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Discover the life-changing truth that God chose you before He created the universe. This message explores the undeniable evidence of intelligent design in creation and what it means for your personal value and purpose.

Discover the profound meaning of being chosen by God in Christ before the foundation of the world. This message explores Ephesians 1:3-14, often called the 'hymn of grace,' which reveals how God has blessed believers with every spiritual blessing in heavenly places. Learn about the five aspects of divine selection: the purpose (holiness), the process (adoption), the reason (God's pleasure and glor...

Standing Strong in a World of False Teaching: Lessons from Jude explores how believers can recognize truth and maintain their faith amid counterfeit messages. Though only one chapter long, Jude delivers powerful guidance for today's Christians facing similar challenges to the early church. Jude warns about false teachers who had infiltrated the church, describing them as spiritual counterfeits who...

Spiritual Wellness Check: Lessons from 3 John explores the powerful contrasts between godly and ungodly leadership in the shortest book of the Bible. This message unpacks the stories of three individuals - Gaius, Diotrephes, and Demetrius - who represent different approaches to Christian leadership and character.

Standing for Truth in a World of Shadows explores how Christians can maintain biblical integrity when truth itself seems endangered. This message examines 2 John's powerful teaching on why truth matters and how it relates to authentic Christian love. Learn to identify concerning trends threatening today's church, including entertainment culture replacing worship, digital connections substituting f...

Forgiveness: A Personal Letter, A Powerful Plea explores the profound message of reconciliation found in the book of Philemon. This one-page biblical letter tells the story of Paul, a prisoner who writes to Philemon on behalf of Onesimus, a runaway slave who had wronged his master. Paul's powerful plea for forgiveness contains timeless wisdom for anyone struggling with broken relationships.

Discover the powerful lessons from the smallest book in the Old Testament - Obadiah.

Just a quick note to let you know that we’re taking a short break from releasing new episodes. We’ll be back soon with fresh content, great conversations, and more of what you love. In the meantime, here’s a previous episode we know you’ll love: We are taking you all the way back to where it all began. Our very first podcast episode! God has just called Dr Deron Biles to be our new pastor and we s...

Today is episode 100 of "After God's Heart". The vision of this program originated from an idea behind the name. It grew out of a study that Dr. Biles did through the life of David. How he was a man after God's heart and the passion for us to be more like Him. So, the vision for this program is much the same. How can we, as believers in Jesus Christ, incrementally become more like Christ. Let's op...

Have you ever been in a situation where, as a believer in Jesus Christ, you felt outnumbered by those who opposed your faith? That's where we find the Apostle Paul in Acts 17. Paul was in the city of Athens and had an encounter with the religious elite of the city. Here's scene: in the city of Athens, there was (and is) and large rock area that is flat on the top. On top of that mountain is where...

Finding God's will isn't always as complicated as we sometimes make it sound. We often over-complicate the process. When really, God has often made it very clear. The first part of Acts 17 presents two very clearly defined kinds of people. The question we must take from this passage in application is which group represents me. So, take your Bibles and turn again to Acts 17, this is a message Dr. B...

How you live in some ways demonstrates who you are. You can talk one way, but if you live a different way, you really aren't who you say you are. Your life either validates or contradicts who you say you are. Acts 17 paints a clear picture of the authenticity of faith. We see it in Paul's life and hear it in his message. Today, Dr. Biles is looking at the first part of Acts 17 looking at the quest...

The great thing about following God's plan is that He always knows where we are going. That doesn't mean we know all the details - it just means we can trust that He does. Paul and Silas have followed the leading of God and found themselves in new city. In this city, they find a woman of faith and a civil servant who needs the Gospel. Take your Bibles and open again to Acts 16 as Dr. Biles conclud...

God uses all kinds of circumstances to reach all kinds of people with the Gospel. Sometimes, God reaches people through a conversation; sometimes it is through a sermon or Bible Study; sometimes it is through the Reading of God's Word. In Acts 16, God used a miracle. We're going to see in this passage, that God did something impossible to reach one man and his family with the Gospel.

Today Dr. Biles is concluding a message from Acts 14. This is a story of commitment and courage by these early missionaries, Paul and Barnabas. Everywhere they went in this chapter, someone was opposing them. But they were faithful and God used them in a great a way. Open your Bibles again to Acts 14, as Dr. Biles concludes a message entitled, Good for What Ails you.

The message of Christ is a message that all the world needs to hear. But it is not always a message that all the world wants to hear. Dr. Biles is continuing a series through the book of Acts, looking at the early church. In this message, we will see how serving the Lord brought suffering for Barnabas and Paul. And we will see how the Lord used their suffering for His glory.

Today, Dr. Biles concludes a message entitled, A Church on Mission. He is arguing that you cannot define church without missions. So, our challenge is to share the message and to send the message to a world who needs to hear it. This message is a challenge to believers and churches to capture the heart of God for the world, to obey our Lord's command, to continue the work of the early church to be...

There are many great things we do in the church. The kingdom is blessed by the faithful work of so many faithful servants and obedient churches. But, at the heart of our Lord's final instructions to His Disciples and His heart for missions, we are called to take the Gospel to all the world. That is a burden no one shared more than the Apostle Paul. Today Dr. Biles challenges all of us to be on Mis...

There is a great promise of God in Scripture that when we pray - God hears. It's the picture of God that we find consistent throughout Scripture and the pattern of the early church. Today, as Dr. Biles continues a series about the early church, we are looking at a passage where the people of God prayed and saw the power of God. This is a pattern we can all follow. Take your Bibles and turn again t...

Sometimes there are things we believe to be true intellectually, that we don't really do in reality. One example is prayer. All genuine believers know the power of prayer. We also know the admonitions in Scripture to pray. But, we still don't always pray. Today, as we continue a sermon series through the book of Acts, Dr. Biles is preaching about the power that is available to the church through p...

The Bible tells us that a Christian is a servant and follower of Christ. We bear His name. It is both a picture from where we came and a pattern of what we are to look like. We are to look like Christ. The picture of the early church in Acts 11 is a picture of believers who were committed to Christ and His Word. As Dr. Biles concludes this message, we're also going to see that they were passionate...

Happy New Year! Dr. Biles is beginning this New Year with a new sermon series from the book of Acts. This series is about the beginning of the Church. It's a story of how God used the persecution of believers to spread the message of the Gospel. We want every believer to be encouraged that whatever the circumstances are that we face, the truth of the Lord Jesus Christ will endure, His church will...

This is the last episode of After God's Heart for 2024. It's been our great pleasure to study God's Word with you throughout 2024. We wish you a Happy New Year. Today, Dr. Biles' focus is on the Wise Men. The Wise Men are sometimes the afterthought of the Christmas story. We know that they were not there when Jesus was born. We know that because when they found Him, He was in a house. They were no...

What God asked of Joseph was as profound and challenging as what He asked of Mary. And it required the same amount of faith. To be sure, she would carry the baby. But, Joseph would carry the family. He would carry the weight of the suspicions of people regarding the moral faithfulness of a young couple unmarried and pregnant. He would carry the responsibility of helping to care for a child that wa...

It's easy from our perspective 2000 years after the events of Jesus' birth to celebrate the wonder. It's more difficult for us to appreciate the faithfulness of Jesus' earthly parents. Mary was told she would give birth and Joseph told that the baby wasn't his. But both were faithful and pure before the Lord. Their obedience is the background to the story. The baby is the focus, but his earthly pa...