Browse published sermons from Jeff Harrington in Dove Creek Bible Church's Podcast.
Dec 27, 2021 7:55 AM America/Chicago
Jacob is devious and deceptive; he is crafty and conniving. He lies and he manipulates. He becomes a man who has the audacity to wrestle with God. Jacob lacked many fine qualities, but lack of ambition was not one of them. Jacob continually claws his way
Dec 13, 2021 7:50 AM America/Chicago
Paul's final remarks to Timothy and to the world. It has been said that when a person is about to die their life flashes before their eyes. What do you think will flash before your eyes? I think you will find when you get to the end of your life there are
Dec 6, 2021 7:25 AM America/Chicago
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Nov 29, 2021 8:45 AM America/Chicago
The Bible has come under renewed attack. The critic presently receiving the most media attention is Dr. Bart Ehrman who has taken his questioning of the Scripture straight to the New York Times bestseller list. It seems both advocate and adversary are bia
Nov 21, 2021 8:55 AM America/Chicago
"Mark this, there will be terrible times in the last days" (2nd Timothy 3:1). What is the reason for these terrible times? It all comes down to distorted affections beginning first and foremost with people being "lovers of themselves">
Nov 8, 2021 6:12 AM America/Chicago
In essence, Paul makes two main points today: There is a way to use the Bible as a club that is unproductive, divisive, and leads one away from true godliness. And there is a way to use the Bible as a tool that is deserving of recognition and approval bec
Nov 1, 2021 8:18 AM America/Chicago
Most scholars believe this text contains an ancient creedal statement a baptismal candidate recited before baptism. Today's sermon explores what they said, what it meant, and why they said it.
Oct 25, 2021 8:08 AM America/Chicago
Many Christians view grace primarily as a gap filler meaning they believe they are supposed to work as hard as they can and then grace will fill in the gaps of their insufficiencies. Yet God wants grace to be our sole source of strength not a gap filler,
Oct 18, 2021 8:07 AM America/Chicago
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Oct 11, 2021 8:20 AM America/Chicago
Paul writes what is essentially the last will and testament of his gospel message. If you should know one day when the end of your life is near…time for you will become a most precious thing…you will want to use it wisely. You will want to remind thos
Oct 4, 2021 7:21 AM America/Chicago
In this text, Paul exhorts Timothy to flee, follow and fight. What is he to flee from? What is he to follow after? Whom and how does he fight?
Sep 27, 2021 7:48 AM America/Chicago
In this text, Paul explains to Timothy why our work attitude matters to God, but cautions that being consumed with attaining wealth through our work will never satisfy...only godliness provides lasting contentment.
Sep 20, 2021 7:40 AM America/Chicago
Paul wrote to Timothy that elders who were teaching pastors were worthy of double honor (respect and financial compensation.) However, any elder or teaching pastor who had dishonored the Lord through disqualifying sin will need to be confronted and rebuke
Sep 14, 2021 11:57 AM America/Chicago
The question of who is responsible for caregiving to the elderly, and in particular widows, is not a new one. It had to be dealt with in the 1st Century as well as the 21st Century. Today we see Paul advising Timothy how to relate effectively to individua
Sep 8, 2021 6:21 AM America/Chicago
Many pastors call this section of 1st Timothy the “Ten Commandments of Ministry” because in the space of six verses Paul commands young Timothy to do ten things. It’s interesting that Paul would select as a protégé someone wired so differently fro
Aug 29, 2021 12:32 PM America/Chicago
We live in a society that suggests there is a quick fix to every problem. We’re suckers for anyone claiming to offer a proven way to lose weight or tone muscle effortlessly because we like quick easy answers to tough long-term problems. What doesn’t w
Aug 23, 2021 6:56 AM America/Chicago
In my over thirty years of being a pastor, I have experienced people leaving this church and Christianity on occasion. Some were people who had been in church all or most of their lives who just decided one day they no longer believed in God...that they h
Aug 16, 2021 9:52 AM America/Chicago
When we think of the Protestant Reformation we typically only concern ourselves with two of the three main tenets that caused Martin Luther to post his 95 theses (complaints) against the medieval Roman Catholic Church. However, we are less aware of the Pr
Aug 9, 2021 6:53 AM America/Chicago
In this sermon we transition from the qualifications of elders who lead and teach to the qualifications for deacons/deaconesses who carry out, under the elders' oversight, some of the more basic but essential tasks of the church so that the elders could g
Aug 5, 2021 7:31 AM America/Chicago
In this sermon we get to the third and final area that Paul says an elder candidate must be above reproach in…his parish life. A man can be a good husband and father, he can have a good reputation with outsiders, but the place where the rubber really me
Jul 26, 2021 6:43 AM America/Chicago
In this sermon we get to the second area that Paul says an elder candidate must be above reproach in…his public life. A church with a leader who has a bad reputation in the community will find its testimony to that community hindered. Paul has said that
Jul 11, 2021 1:28 PM America/Chicago
Paul writes that an elder candidate needs to be evaluated in three primary areas: His private life, his public life and his parish life. Today we will concentrate on the first of these: His private life.
Jul 5, 2021 7:09 AM America/Chicago
In Chapter 3 of 1st Timothy, Paul gives the criteria for elders, who seem to have the main responsibility for teaching and leading the church. Yet we find that many churches all reading the same Bible have come to very different conclusions about how the
Jun 28, 2021 6:15 AM America/Chicago
We continue our study of one of the most controversial passages in the Bible. With reference to this text Egalitarians...those who believe there are no limits on women for any ministry or church office...ironically need to limit what Paul says here to a p