Episodes

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Prisoners: Helpless, Helped & Hopeful
27 minutes ago
27 minutes ago
The 3/16/25 sermon by Michael Gowens is based on Zechariah 9:11-12. This powerful Messianic passage contains the heart of the gospel message. Making an important distinction between the indicatives and imperatives of Scripture, Gowens proceeds to preach the gospel from this text.

Tuesday Mar 25, 2025
Unashamed of the Gospel
Tuesday Mar 25, 2025
Tuesday Mar 25, 2025
Brother Gowens' 3/16/25 sermon considers Paul's profession in Romans 1:16 and emphasizes four main reasons believers should not be ashamed of Christ, his gospel or his church.

Monday Mar 17, 2025
Elijah's Honorable Discharge
Monday Mar 17, 2025
Monday Mar 17, 2025
On Sunday, 3/2/25, Elder Gowens delivered the last message in the Elijah series. This message taken from 2 Kings 2 emphasizes both doctrinal and practical lessons that may be gleaned from the dramatic account of Elijah's translation to heaven.

Wednesday Mar 12, 2025
Elijah Restored to the Lord's Service
Wednesday Mar 12, 2025
Wednesday Mar 12, 2025
The 2/23/25 message by Mike Gowens is #13 in the Elijah study. Gowens considers practical lessons from God's reinstatement of Elijah in the wake of his bout with despondency. This sermon is based on 1 Kings 19:13-21.

Monday Mar 03, 2025
A Still, Small Voice at Sinai
Monday Mar 03, 2025
Monday Mar 03, 2025
This 2/16/25 sermon by Michael Gowens continues the narrative of Elijah's despondency in 1 Kings 19. God is very kind and gentle with his weary servant, giving him a fresh revelation of Himself to encourage him on his way. This is message #12 in the Elijah series.

Wednesday Feb 26, 2025
Elijah Under the Juniper Tree
Wednesday Feb 26, 2025
Wednesday Feb 26, 2025
In the 11th sermon in the Elijah series, Mike Gowens considers the reasons for Elijah's despondency in the aftermath of the victory on Mt Carmel. Like us, the prophet was very human, but God addresses his spiritual fatigue with tenderness and grace. This message was delivered on Lord's Day morning, 2/9/25.

Monday Feb 17, 2025
Elijah & the God Who Answers
Monday Feb 17, 2025
Monday Feb 17, 2025
This sermon, based on the narrative in 1 Kings 18:41-46, was delivered 2/2/25. Elder Gowens returns to the theme of prayer, the dominant feature of Elijah's life and ministry, in this focus on the ending of the three-and-one-half-year drought. This is message #10 in the "Life & Times of Elijah" series.

Thursday Feb 13, 2025
Elijah & the Battle of the Gods
Thursday Feb 13, 2025
Thursday Feb 13, 2025
This 2/2/25 message by Michael Gowens focuses on the premier event in the life of the prophet Elijah, i.e. the contest high atop Mt Carmel with the 850 false prophets of the State. Everything in the narrative has been moving to this moment of crescendo in which the question of "Which is the true God, Baal or Jehovah?" will be resolved once and for all. This is message #9 in the Elijah series.

Wednesday Feb 05, 2025
Elijah's Second Appearance Before King Ahab
Wednesday Feb 05, 2025
Wednesday Feb 05, 2025
Elder Gowens' 1/26/25 sermon looks at 1 Kings 18:1-16. After three years in hiding, Elijah is sent back to King Ahab in lieu of ending the drought. From this passage, Gowens extracts a number of practical lessons as well as a doctrinal lesson concerning the encouraging doctrine of the remnant.

Thursday Jan 30, 2025
Elijah & the Raising of the Widow's Son
Thursday Jan 30, 2025
Thursday Jan 30, 2025
Elder Gowens' 1/12/25 sermon looks at the narrative in 1 Kings 17:17-24. The unexpected trauma of the death of her son brought both the widow woman and the prophet Elijah to a point of spiritual crisis. This painful experience, however, led to tremendous spiritual blessings, and stands as an example to us of the glorious future awaiting us.