Pine Tree Church of Christ's Podcast

The Invitation (Jody Garner)

Matt. 7:13-29

Generous Disposition > Judging (Jody Garner)

Matt. 7:1-12

Trust > Worry (Jody Garner)

Matt. 6:25-34

Treasures in Heaven > Treasures on Earth (Jody Garner)

Matt. 6:19-24

Enemy Love > Easy Love (Jody Garner)

Matt. 5:43-48 is the key text in the series for Core Discipleship. Matt. 28:5-10 is the additional text for Easter Sunday.

Forgiveness > Bitterness (Jody Garner)

Matt. 6:14-15

Lord's Prayer > Babbling Prayer (Jody Garner)

Matthew 6:9-13

Genuine Faith > Attention-Seeking Faith (Jody Garner)

Matthew 6:1-18

Creative Restraint > Retaliation (Jody Garner)

Matthew 5:38-42

Always Honest > Questionable Integrity (Jody Garner)

Matthew 5:33-37

Responsibility & Commitment > Adultery (Jody Garner)

Matt. 5:27-32 - Lust, Divorce, Marriage & Re-Marriage 

Reconciliation > Anger (Jody Garner)

Matt. 5:21-26

Inside Out > Outside Only (Jody Garner)

Matt. 5:17-20. This is the 5th lesson on the Sermon on the Mount.

Salt & Light > Withdrawn or Enmeshed (Jody Garner)

Matthew 5:13-16

Kingdom Blessed > Culturally Blessed Part 2 (Jody Garner)

Matthew 5:3-12 How do we find ourselves in these beatitudes? Are you "poor in spirit"? Do you "hunger and thirst for righteousness"? Are you "merciful"? Are you a "peacemaker"?

Kingdom Blessed > Culturally Blessed (Jody Garner)

Matt. 5:3-12 - Beatitudes

Obedience > Observation (Jody Garner)

Sermon on the Mountain introduction. Matthew Ch. 5, 6, 7

A Christian Field Guide to Blessing (Dr. Luke Tallon)

Word Became Flesh (Jody Garner)

John 1:10-18 Christmas Eve, 2023

Word & Light (Jody Garner)

John 1:1-9

Ecclesiastes 12b. The End of the Matter (Jody Garner)

Ecclesiastes 12:8-14

Ecclesiastes 11&12. While You're Young... (Jody Garner)

Ecclesiastes Ch. 11:9 - Ch. 12:1-7

Ecclesiastes 10. Grow Up & Take Responsibility (Jody Garner)

Ecclesiastes 10:1-20

Ecclesiastes 8&9. Meaning in Meaninglessness (Jody Garner)

Ecclesiastes Ch. 8 & 9 - How can we find meaning in a world that sometimes seem meaningless?

Ecclesiastes 7b. Controlled Reactivity (Jody Garner)

Ecclesiastes 7:9 & 15-22

The Wait of the World (Dr. Monte Cox)

Missions Sunday. Guest Speaker Monte Cox. Monte Cox has been the Dean of the College of Bible and Ministry at Harding University since 2005. Monte and his wife, Beth, spent ten years planting churches in Kenya. Monte has served as an elder of the Downtown Church of Christ in Searcy since 2002 and was also the preaching minister from 2013-2022).  Monte has an M.A. in Missiology and Church Growth from Harding School of Theology in Memphis and a Ph.D. in Intercultural Studies from Trinity Evan...

Leaning In (Aaron Partlow)

Ecclesiastes 7. Living Life Backwards (Jody Garner)

Ecclesiastes 7:1-4

Ecclesiastes 5&6. Never Satisfied (Jody Garner)

Ecclesiastes 5:10-6:9

Ecclesiastes 5. Going to Church (Jody Garner)

Ecclesiastes 5:1-7 Going to Church with "The Preacher."

Ecclesiastes 4. Better Together (Jody Garner)

Ecclesiastes 4:3-16

Ecclesiastes 3. Time & Eternity (Jody Garner)

Ecclesiastes 3:1-15

Ecclesiastes 3. Living Within Time & Longing for Eternity (Jody Garner)

Ecclesiastes 3:1-15

Ecclesiastes 2. Pursuit of Happiness (Jody Garner)

Ecclesiastes 1:12-2:6 The Teacher shares with us his pursuit of happiness in this life. This pursuit was not just for himself, it was for all humans. What did he discover? 

Ecclesiastes 1. Hevel

Today, we begin a new series on Ecclesiastes. This lesson covers Ecclesiastes 1:1-11. 

Meeting God in the Valley (Jody Garner)

Ezekiel 37:1-14 God doesn't just meet us on the mountain, God also meets us in the valley. We often describe our faith journey in terms of "peaks and valleys." The "peaks" are the times when we feel really near to God, the "valleys" are probably best described when we are in a low point and we want to hear from God or feel His presence.  God takes Ezekiel to a valley filled with death. Through this experience, God is showing the prophet that He is going to restore hope to his people who ar...

Mountain of Commission (Jody Garner)

Matthew 28:16-20 The last mountain that Jesus meets His disciples on in the Gospels. We aren't told the name of the mountain, but we know that it was a mountain in Galilee. It is at this setting that Jesus commissions his disciples to go make more disciples throughout the world. This mountaintop moment gives us our mission as well. Sometimes we get off task, and this sermon will hopefully remind us of our purpose and give us a renewed sense of Christ's mission in the world.

A Mountain of Fear and Courage (Jody Garner)

Mark 14:26-52 This week we come to the Mount of Olives. On this mountain there is a Garden called Gethsemane. It's on this mountain that Jesus experienced an overwhelming amount of fear. Jesus' courage in the midst of fear gives us an example to follow when we are stalled out by fear: step forward! What causes fear in your life? Beyond just the normal fears and phobias we might experience, what are some of the fears that work in the background of your life? I call these the "less obvious f...

Mountain Moving Faith (Jody Garner)

Jesus teaches that if we have enough faith, we can move a mountain. Obviously, we don't think he literally meant that we could rearrange the landscape. There is usually a deeper meaning behind some of the stranger teachings of Jesus. So, what did he mean by this teaching? Where is the emphasis, is it on us having more faith? Is it less about the size of our faith and more about the size of the God we believe in? Is it both? Matthew 17:19-20; Luke 17:5-6; Mark 11:20-24

Mountain to Pray (Aaron Partlow)

Don't Just Stand There (Phil Ware)

Who is Jesus (Joshua Fowler)

A Mountain of Faith and Valley of Doubt (Jody Garner)

Mark 9:1-27. Jesus and three of his disciples have one of their best moments on the mountain, and then some of their worst moments back in the valley.  This lesson covers the Transfiguration followed by doubt back in the valley.

Mountain Top Depression (Jody Garner)

Today, we go to Mount Horeb with Elijah. He goes from having a mountain top moment with God on Mount Carmel, to being in the valley, to depression on Mount Horeb by himself. What do we learn about God when we are in the valley? Why is this story in the Bible? This amazing and peculiar story from 1 Kings 19:1-18 will help answer some of those questions.

Mountain Top Decisions (Jody Garner)

Today, we go to the top of Mount Carmel to make a decision about who, or what, we will worship with our lives. 1 Kings 18:17-40 is our main text.  Do Mount Carmel moments still happen today? I don't know, but I know Mount Carmel decisions still happen today. 1 Kings 18:21 is the key verse. "How long will you go on limping between two opinions?" ... choose who you are going to follow.

The Mountain of God (Jody Garner)

In Exodus 3, God appeared to Moses at Mount Horeb, the Mountain of God. In Exodus 19, the Israelites (led by Moses) arrived at Mount Sinai, the Mountain of God. In this lesson, we study Exodus Ch. 19 & 20 - their first major encounter with Yahweh at Mount Sinai. Moses ascends and descends the mountain several times. He functions as an intermediary. God's presence comes in a powerful display at the mountain. God gives the Ten the Commandments. The people are afraid. How do we read and under...

Mountain Top Experiences (Jody Garner)

First of all, this sermon was preached on a Sunday without electricity.  A bad storm came through on the previous Thursday night, so we were without power. The recording is not the greatest audio quality because it was recorded on an iPhone and then we attempted to reduce the background noise (from the giant fan we had going). Anyways, this sermon was a bit shorter due to the heat in the room. The focus is meeting God on the Mountain, specifically the mountain top experiences that we have w...

I Lift My Eyes to the Mountains (Jody Garner)

Psalm 121. New series = Meeting God on the Mountain. Throughout Scripture, God often met His people on a mountain. This summer, we go to the mountains of Scripture to meet with God.

EHD: Calmed & Quieted (Jody Garner)

The fruits of Emotionally Healthy Discipleship? A calmed & quieted soul. Psalm 131 claims that this is attainable. Does this describe me? What leads us to a noisy & restless soul, and how can we aim in the direction of a calmed & quieted soul? 

EHD: Vulnerability & Weakness (Jody Garner)

Emotionally Healthy Discipleship 2 Corinthians  How is strength found through weakness? How did Paul develop his Theology of Weakness?