December 21, 2025 | Pastor Ben Mandrell preaches on the fourth candle of Advent, the Angel's Candle. Looking at the story of Jesus' birth in Luke 2:8–20, we hear about the angels who made the announcement of His coming. What are angels? Scripture gives us a few important details about how they interact with us and obey God's commands.
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December 14, 2025 | Pastor Ben Mandrell continues our walk through the advent season with a message from Luke 2:8–20. As we light the Shepherd's Candle, we discuss who these shepherds were and what this moment must have been like for them. We also look at the three titles given to Jesus in this passage: Savior, Christ, and Lord.
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December 7, 2025 | Pastor Ben Mandrell walks through the Christmas story found in Luke 2:1–8 as he explains the significance of Bethlehem, Jesus, his parents, and more. From the most humble beginnings, God creates a path to salvation for all mankind.
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November 30, 2025 | Pastor Ben Mandrell begins our season of Advent with a message from Isaiah 9:6 about the coming Messiah, who was a "Light in the Darkness." Through this verse we see the prophecy about the coming Christ and better understand the importance of Christmas.
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November 23, 2025 | Pastor Ben Mandrell delivers his second message of thanksgiving, this time focusing on being thankful for the body of Christ. As followers of Jesus, we have each been given spiritual gifts we can use to help the church. In this message, we learn about the purpose of these gifts, how we can come together to serve the Lord, and the need for us to be courageous with our gifts.
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November 16, 2025 | Pastor Ben Mandrell looks at the influence and ministry of Barnabas to highlight the need for encouraging people in the Christian church. Acts 11:21–26 shows us that this early missionary was a helper of others like Paul. God used Barnabas to strengthen the church, develop leaders, and spark a movement around the world. How can we be more like Barnabas today?
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November 9, 2025 | Pastor Ben Mandrell unpacks the parable of the laborers and the wealthy landowner out of Matthew 20:1–16. In this story, we see that God's blessing of salvation is coming freely to all. While this is great news, it does go against our own human sense of fairness in some ways. Listen to this important message about how we cannot earn our way to salvation.
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November 2, 2025 | The Apostle Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 9:19–23 about his evangelism strategy of becoming all things to all people in order to win people with the Gospel. Pastor Ben Mandrell walks through this passage to show how the Christian church should be involved in missions at home and around the world.
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October 26, 2025 | Pastor Ben Mandrell preaches on Jesus' instructions to the 72 disciples sent out in Luke 10. Among warnings of the dangers they would face, Jesus gives them a few peculiar pieces of advice on how to treat the towns they will be traveling through. In this sermon, we will hear how we can be more devoted to the calling God has given us and treat people in a respectable manner without compromising our purpose.
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October 19, 2025 | Preaching from Luke 9:1–6, Pastor Ben Mandrell teaches on "Living Like a Missionary." In this passage, Jesus is sending out His disciples and gives them special instructions on how they are to behave themselves while serving. From these words, we can find wisdom on how to live on mission.
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October 12, 2025 | In Mark 6, we learn how Jesus was unwelcome in His hometown and found much doubt and suspicion among the people there. Pastor Ben Mandrell teaches from this passage on how we can learn from Jesus' example. Will we rate God's love for us based on how others treat us or our own level of success? Can we still be called by God even if we come from humble beginnings?
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October 5, 2025 | Ben Mandrell preaches from Luke 5:1–11 on Jesus' calling of fishermen to become fishers of men. How do we react when called by God? Are we filled with pride, driven to humility, or do we let fear take control? If we are willing to be used by God, He can do great things through us.
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September 28, 2025 | Pastor Ben Mandrell preaches on the ministry of John the Baptist from John 3:22–30 and asks a series of questions on how we can be more like this prophet in the wilderness. God has a purpose for your life. Will you play your role? God has placed us in this exact time and place to be part of the work He is doing.
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September 21, 2025 | Derek Ewalt closes out the Old Testament with a sermon from Malachi 4. Looking ahead to the 400 years of silence between this point and Jesus' arrival on earth, we see that God is at work even when we don't see or feel Him. As we anticipate the return of our Savior, how are we to behave here in this life?
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September 14, 2025 | Pastor Ben Mandrell shares an important message on processing difficult circumstances and making sense of the world around us. Looking at the story of Jehoshaphat in 2 Chronicles 20:1–12, we see that some situations are beyond our control and all we can do is trust in God.
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September 7, 2025 | In his final regular message to the Bellevue congregation, Pastor Emeritus Steve Gaines preaches from Zechariah 3 on how we are all burning sticks snatched from the fire. Focusing on the forgiving power of Jesus, this sermon shows us that God loves everyone and wants them to know Him. If we are willing to find salvation in Christ, He is able to wipe away the stain of sin in our lives.
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August 31, 2025 | Pastor Ben Mandrell preaches from Ezekiel 36 and 37 on the valley of dry bones and how God can breathe new life into us. God can remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh because He is author of all life. Knowing that only God has this power, how does that affect how we live our lives and behave in our relationships?
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August 24, 2025 | Preaching from Ezekiel 1:28–3:3, Pastor Ben Mandrell answers the question "How Do I Know I'm Called?" When we look at the calling of Ezekiel, we see the characteristics of God's call and how it affects our lives. What is God calling you toward today?
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August 18, 2025 | Pastor Ben Mandrell preaches from Jeremiah 29:4–7 on how to be faithful in a foreign land. When God's people were sent in exile to Babylon, He told them to continue with their lives and seek the welfare of the city in which they found themselves.
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August 10, 2025 | Pastor Ben Mandrell teaches from Jeremiah 7:1–11 on the "Lucky Charms" that Israel was counting on rather than authentically worshiping God. We cannot think that we are assured of salvation just because of who our parents are, how we spend our Sundays, or what's in our bank accounts. The prophet Jeremiah warned the people of Israel that God's judgment was on the way because they were not taking His commands seriously. What is God calling us to do today? How can we pursue Him authentically?
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