Seek First the Kingdom/ Week 1
Pastor Austin introduces this new series by focusing on what it means to seek the Kingdom in all that we do.
Welcome to the Bellevue Christian Church Podcast.We're a non-denominational church a few miles from the heart of Pittsburgh where we invite ordinary people live everyday life like Jesus for the good of the neighborhood.
These are the messages we teach on Sunday mornings. If you live in the Pittsburgh area, you can join us live for morning services at 10:00 AM in Bellevue. Find out more at www.bellevuechristian.church.

Pastor Austin introduces this new series by focusing on what it means to seek the Kingdom in all that we do.
Pastor Chuck concludes this series by discussing the tough topic of hate and Jesus's command to love our enemies. Matthew 5:43-48
Turn the other cheek? In this sermon Pastor Austin unpacks Jesus's view of retaliation. Matthew 5:38-42
In this episode, Pastor Chuck addresses the issue of lying and how it has no place in the Kingdom of God. Matthew 5: 33-37
In this episode Pastor Austin unpacks Jesus's teaching on adultery and lust. Matthew 5:27-30.
Pastor Chuck looks at the emotion of anger and how if left unchecked it can put you on the pathway towards harmful behavior, which means it has no place in the kingdom of God.
Pastor Austin introduces this new series about getting our inside right, so the outside will follow.
In this sermon, Austin Gohn explores the parables of the treasure and the pearl in the final sermon from our series.
Pastor Chuck explores the parables of the mustard seed and the yeast, explaining that the Kingdom of God has no limits to size and influence. Matthew 13: 31-33
Listen as Pastor Austin discusses the Parable of the Wheat and the Weeds. Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43, 47-48.
In this episode Pastor Austin unpacks the Parable of the Sower and the different responses to the gospel on the soil of our hearts. Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23
Pastor Chuck introduces this new series by explaining that through the death and resurrection of Jesus, God's eternal Kingdom (life lived within His will) has been made accessible to all people, today and forever.
In this sermon Pastor Chuck explains what parables are and why Jesus used them to teach truth. Matthew 13:1-17
Guest speaker Jay Passavant speaks on the seasons of change in the life of an individual and the life of a church and how it applies to the season of transition at Bellevue Christian Church.
Pastor Chuck concludes this series by discussing how Jesus's death, burial and resurrection has removed the sting of death from us and opened the door to eternal life in the kingdom of God. 1 Corinthians 15:55-57
In this sermon, Pastor Austin talks about what our resurrected bodies will be like using 1 Corinthians 15:35-49.
In this episode Pastor Chuck discusses how the reality of the resurrection undermines living as if death is the end, i.e., "Let us eat and drink for tomorrow we die". 1 Corinthians 15:29-34
In this episode Pastor Chuck talks about the difference of being "in Adam" and "in Christ" and where we want to be when Christ returns. 1 Corinthians 15:20-28
Using 1 Corinthians 15:12-19, Pastor Austin explores how what you believe about going to church, reading your Bible, the forgiveness of your sins, Christian funerals and responding to haters has everything to do with what you believe happens when you die.
Pastor Austin introduces this series by unpacking 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 and explaining how the resurrection is central to the gospel and the connection between what happened when Christ died and what happens when we die.
In the last sermon of this series, Pastor Austin uses 1 Corinthians 12-14 to discuss issues the spiritual gifts were causing in Corinth and can cause today.
In this episode, Pastor Chuck explores the elephant in the Corinthian church of taking communion in an unworthy manner, discussing the importance of communion and the need to take it seriously. 1 Corinthians 11:17-33.
In this sermon Pastor Chuck unpacks Paul's view of head coverings in the church and how it relates to God's divine order of men and women. 1 Corinthians 11:2-16
Pastor Austin unpacks 1 Corinthians 8:1-13 and the delicate balance between what Christians are free to do what is best to do for the sake of love and community.
Continuing in 1 Corinthians, Pastor Austin explains that being single is a viable option in the Kingdom of God. 1 Cor. 7:7-9, 25-40.
This week Pastor Chuck tackles the topic of divorce. Using 1 Corinthians 7:10-16, we are challenged to not follow culture's view of divorce but to lean into the view of Jesus and Paul.
Using 1 Corinthians 5:1-13 and 6:9-20, Pastor Austin discusses God's view of human sexuality.
Using 1 Corinthians 1:10, Pastor Chuck discusses division in the church. Although the church is a diverse group of people their common bond is in Christ.
In this sermon Pastor Chuck discusses the largest elephant in the church,non-discipleship which is the cause of the other elephants. 1 Cor. 3:1,2
In this sermon, Pastor Austin introduces the series by talking about Corinth, how to deal with elephants, and how true community is not found in ignoring the elephants but by naming them.