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Author: Michael L Gowens

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Weekly sermons by Elder Michael Gowens and others from the pulpit of Bethel PBC, Calabash, NC.
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This is My Story

This is My Story

2024-03-1943:05

"Preaching is not only proclamation, but it is also witness." In this message from Psalm 66:18, Pastor Gowens enlists this definition of the joy of preaching to give personal witness to the Lord's goodness to him. He does so by tracing his own story through salient Scripture passages.
Brother Gowens' 3/3/24 sermon is the third and final in a short series of messages from John 1:35-51. In this message, he considers how the Lord Jesus overcame Nathanael's skepticism.
Brother Gowens' 2/25/24 message continues the look at John 1:35-51 in which Jesus gathers the first disciples to himself. Andrew and John were seekers. Peter was encouraged to follow Jesus by the faithful testimony of his brother. But Philip was not seeking or demonstrating any interest in the Lord. Instead, Jesus sought him out and called him to follow. Like Philip, many contemporary disciples must say, "He sought me and found me; I am a Christ-follower today because of pure grace."
Michael Gowens' 2/18/24 sermon looks at John 1:35-51, the account of the beginning of Jesus' public ministry and the first disciples He gathered to Himself. Like these first disciples, we too may have different stories in terms of coming to the decision to follow the Lord Jesus, but the call to be like the Master - the goal of discipleship - is the same from person to person. 
Pastor Gowens' 2/11/24 sermon continues the "Traveling Light" series with a look at the death of Lazarus in John 11.  Grief, and particularly the grief of bereavement, is a debilitating burden. But several helps to deal with painful loss emerge from this dramatic account - Christ's love, God's truth and Hope in the resurrection.
In this 2/4/24 sermon, Mike Gowens takes a look at Psalm 37 and the oppressive burden of anxiety. This important chapter specifically addresses anxiety arising when injustice seems to prevail, offering Biblical counsel concerning what not to do (the negative) and what to do (the positive). 
This 1/28/24 sermon is the third in the topical series titled "Traveling Light." Elder Gowens' text is 1 John 2:1-2. In this message, Michael defines a three-fold solution to alleviate the heavy burden of guilt and shame that so many people carry in the conscience.
I Will Build My Church

I Will Build My Church

2024-02-0549:24

Pastor Gowens' 1/21/24 sermon takes a look at Matthew 16:13-20, a strategically important passage in the New Testament. It is one of two places in the four Gospels in which reference is made to "the church." Here we discover the priority the Lord Jesus places on his church, and an encouraging promise regarding its longevity.
Elder Gowens' message on 1/14/24 is taken from 2 Chronicles 20 and the encouraging story of King Jehoshaphat's response to the news of an approaching enemy. Here is an illustration of how faith in God resolves our fears.
The 1/7/24 sermon by Mike Gowens is based on 2 Timothy 1:7, continuing the theme of "traveling light" from the previous Sunday. Fear cripples and paralyzes a person. It is an extremely heavy burden to bear. What is the secret for releasing the burden of fear? The text offers a three-fold solution to unnecessary fear.
Traveling Light

Traveling Light

2024-01-0843:57

Elder Gowens' sermon on 12/31/23 is based on Matthew 11:28-29. Whether we are thinking in physical or emotional terms, human beings tend to accumulate what the Bible calls "stuff." In this message, Brother Gowens encourages the congregation to unburden their lives of unnecessary baggage and to take instead the easy yoke of following the Lord Jesus.
This sermon by Michael Gowens from 12/24/23 is based on Isaiah 11, a prophecy of the coming King. The Messianic King, however, will not initially resemble any other king in human history. His arrival on the stage of history will be, in fact, unimpressive and unspectacular, so far as men are concerned; nevertheless, He is the penultimate King.
Immanuel

Immanuel

2023-12-3150:46

In this 12/17/23 message, Mike Gowens considers another of the wonderful names of Jesus. The text for this message is Matthew 1:18-23.
Prince of Peace

Prince of Peace

2023-12-2046:07

On Sunday 12/10/23, Michael Gowens led the Bethel congregation in consideration of the wonderful name of Jesus, "Prince of Peace" (Is. 9:6-7). Where Jesus Christ reigns as King, peace prevails. And it prevails in two dimensions: 1) in heaven, and 2) on earth. Gowens explains this two-fold blessing of Christ's gift of peace in this message.
On 12/3/23, Pastor Gowens brings the final message in the topical series "Things Most Surely Believed Among Us." Following up on the previous message, he once more addresses the utility of the gospel. Regular exposure to the preaching of the gospel will exercise a saving influence in the life of the believer.
In message #5 of the "Things Most Surely Believed Among Us," Elder Mike Gowens compares Romans 1:16 and 1 Corinthians 1:18 as he explains our conviction at Bethel Primitive Baptist Church concerning the purpose of the gospel. The gospel is not a well-meant, general offer to all of mankind, but a proclamation of Christ's redemptive work to the born-again child of God. As such, it exercising a powerful, saving influence in the believer's life.
The 11/19/23 message by Elder Gowens looks at David's words in Psalm 8:2-3, and applies the thought of a life of wonder to several specific "wonderful" categories. Wonder is the spirit of true worship.
Elder Mike Rodgers (AL) was our guest minister on 11/12/23. His message is taken from Isaiah 55:8-9.
Brother Gowens' 11/5/23 sermon is message four in the "Things Most Surely Believed Among Us" series. This sermon is taken from John 17:1-5, a passage emphasizing our Lord's completion of the covenant assignment He received from the Father. The Lord Jesus is an actual, not a potential, Savior. The use of the telos root in the exclamation "It is finished!" indicates that He made an end of sin, death, Divine wrath, the Law and the Devil at the cross.
Michael Gowens' 10/29/23 sermon considers Ephesians 1:3-6, a passage in which the apostle Paul celebrates God's eternal purpose in the Covenant of Grace before time began. This is message #3 in the series entitled "Things Most Surely Believed Among Us."
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