Biblical preaching for public faith.
Dunbar Heights Baptist Church publishes sermon audio rooted in close readings of Acts, John, and the rhythms of congregational worship. The tone is earnest and pastoral, moving from biblical exposition to prayer, repentance, endurance, and witness in ordinary life.
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Dunbar Heights Baptist Church is a sermon podcast from a local Christian congregation, shaped by Scripture, prayer, and the question of public faith. Its recent center of gravity is Acts. Sermons return again and again to witness, opposition, boldness, suffering, and the Spirit's power in the early church. The approach is direct. A passage is introduced, read aloud, and then worked through with an eye toward meaning, significance, and response. Wes often frames that pattern plainly, guiding the congregation from the biblical text toward present-day obedience. The tone can be warm, but it is rarely casual in the sense of weightless. Several episodes carry a sober sense that the text is asking something of the church. Stephen's witness, trial, and death become material for reflection on endurance, false accusation, and surrender to God. Peter and John before the council turn into a study of what it costs to keep speaking in the name of Jesus. Pentecost is handled with attention to festival context, the gift of the Spirit, and the church's dependence on divine power rather than self-confidence. The Easter sermon on Mary Magdalene slows down at the empty tomb. It treats confusion and grief honestly, then presses toward the claim that Jesus keeps giving people chances to see what has happened. The feed also carries local congregational life, including prayer for the neighborhood, grief over a death in the church community, and concern about online exploitation of children. That local texture matters. These are not detached lectures. They are sermons for a gathered people being asked to pray, listen, take the Lord's Supper, and bear witness where they have been placed. Dave's sermon on deception brings a more personal opening, using an everyday puzzle story before moving into a warning from Acts. The show is best suited to listeners who want sustained biblical exposition with pastoral urgency rather than polished studio conversation. It is grounded, serious, and openly Christian. Its recurring question is simple and demanding: what would faithful presence look like now?
Made for: For listeners seeking Christian sermon teaching rooted in close Scripture reading, congregational worship, and pastoral application. It especially suits those interested in Acts, Easter, witness, prayer, and the everyday demands of faith.
What sets it apart: The show pairs verse-by-verse exposition with the live texture of a local church community. Its sermons keep returning to public witness, not as a concept, but as prayer, courage, endurance, and neighborhood presence.
DHBC is a community seeking to renew our city and world by demonstrating and declaring the transforming power of the gospel. We've been ministering on the west side of Vancouver, BC for over 90 years.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Text-centered sermons connect Acts, the Psalms, and the resurrection accounts to prayer, witness, and ordinary Christian practice.
Dunbar Heights Baptist Church records scripture-led sermons that move steadily from the biblical text to its present-day demands. Wes, one of the pastors, handles the Acts passages through expository preaching, supplying historical context for Pentecost, Stephen's trial, and the…
Acts gets read aloud; Wes wants to know where your witness goes next.
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Stephen's trial becomes a sermon on faithful witness and the call to respond.
Stephen stands before false accusers in Acts, and the preacher lingers over the description of his face as "like the face of an angel." Was it shining with God's glory, or did Stephen meet the anger around him with unusual calm and grace? The preacher leaves both readings open.
Wes reads Pentecost as the Spirit enabling witness and asks followers of Jesus to act on that promise.
Wes reads Acts 2 with an eye for what Luke says happened and how Luke describes it. The gathered disciples receive the Holy Spirit and begin to speak.
Pastor Wes traces faithful Christian witness to confidence in Jesus and reliance on the Spirit.
Pastor Wes begins with a phrase in Acts: Luke says Jesus "began to do and teach." Wes reads that wording as a sign that Jesus continues to work through the church by the power of the Spirit. It gives his sermon a clear starting point.
Dave pairs a psalm about healing with a teenager's story and invites the congregation to listen and pray.
Dave invites the Dunbar congregation to listen and pray with a psalm about healing, compassion and praise. He then tells of a friend's teenage son diagnosed with brain cancer.
Two Bible translators unpack Scripture's hardest passages, from Revelation's 666 to the Witch of Endor.
Scripture, surrender and faith put into practice.
Dunbar Heights Baptist Church's Acts 6:8-8:3 sermon compares Stephen with Daniel in the lions' den and argues that witness can mean surrendering the whole life to Jesus.
A sermon on John 20:1-18 exploring Mary Magdalene's discovery of the empty tomb and the theme of second chances through Jesus' resurrection.
A sermon on Acts 5:12-42 about the apostles' suffering for the name of Jesus and the call to faithful witness.
A sermon on Acts 4:34-5:11 warning about the danger of deception and dishonest witness in the church.
A sermon on Acts 4:23-31, exploring the early church's prayer for boldness in witness amidst persecution.
Wes, one of the pastors at Dunbar Heights Baptist Church, opens by noting Sharon died on Monday and that a celebration of her life is planned for March 14.
Wes preaches Acts 2:1-41 in the series A Public Faith and asks whether Jesus kept the promise to send the Holy Spirit.
Wes of Dunbar Heights Baptist Church opens a series called 'A Public Faith' with Acts 1:1-11 and says the church's core calling is to be Jesus' witnesses.
Dave frames Psalm 103 at Dunbar Heights Baptist Church as a practice of listening to God's word and praying it back, with Psalm 103 as the text and David as the author.
A sermon on finding hidden joy in the Christmas story, focusing on the shepherds' encounter with the angel and the revelation of Jesus as Savior.
A pastor delivers a sermon on Luke 2:1-7, exploring the hidden glory in the Christmas story.
A pastor delivers a sermon on Isaiah 9:1-7, interpreting the prophecy of a child born to bring light and peace as a Christmas message.
A pastor delivers a sermon on Mark 1:14-15, focusing on Jesus' call to repent and believe the good news of the kingdom.