Cody Barnhart

Cody Glen Barnhart is a Spurgeon College graduate and serves as the Director of Music and Media at First Baptist Alcoa in Alcoa, Tennessee. He previously interned at the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission and will soon be continuing his education at the University of Aberdeen.

Mar 1

Three Maxims For Planning Congregational Worship Services by Cody Barnhart

Don’t let gospel-centeredness become a mere measuring stick of a new set of corporation-like metrics.

Dec 6

3 Tips for Bearing the Burdens of the ‘Needy Christian’ in Your Community Group by Cody Barnhart

Usually, the gospel-fix isn’t the quickest fix.

Oct 8

3 Gospelisms That Empower Repentance by Cody Barnhart

Repentance is not far away if you have been made new by the Spirit.

Sep 8

4 Important Ways Single Men Can Protect Women by Cody Barnhart

Here are four ways to protect women in your singleness that I think will help us churn out less self-centered boys and more biblically-minded men.

Aug 12

5 Ways to Revitalize Your Worship Service by Cody Barnhart

Does your church's worship service look like Lord’s Day of the Living Dead?

Jul 21

3 Things Sin Can’t Do To the Christian by Cody Barnhart

These reminders help us eliminate the shame we feel after disobedience and push us to repent of our sin even when we're tempted to wallow in it. They are "gospelisms"—truths about the gospel that are easy to preach to one another when we begin to forget the gospel—and I hope that they help you as they have helped me.

Jul 5

In Victory, Insufficiency by Cody Barnhart

I’m convinced of this glorious and liberating truth about the gospel: In our victory, we can embrace insufficiency.

May 4

Jesus Died For Your Depression Too by Cody Barnhart

There is no spot that the blood of Christ is unable to cover.

Jul 6

Dissolving the Wish-Dream by Cody Barnhart

After months of feeling like my role in our church was nothing more than drudgery, this little book destroyed what had been dragging me down: a wish-dream.