TBOC Bible Study

In this episode, Pastor Josh discusses how Christians can faithfully carry out the mission of the Kingdom of God as His Kingdom’s ambassadors. He discusses the profound role that believers have in partnering with Christ in His mission to destroy the works of the devil and advancing God’s kingdom on earth. Pastor Josh unpacks 1. The Supremacy of Christ as the ultimate ambassador 2. The Role of the...

In this episode, Pastor Josh explores the profound message of the Kingdom of God, a theme central to Jesus’ mission and vital for a biblical worldview. Pastor Josh discusses the contrast between God’s kingdom and earthly systems, highlighting how human efforts alone can’t resolve issues of injustice, suffering, or sin. This kingdom is unlike any we’ve known—it’s marked by eternal peace, true justi...

In this episode, Pastor Josh helps us explore how God’s unchanging purpose for our lives is fulfilled through the transformative work of the Holy Spirit and the refining process of suffering. Discover how sanctification, rather than life’s circumstances or outcomes, is central to God’s will. We’ll discuss the Spirit’s role in guiding us to truth, empowering us to overcome sin, and deepening our re...

In this episode, Pastor Josh gives a biblical response to the age-old questions like: “What is my purpose?”, “Why do I exist?”, “What was I made for?”. He speaks about the ways the culture we live in has mislead us into thinking that our purpose is defined by our Vocation or Gifting, and he gives an explanation of the difference between our 1. Purpose 2. Calling 3. Vocation. He begins the message...

In this week’s episode, Pastor Josh emphasizes the need to prioritize achieving joy in our relationship with God. He states how joy and finding the most pleasure and satisfaction as possible is the way to give God the most glory and to endure through any circumstance, and overcome any sin issues. He highlights how joy is not a one time interaction, but we have to keep choosing to make decisions th...

In this message, Pastor Josh addresses the need for a new standard in how we value the things of God vs. the things of the world, and how we determine our willingness to surrender based on how we value Christ. He discusses: 1. What Causes Us to Value the Wrong Things? 2. Clinging to Our Rights vs. Laying Down Our Lives 3. How the Love of the World Grieves the Holy Spirit in Our Lives.

Pastor Josh discusses the need to understand who the Holy Spirit is so that we can understand how we are initially and continually transformed by the abiding presence of the Holy Spirit. He demonstrates three things: 1. The need to acknowledge, know, and value the Holy Spirit 2. Humanity’s need to be delivered from indwelling sin and relying on good works part from the power of the Holy Spirit 3....

Pastor Josh follows up the prior message about forming a biblical worldview, by explaining the necessity of forming the right definitions of encounters with God in a biblical worldview. He explains how the only encounter we have with God isn’t at our salvation moment, altar call, or worship set but we are called to a lifetime of encountering God. In this message he covers 3 Topics: 1. Defining the...

Pastor Josh begins the semester by introducing the need for Christians to experience Transformed Living. He communicates that whatever we view about the world around us and our role in it will guide how we live our lives. This frames the discussion about how we need to test to see if our wordlview is formed by the often uncomfortable truths of Bible, or by comfortable truths found in modern cultur...

Pastor Josh concludes the series by discussing what it means to be a true disciple of Jesus Christ vs. a false one. More specifically, he addressed 1. Abiding in Christ’s word 2. How His word serves as an anchor for our faith 3. The cost of true discipleship.

Pastor Josh continues the series by discussing how the centrality of the gospel of Jesus Christ never ends even after we are saved. He highlights its importance in living a stable and unshakable life in Christ. He focuses on three specific topics: 1. The Gospel of Christ Saves 2. The Gospel of Christ Sanctifies 3. The Gospel of Christ Equips.

Pastor Josh begins a new series emphasizing the need for students to have a firm foundation in Christ before times of trials, testing, and temptation arrive and can cause their faith to collapse. This week, he begins by explaining the parable of the sower, describing the 4 different types of hearts God’s word gets sown into, and highlighting the responsibility we all have to respond well when we h...

Minister Isis Underwood shares with us the necessity of Longsuffering for Christian maturity. She explains how the term frequently gets limited to either patience or waiting for something, but she unpacks the details of the concept. Then, she explains the connection between: 1. the Christian's Longsuffering and their Faith 2. The Consequences of Lacking in Longsuffering and lastly, 3. Longsuff...

Pastor Josh teaches about the importance for Christians to understand the access to God’s presence that they have been offered through the sacrifice of Jesus. He highlights 3 topics: 1. Access to God’s Throne as the Hope of the Gospel 2. The Most Holy Place: From Behind the Curtain to Behind Closed Doors 3. How to Pray in God’s Presence.

Apostle Valarie and Minister Isis lead a teaching and discussion with students about the multi-facets of intercession. They discuss how intercession is effective for spiritual warfare, powerful for maintaining unity in the Church, and a way in which we partner with God. They also help students work through several unique personal inquiries concerning this topic of intercession.

OSU student India follows up Courtney's testimony from Part 1 by confirming how much Courtney's testimony influenced her to end her pursuit of becoming and AKA, as well as contributing to her friend being saved from that path as well. Her testimony may be most beneficial for other women or men who are considering crossing!

Courtney Moore, former AKA, publicly denounces from AKA and testifies about the idolatry of ALL Greek Life that many are unaware of. Courtney testifies about the ungodly compromises required for entrance, membership, sisterhood/brotherhood into Greek organizations (e.g., the Divine Nine especially so), and the consequences of joining these sororities and fraternities under false pretenses.

Pastor Josh provides a biblical foundation for both the need for and the power of godly community. In doing so, he also demonstrates ways that ungodly community can have power over us as well.

Pastor Josh teaches on four topics: 1. Pruning: Moving Forward by Cutting Back 2. Abiding in Christ and Bearing Fruit 3. The Love Behind the Lord’s Discipline 4. Fruitful Growth in God.

In this episode, Pastor Josh teaches how believers should live. Believers should be transformed and living lives that are obedient to Jesus. We should want to live holy because God is Holy! Having a fear of the Lord is necessary to be sober-minded and live the way God desires for us. We should in response to salvation, desire to please the Lord. We have been redeemed by the blood of Jesus which ha...

Pastor Josh preaches on the difference between compassion and compromise. He discusses how true love and compassion do not rejoice in sin but in TRUTH. Biblical love is not giving someone false assurance and promoting compromise– even if it is unpopular. Compassion comes from true doctrine. He explains that if your life contradicts the Bible, you are in compromise and that many people have “itchin...

In this episode, Pastor Josh helps to clarify what the biblical definition and process of repentance is. He identifies several ways that the concept of repentance has been tainted or ignored, and he desires to realign our view of repentance biblically. He preaches on 1. A Biblical Definition of Repentance 2. Biblical Examples of True Repentance 3. Consequences for False Repentance 4. What Prayers...

Pastor Josh wraps up the semester long journey of understanding the various attributes of God by reminding us what understanding is all unto worshipping God in spirit and in truth. He discusses the difference between True seeking and False seeking of God’s face, and he introduces an acronym to better understand what it means to seek God’s face. F - Focus of worship, A - Aim of worship, C - Cause o...

Pastor Josh teaches on the Holy Spirit’s role as a Witness throughout Scripture. He primarily teaches about the Holy Spirit’s witness to the World of Sin, Righteousness, and Coming Judgment. Then, Pastor Josh begins to dive deeper into the Holy Spirit’s witness about the Second Coming of Jesus and how it serves as an anchor for the soul of believers, a final answer to the problem of evil, and a de...

Pastor Josh teaches about the Holy Spirit’s role as Baptizer through a non-traditional lens. Whereas many people know about the Holy Spirit’s role in producing power to be witnesses, and for the gift of tongues, Pastor Josh highlights the “Power for the Practical vs. The Power for Public Ministry” which demonstrates the power made available to spirit-filled believers to live faithful and fruitful...