Wayside Bible Chapel
352 episodes - English - Latest episode: 15 days ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWelcome to Wayside Bible Chapel. We preach Christ throughout the Word of God, and we let him do the talking. If you are tired of topical sermons and bite-sized platitudes, you have come to the right place. Join us as we dig deeper into the living Word!
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How Long O Lord? | Revelation 6:9-17
April 14, 2024 17:31 - 34 minutes - 47.8 MBSeal five on the scroll is opened by the Lamb and we see the souls under the altar asking, how long before they are avenged and justice is executed? This is followed by a seal six that previews the final judgment that will come after the last soul comes into the kingdom of God.
Four Horsemen | Revelation 6:1-8
April 07, 2024 17:24 - 32 minutes - 44.6 MBAs Jesus opens the seals horsemen are released causing war, famine, and death. There are various interpretations, some of which are covered in the message. But we know the theme is that God oversees it all to judge the wicked and purify the believers lives. What we see as disaster is often God bringing His people home while judging the wicked. We are in a spiritual war!
Victory! | 1 Corinthians 15:51-57 | Easter 2024
March 31, 2024 17:25 - 29 minutes - 41.4 MBThe resurrection revealed a mystery that was hidden in God. God's plan was always to redeem the lost, but until the disciples saw the risen Lord, the plan was not fully understood. Many Jews even thought there was no afterlife. Jesus' resurrection not only proved that there was, but that faith in His death on our behalf was the way to eternal life.
Good Friday | 2024
March 30, 2024 01:23 - 41 minutes - 57.2 MBThe death and burial of Jesus are central events in Christian theology. Jesus was crucified and died on the cross. This act of burial was done in haste due to the approaching Sabbath, during which no work could be done. The accounts of Jesus's death and burial are found in all four canonical gospels, with each providing unique details to the narrative. These events set the stage for what is considered the cornerstone of Christian faith: the resurrection of Jesus.
The Worthy One! |Revelation 5
March 24, 2024 17:27 - 36 minutes - 49.8 MBWill there ever be justice in the earth? Will pain and suffering and heartache go on forever? Will the kingdom of God ever be established as an experiential reality on the earth? Revelation 4 introduced us to the throne room of God. Revelation 5 reveals the Victor who bring all these things to pass. All of creation comes together to praise the Lamb of God for the victory He is ushering in.
Heaven’s Gratitude | Revelation 4
March 17, 2024 17:38 - 37 minutes - 51.9 MBAfter the letters Jesus had John transcribe for the churches, John was caught up into the heavenly realm. There he saw what others in the Old Testament saw, the throne room of God. The descriptions are awe inspiring. The intent is to help us see that there is so much more than what we see on this earthly plane. From that realm God reigns supreme over the affairs of man. It is meant to have us lift our eyes from our earthly troubles and realize that the God who loves us is the focus of heaven ...
Confession and Repentance | 1 John 1:5-9
March 10, 2024 17:23 - 41 minutes - 56.7 MBConfession and repentance are two essential aspects of the Christian life. Confession means admitting our sins to God and asking for His forgiveness. Repentance means turning away from our sins and changing our behavior to align with God's will. When we confess and repent, we receive God's grace and mercy, and we restore our relationship with Him. Confession and repentance also help us grow in holiness and maturity as followers of Christ.
Lukewarm | Revelation 3:14-23
March 03, 2024 19:39 - 29 minutes - 42.6 MBThe church of Laodicea was a very affluent city. The church enjoyed their physical prosperity to the extent that they had impoverished themselves spiritually. Wealth and comfort can be a hindrance to our spiritual life in Christ. We can rely on wealth instead of relying on God. We can become so focused on comfort that we avoid doing what we know the Spirit of God is directing us to do.
The Faithful Church | Revelation 3:7-13
February 25, 2024 17:35 - 39 minutes - 54.4 MBThe church of Philadelphia was one of only two churches that did not receive a rebuke. They had a little power, and they kept the Lord's word and had not denied His name. They stood firm, refusing to compromise with the world. The Lord Jesus was setting before them an open door. To those who kept the word of patient endurance, Jesus' promised to keep them from the hour of trial. And to the conquerors, He gave the promise of making them pillar in the temple and to put His name on their foreheads.
Wake Up! | Revelation 3:1-6
February 18, 2024 17:16 - 33 minutes - 46.2 MBThe city where gold was once in abundance, home of Croesus and Aesop, had a church that had a reputation for being alive, but it was dead. God sees the heart. We can be mister perfect Christian on the outside but be an impatient, selfish brat at home when no one sees. That means all the praise of man for our good works is misplaced. But God is not fooled. Time to wake up!
Compromising | Revelation 2:18-29
February 11, 2024 17:26 - 36 minutes - 50.4 MBJesus' letter to the church of Thyatira starts off with a recognition of their love, faith, service, patient endurance, and how their good works are more than before, but from there it is all downhill. The fact that they tolerated a faction in the church approved of eating food offered to idols and fornication and even taught the deep things of Satan meant the elders were not guarding the flock. The Lord promised to deal with each according to their works. Our works come from our heart. It is...
Tolerating Evil | Revelation 2:12-17
February 04, 2024 17:26 - 33 minutes - 45.9 MBThe church in Pergamum had seen one of their brothers martyred. They stood their ground and held firm to the name of Jesus. But they had among them a faction that compromised with the Roman culture in a way that was ruining the testimony of the church. Find out how it applies to us today.
Stay Faithful | Revelation 2:8-11
January 28, 2024 17:23 - 34 minutes - 47.9 MBSmyrna was a beautiful city that was very much into emperor worship. It had a street called Golden with a temple to Zeus on one end and Cybele on the other. Christians were excluded from guilds because of their refusal to worship the gods. That meant they were in poverty but Jesus said they were rich. One of them, Antipas, was martyred for his faithful witness. What we see as wealth is shaped by our worldview. There was no reprimand, only a warning of more persecution to come and an encourage...
First Love | Revelation 2:1-7
January 21, 2024 17:32 - 35 minutes - 48.4 MBThe first letter from Jesus to the churches in Asia Minor went to Ephesus. It was a large city of decadence because of the temple to Diana. The church had superstars of the faith that established it, and forty years later they were still doing lots of good works and careful to kick out false teachers. But they had lost their first love. It is a warning to all Christians who are faithful to walk the walk but who have forgotten the passion they once had for Jesus.
Jesus’ Glory | Revelation 1:9-20
January 15, 2024 17:32 - 32 minutes - 47.9 MBOur passage today includes John's description of the glorified Christ, and Jesus' own self-description. What an introduction to the seriousness of the letters and the prophecies that follow!
The Unveiling | Revelation 1:1-8
January 07, 2024 17:32 - 38 minutes - 53.2 MBRevelation opens with a declaration that the Trinity is giving John a letter for the churches that were in Asia, which is now Turkey. Then God tells us He is the Alpha and Omega who was and is and is to come. He is declaring the letter is from Him, the timeless One. That means it is for the church of every age, preparing us to face the persecution that is inevitable, and to show us the grand conclusion is worth suffering with Christ.
Praise and Prayer | James 5:12-20
December 31, 2023 17:27 - 35 minutes - 48.8 MBJames gives us step by step instructions on how to make agreements, what to do when we are sick, when we are happy, and when someone strays away from fellowship. The last is instruction is the very purpose of his letter.
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing | Christmas 2023
December 24, 2023 17:24 - 32 minutes - 44.7 MBAlmost 300 years ago, Charles Wesley wrote the hymn, Hark, The Herold Angels Sing. The message and the poetry were thoroughly Biblical. This year's Christmas message is an explanation of what he penned so long ago.
Patient Endurance | James 5:7-11
December 17, 2023 17:26 - 31 minutes - 43.8 MBWhen faced with those in the church who are not acting as they should, what are we to do? Life is often difficult and we expect the church to be a refuge. So how should we respond to ungodly behavior toward us? Those James was writing to were being abused by the wealthy, even to the point of fraud and what James calls murder. Hear his inspired instruction.
The Miser’s Miseries | James 5:1-6
December 10, 2023 17:29 - 29 minutes - 41.3 MBThis sermon's passage is the harshest warning against the misuse of wealth in all of Scripture. Money is one of the chief, if not the chief, competitor for our affections. It promises security, comfort, enjoyment. So what is the balance of using it while keeping Jesus as our priority and source of satisfaction? Listen and take the challenge.
Presumption | James 4:11-17
December 03, 2023 17:27 - 32 minutes - 44.8 MBIn this sermon, James is telling us of our tendency to do our own thing without considering God's will. We make plans and even arrogantly boast about them, when God had something much better for us to do. We act as if we control our lives when God has already planned every day before we were born. He has a better plan for our short lives than what we would naturally desire. But we must seek Him and acknowledge Him.
Humble Submission | James 4:7-10
November 26, 2023 17:27 - 29 minutes - 41 MBSubmission and humility are not terms that our culture values, but the Bible tells us that they are essential to blessing and exaltation. In this brief but memorable passage, James confronts our insincerity and challenges us to be the people God can bless and exalt.
Counting My Blessings | Thanksgiving 2023
November 20, 2023 16:11 - 40 minutes - 56.1 MBIn a culture dominated by worldly pursuits, it is important that followers of Christ take time to consider the wonder of the eternal unseen blessings that are ours in Christ. In the message Counting My Blessings, Pastor Paul tells of the top ten things he is grateful for, all of which have an eternal value. The message challenges us to do this regularly.
War Within Us | James 4:1-6
November 12, 2023 17:29 - 33 minutes - 46.7 MBThere is a war going on within every follower of Jesus. Our old nature wants to find pleasure in this world. Our new nature in Christ wants to seek those things that are from above. The danger of letting the old win out is that in the process we make ourselves enemies of God. Thankfully, God gives us grace and His promises assure us that He will help us. He is jealous for us and longs for our hearts to be fixed on Him.
Two Kinds of Wisdom | James 3:12-18
November 05, 2023 17:27 - 35 minutes - 49.3 MBJames tells us there are two kinds of wisdom. The fruit of the wisdom from below is demonic, selfish, and divisive. The wisdom from above is gentle, meek, and peaceable. One is an expression of our old nature and the other of our new nature in Christ. Every moment we choose between the two.
The Power of Words | James 3:1-12
October 29, 2023 17:18 - 35 minutes - 49.4 MBThe Bible places a major emphasis on the power of words both to help and to destroy. James tells us our words should be holy, but he also tells us no man can tame the tongue. We will be judged by every word we have spoken. That is the dilemma. What are we to do about it?
The Worthy One! | Revelation 5
October 22, 2023 17:24 - 37 minutes - 51.1 MBJohn is caught up into the throne room of heaven. What he saw there was the culmination of the history of mankind. What is life all about? Why is there so much suffering? Will it ever end? Will there ever be justice? It all depends on if someone is worthy to open the scroll with seven seals.
Living Faith | James 2:14-26
October 15, 2023 17:26 - 32 minutes - 44.7 MBCan a person be born-again and their life not change? Is it possible to be a new creation in Christ but not have something in our lives that shows that change? And if we have not changed, are we deceiving ourselves about our faith? This passage in James addresses these questions.
The Royal Law | James 2:8-13
October 08, 2023 17:22 - 28 minutes - 39 MBKing Jesus gave us a royal law, one of two that sum up all God's laws and the prophets: Love your neighbor as yourself. But what does that mean? Thankfully Jesus explained. James brought this up because it addressed the churches' tendency to favor the rich. It gets to the very heart of God.
Partiality | James 2:1-7
October 01, 2023 17:25 - 27 minutes - 38.4 MBJames tells the Lord of Glory is impartial. He loves the world. He died for any person of any race, condition, status, or nationality. The Bible shows people of faith are from every walk of life. So how can we treat some individuals with preference over others? Are we sure that we have the heart of God for all people we meet?
Doers | James 1:22-27
September 24, 2023 17:28 - 30 minutes - 42.1 MBWhen we say we are religious people, are we fooling ourselves? James gives us some indicators. While Home Depot says its stores help doers get things done, James says it is those who look into the perfect law of liberty and persevere who actually get eternal things done and are blessed in the process.
Anger Issues | James 1:19-21
September 17, 2023 17:42 - 30 minutes - 41.7 MBJames tells us we must hear this. Be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to become angry! Our old nature struggles with these three issues. To master them by the aid of the Holy Spirit, we grow in the righteousness of God. The sermon helps us get the right mindset to do so.
Temptation | James 1:12-18
September 10, 2023 17:25 - 39 minutes - 54.7 MBJames describes temptation like a fishing lure. It is all shiny and bright and so attractive, promising a satisfaction that will thrill us. What we cannot see are the hooks and line that will drag us to destruction. He tells us it is our desires that conceive sin and sin gives birth to death. Instead, we need to see that good and perfect gifts come from God.
Wisdom | James 1:5-11
September 03, 2023 17:27 - 27 minutes - 37.3 MBGod will generously give wisdom to those who ask. Wisdom is how to live rightly, which God longs for us to do. That wisdom helps us to see what is truly valuable and eternal. That means that we see the trials we face in a different light. Instead of temporary frustration and disappointment, we can see by faith what God is producing in our lives that is eternal.
Joyful in Trials | James 1:2-4
August 27, 2023 17:22 - 30 minutes - 42.3 MBJames addressed a church undergoing persecution and told them to welcome trials with joy. He explains that we can be joyful in suffering because we know that God is refining our faith resulting in a steadfast spirit. The result is our perfection and lacking in nothing. It is what we long to attain. Therefore, we should have joy in the process knowing the end results.
Introduction to James | 1:1
August 20, 2023 19:04 - 31 minutes - 42.8 MBAn to the book of James, when it was written, to whom it was written, and the reason behind it and need for it. Also addressed is the claim that it is in contrast to the writings of Apostle Paul.
Greater Than Jonah | Jonah 4:6-11
August 14, 2023 18:03 - 30 minutes - 44.5 MBJonah thought the nice shade plant that shaded him was a gift from God. The next morning a worm killed the plant and the east wind drove the heat into his bones. He asked God to die, but God had a lesson for Jonah and for us! You will also see the reason Jesus declared He is greater than Jonah.
Mercy for Me Not for Thee | Jonah 4:1-5
August 06, 2023 17:30 - 28 minutes - 38.9 MBWe often get an idea of what we would like God to do. Then when He orchestrates events in a different way, we become angry with God. We do not understand why He allows certain things. Jonah was so angry that he just wanted to die. He did not see that he was about to learn some attitude altering lessons. He was right where God would have him to transform his perspectives.
Trusting God's promises to provide a sure path in His word. | Psalm 119:41-48
July 30, 2023 17:24 - 43 minutes - 60.2 MBThe psalmist prays for God’s steadfast love and salvation, according to His promise. He trusts in God’s truth and hopes in his word, which sets him in a wide place of freedom. He asks God to not let him be put to shame but to help him delight in his commandments and love his law.
Relented | Jonah 3:6-10
July 23, 2023 17:24 - 38 minutes - 52.8 MBThe king joined the repentance and fasting and issued an edict that everyone participate. There was genuine repentance verified by them changing their ways. It is the very thing we long to see in our own nation. Lincoln's proclamation for a day of prayer and fasting is exactly what we need in our day. If it can happen in Nineveh, it can happen here.
Repent! | Jonah 3:1-5
July 16, 2023 17:28 - 37 minutes - 51.3 MBJonah is given a second chance to do God's will. Traumatized by the experience in the great fish, he has not surrendered to God's will. He makes the journey of hundreds of miles not yet knowing the exact message. Finally there, he proclaims the message God gave him. "Forty days and Nineveh will be destroyed!" What would God have a prophet today declare to our nation?
A Righteousness Not My Own | Psalm 119:33-40
July 09, 2023 17:29 - 31 minutes - 44 MBThis passage of Psalm 119 is filled with humble petitions of prayer, repentance, and fear rooted in the righteousness that could only be granted by God alone.
Restoration | Jonah 2
July 02, 2023 17:34 - 29 minutes - 41.2 MBJonah's prayer in chapter two is filled with quotations from Messianic psalms. There is even a declaration which in Hebrew reads, "Yeshua makes peace with God." That too is a quotation from the psalms. In this beautiful prayer we see Jonah's confession and declaration of faith. There are many expressions that are not understood without some knowledge of the culture and Hebrew expressions.
Die That Others Might Live | Jonah 1:11-17
June 25, 2023 17:36 - 31 minutes - 43.9 MBJonah was willing to die so his shipmates might live. When that storm ceased after throwing Jonah into the waves, the Gentile mariners prayed to Jonah's God. They may be his first converts. Is it possible for someone to survive in a great fish for three days and nights?
Convicted | Jonah 1:7-10
June 18, 2023 17:28 - 31 minutes - 43.6 MBThe storm raged and threatened to tear the ship apart. They cast lots to see who was responsible. The lot fell on Jonah. We cannot hide from God. We cannot flee from God. His love will persistently pursue us and correct us. It may seem like a final judgment, but it is the beginning of restoration.
Wake Up! | Jonah 1:1-6
June 11, 2023 17:33 - 30 minutes - 42.7 MBJonah is a real character mentioned in 1 Kings. The circumstances surrounding his attempt to flee from God's calling have a lot to teach us about our human nature. It is full of warnings for the modern Christian. This book is full of contrasts and similarities with the life of Christ.
Paul’s Hope | 2 Corinthians 13:5-14
June 04, 2023 17:30 - 31 minutes - 43.4 MBPaul ends his second letter to the Corinthians with a stern warning that they would not like to see God exercise discipline through him, and he would not like it either. His hope is that they be restored, all of them, even those false teachers. He ends the letter with five imperative commands and a unique benediction.
The Fear of God | 2 Corinthians 12:20-13:5a
May 28, 2023 17:28 - 30 minutes - 41.7 MBIn the passage for this week, we read of Paul giving a stern warning about not wanting to have to discipline the Corinthian believers. He is warning them to repent so they do not have to see the Paul as a disciplinarian and face God's judgment. Paul had exercised this authority and knew how painful it was for all involved. The passage ends with him challenging them to examine their hearts to see if they are in the faith. It is something we should do regularly.
Signs and Wonders | 2 Corinthians 12:11-19
May 21, 2023 17:32 - 27 minutes - 38.6 MBPaul tells the Corinthians that the founding of the church included signs and wonders. We do not have a report of what those miracles consisted of. The sermon examines the reasons for signs and wonders, when they are first mentioned in Scripture, and the reason we rarely have them in western culture today.
Real Strength | 2 Corinthians 11:31-12:1
May 14, 2023 17:28 - 33 minutes - 46.3 MBOur passage for this week sums up Paul's message throughout the letter and redefines for us what real strength is. "When I am weak, then I am strong!" That is because God's power is made perfect in our weakness. Recognizing we are weak causes us to depend on the strength of the Almighty!