The Safe House Podcast

Live Service for April. 29th, 2026 Text: Mark 2:1-12 “And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, ‘Son, your sins are forgiven.’” Clair United Methodist Church - https://www.clairumc.com/​​ !!!!!DONATE TO THE AMAZING STREAMING TEAM @ - https://bit.ly/2CwmMwT​​ FOR ALL THE AMAZING WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE DURING THIS TIME!!!!! We do not own the rights to this music. Come join us every...

Live Service for April. 15th, 2026 Text: James 5:13a – “Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray.” Clair United Methodist Church - https://www.clairumc.com/​​ !!!!!DONATE TO THE AMAZING STREAMING TEAM @ - https://bit.ly/2CwmMwT​​ FOR ALL THE AMAZING WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE DURING THIS TIME!!!!! We do not own the rights to this music. Come join us every Sunday for a Live stream service and if yo...

Live Service for April. 8th, 2026 John 11:28-37 When she had said this, she went and called her sister Mary, saying in private, “The Teacher is here and is calling for you.” And when she heard it, she rose quickly and went to him. Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was still in the place where Martha had met him. When the Jews who were with her in the house, consoling her, saw Mary r...

Live Service for March. 18th, 2026 Mark 13:1-13 And as he came out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Look, Teacher, what wonderful stones and what wonderful buildings!” And Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? There will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down.” Signs of the End of the Age And as he sat on the Mount of Olives opposite t...

Live Service for March. 11th, 2026 Text: Proverbs 18:24 “A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.” That verse forces us to wrestle with a simple but powerful question: What kind of relationships actually sustain our lives? Clair United Methodist Church - https://www.clairumc.com/​​ !!!!!DONATE TO THE AMAZING STREAMING TEAM @ - https://bit.l...

Live Service for March. 4th, 2026   Pastor Dr. Charles W. Ferguson  Mitchell Harper   Text: Matthew 14:1–21 The Death of John the Baptist 14 At that time Herod the tetrarch heard about the fame of Jesus, 2 and he said to his servants, “This is John the Baptist. He has been raised from the dead; that is why these miraculous powers are at work in him.” 3 For Herod had seized John and bound him and p...

Live Service for Feb. 25th 2026 Pastor Charles W. Ferguson Mitchell Harper Patrick English Joshua 1:1 1 After the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, the Lord said to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' assistant,   Clair United Methodist Church - https://www.clairumc.com/​​ !!!!!DONATE TO THE AMAZING STREAMING TEAM @ - https://bit.ly/2CwmMwT​​ FOR ALL THE AMAZING WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE DURING THIS...

Live Service for Feb. 18th 2026 Pastor Charles W. Ferguson   Clair United Methodist Church - https://www.clairumc.com/​​ !!!!!DONATE TO THE AMAZING STREAMING TEAM @ - https://bit.ly/2CwmMwT​​ FOR ALL THE AMAZING WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE DURING THIS TIME!!!!! We do not own the rights to this music. Come join us every Sunday for a Live stream service and if you would like to donate for the church cli...

Live Service for Feb. 11th 2026 Pastor Charles W. Ferguson Mitchell Harper Patrick English   Scripture: Hebrews 12:1–2 (NRSV) “Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith…”   Clair Un...

Live Service for Feb. 04th 2025 Pastor Charles W. Ferguson Mitchell Harper Patrick English   Scripture: Hebrews 12:1–2 (NRSV) “Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith…”   Clair Un...

Live Service for Jan. 28th 2025   Pastor Charles W. Ferguson  Mitchell Harper  Patrick English   Text: Luke 2:10–14 (ESV) Reflection The announcement of Jesus has always been political. “Good news” is not neutral language—it directly confronts empire. Peace proclaimed by heaven stands in contrast to peace enforced by violence. God does not side with domination; God sides with those crushed beneath...

Text: John 1:5 (ESV) “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.”   Reflection Light is not decorative—it is disruptive. Light exposes what thrives in secrecy. Jesus does not merely comfort the suffering; he reveals the truth about the systems that create suffering. When light shines, excuses collapse. Silence is no longer possible.   Societal Lens Darkness today is fo...

Text: Luke 2:6–7 (ESV) “And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth. And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.” Reflection Jesus enters the world because there is no room for him in respectable spaces. Long before borders, detention centers, and enforcement agencies, the s...

Live Service for Dec. 3rd, 2025 Pastor Dr. Charles W. Ferguson  Mitchell Harper Text: Matthew 1:23 (ESV) “‘Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel’ (which means, God with us).” Reflection:
God’s presence changes everything. The incarnation is divine proximity—God entering our brokenness, not avoiding it. Presence heals what absence wounds. Jesus’ bir...

Text: Psalm 130:5–6 (ESV) “I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I hope; my soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning.”   Reflection:
Advent invites us into holy waiting. The psalmist teaches that waiting deepens trust. Our culture equates waiting with failure, but God uses it for formation. Waiting tempers impatience and births di...

Text: Luke 12:15 (ESV) “And he said to them, ‘Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.’”   Reflection:
Jesus’ warning challenges our modern obsession with accumulation. Advent calls us to strip away illusions of worth defined by wealth. Christ’s birth in a manger reveals that simplicity is sacred. “Enough” is not...

Live Service for Nov 5th, 2025 Special Guest: Fadi Suleiman podcast notes https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1iv4h1VA2zvbgt0vE3NzMEsD2O1Tpzb0Z?usp=drive_link Pastor Dr. Charles W. Ferguson Mitchell Harper   Clair United Methodist Church - https://www.clairumc.com/​​ !!!!!DONATE TO THE AMAZING STREAMING TEAM @ - https://bit.ly/2CwmMwT​​ FOR ALL THE AMAZING WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE DURING THIS TI...

Live Service for Oct. 22th, 2025 Special Guest—Rev. Derrick K. Holmes   podcast notes https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1iv4h1VA2zvbgt0vE3NzMEsD2O1Tpzb0Z?usp=drive_link Pastor Dr. Charles W. Ferguson Mitchell Harper   Clair United Methodist Church - https://www.clairumc.com/​​ !!!!!DONATE TO THE AMAZING STREAMING TEAM @ - https://bit.ly/2CwmMwT​​ FOR ALL THE AMAZING WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE DU...

Episode 75 – Heart Conditions: When God Doesn’t Cosign Your Words Scripture: Proverbs 16:1 “The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.” ⸻   Proposition A corrupt heart produces a distorted message. We can’t expect God to bless what the heart has already poisoned.   Main Question What happens when the heart’s motives block God’s message? ⸻   Scripture Found...

Live Service for Sept. 24th, 2025 podcast notes  https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1iv4h1VA2zvbgt0vE3NzMEsD2O1Tpzb0Z?usp=drive_link Pastor Dr. Charles W. Ferguson  Mitchell Harper Clair United Methodist Church - https://www.clairumc.com/​​ !!!!!DONATE TO THE AMAZING STREAMING TEAM @ - https://bit.ly/2CwmMwT​​ FOR ALL THE AMAZING WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE DURING THIS TIME!!!!! We do not own the...

Episode 72 – Transitions— For Better or Worse: When the Water Is Healed Text: II Kings 2:15–22 Lens: Community resistance to new leadership; unhealthy nostalgia vs. healthy acceptance; what it takes to validate leadership. Scripture Foundation Text (ESV): Now when the sons of the prophets who were at Jericho saw him… they said, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.”… They urged him to send men to...

Live Service for June 11th, 2025 podcast notes  https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1iv4h1VA2zvbgt0vE3NzMEsD2O1Tpzb0Z?usp=drive_link Pastor Dr. Charles W. Ferguson  Mitchell Harper Reflection Time Philippians 3:12-16 Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Brothers, I do not consider that I have mad...

Episode 69 Rise Up: The Resurrection Moment Mark 5:35-43 While he was still speaking, there came from the ruler's house some who said, “Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the Teacher any further?” But overhearing what they said, Jesus said to the ruler of the synagogue, “Do not fear, only believe.” And he allowed no one to follow him except Peter and James and John the brother of James. They came...

Live Service for May 21st, 2025 order The Cross and the Lynching Tree https://a.co/d/4xn5nVL podcast notes  https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1iv4h1VA2zvbgt0vE3NzMEsD2O1Tpzb0Z?usp=drive_link Pastor Dr. Charles W. Ferguson  Mitchell Harper The Conclusion or The Beginning  Philippians 3:13-16 Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind...

Live Service for May 14th, 2025 order The Cross and the Lynching Tree https://a.co/d/4xn5nVL podcast notes  https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1iv4h1VA2zvbgt0vE3NzMEsD2O1Tpzb0Z?usp=drive_link Pastor Dr. Charles W. Ferguson  Mitchell Harper Chapter 5 Judges 4:4-9 Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time. She used to sit under the palm of Deborah between...