Captivate & Conform

Rick Whitmire shares about his early years near Buffalo, his time at Messiah University, and how God forged his view of divine sovereignty through the near-death experience of his wife, Keri, and their son, Caleb.

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Dave Tress is a Lehigh Valley and Bible Fellowship Church native through and through, having spent only a brief 4-year stint out of state for the Air Force. He joins the show to share his story.

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Pastor Jason discusses the state of our nation in the aftermath of the assassination attempt on Donald Trump; how are Christians and the church to respond and think about such things?

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How can God find fault in man if he has chosen some as vessels of mercy and others of wrath before the foundation of the world? How can man still be held responsible?
These perennial questions of the church find their answers in rich texts such as Romans 9, John 6, and Matthew 20.
For this episode, we visit the archives and listen to segments from two Discipleship Institute lectures on these BFC Articles of Faith.
Listen to the full lectures here:
Human Responsibility | Jason Hoy
Election | Chris Von Holt

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How a children’s Christian radio singalong broke a man for Christ.

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Pastor Adam kicks off our Summer Stories series! Each episode, one of the elders of Cedar Crest joins the show to share their testimony.

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Since the podcast launched one year ago, the Lord has enabled this platform to exceed our humble expectations.
In celebration, we reflect on the past year, react to comments from our audience, and even make a few phone calls to our listeners.

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Whether for a moment or an extended period of time, every Christian has doubted their salvation. Cliff Boone returns to the show to discuss assurance. Saints can stand firmly on the promise of salvation—confident in Christ’s shed blood on their behalf and the Holy Spirit’s power to help them persevere to the very end.

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Special guest and new Director of Outreach Nathan Trommler joins the show to share his powerful story of how he came to know the Lord. Nathan talks about his past gang lifestyle, the night that turned his life upside-down for good, and why every testimony is “dramatic.”

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On this final installment of our series on eschatology, we drill deeper into premillennialism, the official eschatological position of the BFC. Specifically, Pastor Chris and Pastor Jason defend historic premillennialism and identify the weaknesses of the dispensational view.
Resource Recommendation | The Meaning of the Millennium: Four Views (Boettner, Hoekema, Hoyt, & Ladd)
Part 3 of a 3-episode series.

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