Brevard Christian Church Podcast

Faith alone isn't the whole story. When following Jesus still hurts, the missing piece is His love — deeper than knowledge. Keep chewing on how much He loves you. Brevard Christian Church - Merritt Island, FL. https://brevardchristian.com

Ever feel like you don't quite belong in this world? You're not imagining it. In Christ, God's mercy clears the wreckage and His grace builds you a home — you're no longer lost. Welcome home. Brevard Christian Church - Merritt Island, FL. https://brevardchristian.com

An enemy wants you to forget your worth and trade your future for something cheap. But in Christ you're adopted at the highest price and given a real inheritance and resurrection power now—so live like who you already are. Brevard Christian Church - Merritt Island, FL. https://brevardchristian.com

Unity Minister Micah Schnautz, who serves a church plant in Cocoa Beach, walks through Jesus Great Commission in Matthew 28: go, make disciples, baptize, and teach. Through real stories of two coworkers who came to faith, he shows that a disciple is simply someone willing to chew on Jesus words, and that Brevard County is a mission field full of people five feet away who just need someone to take...

Brandon Givens draws from Psalm 12 to explore the life-shaping power of words — how destructive speech tears down and how intentional, truth-filled words can build up, heal, and honor God. The sermon calls believers to guard their tongues, reject cultural deception, and speak the way God speaks: with purpose and weight. Brevard Christian Church - Merritt Island, FL. https://brevardchristian.com

Mark Bourne tackles one of life's most pressing questions — what happens when we die? Drawing from Jesus' parable in Luke 16 and the Great White Throne vision in Revelation 20, he shows that every person's eternal destination is shaped by a decision made while alive: whether to surrender to Jesus and have your name written in the Lamb's Book of Life. Brevard Christian Church — Merritt Island, FL....

In this Memorial Day message, Evangelist Mark Bourne walks through eight key Bible passages to show how anyone can have genuine confidence in their salvation. He explains what sin really costs, and lays out the path of confession, repentance, and baptism that leads to assurance before God. Sermon Questions: 1. Jesus says in Matthew 7:21-23 that some people who called him 'Lord' and did religious t...

Evangelist Mark Bourne challenges the Calvinist idea that God predetermines everything—including who is saved—and instead shows from Ezekiel 18 and John 12 that God created us with genuine free will. Our choices about what we do with Jesus' gift truly matter, and on Judgment Day we will each answer for those decisions. Sermon Questions: 1. Before hearing this message, did you lean more toward beli...

Mark Bourne walks through key moments in church history — including the underground church in Communist Poland — to show how division and additions to Scripture weakened the body of Christ. The core call is clear: return to the Bible alone as the foundation of what it means to follow Jesus, echoing Christ's own prayer for unity in John 17:21. Sermon Questions: 1. Mark described how the church in P...

Evangelist Mark Bourne traces the first 325 years of church history to show how the church drifts off course by adding to or taking away from what God actually said. Using a striking baptism illustration and the Lord's Supper, he calls BCC back to the original simplicity of Scripture — nothing more, nothing less than what Christ established. Sermon Questions: 1. Have you ever met someone who rejec...

Evangelist Mark Bourne examines the identity and character of the church. The service centers on what it means to gather as the body of Christ, anchored in a communion reflection that calls each person to remember Christ's sacrifice and honestly ask what they are willing to give back to Him. Sermon Questions: 1. Thinking about the church you experienced today — what stood out to you as different o...

Ford Levi delivers an Easter Sunday sermon grounded in 1 Corinthians 15 and Ephesians 1:18-21, arguing that the bodily resurrection of Jesus is not a once-a-year holiday but the daily reality powering every believer's life. He challenges the congregation to move beyond a seasonal Easter mindset, embracing the same mighty power God used to raise Christ. A substantial second movement equips the chur...

Pastor Brandon teaches from 1 Peter 5 about what it really means to lead like Jesus — with humility, not control. He challenges us to stop gripping the future so tightly and instead trust God with the people and plans we care about most. Sermon Questions: 1. (1 Peter 5:2-3) Peter says to shepherd willingly, not under compulsion. Who in your life functions as a shepherd pointing you to Christ — and...

You can't just think your way into a changed heart, you have to put your money there. In this message, Seth Bourne unpacks what Jesus taught about the powerful connection between your wallet and your heart. Wherever you spend, your heart will follow. Want to love God more? Invest there. Sermon Questions: 1. Read Matthew 6:21. Jesus says where your treasure goes, your heart follows. What would it l...

Some actions don’t matter, but repeated actions define you. … Sermon Questions: 1. Have you ever met or seen someone in denial? Why didn't they realize it? 2. What do you do most with your free time and why? 3. If someone who never met you watched your life for one week how would they describe you? What are both good and bad things they'd say? 4. Read Matt. 7:21-23 and Phil. 2:12-13. Why is what w...

Our words can literally reverse- engineer our heart. In this message learn what God’ Word teaches about the power of speech. Sermon Questions: 1. Only God sees our hearts (1 Sam. 16:7b). Why doesn’t this scare most people? 2. How can we see the heart (since only God truly can)? Read Matt. 12:34b. 3. We know our words can change our heart because God commands us to change our speech. (If speech cou...

You get the power of God and the Peace of God when you Pray to God! Sermon Questions: 1. What causes you to pray most? What do you pray for? 2. How do you pray? When do you pray? 3. Read Matt. 7:7-11, Phil. 4:6-7, and James 5:17-18. What is one thing you can do this week to deepen your prayer life? 4. As you pray today, who in your life do you need to lift up in Prayer to God?

True change only happens when we engage The mind that God gave us. Find out how in part 2 of our series. Sermon Questions: 1. How often do you think about thinking? Why or why not? 2. Name a situation you were in that improve only because of your mindset. What made the difference? 3. Our mind needs a filter. How do you filter your thoughts? In the list of things in Philippians 4:8 which is the har...

How do you change yourself at a deep heart level? Is it even possible? Follow along with us over the next 6 weeks on what God's Word says about real change. Sermon Questions: 1. Why are self help resources so popular? 2. Have you ever been taken in by a self help fad or scheme? How did it draw you in? 3. What does the Bible say to those who believe our heart has all the answers? Why is this so pop...

Apologetics 101 Learn quick defenses for our faith!

Summary: Elder and shepherd, Ford Levi, shares a message with our Merritt Island campus that demonstrates the heart and posture of an evangelist, and delineates the call on us for outreach! Questions: 1. Who is God putting on your heart to reach? 2. How has God set you up for success in this arena? 3. What are you waiting for aka what's stopping you from taking that first step and reaching the los...

Acts 9, 23 & 26 Title: Conversion Part Two Summary: Acts 9, 22 and 26 records the conversion of Saul. In many ways he is the least likely convert. But his conversion has become a pattern for most people coming to Christianity throughout history. Questions: 1. Why is not feeling qualified actually one of the qualities God is looking for in His people? 2. Why do many people get so upset when con...

Summary: The record of an Ethiopian conversion in Acts 8 demonstrates three important questions everyone should ask. Questions: 1. How would Americans be different if the Christian message hadn't influenced our history? How would your life be different? 2. The Bible frequently emphasizes the importance of humility (1 Peter 5:6 for example). Why is it essential? 3. How do you connect with people wh...

Summary: Just as Jesus had polarizing responses to His ministry, so we too will find some love what we say and stand for, while others will hate us for the very same things. Questions: 1. Why did Peter and John heal the lame man? See John 5:36; 10:37-38 and Acts 2:22. 2. Summarize Peter's message after the healing. 3. Why were the priests and religious leaders so mad at Peter and John? Why do some...

Summary: the early church was made up of people who were drastically changed. They were first cut to the heart and then devoted to a whole new way of living. Questions: 1. When you became a Christian - were you "cut to the heart"? What kind of things get to you at that level? 2. The early Christians devoted themselves to four things (found in verse 42). What were those four things? Do you have a d...