McGregor Podcast
McGregor Baptist Church is a family of believers being changed by the love of Jesus Christ to the glory of God.
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Pastor Russell Howard follows a thread from Sunday's sermon in Matthew 19:28, where Jesus promises His disciples twelve thrones, to Revelation 21:14, where the names of the twelve apostles are written on the foundations of the New Jerusalem. Howard walks through Acts 1 and the choosing of Matthias, then shows how the New Testament u...
Matthew - The King has Come
"The Cost Of The Kingdom" (Matthew 19:23-29)
Can anyone buy their way into the kingdom of God? As a rich young man walks away from Jesus, Jesus tells His disciples it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom. Pastor Russell Howard shows why that word lands closer to home than we think, and names three ways wealth gets in the way: pride, privilege...
What does it look like for one church family to send people around the world and still serve neighbors at home?
With Pastor Mark Bricker away, Tamar and Christian share updates from the mission teams in South Asia and Zambia and the disaster relief team serving in the Florida Panhandle. They cover the Operation Christmas Child photo fundraiser today and serve day on Saturday, October 31, at 9:30 AM, Fall Festival that evening from ...
Habits of Grace: Looking Biblically at the Spiritual Disciplines
"Enjoying the Privilege of Prayer"
Most believers agree prayer matters, so why is consistent prayer so hard? Pastor Peter Finch suggests the deeper problem is that we treat prayer as a duty rather than a privilege. Starting from Hebrews 4:16, he shows that prayer is relational and transformational, a response to the conversation God already started in His Word, made p...
Can someone receive Jesus as Savior without following Him as Lord?
Picking up a thread from Sunday's sermon, Pastor Russell Howard walks through the Lordship salvation controversy, from Lewis Sperry Chafer's Systematic Theology in 1948 to the books by John MacArthur, Zane Hodges, and Charles Ryrie that defined the debate in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He then works through five questions at its center: what saving faith is, wha...
Matthew - The King has Come
"How A Very Good Man Stayed Lost" (Matthew 19:16-22)
In Matthew 19:16-22, a young man comes to Jesus asking what good deed he must do to have eternal life. He is wealthy, moral, and eager, and he walks away sorrowful. Pastor Russell Howard walks through the encounter in three movements: his approach, which was better than many; his attitude, proud of a record that could not stand up to the heart of God's...
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Habits of Grace: Looking Biblically at the Spiritual Disciplines
"Bringing The Word Into The Heart" (Joshua 1:8; Psalm 1:2-3; Psalm 119:11)
It is possible to understand a passage accurately, close your Bible, and move on without its truth ever taking root. In this Journey Together teaching, Pastor Russell Howard picks up from last week's call to careful Bible study and shows how three habits carry God's Word from the mind into the ...
What do you do with the guilt of raising a child who does not follow Jesus?
Pastor Russell Howard goes beyond his notes from Sunday's message on bringing our children to Jesus, turning to Ezekiel 18. He walks through the chapter's three generations, a righteous father, a violent son, and a grandson who turns back to God, to show that every soul belongs to the Lord and each person stands accountable before Him. He also speaks to par...
Matthew - The King has Come
"Let The Little Children Come" (Matthew 19:13-15)
In Matthew 19:13-15, parents bring their little children to Jesus so He might lay His hands on them and pray, and the disciples rebuke them for it. Pastor Russell Howard walks through the scene in three movements: the parents, whose most important work is bringing their children to Jesus through what they normalize, prioritize, and emphasize at home; the ...
What happens when a church family gives, serves, and gets ready for change all in the same season?
Pastor Mark Bricker, Tamar, and Christian look back on the Change the World offering and the Ministry Fair, then share a Renew Phase 2 update. They explain the move to two Sunday services once we return to the Worship Center and how Life Groups are being balanced between them. They also cover the new Journey Together classes, the Pros...
What did Jesus mean when he said some choose to stay single for the sake of the kingdom of heaven?
On this episode of Beyond the Notes, Elder Omar Edwards goes back to the last three verses of Matthew 19, the passage he taught from on Sunday. He explains the three kinds of eunuchs Jesus names, and what each one tells us about marriage, singleness, and the freedom God gives to serve him in either one. He also returns briefly to some...
Matthew - The King has Come
"What God Has Joined Together" (Matthew 19:1-12)
What is marriage, really? In this message from Matthew 19, Elder Omar Edwards shows that marriage was never a human invention or a contract built for personal convenience. From the beginning, God designed marriage as a binding, lifelong covenant between a man and a woman, one He joins together and calls us not to separate. Elder Edwards walks through Jesus...
What does it look like when a church family gives, serves, prays, and sends on the same Sunday?
Pastor Mark Bricker, Tamar, and Christian walk through Sunday, October 4, at McGregor: the Ministry Fair along Main Street, the Change the World offering, and the close of Elevate Weekend for students. They share where to drop off Fall Festival candy, how to sign up for the Prospective Member Class on October 11, and the latest on Renew ...
Does God still heal? And if he does, why doesn't he always heal when we ask?
On this episode of Beyond the Notes, Pastor Ryan Flint goes back through Psalm 103 and the promise that God "heals all your diseases." He explains the ordinary and extraordinary ways God heals, what James 5:14 means for a sick believer asking for prayer, and why faithful Christians still get sick, suffer chronic pain, and grieve loss without that being a f...
Psalms - Songs of the King
"Read It. Write It. Worship." (Psalm 103)
David comes to Psalm 103 near the end of a life spent walking with the Lord. Instead of describing what he believes about God, he preaches it to his own soul. He names five specific ways God has already been good to him: forgiveness, healing, redemption, love, and satisfaction. Then he remembers who God is: merciful, gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in stead...
What does a church family look like when it gives, serves, and prays in the same two weeks?
Pastor Mark Bricker, Tamar, and Christian walk through a full fall calendar at McGregor: a Night of Prayer and Praise on Wednesday, September 30, with original songs from the worship team; the Ministry Fair and the 10th annual Change the World offering on Sunday, October 4; Elevate Weekend for students; the Prospective Member Class on Octobe...
I AM Seven Signs of the Savior
"I Am The True Vine" (John 15:1-8)
The night before the cross, Jesus told His disciples something they needed to hear, and something we need to hear again ourselves: "I am the true vine." Mike Hess walks through what it means to abide in Christ, to stay so connected to Him that His life, not our own effort, produces fruit that lasts. If your walk with the Lord feels dry right now, or you're discipling...
Why are so many young Christians drawn to socialism, and does the Bible actually support it?
In this Beyond the Notes, Pastor Russell Howard responds to research showing that a growing share of young evangelicals believe Scripture aligns with socialism. He offers a plain working definition, then walks through five truths: that capitalism creates wealth rather than merely dividing it, that the Bible assumes and affirms private owner...
Psalms - Songs of the King
"I Have Made The Lord My Refuge" (Psalm 73)
Psalm 73 begins with a confession most of us feel but rarely say out loud: it is easy to look at people who want nothing to do with God and envy how well their lives seem to go. The psalmist almost stumbles over it, until he comes into the presence of God and sees where that road finally ends. From there everything shifts. He trades envy for contentment, resting...
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