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Elijah | Halting Between Two Opinions - Season 5, Episode 112 (opens the original)
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Are you trying to keep one foot in God's kingdom and one foot in the world? Many believers affirm the Lord on Sunday while quietly trusting the culture for security, approval, and moral direction. Pastor Dorrell examines 1 Kings 18:17-40, where Elijah confronts a nation limping between Yahweh and Baal and calls them to decision on Mount Carmel. He illuminates the powerlessness of the world's idols and the grace of a God whose fire falls on the substitute rather than the compromised people, point
James | The Fruit of Faith - Season 5, Episode 111 (opens the original)
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Can a person claim faith in Christ while nothing about their life ever changes? Many assume that correct doctrine and a sincere profession are proof enough of salvation. Pastor Dorrell examines James 2:14-26, where James confronts an empty confession that offers words without deeds and that believes the facts yet refuses to surrender. Through the examples of Abraham and Rahab, he shows how Paul and James agree: we are saved by grace through faith alone, but genuine faith never stays alone. It be
Colossians | Christ Plus Nothing is Required - Season 5, Episode 110 (opens the original)
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Why do so many believers who hold the riches of Christ still live as if they need something more to be whole? Preaching from Colossians 2:1-15, Pastor Dorrell confronts the "Jesus plus" mindset: the quiet belief that Christ saves us for eternity, but daily life also takes wealth, political ideology, therapeutic self-help, or man-made standards. He shows that all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden in Christ and that all the fullness of the Godhead dwells in Him. He also shows that t
Elijah | Obadiah - Season 5, Episode 109 (opens the original)
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How does a believer stay faithful while working inside a hostile, corrupt system? Examining the account of Obadiah before Elijah's showdown on Mount Carmel, Pastor Dorrell illuminates how this quiet official risked his life hiding a hundred prophets while serving in wicked King Ahab's court. He shows that Obadiah's courage was not the absence of fear but trembling obedience anyway, and that God strategically positions believers in secular, even hostile, environments to act as agents of preservat
James | The Royal Law - Season 5, Episode 108 (opens the original)
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Why do we instinctively size people up by their clothes, income, or influence before we ever get to know them? Examining James 2, Pastor Dorrell confronts the sin of favoritism, showing how welcoming the wealthy while dismissing the poor contradicts genuine faith in Christ. He illuminates James's teaching that God's economy inverts the world's, choosing the poor to be rich in faith, and calls believers to love their neighbor without partiality since grace levels everyone at the foot of the cross
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