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First Bentonville Podcast
by First Bentonville
Encouraging messages and teachings from First Bentonville. A Northwest Arkansas church, located in downtown Bentonville, AR.
Episodes
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What Does the Bible Say About Work? | Ephesians 6:5-9
Does your faith change the way you work? In Ephesians 6:5–9, Pastor Chris challenges us to rethink who we're really working for and why our daily work matters to God. Whether you're an employee, employer, or leader, your attitude, integrity, and treatment of others reveal who you're ultimately...
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The Real Goal of Christian Parenting | Ephesians 6:1–4
Family 101 | Wk 1 Pastor Chris Dixon "Jesus At Home" This week's message, "Jesus At Home" (Ephesians 6:1–4), challenged us to remember that it's often easiest to look like a Christ-follower at church, but home is where our faith is truly tested and formed. We talked about the difference between...
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How To Love Your Spouse Like Jesus | Ephesians 5:25-33
Marriage 101 | Week Two Pastor Chris Dixon "The Power of Love" What does it look like to truly love your spouse the way Jesus loves? In Ephesians 5:25–33, we see that Christlike love is sacrificial, personal, and covenantal—a love that serves, protects, nourishes, pursues, and seeks the spiritual...
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Stop Keeping Score In Your Marriage
Marriage 101 | Week One Pastor Chris Dixon "Stop Keeping Score" A healthy marriage isn't built on keeping score, winning arguments, or trying to control one another. In Ephesians 5, Paul points husbands and wives toward something greater: surrendering themselves to Christ and allowing Him to…
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What's Really Controlling Your Life? | Ephesians 5:18-21
Walk This Way | week Ten Pastor Chris Dixon "Walking In Fullness" In Ephesians 5:18–21, Paul calls us to "walk wisely" by refusing anything that controls us outside God's will and instead being continually filled with the Holy Spirit. What controls us shapes our life and relationships—so we must...
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Are You Sleepwalking Through Your Faith? | Ephesians 5:11-17
Walk This Way | Week Nine Pastor Chris Dixon "WAKE UP & WISE UP" In "Wake Up & Wise Up" (Ephesians 5:11–17), Paul calls us to be intentional and reflective about how we live—awake, not careless or spiritually asleep. We're invited to walk in the light by letting God's Word guide our steps, and to...
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What Should A changed Life Actually Look Like? | Ephesians 5:3-10
Walk This Way | Week Eight Pastor Chris Dixon "Walk As Light" In Ephesians 5:3–10, we're reminded that believers were once defined by darkness, but now are Light in the Lord—so our lives should have a new direction. Sin (especially sexual sin, impurity, greed, and corrupt speech) isn't just...
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When God Leads You Through Disappointment | Exodus 15:22-27
God sometimes leads us into "dead ends" and disappointing "pit stops" not to punish us, but to reveal what's in our hearts and grow us spiritually. In Exodus 15, Israel reached Marah—water was present but bitter—exposing bitterness and unbelief through grumbling instead of prayer. The message...
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What Does It Really Mean To Love Someone? | Ephesians 5:1-2
Walk this Way | Week Seven Pastor Chris Dixon "Walk in Love" Walking in love isn't something we fall into—it's an intentional, continual, visible way of life rooted in imitating God as beloved children (Ephesians 5:1–2). Biblical love is self-giving and costly, modeled by Christ's sacrifice, and…
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The Small Habits That Quietly Destroy Your Life | Ephesians 4:25-32
Walk This Way | Week Six Pastor Chris Dixon "Close This Door of Opportunity" In Ephesians 4:25–32, Paul calls Christ followers to live in a radically different direction—closing every "door of opportunity" we might give the enemy through deception, unresolved anger, harmful speech, bitterness…
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The God Who Is Mindful of Man | Psalm 8
The God Who Is Mindful of Man | Psalm 8 Keith Flanagan When we truly see the greatness of God, we're humbled by the incredible truth that He is mindful of us and deeply cares for us. Psalm 8 reminds us that our identity, purpose, and value can only be understood in light of our Creator, not...
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Why Following Jesus Is More Than Going to Church | Colossians 3:1-4
In Colossians 3:1–4, Paul calls believers to relentlessly pursue Christ—seeking what's above and continually setting our minds on Him rather than the things of this world. Genuine obedience isn't about "look at me," but a humble "woe is me" that flows from surrender and dying to self. Because our...
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Off With the Old, On With The New | Walk This Way
Walk This Way | Week Five In Ephesians 4:20–32, Paul calls believers to "walk" in a radically new way—putting off the "old self" and putting on the "new self" that God creates through Christ. This change isn't just improved behavior; it's regeneration—God renewing our desires and identity from…
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Hard Lesson To Learn | Walk This Way
Walk This Way | Week Four In Ephesians 4:17–24, Paul challenges us not just to know what we have in Christ, but to experience it through the way we live each day. Life apart from God's truth leads to a futile mind, a darkened understanding, a hardened heart, and eventually a calloused...
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Blessed Is The Nation Whose God Is The Lord
In this week's message, we're reminded that God changes nations by changing people, starting with wholehearted surrender to Him. Drawing from Psalm 33:12, the challenge is to make God Lord over everyday decisions—our priorities, work, relationships, integrity, and attitudes—so our lives reflect…
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From Infants To Influence | Walk This Way
Walk This Way | Week Three In Ephesians 4:13–16, we're called to move from spiritual infancy to maturity so we aren't tossed around by deception or unstable beliefs. Satan's strategy is to dethrone God in our hearts and enthrone self, so growth in Christ is our strongest protection. Spiritual...
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One God, One Faith, One Family
Walk This Way | Week Two This week's message from Ephesians 4:4–6 calls us to live in a way that matches our faith, marked by humility, gentleness, and patience. Because God has made us one body in Christ, we protect unity by pausing before we speak, seeking understanding, and valuing…
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Walk With Love | Walk This Way
Walk This Way | Week One As we kick off our news series "Walk this Way" we learn that walking with love means living in a way that matches the calling we've received in Christ—not just believing the right things, but behaving in a way that reflects them. Paul urges us to pursue unity by choosing...
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More Than You Can Imagine | Prayers That Change Everything
Prayers That Change Everything | Week Six This week's lesson reminded us that the size of our prayers is shaped by how we see God—He is able to do far more than we ask or imagine, and His power is already at work within us. God isn't distant; through the Holy Spirit He strengthens us, renews our...
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Greatest Love of All | Prayers That Change Eveything
Prayers That Change Everything | Week Five This week's message centered on Ephesians 3:14–19 and the "Greatest Love of All": God strengthens us by His Spirit so Christ can be truly "at home" in every part of our lives. We were reminded that God's love is not earned by performance—it meets us…
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When Faith Opens The Door | Prayers That Change Everything
Prayers That change Everything | Week Four Ephesians 3 reminds us that God's prayers for us aren't just about what we do, but who we become—strengthened by the Spirit in our inner life. Paul prays that Christ would "dwell" in our hearts, not as a visitor, but as One who has full access to every...
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Strength For The Struggle | Prayers That Change Everything
Prayers That Change Everything | Week Three This week's message focuses on praying for "strength for the struggle" from Ephesians 3:16–19—strength that comes from God's Spirit working in our inner life. We were reminded that God never expected us to carry life's pressures (temptation, parenting,...
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The Father | Prayers That Change Everything
Prayers That change Everything | Week Two In Ephesians 3:14–15, Paul models prayerful dependence by bowing before the Father—even while suffering—showing that when prayer is hardest, we should pray our hardest. Prayer isn't about a perfect posture; it's an act of humility that moves us from...
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Clear Eyes, Full Heart, Can't Lose | Prayers That Change Everything
Prayers That Change Everything | Week One As we kick off a new series, this week's message from Ephesians 1:15–23 reminds us that the greatest use of our words is prayer—especially interceding for others with gratitude and love. Prayer isn't mainly about trying harder; it's about knowing God more...
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Discover Your Calling | Week Three
Discover Your Calling | Week Three This week's message explores what it truly means to discover your calling by redefining greatness through the lens of Jesus. While the world measures greatness by power, success, and status, Jesus teaches that true greatness is found in humility, self-denial…
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You Were Made For This | Discover Your Calling
Discover Your Calling | Week Two This week's message explores how every Christ follower is given spiritual gifts not for personal gain, but to serve and build up the church. God equips believers through roles like apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers to prepare all saints for...
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The Church God Is Buidling | Discover Your Calling
God is building a real church, not one defined by a name, opinions, or traditions, and that church stands on the foundation of the apostles and prophets with Jesus as the cornerstone. Because of Christ, we are no longer separated from God but are brought into God's household as fellow citizens…
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When God Seems Silent | Easter 2026
Easter 2026. In Luke 24, the road to Emmaus reminds us that God can feel silent in our confusion, grief, and unmet hopes, even when God is present and working. The cross shows that life will not always make sense in the moment, but we can hold onto what God has already made clear. Saturday's...
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A Warning And A Rescue | But God
God gave a warning of judgment, but also provided a way of rescue through Noah—showing that salvation comes by grace through faith. Noah trusted God's word about things he couldn't yet see and obeyed, even when it didn't make sense. His faith wasn't passive; it moved him to act, and that…
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You Didn't Earn This | But God
This week's message explores Ephesians 2:8-10, emphasizing that salvation is a gift from God through grace and faith, not earned by our works. God's work happens in three dimensions: FOR us (salvation through Christ's sacrifice), IN us (transforming us into His workmanship), and THROUGH us...
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Two Words That Rewrite Your Story | But God
This week's message explores Ephesians 2:1-7, highlighting how the phrase "But God" transforms our story from spiritual death to abundant life. Paul reminds us that every Christ-follower has a past marked by sin and separation from God, a present defined by God's rich mercy and grace through...
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The Urgency of the Sent Life
This week's message emphasizes the urgent call for believers to live on mission, following Christ's example of seeing and serving those who are spiritually blind. Jesus modeled a life of intentional engagement with people, recognizing that every person matters to God and deserves an introduction…
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Seeing What God Has Given | Inheritance
This week's message explores the spiritual inheritance believers have in Christ, emphasizing that God's promises are freely given and require no effort to claim. Paul's prayer in Ephesians 1:18-23 reveals three key truths: the hope of God's calling (our past doesn't define us, God isn't finished...
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An Inheritance That Cannot Be Changed | Inheritance
This week's message explores how the Holy Spirit's role in salvation provides believers with an unchangeable inheritance. When we hear the gospel and place our faith in Christ, we are immediately sealed by the Holy Spirit—a divine guarantee of our salvation that cannot be altered. The Holy Spirit...
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Accepted Before We Ever Achieved | Inheritance
This week's message explores the profound truth that our salvation originates entirely with God through His sovereign choice. Before the foundation of the world, God chose us in Christ to be holy and blameless, predestining us for adoption as His children—not based on anything we've done, but...
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Wise or Otherwise | Going Pro
This week's message explores wisdom from Proverbs 1, defining it as seeing and responding to life from God's perspective rather than relying on our own understanding. True wisdom begins with reverence for God and is gained through studying His Word, obeying His commands, and cultivating a deep,...
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The Highway of Hope
This sermon explores Psalm 1:1-4, contrasting the blessed life of those who delight in God's law with the fate of the wicked. It emphasizes how believers should avoid worldly influences and instead be rooted in Scripture, resulting in spiritual prosperity and God's favor. The message highlights...
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Spiritual Wealth in a Struggling World | Inheritance
This week's message explores the incredible spiritual inheritance believers receive through Christ, emphasizing that God has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places. Just as earthly inheritances pale in comparison, our connection to Christ grants us access to unfathomable...
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Two Verses, Endless Riches | Inheritance
This week we kick off a new series through the book of Ephesians. In Ephesians 1:1–2, we explore the incredible spiritual inheritance believers have in Christ. Paul emphasizes three key themes: discovering our God-given purpose as apostles called by His will, understanding our position as saints...
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Ekklesia | Gunnar Dixon
This week's message explores the biblical foundation of the Church, beginning with Jesus' declaration in Matthew 16:18 that He would build His church on the confession that He is the Christ. The birth of the Church occurred at Pentecost in Acts 2, when the Holy Spirit descended on believers with...
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Hello My Name Is Mercy
In "Hello My Name Is Mercy", we explore God's nature as the "Father of Mercies" and "God of All Comfort," emphasizing that mercy defines everything God does and that true comfort comes not from removal of suffering but from drawing closer to Christ. Paul describes God through direct action rather...
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Christmas Eve | First Bentonville Church
Experience the joy and wonder of Christmas! Christmas at First Bentonville Church—a celebration filled with the magic of the season! Whether you celebrated with us in person or are tuning in for the first time, this special service brings the true meaning of Christmas to life through powerful...
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The Night Glory Returned | God's Christmas Story
In week two of our series, the message explores how Christmas represents God's response to humanity's fall from glory through sin. Jesus Christ came as the incarnation of God's glory, becoming human to restore what was lost when sin entered the world. Through His suffering and sacrifice, Jesus…
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Christmas: When Heaven Stepped In | God's Christmas Story
In the first message of our new series, we explore the profound meaning of Christmas through Philippians 2:5-11, revealing that Jesus' birth wasn't just a historical event but God's ultimate demonstration of love and humility. By stepping down from heaven's glory to become human, Jesus showed us...
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Good News For A Limited Time | Good vs Evil
In the final message of our series, we explore God's kingdom work in a world filled with evil, using the parable of the dragnet from Matthew 13:47-50. Jesus teaches that God is currently extending His kingdom to all people without prejudice, like a net gathering fish of every kind, while a future...
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The Pursuing God and the Pearl | Good vs Evil
The next message in our series explores the parable of the pearl from Matthew 13:45-46, reinterpreting it with God as the merchant and the church as the pearl. The beauty of the pearl reveals how Christ's sacrifice on the cross covers our brokenness, transforming us into something precious. The...
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The Treasure Christ Gave Everything to Gain | Good vs Evil
This week's message reveals that we are God's treasure—the prize Christ joyfully gave everything to obtain. Through the parable of the hidden treasure, we see that Jesus didn't just save us out of duty, but out of deep love and delight, surrendering His glory, position, and life on the cross. Our...
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A Hidden Agenda | Good vs Evil
This week's message explores Jesus' parable of the leaven in Matthew 13:33, challenging the common interpretation that the church will transform the world for good. Instead, it presents leaven as a symbol of hidden corruption and false teaching that infiltrates truth. The lesson emphasizes that...
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A Message For The Brids | Good vs Evil
This week's message explores Jesus's parable of the mustard seed as a warning about the apostate church at the end of the age. While the gospel seed is powerful and transformative when planted in hearts, the church can grow into a corrupted "tree" that harbors false teachings and deceptive…
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The Field of Sovereignty | Good vs Evil
In week two of our series we explore the parable of the wheat and tares from Matthew 13, teaching that good and evil coexist in the world by God's sovereign design. The enemy (Satan) deliberately sows evil wherever God plants good, yet believers are called to trust God's timing rather than try to...
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