This is a rebroadcast of last year's (2024) Thanksgiving episode. I hope you enjoy it.

This is Harrison Dee Wilson of the Onesimus Collective. The following is a sermon I preached in September of 2025, concerning baptism. If you disagree with my assessment of baptism or tongues, which are also talked about, please be cordial and respectful in any correspondence with The Onesimus Collective.

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The human tongue, or the human mouth, and the words coming from it can do damage like a wildfire. This episode will explore how to keep the tongue in check by exploring James chapter 3 and other Scripture associated with being careful of what we say.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Doriani, Daniel M. James Ch. 3:1-12. Phillipsburg, NJ, UNITED STATES: P & R Publishing, 2007. http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/liberty/detail.action?docID=6512337.

Doriani, Daniel M. James Ch. 3:13-18. Phillipsburg, NJ, UNITED STATES: P & R Publishing, 2007.http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/liberty/detail.action?docID=6512337

Henry, Matthew. James - Complete Bible Commentary Verse by Verse. Balneário Rincão, BRAZIL: Grupo Oxigênio Ltda-ME, 2016.http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/liberty/detail.action?docID=6432102.

The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version. (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 2009), Romans 3:3–14.

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In this episode, we will discuss the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. We will also discuss the idea that Jesus’s disciples stole His body to make it appear Jesus arose from the dead. The episode will finish by discussing how Jesus is the “resurrection and the life.”

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Byas, Steve. “JESUS AMan of History.” The New American; Appleton. Appleton, United States, Appleton:The New American, December 18, 2017.http://search.proquest.com/docview/1980475133/abstract/E5B651E175954176PQ/1.,

Doctor James C. “BookOutlines (all),” Life Application Study Bible, King James Version, Gen Ed.Ronald A, Beers, Carol Stream, IL, Tyndale House Publishers, 2007.

Holman KJV Study Bible:King James Version, Study Bible. Holman Bible Pub, 2015.

Ingersoll, R. G. “TheChristian Religion.” The North American Review; Boston, Mass., etc., July 1,1881. Accessed November 14, 2018.http://search.proquest.com/docview/1296774215/citation/22C569D3F1944793PQ/1.

Köstenberger, AndreasJ. Encountering John: The Gospel in Historical, Literary, and TheologicalPerspective. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 1999, 2013.

McDowell, Sean. TheFate of the Apostles: Examining the Martyrdom Accounts of the Closest Followers of Jesus. Routledge, 2016. Accessed September 24, 2020.http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781315558196.

Meyer, John R. “Sharingin Christ’s Death and the Holy Spirit.” Irish Theological Quarterly 66, no. 2(June 1, 2001): 125–140. Accessed November 14, 2018.https://doi.org/10.1177/002114000106600204.

Morris, Leon. Jesus isthe Christ: Studies in the Theology of John. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm B. EerdmansPublishing Company, 1989.

Sarot, Marcel."The Ultimate Miracle? the Historicity of the Resurrection of Jesus."Hervormde Teologiese Studies 70, no. 1 (2014): 1-9,http://ezproxy.liberty.edu/login qurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.proquest.com%2Fdocview%2F1680764051%3Faccountid%3D12085.

Smith, Daniel A.“‘Look, the Place Where They Put Him’ (Mk 16:6): The Space of Jesus’ Tomb in Early Christian Memory.” Hervormde Teologiese Studies; Pretoria 70, no. 1 (2014): 1–8.http://search.proquest.com/docview/1680763853/abstract/74F2F9154393492DPQ/1.

Strobel, Lee. The Case for Christ: A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence of Jesus. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1998.

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In this episode - a few Christmas memories and a short discussion of the true meaning of the Christmas Season.

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Costa Isaäc da, The Four Witnesses: Being a Harmony of the Gospels on a New Principle. (New York, NY: R. Carter & Brothers, 1855), 476-77. Google-Books-ID: lKLT7C59fVsC.

Epp-Tiessen, Dan. “Christmas Is Good News, Isn’t It?” Canadian Mennonite, Waterloo, Canada: Mennonite Publishing Service, December 21, 2009

Kingsbury, Jack Dean. “The Plot of Luke’s Story of Jesus.” Interpretation: A Journal of Bible and Theology 48, no. 4 (October 1994): 369.

Levin, Yigal, “Jesus, ‘Son of God’ and ‘Son of David’: The ‘Adoption’ of Jesus into the Davidic Line.” Journal for the Study of the New Testament 28, no. 4 (June 1, 2006): 415–42, Footnote 19. https://doi.org/10.1177/0142064X06065693.

McKim, Randolph H. “The Virgin Birth of Jesus of Nazareth.” The North American Review 205, no. 734 (1917): 93–100. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25109049.

Pederson, Ann Milliken, Gretchen Spars-McKee, Elisa Berndt, Morgan DePerno, and Emily Wehde. “Fully Human and Fully Divine: The Birth of Christ and the Role of Mary.” Religions 6, no. 1 (2015): 172–81, 178-79. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel6010172.

Music by AudioCoffee(Denys Kyshchuk): https://www.audiocoffee.net/

In this bonus episode, I talk a little about some of my Thanksgiving memories.

I pray you and your family has a wonderful Thanksgiving!!!

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In this Bonus Episode: What is the Christian life all about? Is it about health, wealth, and fame? Is it always about what we can get, or does the Christian life serve a different purpose? Is the congregation you are a part of serving Christ or serving self? This episode should answer all but the last question. That last question is up to you.