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More Than Bread
It's not enough to get into God's Word, we need to let His Word get into us. "More Than Bread" is a podcast featuring Pastor Dan Nold from Calvary Church in State College, PA. It focuses on simply reading the Bible (with a few comments) in the hopes that listening to God's Word, learning from God's Word and leaning into God's Word will shape our hearts, minds, and souls to bring us life. As Jesus said, "We do not live by bread alone, we live by every Word that comes from the mouth of God."
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853 episodes
Press Pause #2 -- Exodus 20:8-11/Psalm 46 -- Hands up, I give up, I'm ready to receive...
The sabbath is a way of saying, "God it's not just a matter of time, if I had all the time in the world, I still wouldn't be able to finish. I need help. I'm limited." I think one reason we don't sabbath well is because we haven't accepte...
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Press Pause #1 -- Psalm 46 -- What if getting ahead is the wrong race?
We are starting the second mini-series of spiritual practices that bring God's gracious hand upon us. For the next 8-10 episodes we're going talk about keeping the Sabbath. The Sabbath is God's stop-day. And let's be honest, it's so hard. And i...
Sticks & Stones #10 -- John 15:4-11 -- If we want a breakthrough, we need to remain!
Remain. Mostly what I want to talk about, in this last episode of the series, is that word "remain." In Biblical Greek, it’s the word meno. It means to take a stand against difficult circumstances. But it was also used to refer t...
Sticks & Stones #9 -- John 15:1-17 + more John -- I can't love Jesus, if I don't love the Word!
In John 15 there is a serious call to love God's Words, to make them an always-there part of our hearts. Jesus uses the word, "remain." Remain in me. Let my words remain in you. Remain in my life. Remain. What we will find in this episode is th...
A Life Refreshed #7 -- Psalm 77 -- Refreshing Gratitude
Well this isn't the message I preached last Sunday on the Psalms, but it is the Psalm I would have preached on if I wasn't on vacation. :) Psalm 77 is a powerful Psalm on gratitude in the midst of hard times. Few spiritual practices are a...
Sticks & Stones #8 -- Luke 10:40-42 -- Am I choosing the wrong, one thing?
What did Jesus say to Martha when she came complaining about Mary? "Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled over so many things, but only one thing is needed, one thing is necessary." Or perhaps in Martha's only one thing was lacking. With...
Sticks & Stones #7 -- Luke 10:38-42 -- The awesome power of God's Words...
Sometimes we are tempted to think that words are just words. Right? We live in a world with a lot of words. Sometimes it feels like word overload. But is there really such a thing as "just words?" Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words...
Sticks & Stones #6 -- Luke 10 -- Can you hear the music?
In a number of his books, C.S. Lewis compares the Christian life to a dance with God. He calls it the Great Dance, and says, "Each one of us has to enter that pattern, and take our place in the dance. There is no other way to the ha...
Sticks & Stones #5 -- Amos 8 & More -- Why don't I hunger for God's Words?
In this episode I'm going to ask the question, "Why don't I hunger for God's Words?" Maybe it's because we aren't sure we really believe in the Bible. When someone says that to me, I'm thinking really? Which part do you not believe? Is it...
A Life Refreshed #6 -- Psalm 42/43 -- The best is yet to come, and He's worth the wait!
For those of you who are newer to "More Than Bread" for sometime now I often take a break from the "5 episodes a week" life and simply upload my sermon from the last Sunday (or something similar) on Mondays. Lately at Calvary we've been going t...
Sticks & Stones #4 -- Amos 8:11-13 -- Do I have an urgent hunger for God's Words?
Do I have an urgent hunger for God's Words? First can I define my terms? Here's the deal, if it's not important, it can't be urgent. The dictionary defines urgency as "something of importance requiring swift action. Urgency is an earnest an...
Sticks & Stones #3 -- Mark 4:14-20 -- One voice above all others, we need to hear!
Listen, there are voices in this world, voices that some of you have listened to all your life. Some of them were bad voices, mean, always critical, made you feel like you had nothing to offer the world. You can't be fixed, never succeed and ca...
Sticks & Stones #2 -- Mark 4 & Exodus 33 -- Are you a friend of God?
In Exodus 33, God tells Moses He is saying "yes" to Moses' prayer. Why? "Because you have found favor with me and you are my friend." Every time I read those words, it brings tears to my eyes. In part because I'm reminded how often I seek...
Sticks & Stones #1 -- Mark 4:1-20 -- What will bring the greatest return for my life?
What if I told you that there is a potential breakthrough available to you that would give you a 100 fold return on your life? I know "life" is a broad all encompassing word, but that's really what we are looking for -- the kind of life that go...
A Life Refreshed #5 -- Psalm 51 -- Don't just say no to sin...say yes to God!
Psalm 51 is all about sin. Well not just sin. It's all about sin and the overflowing, relentlessly overwhelming love of God. Here's the deal, no one sins out of duty. We sin when we believe that God cannot satisfy my heart. There was a ti...
Awaken Revival #21 -- Nehemiah Final Review -- If you're not dead, God's not done!
As we close this study of Nehemiah, I want to circle back to the simple, stubborn conviction that has been underneath everything: "If we’re not dead, He’s not done." Your story is unfinished. Our story, in our churches and neighborhoods, is unf...
Awaken Revival #20 -- Nehemiah Review #2 -- Is it time for a change?
As we continue our review of Nehemiah, you'll hear me say, "Surrendering once is not enough. Repentance is a daily discipline." In other words, if you aren't finding time to shut down the busy and turn off the noise so that you can hear the sti...
Awaken Revival #19 -- Nehemiah Review -- We need God-chasers, not church-goers!
Nehemiah starts with a leader who is willing to own the brokenness, not only his brokenness, but even his people's brokenness. This gives him a burden of repentance that leads him to prayer. Listen, we desperately need people who will own the b...
Awaken Revival #18 -- Nehemiah 13 -- My least favorite chapter...
Nehemiah 13 is one of my all-time worst chapters in the Bible. I knew it was coming. It's not like I haven't studied or preached through Nehemiah before. Maybe deep down inside I was hoping God would change the ending before we got here. ...
A Life Refreshed (Extra) -- Psalm 133 -- Let unity refresh your life!
This Psalm is not part of our series, but it's a great description of a life refreshed. This last weekend was CWOW weekend, which is a Sunday that we practice being the church rather than going to church. But this Psalm came to mind...Ps...
Awaken Revival #17 -- Nehemiah 12:31-47 -- I want to leave a mark with my heart!
Nehemiah 12 is about a celebration and dedication. That word dedication means to set apart, to consecrate, to totally give over. As the people were dedicating the walls of Jerusalem, they were basically saying, "God everything insid...
Awaken Revival #16 -- Nehemiah 12 -- Celebration is a look back with gratitude!
Two things are taking place in Nehemiah 12, celebration and dedication. In this episode we'll focus on celebration. We celebrate what is important to us. What we celebrate tells the story of our passion. So what do you celebrate? You know...
Awaken Revival #15 -- Nehemiah 11 -- We are called to do good where we live!
In Nehemiah 11, the walls are rebuilt, the people are getting rebuilt, but the city is empty and God has redemptive purpose for this city, in fact for every city. And He has a redemptive purpose for your life. So here's what I believe. I ...
Awaken Revival #14 -- Nehemiah 10/Malachi 3 -- Is my life overflowing with blessings?
I closed the last episode of this series, with the words, "Our hearts follow our treasures. If we aren't surrendering our treasures to God, then we're robbing God of our hearts." Do you understand God doesn't need our money. He wants our hearts...
A Life Refreshed #4 -- Psalm 103 -- He is the Father our hearts long for...
This message was given on Father's Day as part of our summer Psalms series. And here is the heart of the message. Before we ever talk about the kind of fathers we need to be, we need to talk about the Father we long for. I really believe that i...