Peter denied Jesus three times beside a charcoal fire. The next time John mentions a charcoal fire, the risen Jesus is standing beside one, cooking him breakfast.

In this message from John 21:1–19, the final week of the A Place at the Table series, Pastor Allen Cason walks through the morning Jesus meets Peter and the disciples back on the Sea of Galilee, fishing again after the resurrection because they don't know what else to do. Jesus doesn't wait for them to get their lives back together. He builds a fire, feeds them breakfast, and then asks Peter the same question three times: “Do you love me?”, undoing each of Peter's three denials and recommissioning him with the words, “Feed my sheep.”

This message traces the phrase “charcoal fire,” which John uses only twice in his Gospel: once in the courtyard where Peter denied Christ, and once on this beach where Christ restores him. Whatever failure you're carrying, this is a picture of what Jesus does with it. He doesn't erase it, he redeems it, because restored people become sent people.

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Hours before He was betrayed, Jesus sat down and ate a meal with the very people who would betray Him, deny Him, and abandon Him. Here's what that meal still means for anyone who feels too broken to come to the table.In this message from Luke 22:7–32, Pastor Allen Cason walks through the Last Supper and the Jewish Passover meal behind it, tracing the four cups of Passover (sanctification, proclamation, redemption, and completion) to show what Jesus meant when He said “This is my body given for you” and “This cup is the new covenant in my blood.”Jesus knew Judas would betray Him, Peter would deny Him, and the rest would argue over who was the greatest, and He still eagerly desired to share this meal with them. That same invitation stands today: no self-help book, 90-day plan, or subscription can fix what's broken in you, but the blood of the Lamb can. Come to the table.Metter Methodist Church is a Global Methodist congregation in Metter, Georgia, led by Pastor Allen Cason. We exist to build the kingdom of God one disciple at a time.Visit us online at mettermethodist.comFollow along on Facebook at facebook.com/mettermethodistSubscribe for a new message every week.

You know the Sunday school song: Zacchaeus was a wee little man. But before he was a punchline, he was a man willing to run, climb, and risk looking foolish just to see Jesus.

In this message from Luke 19:1–10, Pastor Allen Cason looks at what it actually takes to encounter Jesus: removing whatever stands in the way, whether that’s busyness, pride, or worry about what other people think. Zacchaeus does all three, and Jesus responds by calling him by name and inviting himself to dinner.

Zacchaeus’ story ends with a total reversal: he gives away half of what he owns and repays everyone he cheated four times over. It’s proof that a real encounter with Jesus doesn’t just forgive you. It changes what you do with your time, your money, and your relationships.

You don't have to fix your life before Jesus wants you. In this message from Luke 5:27-32, see how Jesus called a hated tax collector named Levi exactly as he was, and what that means for you today.Levi was despised by his own people for collaborating with Rome, and Jesus found him sitting at his tax booth, in the middle of his compromise, before a single thing had changed. This message walks through what happened next: Levi got up and followed without negotiating the terms, his heart began to shift from grasping to generosity, and by the end of that same day he had gathered his entire community to meet Jesus. Along the way we talk about grace, what real surrender costs, why transformation takes community, and why welcome that truly lands can't stay small. This is week one of our series "A Place at the Table," where we're taking communion every week as we look at the meals Jesus shared.Visit us online at mettermethodist.comFollow along on Facebook at facebook.com/mettermethodistSubscribe for a new message every week

You know how the prodigal son story ends. But the real point of Jesus’s most famous parable isn’t the son who wasted everything. It’s the father who ran to bring him home.

In this message from Luke 15, Pastor Allen Cason walks through the parable of the prodigal son, alongside the lost sheep and the lost coin, to show that both the wayward younger son and the resentful older son are trying to earn their way back into their father’s good graces. Neither has to. The father’s love is already extravagant, running out to meet rebellion and quietly correcting resentment before either son can finish making his case.

Whether you find yourself further from God than you’d like to admit, or closer to the older brother, keeping score and running on empty, this sermon on the prodigal son points to the same invitation: come home.

00:00 Welcome and Recap: The Lost Sheep and the Lost Coin

03:31 Scripture Reading: Luke 15:1–3, 11–32

06:30 The Younger Son Comes to His Senses

14:05 The Older Son’s Hidden Resentment

18:43 The Real Main Character: A Prodigal Father

22:31 Which Son Are You?

27:04 Three Questions to Take Home

27:53 Closing Prayer

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Some people never wander far from God. They just go quiet right where they already are: in the pew, in the family, in the house. This message walks through the parable of the Lost Coin (Luke 15:8-10) and asks what repentance actually looks like for someone who has been a believer for decades.Visit us online at mettermethodist.comFollow us on Facebook at facebook.com/mettermethodistSubscribe for weekly messages on following Jesus

Ever wonder how you can drift away from God without ever making one big decision to leave? In this message on Luke 15:1-7, we look at the Parable of the Lost Sheep and what it means for every one of us, whether we're the one who's wandered or the one who's stopped looking for who's missing.Metter Methodist Church is a Global Methodist congregation in Metter, Georgia, pastored by Allen Cason. We exist to build the kingdom of God one disciple at a time.Visit us online at mettermethodist.comFollow us on Facebook at facebook.com/mettermethodistFollow us on Instagram at instagram.com/mettermethodistSubscribe for a new message every week.

The boldest people in the book of Acts were untrained nobodies. But where did their courage come from? In this message from Acts 4, Peter and John stand before the same court that condemned Jesus and reveal the one thing that makes ordinary people impossible to silence.Visit us online at mettermethodist.comFollow us on Facebook at facebook.com/mettermethodistSubscribe for a new message every week.

Real courage is not a feeling you wait for. It is something you do. In this message from Joshua 2, the story of Rahab shows that faith only becomes real when you act on it, even with everything on the line.

Allen Cason serves as pastor at Metter Methodist Church in Metter, Georgia, a Global Methodist congregation building the kingdom of God one disciple at a time. Wherever you are on your journey of faith, there is a place for you here.

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Ever felt like you are just not enough for what God is asking of you? That is exactly where Moses stood at the burning bush, and God's answer to him changes everything.

In this message from Exodus 3, we meet an 80 year old shepherd with a criminal past and no platform, and we watch God call him anyway. When Moses asks, "Who am I?", God never tries to convince him he is good enough. Instead God answers with a promise and a name: "I will be with you. I AM WHO I AM." This is the first message in our Ordinary Courage series, and it lands on a simple truth: courage is not about being enough, it is about God being with you. If you have ever wondered whether God could really use someone as ordinary as you, this one is for you.

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