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Playing Both Side Of The Ball

2026/09/24

Churches have to have a good offense and a good defense to be a healthy church. We lose our effectiveness when we specialize in preventing the world to enter our church at the expense of getting the gospel out of our church. Other church may excel at outreach but fail in doctrinal purity. Simply put, the church has to play both side of the ball.

Make Friends Make Converts

2026/09/08

The Christian should be actively seeking to make friends and love his neighbors. We need to know the distinction between being friends with the world and having friends in the world. Having lost friends is the first step to leading them to faith in Christ.

Two Churches and One Pastor

2026/07/30

Pastor Russell Threet joins the podcast to discuss an old practice that is making a resurgence. The once common practice of churches sharing a pastor is coming back into practice during this time pastor shortages. Russell and Harold discuss a couple churches that have begun this process before giving the biblical and historical precedence for this practice.

A Place Of Private Prayer

2026/07/19

Pastor Harold begins by sharing some scriptural examples of places of private prayer before examining the prayer practices of some faithful Christians of the past. Lastly Harold shares some of his own experiences from his journey in a place of private prayer.

5 Reasons Your Church Isn't Seeing More Salvations

2026/07/04

With most major denominations in decline and many churches either stagnate or declining is there an explanation for our declining salvations? In this episode pastor Harold Smith gives the top five reasons for our lack of salvations and offers three keys to turning this trend around.

Pastor Shortage or Church Overage

2026/06/20

In this episode Pastor Harold discusses the lack of pastors and the increase in pastorless churches.

Structuring Your Ministry By The Seasons

2026/06/13

Our lives have seasons as do our ministries. When we live and minister in harmony with the seasons of life and ministry we maximize our harvest.

The Greatest Threat To Our Gospel

2026/05/30

The greatest threat to the gospel is a half-gospel that cannot save. This threat is especially serious because it is being quietly promoted by a small but growing number of Baptists — a group that historically has not held this view. The missing element in their gospel is repentance. Except ye repent, ye shall likewise perish.

God's Timing

2026/05/16

In a day where everything happens fast and instant is expected, should we still wait on God's timing? Is there ever a wrong time to do or say the right thing? Let us look to the Bible to answer these questions.

Church Committees

2026/04/25

Properly functioning committees are essential to the health of every church. Bro Harold lays out several biblical examples and offers some practical tips for effective church committees.

Blest Be The Tie

2026/04/12

In this episode Bro Harold shares some recent experiences from a revival meeting and some common interactions from the bookstore. As Christians we have a unique bond by the Holy Spirit that the world can not know of much less experience. The same tie that binds us to Christ also binds us to each other.

Unscripted With Jeremy Williams

2026/03/30

Bro Jeremy serves as the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Houston, AR

Why seek an interim pastor?

2026/03/14

In this episode pastor Harold gives five benefits of having an interim pastor before your church seeks her next pastor. He also covers traits to look for in a successful interim pastorate.

The History of First Baptist Church Little Rock, AR

2026/03/07

This is the first episode in a series titled History To Help where we seek to learn lesson for today from days gone by. The First Baptist Church of Little Rock has a long and rich history, join us as we seek to learn from their journey of faith.

Finding and Keeping Friends in the Ministry

2026/02/28

How do we build friendships outside our own little circle of friends? Pastor Harold discusses how to maintain close friendships across our ministerial divisions. He also outlines and illustrates isolating traits that kill friendships.