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…
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. This word…
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…
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,…
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 hand.…
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…
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…
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 rapid-fire through seven…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
James 5:7–9 | What do you do when justice is delayed and the wrong people keep winning? 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…
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 three:…
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 hurt, this is…
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 overlooked details in the resurrection account — Mary Magdalene mistaking the risen…
THE245 Eschatology runs Sundays, April through June at Arvin Assembly. Register now at www.arvinassembly.com/eschatology - http://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 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…
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…
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…
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:…
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…
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…