Coggin Church Podcast

Coggin Church Podcast

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Coggin Church Podcast episodes

  • God's Painful Pursuit of a Rebellious Heart
    As the story of Jonah comes to a close, we find Jonah at odds with the God of mercy. In the final verses, God makes another attempt to capture Jonah's attention, imagination, and affections. But, will Jonah receive God as He is?
    30 min
  • The Blessing and Responsibility of Children (Psalm 127)
    Pastor Todd challenges our church family to be a place that values the spiritual formation of children. The primary place where this happens is in the home and the church supports. Every church member plays a role in the formation of every child within our church, whether that's through praying, encouraging, or serving.
    God sees children as a blessing and a gift. Though raising children is difficult, the time and effort that parents and the faith community invest are worth it!
    If you have questions or comments about this message or would like to respond in some way, please reach out to us at [email protected].
    36 min
  • The Danger of Self-Righteous Anger

    The first call from this text is to be careful to not let self-righteous anger cause you to question God’s will and character.

    It was God’s will to save Nineveh, because its His character to love and show mercy, but shockingly, Jonah became angry at the LORD for saving Nineveh from destruction. The anger was Self Righteous… became it came not form God but himself. From within. 

    Self righteous anger comes about when you get angry toward God or others based on your preference and not His will. 

    Jonah actually calls what God did evil 

    A more literal translation of the Hebrew in v. 2 truly expresses what Jonah felt  “What God did was evil to Jonah, a great evil, and he became angry.” Why would Jonah see God bringing about repentance in over 100,000 people as evil? It likely came from His ethic and political allegiance to Israel.

    Jonah’s self-righteous attitude and hatred turned him against his Creator.  

    When you find your will at odds with God’s will… you are always wrong. When you place your self righteous preference above everything else… it becomes an idol. Therefore you can get so puffed up… that you think you can judge God. 

    God could turn that question back on you… Who do you think you are to judge God? 

    The second thing we see is how Jonah’s self-righteous anger led him to abuse God’s word, by using God’s word against him. He quotes Exodus 34, God’s own statement about his character and Jonah responds with a death wish. We ought to be careful here as well. Anyone who abuses God’s word and twists it is in league with Satan, who used the exact same tactic in Matthew 4 when Jesus was tempted in the wilderness.

    Like Jonah, we often miss the fact that the ground is level at the foot of the cross. There is no moral or spiritual high ground when everyone bears the stain of sin and the mark of death. At the end of the day, recognizing this level ground leads to joy and gladness. There is no room for self-righteous anger when your heart is filled with gratitude and praise at how God could save sinners like us.

    Do you want to respond to this message or follow up with a question? Feel free to reach out to us at [email protected]

    36 min
  • Jonah: Relentless Love Seeks Real Repentance
    Without repentance there is no Gospel hope in your life. And there will be no repentance w/o the acknowledgment of sin. One must first recognize their in sin, and have a desire to turn from that sin toward God. Then forgiveness through Christ can be received.
    In this message, we see an Old Testament example of Real Repentance from the people of Nineveh and God’s response to them. Though we don’t have full gospel clarity from the mouth of Jonah, we have a wonderful word picture in this story that can be used as an illustration to better help us understand repentance and how it relates to the Gospel.
    34 min
  • Jonah: A Compelling Calling
    God’s compelling call gives second chances to the most unlikely people to go to the most unlikely places to do the most unlikely things. This ought to bring about a response in us.
    First, our hearts should be thankful and moved to accept God's second chances. Jesus came to offer us a second chance at life, though we have rebeled and chased after death. None of us are as far gone as Jonah. God's grace extends to the deepest and darkest places!
    Second, we should respond to God's authoritative call. You would think that God would look for a person that had some compassion for the people of Nineveh. Perhaps a man who had a warm and special place in his heart to serve people far from God. But that's not Jonah! He hates Nineveh, but God is in the business of using unlikely people to accomplish his purposes. Jonah's story causes us to ask, "Who have I excluded and written off as beyond God's reach?" What if God were to write us off in in the same way we write off others?
    Finally, we surrender to God's compelling call. The text calls Nineveh, "a great city to God," which means at the very least that God loved the people of Nineveh like he loves all of his creatures. What motivated God to call out against Nineveh was not only his wrath against their evil, but his love for them as well.
    Will we surrender to the Lord's compelling call of salvation? Will we come to him and seek mercy while it may be found? If you would like to respond to this message in some way or would like prayer, then please reach out to us at [email protected].
    33 min
  • Jonah: Pleading from the Pit of Despair
    Jonah is brought to the end of himself and the downward spiral that began when Jonah fled from the Lord results in him hitting rock bottom. For the first time in the story, Jonah cries out to the Lord for rescue.
    36 min
  • Jonah: The Prodigal Prophet
    In the book of Jonah, we learn how one of God’s prophets fleed from the calling placed on his life. Unfortunately, there is very little to admire in this book concerning Jonah. When you think he is finally ready to see things God’s way, his attitude takes a downward turn.
    0 min

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