The Marben Bland Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Yes, it’s Thanksgiving.  In addition to turkey, stuffing, football, and friends it is a time to count our blessings and to be thankful for all the things that God has given us.    However, when the turkey is cold the friends are gone, your belt is let out a notch or two more and the black Friday bills come due how grateful, how appreciative, and how thankful are we? Dr. Robert Emm...

Send us Fan Mail Jurors in the Kyle Rittenhouse case have spoken rendering a not guilty verdict.  Within hours jurors deciding the fate of three men charged with killing Ahmaud Arbery will start deliberations.   Was justice right in the Rittenhouse case?  Will justice get it right concerning the killing of Ahmaud Arbery? We cry for justice, we march for justice, we pray for justice.  However, what...

Send us Fan Mail Proverbs 27:17 proclaims: “ As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another ”. This simple verse tells us that no one is alone. The verse is a call to make ourselves better through mentorship, followership, and learning together.      This iron sharpens iron podcast is an examination of Genesis 17 verses 1-27.  I am joined in this informative conversation by Jimmy Richardson...

Send us Fan Mail In baseball, the midpoint of the season is when the all-star game is played. The all-star break is a time where major league teams evaluate their chances at making the playoffs.   The 2021 Atlanta Braves had a losing record of 44-45 at the all-star break.  Superstar Ronald Acuña Jr. was lost to a season-ending knee injury.   Atlanta’s pitching ace Mike Soroka was also out and hurt...

Send us Fan Mail I am in my second week as the pastor of the Greater Saint Peter African Methodist Episcopal Church in Jonesboro, Georgia.   There are so many things to do, meetings, mortgages, budgets, directions, transitions, and moving. Phone calls with members, elders, and even our Bishop. The days have been exciting, enjoyable, and I must admit exhausting.   Jesus in his busy days provides th...

Send us Fan Mail Pediatricians can start vaccinating children ages 5-11 years against COVID-19. Federal health officials gave final approval to use the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for about 28 million children in this age group.    Booster shots for adults who have taken the vaccine are now available.    Dr. Cynthia Snider, MD, MPH the medical director of infection prevention at Cone Health in Greensb...

Send us Fan Mail What does it mean to be greater? 1 John 4:4 tells us that we are greater when Jesus is within us. Therefore, to have Jesus within us means that we are greater which means that we are greater than great.  Often as Christians, we forget that we are greater, we forget because this world can beat us down, we forget because we fail to spend time in the word, we forget because we become...

Send us Fan Mail Death is the absence of life.  Death is something that we all experience.  We experience the death of famous people like Colin Powel, we experience the death of people who pop into our lives because of television or the internet like Gabby Petito and now Brian Laundrie.   We experience the death of loved ones as many of us have over the years have lost grandparents, parents, sibli...

Send us Fan Mail Psalm 150 calls us to Praise God in his sanctuary.  Well for almost two years many sanctuaries have been limited in the ways people have come into the building to praise God.  However, instead of lamenting the limitations of coming into the sanctuary, the faithful people of God have created many ways to praise the mighty deeds and greatness of the Lord.   Yes, while we long for th...

Send us Fan Mail This Sunday, October 31 at New Bethel we will observe All Saints Day.   All Saints Day is a time set aside on the Christian calendar to honor those who have died in Christ.  With special emphasis on those who have passed within the last year.   As we have done in previous years, on Sunday we will call the roll of those who have died in the past year.  If you have a loved one or fa...

Send us Fan Mail In a sermon recorded live at New Bethel in East Dublin, Georgia Marben inspired by Mark 10:46-52 discovers how a conversation with Jesus changed the life of a blind man named Bartimaeus and how your conversation with Jesus will also change your life.  For More Great Content Go To  Marben Bland.com 

Send us Fan Mail This week we will study the story of blind Bartimaeus from Mark 10:46-52.  Within this remarkable story that ends with Jesus proclaiming that it’s Bartimaeus's faith that brought him sight.  There is a remarkable conversation between Jesus and Bartimaeus which demonstrates how faith is developed.  I hope you will join me tomorrow in person or online at New Bethel for a teachi...

Send us Fan Mail Announcements from New Bethel - October 24, 2021 For More Great Content Go To  Marben Bland.com 

Send us Fan Mail Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war, With the cross of Jesus going on before! The Bible is full of accounts of battles wars and the soldiers who fought them.  Perhaps, the most well-known soldiers in the Bible are Saul, Jonathan, David, and Deborah.    God directed and blessed the army of Israel and its soldiers through many battles.  Nations and soldiers who battled wi...

Send us Fan Mail Bible Study – Real Women of The Bible, Study # 11 of 12 The Woman At The Well - Wednesday, October 20th @ 7:00 PM ET NBC Book Club – The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish  – Saturday, November 16 @ 3:00 PM Official Board Meeting – Saturday, October 23rd @ 11:00 AM  New Conference Call Number: 857 799 9977 Quarterly Conference 3rd Quarter – Tuesday, November 9 @ 6:00 PM   Macon...

Send us Fan Mail Saints God is concerned about your body, God is concerned about your mind and yes God is concerned about your soul. With this concern, God has given us many ways to keep us healthy in body, mind, and soul.  So, in this sermon, God has moved me to use this message as a way of checking up with all of us as to how we are keeping our body, mind, and soul healthy.   For More Great Cont...

Send us Fan Mail You know I love to text; it is a quick and easy way to send messages as we check on family and friends in these difficult times.  Now God does not text but the scripture that I will preach tomorrow at New Bethel is God checking on all of us.    Listen to the Word of the Lord from 3 John, chapter 1 verse 2 “Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good h...

Send us Fan Mail The Reverend, Doctor Gloria Wicker the efficient and effective Pastor of the Wesley Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Milledgeville, Georgia, joins the podcast to talk about her ministry, her career and a certain “pick up line” a young Reverend Alan Wicker may have said to her when they first met.         For More Great Content Go To  Marben Bland.com 

Send us Fan Mail October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, an annual campaign to raise awareness about the importance of breast health.   Dr. Ashley Hawkins, MD the Medical Director, and Breast Radiologist at Solis Mammography of Greensboro, NC joins Dr. Veita Bland, MD to discuss the significance of mammography, self-examination, and medical check-ups as key parts to breast health.    For More Gr...

Send us Fan Mail Live long enough and you will need deliverance.  Deliverance is defined as the action of being rescued or set free.  Where do you need deliverance? Where do you need freedom?   Do you need deliverance from pain, deliverance from sickness, deliverance from debt, or deliverance from a bad relationship?  Psalm 107 tells us that when we cry to the Lord we will be delivered from our di...

Send us Fan Mail In celebration of our 152 anniversary, Pastor Marben discusses the promises of Psalm 100. Reminding us that we are God’s sheep and for 152 years New Bethel has been a pasture for God’s sheep.   For More Great Content Go To  Marben Bland.com 

Send us Fan Mail Psalm 100 reminds us that we are the sheep of God’s pasture.  Likening us to sheep is an excellent comparison because we have so many sheep-like tendencies.  We are easily misguided; we are emotionally and physically vulnerable; we see the world with a short-sightedness that promotes fear, division, and racism.  In the midst of this sheep-like craziness, The Lord is our shepherd....

Send us Fan Mail Charles Richardson joins The Podcast to comment on today’s news.  Recorded live at Mama’s Breakfast and BBQ in Macon, Georgia Charles gives a COVID 19 update and shares his informed opinion on raising the debt ceiling, redistricting, and the life of Henry Aaron.    Listen to more episodes at http://www.marbenbland.com For More Great Content Go To  Marben Bland.com 

Send us Fan Mail Natural disasters, accidents, and tragedy are bound to strike at times. While you can’t avoid them completely, you can help brace the impact when disasters occur. Emergency preparedness is the easiest way to lessen the damage when something bad happens.  Steven Grose, Senior Management Coordinator with Guilford County Emergency Services, and Scott Muthersbaugh, Deputy Public Infor...

Send us Fan Mail Make a joyful noise to the Lord is the wonderful and important call to worship known by many in Psalm 100.   An equally wonderful and important call is made in the third stanza when the Psalmist reminds us to Know that the Lord is God and that we are the sheep of his pasture.    God loves us, God wants to take care of us, and God wants us to bask in the protection of his pasture. ...