Beavercreek Christian Church Podcast: Recent Episodes
Beavercreek Christian Church Podcast
Ed brings the year to an end with a sermon to help us think about how we will follow Jesus it he new year.
Isaac takes us into Peace for Advent with a sermon titled: King Like No Other: Different.
Ted Gatlin gives us a view on judging others that hits close to home. He reminds us that when we are in close proximity to people we begin to see things from their perspective not just our own, making judgement a hard pill to swallow.
Stew Sheckler takes us through the end of Matthew 6 as we consider the ramification of worry and how it takes the center of our lives. If we will let him Jesus wants to displace that worry to become our calming center. This was a timely message as we enter into a contentious Election Day just 2 days after this sermon.
Isaac Seevers leads us through the Lord's Prayer and shows us how it is the first practice Jesus gives us to do from the Sermon on the Mount. This then is how we pray.
Ed Green begins chapter 6 of Matthew, the middle of the Sermon On The Mount, where Jesus continues to lay out how we live in the Kingdom of God as it brushes up against everyday life. Ed asks us which of the 3 major temptations we are falling into: Security, Significance, or Belonging? As you listen, think about which one God is showing you.
Stew takes us through one of the most recognizable portions of the sermon the mount. This passage so familiar that have we every day sayings that come from it like, Turn the other cheek or go the extra mile, but what you may not recognize is the implications for living that flow from these ideas. Don't listen for them as a big to do list, listen for a better way of living your everyday life.This is our 5th Sunday in the Sermon On The Mount, we hope you are allowing the words of Jesus to change you and help you live in the Kingdom of God on earth as it is in heaven.
Ed takes us into Matthew 5:27-32 to discuss divorce, lust and the way in which we objectify women in our culture. Ed balances a tough subject with grace and truth.
Ted walks us through Matthew 5:21-26 and discusses what anger is and is not according to Jesus and helps us see what living with anger is like in the Kingdom of God.
In our third installment of our series from The Sermon On The Mount, Stew Sheckler explains what Jesus was saying about The Law and the God who gave it in Matthew 5:17-20.We apologize due to some technical difficulties the sermon introduction was lost, but it easy to pick up from context what is being discussed.
Ed Green brings us our second message in the Sermon On The Mount series where he leads us into discovering what The Beatitudes are all about.
Stew Sheckler introduces our Sermon on the Mount series as he discusses what it means to fly right side up in an upside down world...spoiler alert its living our lives in the Kingdom.
Isaac Seevers helps us dig into the notion of knowing enough. Our society values knowledge, Isaac shows us the difference between Googling something and being wise about what you know.
Stew Sheckler, our Pastor of Missional Coaching, leads us through a lesson from 2nd Peter about changing the question from "Am I doing enough?" to "Am I allowing God to transform me?"
Our holiday speaker, Ted Gatlin, shares with us today about asking ourselves if we have enough and it's not even a holiday. As you listen and think about what you have Ted challenges us to be grateful while being generous.
Eric Derry, one of our long global missions partners, shares with us the Biblical perspective of time, it may not be what you thought.
This week Ed kicks us off on a new sermon series entitled, Enough. He shares with us that God thinks we are enough, but not of our own accord, but His.
Chris McClure finishes our series called Playlist with a sermon on the Kingship of God in our lives as its reflected in the Psalms.
Stew shares with us Psalm 23 and how in the midst of darkness our hero, the good shepherd, swoops in to save the day.
Ed shows us how the Psalms can teach us to deal with our anger. We shouldn't avoid it or use it to justify hurting people, but it is there for a reason.
Ted shares with us from Psalm 105 about remembrance. He reminds us that God is at work around us all the time and we should aways pause and remember how he's worked in our lives in the past.
This week Isaac leads us through Psalm 34 reminding us how to be thankful in all situations because God is good. He asks us to taste and see that the Lord is good.
Stew Sheckler shares a message about Psalms of lament on June 21 by looking closely at Psalm 22.
Ed Green shares with us on June 14 about Psalms that praise God by digging into Psalm 103.
Chris starts us off with our first Playlist selection about Psalm one. Don't forget as we go through this series we are encouraging you to read through a Psalm a day for June and July. As Chris informs us these songs are about our heart, our emotions, sometimes they are in the lowest or most violent moments of the writers life and sometimes in the highest most joyful moments. In that way they reflect every human life, read these with that in your mind and let the emotion touch your heart.
This week we have multiple voices sharing with us the strategy BCC is going to employ to begin ReGathering after the COVID-19 pandemic quarantine.
Ted Gatlin shares with us about how doubt is real and part of the story God is telling, which means when we doubt its normal. To doubt isn't to disappoint God, it means you are seeking him.
Isaac Seevers shares with us practical ways to love people that we find to be difficult to handle. As a superintendent Isaac has a unique take on how this works and his practical connection shows us how Christ-likeness really meets everyday life.
Stew Sheckler shares with us how the scriptures may look simple on the outside but the more you dig into them you find how complex and layered they are, much like a good chocolate cake.
This past Sunday, Ed Green shared with us his answers to the question: What's God up to in this pandemic? He quotes everyone from Flanner O'Conner to Spock, if you have been struggling or have a friend who might be this message may help in that conversation.
Sunday April 19, 2020 - Chris McClure gives us 5 insights into prayer when we ask the questions: Why didn't God answer my prayers?
Ted shares this Easter morning about three questions that illuminate the resurrection as we end our series in Mark called Questioning Jesus.
Stew Sheckler takes us through 2 meals and one funeral dinner to show us the freedom we have in Christ.
Sorry for the wind issues...Ed recorded this outside. He speaks about the Apocalyptic passage in Mark 13 and shows us that Jesus was giving us history and future, like a good prophet should. Most of all he was telling us Keep Watch!
Our opening morning reflections from our BCC leaders. Ed Green shares his reflections as we open a day considering the new normal of staying in place. We love you BCC, stay safe and stay health.
This week Tom Bourke continued our message series, Questioning Jesus, and takes on the question of "who is the greatest in the Kingdom of God?" He lands on servant leadership and allowing ourselves to be vulnerable not just transparent. Thanks for being on the journey with us.
This week we continue our series through Mark entitled Questioning Jesus. This week we did our first "Online Gathering" during the Cornonavirus epidemic. Stew Sheckler leads us through Mark 7 and the impact it has on seeing how we love and help people, especially in this time of fear and anxiety.
This week in our series Questioning Jesus, Ted Gatlin walks us through a Markian Sandwich and shows us that Jesus is open to us and asks are we reaching out to him?
This week Chris McClure takes us deeper into our exploration of Mark this Lenten season. Unfortunately last week we had some technical difficulties and we lost week one.
This week Ed Green finishes up our series entitled Training Ground with he practice of scripture and study. Ed shows us that its not just simply reading and its not just collecting information, its meditating on the scriptures and letting them permeate your heart.
We continue our series on practices for the journey called Training Ground with Stew Sheckler brining us a message about forgiveness. In the current social environment it's easy to get lost in revenge scenarios and let fear drive us, Stew tries to share with us the alternative to retribution, love, which creates a space for us to forgive.
This week Isaac Seevers leads us into the practice of fasting and detachment. He reminds us that fasting is not all about food, or whatever we give up, it's about focusing our hearts and minds on God. He asks us to remember that if we are going to give something up we need to fill it with something that connects us to the Father.
Ted Gatlin continued our series called Training Ground this week. Ted showed us that simplicity is removing the complexities of life out of the way by saying, "yes," to something that God is calling you to do, that way its easy to say, "no," to the things that aren't important. Come explore how to declutter your life by saying, "yes!"
This week Chris McClure continues our series called Training Ground by teaching us about the practice of sabbath and solitude. Chris helps us see that busyness feels productive and is rewarded by our culture, but to be productive and healthy God built into us a need for sabbath. He challenges us to consider if we are slowing down and giving God space to work or are we trying to control things in hopes of getting things done.
This week Stew Sheckler kicks off our series with our first practice of the Training Ground: Prayer. Stew explores his struggles with praying and the insight he gleaned from Fred Rogers (Mister Rogers) and the Lord's prayer. Below are the prayer tools he mentions at the end of the sermon:1. Break the Lord’s prayer into sections: Our father who is in heaven, holy is your name: Pray giving God all the focus, attention and honor. Thank him for being God and just be in his presence. Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as in heaven: Focus on the work you are seeing God do in the world and asking him to show you more. Give us today, our daily bread and forgive us of our debts: Share with God what you need. Physical needs, emotional needs, and spiritual needs. As we forgive our debtors: Ask God to help you be there for others. Talk with him about being open to being the answer to other people’s prayers. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one: Ask for protection and to open your heart up to the lies from the enemy you might be believing.2. Examen: It's a prayerful reflection to the day’s events. Ask God to make you aware of the moment you were most grateful for that day. Be still until you think of it. Thank God for it. Ask God to make you aware of the moment you were the least grateful for that day. Be still until you think of it. Lay that moment before God. Ask God to make you aware of the lesson from each moment he wants you to learn. Be still until you think of it.* Most importantly thank the father for being present in your life. * Take some time and record each of these in a journal and then sit down and reflect on them with a trusted friend
This week we did things a bit differently. Stew Sheckler shared a 2019 review of BCC, how the numbers tell us the story of what God is doing among us. He shared an "infographic" to help introduce the idea that you can find here. Then Ed Green shared the introduction to our upcoming series called Training Ground: Practices for the Journey where we will talk about spiritual disciplines and how to live them out practically.
This week the whole speaking team (save Isaac) joined each other on the stage to review 2019. They all reflect on how God has spoken to them and grown them in 2019. Then they spend a few minutes reflecting on what 2020 may hold, what God may be leading them into this coming year.
This last sermon in the series is a few weeks behind, we took a break to be with our families and postponed the release. Thanks for keeping up with us.In this message Ed Green takes on how Jesus came to destroy the work of the enemy/Satan/the Devil. We many times think of the Christ Child at this time of year, but Jesus' birth was an invasion of enemy ground to take down an empire bent on the destruction of humanity. Thanks be to God that He came to bring us to freedom.
As we continue our Christmas series about why Jesus came to the earth and Why Christmas is important, Chris McClure talks about Jesus coming to seek and save the lost. Maybe you've seen signs that say, "Jesus saves!" Chris begins to explain that idea to us through the lens of Christmas.
This week Isaac Seevers continues our Christmas sermon series called Why Christmas? The common story about a baby being born in Bethlehem is well known. What is less known is why that Baby was born? Isaac reminds us that darkness has covered the whole earth and that Jesus came in to be the light of the world and sho us how to live the same way. Light has come into the world and the darkness has not understood it.
This week Stew Sheckler kicks off a new sermon series called Why Christmas? The common story about a baby being born in Bethlehem is well known. What is less known is why that Baby was born? Stew goes into Israel's captivity by empires and how Jesus came to free Israel from the empires that would hold it captive, but to destroy the core of empires, sin, thus freeing us all from our captivity. This is good news of great joy!
This week Ted Gatlin brings the final message in our series called Common Ground. Ted reminds us that we stand on common ground together and we all have a part to play. The Old and New Testament talks a lot about the monetary support of the work God is doing in the world. By sharing Jesus' exhortation to his disciples "you give them something to eat..." from the feeding of the five thousand, Ted reminds us of how we can "give them something to eat..." through continued fiscal support of the ministry God is doing through us.
This week Chris McClure continues to help us work out how we practically live our core beliefs. Chris spoke about the ministry that we do at BCC and how we are all called to participate in the mission of God. He reminded us that we don't have a mission but that we follow a God that has a mission that He is inviting us to take part in with Him.
This week Ed Green continues our series called Common Ground, where we exploring5 how we live out what we say we believe. With our posture of Grace and Truth we step out into the mission God has given us as a church. That mission requires us to be at our best, sometimes that means we know how to "Be" followers of Jesus and other times Jesus invites us to join him as He sets all things to right.
This week Stew Sheckler kicks off our new series called Common Ground, where we begin to explore how we live out what we say we believe. With our center in place, we begin a discussion about how Jesus embodied Grace and Truth, not as techniques or tips, but as a way of life -- his posture. The hope is that we begin to believe that we can live full of grace and truth if we sit at the feet of Jesus and learn his ways.
This week Ted ends our 7 Trail Marker discussion with the hope of Jesus' return to set all things to right. We believe Jesus will return and set this world back to the way it was intended to be when He created it. From Garden to Gardens, Jesus will fix what is broken.
This week Ed Green (Pastor of Care and Equipping) teaches us about the power of the Holy Spirit in our everyday lives in our continuing pursuit to understand our 7 unifying beliefs.
This week Isaac Seevers takes us into our response to Jesus. After Stew defined the problem and Chris showed us God's response to the problem -- Jesus, Isaac unpacks our response to Jesus. What's your response to Him?
In this sermon Chris McClure shares how Jesus not only came to earth but came to be one of us so that He could show us the best life possible.
This week Ed Green brings a message about scripture and its importance to our community. It isn’t just a good book its a book that has been guarded and provided by God for humans to learn and grow in their
Marisa Johnson sits down with Stew to discuss her Starfish Ministry. Marisa has been helping single moms and young girls who need a helping hand, knowing she can change everyone’s life, but she can help one person at a time.
This week Ted Gatlin takes us into a discussion on our first Trail Maker: We believe in One God, in three parts. This was an enlightening and interesting discussion about what we call the Trinity and what the Bible calls
This week Ed Green joins Stew in his office for a discussion about our new sermon series called Trail Markers. Ed and Stew discuss what those 7 trail makers are and why we are talking about them. They kick off
This week’s sermon was in the middle of the Beavercreek Popcorn Festival. We talked about the impact of loving your neighbor and being the kind of person that put things aside to love them the way Jesus might, if He
The Mazatlán Mission Trip team gives us a report of their trip this past July. They saw God move in mountain tops and move them to launching points.
Ben Chilcote joins Stew to talk all things Popcorn Festival, from its history to how we can help to great stories about how God has used BCC to bless and serve the community. We are on the journey with Beavercreek
Stew Sheckler takes us Back to the Future with this last installment of our Now and Not Yet series. We have tackled this idea that the kingdom has come but is not yet finished. Stew helps us see what God’s
This week in a late Podcast (Stew was out of town) Stew sits down with Cara Rigsbee who is the director of our Precious Ones Learning Center (POLC) and they talk about some of the triumphs and struggles of POLC.
In this third message in our Now and Not Yet series, Isaac unpacks some of Jesus’ teaching from parables in Matthew’s Gospel.
This energetic podcast features the students who went to Mazatlán to work with the global orphan care ministry known as Back2Back. We talk about who they connected with, the impact this trip had on them, and what they brought back