Mitchell Berean Church - Podcast

What does it feel like to be approved of? To have someone you respect acknowledge you publicly as someone they are proud of. That can be extremely meaningful! In fact, many of us have walked through life longing for that very experience, and even comprising ourselves in attempts to gain it. The difficulty of all this is that we already have the thing we long for. Approval, acceptance, and love… it...

As we dive into a new series my prayer as a pastor is for your heart to be aligned with God’s desire for you. That you would know Him! And what better way can we know Him than by looking at Jesus, the visible image of the invisible God. So often I have preached to people all over that they need to follow Him, but I wonder how hard it has been to follow someone you may not know. As Jesus’ story con...

If anyone deserved to have His name announced by the most important religious and cultural leaders of His day, it would have been Jesus. And yet, as we read through the Gospel of Luke, that’s not what we find. Instead, we encounter ordinary—and if we’re honest, somewhat unassuming—people who play some of the most meaningful roles in Jesus’ story. Luke gently reminds us that Jesus is not only the M...

Merry Christmas! Jesus’ birth marks a pivotal moment in history—when God took on flesh and dwelt among us. Emmanuel, “God with us.” This moment is astonishing on every level. The Maker and Creator of all things entered His own creation to redeem what had been lost. Angels filled the heavens with praise as the Father accomplished this extraordinary work of salvation. We love Christmas and the famil...

I love pie. There are so many delicious flavors from classic apple and strawberry rhubarb, to mincemeat and chocolate silk. None of these compare to one flavor, though. This kind of pie is homemade every time, though sometimes it’s served up by others to you. It can be made unintentionally, or with intense purpose. It’s no one’s favorite flavor, but it is the one we should all learn to love. I kno...

The 19th century hymn by John H. Sammis and Daniel B. Towner puts it this way: “Trust and obey. There is no other way to be happy in Jesus than to trust and obey.” I always have found these lyrics to feel like a set of sheets made of fine sandpaper. Not because they aren’t true, or the melody isn’t catchy, but because they call out a reality I don’t want to face. I want happiness on my own terms....

Have you ever had a friend, spouse, family member, or someone close to you let you down? Maybe they didn’t follow through on a promise or weren’t there when you needed them most. Moments like these can shake our confidence and make us wonder if we can truly trust them again. We’ve all felt that sting. But the good news is that Jesus never fails to keep His promises. Just as He fulfilled the prophe...

Christmas season is here! While many people will be celebrating all over the world, there is a sad disconnect between the holiday and the Savior we celebrate on it. Who is Jesus really? It’s a question that everyone needs to ask at some point, and I pray they do. The gospel accounts of Matthew and Luke both include answers to this important question. They display everyone’s favorite part of any “B...

WOW! We serve an incredible God! He has truly been at work here at Mitchell Berean over this last year, just has he has been in the 70+ years of people gathering in this local body. We are seeing people come to faith in Jesus, disciples multiplying, the Gospel going out, missionaries being sent, shepherds being raised up, saints being equipped and serving faithfully, and God providing for us from...

Jesus was radical. Over the thousands of years people have studied, learned, and read about Jesus it feels that we have forgotten just how truly radical He was, and is! From His personal walk with the Father, to His intense focus on accomplishing the mission He came for, there are radical things we should be in awe of. One thing that we see in Jesus as his compassion. Intense, deep, gut turning mo...

In our series “Radical Like_,” we have studied various individuals from the Old Testament who lived with radical faith through their faithful obedience to God. This weekend we take a look at our first person from the New Testament, and it is someone whose God-given purpose was to “prepare the way of the Lord.” (Matthew 3:3). He was prophesied about in the Old Testament, born the son of a priest an...

Prayer. We are called to be consistently, and constantly, praying. The Most High God over all the universe desires to be in connection with us, and to hear from us. I DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY!!! I know how inconsistent I am, how full of complaint and selfish requests, and how unworthy I am to be in connection with Him. Why would He want to hear from me?! The simple answer: He loves us. God made us to...

When I think of my level of commitment to Trying things that seem impossible, I realize that it’s not very high. I find myself functioning from a realist mindset based in what I have determined is most likely to happen. While it’s not wrong to have a realistic view of things, there are definitely moments that God calls us to walk by faith and trust him to be the God who can do impossible things! W...

Satan works very hard at causing Christians to forget the plot God wants us to live out. He wants us to forget who the main character is. He wants us to forget God's purposes, and why we were created. This Sunday we will be looking at the Old Testament hero Joshua. What made Joshua great was that Joshua understood that God was the hero of his story, and that his job was to follow God's leadership...

What would you risk to bring someone to Jesus? Your reputation? Your job? Your life? This question may seem intense, but as we think through radical faith as a church I find that more and more the answer to this question determines a lot about the faith we walk in. Some of us would give everything, while others of us would be more cautious. Wherever you are at the call has been clearly given to us...

Are there limits to your trust? Of course there are! We live with people who are not always trustworthy, and this has taught us to question and guard against trusting things outside of ourselves. This is no different when it comes to our trust of God. Though He has never been untrustworthy, He often seems to lead us into places that feel risky, difficult, and unwanted. Instead of trusting Him, we...

In the past few weeks, it has become easier to speak about our faith because of God working through the faithful life of Charlie Kirk, who was tragically murdered by someone filled with hate against him. We now have the incredible opportunity to meet people where they are with the truth of the gospel of Jesus. What an open door! Let’s walk through it confidently, led by the Holy Spirit. But I want...

Throughout the Bible we see incredible stories of radical faith. Faith that makes you wonder how you would respond in similar situations. Faith that challenges you to trust deeper, step forward confidently, stand firm, and be bold. Over the next 9 weeks we are going to be looking at these radical faith stories from throughout scripture, and seeing how we can grow as a church and individuals to wal...

It’s been said that if you want to make God laugh, you should simply tell Him your plans. Sometimes we have a great understanding of how we think something should go. We set things up for it, plan for it, build to it, and then wait for it. It is so rare that things actually go according to our plan! Nehemiah had finished the work he had come to do in Jerusalem. He had planned for it, set things up...

I think most of us can agree that when a large list of names is in the Bible it is easy to skip by them and move on, but a question we should be asking is why did the author put those names in? It is because God cares about the details! If you have ever been in charge of planning an event, you know there is a moment where you switch from the big picture to the small details because they matter. It...

There’s something about growing old in the Lord and gaining wisdom. Life is best understood looking back in the rear view mirror. Psalm 37 is a Psalm that was written by David when he was an old man. He’s looking back and writing this song based on the faithfulness and mercy of God. He addresses a problem that has plagued the people of God since the dawn of time. “Why do the wicked seem to prosper...

Join us as Jud Martin preaches through Nehemiah 10. For this week's Scripture and notes: http://bible.com/events/49451012 Stay Connected: • https://www.mitchellberean.com/ • https://www.facebook.com/MitchellBerean • https://www.instagram.com/mitchellberean • https://www.youtube.com/@MitchellBerean

Prayer is such a powerful thing, yet often when we pray we sound more like toddlers in the toy aisle at the store begging for whatever catches their eye. We can treat prayer as a time for us to make known what we want to God, and in turn we end up feeling that prayer isn’t as powerful as we were told. Prayer is an exercise of faith, calling us to depend on God as the source of all we need. He is t...

The word “revival” may bring to mind a late night meeting in a tent, full of loud preaching, “AMEN”’s and altar calls, but is that truly what revival is? Those meetings have a purpose, and have led to the salvation of many, but true revival is not a move or service of man. It is a work of the Holy Spirit as He moves on the hearts of people with conviction. Passion for the word of God grows, sins a...

Exciting things happen in Nehemiah 7 with thousands of people moving back to Israel to end the captivity in Babylon as prophesied. There were some who had either not been taken into captivity or had escaped that were doing the work to keep things together until the grand reunion and restoration of Israel. This wasn’t an easy or rewarding responsibility, yet through God’s provision, these people ha...