Ebenezer Church Podcast
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Some questions we can afford to answer badly. This one we cannot. At Caesarea Philippi, Jesus moves past what the crowds are saying and asks his disciples directly who they say he is, and Peter's confession becomes the rock the church is built on. Knowing the name of Jesus is not the same as knowing him, and this message presses toward the certainty that a person can plant a flag on.
Paul says we are saved by grace and not by works; James says faith without works is dead. Both are right: works are not the root of our salvation, they are its fruit. This message from James 2 shows why the answer to a fruitless faith is not to try harder, but to abide in Christ and let His love overflow.
Jesus wept at Lazarus's tomb even though He knew exactly how the story would end. Working from Romans 12:9-16, this message shows that sincere love means entering into what others feel: rejoicing with those who rejoice and mourning with those who mourn. It closes with a simple, practical charge: show up, be present, and let the Holy Spirit do the rest.
Sin is a real debt, and a just God cannot simply tear up the ticket; someone has to pay. From the Passover doorframe to the cross, this message traces the scarlet thread of Scripture: the old sacrifices could only cover sin, but the Lamb of God takes it away once for all. For everyone under his blood, the penalty is paid and the Father sees you clothed in Christ.
Every major world religion honors Jesus as a great teacher, but the decisive question is what that teacher taught about himself. Walking through the sign of Jonah and Jesus' own claims to be greater than Jonah, Solomon, Abraham, Moses, and David, this message shows that "just a good teacher" is the one option Jesus never left us. He is Lord, he is coming back, and the time to decide is now.
Life rarely meets our expectations, but God has given us something better than wishful thinking: a promise foreshadowed from the very beginning. In Genesis 3:15, immediately after the fall, God announces that the seed of the woman will crush the serpent's head, the first glimpse of the salvation story fulfilled in Jesus. This message traces that thread from the garden to the cross, through suffering that cannot compare to coming glory, and into a life spent knowing and sharing the love of God.
We live with more freedom and abundance than any generation in history, yet anxiety keeps rising and contentment keeps falling. Paul learned a secret that works in plenty and in want: Jesus is enough, and His divine power has already provided everything we need. This message explores how God transforms us by the renewing of our minds, rewiring our defaults from worry and fear to gratitude and peace.
Every believer knows the frustration of doing the very thing we hate. Guest speaker Jim Weaver walks through Romans 7:14-8:4, where Paul draws the battle line between the mind that delights in God's law and the sin that still dwells in the flesh. The struggle is real, but the answer is always Jesus, and in Him there is no condemnation.
As the nation marks the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, this message contrasts the external freedoms we celebrate with the deeper, internal freedom Jesus offers in John 8:31-32. Real freedom is not about knowledge alone but about holding to the teaching of Christ and following Him. It is a peace and joy that no government can grant and no circumstance can take away.
Guest speaker Pastor Brad Anderson, who leads Union Hill Community Church in Canton and calls Ebenezer his home church, opens Jesus' honest words to His disciples in Matthew 10. Again and again Jesus tells those who follow Him, do not be afraid, because the opposition of this world is real but the love and care of God are greater still. Since we have died with Christ in baptism and been raised to new life, the threats of this world have no hold on us, which frees us to live and serve without fear.
Drawing from Romans 5:1-8, this message explores how God uses suffering to produce perseverance, character, and hope in those who have peace with him through Christ. We cannot choose our circumstances, but we can choose to trust the One who has already won the victory.
We are wired to chase flattery and affirmation, but Jesus drew his followers in the opposite way, with truth and grace instead of happy talk. From the calling of Matthew the tax collector, this message explores what truly attracts a person to Christ and why the answer is the work of the Holy Spirit. The call is not to impress him or improve ourselves, but simply to come and be with him.
We live in an age of permanent records, where one bad moment can follow a person forever. In this message, Pastor Glenn looks at Peter, who denied Jesus three times and had it written down in all four Gospels, yet was restored by name and filled with the Holy Spirit. The takeaway is freeing: failure is an event, not an identity, so don't let your failures shake your faith in a God who never fails.
On Pentecost Sunday, the birthday of the church, Pastor Glenn asks a simple question: are you more like the Sea of Galilee or the Dead Sea? Galilee stays full of life because water flows in and then flows back out, but the Dead Sea takes everything in, lets nothing go, and ends up lifeless. Building on Jesus' promise of living water in John 7, this message challenges us to stop hoarding what God gives us, whether it's our time, our prayers, or our resources, and to let it flow out to others, even daring us to try to out-give God.
We chase "new and improved" in nearly every area of life, but the gospel of Jesus Christ needs no upgrade. Walking through Romans 10, this message shows that salvation is found in Christ alone and that faith grows as we hear and hold fast to his word. It also explores what it means to belong to the church and to live as ambassadors carrying a message that is not our own.
Forgiveness is not a feeling, a reward for an apology, or a matter of bookkeeping. It is the supernatural Christian walk, modeled by Jesus on the cross and commanded for everyone who follows him. This Mother's Day message from Colossians 3:13 calls believers to mercy that, by human instinct, makes no sense.
When the world asks, “Who are you?” it often answers with roles, achievements, failures, or labels. Romans 8 reminds believers that their truest identity is received by grace: children of God, heirs of God, and co-heirs with Christ.
Because of Jesus Christ, believers are no longer kept at a distance from God. This sermon explores the difference between the old covenant and the new covenant, showing how Christ’s finished work gives us confident, personal access to the Father.
In a culture where people are more connected than ever and yet lonelier than ever, Jesus invites his disciples into something the world cannot manufacture: real friendship. This message explores what that looks like in practice and how Christian friendship becomes one of the most powerful avenues for the gospel.
On resurrection day, Jesus chose to walk with two discouraged disciples and open the Scriptures to them. This sermon explores how Christ still pursues weary hearts, reveals Himself through God’s Word, and turns sorrow into urgent witness.
An Easter sermon on Matthew 28:1-15 exploring the resurrection as the ultimate revelation of where true authority lies. Through the empty tomb, Jesus invites everyone to come and see the evidence, receive freedom from every chain, and live in the power of the Holy Spirit.
Jesus entered Jerusalem as the promised King, yet instead of celebrating like an earthly conqueror, He wept over those who did not recognize the peace He came to bring. This message calls believers to worship Christ deeply, trust His finished work, and share His compassion for the lost.
Romans 8 confronts the difference between life in the flesh and life in the Spirit. In this sermon, guest Pastor Gary Moore calls believers to stand on Christ’s finished work, embrace ongoing surrender and repentance, and pursue true discipleship through the power of the Holy Spirit.
Hidden guilt and secrecy weigh the soul down, but the gospel invites believers into the light of Christ. Jesus did not come to condemn but to save, and the Holy Spirit stands as Advocate against the accuser’s lies. In Christ, confession becomes a pathway to freedom because Jesus truly paid it all.
With everything he knew, the Apostle Paul chose to anchor his entire message to one truth: Jesus Christ and him crucified. This sermon explores why the cross remains the center of the gospel, how it satisfies both justice and mercy, and why our job is not to argue people in but to testify faithfully and trust the Spirit to do the rest.
