Camak Baptist Church - podcast cover

Camak Baptist Church

Bryant Neal
Religion & Spirituality
Christianity
Camak Baptist Church
Last refreshed: ⓘ
Follow this podcast in the Metacast mobile app to refresh it and see new episodes.
Follow on
Apple Podcasts
Spotify
RSS
YouTube
Overcast
Pocket Casts
Episodes.fm
Download Metacast podcast app
Podcasts are better in Metacast mobile app
Don't just listen to podcasts. Learn from them with transcripts, summaries, and chapters for every episode. Skim, search, and bookmark insights. Learn more

Episodes

A God of Strange Strategy - Audio

The feet of the judgements of the Lord are leaden, so that they may be delayed in their coming. The arms of the Lord are iron so that when they come they strike with deadly force. Our hearts are troubled when the justice of the Lord is meted out, but at the same time, they ache to know of its fulfilment. The sin in our lives is the source of this seeming conflict where we cry out for justice and then rebel when God displays His ability to deliver it. This command to slaughter the Canaanites was ...

Nov 05, 2018•56 min

Experiencing a Heart of Worship and Obedience that Comes from a Heart that Is Consecrated - Audio

What should impress us most about this fifth chapter of Joshua is that, for once, the people of Israel, the leadership of Israel, and the God of Israel seem to be functioning in harmony. The people are no longer getting ahead of God or lagging too far behind Him. God has called His people to a reunification with Him through circumcision and the observance of the Passover. These two things meant to cause the people to remember the God who had called them, the covenant and purpose to which He call...

Oct 21, 2018•48 min

The Importance of the Right Kind of Circumcision - Audio

On the day that the people of Israel crossed over the Jordan River to enter into the promised land, the Lord commanded a halt to their march. It seems strange that on the eve of the people beginning the process of becoming the nation that God had called them to be that He would have them to stop and undertake the act of circumcision. Despite this seeming pause, it was vital for the people to remember who they were as the people of God; His covenant with them; the character of the people that was...

Oct 07, 2018•47 min

Preparing Your Life for Daily Mission (Not the Mission You Might Assume) - Audio

It's time for the people of Israel to cross over the Jordan River into the land that had been promised to them by God generations before. But, before they would go, Joshua, their new leader, must call them to remember who they are; who had called them into their destiny as His people and to the purpose for which He had called them. God had called them to be an example for the nations around them. What it meant to be restored human beings, as He works to regenerate the souls and hearts of His cre...

Sep 09, 2018•52 min

To Never Leave Us or Forsake Us - Audio

Joshua had been one of two out of the original twelve spies who had entered into the promised land to seek out evidence that the land was as God said it would be. As the land was discovered to be as it should be, the people still refused to enter in and as a result, the Lord kept that generation from entering; with the exception of Joshua and Caleb. During the 40 years of wandering, Moses, Joshua's mentor, as well as the rest of his generation died. With a whole new generation of people to be le...

Aug 19, 2018•48 min

Crossing the River Jordan (Regeneration) into the Promised Land (Sanctification) - Audio

(Due to a technical problem, this is not a full recording) God has prepared an inheritance for His saints and given it to them through a covenant established in His Son. This covenant is exceedingly broad and unfortunately most Christians do not conquer all the country that has been made available to them. But, like the Israelites, who settled the narrow bounds of Canaan instead of conquering the whole of the land promised them. There are divine graces which God makes available to us: deeper kno...

Aug 13, 2018•34 min

Be Strong and Courageous for a Purpose - Audio

The people of Israel once had the opportunity to cross over the river Jordan to lay claim to the land that God had promised them. Because of their disbelief, they had been consigned to 40 years of wandering. Now, they again have the chance to cross over and as they prepare to do so, God calls them to be strong and courageous. The land was meant to be their rest, a place where they could be God's people, to grow in the knowledge of Him. That was the true promise. It would require being steadfast ...

Aug 06, 2018•47 min

The Lepers- A Picture of Our Deep Need - Audio

In the message for today, we will examine an account in the Old Testament scriptures that revolves around 4 men who had spent a great deal of their lives living outside the city walls of Samaria. These 4 men had become infected with the disease of Leprosy. This malady had left the isolated and abandoned from their home, their family, their employment, their purpose, virtually everything that would give life meaning and fulfillment. Living off the scraps thrown to them over the city walls, the wo...

Jul 29, 2018•52 min

Just Walking in times of Suffering - Audio

How can we actually, practically, face and get through the suffering that has come upon us? Most resources, articles, and books for sufferers today no longer talk about enduring affliction but instead use a language drawn from business and psychology that is geared to encourage people to simply manage, reduce, and cope with stress, strain, or trauma. We are told to avoid negative thoughts, to buffer ourselves with time off, supportive relationships and exercise and to learn to accept things that...

Jul 08, 2018•50 min

A Diversity of Internal Responses to Suffeing - Audio

Diversity in suffering does not just include the external factors; but, also includes the internal factors- person's temperament and personality also play a role in how a person responds to suffering, and the lasting effects that the suffering will have on them. This message will describe three ways that a person can respond to suffering and adversity.

Jun 24, 2018•53 min

The Diversities of Suffering - Audio

As much as we may want the growth, we dislike the fact that suffering constitutes a very important part of our growth; both as human beings, and as followers of Jesus Christ. People who have gone through suffering find themselves aware of their strengths and weaknesses, developing wisdom that combats the naivetes about life and living, and a tempering that resists the fragilities of life. We also know that suffering does not enrich us and deepen us automatically. Fire in the furnace can kill, an...

Jun 17, 2018•51 min

Learning to Walk- Part 2 - Audio

In the Bible, a refiner's fire is used as a metaphor to describe times of suffering. A less well-known metaphor is that of a "gymnasium". 1 Peter and Hebrews, as well as several other passages, picture great groups of Christians facing many trials and afflictions. The Bible acknowledges that these times of pressure are painful, but also states that these are great times of training where, under the hand of the Lord, they have the ability to produce a harvest of righteousness and peace for those ...

Jun 10, 2018•47 min

Learning to Walk - Audio

Jesus is quoted in the Bible as saying: "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled." This is the equivalent as His having said: "Happy is the one who seeks not happiness but righteousness." Happiness is a by-product of wanting something more happiness- to be rightly related to God and to our neighbor. If you seek God as the non-negotiable good of your life, you will get happiness thrown in. If you aim namely at personal happiness, you will get neither. If...

Jun 03, 2018•53 min

Finding Meaning for Suffering - Audio

Suffering is at the heart of the Christian faith. From the way Jesus came, and became, like us and redeemed us to also the way we become like Him and experience His redemption. That being in mind, it means that our suffering, despite its painfulness, is also filled with purpose and usefulness. We live in a time which the ancient idea of suffering's "usefulness" is resisted. The fact is "people need adversity, setbacks, and perhaps even trauma to reach the highest levels of strength, fulfillment,...

May 28, 2018•58 min

Trusting the God Who has Suffered - Audio

God is not only sovereign over our suffering, but He has also made Himself subject and vulnerable to suffering. As paradoxical as this may seem at first, they stand as crucial to grasping the Christian worldview of suffering. As expressed in the message, the only reason why the God of the Bible can be trusted Himself is His own firsthand experience with suffering.

May 20, 2018•42 min

Walking With God Through Pain and Suffering- Intro - Audio

“Contemporary people have a problem is that they think that life is all about finding happiness. Each one tries to decide under what conditions they will be able to be happy and then they work toward bringing about those conditions. To live for happiness means that you are trying to get something out of life. But when suffering comes along, it disrupts the conditions for happiness away, and so suffering destroys all your reason to keep living. Western society has been judged as the weakest and w...

Apr 15, 2018•53 min

The Opportunity to Speak Prophetically to a Culture - Audio

The inertia of this age, fragmenting outward in every direction, demands a robust commitment to the gospel as the center. Christianity speaks prophetically to every age insofar as it speaks from unchanging gospel. This gospel brings healing and hope in a world of fear. It also confronts every idol and calls everyone to costly discipleship. The gospel of Jesus Christ is comforting (Matt. 11:29-30), but it is not comfortable (Matt. 16:24).

Apr 09, 2018•58 min
← PrevNext →
For the best experience, listen in Metacast app for iOS or Android