The MAC Podcast

Micah Dalbey | John 13:18-35 If you had 24 hours to live, what would you do? Who would you spend it with? What would you say? We have started a new series called “The Last 24” where we are working through John 13-17 chronicling Jesus’ final hours with his disciples. Jesus has a lot of profound spiritual truth to communicate in these chapters. In this message we will be looking at a new command - l...

If you had 24 hours to live, what would you do? Who would you spend it with? What would you say? Jesus takes his last 24 hours to display some important lessons, the first being washing his disciples feet. How does this relate to the question, "who is the greatest?"

In this Easter message we’ll celebrate the resurrection and the fact that Jesus gives us life! But what is this “life” that Jesus wants us to have? How do we get it? We’ll examine the different words Jesus used for “life” and what it really means to have “eternal life.”

Donnie Gebhard | 1 Thessalonians 5:17 In this message we will be looking at the idea of “praying without ceasing.” How does what prayer is and what prayer is meant to accomplish influence our interpretation of this statement? How are we to practice prayer like this within the confines of our busy schedules? We’ll move from the philosophical to the practical as we turn our attention to Paul’s exhor...

Micah Dalbey | We’ll continue our prayer series in this message with an exploration of how prayer “worked” for Jesus. We’ve seen in Matthew, Mark and Luke how central prayer was for Jesus. His disciples noticed this relationship with the Father and how it was the foundation (and force!) behind everything Jesus did. But what specific circumstances drove Jesus to pray? After looking at how prayer wo...

Micah Dalbey | Does prayer work? This question might feel irreverent, sacrilegious, even heretical. But haven’t we all thought it? Haven’t we at times experienced disappointment or discouragement, or wondered related to prayer, “Am I doing this right?” In this message we'll begin a 4 week series exploring the question, “Does Prayer Work?” But our first step in answering the question is first askin...

Don Partain | Hebrews 11 Paul says we “walk by faith, not by sight,” 2 Corinthians 5:7. But what does it mean to walk by faith? In Hebrews 11, we can see many examples of God’s people walking by faith—and how God’s grace worked powerfully in them and through them.

Micah Dalbey We continue our series with some practical questions about giving. Last week, we talked about how everything we have comes from God, and furthermore, everything we have belongs to God. We are only stewards (managers) of His resources. So this week we’ll look at a brief history of giving among God’s people, then explore some questions of what this has to do with us today. What does the...

Micah Dalbey | Acts 20, Luke 16 This message marks the beginning of a two-week series on Biblical Generosity. Pastor Micah will be leading us in an exploration of what the Bible says about giving - starting with the honest acknowledgment that this can be an awkward topic. But, once we understand the source of generosity, the opportunities and resources God has entrusted to each of us, and the many...

In this message, Micah shares on the significance of Baptism.

Nigel Probert | Luke 15 In this message we look at the parables of the Lost Coin, the Lost Sheep, and the Prodigal Son. Where do you see yourself in these stories? Where is Jesus? Is he calling you to himself?

Micah Dalbey, Todd Auch, Ranae Green, Donnie Gebhard, Lara Wildeboer In this message, we’ll be looking forward and sharing exciting developments in God’s leading at MAC. Our pastors will speak to the importance of Jesus’ command to “make disciples” and explain how we plan to do that at MAC in the years to come.

In this message, Pastor Micah revisits the recent update from the Christian & Missionary Alliance and speaks on how we can produce fruit in our lives in this new year.

As we reach the end of the year, we’ll be taking some time to reflect upon and celebrate the Lord’s Supper together. After passing around the bread and wine to his disciples, Jesus said “Do this in remembrance of me.” But what does it mean to remember Jesus? And what specifically about Jesus are we called to remember?

A Christmas Eve message on Jesus as the Light of the World.

For the last week of our Advent series, we will fix our focus on God's love. 1 John 4:9 says, "God showed how much he loved us by sending His one and only Son into the world..." Let us enter God's word together and learn what the Incarnation of Christ teaches us about God's Love and how we may know that love for ourselves 2000 years later.

We are continuing our Advent series by looking at the topic of joy. Jesus tells his disciples in John 15:11, “These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.” How does the season of Advent help us wrestle with the reality of the dark world around us? What does the joy of the Lord look like in practice, and how can we become people of joy regardless of o...

We are entering the Advent season beginning with a reflection on Peace. Peace is a universal desire felt by us all, and yet why does it often feel elusive, or too much work, improbable, or only comes by chance? If God is a God of Peace, and His goal is for Peace, what seems to be the problem? What we discover in the story of Advent is that Peace is a person who invites us to lean into the story of...

This is the final week of our fall series where we’ll see that “the last chapter” of our story is simply the first in a far better one! From the beginning to the end of our story, we can see God’s undying commitment to make His home with us. From the garden to the tabernacle to Jesus himself, we can track with God’s active pursuit of humans and His plan to dwell with people (Revelation 21:3). The...

We love plot twists. Some of our favorite books and movies have really unexpected moments. But what about plot twists in our own stories? This Sunday we’ll talk about the moments when things don’t go as we’d hoped. It can be painful, and obviously, we have God’s promises and the reassurance of his presence and purpose in the midst of pain. But in between the pain and the promise is an important (a...

In this message we'll talk about redemption and radical transformation. How can Christ’s death lead to a better story, and what does this mean for us as image-bearers?

A question we’ve asked recently in our series is “How do we engage people with God’s story?” Last week we looked at John 4 (Jesus’ interaction with the woman at the well) and this week, we’ll open to Acts 17 where Paul reasons with the Jewish leaders in Thessalonica and Berea “from the Scriptures.” But in Athens, where the Scriptures weren’t known or respected, he takes a totally different approac...

As we enter into week five of our series, having met the “main character,” identified the “supporting cast” and been introduced to the “antagonist” of our story, we’ll now examine the aftermath of our departure from God’s story. Along the way though, we’ll see God reiterate his original promise (from Genesis 3:15) to send a redeemer and crush the power of the enemy. In this message, we meet this R...

We’ll continue our fall series by looking at Genesis 3. If God created everything good, how come there’s so much bad in the world? Where does war come from? What about corruption and violence? And is there any hope for getting this story back on track?

Pastor Donnie Gebhard • Genesis 1 Over the last few weeks, we’ve discovered the role God plays as author, main character, and setting of “A Better Story.” But where does that leave us? In this message, we look at the role humanity plays in the story of God.