Walking with Christ with Dr. Bill Lavender

Send a text It is hard to believe the end of the year is already upon us and the dawn of a new year is hear again. I would challenge you to take the next week to reflect on this past year. Many of us have experienced some great blessings from Christ, while others have struggled with illness, unemployment, or the passing of a dear loved one or close friend. Yet, despite our personal experiences ove...

Send a text Text: Luke 2:8-12 Have you ever heard about a great deal or sale at a store and had to get in on it? Maybe the Apple Store, Amazon, or Best Buy was having a great deal on smartphones, or something else that you were interested in. We all get the sale paper in the mail. Many people enjoy getting the coupons to use at their favorite grocery store to save a few dollars on the cost of thei...

Send a text Text:   Matt. 1:18-25 The Christmas period on our calendars occupies much of our attention in the last quarter of the year. We noticed this year that Christmas items began appearing in stores even before Halloween. The American economy anticipates the Christmas period as a surge in sales and profits. The selling frenzy officially begins on the Friday following Thanksgiving, known as Bl...

Send a text The Thanksgiving season is upon us. The stores are buzzing with Fall and Thanksgiving themed merchandise. The Thanksgiving Holiday is a reminder that Christmas and New Year are not too far away.  The Bible outlines for us some great thoughts about the topic of thankfulness. The Old Testament reveals to us in Leviticus 7 that the people of Israel could make an offering of thanksgiving t...

Send a text Text: Philippians 1:12-20 Key Verse (s): Phillipians 1:12b . . .the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel ;   Introduction:  On Wednesday, September 10, 2025 at 12:23 pm (Mountain Time), the report of a rifle being shot echoed through the campus of Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. In an instant, the life of Charles James Kirk, bett...

Send a text Matthew 24:21 For then shall be great tribulation , such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. Introduction:  The topic of the apocalypse and the end of the world is not a new subject of interest. The disciples asked Jesus when the end of the world was going to occur in Matthew 24:3. Their inquiry was the motivation for Jesus’ teaching known a...

Send a text With the New Year, comes a great desire by many to have a better year than their previous year. Today, we conclude our 2-part series, "How to Have a Great Year."  Our previous episode discussed the importance of recognizing your need to rely on Christ as your source for having a great year.  In this episode, we look at the topic of discipleship and the importance of recognizi...

Send a text Have you ever wondered about how to have a great year? Maybe this past year was not the best one that you have experienced. The new year is upon us and now we have a clean slate to write a better chapter for our lives in 2023.  Today's podcast begins a new short series on what we can learn from the Bible about having a great year. 

Send a text Why do we celebrate Christmas? In our previous episode, we discovered that one reason that we celebrate Christmas is because it reminds us that God keeps His promises. Our episode today will cover the second reason why we celebrate Christmas.  Indeed, Christmas is a time of good news for all of humanity. 

Send a text In this episode of Walking with Christ, we begin a series of lessons on Christmas. Why do we celebrate Christmas? There are some Christians who criticize the celebration of Christmas based on their beliefs that it is a holiday borne out of pre-Christian religions. However, we will examine the Bible to understand better why we celebrate Christmas.