Cascade Church Monroe

Dan Bushy, Pastor/Missionary    God's chosen way for us to live as believers is to go the way of the cross. Following Jesus' example of laying down His life for others.   Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give  

Do You Treasure The WORD? Michael Lodge, Speaking Pastor As we kick off our summer series we begin with a big question. Do you treasure the WORD of God? Or... is it so accessible and available to you that you don't interact with it as much as you probably should. Today we read Psalm 119:11, and 105 to understand how we are changed by internalizing the gift of the WORD.   Click on the links below f...

Michael Lodge, Speaking Pastor   Where do you find life? Where do you find affirmation of life? We often need to be affirmed that we are living life well. And often we turn to our success in what we do or how we feel to regulate our confidence in a life well lived. Today Paul leads us to the source of security, freedom, and joy in life. Finding life in Jesus frees us from obsessive law keeping and...

Identity-Security-Trajectory: IN CHRIST   Michael Lodge, Speaking Pastor   Paul calls us to not stop short. Don't just exalt Jesus and know that He is all powerful and all sufficient. Live in His all sufficient power every day. Today, as we unpack verses 9-15, we see this amazing life we get to live when we keep Jesus exalted. He is our new identity, His works give us eternal security, and His emp...

Avoiding Chaotic Currents of Culture   Michael Lodge, Speaking Pastor   After establishing the Exaltation of Jesus in Chapter 1, Paul moves on to help the Colossians establish themselves in Christ. The Colossians were in a community that was at risk of being swept away in the trends of gnosticism, legalism, and humanism. How could they be a people resistant to falling back into these empty philoso...

An Altered Life, Not An Altar Call   Michael Lodge, Speaking Pastor   When Christ is exalted we see the fullness of who He is and all He has done. This moves us far beyond responding to an altar call to an altered way of living. Paul uses this section to show the Colossians that He has found something worth living for. If you want your life to matter and have the energy for your days, then you nee...

Preeminence Yields Worship, Work, & Witness   Michael Lodge, Speaking Pastor   Paul uses an early church song in this passage to declare an eternal and central truth about Jesus. He is preeminent! Jesus is fully God and has made Himself manifest to us in a way that displays His place over creation, inspires our work as the Church, and fuels our individual purpose. His preeminence gives us reason t...

Exalting Jesus and knowing God's will for your life!   Joel Madson, Global Training Network   We exalt Jesus most by knowing God's will and living in a manner that pleases God!   Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give

Celebrate Good Times   Zac Price, Student Ministries Pastor   Colossians 1:1-8 is the introduction for Paul's letter to the Church in Colossae. We dive in to understand that as Saints, we should celebrate who Jesus is.    Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give

How to Study This Amazing Word   Michael Lodge, Speaking Pastor   Last week we unpacked why we study the Word of God. This week we look at a practical approach to studying the letter of Colossians. Today we look at background, context, and how to use an inductive approach to reading the Word.   Familiarize yourself with the inductive study method and the background of the letter to the Colossians....

The Word, The Truth, The Gospel   Michael Lodge, Speaking Pastor   The book of Colossians is Paul's exaltation of Jesus. But before digging into this book, we want to ask ourselves how much we exalt the greater book. Do we lift up the Word of God and value it as much as we value the breath in our lungs? Today, we begin our study by lifting up the miracle of His Word.   Click on the links below for...

This Changes Everything   John Reynolds, Adult Ministries Pastor   If Jesus really rose from the dead, if He really gave His life for us, then that should change everything about us. We should live in a way that shows our devotion to Christ, to each other, and to the church.   Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Onl...

Easter at Cascade Church   Michael Lodge, Speaking Pastor   Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give  

Victory over Sin and Death   Michael Lodge, Speaking Pastor   Jesus defeated death to show His power over our greatest physical enemy. In doing this, He gives us the confidence in His power over our greatest spiritual enemy. Today, we will see how Jesus' defeating of Sin impacts our lives. If He has risen from the dead, then only He can free us from Sin's rule over our lives.   Click on the links...

Victory Over Death   Michael Lodge, Speaking Pastor   Jesus made many bold claims during His life and ministry on earth. He claimed to be the authority over all over creation, life, death, and sin. This week we look at His claim to be victorious over death. If He is victorious over death then what are the effectual realities now made available to us?   Click on the links below for additional Casca...

James Like Jesus   Keith Ferrin, Speaker & Author   We're going to wrap up the series on James by going up to 40,000' and walking through the whole book. We'll revisit a few "nuggets" we've already looked at throughout the series.    Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give

Pray Like Jesus   Michael Lodge, Speaking Pastor   You were created to be in an active daily relationship with your creator. James calls that prayer. Today we see how prayer is the culmination of finding our new Identity in Jesus and allowing His Spirit to bring our every new activity into alignment with His life.   Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: ht...

Wise Like Jesus   Michael Lodge, Speaking Pastor   James begins to draw his letter to a close by bringing his focus into great clarity. It is by living in the wisdom of Jesus that we find life. A new identity is found in the wisdom of His grace and our new activity is empowered by the wisdom of His grace. This is a message for us and the Church we live in. What empowers wisdom and what destroys th...

Speak Like Jesus Michael Lodge, Speaking Pastor Words matter. Words are powerful. Words can bring someone alive in life or...they can completely ruin life. James calls us to speak out of our new identity in Jesus Christ. As we unpack his illustrations we find the blessing of seeking Jesus' words over our world.   Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https...

Work Like Jesus   Michael Lodge, Speaking Pastor   Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give

Value Others Like Jesus   Pastor Nate Hettinga, Regional President of Converge Northwest   Remember what it was like to attend a church for the first time? How we treat people matters — and it reveals something about what we believe about God.    Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/...

Live Free Like Jesus   John Reynolds, Adult Ministries Pastor   We are freed from sin and legalism through Christ's sacrifice, yet we often return to those yokes of bondage. Freedom is found in being doers of the Word, not just hearers, living out our true identity in Christ in changed speech, service, and priorities.   Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card...

Overcome Like Jesus   Michael Lodge, Speaking Pastor   Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give

Suffer Like Jesus   Michael Lodge, Speaking Pastor   The unfortunate reality of living in a world broken by sin is that we absolutely will experience brokenness. Suffering and experiencing trials is guaranteed for all.  But there is good news. James directs us to be full of joy in the midst of our trials. This strange statement directs us to the new reality that we can only have in Jesus. The Gosp...

James Like Jesus   Michael Lodge, Speaking Pastor   Who is James and what is his letter about? Often times this letter is approached as the ultimate checklist and guide to Christian behavior. Today, we will see that this letters contents are actually framed in identity. James' identity was radically changed by the identity of Jesus. When James' identity changed, everything about his life's activit...