Baptist Church of West Chester

Pastor Evan explores how Proverbs speaks to us today and how we discover and apply wisdom today.

Rev. Dr. Richelle Foreman Gunter, Associate Pastor of St. Paul's Baptist Church in West Chester, preaches from Romans 8:31 and reflects on the God who still holds the world! Intro and Outro music by music by falling forever' https://ffm.bio/fallingforever

Pastor Evan shares from Ephesians 4:31-5:2 and reflects on God's Plan for Us after a great week of Kids' Camp.

Pastor Evan Duncan looks to Psalm 42 & 43 to help us navigate and reflect upon times when God feels distant.

Pastor Evan Duncan explores the early church metaphor for the trinity as a dance (Perichoresis)

Rev. Dr. Marsha Brown Woodard encourages us to go beyond the instructions towards the assignment God has given us. Thanks for listening to the Baptist Church of West Chester podcast. If you have questions, want to connect, or would like to support God’s work in the world through our community, find us at bcwc.org. Intro and outro music by falling forever https://ffm.bio/fallingforever

Pastor Evan looks at two of Jesus' parables in Luke 15 - the lost sheep and the lost coin. Thanks for listening to the Baptist Church of West Chester podcast. If you have questions, want to connect, or would like to support God’s work in the world through our community, find us at bcwc.org. Intro and outro music by falling forever https://ffm.bio/fallingforever

Jim Layton shares a dramatic sermonic retelling of Luke 15:11-32

Pastor Evan Duncan explores the story of Jesus healing a women who is bent over by illness on the Sabbath and the two short parables that follow.

“Who can listen to a story of loneliness and despair without taking the risk of experiencing similar pains in his own heart and even losing his precious peace of mind? In short: Who can take away suffering without entering it?" - Henri Nouwen Pastor Evan reflects on John's account of Jesus revealing to the hiding disciples and showing them his wounds.

Pastor Evan reflects on Luke's account of the resurrection and why Jesus' defeat of the grave changes the world and our lives. music by falling forever https://ffm.bio/fallingforever

"Palm Sunday reminds us that Jesus rides straight into the heart of both praise and pain. He does not turn away from grief or loss but carries it all—yours, mine, the world's—on his road to the cross. And through him, death does not have the final word." Pastor Evan explores God's response to Job, Job's response to God, and how we see the God that Job saw when Jesus enters Jerusalem on Palm Sunday...

There are things you don't know. God responds to Job in Job 38 and 39. Pastor Evan explores what Job 38:1-11 tells us about God and meaning in the world. This Lenten season we will be journeying through the book of Job. Job challenges the assumption that if you are good enough, God will bless you, and if tragedy strikes, you must deserve it. Job shows us that this is not true. Intro and outro musi...

Where is wisdom? Is there meaning in the world? Where can we find understanding? Pastor Evan Duncan looks to 28 to see how Job wrestles with humanity's search for wisdom. This Lenten season we will be journeying through the book of Job. Job challenges the assumption that if you are good enough, God will bless you, and if tragedy strikes, you must deserve it. Job shows us that this is not true.

What do we do when things aren't the way they should be? Pastor Evan argues alongside the book of Job that we must tell the truth, protest, and look to Jesus. This Lenten season we will be journeying through the book of Job. Job challenges the assumption that if you are good enough, God will bless you, and if tragedy strikes, you must deserve it. Job shows us that this is not true.

Expressing our frustrations doesn't mean our faith is weak. It shows it is strong. When we pray out of our deepest emotions and disappointments, we confess that we believe that there is a God who can do something about them. This Lenten season we will be journeying through the book of Job. Job challenges the assumption that if you are good enough, God will bless you, and if tragedy strikes, you mu...

Is it possible to do an unselfish good deed? That’s just one of many questions running underneath the book we’ll be studying during the season of Lent. Lent is the 40 days, not counting Sundays, that lead us to Easter Sunday. It’s traditionally a time of spiritual preparation - to make space for God to do something new among us. This Lenten season we will be journeying through the book of Job. Job...

Rev. Cupp is a graduate of Yale Divinity School (Master of Divinity), and the University of Pennsylvania (Master of Bioethics). She’s the author of This is How We Play and Dateable ( https://carolinecupp.com/books/). The book she said most impacted her is East of Eden ( https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/354458/east-of-eden-by-john-steinbeck-introduction-by-david-wyatt/ ) Intro and outro mus...

As we follow our perfecter of faith, we join in a mosaic that displays the Christ we serve.

Pastor Evan considers the word picture of Jesus as both sacrificer and sacrifice and what that means for us today.

Pastor Evan explores the preacher of Hebrews encouragement to approach the throne of grace with boldness.

God speaks through presence, reflection and action. Pastor Evan begins a series on the book of Hebrews starting with Hebrews 1:1-4.

Monica Kumar shares from Isaiah 43 & Psalm 87 about names, belonging, and the I AM who calls us.

"God cares less about how you do worship and much more about what worship does to you."