The Marben Bland Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Our 2022 Men's Day Service chaired by Brother Aaron Manzy honored four great men of Greater Bethel who have gone on to glory: Dr. John H. Davis, Brother James L. Holston, Brother Gary Charles Jones and Brother Dwight Manzy.  For More Great Content Go To  Marben Bland.com 

Send us Fan Mail In God, Mt. Fuji, and Sweet Tea, author Janet Page Smith begins her memoir as a disillusioned and weary wife struggling to hold onto her marriage. Against a colorful backdrop painted for the reader through beautifully descriptive passages, Janet transports her readers into her life story to discover the transformational principles that saved her marriage.       Author Janet Page S...

Send us Fan Mail Up to 75% of people worldwide suffer from Glossophobia, the fear of public speaking.   Many famous people have suffered from glossophobia, including actors, politicians and even presidents.  Renée Zellweger, Nicole Kidman, Abraham Lincoln, Gandhi, Sigmund Freud and Thomas Jefferson. All at some point, they mention actually going out of their way to avoid speaking in public.  Howev...

Send us Fan Mail In a celebration of Juneteenth and Father’s Day, Pastor Marben Bland invokes God’s covenant of protection, guidance, and love from Isaiah 49:8 in a sermon entitled: “The Redemptive Journey From Bondage To Freedom.   For More Great Content Go To  Marben Bland.com 

Send us Fan Mail It has been 23 years since my father Benjamin Franklin Bland died.   With the totality of his life and passage of time I have come to more fully understand God’s covenant of fatherhood.  Taught to me by a father who loved me in such a way that I could see heaven in his eyes.    What I have come to know is that in God’s covenant of fatherhood he loves us not because we are perfect...

Send us Fan Mail This weekend we celebrate Juneteenth the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States.   In 2021, President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, making the day a federal holiday.   President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, issued on January 1, 1863, freed the enslaved people in the states of th...

Send us Fan Mail Given the problems of the world in David’s time and our own time.  It is easy for us to view David’s assessment of the Lord’s majestic name filling the earth as simply false praise delivered by a misguided and perhaps brainwashed observer.   However, when we slow this text down and take a close look at each stanza of Psalm 8 I think we can find the true meaning of the Lord whose m...

Send us Fan Mail   35 years ago, this year Whitney Houston released “So Emotional”, the third single from her second studio album Whitney.   The song was an instant hit and became her sixth consecutive number one record.  The hook of the song is a catchy yet effective line that tells us all that we need to know about relationships: “Ain't it shocking what love can do.” In the book of Act’s ch...

Send us Fan Mail Ecclesiastes 3: Tells us that  3 For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:  While our season together at Greater Saint Peter has come to an end.  The grace, power, and love of the Lord has no end.   Scripture reminds us that the Lord is always with us no matter the season.  Isaiah 41:10 tells us fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I...

Send us Fan Mail The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution protects the right to keep and bear arms. It’s one sentence text says, “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”   The amendment guarantees Americans complete access to nearly any gun on the market with little regard to th...

Send us Fan Mail After Jesus rose from the dead, he spent forty or so days on earth, appearing to his disciples and others.  In those appearances, Jesus taught the gospel preparing his disciples for the ministry that they would do after his accession into Heaven.    The Book of Acts’ account of Jesus' accession has the disciples are looking up as Jesus is ascending into Heaven.  Then suddenly...

Send us Fan Mail With the precision of a military operation an 18-year-old self-described white supremest drove from his home in a predominantly white region of New York State to a predominantly black region Buffalo.  With the expressed intent to kill black people and kill he did shooting 13 people killing 10.   Almost all the victims were Black — shoppers, grocery workers and a security guard bou...

Send us Fan Mail We all know that Peter betrayed Jesus, denying Christ three times.  Ever since that time Peter felt some kind of way, he felt incapable, he felt inadequate, he felt insufficient of ever being able to spread the Gospel.    While Peter felt some kind of way, Jesus felt another kind of way.  Jesus saw Peter as being capable, Jesus saw Peter as adequate, Jesus saw Peter of being very...

Send us Fan Mail The term having skin in the game means being committed to the point that you are willing to place significant personal items on the line.  Blood, sweat, and tears are skin in the game elements in athletics, in other ventures time, effort, and money are skin in the game measures.  The disciples as described in John 20:19-31 are in a skin in the game moment.  Jesus has died on the c...

Send us Fan Mail Charles Richardson joins The Podcast to discuss items in the news.  Topics include: Ukraine, the slap, absentee voting, COVID, The Georgia Supreme Court,  and Jackie Robinson.  For More Great Content Go To  Marben Bland.com 

Send us Fan Mail We often hear about the Seven Last Words of Christ. Rarely, though, do we focus in the same way on what Christ said after the Resurrection as he surprised, consoled, rebuked, and inspired his followers through several powerful encounters.   The encounter is depicted in John 20:19-31.  The disciples are in a locked room fearful of arrest and crucifixion by the Jews.   Then Jesus ap...

Send us Fan Mail Verda Colvin is an Associate Justice on the Georgia Supreme Court.  Appointed in July of 2021 by Governor Brian Kemp, Justice Colvin is seeking election to a six-year term in the May 24 primary.  In an interview recorded live at Panera Bread in Macon, Justice Colvin joins The Podcast to talk about her upbringing in Atlanta, her judicial career, the election, and a viral video that...

Send us Fan Mail Tennis Superstar Serena Williams is among an estimated 50,000 women in America who deal with dangerous or life-threatening, pregnancy-related complications each year. Black women are disproportionately likely to face these complications, and they are also more likely to fall victim to America’s ongoing maternal mortality crisis, being three to four times more likely than white wom...

Send us Fan Mail Jesus and the twelve are enjoying supper in Jerusalem days before the festival of the Passover.   Jesus knows his hour to depart this world has come, Jesus knows Judas will betray him, Jesus knows Peter will deny ever knowing him, but most importantly Jesus knows that he loves the twelve that are his disciples now, and builders of his church later.   So, during supper Jesus got up...

Send us Fan Mail What we eat is the fuel that the body runs on however, with inflation it has gotten harder to find the notorious foods we need. Nutritionist Shawanda Coats joins Dr. Veita Bland, MD to discuss how to eat nutritious meals on a budget.    For More Great Content Go To  Marben Bland.com 

Send us Fan Mail 26 While they were eating, Jesus took a loaf of bread, and after blessing it he broke it, gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is my body.” 27 Then he took a cup, and after giving thanks he gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you; 28 for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.   Matthew 26:26-28 Jesus...

Send us Fan Mail During Holy Week we talk a lot about the passion of Jesus and rightfully so.  From his triumphal entry into Jerusalem to being disallowed by his own disciples to the beatings, the sham trial, and his ordeal on the cross there is much to talk about.  Ultimately what’s to talk about is the salvation that the passion of Christ brings to each of us.  Isaiah 49:7 reminds us that the Lo...

Send us Fan Mail Luke’s account of Jesus’s entry into Jerusalem says: “he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.”  (Luke 19:28) Yesterday on Palm Sunday, we heard a lot about the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem.  We heard a lot about the donkey that was tied to the tree just it was prophesied .  We heard a lot about the people throwing branches on the ground to celebrate his arrival.   We h...

Send us Fan Mail John Lewis said “The right to vote is precious, almost sacred. It is the most powerful nonviolent tool or instrument in a democratic society.”  However, on a bloody Sunday in 1965, it took violence to secure the right to vote for Black folks.   On March 7, 1965, marchers gathered in Salama, Alabama as they crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge, they were met by police and state trooper...

Send us Fan Mail If you've gone to the doctor only to be told that your concerns aren't serious or that you're "just stressed," you aren't alone. This unfortunately common behavior , sometimes called medical gaslighting, leaves patients — especially women — feeling dismissed. And it can cause them to minimize or ignore what may be very real, painful, and even dangerou...