The MAC Podcast

As we continue our study in the book of Hebrews, we’ll be wrapping up chapter 3 and talking about our response to hearing God. After revisiting some Old Testament examples where God’s people rebelled, we’ll explore some ways we can spot unbelief in our own lives and counter our tendency toward hardness of heart.

We’ll continue our Hebrews series in this message with a study of chapter 3. As brothers and sisters in Christ, we share in “a heavenly calling.” But our response to that calling, as we hear the voice of God, is actually the greatest indicator that we are indeed called.

We’ll be in Chapter 2 where we will discover how our merciful and faithful high priest has set us free to live a life of faith. We can choose to step out of fear and stand on the foundation Christ laid by his suffering and death. Lead by the captain of our salvation, we rely on the same source which gave Jesus the strength to lay down his life and who stands today in glory with us.

We’re continuing our series this week in the book of Hebrews with an introduction to chapter two. In light of who Jesus is and what he’s done, the author now warns his readers to “pay much closer attention” so we don’t “drift” or “neglect such a great salvation.” We’ll talk about the nature of this great salvation and some of the common reasons we tend to “drift” in our Christian life.

In this message we will discuss how to engage in society as followers of Jesus in a Biblically-informed and morally responsible way. Spoiler alert: Micah won’t be telling us how to vote! But he will provide a Biblical foundation for how to think about voting (and civic involvement in general) and will highlight some scriptures relevant to a handful of current issues. Our prayer is that each of us...

The overall message of Hebrews is that “Jesus is Better” and that we have every reason to persevere and encouragement to press on in our faith. In this message, we’ll continue in Chapter 1 and talk about how Jesus is superior to the angels. But what are “angels”? How does this relate to the overall message of Hebrews? What relevance does it have for our lives?

Micah Dalbey | Hebrews 1:1-4 This is the first message in our series in Hebrews. Hebrews is a New Testament letter, written between 60-70AD to Jewish believers, addresses a spectrum of theological concepts, centered on the person and work of Jesus Christ. In this message, Pastor Micah will briefly introduce the book of Hebrews, then take a quick look at Hebrews 1:1-4 and the resounding message tha...

For our second week of “Life Together,” Pastor Todd will share his heart for MAC in light of the same two questions we heard last week: “What gets you out of bed in the morning?” and “What keeps you up at night?”

In week one of our Life Together series, Pastor Micah and Pastor Donnie cast vision and share their heart on what it means to do "life together" at MAC.

In this final message of our Make Room series, we'll discuss how to make room for a new work of God in our lives. We'll explore 6 common obstacles to experiencing God's work, or seeing how He is working!

Are you ever curious about why people think the way they do? The Bible says that “taking pleasure in understanding others" is a sign of wisdom. It’s also one of the greatest demonstrations of love. Proverbs 20:5 says, “The intentions of a man’s heart are like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.” In this message, we’ll pick up where we left off with “making room for other persp...

For this sixth week of our summer series, we’ll be exploring what it means to make room for other perspectives. As Pastor Todd pointed out last Sunday, this doesn’t mean we make room for lies, or consider truth to be some fluid, relative thing. It does mean though that we demonstrate genuine love for other people by recognizing their depth (Proverbs 20:5) and, we commit as followers of Christ to m...

In this message in our series, Make Room, we will ask how we can make room for one another’s differences. In a world of growing division, hostility, and tribe mentality, Jesus makes provision for us to live in peace and unity with our differences.

We'll continue our “make room” series by looking at the idea of "Making Room for the Needs of Others.” We will be focusing on the story of the Good Samaritan and seeing what we can take away from this familiar story for our current context.

Our hope with this series is to cultivate a greater expectancy of what God wants to do, and to help us “make room” for his work in our lives. Two weeks ago, we started with the importance of hearing Jesus “knock at the door,” of opening the door and inviting him in. But as Jesus sits at the table to eat, we realize very quickly that meals are where conversations happen. Inviting Jesus in requires...

To follow up the first message in our series about "inviting Jesus in," we celebrated baptisms! This message by Chris Tweedy explains what baptism is- and what it's not.

This message kicks off our summer series, "Make Room." We'll be looking at Revelation 3:15-20 and asking ourselves "where do I need to make room for Jesus?"

In this message we reflect on the Summer Adventure Week theme - God is ALWAYS faithful through it all.

We’ll conclude our series by looking at Jesus’ prayer in John 17. After demonstrating his love for his disciples (John 13) and preparing them for life after his departure (John 14-16), he then prays for his disciples. We will highlight three themes that emerge in Jesus’ prayer: 1) The supremacy of God’s name and word, 2) the relationship of God’s people to the world, and 3) the nature of eternal l...

Micah Dalbey | John 16 At the end of John 16, Jesus wraps up his instructions to his disciples before his crucifixion, reminding them (and us!) that in this world, we’ll have trouble. He also assures us that in him, we can have peace. He concludes the chapter by saying, “But take heart, I have overcome the world.” In this message, we’ll explore our common experience of “trouble” as humans in this...

Todd Auch | John 16:5-15 As we continue our series in John 16:5-15, Jesus tells his disciples he is sending them a Helper. This Helper is the Spirit of Truth, who will be in them and tell them all that Jesus wants to tell them for confusing and difficult times. How relevant for the times we live in today! Our world is confused and divided over just about everything and in the midst of this crazy s...

Donnie Gebhard | John 15:18-16:11 We left off in our last message with the command to abide, to remain “attached” to God, allowing His life and love to flow in and through us. But what is the response of those around us? How do we navigate a world that is sometimes hostile to the things of God? How can we be a faithful witness in a world that is contrary?

Nigel Probert | John 15 For this message of our series, we’re moving into one of the most well-known and well-loved words in the entire Bible: Jesus’ invitation for us to “abide in the vine.” John 15 represents a deeper dive into the reality that just as a branch cannot bear fruit apart from the tree, even so, apart from Jesus we can do nothing.

We continue our series in John 13-17 by picking up where we left off last week in John 14. In this chapter, Jesus provides even more assurances for our “troubled hearts,” he sheds light on his relationship with the Father, and he points the way to the “peace” he wants to give every one of us (which is “not as the world gives”).

Micah Dalbey | John 14 What's on your "bucket list"? That is, what are some things you want to do (or places you want to see) before you die? In our current sermon series where we're moving through John 13-17, we see Jesus using his final moments on earth to prioritize time with his disciples - both loving them and teaching them. In this message, we'll move into chapter 14 where Jesus gives strong...