Waterville Community Church Podcast

This is the third and final message in a three-part series studying the Old Testament prophet Micah. 

1. What specifically do you want/need to be saved from? What do you really believe about Him and salvation?

2. Is your expression of justice, mercy, and humility evidence that you are part of His alternative kingdom?

3. What personal sacrifices do you need to make to not just be forgiven for but rid of sin?

4. What will it look like for you to rise to new life?

"For we died and were buried with Christ by baptism. And just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glorious power of the Father, now we also may live new lives." - Romans 6:4 (NLT)

Music provided by Jeremy Mockensturm. You can check out more of his music at soundcloud.com/papajerbear

This is the second message in a three-part series studying the Old Testament prophet Micah.   

     

1. If the suggestion that God's punishment is restorative is difficult for you, why?     

2. Is the God who reveals himself in and through the person of Jesus more likely to dole out punishment for the purpose of retribution, giving people what they deserve, or restoration?     

     

"I correct and discipline everyone I love. So be diligent and turn from your indifference." - Revelation 3:19 (NLT)   

     

Music provided by Jeremy Mockensturm. You can check out more of his music at soundcloud.com/papajerbear

This is the first message in a three part series studying the Old Testament Book of Micah.

1. Do you think American evangelicalism is, by-and-large, an alternative community controlled by the alternative consciousness of God or has it become the static-triumphalistic religion that justifies politics of oppression and economics of affluence?

2. Have you become so satiated by economic affluence that you are either unable or unwilling to acknowledge injustices that you directly benefit from?

3. Have you been baptized into the alternative kingdom of Christ?

"Not everyone who calls out to me, 'Lord! Lord!' will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Only those who actually do the will of my Father in heaven will enter." - Matthew 7:21 (NLT)

Music by Jeremy Mockensturm. You can check out more of his music here.

In today's message, we cover the New Testament Book of Jude.

 1. Am I contending for the truth of God's love and   heart for ALL people?  (Am I grappling, fighting   and investing in the hard work that this takes?)

2. Am I faithfully representing the Good News of   God's love and heart for ALL people?

3. Am I willing to faithfully fight for those who are   struggling with faith even if I don't like their behaviors?

"But you, dear friends, must build each other up in your most holy faith, pray in the power of the Holy Spirit, and await the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ, who will bring you eternal life. In this way, you will keep yourselves safe in God's love." - Jude 1:20-21 (NLT)

Music by Jeremy Mockensturm. You can check out more of his music here.

This is the fourth and final message in our series studying the letters of 1st & 2nd Thessalonians.

     

1. Have you experienced mistreatment or persecution b/c of your attempt to authentically follow Jesus?

2. Have you mistreated or persecuted someone else  b/c of their attempt to authentically follow Jesus?

3. What do you hope God will one day do with those who have harmed you or others?

     

"See that no one pays back evil for evil, but always try to do good to each other and to all people." - 1 Thessalonians 5:15 (NLT)

     

Music by Jeremy Mockensturm. You can check out more of his music here.

This is the third sermon in a four-part series studying the New Testament letters of 1st & 2nd Thessalonians.

     

1. What would you say is the core or essence of Judeo-Christian sexual morality?

2. How would your life change and how would the witness of the church change if we began to center our understanding of sexual morality on covenantal faithfulness?

     

"God's will is for you to be holy, so stay away from all sexual sin.  Then each of you will control his own body and live in holiness and honor." - 1st Thes. 4:3-4 (NLT)

     

Music by Jeremy Mockensturm. You can check out more of his music here.

This is the second message in a four-part series studying the books of 1st & 2nd Thessalonians.

     

GROW Questions:

1. It what areas of my life am I idle (undisciplined and purposeless)?

2. What do I believe my calling to be?  Am I living a life worthy of that calling?

3. What would my life (and therefore my world) begin to look like if I thought of myself as constantly responsible to God, myself, others, and the world?

     

GO:

"So we keep on praying for you, asking our God to enable you to live a life worthy of his call. May he give you the power to accomplish all the good things your faith prompts you to do." - 2 Thessalonians 1:11 (NLT)

     

Music by Jeremy Mockensturm. You can check out more of his music here.

This is the first message in a four-part series studying the books of 1st & 2nd Thessalonians.

     

Click here for sermon notes and Scripture references through YouVersion.

     

1. Where do you see a conflation between secular culture and the Jesus movement?

2. Do you sense you've pledged allegiance to someone or something other than Jesus?

     

"Our purpose is to please God, not people. He alone examines the motives of our hearts." - 1 Thessalonians 2:4b (NLT)

     

Music by Jeremy Mockensturm. You can check out more of his music here.

This is the third message in a four-part Vision series that Mike will be doing throughout 2017 called "Connect." We all desire healthy relationships, and in this series Mike discusses the importance of healthy relationships when it comes to our growth and development. In this message we cover the importance of connecting as a whole family in that weekly gathering we just call "church."

     

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1. Do you think of the weekly church gathering as the, "energizing center of Christian communal life" (1) and is it important to you to participate in it?

2. Do you engage in an intentional process of weekly reintegration and how does the weekly worship service factor into that process?

3. Are you guilty of treating church with a consumer mindset? What are you going to do in 2017 to change that?

     

"All the believers devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching, and to fellowship, and to sharing in meals (including the Lord's supper), and to prayer." - Acts 2:42 (NLT)

     

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1 Kreider, Alan - The Patient Ferment of the Early Church (Baker Acedemic, 2016) pp. 185-186 

This is the final message in a six-week series studying the New Testament book of Hebrews.

     

Click here for sermon notes and Scripture references through YouVersion.

     

"Now may the God of peace—who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great Shepherd of the sheep, and ratified an eternal covenant with his blood— may he equip you with all you need for doing his will. May he produce in you, through the power of Jesus Christ, every good thing that is pleasing to him. All glory to him forever and ever! Amen." Hebrews 13:20-21 (NLT)

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