James 5:16 tells us that the effectual prayers of a righteous man availeth much. If a man is right with God, that man is on praying ground, and God will not only hear his prayer, but He will [...]