Reverberate: A Berean Bible Church Podcast | Knoxville, TN

Title: Sundial faith in a stopwatch world: Faith that Asks | Habakkuk 1-2 --- Habakkuk 1-2 --- This sermon explores the prophet Habakkuk’s faith amid the turmoil of his time. Set against the backdrop of Judah’s decline under corrupt leadership and the rise of the ruthless Babylonian empire, the message highlights Habakkuk’s candid questions to God. Habakkuk wrestles with the apparent silence of a...

Arm Yourselves: A Conversation with Jake Bishop on Spiritual Formation and Discipline 00:00 Introduction 00:57 Meeting Jake Bishop 01:42 What led you to focus on spiritual formation? 03:28 Comparing spiritual discipline with athletics 07:22 What are spiritual formation and spiritual discipline? 11:42 Diving into I Peter 12:42 How do spiritual disciplines relate to arming ourselves? 15:53 Using spi...

Title: Teaching the Next Generation --- Matthew 6:9–13 Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. (ESV) --- In his sermon “Teaching the Next Generation,...

Title: Called to Glory --- 1 Peter 5:8–14 Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world. And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glor...

Title: All-Powerful Care --- 1 Peter 5:6–7 Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you. (ESV) --- In this sermon, Jed Gillis explores how humility and trust in God are deeply connected, using 1 Peter 5:6–7 as the foundation. True humility is not about comparing ourselves to other...

Title: Trusting Shepherds --- 1 Peter 5:1–5 So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed: shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not for shameful gain, but eagerly; not domineering over those in you...

Title: In the Hands of God --- 1 Peter 4:12–19 Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice insofar as you share Christ’s sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed. If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of Go...

Understanding First Peter 3: Submission, Leadership, and Christ's Sacrifice In this episode of the Berean Bible Church Q and A podcast, teaching pastor Jed Gillis explores First Peter chapter 3, addressing a variety of questions related to marriage, suffering, and the spiritual realm. Key topics include the definitions of submission and leadership in marriage, with insights on the concept of being...

Title: A Community of Grace --- Romans 15:1–7 We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up. For Christ did not please himself, but as it is written, “The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me.” For whatever was written in former days was written for our instructi...

Title: Stewards of Grace --- 1 Peter 4:7–11 The end of all things is at hand; therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of your prayers. Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins. Show hospitality to one another without grumbling. As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace: whoever spea...

Title: Armed to Suffer --- 1 Peter 4:1–6 Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same way of thinking, for whoever has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, so as to live for the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for human passions but for the will of God. For the time that is past suffices for doing what the Gentiles want to do, living in sensuality, passi...

Psalm 62 To the choirmaster: according to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation. He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be greatly shaken. How long will all of you attack a man to batter him, like a leaning wall, a tottering fence? They only plan to thrust him down from his high position. They take pleasure in falseh...

Title: Q&A on I Peter 2 00:00 Introduction Christ as the Cornerstone 02:08 How do we practically make sure Jesus is the cornerstone of the church? (Matthew 16) 07:23 I have heard Matthew 16 interpreted as the church being built on the apostles. Is that a wrong interpretation? 13:05 The Church vs. the Gates of Hell 14:57 What does it mean to be a “living stone” in the spiritual house God is bui...

Title: Brought Near to God --- 1 Peter 3:18–22 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit, in which he went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison, because they formerly did not obey, when God’s patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which...

Title: Unworried Worship --- 1 Peter 3:13–17 Now who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good? But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you will be blessed. Have no fear of them, nor be troubled, but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gent...

Title: Boundless Goodness --- 1 Peter 3:8–12 Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind. Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing. For “Whoever desires to love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaki...

Title: Heirs of Life Part 2 --- 1 Peter 3:7 Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered. (ESV) --- In his sermon titled "Heirs of Life Part 2," Jed Gillis delves into 1 Peter 3:7, emphasizing the responsibilities of husbands w...

Title: Q&A on I Peter 1 0:00 Introduction  0:37 Purpose of the Podcast  2:02 What Does It Look Like to Be Holy?  6:11 Should Fear Be a Factor in Our Pursuit of Holiness?  11:45 Do We Have a Part in Purifying Our Souls?  18:00 What Are We Called to Obey?  23:48 How Is the Word Living and Abiding?  27:22 What Is an "Imperishable" Seed?  30:48 How Does God Use Faith to Guard Us?  35:01...

Title: Heirs of Life --- 1 Peter 3:1–7 Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives, when they see your respectful and pure conduct. Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear—but let your adorning be the hidden per...

Title: Grace in God’s Eyes --- 1 Peter 2:18–25 Servants, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the unjust. For this is a gracious thing, when, mindful of God, one endures sorrows while suffering unjustly. For what credit is it if, when you sin and are beaten for it, you endure? But if when you do good and suffer for it you endure, this is a gracio...

Title: Citizens of Heaven --- 1 Peter 2:13–17 Be subject for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme, or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good. For this is the will of God, that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people. Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as...

Title: Guard Your Soul --- 1 Peter 2:9–12 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. Beloved, I urge you as sojourners an...

Title: Thirst-Quenching Worship --- Isaiah 55 “Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food. Incline your ea...

Title: Living Stones (I Peter Part 9) --- 1 Peter 2:4–8 As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. For it stands in Scripture: “Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a cornerston...

Title: The Roots of Love --- I Peter 1:22-2:3 Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart, since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God; for “All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the...