Sunday Morning Podcast | The Moody Church

Sunday Morning Podcast | The Moody Church episodes:

• 04.21.2024

  Take Care Then How You Hear

  It's human nature to not hear as well as we think we do. Even though our ears are open, we’re not very good at listening.   In our marriages, parenting, friendships, or with colleagues; If we could just learn to listen well,...

  
• 04.14.2024

  The Grace Awakening

  When three people from totally different worlds collide together in one space, you never know what’s going to happen!   Well, something like that is happening at the end of Luke 7. A Pharisee, Jesus, and a Sinner all end up at...

  
• 04.07.2024

  Disappointment with God

  In these early days of His ministry, Jesus has been disclosing more and more of His authority and power. He’s cast out demons, forgiven sins, and most recently he’s raised the dead.   Everyone is asking the question: Who is this Jesus?   Some...

  
• 03.31.2024

  The Day You Get Your Life Back

  1,991 years ago, a Galilean carpenter turned Rabbi, who’d been crucified and buried for three days, arose and walked out of his tomb alive! In a moment that changed history forever, Jesus revealed His death-defying life for all the world...

  
• 03.17.2024

  The Good Person

  What is a good person? It’s quite an important question. Have you ever felt like you knew someone who seemed like such a good person and then one day, it all came crashing down?    Have you ever wondered if you are...

  
• 03.17.2024

  The Good Way

  When comparing Jesus’ Sermon on the Plain in Luke with Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount in Matthew, we get the same core message. But in Luke, Jesus is much more efficient and to the point.   This means in Luke, we’re getting...

  
• 03.10.2024

  The Good Life

  Jesus has been causing quite a stir up in Galilee. Many are drawing near in astonishment and faith. While others are recoiling back in skepticism and disbelief. Jesus’ own followers are starting to feel the heat. They’ve left everything and...

  
• 03.03.2024

  Why are we here? Moses, God and the Meaning of Life Scripture

  A Personal God The God of History The God of Liberation A Holy God Takeaway: God – not nature – is the ultimate foundation of our existence. And, as he has shown us in history, he is on our side.

  
• 02.25.2024

  The Lord of the Sabbath

  “No one puts new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed. But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins.”   With those words,...

  
• 02.18.2024

  The Call of Discipleship

  As we come to chapters 5 & 6, we find Dr. Luke brings together two themes like a zipper. Jesus is beginning his ministry, and many are drawn to him and choosing to become one of his followers. Yet on...

  
• 02.11.2024

  The Word of His Power

  One of the best descriptions of Jesus is found in Hebrews 1:3, "He is the radiance of the glory of God, the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power." Jesus is...

  
• 02.04.2024

  The Homecoming

  In The Lord of The Rings, when Frodo, Sam, Pippen, and Mary return to the Shire, they come home changed. When they left, they were a ragtag bunch of mischievous friends, but now they’re heroes. However, the other hobbits of...

  
• 01.28.2024

  A Savior Like None Other

  When being interviewed for a job, people are always asking about the same things: your background, your credentials, your qualifications, and your experience. They’re trying to see if there’s a fit between the job and what you have to offer....

  
• 01.21.2024

  A Voice in the Wilderness

  Dr. Luke has been weaving together the stories of these two remarkable boys—John and Jesus—born six months apart, both of whom will be integral in this new chapter of redemption that God is writing in salvation history. God is clearly...

  
• 01.14.2024

  Lost in Jerusalem

  Imagine Dr. Luke sitting down to interview Mary about her son, Jesus. Of all the key witnesses he’d interviewed, his conversation with Mary must have been the most precious. She may have said, “Let me tell you when I first...

  
• 01.07.2024

  Light and Glory

  What kind of story are we living in? Is life a comedic story? Or is it a tragic story? We call those who see life as a comedy, optimists. Their cheery outlook drives innovation, entertainment, and hopefulness. As for those...

  
• 12.31.2023

  Freedom and Joy

  Two gifts from the Lord that are available to every follower of Jesus no matter what they are going through. These two gifts are essential in helping us face the pain of living in a broken and fallen world and...

  
• 12.24.2023

  The Upending Begins

  In the business world, most of the time companies are competing in an established market, each trying to marginally outdo the others. But every so often, a market disruptor breaks in.   Instead of competing in the existing market space, disruptors redefine...

  
• 12.10.2023

  The Song of Silence

  What do you do when God sets you aside for a season? When you can’t do normal, but have to learn to wait on Him? There’s lots of circumstances God can use to set us aside: career interruptions; health challenges;...

  
• 12.03.2023

  The World Turned Upside-Down

  Sometimes in a movie, the scenes cut back and forth between two different characters in what appears to be two distinct plotlines…only for their storylines to suddenly merge unexpectedly.   Something like that is happening in our text this morning. We’ve met...

  
• 11.26.2023

  Conceiving Hope

  Dr. Luke is documenting for us the life and times of Jesus. But it’s interesting that he doesn’t start with Jesus. Instead, his gospel begins with a scene in the Temple, as an aged priest lights the incense, and an...

  
• 11.19.2023

  Breaking the Silence

  In the Gospel of Luke, we encounter a King like no other. Most kings make it about themselves. They wield power, authority, and strength for their own benefit. But not Jesus.   Jesus is the King who came to serve.  He laid...

  
• 11.12.2023

  Stop It!

  The troubles of this world can be heavy to bear. The future is uncertain, and the present is filled with difficulty and pain. How are we supposed to navigate this all by ourselves?   In this sermon from John 14, Pastor McCarthy...

  
• 11.05.2023

  Awaiting the Dawn

  This final sermon from the book of Malachi is about hope. Hope is something we can’t live without. Hope gives us reason to endure. Hope lifts our eyes beyond the shadows to the dawning of the light.   And as the Book...

  
• 10.29.2023

  Faltering Faith

  In this sermon, we explore the 6th and final dispute between God and the people of Israel. Previously, God was pouring out His heart in an appeal to the people to “test me in this” so that He would pour...

  
• 10.22.2023

  God’s Perspective and Our Anxiety

  We live in anxious times; it’s a world of worry out there. Are you struggling to sleep at night due to anxiety? Are you fearful of what may happen in the future? Psalm 127:1–2 is a beautiful reminder of how...

  
• 10.15.2023

  Robbing God

  What does the Bible say about money and possession? There are approximately 2,350 passages about those topics in Scripture. By contrast, faith and prayer receive about 500 passages each. So, the Bible talks about money and possessions more than twice...

  
• 10.08.2023

  Relinquishing Righteousness

  One the of hardest moments for those of us who are trying to live God’s way comes when those who couldn’t care less about God’s way end up coming out ahead in life. What’s the point in righteous living, if...

  
• 10.01.2023

  Abandoning Covenants

  When Jesus was asked what the greatest commandment in all the Law and the Prophets was, He gave a two-fold answer: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength, AND love your neighbor as yourself.”   Because...

  
• 09.24.2023

  Misleading Ministers

  The slide into spiritual disintegration doesn’t happen overnight. It’s a steady slide over time.   Have you ever wondered how the priests and teachers of the law got so far off spiritually that they couldn’t even see their Messiah, the Son of...

  
• 09.17.2023

  Withholding in Worship

  The Book of Malachi is full of warnings that seem harsh at first but are actually filled with loving-concern to pull God’s people back from the edge of danger.   Because although the people of Israel had come back from the exile...

  
• 09.10.2023

  Doubting God’s Love

  The central theme of the book Malachi is found in 3:7, “Return to Me and I will return to you.” As people whose hearts are prone to wander, whose religion can become performance, we need the message of Malachi to...

  
• 09.03.2023

  Soul Music

  Why should we read the Psalms?   Music enhances worship, and music helps us memorize the eternal truths of God. Psalm 103 teaches us how to praise in all seasons and for all reasons. When it comes to the issue of praise,...

  
• 08.27.2023

  Rebuilding Broken Trust

  Do you struggle with honest doubts about the Christian faith? Have you ever wondered what's the payoff for living a life of faith compared to the secular world?   In this sermon, we explore Asaph's doubts from Psalm 73. Asaph was a...

  
• 08.20.2023

  I Am Who I Am

  If you want to properly study what it means to be a Christian, you need to study God. As Charles Spurgeon once preached in 1855, “The highest science, the loftiest speculation, the mightiest philosophy which can ever engage the attention...

  
• 08.12.2023

  Own It! The Pathway to Becoming a Faithful Servant

  When something doesn’t work out the way we expect, we ask, “what went wrong?” In the Parable of the Talents from Matthew 25:14–30, we consider what went wrong with the servant who squandered their single talent, and how they could...

  
• 08.06.2023

  Standing Firm

  As Paul wraps up his letter to the Ephesians, he gives one final charge to stand firm in the faith. And to do so, he uses the imagery of a Roman soldier armed for battle as an analogy of spiritual...

  
• 07.30.2023

  The Gospel at Work and Home

  The Gospel shapes all of life. The Gospel doesn’t just matter on Sundays, the Gospel matters ALL days. It saturates and permeates and consecrates every facet of our lives.   And to illustrate how the Gospel shapes all of life, Paul then...

  
• 07.23.2023

  How To Be The Church

  In this sermon from 1 Corinthians 3: 1–18, we explore Paul’s admonition to the church in Corinth to “be the church.” Paul’s intention is to push back against growing disunity and immaturity taking place within the congregation.   A church is a...

  
• 07.16.2023

  Sacred Marriage

  In chapter 5 of Ephesians, where the Apostle Paul has been exploring the implications of the Gospel for every facet of our Christian lives, he lays out the Christian understanding of marriage.   The Christian understanding of marriage is radically different from...

  
• 07.09.2023

  Children of Light

  There’s tremendous power in the quiet, organic, incremental, growth of the life of God planted in us. When the seed of the Gospel is planted within us, as the Father redeems us in the Son by the power of the...

  
• 07.02.2023

  Is God the Supreme Treasure of Your Soul?

  In Matthew 13:44-46, Jesus tells two short parables the church historically calls “The Parable of the Treasure Hidden in the Field” and “The Parable of the Pearl of Great Value.”   This sermon explores three questions about the parables:   1) What is the...

  
• 06.25.2023

  New Life

  “In God’s family, we choose to live differently.” That’s pretty much what Paul is saying in Ephesians 4. Now that we’re alive as sons and daughters of God, now that we’re members of His family, the house rules have changed....

  
• 06.18.2023

  Together We Grow

  The second half of Ephesians is about how God means us to live now that we are His children. Who we are shapes what we do.   This passage from Ephesians 4:1­–16 is about growing up. It’s about who we’ll be when...

  
• 06.11.2023

  Your Response to the Great Commission and Great Commandment

  During Missions Week 2023, guest speaker Rev. Michael Allen challenged us with two passages from Matthew 22:35–39 and Matthew 28:16–20.   Pastor Michael Allen currently serves as the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Together Chicago, an organization that catalyzes faith, business, community, and...

  
• 06.04.2023

  Missio Dei & Me

  For many, the deepest WHY of missions is lacking. The early church understood that EVERYTHING spirals out of our understanding of God—the triune God of the Bible.   “...As the Father has sent Me, I am sending you. And with that, he...

  
• 05.28.2023

  The Power of Prayer

  The Apostle Paul has been leading us through a grand celebration of the Gospel: in Christ, by grace and through faith, we have been reconciled with God and with one another. We are alive as God’s sons and daughters. We...

  
• 05.21.2023

  The Wonder of the Gospel

  The Apostle Paul is writing the letter to the Ephesians from a Roman prison because the Jews in Jerusalem accused him of fraternizing with Gentiles. And here in Ephesians 3:1-13, Paul tells us it’s worth it! All the sufferings for...

  
• 05.14.2023

  One In Christ

  In this sermon from Ephesians 2:11-22, we’re going to see the glorious truth of what that salvation means for our relationships with one another.   Salvation works on both a vertical and a horizontal axis (like a cross). Salvation reconciles us with...

  
• 05.07.2023

  Alive By Grace

  A few years back a friend of mine in Washington State had a near death experience. In God’s mercy, he survived. And I asked him how it had changed his perspective, and this is what he told me: “When you’re...