The Sound Doctrine Podcast

Donna Howard: Prepare Your War Cry (2009)

This episode features Donna Howard preaching “Prepare Your War Cry” at the Rocky Mountain Ladies Retreat in Colorado Springs. Preached during the 2009 retreat, this powerful message calls us all to spiritual readiness, trust in God, and confidence in the battles of life. Drawing from biblical accounts such as Jehoshaphat, Esther, Daniel, and David, Donna reminds us that prayer, fasting, worship, and faith prepare the believer’s heart for victory. Her central challenge is clear...when battles come, prepare your war cry and trust the Lord to fight for you!

Sharon Farruggia-Paige: A New Testimony (2012)

In this deeply personal sermon titled “A New Testimony,” Pastor Sharon Farruggia-Paige shares how God can bring beauty from brokenness and transform even the most painful chapters of our lives into a testimony of His grace. With honesty, humor, and bold Pentecostal conviction, she reminds us that we must stop repeating the old history and embrace the new thing God is doing.
This episode also includes a conversation with Dr. Cathy Payne, Global Missions Ministries Coordinator, as we reflect on Missions Month and the global work God is doing through the Church of God of Prophecy.
If you’ve ever wondered whether God can redeem your past, this message will encourage your heart and strengthen your faith.

Melvin Hyatt: Taking the Challenge (1984)

Recorded at the 79th General Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy in 1984, “Taking the Challenge” is a message by Melvin G. Hyatt calling the Church to rediscover its primary purpose, showing forth the praises of God.
Rooted in 1 Peter 2 and Revelation 4, Bishop Hyatt reminds the Assembly that believers have been called out of darkness into God’s marvelous light - not merely to receive from God, but to give Him glory, honor, and power. Drawing imagery from Isaiah and John’s visions of heaven, he invites the Church to join the eternal cry of “Holy, Holy, Holy,” recognizing that God alone is worthy of worship.
This sermon challenges common misconceptions about worship, urging us to approach God with holiness, humility, and wholehearted praise. Bishop Hyatt emphasizes that worship is an offering to God expressed through praise, obedience, generosity, and holy living. With clarity and depth, “Taking the Challenge” calls the Church to live daily as a people created for God’s pleasure, reflecting His glory both in worship and in life.

Felix Garcia: Come Unto Me And Drink (1982)

Recorded in 1982, “Come Unto Me and Drink” features a rich, teaching-centered message by Felix R. Garcia, calling the Church to recognize and proclaim its God-given role as the bearer of living water to a thirsty world.
Based on John 7:37 and the imagery of the Feast of Tabernacles, Garcia traces God’s provision of water throughout biblical history—from the wilderness journey of Israel to Jesus’ public cry, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink.” He reminds us that spiritual thirst is not limited to the lost; even God’s people long deeply for renewal, life, and the presence of God.
This sermon presents the Church as a divine institution, built by Christ Himself, through which the living water now flows. Drawing from Ezekiel’s vision of the river flowing from the house of God, Garcia declares that the Church, empowered by the Spirit of Christ, is commissioned to cry out, invite, and carry the message of salvation to every nation. With urgency and clarity, “Come Unto Me and Drink” challenges us to boldly proclaim that the Church is alive, Christ is the source, and there is still water for all who thirst.

Rebecca Spicer: Commissioned to Preach (1984)

Recorded at the 79th General Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy in 1984, “Commissioned to Preach” captures a fervent message by Evangelist Rebecca Spicer calling the Church to renewed passion, holiness, and obedience to Christ’s commission.
Ranging from Noah and John the Baptist to the early disciples, Spicer emphasizes that God has always entrusted His people with a message of repentance, hope, and salvation. She reminds us that the same gospel that transformed lives in Scripture still carries power today - and that the Church must return to its foundation to see revival in local congregations.
Listen and be challenged to pray, fast, live above sin, and boldly proclaim the truth of the Word, even in difficult times. Sistser Spicer warns against spiritual complacency and calls for rekindled zeal, declaring that the world is searching for an “on-fire” Church filled with the Holy Spirit. This message is a stirring reminder that the Church has what the world needs—and must not lose sight of its God-given commission to preach.

Sam Clements: A Renewed Vision (1986)

Recorded at the 1986 General Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy, in this powerful message—“A Renewed Vision”—Bishop Sam Clements calls the Church back to a living, Spirit-filled relationship with Jesus Christ. Drawing from Scripture, Bishop Clements confronts apathy, routine religion, and human-driven plans, insisting that true direction and effectiveness come only through the anointing and guidance of the Holy Spirit.
Marked by hope and urgency, this sermon proclaims God as a God of revival who brings light out of darkness, renewal out of decline, and courage in place of fear. As Christ stands at the door and knocks, the call is clear...open the door, behold the glory of the Lord, and be changed.

Elwood Matthews: Jesus Prayed for You (1988)

In this moving and pastoral message, Elwood Matthews opens John 17 and reminds us of a powerful truth thgat "Jesus prayed for you." Not just for His disciples, but for every believer who would ever follow Him. In a world filled with pressure, division, and distraction, Matthews points us back to Christ’s own words and reveals the heart of the Savior for His people.
Drawing from Jesus’ prayer, Matthews shows how Christ asked the Father to preserve us in the world without being overtaken by it, to sanctify us by the truth of God’s Word, to unite us as one body through love and shared faith, and to bring us ultimately into His glory. He reminds us that holiness is not just outward behavior but an inward work of the Spirit, and that true unity comes not from forced agreement but from growing closer to Christ together.
With warmth, conviction, and clarity, this timeless message calls believers beyond labels, prejudice, and surface religion into a deeper life shaped by the Word, the Spirit, and Christ’s prayer over us.

Harold Hunter: The DNA of the Church of God of Prophecy (2018)

What makes the Church of God of Prophecy who we are? In this landmark message, Dr. Harold Hunter takes us deep into the spiritual DNA of our movement—revealing a church that was born of the Holy Spirit, shaped by prayer, consensus, holiness, and a bold commitment to take the whole gospel to the whole world.
Drawing from church history, early Pentecostal roots, and the four biblical marks of the Church—one, holy, universal, and apostolic—Hunter reminds us that the Church of God of Prophecy has always been called to rise above race, class, language, and nationality, carrying a prophetic witness to the nations.
From A. J. Tomlinson’s vision to fearless women missionaries, from Azusa Street to today’s global fellowship, this message celebrates a church that doesn’t just believe the gospel but lives it.

Adrian Varlack: Why Tempt Ye God? (1980)

New Podcast! This week’s episode of the Sound Doctrine Podcast takes us back to the 1980 General Assembly for a prophetic, Spirit-filled message from Adrian L. Varlack, Sr., with live interpretation by Felix Garcia, titled “Why Tempt Ye God.” Drawing from Acts 15, Bishop Varlack challenges the Church to stop placing human systems, traditions, and financial structures where only the Holy Spirit belongs.
With passion, he reminds us that God “put no difference” between His people—across cultures, languages, and nations—and that true unity comes not from money, methods, or management, but from wholehearted dependence on the Holy Ghost.
This timeless message calls today’s Church to lay down every yoke of self-reliance and return to faith, sacrifice, and Spirit-led obedience. Listen to the Sound Doctrine Podcast as this powerful General Assembly message stirs us again to courage, prayer, and trust in God’s all-sufficient Spirit.

Bruce Scotton: Divine Healing Message (1985)

We’re opening Season Three with a powerful, faith-stirring classic from the 1985 General Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy. In this sermon, Bruce Scotton proclaims that the same Jesus who healed in Scripture is still healing today — not by tradition, but by the unchanging power of His name.
From the promise of “these signs shall follow them that believe” to the declaration “by His stripes we are healed,” this message calls the Church to move from remembering what God used to do to believing what He is doing right now.

Elva Howard: Doors to Open...Doors to Close (1990)

In 1990, at the 85th International Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy, Elva Howard delivered this powerful sermon titled “Doors to Open … Doors to Close.”
With the boldness and conviction that made her a favorite speaker at Assemblies, Sister Howard reminds the church that opportunities for the gospel are like doors—some opening wide by the Spirit of God, others closing if we fail to walk in obedience. From Paul’s missionary journeys to the children of Israel at Kadesh-Barnea, Sister Howard shows how faith, unity, and obedience determine whether we step through God’s doors of blessing—or miss the moment.
Listen now on the Sound Doctrine Podcast as this timeless message stirs us again to courage, prayer, and readiness for the open doors before us today.

Tim Coalter: A Reconciling Church (2022)

This week we feature Presiding Bishop Tim Coalter’s powerful closing challenge from the 101st International Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy in Oklahoma City entitled, “A Reconciling Church.”
Preaching from 2 Corinthians 5:14–21, Bishop Coalter reminds us that the ministry of reconciliation is not just one of many things we do — it is the one priority Christ has entrusted to His Church. From the call to be fishers of men, to the Great Commission, to the Spirit’s empowering at Pentecost, the message has always been the same: “Reconciling the world to Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit.”
In this stirring message, Bishop Coalter urges us to carry the momentum of generations before us and commit ourselves to this one thing above all else. Listen in and be inspired to embrace your calling as Christ’s ambassador.