The Marben Bland Podcast

Send us Fan Mail We have all heard or perhaps used the phase, the devil made me do it.  The comic Flip Wilson made a living using that phase for big laughs as his signature character Geraldine would say it to explain away behavior that was unbecoming.   I have used it in the same way, telling folks that stuff that I have done was not my fault, rather is the doings of the Devil who has taken contro...

Send us Fan Mail The Reverend Terrie Patterson has truly led an interesting and blessed life.  She has been a police officer serving 31 years on the Athens Georgia police force.  A parent raising three wonderful children and is now the pastor of New Liberty African Methodist Episcopal Church in Thompson, Georgia.   In a discussion recorded live at the 6th Episcopal District Educational Leadership...

Send us Fan Mail I like clothes and a tour of my closet reveals that I have many suits everything I need for every occasion, casual, business, and church.  However, as the summer is winding down, I have this great temptation to add to my collection by buying a new seersucker suit.  Taking advantage of the sale price for a summertime suit, that I don’t really need but I greatly want.   In God’s Gar...

Send us Fan Mail Recorded live at New Bethel, Pastor Marben explores Psalm 34 and what it means to bless the Lord always.  For More Great Content Go To  Marben Bland.com 

Send us Fan Mail We are driven by taste.     Our taste bud rules us.  We are in an unending search of things that are tasty.  The food companies know this and are endlessly offering things to bring satisfaction to our taste and separation of our money into their coffers.     Take Pringles Potatoes Chips, according to an article in website the Daily Mail there are some 34 different Pringles flavors...

Send us Fan Mail Psalm 34 calls on us to bless the Lord at all times.  What would our lives look like if we continuously blessed the Lord?     As an imperfect human, I doubt that I could do it. However, as an imperfect human, I rejoice that I serve a God that loves me so much that blessing the Lord at all times is not required, but loving God is.    For it is in loving God that we can find the con...

Send us Fan Mail After 17 months of being apart, New Bethel returns in-person worship.  In a sermon recorded live Pastor Marben Bland, explores Ephesians chapter 4 verses 1-7 as he raises and answers the question of how we can live a life worthy of our calling.    For More Great Content Go To  Marben Bland.com 

Send us Fan Mail The Reverend Doctor Gregory V. Eason, Sr. is the Senior Pastor of Flipper Temple African Methodist Episcopal Church, Atlanta.  In nearly 40 years of ministry Reverend Doctor Eason has pastored throughout Georgia and has been at the forefront of civic, economic and faith concerns not only for the people that he pastors but for everyone.  In a talk recorded live at the Marriott Hote...

Send us Fan Mail The Reverend Doctor Gregory V. Eason, Sr. is the Senior Pastor of Flipper Temple African Methodist Episcopal Church, Atlanta.  In nearly 40 years of ministry Reverend Doctor Eason has pastored throughout Georgia and has been at the forefront of civic, economic and faith concerns not only for the people that he pastors but for everyone.  In a talk recorded live at the Marriott Hote...

Send us Fan Mail It's A Matter Of Your Health Podcast Extar  What is the role of the doctor when their patient is dying?  Oncologist Dr. Gus Magrinat, MD joins Dr. Bland for a revealing conversation about the attitudes, and actions of doctors as they interact with patients and the families of the nearly three million people who die each year in the United States. For More Great Content Go To ...

Send us Fan Mail Julie Driger is the interim of Mayor of Dublin, Georgia.  The longtime elected official who has serviced on both Dublin City Council and the Laurens County Board of Commissioners became mayor when now-former Mayor Phil Best retired after serving the city for almost 30 years.  Mayor Driger is the first woman and the first African American to hold the position.   She will serve unti...

Send us Fan Mail Paul in Ephesians 4:1 exhorts us to live in “a manner worthy of the calling with which we were called.” We are called by Jesus to live lives of equality, equity, and equal opportunity, all in the glow of God’s love.  However, it seems that the world has called us to live greedy lives filled with inequality, denied equity along with opportunity that is separate and unequal. Motivat...

Send us Fan Mail Biblical scholars reveal that the word compassion is used at least eight times to describe the actions and attitude of Jesus.  If we are truly to be like Jesus, we need to understand the principles of the compassion of Jesus.  A closer examination of today’s text along with the other examples from the Bible has led me to three principles about the compassion of Jesus that I would...

Send us Fan Mail Alabama Republican Gov. Kay Ivey on Thursday called out "the unvaccinated folks" for the rise in Covid-19 cases in her state, a remarkable plea at a time when many GOP leaders are refusing to urge people to get vaccinated even as Covid-19 cases surge in many parts of the country. Many may believe that such blunt talk shows a lack of compassion by the Alabama governor.  ...

Send us Fan Mail In Mark 6:30-34, Jesus suggested a time of rest for the disciples for they have served a ton of people healing and teaching them.   As they were going to a remote place by boat, a large group of people saw them and started to rush toward the boat.   Jesus also saw them and was moved with compassion.  Compassion is a term that explicitly describes Jesus.  Compassion motivates peopl...

Send us Fan Mail The Rev. Antonia Coleman is a friend of New Bethel, she joins us online from Chicago for Bible Study, Book Club, and Worship Services.  Rev. Coleman is a recent graduate of McCormick Theological Seminary, and I am pleased to announce that Rev. Coleman will be teaching parts of upcoming the Real Women of the Bible study that will start on August 4.   Listen as Rev. Coleman brings a...

Send us Fan Mail The Lord Is My Sheppard I shall not want” …... these are the familiar verses from the 23rd Psalm These are verses that has brought us comfort, these are verses that has brought us hope, these are verses that have brought us inspiration.   Join us tomorrow at New Bethel where guest preacher the Rev. Antonia Colman will deliver the message entitled The Lord Is My Sheppard I shall no...

Send us Fan Mail According to a study commissioned to commemorate Crown Day 80% of Black women are more likely than white women to have to change their hair from its natural state to fit in in an office environment. For women of color, hair is a powerful statement of culture, heritage, and health.  Nellie Lee a licensed cosmologist and instructor at Dudley Cosmetology University joins Dr. Bland fo...

Send us Fan Mail   Jeremiah 23 speaks bluntly about the failure of leadership that has scattered the sheep of the Lord’s pasture.  Jeremiah squarely put the blame of the exile of God’s people on the political, religious, and family leaders who disobeyed God, creating permission for the people to do the same.   The pandemic exiled worshippers out of the church building.  However, innovated Sheppard...

Send us Fan Mail It’s vacation season and after a year plus of lockdowns, it’s time to take some time off.  Triple-A estimated that more than 47.4 million Americans took to the roadways and the skies during the July 1-5 period.    Did you know that Jesus took vacations, in fact, he took numerous vacations?  Today let’s talk about vacations in a teaching from the Word of God that I have entitled, V...

Send us Fan Mail Scripture tells us that Jesus rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace, be still!” And the wind ceased and there was a great calm” ( Mark 4:39 ).     The call of “Peace, be still!” invites us to calm our anxious hearts and trust in the One who can not only sleep during the storm but can help us do the same.  Although Jesus was asleep in the boat that day, Scripture tells us o...

Send us Fan Mail It’s vacation season and after a year plus of lockdowns, it’s time to take some time off.  Jesus took numerous vacations.  He took time off to reenergized, to pray, and to spend quiet time with God.  Like many of us, Jesus found it difficult to take long vacations, but he did carve out time for small sabbaticals, vacations where he took God with him. Taking time off before making...

Send us Fan Mail The Rev. Dr. G. Dianne Lewis an Endorsed Federal Chaplain of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and the Chief of Chaplain Services for the Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center in Augusta, Georgia joins The Podcast to discuss her career, her faith, and how to minister in a hospital setting in the middle of a pandemic.    For More Great Content Go To  Marben Bland.com 

Send us Fan Mail For generations, our leaders have dreamed of The American Dream, the notion that we live in a land of unity with liberty, justice, and equality for all. Nebuchadnezzar, king of the Babylonian Empire had a dream that neither he nor his wise men could interpret.  Daniel, an Israelite in exile and a man of God interpreted the dream to mean that the Babylonian empire was rocked by div...

Send us Fan Mail You know sometimes it is good to have a chat with a friend. Today as we start the second season of The Podcast, I have a sit-down talk with my friend Katie Carmichael.  Kattie joins me in the first of many conversations I plan to have this season with friends as you get to listen to some of the great chats I have with my friends about life and the things that we are involved with....