Dave McCue's Podcast

Many like the thought that they would have been different on Palm Sunday than the crowd, who not so long afterwards didn't follow through on the big welcome. Jesus calls Peter back into the fold after his denials to love and follow. So roll up your sleeves, put your mind in gear, be totally ready to receive the gift that’s coming when Jesus arrives. Don’t lazily slip back into those old groov...

Bev Brown speaks about anxiety and Christian living. So roll up your sleeves, put your mind in gear, be totally ready to receive the gift that’s coming when Jesus arrives. Don’t lazily slip back into those old grooves of evil, doing just what you feel like doing. You didn’t know any better then; you do now. As obedient children, let yourselves be pulled into a way of life shaped by God’s life, a l...

Three massive challenges for disciples: 1) learning how to wait for Him; 2) learning how to take direction from Him; and 3) learning how to let him provide. So roll up your sleeves, put your mind in gear, be totally ready to receive the gift that’s coming when Jesus arrives. Don’t lazily slip back into those old grooves of evil, doing just what you feel like doing. You didn’t know any better then;...

Jesus meets the disciples where they are...behind a locked door, but instead of berating them He brings them peace. Peace, proof, the Spirit, a call, and forgiveness.  So roll up your sleeves, put your mind in gear, be totally ready to receive the gift that’s coming when Jesus arrives. Don’t lazily slip back into those old grooves of evil, doing just what you feel like doing. You didn’t know any b...

Overcoming our own struggles to belief is often harder than understanding what is going on in the Bible. So roll up your sleeves, put your mind in gear, be totally ready to receive the gift that’s coming when Jesus arrives. Don’t lazily slip back into those old grooves of evil, doing just what you feel like doing. You didn’t know any better then; you do now. As obedient children, let yourselves be...

Jesus' disciples week had been horrific, they are afraid and now separated from their teacher, when news come that not only had Jesus been killed...now they have stolen his body, too. So roll up your sleeves, put your mind in gear, be totally ready to receive the gift that’s coming when Jesus arrives. Don’t lazily slip back into those old grooves of evil, doing just what you feel like doing....

Ever asked the question: "Why does a loving God allow ________?" Understanding why the world is shaped the way it is, explains what love actually acts like. So roll up your sleeves, put your mind in gear, be totally ready to receive the gift that’s coming when Jesus arrives. Don’t lazily slip back into those old grooves of evil, doing just what you feel like doing. You didn’t know any be...

Rethinking and attending to the concepts and theology of the Lord's prayer can reset our lives. So roll up your sleeves, put your mind in gear, be totally ready to receive the gift that’s coming when Jesus arrives. Don’t lazily slip back into those old grooves of evil, doing just what you feel like doing. You didn’t know any better then; you do now. As obedient children, let yourselves be pul...

Return to your fortress, oh prisoner of hope. So roll up your sleeves, put your mind in gear, be totally ready to receive the gift that’s coming when Jesus arrives. Don’t lazily slip back into those old grooves of evil, doing just what you feel like doing. You didn’t know any better then; you do now. As obedient children, let yourselves be pulled into a way of life shaped by God’s life, a life ene...

Was Jesus our replacement or our representative at the cross? Many commentaries take one position or the other, but it must be both if we are to understand the happenings that day at the Bema Seat. So roll up your sleeves, put your mind in gear, be totally ready to receive the gift that’s coming when Jesus arrives. Don’t lazily slip back into those old grooves of evil, doing just what you feel lik...

Have you ever gotten something that you wanted...but then decided it really wasn't what you wanted? It usually comes with a series of bad decisions that drive us into a really, really bad decision. How do we avoid this? By seeking the Lordship of God, in and through Jesus, in our lives. So roll up your sleeves, put your mind in gear, be totally ready to receive the gift that’s coming when Jes...

It is the expedient thing. The simple way out. The human way, which always leads to the same ol' results...that always needs correcting and repair. Haven't you had enough of the same ole same ol? So roll up your sleeves, put your mind in gear, be totally ready to receive the gift that’s coming when Jesus arrives. Don’t lazily slip back into those old grooves of evil, doing just what you...

Jesus is Lord. It is a statement that rolls so easily off our lips, and yet do we recognize Him as Lord when He is doing the dirty hard work, the less fun things, the submitting to the plan actions that "Lords" don't usually need to do, but have a lackey do? So roll up your sleeves, put your mind in gear, be totally ready to receive the gift that’s coming when Jesus arrives. Don’t l...

Have you ever let a sleeping dog lie, or managed to not poke the bear? The Magi get extra points for not going back to talk with Herod. So roll up your sleeves, put your mind in gear, be totally ready to receive the gift that’s coming when Jesus arrives. Don’t lazily slip back into those old grooves of evil, doing just what you feel like doing. You didn’t know any better then; you do now. As obedi...

This is the Sunday of peace. Peace from God comes a the hand and will of God. It is not something that we provide for Him. So roll up your sleeves, put your mind in gear, be totally ready to receive the gift that’s coming when Jesus arrives. Don’t lazily slip back into those old grooves of evil, doing just what you feel like doing. You didn’t know any better then; you do now. As obedient children,...

Have you recognized that the Lord, God Almighty has noticed you? Not you generally, but you specifically. If you've not noticed that what will it take to stir your heart and head? So roll up your sleeves, put your mind in gear, be totally ready to receive the gift that’s coming when Jesus arrives. Don’t lazily slip back into those old grooves of evil, doing just what you feel like doing. You...

He is not slow, but patient. The second Sunday of Advent is about faith. Faith when the time seems so dark. Faith when the Lord seems to not come. So roll up your sleeves, put your mind in gear, be totally ready to receive the gift that’s coming when Jesus arrives. Don’t lazily slip back into those old grooves of evil, doing just what you feel like doing. You didn’t know any better then; you do no...

Bill Strite stands in and speaks about preparing (and transitioning) for the coming of Christ. So roll up your sleeves, put your mind in gear, be totally ready to receive the gift that’s coming when Jesus arrives. Don’t lazily slip back into those old grooves of evil, doing just what you feel like doing. You didn’t know any better then; you do now. As obedient children, let yourselves be pulled in...

Why doesn't the world around us accept the message of redemption? Often the problem isn't Jesus...oh they love Jesus' behavior, but they stumble over their own internal comparison to His sinless life and–the problem of our witness. Listen in. So roll up your sleeves, put your mind in gear, be totally ready to receive the gift that’s coming when Jesus arrives. Don’t lazily slip back...

Jesus is completely aware of us looking over the disciples shoulders and says as much in the text. Now, how should we live and walk the same journey that they walked...that Jesus walked. So roll up your sleeves, put your mind in gear, be totally ready to receive the gift that’s coming when Jesus arrives. Don’t lazily slip back into those old grooves of evil, doing just what you feel like doing. Yo...

In the same way that Jesus was sent into the world...we are sent. Does that mean that we're supposed to be as dangerous as babies. In the same way that God's word was manifest in Jesus…its supposed to be manifest in us, too. Does that mean that we just read it...or that as we read the word makes God's character grow in us? So roll up your sleeves, put your mind in gear, be totally r...

This is the 5th, "I'm telling you this now…" statement made by Jesus in John. Please hear me tell you how cool it is that Jesus cares that we know and understand what is coming. Your ability to follow and keep your faith needs these statements. He is taking the time to explain what is happening and what will happen so that we can understand and gird up our loins, if you will. So rol...

Ken Bensimon speaks about the troubling process of dealing with yourself and others when you're conflicted. How do we honor others and speak about the issues that we need to speak about? So roll up your sleeves, put your mind in gear, be totally ready to receive the gift that’s coming when Jesus arrives. Don’t lazily slip back into those old grooves of evil, doing just what you feel like doin...

How can Christians outlast the "world changing moments" that send so many into stress and panic? Keep the throne in view and who is on it. So roll up your sleeves, put your mind in gear, be totally ready to receive the gift that’s coming when Jesus arrives. Don’t lazily slip back into those old grooves of evil, doing just what you feel like doing. You didn’t know any better then; you do...

A tipping point is that place where a boulder is about to roll down the hill...but isn't; it's the place where something is about to happen…but hasn't yet. We need to have God help us choose our roles in the tipping points of our lives, otherwise our society will choose for us. So roll up your sleeves, put your mind in gear, be totally ready to receive the gift that’s coming when Je...