Breakaway Ministries Podcast

In the Bible, a warning can also be an invitation. This week, Brian and Emilie McCormack go through Acts 28 and compare the warning it yields to the invitation it offers to live in The Way.   For more information on Breakaway Ministries, please visit our website or find us on any social platform @breakawaymin.

The Word of God, if you give it a chance, can do things like no other text can do. In this message, Brian McCormack, Executive Director of Breakaway, goes through Luke 24 and talks about the power of the Word of God and how our lives are changed when His word becomes alive in our hearts.   For more information on Breakaway Ministries, please visit our website or find us on any social platform @bre...

Jesus is alive…but what does that mean for me? What effect does that truth have on my life? In this message, Executive Director, Brian McCormack goes through John 21 and discusses 9 ways your life is impacted, in the here and now, by the resurrection of Jesus.   For more information on Breakaway Ministries, please visit our website or find us on any social platform @breakawaymin.

The empty tomb of Christ is not just an end to something, but is an invitation into something else. In this message, Brian McCormack, Breakaway's Executive Director, talks about that new "something" we are invited into, and the hope and purpose that brings to us as we walk through Matthew 28.   For more information on Breakaway Ministries, please visit our website or find us on any social platform...

Wherever and whatever you are entering into, what does it look like to enter into that situation, season, or purpose as if the Lord has called you there on assignment for Him? In this week's message, Earl McClellan, Pastor of Shoreline City Church, goes through Mark 11:1-11 and teaches on the importance of stepping into your purpose or season with the confidence that the Lord has brought you there...

Every story has an ending, but what if we told you the hope of the Gospel begins at an ending? In this message, our new Executive Director, Brian McCormack, walks through Mark 16:1-8 and reminds us that through the Gospel there is hope in ending.   For more information on Breakaway Ministries, please visit our website or find us on any social platform @breakawaymin.

What if you learned that your favorite celebrity had decided to be your friend, that you could talk to them whenever you want, and, better yet, they wanted to listen and even provide wise counsel? Is it possible that's what the Maker of the Universe is offering to us right now?   In this week's message, Jimmy McNeal, Worship Pastor and Elder at Austin Stone Community Church, walks us through how t...

When things of irreplaceable value are treated as common, heartache is the inevitable result. In this message, Levi Lusko, Pastor of Fresh Life Church, walks us through the Biblical view of sex as he teaches on the origin, intention, distortion, repercussions, and restoration of sex.   This past Tuesday we also began giving for this year's Shalom Project. To learn more about this year's project an...

Scripture tells us righteousness and justice are the foundation of God's throne, but what does this mean and how are we to respond? This week, Brian McCormack, Breakaway's Executive Director, walks us through a Biblical view of righteousness and justice and also how that guides our yearly Shalom project.   For more information on Breakaway Ministries, visit our website or find us on any social pla...

Have you ever wondered if God is trustworthy? In this message, Brian McCormack, the new Executive Director of Breakaway, and his wife, Emilie, walk through Psalm 19 to show us why the Lord is trustworthy, why His authority and kingship are good and how that allows us to see Him, ourselves & others more clearly.   For more information on Breakaway Ministries, visit our website or find us on any soc...

Most of us do not need deeper truths to believe, we need to believe simpler truths more deeply. In this message, Brian McCormack, Pastor of Reach Church in Seattle, preaches on the simple truth that God is reaching out to you, what that means for our lives, and how we should live because of it.   For more information on Breakaway Ministries, visit our website or find us on any social platform @bre...

There are countless songs, movies, shows, and books telling us to follow our heart. You might have even given that advice or asked, "What is your heart telling you to do?", yet, the scriptures tell us to guard our hearts, not to follow them. In this message, Pastor of Harris Creek, Jonathan "JP" Pokluda, teaches on Proverbs 4 and what it means to guard your heart well.   For more information on Br...

With a New Year, we're all looking ahead with fresh resolutions and goals, but, let's be honest, do any of us actually keep those? In this week's message, founding Executive Director, Gregg Matte, walks through Psalm 34 and talks about a New Year's Resolution you'll actually want to commit to in 2023.    For more information on Breakaway Ministries, visit our website or find us on any social platf...

Many of us have heard the gospel, but do not fully understand the gifts that the gospel brings us. Living in a belief that the gospel stops at Jesus saves means your gospel is too small. In this message, Brian McCormack, pastor of Reach Church, talks about the power of the gospel and how our lives are changed, in the right now, by it.   For more information on Breakaway Ministries, visit our websi...

We hear a lot about the state of Christianity in our world today, but what story do the statistics tell? In this message, Pastor at Passion City Church, DC and former Executive Director, Ben Stuart, reminds us of the hope we have in Jesus and that His work in us and through us are not done yet.   For more information on Breakaway Ministries, visit our website or find us on any social platform @bre...

Failure is an event, not an identity. You can experience failure without being one, but how do we keep going when we experience discouragement, disappointment, or failure? In this week's message, Grant Partrick, from Passion City Church, explores what the heroes of the faith have to say about how to persevere well.   For more information on Breakaway Ministries, visit our website or find us on any...

Fully trusting the Lord means allowing the Lord to take you deeper in relationship with Him in all areas of your life. In this week's message, Mikado Hinson, the A&M Football Team's Director of Player Development, gives us 5 specific areas where we can dive deeper into our relationship with the Lord.   For more information on Breakaway Ministries, visit our website or find us on any social platfor...

There are over 1 billion people who have never heard the gospel. So what does this mean for them and how are we called to respond? In this message, guest speaker David Platt, from Radical, talks about the importance and urgency of sharing the gospel and reaching the unreached.    For more information on Breakaway or if you'd like to share with us how God is moving in your life, visit www.breakaway...

Shame is the source of many complex and disturbing inner states: depression, alienation, self-doubt, isolating loneliness, social anxiety, insecurity, and the list can go on and on. So how do we walk in the freedom that Christ paid for on the cross when we experience shame? In this message, Drew Worsham, founding pastor of the Rim Church, walks through Genesis 2:25-3:13 and how shame and our wound...

As young adults, there are tons of voices telling us who we are and who we should be in the future, so how do we find our true calling? This week, Gregg Matte, founding Executive Director of Breakaway, shares how we can focus on who we are in Christ and how that leads us into our individual callings.   For more information on Breakaway or if you'd like to share with us how God is moving in your li...

In this message, Sadie Robertson Huff shares her story and how she's seen God work through it, then explores Luke 5:1-11 as she encourages us to examine our own life and consider each of our individual calls to ministry.   For more information on Breakaway or if you'd like to share with us how God is moving in your life, visit www.breakawayministries.org and follow us @breakawaymin.

What is your view of God? In this message, former Executive Director and current Teaching Pastor at Watermark Community Church, Timothy Ateek, teaches on Genesis 1:1-2. TA unpacks characteristics about God that will challenge you to expand your view of God.    For more information on Breakaway or if you'd like to share with us how God is moving in your life, visit www.breakawayministries.org and f...

We all search for fulfillment, and yet there is only one place to find it. In this message, Kylen Perry teaches on Psalm 73 and shares three steps to finding fulfillment in life. If you've ever wondered how or where to find fulfillment in life, this is the message for you.   For more information on Breakaway or if you'd like to share with us how God is moving in your life, visit www.breakawayminis...

What role the Holy Spirit play in the life of a follower of Jesus? This week, TA joins us in analyzing 1 Corinthians 2:1-16 to see who the Holy Spirit is and what His role is in a believer's life.   For more information on Breakaway or if you'd like to share with us how God is moving in your life, visit www.breakawayministries.org and follow us @breakawaymin.

How can we be healed by Jesus? And what does this say about our human condition and, more importantly, God's compassion? This week, Kylen Perry walks through Mark 1:40-45 and teaches us how Jesus cleansed the leper and what that means for us.   For more information on Breakaway or if you'd like to share with us how God is moving in your life, visit www.breakawayministries.org and follow us @breaka...