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Athens Bible Church is a community-based church located near Athens in The Plains with a local and online group of believers. We are a Bible-centered, Christ‑focused, missions minded fellowship serving Athens, Meigs, Jackson, Hocking and other surrounding counties. Our local and worldwide digital presence is simple, sincere, and focused on teaching the Word of God faithfully. We present a consistent identity locally and across our website, podcast platforms, and video channels.
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Athens Bible Church is a community-based church located near Athens in The Plains with a local and online group of believers. We are a Bible-centered, Christ‑focused, missions minded fellowship serving Athens, Meigs, Jackson, Hocking and other surrounding counties. Our local and worldwide digital presence is simple, sincere, and focused on teaching the Word of God faithfully. We present a consistent identity locally and across our website, podcast platforms, and video channels.
Episodes

6 hours ago
6 hours ago
51 min
Jeremiah 30 describes a future time of severe distress for Israel and Judah - “Jacob’s trouble” - followed by God’s promised deliverance, healing, and restoration, including the rebuilding of Jerusalem and the rise of a Davidic ruler.Mainhttps://www.athensbible.orgMissionshttps://www.athensbible.org/our-ministries/our-missionaries/Nursing Homeshttps://www.athensbible.org/nursing-home-visits/Video Archiveshttps://www.athensbible.org/sunday-morning-videos/https://www.athensbible.org/sunday-school-videos/https://www.athensbible.org/sunday-evening-videos/Bible Study Categorieshttps://www.athensbible.org/category/classic-hymn-books/https://www.athensbible.org/category/bible-history/https://www.athensbible.org/category/christian-theology-vocabulary/https://www.athensbible.org/category/the-apostle-paul/https://www.athensbible.org/category/bible-animals/

4 days ago
4 days ago
55 min
The lessons of The Old Testament can enrich your life and enhance your understanding of God. The Bible teaches that God is unchanging. His character, His promises, and His plan remain constant forever. Throughout scripture, believers are reminded that God does not change. This truth gives stability and confidence in a world that is always shifting.2 Timothy 2:13Even when we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.Malachi 3:6For I the Lord do not change; therefore you, O children of Jacob, are not consumed.Hebrews 13:8Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.James 1:17Every good and perfect gift comes from the Father, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.Psalm 102:27But you are the same, and your years have no end.Isaiah 40:8The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.Other passages such as Numbers 23:19, Psalm 119:90, and Hebrews 6:17 to 18 also show that God’s purposes, promises, and counsel are firm and reliable.Athens Bible Church presents a consistent identity across its website, podcast platforms, and video channels: a Bible‑centered, Christ‑focused, missions‑minded fellowship serving Athens County, Ohio.Their online presence emphasizes expository preaching, traditional worship, and practical discipleship rooted in Scripture. Official Website🔗 https://www.athensbible.orgAnimals of The Bible🔗 https://www.athensbible.org/category/bible-animals/Hymn Book History🔗 https://www.athensbible.org/category/classic-hymn-books/ Audio Platforms (Podcasts)Apple Podcasts🔗 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bible-based-messages/id1871738604Podbean🔗 https://www.podbean.com/pw/pbblog-bsh6y-14f06b5Spotify🔗 https://open.spotify.com/show/2esKDFsAqveC3LBoNY6ZFqAmazon Music🔗 https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/4ab90d6f-3f17-44c1-8b3d-a9c57e7fea2eiHeartRadio🔗 https://iheart.com/podcast/319104652Video PlatformsYouTube🔗 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOmKvTn0vS8cwZKK7sdKE5wRumble🔗 https://rumble.com/user/AthensBibleSocial MediaFacebook 🔗 https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009340326242Across its website, podcasts, and video channels, Athens Bible Church consistently presents itself as a Bible‑anchored, Christ‑honoring fellowship committed to:--Verse‑by‑verse expository preaching--Traditional worship rooted in hymns and Scripture--Missions and evangelism--Youth discipleship (Camp Logos)--Community outreach--Old and New TestamentsTheir digital presence is simple, sincere, and focused on teaching the Word of God faithfully.

4 days ago
4 days ago
1hr 43 sec
There seems to be a reoccurring pattern in God's word - one group receives good news and blessings and the other is made a curse to all the kingdoms of the earth.Matthew 23:37 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing!” Jeremiah’s Letter to the Exiles - Chapter 291This is the text of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the surviving elders among the exiles and to the priests, the prophets, and all the others Nebuchadnezzar had carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon. 2(This was after King Jeconiah,a the queen mother, the court officials, the officials of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the metalsmiths had been exiled from Jerusalem.) 3The letter was entrusted to Elasah son of Shaphan and Gemariah son of Hilkiah, whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to King Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon. It stated:4This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says to all the exiles who were carried away from Jerusalem to Babylon: 5“Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat their produce. 6Take wives and have sons and daughters. Take wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so that they too may have sons and daughters. Multiply there; do not decrease. 7Seek the prosperity of the city to which I have sent you as exiles. Pray to the LORD on its behalf, for if it prospers, you too will prosper.”8For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Do not be deceived by the prophets and diviners among you, and do not listen to the dreams you elicit from them. 9For they are falsely prophesying to you in My name; I have not sent them, declares the LORD.”b10For this is what the LORD says: “When Babylon’s seventy years are complete, I will attend to you and confirm My promise to restore you to this place. 11For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope. 12Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. 13You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. 14I will be found by you, declares the LORD, and I will restore you from captivityc and gather you from all the nations and places to which I have banished you, declares the LORD. I will restore you to the place from which I sent you into exile.”15Because you may say, “The LORD has raised up for us prophets in Babylon,” 16this is what the LORD says about the king who sits on David’s throne and all the people who remain in this city, your brothers who did not go with you into exile— 17this is what the LORD of Hosts says:“I will send against them sword and famine and plague, and I will make them like rotten figs, so bad they cannot be eaten. 18I will pursue them with sword and famine and plague. I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth—a curse, a desolation, and an object of scorn and reproach among all the nations to which I banish them. 19I will do this because they have not listened to My words, declares the LORD, which I sent to them again and againd through My servants the prophets. And neither have you exiles listened, declares the LORD.”20So hear the word of the LORD, all you exiles I have sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon. 21This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says about Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying to you lies in My name: “I will deliver them to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will kill them before your very eyes. 22Because of them, all the exiles of Judah who are in Babylon will use this curse: ‘May the LORD make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire!’ 23For they have committed an outrage in Israel by committing adultery with the wives of their neighbors and speaking lies in My name, which I did not command them to do. I am He who knows, and I am a witness, declares the LORD.”Mainhttps://www.athensbible.orgMissionshttps://www.athensbible.org/our-ministries/our-missionaries/Nursing Homeshttps://www.athensbible.org/nursing-home-visits/Video Archiveshttps://www.athensbible.org/sunday-morning-videos/https://www.athensbible.org/sunday-school-videos/https://www.athensbible.org/sunday-evening-videos/Bible Study Categorieshttps://www.athensbible.org/category/classic-hymn-books/https://www.athensbible.org/category/bible-history/https://www.athensbible.org/category/christian-theology-vocabulary/https://www.athensbible.org/category/the-apostle-paul/https://www.athensbible.org/category/bible-animals/

5 days ago
5 days ago
56 min
Listen to the words of The One sent to rescue you from sin and you won't go wrong. Athens Bible Church presents a consistent identity across its website, podcast platforms, and video channels: a Bible‑centered, Christ‑focused, missions‑minded fellowship serving Athens County, Ohio.Their online presence emphasizes expository preaching, traditional worship, and practical discipleship rooted in Scripture. Audio Sermons🔗https://www.athensbible.org/online-sermons/Devotionals🔗 https://www.athensbible.org/category/bible-devotionals/ Audio Platforms (Podcasts)Apple Podcasts — Bible‑Based Messages🔗 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bible-based-messages/id1871738604Podbean - Bible Podcast🔗 https://www.podbean.com/pw/pbblog-bsh6y-14f06b5Spotify — Bible‑Based Sermons🔗 https://open.spotify.com/show/2esKDFsAqveC3LBoNY6ZFqAmazon Music — Bible‑Based Devotionals🔗 https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/4ab90d6f-3f17-44c1-8b3d-a9c57e7fea2eiHeartRadio — Bible‑Based Audio Sermons🔗 https://iheart.com/podcast/319104652Video PlatformsYouTube — Athens Bible Church Channel🔗 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOmKvTn0vS8cwZKK7sdKE5wRumble — Athens Bible Church🔗 https://rumble.com/user/AthensBibleSocial MediaFacebook — Athens Bible Church🔗 https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009340326242Across its website, podcasts, and video channels, Athens Bible Church consistently presents itself as a Bible‑anchored, Christ‑honoring fellowship committed to:--Verse‑by‑verse expository preaching--Traditional worship rooted in hymns and Scripture--Missions and evangelism--Youth discipleship (Camp Logos)--Community outreach--Old and New TestamentsTheir digital presence is simple, sincere, and focused on teaching the Word of God faithfully.

Jul 16, 2026
John the Baptist | Pastor William Hixson
Jul 16, 2026
Jul 16, 2026
47 min
Mark 1:4 John appeared, baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.Mainhttps://www.athensbible.orgMissionshttps://www.athensbible.org/our-ministries/our-missionaries/Nursing Homeshttps://www.athensbible.org/nursing-home-visits/Video Archiveshttps://www.athensbible.org/sunday-morning-videos/https://www.athensbible.org/sunday-school-videos/https://www.athensbible.org/sunday-evening-videos/Bible Study Categorieshttps://www.athensbible.org/category/old-testament-word-studies/https://www.athensbible.org/category/bible-history-devotionals/https://www.athensbible.org/category/bible-archaeology/https://www.athensbible.org/category/bible-names-and-hebrew-meanings/https://www.athensbible.org/category/christian-theology-vocabulary/Across its website, podcasts, and video channels, Athens Bible Church consistently presents itself as a Bible‑anchored, Christ‑honoring fellowship.

Jul 14, 2026
Jul 14, 2026
1hr 7 min
Itching ears listen readily to those who tell them what they want to hear. Words giving false hope and an easy path out of the troubles they face and even create. Lies can only be manipulated into a false truth that will someday be exposed by God.Mainhttps://www.athensbible.orgMissionshttps://www.athensbible.org/our-ministries/our-missionaries/Nursing Homeshttps://www.athensbible.org/nursing-home-visits/Video Archiveshttps://www.athensbible.org/sunday-morning-videos/https://www.athensbible.org/sunday-school-videos/https://www.athensbible.org/sunday-evening-videos/Bible Study Categorieshttps://www.athensbible.org/category/classic-hymn-books/https://www.athensbible.org/category/bible-history/https://www.athensbible.org/category/christian-theology-vocabulary/https://www.athensbible.org/category/the-apostle-paul/https://www.athensbible.org/category/bible-animals/Across its website, podcasts, and video channels, Athens Bible Church consistently presents itself as a Bible‑anchored, Christ‑honoring fellowship committed to:--Verse‑by‑verse expository preaching--Traditional worship rooted in hymns and Scripture--Missions and evangelism--Youth discipleship (Camp Logos)--Community outreach--Old and New TestamentsTheir digital presence is simple, sincere, and focused on teaching the Word of God faithfully.

Jul 12, 2026
Jul 12, 2026
57 min
The life of a servant of God is usually not enjoyable. Across its website, podcasts, and video channels, Athens Bible Church consistently presents itself as a Bible‑anchored, Christ‑honoring fellowship committed to:--Verse‑by‑verse expository preaching--Traditional worship rooted in hymns and Scripture--Missions and evangelism--Youth discipleship (Camp Logos)--Community outreach--Old and New TestamentsTheir digital presence is simple, sincere, and focused on teaching the Word of God faithfully.

Jul 12, 2026
Communion Message | Pastor William Hixson
Jul 12, 2026
Jul 12, 2026
53 min
Key Bible verses for Communion include Luke 22:19-20, 1 Corinthians 11:23-26, and Matthew 26:26-28, which emphasize remembering Jesus’ sacrifice through the bread and cup.Athens Bible Church presents a consistent identity across its website, podcast platforms, and video channels: a Bible‑centered, Christ‑focused, missions‑minded fellowship serving Athens County, Ohio.Their online presence emphasizes expository preaching, traditional worship, and practical discipleship rooted in Scripture. Official Website🔗 https://www.athensbible.orgApostle Paul🔗 https://www.athensbible.org/category/the-apostle-paul/ Audio Platforms (Podcasts)Apple Podcasts🔗 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bible-based-messages/id1871738604Podbean🔗 https://www.podbean.com/pw/pbblog-bsh6y-14f06b5Spotify🔗 https://open.spotify.com/show/2esKDFsAqveC3LBoNY6ZFqAmazon Music🔗 https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/4ab90d6f-3f17-44c1-8b3d-a9c57e7fea2eiHeartRadio 🔗 https://iheart.com/podcast/319104652Video PlatformsYouTube 🔗 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOmKvTn0vS8cwZKK7sdKE5wRumble 🔗 https://rumble.com/user/AthensBibleSocial MediaFacebook 🔗 https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009340326242Across its website, podcasts, and video channels, Athens Bible Church consistently presents itself as a Bible‑anchored, Christ‑honoring fellowship committed to:--Verse‑by‑verse expository preaching--Traditional worship rooted in hymns and Scripture--Missions and evangelism--Youth discipleship (Camp Logos)--Community outreach--Old and New TestamentsTheir digital presence is simple, sincere, and focused on teaching the Word of God faithfully.








