Come On Up to the mountain as we seek to learn more from the Lord through His Word! Pastor Carl simply teaches through the Word, verse by verse, chapter by chapter, weekdays at 3:30pm and 10:30pm on Wilkins Radio Asheville. The program is also available as a podcast on your favorite podcast app or at:…
Welcome to the Mountain Cross
“I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.” – 1 Corinthians 2:2 Join us as we go through the Bible chapter by chapter, verse by verse. Simply teaching the Word of God is what we are all about… it’s what we do and how we do it, focusing on…
A Friendship Impacts the Birth of a Nation
In honor of America’s 250th anniversary, A GREAT AWAKENING tells the true story of an unlikely friendship that resulted in one of the most defining moments in American history. With the colonies on the brink of collapse, the Reverend George Whitefield sparks the first Great Awakening, uniting an entire generation with his thundering proclamation of…
Genesis 31
Observing his life is threatened, Jacob says enough is enough and takes his wives and flocks and servants and secretly heads toward the promised land. Laban gets wind and pursues but is warned by God in a dream not to mess with Jacob. So an agreement is made never to cross this line at the…
Genesis 30
There is rivalry between Rachel and Leah as they compete for Jacob’s affections and the blessing of children. And God in His grace opens the wombs of both. Jacob attempt to leave the area, but Laban appeals and asks Jacob what is price is to stay… all the spotted and speckled sheep! Laban agrees but…
Genesis 28 – 29
After the grand deception that benefited no one involved, Jacob heads off to the old country to save his life and find a wife. Along the way he has an encounter with the living God. And when he gets to Haran, he finds Rachel tending her father’s sheep…
Genesis 27
Four examples from four characters of how NOT to walk in faith! Yet Isaac ends up in the Hall of Faith, finally acknowledging the Lord’s will instead of his own. Would he really believe Jacob was Esau just because he has some animal hair on him?!
Genesis 25 – 26
As Abraham enters the sunset of his life, he actually remarries and has a number of sons that will become nations. At 175 he is gathered back to his fathers, buried by Issac and Ishmael. Then Issac makes the same mistake as his father with the king in Gerar.
Genesis 24
Abraham initiates a search for a wife for Issac. His chief servant is sent to the land where he grew up and by the grace of God he found Rebekah at the well drawing water. And by the grace of God, Rebekah agreed to return with the servant and become the wife of Issac sight…
Genesis 22 – 23
The moment that the faith of Abraham is cemented happened when he was asked by God to sacrifice the child that had been promised to him decades earlier. Pastor Carl also reflects on Abraham’s “only son” reflecting God’s only Son, sharing the similarities between the two sacrifices.
Genesis 20 – 21
Fear of God, or fear of man? Abraham experiences another challenge in his approach to dealing with kings in areas he finds himself… say Sarah was his sister and not wife so his life can be saved and Sarah can join the king’s harem! But God defends His “prophet”. Later ewe lambs are used to…
Easter in Stereo
Walk through the first Easter step by step from the 1969 book The Life of Christ in Stereo. Author Johnston Cheney took a decade to combine the four Gospels, not leaving anything out or adding anything in. The result, the life of Jesus as a seamless story without the apparent contradictions. In fact, the four…