McGregor Podcast

Matthew: The King Has Come
"Death And Taxes"(Matthew 17:22-27)
Jesus tells his disciples plainly that he is about to die and be raised. Then he turns and pays a temple tax he owes nothing on. Pastor Cary Robinson walks through both moments in Matthew 17:22-27 and shows they carry one message: Jesus willingly laid down his life for us, and he calls us to lay down our own rights and freedoms for the sake of the gospel. Listeners walk away with a clearer picture of Jesus' purpose and a practical challenge to let the advancement of the gospel outweigh personal comfort.
Sermon NotesJuly 26, 2026Cary Robinson • Adults 55+ Pastor
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How to Handle Life's Interruptions
"When Fear Drowns Your Faith"(Matthew 14:22-33)
Fear rarely announces itself. It shows up after a mountaintop moment, in the middle of obeying God, right when life feels most out of our hands. In this Midweek Bible Study, Pastor Peter Finch teaches from Matthew 14, where the disciples meet a storm and Peter steps out onto the water toward Jesus. Peter walks as long as his eyes stay on Christ, and begins to sink the moment he fixes them on the wind. Finch shows how fear undermines faith, leads to disobedience, isolation, and lost peace, and then points to how Scripture calls us to answer it: fix your eyes on Christ's presence, hold to His promises, cultivate a life of prayer and thanksgiving, and choose faith over fear. You walk away with the anchor of the whole study, that Jesus is stronger than the fiercest storm, and that His promise "I am with you" is reason enough not to be afraid.
July 22, 2026Peter Finch • Administrative Pastor
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What do you do when your faith feels too small to change anything?
When the disciples could not heal a suffering boy, they pulled Jesus aside and asked why. Pastor Mark Bricker takes us Beyond the Notes from Sunday's message in Matthew 17:14-20 to focus on the answer Jesus gave, the part there was no time for on Sunday. He walks through what Jesus meant by faith like a grain of mustard seed: that the power is in the object of our faith, not its size; that real faith is a living thing meant to grow and bear fruit; and that "nothing will be impossible" is a promise that operates inside the will of God, not a blank check for our own desires.
You walk away with two clear marks of genuine faith to test your own: faith that is steadily growing, and faith that is centered on God rather than on what you can do. This one is for anyone who has prayed "Lord, increase our faith" and wondered what that actually looks like.
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Matthew, The King Has Come
"What Genuine Faith Looks Like"(Matthew 17:14-20)
When a desperate father brings his son to Jesus after the disciples could not heal him, Pastor Mark Bricker walks through what genuine faith actually looks like. It is not more effort or more belief. It is complete dependence on Christ. This teaching moves through the father's desperate need, the power of Christ to meet it, and the enduring truth that even small faith, held onto the right Savior, is never wasted. Listeners walk away with a clearer picture of where real faith rests, not in the size of our trust, but in the One we trust.
Sermon NotesJuly 19, 2026Mark Bricker • Discipleship Pastor
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Is your own experience with God more reliable than His Word?
Pastor Russell Howard takes us Beyond the Notes from this week's sermon on the Transfiguration, unpacking Peter's account in 2 Peter 1 of standing on the mountain and witnessing Christ's glory firsthand. He walks through why Peter, despite that extraordinary experience, still pointed to Scripture as the more certain guide for what we believe and how we live.
You'll walk away with a clear, biblical way to think about your own spiritual experiences: real, meaningful, but never the final authority. This episode is for anyone who has ever wondered how to weigh what they've felt or seen against what God has said.
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Matthew - The King Has Come
"The Glory Of Jesus"(Matthew 17:1-13)
Six days after Jesus first told His disciples that He would suffer, die, and rise again, He led Peter, James, and John up a high mountain, and He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, His clothes became white as light, and Moses and Elijah appeared beside Him. A voice from a bright cloud declared, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased. Listen to him." Pastor Russell Howard walks through this account of Christ's unveiled glory, the disciples' fear, and Jesus's own tender response to that fear, and closes with a clear answer to the question the disciples raised about Elijah. Listeners walk away with a fuller picture of who Jesus is: entirely human, and entirely the living God.
Sermon NotesJuly 12, 2026Russell Howard • Lead Pastor
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What happens when your own sin is the reason your future got interrupted?
In this episode of our Midweek Bible Study series, "How to Handle Life's Interruptions," Pastor Russell Howard turns to the story of Moses in Exodus 2. Moses was prepared and positioned for a great calling, yet one moment of sin nearly derailed everything. Pastor Russell traces how God preserved Moses' mission even after his failure, and what that means for anyone whose own mistakes have complicated their story.
This teaching does not minimize sin, but it does not leave you there either. It points toward honest repentance, real trust in God, and the confidence to keep moving forward in faith, even after a self-inflicted setback.
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When was the last time a fellow believer sat down and told you that you were wrong?
In this Beyond the Notes episode, Pastor David Miller goes deeper into Sunday's sermon on Matthew 16, exploring what it means to rebuke one another well. He walks through Jesus' teaching in Luke 17 and Luke 6, the call to humility in Galatians 6, and the danger of self-deception described in James 1 and 1 John 1.
Listeners walk away with a clear, biblical picture of how to deliver a rebuke with humility and how to receive one with a heart that is quick to hear and slow to speak. This episode is for anyone who has wondered whether honest correction still has a place in the local church.
 
Do You Know How to Rebuke? | Desiring God
By Marshall Segal
 
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Matthew: The King Has Come
"A Significant Shift"(Matthew 16:21-28)
After two and a half years of public ministry, Jesus began preparing His disciples for what was ahead: His death, His resurrection, and what following Him would actually cost them. Pastor David Miller walks through Matthew 16:21-28, where Peter's attempt to talk Jesus out of the cross meets Jesus's clear response, and where Jesus tells His disciples what it means to deny themselves, take up their cross, and follow Him for good. Listeners walk away with a clearer picture of what real life is, and what it isn't.
Sermon NotesJuly 5, 2026David Miller • Membership and Missions Pastor
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What does it actually mean to be thankful for your country without loving it more than you love the Kingdom of God?
In this Journey Together Summer teaching, Pastor Russell Howard marks the nation's 250th birthday with four specific reasons for gratitude: God's sovereign hand over the rise and fall of nations, the principle of religious liberty born out of a Baptist conviction, America's unmatched missionary heritage, and the everyday common grace God has poured out on this country. He closes with a challenge from Philippians 3:20, that every citizenship a believer holds is layered, and the highest one never fades.
Whether you find it easy to celebrate the Fourth of July or complicated, this teaching gives you a clear, biblical way to hold gratitude for your country and greater devotion to God's kingdom in the same hand.
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