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AL Pastor with Brian Overturf
by Brian Overturf
The show that helps you to Love God, love your neighbor and eat more tacos. I’m your host Brian Overturf.
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#327 - Sermon - The Scale - Galatians 1.11-14
Picture an old balance scale. On one side sits the standard. On the other, whatever you're testing. The standard never moves. The standard decides. For the church, that standard is the Word of God. Every tradition, every teaching, every prophecy, every sermon gets weighed against it. The trouble...
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#326 - Sermon - The Traditions of my Fathers - Galatians 1.11-14
Everybody has traditions. Tamales on Christmas Eve. The same seat every Sunday. Most are good, harmless, even precious. The problem starts when a tradition picks up authority and sits next to the Bible as its equal. Paul was zealous for the traditions of his fathers. His world had two camps. One...
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#325 - Bible Study - The Approval Trap - Galatians 1.10
Paul had just called down the curse of God on false teachers. Twice. Then he stops and asks the room a question about himself: do I seek to please men? This is the Bible study companion to Sunday's sermon. We take one verse slowly, hear what the scholars say, and trace the approval trap from King...
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#324 - Sermon - The Approval Trap - Galatians 1.10
Paul had just called down the curse of God on false teachers. Twice. And the very next thing out of his mouth is a question about himself: do I seek to please men? Somebody had called him a people pleaser. In one verse Paul answers the charge, and in answering it he exposes a trap every one of us...
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#323 - Bible Study - The Gospel You Cannot Change - Galatians 1.10
Paul says it twice: let him be accursed. So who has the right to change the gospel? Nobody. Not the man who brought it to you. Not an angel from heaven. Not anyone who comes after him. This is the Bible study companion to Sunday's sermon. We slow down on two verses, hear what the scholars say…
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#322 - Sermon - The Gospel You Cannot Change
If there is only one gospel, then somebody has to be in charge of it. So who signs off on it? Who has the authority to bring it current, or soften it a little, or make it fit the times we are living in? That is the question these two verses answer, and Paul answers it three times without…
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#321 - Bible Study - Galatians 1.6-7 - The Danger of Desertion
The Danger of Desertion | Galatians 1:6-7 | Bible Study In the one letter where you expect a thank you, Paul writes a rebuke instead. A church that had the real gospel is walking away from it, and the word he reaches for is the word for a soldier who left his post. Is there really only one…
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#320 - Sermon - Galatians 1:6-7 - The Danger of Desertion
Paul opens every other letter with thanks. Not this one. He goes straight to I marvel, and in his world that was the opening line of a formal complaint. They knew from the first word that something was wrong. What was at stake was the gospel itself. They had the real thing in their hands, and…
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#319 - Galatains 1.3-5 - Bible Study - God's Rescue Plan
How far did God go to rescue you? Paul answers that question four times in one sentence. In this study through Galatians 1:3-5, Pastor Brian Overturf walks the four answers: the price Jesus paid, the prison He broke open, the Father's plan that was older than the world, and the praise that…
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#318 - God's Rescue Plan - Galatians 1.3-5
Paul says hello and cannot stop there. He sets out to write a greeting, grace to you and peace, and before the sentence is over he has told the whole gospel. Four answers to one question: how far did God go to rescue you? He gave Himself. That is the price. To deliver us from this present evil…
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#317 - By Whose Authority - Galatians 1.1-2 - Bible Study
A verse-by-verse Bible study through Galatians 1:1-2, going deeper than Sunday's sermon with the commentaries open. Paul answers one question before he argues anything else: when the Bible tells you something you don't want to hear, who says you have to listen? His answer comes in three parts.…
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#317 - By Whose Authority - Galatians 1.1-2 - Sermon
When the Bible tells you something you don't want to hear, who says you have to listen? Imagine two pieces of mail. The first is a flyer you glance at and toss in the trash. The second is a certified letter. It's official, it's signed, and it came from someone with the authority to make you deal...
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#316 - Introduction to Galatians Part 2 - Where We're Going - Bible Study
Galatians is going somewhere. Before we get down on the ground and walk it verse by verse, we take it from 30,000 feet.This is Part 2 of the introduction, the Bible study companion to Sunday's sermon. Six chapters, three legs, one destination: chapters 1 and 2, the gospel revealed, straight from...
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#315 - Introduction to Galatians Part 2 - Where We're Going - Sermon
Where We're Going — Galatians Introduction, Part 2 Before we walk Galatians verse by verse, we take it from thirty thousand feet. Six chapters, three parts, one destination. Paul opens by telling his own story, because someone had walked into these churches and told them his gospel was second…
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#314 - How a Church Almost Lost the Gospel | Galatians Bible Study, Part 1
Almost nobody walks away from Jesus. They just add to Him. One word, "unless," is what nearly cost the Galatian churches the gospel.This is Part 1 of a two-part introduction to Galatians, the Bible study companion to Sunday's sermon. Before we go verse by verse, we go back to Acts 13 through 15…
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#313 - How a Church Almost Lost the Gospel - Part 1 Sermon
Paul planted a church on grace, then watched false teachers try to add "Jesus plus" circumcision and the law until the whole gospel was almost lost. In this first introduction to Galatians, we trace the story in three parts: a gospel planted, threatened, and defended by a man who would rather…
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#312 - 7 Reasons for PRE-Trib Rapture
Talk about the end times is everywhere right now... and for most people it's either entertainment or fear. But when Paul wrote about the Rapture, he ended with one command: "Therefore comfort one another with these words." In this message from 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18, Pastor Brian walks…
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#311 - Bring Them Back - James 5.19-20
The last word in James isn't a goodbye... it's a job. When one of us drifts away from God, slow and quiet until nobody notices they're gone, what does He ask the rest of us to do? In this final message of our James series, we look at the wanderer, the shepherd who goes after the one, and the call...
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#310 - When You Cant Take It Anymore - Part 2 - James 5.16b-18
When you can't take it anymore, the prayer you think is too weak to matter is the very prayer that moves the hand of God. In this second half of "When You Can't Take It Anymore," Pastor Brian closes out James with two final answers: trust the power, and take hold. The effective, fervent prayer of…
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#309 - When You Cant Take It Anymore - James 5.13-16a
Every one of us reaches a point where we can't take it anymore. So what do you do when you get there? In this message from James 5, Pastor Brian walks through the three things James tells us to do when life gets to be too much: take it to the Lord, call for the elders, and care for one another....
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#308 - The Faith of a Mother - 2 Timothy 1.5
Paul's last letter opens by remembering two women — a grandmother named Lois and a mother named Eunice. From a Roman prison cell, on the edge of his own execution, Paul traces Timothy's faith back to the women who handed it down. In this Mother's Day message, Pastor Brian asks every mother in the...
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#307 - The Judge Is at the Door - Part 2 - James 5.7-12
The waiting is hard. But what you do while you wait reveals everything about what you actually believe. In part two of "The Judge Is at the Door," Pastor Brian Overturf continues in James 5:7-12 with the final two things God asks of His people while they wait for justice. Walk with the witnesses…
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#306 - The Judge Is at the Door - Part 1 - James 5.7-9
Last week James pronounced judgment on the wealthy oppressors and ended with one phrase that wouldn’t let us go: “He does not resist you.” So what are God’s people supposed to do when justice doesn’t come on our timeline? When the wrong people keep winning? When we’re tempted to take matters into...
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#305 - The Lord of Hosts Has Heard - James 5.5-6 - Part2
Pastor Brian Overturf continues his verse-by-verse journey through James with the second half of James 5:1-6. After last week’s two charges — hoarding what God meant to circulate, and stealing the wages of the workers — James brings two more charges that get heavier before they get better. Charge...
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#304 - The Lord of Hosts has Heard - James 5.1-4 - Part 1
In this episode, Pastor Brian walks through James 5:1–6 and reveals God’s response to injustice. James speaks with prophetic urgency against those who hoard wealth and exploit others, but this message is ultimately for those who have been wronged. If you have ever been overlooked, cheated, or…
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#303 - Jesus is The Gardener - An Easter Sunday Sermon - 2026
Full sermon notes can be downloaded here -> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1btRUz5unWJYOdFd2ztbOrUn0LzIiP-XF/view?usp=share_link She thought He was the gardener. She was more right than she knew. In this Easter Sunday message from John 20:1–18, Pastor Brian Overturf traces one of the most...
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#302 - A Preview of Eschatology
THE245 Eschatology runs Sundays, April through June at Arvin Assembly. Register now at www.arvinassembly.com/eschatology Does it feel like the world is spinning out of control? Does God know what's happening — and does He have a plan? The answer is yes, and He wants you to know it. In this...
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#301 - In the Crowd, Missing the King - A Palm Sunday Sermon
In the Crowd, Missing the King Arvin Assembly of God | Arvin, California | March 29, 2026 Preached by Pastor Brian Overturf Palm Sunday is the one Sunday of the year when the crowd is already excited before the sermon begins. But the original crowd on the first Palm Sunday was excited too, and…
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#300 - "Who are you?" — A Call to Wholehearted Living - James 4.11-17
Surrender is not a moment. It is a lifestyle. And James 4:11–17 shows us exactly what that looks like when it gets up in the morning and goes to work. In this message we walk through three arenas where wholehearted living either shows up or it doesn't. The words we speak about people. The plans…
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#299 - Wholeness Waits - An Invitation to Surrender - James 4.1–10
Where do the conflicts in your life actually come from? James 4 pulls back the curtain and shows us something uncomfortable. The wars around us start with the war within us. Driven by unchecked desires, we fight for what we could have prayed for and drift from God without ever feeling it happen....
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#298 - Whole Wisdom, Whole Peace - Part 2
In this message from James 3:13–18, Pastor Brian explores the contrast between two kinds of wisdom — wisdom from above and wisdom from below — and the fruit each produces. James teaches that true wisdom cannot be measured by words or claims, but by the visible fruit in our lives: peace or…
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#297 - Whole Wisdom, Whole Peace - Part 1 - Two Wisdoms, Two Roots
There are two kinds of wisdom. One from heaven, one from earth. One produces peace and wholeness. The other produces disorder and chaos. In this message from James 3:13-16, Pastor Brian Overturf shows us how to identify which wisdom is ruling our hearts by examining the fruit it's producing in…
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#296 - Sermon - Whole Lives, Whole Words — The Power of Words - James 3:4-12
Whole Lives and Whole Words | Part 2 - The Power of Words Your words don't just come out of nowhere — they steer, they scorch, and they expose what's really going on in your heart. In this episode, Pastor Brian Overturf continues through James 3, unpacking four things God wants us to understand...
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#295 - Pastor, Who Do You Listen To? (A Follow-Up to "Whole Lives and Whole Words" #293)
After preaching on James 3 and the weight of teaching God’s Word, Pastor Brian answers the question many asked: “Who do you listen to — and how do you decide who to trust?” In this follow-up episode, Brian unpacks the modern Christian content landscape, names movements and patterns he believes...
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#294 - Two Halftimes, One Problem - The Fig Tree Has No Fruit
In this episode, Pastor Brian tackles both the Super Bowl halftime show and Turning Point USA’s “All-American Halftime Show” — and argues that while they look different on the surface, they expose the same deeper issue. Using Mark 11 and Jesus’ cursing of the fig tree, Brian challenges American...
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#293 - Sermon - Whole Lives, Whole Words — The Privilege of Teaching - James 3:1–3
Whole Lives and Whole Words | James 3:1-3 In this powerful message, we explore what God expects from those who speak for Him. James challenges us to examine the connection between our hearts and our words, revealing that our speech is one of the clearest windows into our spiritual maturity....
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#292 - AMA - Faith Alone But Never Alone: Paul and James in Harmony
Does Romans 4 contradict James 2? In this episode, Pastor Brian carefully walks through Romans 4:4 and explains how Paul and James are not opposing each other, but defending the same gospel from different errors. Paul protects grace from legalism. James protects grace from empty profession....
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#291 - WHOLE L.I.F.E. Discipleship - James 1.1
James opens his letter by calling us to wholeness—not fractured faith, but whole-life discipleship. In this episode, we look at James 1:1 and discover what it means to lay down our identity, confess Jesus as Lord, abide where He plants us, and endure with joy. Full printable notes can be found at...
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#290 - Church and Politics
What do I make over the events and political assassination of Charlie Kirk? I think God is indeed up to something big, but it might not be what most want to hear.
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#289 - The Whole Life - An Introduction to James
Before we walk verse by verse through James, we need to see the bigger picture. James writes from within the great story of the Bible — a story that begins with creation and ends in the restoration of all things. This story moves through five great movements: 1. Creation – Made in God’s Image 2....
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#288 - Unhindered - The Gospel is Unstoppable - Acts 28
Paul finally arrives in Rome. After everything he’s been through, he spends two years preaching and teaching from a small rented house—unchained in spirit, even though he’s still in chains. In this episode, we walk through the final verses of Acts and reflect on why the book ends the way it does....
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#287 - The Final Voyage Begins - Acts 28.11-14
After three months on Malta, Paul finally sets sail again and begins the last stretch toward Rome. In this episode, we walk with him from port to port, watching how God provides open doors, good winds, and unexpected fellowship along the way. The journey isn’t over yet, but the finish line is in...
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#286 - Miracles in Malta - Acts 28.3-10
In this episode of the AL Pastor Podcast, we continue our journey through Acts 28 as Paul faces a venomous viper, a superstitious crowd, and a divine setup for healing and favor. When the snake bites, the islanders cry judgment—but Paul simply shakes it into the fire and keeps moving. What…
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#285 - Malta Wasn't on the Map (But it Was in God's Plan) - Acts 28.1-2
After surviving a violent shipwreck, Paul and 275 others wash ashore on the island of Malta—cold, soaked, and unaware of where they are. But God knew. In this episode, we explore Acts 28:1–2 and discover how divine providence meets human kindness, how unexpected places become places of ministry,...
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#282 - Acts 18.12-28
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#280 - How to Interpret the Bible
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