Dave McCue's Podcast

John 7 is not where most people turn to understand the temptations of Christ, and yet it follows a discussion about bread and a comment that has Jesus with the words of life. Now we have a discussion about whether fame is the goal. Listen in if you will. 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 int...

Bill Strite stands in for Pastor Dave and speaks about the work of the Bible in our life. 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...

There is always a sticking point. A point where the teaching pushes us beyond where we were willing to go. In the text it's around the source of life as expressed in Jesus as the bread of life. For us it might be politics, ethics, or authority. Discipleship to Jesus, and God's way, always and forever will continually push us to face our sticking point and to surrender our wanting to be t...

If you've seen God at work nearby, then you'll want to join Him there. In order to join Him, you'll have to get out of the boat. 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....

It is so easy to get distracted by the effects of the gifts from God. Like, "He fed us in the wilderness!" and then seek to make him king. He is King and it is right to make him that, but he wants it to be in relationship and through an ongoing relationship, not because you got your belly filled once. So roll up your sleeves, put your mind in gear, be totally ready to receive the gift th...

Though He was God, He didn't think that He should leverage that position to or for his own benefit. Have in yourselves the same mind–that 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; yo...

The world has heard the gospel's call to unity...as being equal. These are not the same. Jesus doesn't think equality with God is something to be leveraged for his own benefit… This text embodies that discussion. The leaders question his naming himself as equal with God, but all of Jesus' words are not about equality, but unity. So roll up your sleeves, put your mind in gear, be tot...

It is a simple command and yet its position near the town leaders response is striking. Did they not know the lame man, who for 38 years had lain on that mat? Yes, surely they did know, and to reprimand him for carrying it when the healing was so obvious is more a statement about them than anything else. So roll up your sleeves, put your mind in gear, be totally ready to receive the gift that’s co...

Thirty-eight years lying by the side of the healing pool. Does he want to get well? Does the cities population bear any responsibility to assist one of its own in 38 years? 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...

Lloyd Ward stands in for Pastor Dave and give a personal account of "Walking in the Grace of God." 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 yourselve...

"Fox Hole" faith is not often a deep faith, but it is an entry point that is better than only looking for miracles. Jesus' comment about a generation who needs to see miracles to believe, isn't aimed however, at the official with the dying son. It is aimed at those of Galilee, who only welcome him because of signs. A person who "only" looks for what Jesus can do will...

Now they believe because of Jesus' words, not just because they trusted the witness of the woman. That is how faith works, we lend our trust to someone who is different until we can get close enough, for long enough that they can see, meet and know Jesus enough to trust him…for himself. So roll up your sleeves, put your mind in gear, be totally ready to receive the gift that’s coming when Jes...

Many are sure that because they perceive God to be afar off, that He is therefore, afar off. That however isn't reality. He is always nearby. So...how should we go about introducing this God, Lord, Savior–Jesus? 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 jus...

It is the time of the year where we, as a church community, remember what it was like to wait for the coming Lord. When He came, He came first to those who were far off. Essentially because there was no one up close. Can you remember the time when you were far away from Jesus? So roll up your sleeves, put your mind in gear, be totally ready to receive the gift that’s coming when Jesus arrives. Don...

As individuals answer the call of Jesus within their lives, like Sandi, we feel it is important to put these lives that love Jesus in front of our church. 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; y...

We often end up in arguments with people just like us...people who don't have the full story. Instead we need to listen to the one who does. 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...

Randy Stebbins fills in for Pastor Dave and talks about what it means to be a Christian that is in the world but not of the world. 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 c...

The way we have shortened the gospel to make Jesus' death only about sin and us in heaven, should not be continued. Sin, while a major problem it is really a symptom of un-diagnosed, un-resisted, un-noticed idolatry which has its consequences that enslave humans to sin and death. What is the solution...conquer death, and that is exactly what God, moved to do. So roll up your sleeves, put your...

In Jesus' own words he describes his mission. When we think of what Jesus was all about, this is the very best starting place. 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...

When Jesus cleanses the temple in Jerusalem, the NLT translates this, "Stop turning my Father's house into a market place." Hmmm. Isn't the Christian story that your heart is now God's home? Isn't that where we buy, sell and trade what for what we want, as well? When we come to church its time to stop treating it so much like we treat Amazon...choosing what we want......

Just as an over abundance of new wine was a sign that God was bring about His new creation; so are our lives of submission and transformation the first signs of His new covenant people. 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...

The disciples never really understood the call to discipleship until later in their walk. Just like we don't always understand what it means to be called disciples. Take both the time to let that sink in and to ponder how much bigger the call might be than what you initially thought. So roll up your sleeves, put your mind in gear, be totally ready to receive the gift that’s coming when Jesus...

Karen McCue, stands in for Pastor Dave and speaks about living into the relationship that we must develop with our Lord and Savior...Jesus. 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 o...

What does John's witness tell us about our witness? Are you the messiah? No. Are you Elijah? No. Are you the prophet? No. Just like us. Admitting that you're not any of those is a start. 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...

Believing in Jesus is a great thing. But it is not the whole story. In order to really live the life that is offered a person needs to both trust and then live into the new reality that God has worked in their life–that is the receiving part of the equation that so many miss. So roll up your sleeves, put your mind in gear, be totally ready to receive the gift that’s coming when Jesus arrives. Don’...