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Bellevue Christian Church Podcast

319 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 5 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings

Welcome to the Bellevue Christian Church Podcast.We're a non-denominational church a few miles from the heart of Pittsburgh where we invite ordinary people live everyday life like Jesus for the good of the neighborhood. 

These are the messages we teach on Sunday mornings. If you live in the Pittsburgh area, you can join us live for morning services at 10:00 AM in Bellevue. Find out more at www.bellevuechristian.church. 

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Episodes

Exiles: Why We Must Be Different to Make a Difference/ Week 11

November 17, 2019 19:00 - 41 minutes - 28.5 MB

In this sermon, Pastor Chuck dresses the role of Elders in the church. 1 Peter 5:1-4

Exiles: Why We Must Be Different to Make a Difference/ Week 10

November 10, 2019 22:00 - 42 minutes - 28.9 MB

In this sermon Pastor Austin talks about why we suffer and how we should suffer. 1 Peter 4:12-19.

Exiles: Why We Must Be Different to Make a Difference/ Week 9

November 03, 2019 22:00 - 39 minutes - 27.3 MB

In this sermon Pastor Chuck gives us the framework for 4 practices that we should be living out in the end times. 1 Peter 4:7-11.

Exiles: Why We Must Be Different to Make a Difference/ Week 8

October 27, 2019 04:00 - 39 minutes - 26.8 MB

In this episode Pastor Austin talks about  the role of suffering in the Christian life and why it's connected with the heart of the Gospel. 1 Peter 3:8-22

Exiles: Why We Must Be Different to Make a Difference/ Week 7

October 20, 2019 22:00 - 35 minutes - 24.3 MB

In Part Three of how to live in unbelieving society, Pastor Chuck talks about husbands and wives—especially those who are married to an unbelieving spouse. 1 Peter 3:1-7

Exiles: Why We Must Be Different to Make a Difference/ Week 6

October 13, 2019 04:00 - 42 minutes - 29.3 MB

Using 1 Peter 2:18-25, Pastor Austin speaks on how Peter's subverts, rather than supports,  cultural expectations about slavery.

Exiles: Why We Must Be Different to Make a Difference/ Week 5

October 06, 2019 23:00 - 47 minutes - 32.3 MB

In this episode Pastor Austin tackles the subject of submitting to the emperor and what that means in our current political climate. 1 Peter 2:13-17

Exiles: Why We Must Be Different to Make a Difference/ Week 4

September 29, 2019 23:00 - 38 minutes - 26.4 MB

In this sermon Pastor Chuck takes us through 1 Peter 2:4-10, talking about the church as living stones, chosen people and a holy priesthood.

Exiles: Why We Must Be Different to Make a Difference/ Week 3

September 23, 2019 00:00 - 47 minutes - 32.7 MB

In this sermon Pastor Austin talks about how a new hope results in living a holy life. 1 Peter 1:13-2:1 

Exiles: Why We Must Be Different to Make a Difference/ Week 2

September 15, 2019 22:00 - 45 minutes - 31.4 MB

In this sermon Pastor Chuck examines the living hope we have through Christ Jesus. 1 Peter 1:3-12

Exiles: Why We Must Be Different to Make a Difference/ Week 1

September 08, 2019 04:00 - 41 minutes - 28.3 MB

Pastor Austin introduces this new series on 1 Peter by discussing exiles and how to live as one. 1 Peter 1:1-2; 2:11-12

Seek First the Kingdom/ Week 6

September 01, 2019 23:00 - 41 minutes - 28.8 MB

Pastor Chuck concludes this series by addressing the topic of how to seek first the Kingdom with your body. Matthew 6:33

Seek First the Kingdom/ Week 5

August 25, 2019 13:00 - 35 minutes - 24.1 MB

Pastor Chuck talks about seeking first the Kingdom with your money. Matthew 6:33

Seek First the Kingdom/ Week 4

August 19, 2019 04:00 - 43 minutes - 30 MB

Pastor Austin brings this message on Seeking First the Kingdom with your Family. Mark 3:31-35

Seek First the Kingdom/ Week 3

August 12, 2019 00:00 - 33 minutes - 22.8 MB

In this episode, Pastor Chuck talks about how seeking God and His Kingdom should affect your work and attitude in the workplace.

Seek First the Kingdom/ Week 2

August 04, 2019 15:00 - 43 minutes - 30 MB

Pastor Chuck speaks about seeking God with your time: not squeezing Him into your day planner, but making Him the over-arching priority of the day. Matthew 6:33

Seek First the Kingdom/ Week 1

July 28, 2019 23:00 - 38 minutes - 26.4 MB

Pastor Austin introduces this new series by focusing on what it means to seek the Kingdom in all that we do.

The Inside-Out Kingdom: Living without Anger, Lust, Lying, Revenge or Hate/Week 6

July 21, 2019 04:00 - 34 minutes - 23.5 MB

Pastor Chuck concludes this series by discussing the tough topic of hate and Jesus's  command to love our enemies. Matthew 5:43-48

The Inside-Out Kingdom: Living without Anger, Lust, Lying, Revenge or Hate/ Week 5

July 14, 2019 23:00 - 45 minutes - 31.2 MB

Turn the other cheek? In this sermon Pastor Austin unpacks Jesus's view of retaliation. Matthew 5:38-42

The Inside-Out Kingdom: Living without Anger, Lust, Lying, Revenge or Hate/Week 4

July 07, 2019 04:00 - 31 minutes - 22 MB

In this episode, Pastor Chuck addresses the issue of lying and how it has no place in the Kingdom of God.  Matthew 5: 33-37

The Inside-Out Kingdom: Living without Anger, Lust, Lying, Revenge or Hate/Week3

June 30, 2019 04:00 - 43 minutes - 29.8 MB

In this episode Pastor Austin unpacks Jesus's teaching on adultery and lust.  Matthew 5:27-30.

The Inside-Out Kingdom: Living without Anger, Lust, Lying, Revenge or Hate/Week 2

June 23, 2019 04:00 - 46 minutes - 31.7 MB

Pastor Chuck looks at the emotion of anger and how if left unchecked it can put you on the pathway towards harmful behavior, which means it has no place in the kingdom of God. 

The Inside-Out Kingdom: Living without Anger, Lust, Lying, Revenge or Hate

June 16, 2019 13:00 - 43 minutes - 29.6 MB

Pastor Austin introduces this new series about getting our inside right, so the outside will follow.

The Kingdom of Heaven is Like: Exploring the Kingdom of Heaven with Stuff of the Earth/Week 6

June 14, 2019 15:00 - 41 minutes - 28.7 MB

In this sermon, Austin Gohn explores the parables of the treasure and the pearl in the final sermon from our series.

The Kingdom of Heaven is Like: Exploring the Kingdom of Heaven with Stuff of the Earth/Week 5

June 02, 2019 23:00 - 38 minutes - 17.7 MB

Pastor Chuck explores the parables of the mustard seed and the yeast, explaining that the Kingdom of God has no limits to size and influence. Matthew 13: 31-33

The Kingdom of Heaven is Like: Exploring the Kingdom of Heaven with Stuff of the Earth/Week 4

May 27, 2019 13:00 - 44 minutes - 20.5 MB

Listen as Pastor Austin discusses the Parable of the Wheat and the Weeds. Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43, 47-48.

The Kingdom of Heaven is Like: Exploring the Kingdom of Heaven with the Stuff of the Earth/Week 3

May 19, 2019 04:00 - 43 minutes - 20.2 MB

In this episode Pastor Austin unpacks the Parable of the Sower and the different responses  to the gospel on the soil of our hearts. Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23

The Kingdom of God is Like: Explaining the Kingdom of Heaven with the Stuff of Earth/Week 1

May 05, 2019 15:00 - 34 minutes - 15.7 MB

Pastor Chuck introduces this new series by explaining  that through the death and resurrection of Jesus, God's eternal Kingdom (life lived within His will) has been made accessible to all people, today and forever.

The Kingdom of Heaven is Like: Explaining the Kingdom of Heaven with the Stuff of Earth/Week 2

May 05, 2019 04:00 - 31 minutes - 14.3 MB

In this sermon Pastor Chuck explains what parables are and why Jesus used them to teach truth. Matthew 13:1-17

Special Guest: Dr. Jay Passavant

April 28, 2019 04:00 - 41 minutes - 19.2 MB

Guest speaker Jay Passavant speaks on the seasons of change in the life of an individual and the life of a church and how it applies to the season of transition at Bellevue Christian Church.

What Happens When We Die and Other Questions about Death, Resurrection and Everything In-between/Week 6

April 21, 2019 04:00 - 32 minutes - 14.8 MB

Pastor Chuck concludes this series by discussing how Jesus's death, burial and resurrection has removed the sting of death from us and opened the door to eternal life in the kingdom of God. 1 Corinthians 15:55-57

What Happens When We Die and Other Questions about Death, Resurrection and Everything In-between/Week 5

April 14, 2019 04:00 - 44 minutes - 20.2 MB

In this sermon, Pastor Austin talks about what our resurrected bodies will be like using 1 Corinthians 15:35-49.

What Happens When We Die and Other Questions about Death, Resurrection and Everything In-between/Week 4

April 07, 2019 04:00 - 43 minutes - 19.7 MB

In this episode Pastor Chuck discusses how the reality of the resurrection undermines living as if death is the end, i.e., "Let us eat and drink for tomorrow we die". 1 Corinthians 15:29-34

What Happens When We Die and Other Questions about Death, Resurrection and Everything In-between/Week 3

March 31, 2019 04:00 - 35 minutes - 16.1 MB

In this episode Pastor Chuck talks about the difference of being "in Adam" and "in Christ" and where we want to be when Christ returns. 1 Corinthians 15:20-28 

What Happens When We Die and Other Questions about Death, Resurrection and Everything In-between/Week 2

March 24, 2019 04:00 - 36 minutes - 16.7 MB

Using 1 Corinthians 15:12-19, Pastor Austin explores how what you believe about going to church, reading your Bible, the forgiveness of your sins, Christian funerals and responding to haters has everything to do with what you believe happens when you die.

What Happens When We Die and Other Questions about Death, Resurrection and Everything In-between/Week 1

March 18, 2019 15:00 - 40 minutes - 18.7 MB

Pastor Austin introduces this series by unpacking 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 and explaining how the resurrection is central to the gospel and the connection between what happened when Christ died and what happens when we die.

Elephants in the Church: A Series of Uncomfortable Conversations in 1 Corinthians/Week 10/Spiritual Gifts

March 11, 2019 04:00 - 44 minutes - 20.5 MB

In the last sermon of this series, Pastor Austin uses 1 Corinthians 12-14 to discuss issues the spiritual gifts were causing in Corinth and can cause today.

Elephants in the Church: A Series of Uncomfortable Conversations in 1 Corinthians/Week 9/Communion

March 03, 2019 05:00 - 35 minutes - 16.2 MB

In this episode, Pastor Chuck explores the elephant in the Corinthian church of taking communion in an unworthy manner, discussing the importance of communion and the need to take it seriously. 1 Corinthians 11:17-33.

Elephants in the Church: A Series of Uncomfortable Conversations in 1 Corinthians/Week 8/Women

February 24, 2019 05:00 - 37 minutes - 17.2 MB

In this sermon Pastor Chuck unpacks Paul's view of head coverings in the church and how it relates to God's divine order of men and women. 1 Corinthians 11:2-16

Elephants in the Church: A Series of Uncomfortable Conversations in 1 Corinthians/Week 7/Freedom

February 17, 2019 05:00 - 38 minutes - 17.6 MB

Pastor Austin unpacks 1 Corinthians 8:1-13 and the delicate balance between what Christians are free to do what is best to do for the sake of love and community.

Elephants in the Church: A Series of Uncomfortable Conversations in 1 Corinthians/Week 6/Singleness

February 10, 2019 05:00 - 46 minutes - 21.3 MB

Continuing in 1 Corinthians, Pastor Austin explains that being single is a viable option in the Kingdom of God. 1 Cor. 7:7-9, 25-40.

Elephants in the Church: A Series of Uncomfortable Conversations in 1 Corinthians/Week 5/Divorce

February 04, 2019 05:00 - 34 minutes - 15.8 MB

This week Pastor Chuck tackles the topic of divorce. Using 1 Corinthians 7:10-16, we are challenged to not follow culture's view of divorce but to lean into the view of Jesus and Paul.

Elephants in the Church: A Series of Uncomfortable Conversations in 1 Corinthians/Week 4/Sexuality

January 27, 2019 05:00 - 45 minutes - 21.1 MB

Using 1 Corinthians 5:1-13 and 6:9-20, Pastor Austin discusses God's view of human sexuality.

Elephants in the Church: A Series of Uncomfortable Conversations in 1 Corinthians/Week 3/Division

January 20, 2019 05:00 - 32 minutes - 14.8 MB

Using 1 Corinthians 1:10, Pastor Chuck discusses division in the church. Although the church is a diverse group of people their common bond is in Christ. 

Elephants in the Church: A Series of Uncomfortable Conversations in 1 Corinthians/Week 2/Non-Discipleship

January 13, 2019 05:00 - 27 minutes - 12.6 MB

In this sermon Pastor Chuck discusses the largest elephant in the church,non-discipleship which is the cause of the other elephants. 1 Cor. 3:1,2

Elephants in the Church: A Series of Uncomfortable Conversations in 1 Corinthians/Week 1/Introduction

January 06, 2019 17:00 - 36 minutes - 16.6 MB

In this sermon, Pastor Austin introduces the series by talking about Corinth, how to deal with elephants, and how true community is not found in ignoring the elephants but by naming them.

Longing for Advent: How an Ancient Scroll Answers Your Deepest Hopes/Week 5/Longing for Joy instead of Burdens

December 24, 2018 05:00 - 28 minutes - 12.9 MB

In the conclusion of this series, Pastor Chuck speaks about how Jesus has lifter our burdens and given us joy. Isaiah 9:3; Luke 2:8-12

Longing for Advent: How an Ancient Scroll Answers Your Deepest Hopes/Week 4/Longing for Peace instead of Hatred

December 23, 2018 05:00 - 40 minutes - 18.4 MB

Some of us feel like the world has become increasingly polarized and full of hatred, but in Jesus God has made peace and reconciliation between enemies possible. Listen as Pastor Austin unpacks Isaiah 9:6-7.

Longing for Advent: How an Ancient Scroll Answers Your Deepest Hopes/Week 3/Longing for Justice instead of Injustice

December 17, 2018 00:00 - 34 minutes - 15.9 MB

In this week's sermon Pastor Chuck shares how Christian social justice is not just giving people what they are due, but giving them what they are due as those made in the image of God. Isaiah 9:6,7

Longing for Advent: How an Ancient Scroll Answers Your Deepest Hopes/Week 2/Longing for Light instead of Darkness

December 09, 2018 05:00 - 36 minutes - 16.8 MB

Using Isaiah 9:2 Pastor Chuck shares the challenges of living in the dark time between the first and second coming of Christ and how we should be points of light while we await the full light of day.