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Have you ever looked like you knew exactly what you were doing, only to discover that appearances can be deceiving? In John 15:1–17, Jesus teaches that genuine discipleship isn't measured by appearances or religious activity, but by the lasting fruit that comes from abiding in Him. In this message, “Branch Management,” we explore what it means to remain connected to Christ, trust the Father's pruning, and bear fruit that glorifies God. Let's get into it. Executive Producer: Dave Putnam Speaker: Pastor Jeff Thompson Sound design, mixing, and editing: Bryan Tripp Graphic Design: Wesley Cassford Social Media: Bryan Spahr Producer: Sherri Smith WE INVITE YOU TO CONNECT WITH US: • Website: https://www.harvestbible.org/ WE INVITE YOU TO FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA: • Instagram: @harvestbiblechapel • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/harvestbiblechapel/

When Pastor Jeff was a kid and his parents went away, they often left him a to-do list. The night before the cross, Jesus does something similar for His disciples. He's leaving, they're afraid, and He tells them exactly how to live until He returns. This is Believe! The Gospel of John. Pastor Jeff Thompson takes us through John 13 and 14 in a message called "While I'm Away." Let's get into it. Executive Producer: Dave Putnam Speaker: Pastor Jeff Thompson Sound design, mixing, and editing: Bryan Tripp Graphic Design: Wesley Cassford Social Media: Bryan Spahr Producer: Sherri Smith WE INVITE YOU TO CONNECT WITH US: • Website: https://www.harvestbible.org/ WE INVITE YOU TO FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA: • Instagram: @harvestbiblechapel • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/harvestbiblechapel/

Most of us remember the first time a close friend turned on us, and that sick feeling in the pit of your stomach. Jesus felt it too, and it came from one of the Twelve. So what do we make of people who follow Jesus for a while, then walk away? This is Believe! The Gospel of John. Pastor Jeff Bucknam, John 13:18–30: "The Betrayer." Let's get into it. Executive Producer: Dave Putnam Speaker: Pastor Jeff Bucknam Sound design, mixing, and editing: Bryan Tripp Graphic Design: Wesley Cassford Social Media: Bryan Spahr Producer: Sherri Smith WE INVITE YOU TO CONNECT WITH US: • Website: https://www.harvestbible.org/ WE INVITE YOU TO FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA: • Instagram: @harvestbiblechapel • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/harvestbiblechapel/

Imagine the President showing up at your house to scrub your toilet. You'd stop him. It's beneath him. Now picture the One who holds all authority in the universe kneeling with a towel to wash dirty feet, including the feet of the man about to betray him. This is Believe! The Gospel of John. Pastor Jeff Bucknam takes us into John 13:1–17 in a message called "Phenomenal Footwork." Let's get into it. Executive Producer: Dave Putnam Speaker: Pastor Jeff Bucknam Sound design, mixing, and editing: Bryan Tripp Graphic Design: Wesley Cassford Social Media: Bryan Spahr Producer: Sherri Smith WE INVITE YOU TO CONNECT WITH US: • Website: https://www.harvestbible.org/ WE INVITE YOU TO FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA: • Instagram: @harvestbiblechapel • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/harvestbiblechapel/

When something is too big for words, we turn to poetry. That's exactly what happens in Romans 11:33–36 — Paul is so overwhelmed by God that all he can do is burst into song. Today, Pastor Jeff Bucknam walks us through that hymn of praise, showing us a God who is wiser, better, and the whole point of it all. This is 'To Only God Be the Glory.' Executive Producer: Dave Putnam Speaker: Pastor Jeff Bucknam Sound design, mixing, and editing: Bryan Tripp Graphic Design: Wesley Cassford Social Media: Bryan Spahr Producer: Sherri Smith WE INVITE YOU TO CONNECT WITH US: • Website: https://www.harvestbible.org/ WE INVITE YOU TO FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA: • Instagram: @harvestbiblechapel • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/harvestbiblechapel/

Word had spread across Jerusalem: Jesus raised a man from the dead. Everyone had to decide what to do with that. The religious leaders plotted to kill him. A grieving sister poured out a year's wages in perfume on his feet. And a trusted friend, smiling the whole time, was already planning to betray him. Same news, three completely different responses — and today, we're asking which one looks like ours. This is Believe! The Gospel of John. Executive Producer: Dave Putnam Speaker: Pastor Jeff Bucknam Sound design, mixing, and editing: Bryan Tripp Graphic Design: Wesley Cassford Social Media: Bryan Spahr Producer: Sherri Smith WE INVITE YOU TO CONNECT WITH US: • Website: https://www.harvestbible.org/ WE INVITE YOU TO FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA: • Instagram: @harvestbiblechapel • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/harvestbiblechapel/

There was a season of my life when I lived above a morgue. Late-night garage doors rolling open below my floor. Embalming. Makeup on someone who'd never wear it again. Before that, death was something that happened to other people. Most of us keep it that way — we make the dead look alive, we keep the kids away from funerals. But death doesn't stay at arm's length forever. Eventually you're the one sitting alone next to a body you love. And when that day comes, you want more than a philosophy. You want an answer. Every religion has tried to give one. Enough good lives and maybe you dissolve into eternity. Enough good works and maybe the scale tips your way. Or — just take what you can get, because after this, nothing. Jesus gives a different answer. And he gives it outside a tomb that's already started to smell. In John 11, Lazarus has been dead four days when Jesus finally shows up. What happens next shows us three things: death is overwhelming, Jesus feels it too, and Jesus overwhelms death anyway. Pastor Jeff Bucknam brings us "Lazarus: Back By Popular Demand," from John 11:17–44. Let's get into it. Executive Producer: Dave Putnam Speaker: Pastor Jeff Bucknam Sound design, mixing, and editing: Bryan Tripp Graphic Design: Wesley Cassford Social Media: Bryan Spahr Producer: Sherri Smith WE INVITE YOU TO CONNECT WITH US: • Website: https://www.harvestbible.org/ WE INVITE YOU TO FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA: • Instagram: @harvestbiblechapel • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/harvestbiblechapel/

You get the call. Someone you love is in trouble, and you expect help to come right away. But it doesn't. Not that hour. Not that day. The silence stretches on, and you're left wondering if anyone's coming at all. That's exactly where Mary and Martha find themselves. They send word to Jesus that His close friend Lazarus is sick—dying, even—and surely He'll drop everything. Instead, He waits. Two more days. By the time He arrives, Lazarus is already in the tomb. So what do you do when God seems to delay right when you need Him most? Today we're in John 11:1–16, where we find out that the delay isn't a sign that God has stopped caring—it's the setup for something bigger than anyone in that story could have imagined. The sermon is called "The Delay Before the Display." Let's get into it. Executive Producer: Dave Putnam Speaker: Pastor Tommy Creutz Sound design, mixing, and editing: Bryan Tripp Graphic Design: Wesley Cassford Social Media: Bryan Spahr Producer: Sherri Smith WE INVITE YOU TO CONNECT WITH US: • Website: https://www.harvestbible.org/ WE INVITE YOU TO FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA: • Instagram: @harvestbiblechapel • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/harvestbiblechapel/

Have you ever been in an argument where the other person refuses to engage with the evidence? No matter what you say or show, they've already made up their minds. That's exactly where Jesus finds himself at the Feast of Dedication — what we know today as Hanukkah. After three chapters of debate with the religious leaders, they still won't budge. So Jesus ends the argument. But what he says isn't just for them. It's for anyone who's wondered whether their faith is secure, whether the evidence holds up, and whether there's something here worth staking your life on. John 10:22–39. Pastor Jeff Bucknam. A Voice to Follow, Safe Hands, and Compelling Evidence. Let's get into it. Executive Producer: Dave Putnam Speaker: Pastor Jeff Bucknam Sound design, mixing, and editing: Bryan Tripp Graphic Design: Wesley Cassford Social Media: Bryan Spahr Producer: Sherri Smith WE INVITE YOU TO CONNECT WITH US: • Website: https://www.harvestbible.org/ WE INVITE YOU TO FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA: • Instagram: @harvestbiblechapel • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/harvestbiblechapel/

Spend enough time around sheep and you start to understand why God compares us to them. They wander into ditches. They roll onto their backs and can't get up. They need constant rescuing — and somehow, they keep ending up in the same predicaments over and over again. It's not exactly a flattering comparison. But Jesus leans into it fully in John chapter 10 — and what he says about the shepherd changes everything. In this passage, Jesus draws a sharp contrast between the leaders who were supposed to care for God's people and actually used them, and a shepherd who is so committed to his flock that he knows every sheep by name — and is willing to lay down his life for them. That's who Jesus says he is. And if that's true, it has something to say to anyone who is scared, or ashamed, or feels like they're coming up short. We're in John 10:1-18 in our series Believe! The Gospel of John. This is A Shepherd, Some Thieves, and the Sheep. Let's get into it. Executive Producer: Dave Putnam Speaker: Pastor Jeff Bucknam Sound design, mixing, and editing: Bryan Tripp Graphic Design: Wesley Cassford Social Media: Bryan Spahr Producer: Sherri Smith WE INVITE YOU TO CONNECT WITH US: • Website: https://www.harvestbible.org/ WE INVITE YOU TO FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA: • Instagram: @harvestbiblechapel • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/harvestbiblechapel/

A picture is worth a thousand words. Jesus knew that. He feeds five thousand hungry people — and then calls himself the bread of life. He meets a thirsty woman at a well — and offers her living water. He declares himself the light of the world — and then gives sight to a man who has never seen a single thing in his entire life. That's where we are today in John chapter 9. And this story isn't just a miracle — it's an object lesson. A picture of what it looks like when someone moves from blindness to sight, from darkness to light, from not knowing who Jesus is to worshiping him. We're going to follow two debates: one between Jesus and his disciples, and one between a formerly blind beggar and the most powerful religious leaders in Jerusalem. And by the end, you'll see that the man who couldn't see was never the one who was really blind. We're in John 9:1–41, in our series Believe! The Gospel of John. Pastor Jeff Bucknam is preaching, and this is I See. Let's get into it. Executive Producer: Dave Putnam Speaker: Pastor Jeff Bucknam Sound design, mixing, and editing: Bryan Tripp Graphic Design: Wesley Cassford Social Media: Bryan Spahr Producer: Sherri Smith WE INVITE YOU TO CONNECT WITH US: • Website: https://www.harvestbible.org/ WE INVITE YOU TO FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA: • Instagram: @harvestbiblechapel • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/harvestbiblechapel/

Have you ever been mistaken for someone you're not? Pastor Jeff Bucknam has, and it got him thinking about counterfeits. The kind that look convincing from a distance, but don't hold up on closer inspection. That's exactly what Jesus is dealing with in John chapter 8. He's surrounded by people who have, in some sense, believed in Him. They followed Him. They used the right words. From a distance, it looked real. But Jesus isn't impressed by appearances — and in this passage, He draws a sharp and uncomfortable line between counterfeit faith and the genuine article. And here's what makes this passage so unsettling: the people Jesus is talking to don't think they have a problem. They're confident they're on the right side. We're in John 8:31-59 in our series Believe! The Gospel of John. This week Pastor Jeff Bucknam walks us through three facts about false belief — what it is, how to recognize it, and where it ultimately leads. This is Counterfeit Faith. Let's get into it. Executive Producer: Dave Putnam Speaker: Pastor Jeff Bucknam Sound design, mixing, and editing: Bryan Tripp Graphic Design: Wesley Cassford Social Media: Bryan Spahr Producer: Sherri Smith WE INVITE YOU TO CONNECT WITH US: • Website: https://www.harvestbible.org/ WE INVITE YOU TO FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA: • Instagram: @harvestbiblechapel • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/harvestbiblechapel/

Most of us think of faith as something complicated — too many questions, too much uncertainty, too much to figure out. But in John 8, Jesus lays it out in the plainest terms possible. There is a debt. There is a choice. And there is a cross that proves everything. Today, Pastor Jeff Thompson opens John 8:21–30 and shows us that the gospel, at its core, is simple math. This is Believe! The Gospel of John. Executive Producer: Dave Putnam Speaker: Pastor Jeff Thompson Sound design, mixing, and editing: Bryan Tripp Graphic Design: Wesley Cassford Social Media: Bryan Spahr Producer: Sherri Smith WE INVITE YOU TO CONNECT WITH US: • Website: https://www.harvestbible.org/ WE INVITE YOU TO FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA: • Instagram: @harvestbiblechapel • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/harvestbiblechapel/

What do you do when the light is right in front of you — and you still can't see? In John 8, Jesus makes one of the most stunning claims in all of Scripture: I am the light of the world. But the people standing closest to Him walk away unchanged. Today, Pastor Jeff Thompson opens John 8:12–20 and asks the question the whole passage is built around: do you see? This is Believe! The Gospel of John. Executive Producer: Dave Putnam Speaker: Pastor Jeff Thompson Sound design, mixing, and editing: Bryan Tripp Graphic Design: Wesley Cassford Social Media: Bryan Spahr Producer: Sherri Smith WE INVITE YOU TO CONNECT WITH US: • Website: https://www.harvestbible.org/ WE INVITE YOU TO FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA: • Instagram: @harvestbiblechapel • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/harvestbiblechapel/

Most of us come to Ephesians the way we'd enjoy a beautiful hotel room — we find our favorite truths, settle in, and feel at home. But Paul didn't write a room. He wrote a palace. Today's guest speaker and Harvest church planter, Pastor Abiel Mir, pulls us back to see the whole thing: the King on the throne, His eternal purpose, and the Church He is building to display His glory to the watching world. This is The Glorious Church. Executive Producer: Dave Putnam Speaker: Pastor Abiel Mir Sound design, mixing, and editing: Bryan Tripp Graphic Design: Wesley Cassford Social Media: Bryan Spahr Producer: Sherri Smith WE INVITE YOU TO CONNECT WITH US: • Website: https://www.harvestbible.org/ WE INVITE YOU TO FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA: • Instagram: @harvestbiblechapel • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/harvestbiblechapel/