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Roger Barrier

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Jul 27, 2025

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It is with great sadness that we share the news of the passing of Dr. Roger Barrier. Roger went to be with the Lord on Friday, February 16th, 2024. He was a faithful servant of Christ with a lifetime worth of ministry and mentorship. His legacy lives on through his faith-filled sermons and articles, as well as the incredible impact he had on all those lucky enough to know him or hear his teachings.


Rogers' wife Julie and daughters Brianna and Bronwyn continue to maintain this site and carry on his legacy.


Dr. Roger Barrier, founder of Preach It, Teach It, is a well-known author and sought-after conference speaker. Roger has taught thousands of pastors, missionaries, and Christian leaders in 32 countries worldwide. He is the featured pastor of "Ask Roger: Ask a Pastor" on Crosswalk.com, the largest Christian website in the country.


He partnered with Intimate Life Ministries and also regularly teaches national leaders for CRU and various other mission organizations. Dr. Barrier began preaching at the age of 13, and he shares his 3,000+ sermons with you on Preach It, Teach It. Preach It, Teach It currently has eight million visits in 221 countries and territories. His compelling teaching style is one-of-a-kind, combining a solid Biblical foundation with culturally relevant application, engaging illustrations, and astute scholarship.


Casas Church is where Roger has served throughout his thirty-seven-year career, is a megachurch known for a well-integrated, multi-generational ministry. The value of including new generations is deeply ingrained throughout Casas to help the church move strongly right through the twenty-first century and beyond. Dr. Barrier holds degrees from Baylor University, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and Golden Gate Seminary in Greek, religion, theology, and pastoral care.


He was honored as distinguished alumni by Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary. His popular book, Listening to the Voice of God, published by Bethany House, is in its second printing and is available in Thai and Portuguese. His current book, Got Guts, Get Godly, is translated into Russian, Spanish and Urdu. Dr. Barrier has also written a number of journal articles and was a contributing author of The Kingdom and the Power. Roger is an avid student of astrophysics, genetics, and neuroscience, which adds to the depth of his biblical knowledge and exposition.


The Barriers have two daughters, Brianna and Bronwyn.

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Dec 29, 20252 min
What is the Sign of the Prophet Jonah?
THE SIGN OF THE PROPHET JONAH MATTHEW 12:38-42 JESUS GAVE ALL SORTS OF SIGNS (Matthew 11:2-6; 12:13-15,22) GOD LOVES TO GIVE SIGNS TO PEOPLE. To encourage His leaders and to validate their call from God (Exodus 4:2-9; 16:38) To encourage God’s leaders when they need to test His will (Judges 6:17) To lead people to God (Deut. 4:34; 1 Kings 18:16-23; Isa. 7:14; Luke 2:12; 2:34; Gen. 1:14) To remind of God’s provision (Genesis 9:12-17; Joshua 4:6) To warn of coming...

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Dec 18, 202513 min
Mary's Trek: Making God Your Shelter
HOME FOR cHRISTMAS sHELTER AND REFUGE IN JESUS Psalm 121 R3-1803 What does it do to your heart to realize that Mary didn’t make it home for Christmas? (Repeat) If anybody needed to be home for Christmas, it was Mary. ●Slide #: Luke 2:1-7: In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) 3 And everyone went to his own town to register. ●Slide #: 4 So Joseph...

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Dec 18, 202511 min
Mary and Joseph: Tough Choices
TOUGH CHOICES MATTHEW 1:16, 18-25 1519 VIDEO FROM MATTHEW 1:18-25 Vertical Limit Illustration: Father, Son and Daughter climbing in Monument Valley. Daughter has laid in three anchors. Suddenly, two amateur climbers above them fall. Ropes entangled. Two amateurs swinging and wiggling. Dad calls for them to settle down, going to pull out anchors. Wiggling in panic. First anchor pulls free. Dad pleads for son to cut the rope holding dad and the two amateurs. Only way to save son and...

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Nov 10, 202510 min
The Only Logical Thing to Do
After considering all God has done for us, surrendering ourselves completely to Him is the only logical thing to do. THE ONLY LOGICAL THING TO DO Romans 12:1-2 S-1714 As we study the Bible we see three interlocking elements of truth. Beliefs: Romans 1-11 Behaviors: Romans 12-13: Relationships: Romans 14-16 Beliefs + Behaviors = Great relationships If beliefs and behaviors do not lead to deeper relationships, some thing is wrong with our beliefs or behaviors. We have finished the doctrinal...

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Nov 1, 202512 min
Christ or Anti-Christ?
THE ANOINTED AND THE ANTI-ANOINTED 1John 2:18-27 S2-1489 Open your Bibles to 1 John 2. John is dealing with antichrists in the church—probably somewhere in Asia Minor, probably in Ephesus. Nothing has changed much in this arena since the first century. ·SLIDE #1: Let me introduce you to Kim and Bethany identical Twins play flutes in our orchestra. Can you tell them apart? Not hardly. Could you imagine that one evening Beth scheduled a date with two different guys for the same time? Beth...

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Oct 9, 202510 min
When Antichrist Comes to Power
THE CHEAP COPY AND THE REAL THING S-1255 I ran into one of the women of our church in the checkout line at Costco the other day. “I can hardly wait until Sunday. When is all this going to happen? Who is the AntiChrist?” Of course the Bible does not answer either of those questions specifically. However, it does give all sorts of clues and promises that those who are wise will be able to read the signs and figure out what is happening near the end of the age. Today we come to see the...

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Oct 8, 20251 min
The Missionary and the Axe Murderer
Drs. Eric and Elizabeth Schenkel were Harvard professors who gave up their careers to move to Uzbekistan to serve as missionaries. One night, the secret police attacked Elizabeth in their home by slicing her skull with an axe. The enemies wanted to blame the husband and imprison him for life. God helped him to fight off the two men, and Elizabeth shares her miraculous story of God’s power and deliverance. To this day, she has no brain damage and they continue to serve the Lord in a powerful way.

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Sep 29, 20254 min
The Faith of Rahab
Hebrews 11:31 S-859 READ HEBREWS 11:31 It is inevitable that we find our attention sharply arrested by this text. We have seen faith illustrated in remarkable ways by great personalities – Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, the national of Israel leaving Egypt and entering Canaan. Now quite suddenly, quite definitely, with almost startling brutality, “Rahab, the harlot.” Such an amazing statement demands consideration. Those who are most exalted are of no consequence...

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Sep 16, 20259 min
Handicapped Lives
OVERCOMING HANDICAPS 2 CORINTHIANS 12:1-10 S-1648 WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE FLOWER? •SLIDE: Daisy? •SLIDE: Hibiscus? •SLIDE: Orchid? •SLIDE: Tulip? •SLIDE: How about a Rose? 7 in 10 Americans choose the Rose as their favorite. •SLIDE: Perhaps we like the rose because it is so beautiful. Perhaps we love it because deep down we recognize that life is more like the rose than any other flower. It is exquisitely beautiful; but when you pick it up, •SLIDE: You have to look out for the thorns. Glenn...

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