The Podcast With Marben Bland
Join pastor, multimedia storyteller, and entrepreneur Marben Bland as he talks to interesting people about interesting things on The Podcast.
Episodes
441 episodes since 2021
What Is Going On With Gen Z? It’s A Matter Of Your Health – Season 5 Show #2
According to the American Psychological Association’s latest Stress in America report, Generation Z—young adults born in the mid-1990s and early 2000s experienced a dramatic rise in psychological distress and depressive symptoms. In fact, resea...
September 17, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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28:00
Sermon: The Wacky Things That Happens When We Love Neighbor
In the Parable Of The Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37) Jesus engages in a debate with an expert in the Law about what it means to inherit eternal life. Eternal life is obtained when we love the Lord God with all your heart and with all your...
September 15, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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30:53
Is COVID-19 On The Rise? From: It’s A Matter Of Your Health – Season 5 Show #1
The CDC reports that COVID-19 infections are on the rise. Dr. Cynthia Snider, MD, MPH the medical director of infection prevention at Cone Health in Greensboro, NC joins Dr. Veita Bland, MD to discuss, COVID and other infectious diseases....
September 09, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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28:00
There Will Be A Passover
The plague of gun violence kills more kids in America, die than anything else in our land. God sends a series of ten plagues to pressure Pharoah to let the enslaved Israelites go free. Pharaoh mostly dismisses them unti...
September 05, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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0:59
Devotional: Should Christians Be Involved In Politics?
With the presidential election only a few months away many Christians question if they should be involved in politics. Scriptures like Titus 3:1 calling on us to be submissive and obedient to rules and authorities are often c...
September 03, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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1:00
Sermon: He Ready!
“He Ready” is our teaching this week from Exodus 3 and Pastor Marben Bland. In celebration of our new Bishop The Right Reverend Doctor Michael Leon Mitchell and the launch of our Exodus and Numbers Bible Study on Thursday, September 5, 7:00 PM ...
September 01, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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22:48
Selecting A Leader
Selecting A Leader, I am Marben Bland, and this is a Living The Word Moment.Early in person voting in Georgia starts on October 15th, ending on November 1st. So, in a bit more than a month we will be selecting a leader.
August 30, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 112
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1:00
Devotional: A New Season Of Hope
It’s the start of new football season and hope abounds. For top teams like Georgia there is the hope that comes from being again in the National Championship hunt. Hope is even present for lesser teams as they measure s...
August 27, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 111
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1:00
Devotional: Let’s Use Our Authority
So as disciples of Christ what are we doing with the authority? Are we using the authority to share the gospel with the ones we love? Are using the authority to help those who have fallen on hard times? Are we using the autho...
August 20, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 110
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2:02
Sermon: Four Blessings
God is in the blessings business, in all things and in all times The Lord is giving us all we need so that we can abound in every good work. While it is true that God’s blessings are too numerous to count, in a sermon recorded on Sunday,...
August 19, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 109
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23:38
Devotional: All Neighbors Are Worthy Of Our Love
Jesus in the Parable of the Good Samaritan remind us of three important truths first, to Love God with our heart, second to Love your neighbor as yourself and third, that everyone is our neighbor, who are all worthy of our love. &nb...
August 06, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 108
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2:13
Sermon:You Are That Man
Misogyny is defined as a hatred of, contempt for, or prejudice against women or girls. It is a form of sexism that can keep women at a lower social status than men, thus maintaining male supremacy. Misogyny has been widely practiced for t...
August 04, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 107
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34:05
Devotional: God Dislikes Misogyny
Misogyny is hatred of, contempt for, or prejudice against women or girls. It is a form of sexism that can keep women at a lower social status than men, thus maintaining male supremacy. Misogyny has been widely practiced for thousands of y...
July 30, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 106
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2:13
Sermon: Living Your Life Like A Fountain Not A Drain
Jane Fonda, the famed 85 -year-old actor Academy Award winning actor said that life is lived in three acts 0-30, 30-60, 60 and beyond. In a sermon from Philippians 2:1-8 and Matthew 22:36-40, Pastor Marben Bland leads a discussion on how ...
July 29, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 106
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23:46
Devotional: Let There Be Peace
The Paris Olympic Games have begun. During the sixteen days of the games the world’s best athletes will compete for country, glory, and the gold. Throughout this celebration of sport, the humanity of God’s greatest creation m...
July 27, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 105
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3:29
Devotional: God Wants You To Use Your Privilege For Good
Privilege is often defined as a special right, granted to a particular person or group. The key word here is “granted.” Think about it privilege can be shared. However, it can only be shared by someone who already has it, and yes...
July 23, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 104
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2:07
Sermon: Hold On To The Wheel
“We can’t treat prayer, scripture, worship and giving thanks like a spare tire that we only pull out in an emergency. These things are the steering wheel that you hold on to tightly every day, no matter where you are going.” In a se...
July 22, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 103
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24:24
Devotional: The Head Scratching Decisions Of The U.S. Supreme Court
The term head scratcher refers to something that is difficult to understand. A thing that causes puzzlement or confusion. Head scratching is my description of recent decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States. ...
July 20, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 102
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2:15
Devotional: Hold On To The Wheel
I have been looking at taking a defensive driving course. While driving is something I do almost daily passing the course will enable me to save hundreds of dollars in auto insurance premiums. The brochures for the cour...
July 16, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 101
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2:31
Sermon: When The Leader Calls
Renowned leadership expert, John C. Maxwell, said it best: “Everything rises and falls on leadership.” Matthew answered the leadership call of Jesus to leave a life of sin as a tax collector to become a disciple and gospel writer. ...
July 15, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 100
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38:30
Project 2025 Explained The Podcast
At the start of every new presidential administration there are thousands of political appointed jobs that need to be filled. Political appointees hold top positions in the White House and governmental departments. Their jobs are ...
July 14, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 99
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6:40
Answering The Call Of Jesus
Matthew, a disciple of Jesus and writer of the Gospel that bears his name was not always the saint we think of him now. He was a notorious tax collector hated by Jews, who considered him a traitor because he worked for the des...
July 13, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 94
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2:19
Devotional: Keeping Company With Jesus
There is an old saying that a person is judged by the company they keep. When Jesus chose disciples, He was not concerned about appearances. Jesus wasn't looking for role models; Jesus was looking for real people. Jesus chose peopl...
July 09, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 93
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1:51
Sermon: Lift Him Up
Acts 22:15 serves as a reminder that we are to be a truthful witness for Jesus telling everyone of what you have seen and heard of the Lord. In the sermon Lift Him Up! Pastor Marben Bland will discuss how Paul in Act 26, witnessed for Jes...
July 09, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 92
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25:57
Devotional: Be A Truthful Witness For Jesus
Actor Taraji P. Henson struck a political tone as host of the resent BET Awards. Bearing witness to racial injustice, economic disparities, and the importance of voting. Acts 22:15 serves as a reminder that we are to ...
July 03, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 91
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2:15