McGregor Podcast

There's a lot happening at McGregor right now, and the people you love being around are talking about all of it.

Mark, Tamar, and Christian are back this week covering the Renew Phase 2 permit news (spoiler: they're back on schedule), a Vacation Bible School preview that s...

Holiness in Worship & Living, from our Midweek Bible Study: "Holiness of God" - 6.3.26

Taught by Mike Whitt.

What does it mean that God is holy, and why does it matter how you live today? In this Journey Together teaching, Elder Mike Whitt walks through the holiness of God not as a single attribute among many, but as the crowning perfection that defines everything God is. Drawing on Archibald Hodge's description of holiness as ...

Can external discipline actually change you from the inside out?

In this Beyond the Notes teaching, Pastor Russell Howard works through Colossians 2:16-23, where Paul identifies two dangers for believers: the legalistic judgment of others and the illusion of holiness through self-made religion. From dietary restrictions to ascetic practices to claims of superior spiritual experience, Paul's argument is direct. These things have an ...

"Tradition" (Matthew 14:34-15:20)

In this sermon from our ongoing study of the Gospel of Matthew, Pastor Russell Howard draws a line between spiritual discipline and spiritual deception. Habits and behaviors can be genuinely helpful to a believer's walk with God. But when external conformity becomes a substitute for biblical obedience, or when rule-keeping becomes the currency we use to earn God's love, those traditions become dang...

What does community look like when the building is still under construction?

On this week's Around McGregor, hosts Mark Bricker, Tamar Miller, and Christian Miller cover the week of May 31st. Topics include the return of newcomers coffee on Main Street between services, the prospective member class registration deadline, four life groups relocating to the modular building as Joy Building renovations begin, a brand new young adult l...

Holiness in Salvation and Sanctification, from our Midweek Bible Study: "Holiness of God" - 5.27.26

Taught by Omar Edwards.

Elder Omar Edwards opens this teaching with an honest confession: the call to live set apart for God sounds like an impossible standard, especially when someone cuts you off on I-75 right after church. Working from 1 Peter 1:13-19, Omar walks through four men in Scripture (Jacob, Job, Habakkuk, and Paul) who...

What do you do when you know God is faithful but your circumstances are screaming something different?

In this Beyond the Notes episode, Ryan Flint, Worship Pastor at McGregor Baptist Church, explores the concept of gospel amnesia: the very human pattern of forgetting what we know to be true about God the moment suffering gets loud. Drawing from Matthew 14, the Psalms, and the Israelites' journey through the wilderness, Ryan explai...

The King Has Come

"The Storm That Reveals The Savior" (Matthew 14:22-33)

Jesus did not send the disciples into the storm by accident. He sent them on purpose, and He knew exactly what they would find there. In this sermon from Matthew 14:22-33, Ryan Flint, Worship Pastor at McGregor Baptist Church, traces the disciples from the shoreline crowd still buzzing after the feeding of the five thousand, out onto the dark water, and into a...

Life rarely follows the plan we wrote for it. How do followers of Christ respond when it does not?

In this week's Around McGregor, Mark Bricker, Tamar Miller, and Christian Miller preview a new summer Bible study called How to Handle Life's Interruptions, starting Wednesday, June 24 at 6:30 in Fellowship Hall. They also walk through the next month at McGregor: the Newcomers Coffee on May 31, the Prospective Member Class on June 7, ...

Wednesday Night Teaching

"Holy Justice" (Luke 13:1-5)

What do you do with the parts of the Bible that feel severe? The passages where God's judgment lands swiftly and people die, where nations are destroyed, where the cost of sin is immediate and real? If we're honest, those passages can produce more questions than comfort.

In this Wednesday night teaching, Elder Mike Hess walks through Luke 13:1-5 and a series of passages across t...

How can Jesus know the hearts of men and also ask a genuine question? How can he foretell his own death and resurrection and also say he does not know the day or the hour of his return?

In this Beyond the Notes teaching, the speaker walks through the biblical evidence for both sides of Christ's nature, drawing from Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Hebrews, and Philippians. The episode covers specific moments of supernatural knowledge (th...

The King Has Come

"Jesus Feeds the 5000" (Matthew 14:13-21)

In Matthew 14, Jesus has just received word that his cousin and fellow minister John the Baptist has been killed. He withdraws to grieve. A crowd of more than 10,000 follows. And rather than sending them away, Jesus extends compassion. Then he turns to his disciples and says something that stops them cold: "You give them something to eat."

Pastor Russell Howard walks throu...

What is God doing through a young adult ministry that just outgrew its room?

Around McGregor hosts Mark, Tamar, and Christian walk through where The Bridge stands today, including the recent fifth Thursday gathering on Stage 1 that drew new faces for hamburgers, worship, and trivia. They also confirm that Mike Hess starts as Family Ministry Minister on June 1, share details about the upcoming newcomer coffee, the next potential tea...

Journey Together

"Holiness and Conscience" (Romans 1:16-17)

When God's holiness is fully in view, the conscience has no place to hide. Elder Peter Finch uses the life of Martin Luther as a window into what happens when a person measures himself honestly against what God actually requires: not human standards, not a curve, but the standard of loving God with every part of you, every day. Luther's years of compulsive confession and s...

What do the rulers named Herod in your New Testament have to do with each other? The answer is more connected than most people realize.

In this Beyond the Notes episode, Pastor Russell Howard traces the Herodian dynasty across four generations, beginning with Herod the Great at the birth of Jesus and ending with Herod Agrippa II in the court of Governor Festus during the apostle Paul's imprisonment. He covers the family's role in t...

The King Has Come

"Oh, The Places You'll Go" (Matthew 14:1-12)

In Matthew 14:1-12, two men occupy the same passage but inhabit entirely different worlds. Herod Antipas sits on a throne, driven by lust, cowardice, and a fear that bounces him from one bad decision to the next. John the Baptist sits in a dungeon, yet speaks freely because his faith is anchored in Christ. Pastor Russell Howard traces the contrasting paths of unbelief a...

Mother's Day arrives on the heels of one of the fullest Sundays of the year at McGregor.

Around McGregor hosts Mark, Tamar, and Christian look back on last Sunday, which included 17 baptisms...

What is the right response when you come face to face with the holiness of God?

In this Journey Together Bible study, David Miller teaches from Luke 5:1–11, exploring what R.C. Sproul calls the trauma of holiness. The episode covers three effects that God's holiness produces in us: an awareness of sin, a holy fear, and a change in direction. Using the account of Peter's miraculous catch of fish, David shows how the miracle was neve...

What do you do when you've prayed and prayed and God has not said yes?

In this episode of Beyond the Notes, Pastor Russell Howard picks up where Sunday's sermon left off, working through James 4:2-3 to address what Scripture says about unanswered prayer. He walks through five biblical questions to ask when God hasn't yet said yes: Am I being selfish? Am I using prayer to delay obedience? Has God already closed the door? Am I trusti...