Maynardville Fellowship Podcast

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This passage reveals a new covenant community united around the risen Christ even as the old covenant order fractures around them. Their unity, generosity, and care for one another display the fruit of Christ’s kingdom and the faithfulness Israel had failed to produce.

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In Acts 4, the disciples recognize the opposition of Israel’s rulers and the Gentiles as the raging nations of Psalm 2 gathering against God’s Anointed King. Rather than retreat, the church prays for boldness to proclaim Christ. May we be ever confident that the risen King has received the nations and His kingdom cannot be stopped!

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What happens when those entrusted with authority become enemies of justice? Acts 4:18–22 shows that authority is good but never absolute, and when human authority conflicts with Christ, Christians must recognize and obey the higher authority.

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What happens when an opponent can no longer win the argument? They resort to ad hominem, suppression, and intimidation. Luke shows us that is exactly what happened with the Sanhedrin court with Peter and John.

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In Matthew 24:10–13, Jesus reveals that persecution wasn't merely something the early church endured—it was something Christ used. The birth pangs preceding Jerusalem's destruction would expose false disciples, purify the visible church, and reveal those whose faith was genuine.

This message explores the intentional connection between Matthew 24 and the Parable of the Soils, showing that Jesus had already explained why some would fall away, why others would be deceived, and why only those who endure would be revealed as His true disciples.

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Jerusalem was headed for judgment—but Jesus’ next warning was even more personal. Before the Temple fell, His disciples would be arrested, beaten, & killed, at the hands of Jews and Gentiles alike because they confessed His name.

A few questions beg for answers. Why would that confession provoke such opposition? Would such persecution remain a permanent aspect of Christ’s Kingdom—or can the church work toward peaceful and quiet lives?

Listen as Pastor Matt explains Matthew 24:9—The Birth Pangs of the Kingdom: The Persecution of the Church—and why the church can expect the blessings of the Kingdom in this life, as well as reward in the life to come.

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Wars. False messiahs. Famines. Pestilences. Earthquakes.

For generations, Christians have pointed to these events as signs that the end of the world must be near. But Jesus says something very different: “See that you are not frightened…that is not yet the end.”

Before telling His disciples what the sign would be, Jesus first warned them what the sign was not. False christs would attempt to lead them astray. Fighting nations would threaten to frighten them. Frightening disasters would shake the world around them. But these events were not the decisive sign. They were only “the beginning of birth pangs.”

In this message, we examine the biblical and historical evidence surrounding the years between Christ’s resurrection and Jerusalem’s destruction in AD 70—and discover why these upheavals were not evidence that Christ’s kingdom had failed, but that the old covenant order was passing away and the reign of the true Messiah was advancing.

Join us as we consider three distractions the disciples had to avoid—and why Matthew 24:4–8 is not describing the end of the world.

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Jesus has declared that the Temple will be utterly destroyed. The disciples know what is coming. Their unsettled dilemma is when.

“Tell us, when will these things happen, & what will be the sign of Your coming, & of the end of the age?” — Matthew 24:3

These are not the speculative questions of prophecy-chart enthusiasts. They are the trembling questions of men whose entire covenantal world has just been shaken.

The Temple will fall.

The Old Covenant age will end.

The Son of Man will be vindicated.

The Kingdom will no longer be centered in Jerusalem, but in the risen Christ ruling from heaven.

Listen as Pastor Matt explains what the disciples were asking when they asked, 'When Will These Things Happen?'

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Peter and John had the full weight of the political and religious apparatus stacked against them. This passage shows how the Christian today should expect the cultural pressure to be mobilized against them and how they can confidently stand against that pressure.

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We all know what it means to be a Proverbs 31 or Titus 2 woman. Hear Pastor Carr’s charge for men to pursue the standard of a Job 1 man.