MCC Podcast

Kingdom work. It’s a call for us all. Not just a pastor, not just a select few, but for all who call on Jesus as lord and savior. This week Eric will be diving into Acts chapter 6 and 7 as we learn from an early disciple of Jesus, Stephen, and discover what it looks like for us to proclaim the Gospel and step into Kingdom Work.

The 1st Century Church was a remarkable thing to observe! There are so many things that we can see that marked a pretty discernible difference from then to now. Words like passion, commitment, and sacrifice are prominent in my mind.

We are taking several weeks to look at the church and what the Bible tells us happened when the church started and how that plays out today.

Eric and Chad sit down to talk about the Holy Spirit.

If you missed last week, we have begun a series of messages where we will walk through the book of Acts. We’re calling it Ekklesia.

The Ekklesia means a people called to assemble for a specific purpose. It’s understanding that God gathers us (like on Sundays) so He can send the church into the world, as opposed to the church being a building where we open the doors and expect the world to come to us.  

I love that Acts 17:6 (KJV) tells us that the church bought into the idea so much that it had the reputation of turning the world upside down!  So for the next several weeks we are looking at words that describe the kind of church that God sends to turn the world upside down.

And last week we saw the beginning of the birth of the church. And Jesus told His disciples to wait for the gift His Father would send. (Acts 1:4). That gift they were waiting on was the Holy Spirit.

And in our verses this week, the Holy Spirit shows up! And we see how He sends His Holy Spirit to us today. 

This week Craft sits down with Mike and Rich as they talk through the Essentials For Salvation

The church has not always existed.  I’m not talking about MCC. Did you know that 50 people met in May of 1954 to start MCC?  I’m talking about THE church.  

If you go back to the beginning of the Bible in Genesis, the church is not there.  But in all fairness, nothing else is either, except God. 

The church is nowhere in the Old Testament.  

The church is nowhere in the gospels.  

It isn’t until Jesus has gone back to heaven that the church shows up. 

And the church turned the world upside down (Acts 17:6 ESV). 

We are looking at how God did and does turn the world upside down through the church. We will be settling into the book of Acts, the story of the beginning of the church, to see how God wants to turn our world upside down through us. This week we will begin at the birth of the church in Acts 1.

This week Craft sits down to talk with Mike and Rich about the context of Luke and Acts and how to understand the biblical context!

This Sunday Mike will conclude our Future/Past series. Last week I got to honor and encourage our graduates, and not just them but all of us, about the future and the traps that can catch us and negatively impact our future.

This week, as we celebrate our graduates, we kick off our new series, Future/Past, where we will be looking at what God has for each of our futures as well as why it’s important to remember our past.