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    Dr. Odell Belger

    Contributing sermons since Aug 12, 2021

    Church Name: First Baptist of Lykesland

    Job Position: Pastor

    Sermons Contributed: 1181

    Denomination: Baptist

Dr. Odell's church

First Baptist of Lykesland
Hopkins, South Carolina 29061
803-776-2535

About Dr. Odell
  • Education: He has three earned degrees. These degrees came from South Eastern Bible College in Lakeland, Florida, Columbia Bible College in Columbia, S.C. and Louisiana Baptist Theological Seminary in Shrevport, La. In 1999, Great Plains Baptist Bible College, in Sioux Falls, SD, awarded him an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree for his achievements in publishing sermon source materials for pastors.
  • Experience: He has been a pastor for over fifty years. Millions of his sermons have been published through “The Expositor’s Minsitry” and distributed around the world for four decades. The Lord has used him to build three churches. Presently, he is the senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Lykesland
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  • The Vicarious Death Of Christ

    Contributed on Jul 2, 2025
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    If you are like me, there so many things that we do not see that we would like to see. For example…

    Illus: On one of the GUNSMOKE episode Matt Dillon is in a serious gun fight in one of the episodes. Matt draws his pistol out of his holster to shoot the bad fellow with one hand and his other arm was slightly behind his back which was unusual for him. Since this was unusual for him someone asked ...read more

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  • Our Directions Determines Our Destination (2 Of 2)

    Contributed on Jun 27, 2025
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    A Sunday school teacher told his class the story in the Bible of the rich man and Lazarus.

    He explained that the wealthy man had: • Wonderful clothes, • Lived in luxury • Had all the food he could eat But he had no compassion for Lazarus, who was a beggar. Lazarus was so poor that he ate the crumbs from the rich man’s table. • Later in their lives, the rich man ended up dying and ...read more

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  • How To Be A Genuine Christian

    Contributed on Jun 26, 2025
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    Our motives are the underlying reason for any action we take.

    That is, our motives are what MOTIVATE us to do the things we do. But there are two kinds of MOTIVES: (1) Good motives (2) Bad motives Motives matter and they matter to God. God doesn’t just desire us to do the right thing but to do it with the right attitude. Illus: For example, it use to ...read more

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  • Our Directions Determines Our Destination (1 Of 2)

    Contributed on Jun 19, 2025
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    In this scripture passage, I want to show you a family that lived among God’s people, and then due to some hard times, they packed up and moved.

    You might be saying, “So what!” People move from one city to another all the time because of HARD TIMES! That is correct, but anytime we find something in the Word of God, it is there for a reason. WHAT IS THE REASON GOD PUT THIS FAMILY IN THE SCRIPTURES FOR MOVING? Because it was a ...read more

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  • A Fabulous Father (Father’s Day Sermon On Joshua)

    Contributed on Jun 11, 2025
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    Fathers play an important leadership role in the family. Let me illustrate…

    Illus: The TV show "60 Minutes" did a segment that revealed some disturbing news about elephants. The story was about some park Rangers at a South African wildlife preserve who were concerned about the slaughter of 39 rare white rhinos. It turned out that the rhinos were not killed ...read more

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