Dave McCue's Podcast

Faith in Christ involves more than listening to what God has to say, it includes...no requires that we act upon what we have heard. But humans don't really listen well so they have to be told to be quick to listen and slow to speak. We continue with the agenda of our faith as the Book of James describes and compels us. So roll up your sleeves, put your mind in gear, be totally ready to receiv...

The first thing maturity brings into our lives is that excuses don't seem to work. We stop blaming others and start giving creditEvery good thing in your life comes from God. Every good thing you do for others you do for/with God. Every good thing from God is for you and on its way to another through you. So roll up your sleeves, put your mind in gear, be totally ready to receive the gift tha...

We start a new series this week with James. Faith works in your life to produce hope out of your praise of the one true 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 childre...

God's devastatingly persistent grace continues to pour down on and through us. It effects every thing we do and everyone we are. Even when we groan in our current situations, we like all of creation which groans, too, cannot be separated from his devastatingly persistent grace and care. So roll up your sleeves, put your mind in gear, be totally ready to receive the gift that’s coming when Jes...

When God speaks into your life it is always for two reasons. First because your situation needs to be changed, so he speaks to change your life and give you a better life. Second, he doesn't call you into that new life just so you can fit in there, but because he wants your voice and life heard there, too. So roll up your sleeves, put your mind in gear, be totally ready to receive the gift th...

Baptism is about your identification with Jesus and His identification with you. He identified with us in both the incarnation and at the cross, Will you identify with him where ever you are…what ever your circumstances? To watch the video go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkugGYFzLkQ So roll up your sleeves, put your mind in gear, be totally ready to receive the gift that’s coming when Jesus...

This is how God moves us in community from "I don't get it" through, "I still don't understand, but wow," until we "praise 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...

Ken Bensimon spoke this Sunday, there is a technical issue with the first 4 minutes, so we join him in progress, as he talks about what it means to be in Christ and live. 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 an...

There are three major holy days in the Christian year. 1) Christmas because we needed first had experience of what God was like. 2) Easter because once we found out what God was like we knew we needed some assistance and so He forgave. 3) Pentecost because we had no way to live appropriately without the presence of the Holy Spirit in us. That means that we need to live out his call in us with stre...

It is not really a question as to whether you or I will deny Jesus…we will. We will either deny him by not doing what we have been asked, by doing the opposite that we've been asked, or by not standing with him in his trials. (Peter does all of these in this text.) The question that Jesus has is this: When he returns will he strengthen the people?"When I return will I? When you return wi...

Joe Coates stands in and asks us if we are following Jesus, or comfort. 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...

Unity within the Body of Christ is the main reason people will understand why Jesus was here on Earth. Communion is to be understood, at least in one aspect, as a witness of our unity with Christ for ourselves and in our communities; both physically and spiritually. 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 s...

Chicken Little seems to be all around us these days. Always with the same message, "The sky is falling!" No. No it is not, but even if it was Jesus has some words in this text regarding how we should act. Don't believe them instead trust that God is Lord. Don't follow them Instead trust that God is forming a people for himself--in you. Don't panic, instead know that God ha...

It is relatively common to find yourself "debating the faith" with another person. Next time you do, however remember these three things 1) Pat attention to the relationship and honor it in Christ; 2) Don't major on the minors (its too easy to get lost in a distraction instead of following God); and 3) Remember that God sees their heart and yours. We don't always see either but...

There is an old saying that to the pot it doesn't matter if the rock falls on it, or if it falls on the rock. Jesus' interaction with the people in the Temple between Palm Sunday and Good Friday is a reflection on his role as the Savior. The kingdom comes to those who seek God's help, calculating how much to turn over to him does not work into the equation. So roll up your sleeves,...

One of the goals of "church" is to see the Holy Spirit working in lives and recognize that work. Danny Holmes' life has been changing dramatically through the last year. This interview with him is that effort on our behalf to recognize God at work. 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...

Happy Easter. Easter starts for many of us with an empty tomb, but for the disciple Easter Sunday started with them either hiding or bringing spices to the tomb. They all were mourning. They mourned many things and thoughts as their preconceptions were left at the tomb, if you will. Then in the midst of that submitting our minds to him as well he meets them and their hearts are set to blaze. What...

Jesus cleanses the Temple in Jerusalem following the palm processional. Its as though he is performing a exorcism, sweeping the house clean and then occupying it afterward (as he talked about in Luke 11:16-28). But Jerusalem does not recognize the moment of his visitation and so it is worse for them than before. Will we notice the moment of our visitation and become a prisoner of hope (Zech 9) ins...

These five sections of the gospel are not read together often, but they need to be. What we think and experience internally effects our actions and thoughts. Without Christ the seeking of justice sooner or later boils down to doing what we want. With Christ seeking justice is transfigured into the pursuit of mercy--initially for ourselves and then for others--because we see justice at the cross an...

Wondering what the signs of the end are? Jesus in the text says that the only sign will be the vultures circling the carcass... Take a listen and see if we instead of checking for signs all the time, maybe we could keep our eyes on Jesus and we could stay out of such cul-de-sacs. So roll up your sleeves, put your mind in gear, be totally ready to receive the gift that’s coming when Jesus arrives....

What does the Lord require of us? is not the same as, "Why aren't they playing my favorite songs?" or "Why doesn't the pastor dress correctly for me?" Those are questions of personal preference and to seek only those is not only an expression of consumerism within the church, but it is serving yourself. And no one can serve two masters. They will either love the one a...

"As I come and as I go; right now and always; I will trust in him."Often in our lives we are doing "Not Bad" or in other words our focus is in a bad spot and we have not gotten there yet. Today, I ask that you set your eyes on a higher target. So that in all your comings and goings you will trust in him. So roll up your sleeves, put your mind in gear, be totally ready to receiv...

Many look to the Bible to find out what they can and cannot do, but the Bible does not work well for that purpose. Really, truly like the bad manager in this text that has a visitation from his lord--the Bible's best function is to bring you into one on one contact with your lord and maker. How will you react to such a visitation? Will you change? Will you mock? So roll up your sleeves, put y...

There are three ways that God always locates his lost ones. 1) He goes after them; 2) He has searches carefully (or with a plan); and 3) Compassion is always included. Can you think of a time when you went astray and God came looking for you? Remember the love and care that he showed? Hold onto that feeling and live toward others out of the memory. So roll up your sleeves, put your mind in gear, b...

There are three reason formalism fails to produce the results we're looking for in relation to God. 1) Formalism fails when we begin to recognize that it is ineffective in our lives and we quit; 2) Formalism fails because God will have none of it and he knows who has chosen content over form; and 3) Formalism fails when we have a crisis in our lives because it has produced nothing real. So ro...