THE MOUNTAIN CHURCH

In this message, Samuel Goulet challenges the church to measure spiritual health by faithfulness rather than comfort, success, or financial security. Looking at the churches of Smyrna and Laodicea, he contrasts a people who are materially poor yet spiritually rich with a people who appear prosperous but have grown lukewarm and complacent. Samuel encourages listeners to remain steadfast through suffering, allow trials to deepen trust in God, and remember that true richness comes from intimacy with Jesus, repentance, purity, and the ongoing work of the Holy Spirit.

Recorded on August 9, 2026, this episode of The Mountain Podcast features Samuel Goulet continuing the Culture series with a powerful message from Revelation on the churches of Ephesus and Thyatira. Samuel challenges listeners to let Jesus examine the “lampstand” of their lives—rekindling intimacy, restoring love, and refilling the oil of the Holy Spirit—while also learning how to walk in holiness by refusing to tolerate what God wants to remove. With practical insight, humor, and a strong call to spiritual renewal, this message invites every listener to welcome the fire and love of Jesus into their home, family, church, and personal life.

In this episode, Chris Baden, preaching at the 11 a.m. service, shares a powerful message on honor as a core culture of God’s kingdom. Through personal stories, family moments, and practical examples, he shows that honor is more than appreciation—it is intentionally seeing, valuing, and lifting up others. Chris challenges listeners to practice honor in everyday life by acknowledging people, serving with humility, forgiving where needed, respecting leaders and family, and receiving God’s love without resistance. Ultimately, this message invites us to live with open hearts, recognizing the worth God has placed in others and in ourselves.

In this episode, Jim Davis, preaching at the 9 a.m. service, explores what the church is meant to be: not just a place people attend, but a people transformed by Jesus and shaped by love, generosity, joy, and authentic community. He challenges listeners to move beyond simply showing up on Sundays and instead live as the church every day by loving Jesus, loving people, serving others, forgiving quickly, encouraging daily, and creating a culture where people can encounter grace, healing, and genuine faith.

In this message, Samuel Goulet unpacks the meaning and weight of covenant—first between God and His people, then within marriage and the church community. Drawing from both Old and New Testament language, he explains that covenant is not casual agreement but a sacred commitment initiated by God and fulfilled through Jesus. Samuel challenges listeners to let that covenant shape how they follow Christ, forgive others, love sacrificially, and build marriages marked by holiness, humility, prayer, and enduring commitment.

In this message, Samuel Goulet continues The Mountain Church’s family series by exploring how the culture of our homes shapes the people we become and the impact we have on the world around us. He walks through five important questions every family can ask: what is being taught, nurtured, built, encouraged, and reached? With practical examples and heartfelt insight, Samuel encourages families to make Jesus the foundation of their home, teach faith relationally, nurture growth with intention, speak words that build up, and create homes that reflect the love, generosity, and presence of God to others.

In Part 2 of this series, Samuel Goulet continues the conversation on yokes by exploring how chains, cycles, and unhealthy patterns are broken through full surrender to Jesus. He teaches that the fruit of our lives reveals what we are submitted to, challenging listeners to move beyond surface-level faith and pursue true heart transformation through obedience, prayer, and fasting. With practical insight into how habits are formed and renewed, Samuel encourages believers to exchange control for trust, cry out to God for breakthrough, and allow Him to reshape their minds, families, and daily lives.

In this message, Samuel Goulet teaches on the spiritual reality that everyone lives under a “yoke”—a guiding force that shapes our pace, direction, and responses—and invites listeners to recognize whether they are being driven by fear, striving, shame, legalism, anger, or the freedom of Jesus. He contrasts the crushing yokes of the world with Christ’s easy and light yoke, emphasizing that true freedom comes through surrender, the work of the Holy Spirit, and learning to walk in step with Jesus. This episode encourages believers to cry out to God, receive His forgiveness, reject old patterns of bondage, and live from the fruit of the Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, and freedom.

In this message, Samuel Goulet teaches on the biblical blessing found in Numbers 6 and how God’s blessing should shape the way we bless our families, spiritual families, and everyone around us. He unpacks the blessing of God’s security, presence, peace, and identity, then gives practical ways to pass that blessing on through meaningful touch, life-giving words, vision, and committed faithfulness. This episode is a call to reject false sources of security, receive deeply from the presence of Jesus, and become people who consistently bless others with the love, grace, and purpose of God.

Establishing & Leaving Generational Blessings is the second Father’s Day message from the MTN Church. Jim Davis is continuing the conversation on God’s design for family, legacy, and faithfulness. Drawing from Psalm 78 and other Scriptures, Jim challenges listeners to think beyond the present and consider what their faith will leave behind for future generations. This message encourages men, fathers, and families to build a legacy of blessing through personal surrender, daily faithfulness, forgiveness, intentional values, life-giving words, and a close walk with Jesus—choosing to become a river of God’s blessing rather than a dead end.