Best Obedient Humble Servant Podcasts (2025)

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Church, Awake!

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What are we to do when salvation has come? The Lord through Isaiah calls His People to arise, put on strength and sing. In this passage we will consider what we are called to do as those to whom salvation has come.

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The Faithful Servant

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In the backdrop of Israel’s failure as the chosen servant, the Lord calls a servant who will draw to God not only Israel but also the nations. In these passages, we see the call of the Great Servant of God and His call to us.

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Salvation, but Not Complete

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Throughout redemptive history, the Lord brings deliverance to His people in spite of their remaining sin. In Isaiah 47-48 we see the Lord’s deliverance to the exiles while the exiles are still stubborn. This example strikes us with a serious warning against defiling the great work of our merciful God.…

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The Measure of Your Faithfulness

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In the Ten Commandments, we see the revelation of the Lord’s moral standard for all believers. As we receive new members, this Lord’s Day we will be reminded of what we are all called to in Christ.

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Heed Him Who Speaks From Heaven

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The Lord has spoken through His Son in these last days. The call and command from the book of Hebrews is that we are all meant to heed His voice.

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The Potter’s Freedom

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The Lord declares His absolute authority over humanity to use whom He chooses and save whom He desires. In this doctrine we learn thankfulness for salvation and freedom in service.

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Warnings from Israel’s Time in the Wilderness

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"A page of history is of more worth than a pound of logic." In 1 Corinthians 10, Paul recalls Israel’s wilderness wanderings to warn the one who thinks he stands, lest he fall.

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Maintaining the Unity of the Spirit

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The Lord Jesus has worked to unite us as Christians by giving us all the same Spirit. In this passage, the Apostle Paul reminds us to work to maintain the unity that Christ has worked in us.

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Faithful God

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One of the many things Isaiah wants us to be convinced of is that God is Faithful. He will never deny Himself or His purposes. This Lord’s Day, we will consider the great Faithfulness of God and how we respond to Him.

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He Is Revealed in the Servant

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Isaiah now introduces us to a Character who will dominate the rest of the book of Isaiah. The Lord’s Servant. In this passage we will learn that the Servant is the Lord’s solution to our problem of weakness.

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The Indomitable Redeemer

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Of all the facts about the Creator God, one of the most notable is that it is in His Nature to save. He is by Nature a rescuer of those unlike Him; i.e., those who are weak. In chapter 41 Isaiah depicts God as being supreme over time and all events and that all that glory is at His disposal to save His weak and powerless people. This Lord's Day we …

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Lies and Leprosy

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This Lord’s Day we consider the story of Gehazi’s greed from 2 Kings 5, paying close attention to the sin of lying and the destructive consequences it brings—not only to our character but also to our witness before God and others.

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Incomparable, Aseitous God

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Isaiah seeks to convince us that there is no god like the Creator. In these passages we will see that God is unique in specifically one way: He is Aseity—He is the source of His own Being and needs nothing to exist. This Lord’s Day we will fix our eyes on His greatness as we continue to study His Nature.…

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He Is the Lord of Creation

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In chapters 40-45 Isaiah depicts for us God as the Lord over all creation. This Lord’s Day we will see this important truth, and how it affects us today.

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The Reason for God's Self-Revelation

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As we return to Isaiah’s prophecy, we find ourselves in the section where Isaiah spends a lot of energy describing God and His Nature to us. As we begin this study of God and who He is, in Isaiah 40 we learn why God reveals Himself. Join us this Lord’s Day as we seek to know why God wants us to know Him.…

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The Son Who Redeems

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This Lord's Day, we conclude our time in Ruth by seeing how Boaz as a redeemer points us to the greater Redeemer Jesus Christ Who has delivered us from our bondage to sin.

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The Journey of Prayer

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In Ruth chapter 3, things start to take a positive turn for Ruth and Naomi and we find in this text some valuable lessons concerning prayer.

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Episode 60: Those Guardians of Liberty 33:02

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Dr. Lauren Duval joins Kathryn Gehred to discuss a letter from Elizabeth Drinker to her husband Henry dated February 26, 1778. In 1777, not long before the British Army occupied Philadelphia, the Continental Congress exiled Henry and 19 other prominent Quaker men. In this letter, Elizabeth provides Henry with an update on life in occupied Philadelp…

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Hope for the Vulnerable

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“It's not over until the fat lady sings," is a common maxim that is often used to remind us that there is hope for the current state of negative affairs to change. In our text, we start seeing glimmers of hope that Ruth and Naomi’s circumstances, bleak as they are, are in the sovereign control of a seeing God Who works all things for our good and H…

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Purpose in Pain

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As we start our series in Ruth, we see that it begins with a tragedy that leaves Naomi empty but at the same time we see evidence of faith in God that is both encouraging and exemplary.

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Kingdom Etiquette (Pt. II)

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As we continue exploring Kingdom Etiquette, we see that God calls us to a radical holiness and a sacrificial love that shapes a community marked by mutual protection—not only from external harm, but even from the corrupting power of our own sin.

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Kingdom Etiquette (Pt.I)

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This Lord's Day, we begin a short series on Kingdom Etiquette, exploring how God humbles the proud and welcomes the lowly, forming a community marked by cross-shaped humility and Christlike hospitality.

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Lessons on Fatherhood From an Unlikely Source

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This Father’s Day, we learn biblical principles of godly fatherhood from David, Solomon’s father, and we see how he ultimately points us to Christ Who reconciled us to our heavenly Father!

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The Blessing of Forgiveness

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In Psalm 32, we see the blessing of forgiveness and of free justification in Christ Jesus.

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Fear and Faith in the Midst of Life’s Troubles

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In Mark 4, we see the disciples encounter a great storm at sea, while Jesus is fast asleep. We then see how Jesus brings about a great calm. This passage has many lessons that we can learn to help us in our time of need.

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Family Conference 2025 Session 2: Maintaining Unity in the Church

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In the second session of our 2025 family conference, Ps. Jeff Smith shows how every believer must invest care and effort to maintain unity, and especially in the local church.

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Family Conference 2025 Session 4: Q & A

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In the fourth session of our Family Conference 2025, Ps. Jeff Smith answers questions related to Christian Duties and Fellowship in the Church.

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Family Conference 2025 Session 3: Bear With One Another

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In the third session of our family conference, Ps. Jeff Smith looks at how we as believers must bear with one another's weaknesses, infirmities, and failings, and provide help and assistance.

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Family Conference 2025 Session 1: Love One Another

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In the first session of our 'Duties of Christian Fellowship' Family Conference 2025, Ps. Jeff Smith unpacks what it looks like to love one another.

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Three Portraits of Delivered Sinners

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In Acts 16 we see three different types of delivered sinners. Two are delivered into Christ, and one is freed but not transformed. In this text we will see what is true salvation.

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Come and Worship

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We will consider the call to worship from Psalm 100, a call that bids all people everywhere to come and praise the Lord. We will see how this call is not just for those who believe, but that it is an evagelistic call also.

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Children of God in Practice

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This Lord’s Day, we reflect on the profound privilege of belonging to God’s family. In Christ, we are adopted as sons and daughters and given His Spirit — receiving not only a new name, but also a new calling, with its duties, blessings, and privileges.

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Children of God By Adoption

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What does it mean to be Children of God and co-heirs with Christ? This Lord's Day we consider the Bible's teaching on the topic of Adoption.

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No Other Hope

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When faced with the guilt of our sins, there is often a temptation to try and resolve this ourselves. We will be considering the futility of this approach and how the Cross is the only hope for anyone with a sin problem.

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Episode 59: The Scheme I Undertake with Chearfulness 41:34

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Diane Ehrenpreis joins Kathryn Gehred to discuss a letter from Martha Jefferson to a Mrs. Madison dated August 8, 1780 in which Jefferson encourages women to join together and raise funds to support the Continental soldiers. This letter is one of only four known correspondences in Jefferson's hand. In this episode, Diane and Katy discuss some of th…

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Everything Jesus Ever Said About Himself Is True

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At the resurrection, Jesus gives the final proof that everything He has every said about Himself is true, and that He is truly the Son of God! Now that redemption has been finally achieved, He then gives us His mandate to go and make Him known to all the world!

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The Greatest Man to Ever Die

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As we begin our brief Easter Series, we want to think of the affliction that our Lord undertook in order to bring us to life.

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He Suffered

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As we begin our brief Easter Series, we want to think of the affliction that our Lord undertook in order to bring us to life.

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What Controls You?

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Paul makes the argument that we must be controlled not by appetites but by what is beneficial. This Lord’s Day evening we will examine how we think about our freedom in Christ.

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A Grand Showdown of Trust

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As we conclude Isaiah’s saga of trusting the Lord, we come to the pinnacle narrative where the Assyrian king taunts the people of Judah for trusting in God. This scene resembles the Garden of Eden, where the serpent asks, did God really say? Sennacherib asks, did God really say you can trust him? This Lord’s Day we will examine this story and see h…

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Songs on How to Have Peace

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How do we get the peace that the Lord promises us in the Scriptures? Where do we look to find it? Is it obtained in a set of circumstances or perhaps in spiritual growth? For the benefit of the exiled people of Judah, Isaiah pens two psalms that center on how they can have peace in the midst of invasion. In these songs we see where peace is found.…

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Conflict Among Christians

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In this section, Paul deals with how believers are to handle conflict within the Church, knowing that we are to judge angels.

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Episode 58: Our Unnatural Enemies May Be Turned From Us 49:54

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Dr. Emily Sneff joins Kathryn Gehred to discuss a letter from Polly Palmer to John Adams dated 4 August 1776, in which Palmer thanks Adams for sending her one of the earliest printings of the Declaration of Independence. In this episode, Gehred and Sneff explore Palmer and Adams's lifelong friendship, their experience getting inoculated for smallpo…

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The Basics of Church Discipline Part III: The Subject

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The church is called by Paul to separate from those who are persisting in sin, but what does this actually look like? This evening we consider the subject of church discipline and what it means to be put out.

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Jesus the Christ

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The question of Jesus’ identity is something that everybody has to answer. The world has countless theories as to who He is and Who He is not. But the truth will remain; He is the Christ, the Son of the Living God Who has come to save us from our sin.

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The Basics of Church Discipline Part II: The Purpose

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As we continue looking at Paul’s instructions to the Corinthians regarding Church discipline, we see the importance of this practice for the sake of the sinner’s restoration, the Church’s health, and the Lord’s glory.

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Our Ultimate Treasure

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The Scriptures teach that whatever you treasure controls you, and the thing you focus on shapes you, and what you serve owns you. In light of this, the Lord Jesus teaches us to store our treasure in heaven.

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The Basics of Church Discipline - Part I

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Paul in Chapter 5 urges the Corinthians to be faithful to the Lord by dealing with the sin in their midst. And he gives them multiple reasons why this honours the Lord.

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Blindness at the Valley of Vision

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The people of Judah rejoice and celebrate, but Isaiah sees the reality of what is coming as God prepares judgement and salvation. This Lord’s Day we will see why we should be more moved by spiritual realities as spoken in God’s Word than temporal phenomena.

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The Nakedness of False Hope

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In his effort to remind the people of God to trust exclusively in the coming of Jesus Christ, Isaiah walks around naked for three years amid the people. This was to emphasise the nakedness of hoping in Egypt-and in any other false hope. In these two chapters we will see that to be a faithful believer is to actively denounce false hopes.…