Online Sermons

Northwest Valley Baptist Church is pleased to bring to listeners around the world our recorded sermons. You may listen to these audio sermons online or you may save any file to your own computer and listen to it later offline. Click on the Online Sermons link in the left menu. Below are instructions on how to listen to sermons online or by download.

Instructions on how to listen to sermons online

You can listen to a sermon immediately by clicking the appropriate Listen now link with the left mouse button. If you have the free RealPlayer or Windows Media player installed correctly, the sermon should begin playing almost immediately.

NWVBC also offers a sermon audio feed (also known as RSS feed, XML feed, or web feed) used to deliver audio content in MP3 format which you can listen to on your computer or MP3 player. Click here to go to subsribe directly to NWVBC's podcasting.

Instructions on how to download a sermon and save it for later

If you prefer, you can also download an entire sermon to your hard drive in order to listen to it later by clicking the Save it for later link with the right mouse button and select "Save...As". Sermons lengths average around 60 minutes or so and will take around 40-50 minutes to download over a 28.8 modem. Once it is on your hard drive, you can double-click the sermon to begin listening to it.

If you find that the sermon continually "breaks up" while you are listening to it live, you may find the quality to be better if you download it to your hard drive first.

Note for Microsoft Internet Explorer Users:

In order to Save a sermon download for later, you will have to disable the "Content Advisor" under the Tools/Internet Options menu when using Internet Explorer. The "Content Advisor" disables the "Save Target As" menu option. The Microsoft Article Q176316 explains this in further detail.

Help with configuring your media players for optimal listening experience. 

Instructions on how to configure your media player for optimal listening experience. 

If the audio sounds too fast, too slow, too scratchy, or distorted, try changing the Performance settings in your player.

RealPlayer:

1. Select Preferences from the View menu.
2. Click the Performance tab.
3. Click the Settings button under Sound Card Compatibility.
4. Click either Disable 16-bit Sound or Disable Custom Sampling Rates to modify the way your player and sound card interface.

Windows Media Player:

1. Select Options from the View menu.
2. Click on Streaming Media (Windows Media).
3. Click Change.
4. Increase the buffer to 12 seconds.
5. Click OK to accept the change.
6. Click OK again.

You may need to tinker with the settings to see which sounds best.

Instructions on how to configure Internet Explorer to allow online audio download.

 Click on Tools, which is located on the IE 5 toolbar.

1. Select Internet Options.
2. Click the Security Tab.
3. Click on the Custom Level button.
4. Configure the categories by following these steps:
   • Active X Controls and Plug-ins
     • Enable Download signed ActiveX controls.
     • Enable Run ActiveX controls and plug-ins.
     • Enable Script ActiveX controls marked safe for scripting.
5. Cookies
   • Enable both options
6. Downloads
   • Enable File Download.
7. Miscellaneous
   • Set Software channel permissions to Medium safety.
8. Scripting
   • Enable all options.
9. User Authentication
   • Skip this category.
10. Click OK.
11. Select the General Tab.
12. Click the Settings button (located in the Temporary Internet Files category).
13. Click the option marked - Every visit to the page.
14. Click OK.
15. Click the Delete Files button (located in the Temporary Internet Files category.)
16. Click OK.
17. Click the Apply button located at the bottom.
18. Click OK.
19. Click the Refresh icon on the toolbar and try the broadcast again.

Instructions on how to configure Netscape Navigator to allow online audio download. 

1. Click Edit, located on your Netscape toolbar.
2. Select Preferences.
3. Click the word Advanced. Make sure Advanced is highlighted.
4. Enable the following options in the Advanced category by checking the boxes next to them:
   • Automatically load images
   • Enable Java
   • Enable JavaScript
   • Java Script for Mail and News
   • Enable style sheets
5. In the Cookies category, select Accept all cookies.
6. Click the + sign to the left of the Advanced category.
7. Select Cache under Advanced.
   • Click the Clear Memory Cache and Clear Disk Cache buttons. (Click OK after each button.)
   • Under the Document in cache is compared to document on network category, select Every time.
8. Click OK.
9. Click the Reload icon on the toolbar and try the broadcast again.