Cascade Community Church Podcast

Michael Lodge, Speaking Pastor Have you considered the perspective of the Angels as they declared the Gospel of Great Joy to the Shepherds? The angels had watched humanity struggle to understand God's Salvation and Provision of Grace from the beginning of history. And now they get to declare the birth of the one who would clearly fulfill the secret to finding the joy humanity longed for. Today we will see this message lived out and woven through scripture. Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give  

Stu H - Adult Education Director Today we will be going over what Nicodemus experienced in speaking with Jesus. After his discussion with Jesus it left him with a changed perspective. Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give  

Michael Lodge, Speaking Pastor We often grow too familiar with the Birth Narrative accounts in Matthew and Luke and we lose the sense of awe it should inspire. Today we want to step back and see the bigger picture. This isn't the story of one "silent" night. This story is the culmination of millions of nights that began before time to tell a timeless story all connected to God's plan of Grace. This is a story that should fill us with wonder! Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give  

Michael Lodge, Speaking Pastor Paul didn't do it alone! We often hear that Paul was the greatest church planter and evangelist the world has ever known. But what we see in the closing of the book of Colossians is an insight to the team that changed the world. In this passage we see the vision of becoming a disciple of Christ, what it looks like to belong to the Church, and how we each find meaning in our part of advancing the Kingdom of Jesus. God empowered a team to change the world. How do you find your being, belonging, and meaning in God's movement in Monroe? Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give  

Michael Lodge, Speaking Pastor   Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give  

Michael Lodge, Speaking Pastor Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give  

Michael Lodge, Speaking Pastor As we compare Colossians 3 with Philemon 1 we see an application of the Gospel to two men's lives. How did the transformation of Philemon's and Onesimus' hearts lead to radical reconciliation that displayed the glorification of God? While the gospel isn't written out in the book of Philemon we do see the gospel lived out in a way that can change the most conflicted of relationships in our lives. Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give  

John Reynolds, Adult Ministries Pastor Colossians 3 paints the picture of a home oriented around Jesus where we are reflecting His love through humility, service, and mutual submission. Our marriages and families are meant to display the gospel—husbands loving like Christ, wives responding in respect, and parents nurturing their children. Whether single or married, every follower of Jesus is called to live on mission demonstrating Christ’s love for us in all of our relationships. Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give  

Michael Lodge, Speaking Pastor As we jump back into Colossians we find Paul drawing to a world changing conclusion. When we exalt Jesus we begin to look and live like Jesus! This may seem obvious but as Paul paints a picture of what one looks like truly clothed in Christ we begin to see someone living in a manner no one lives today. This life clothed in Christ creates the person and community of people that our world is desperate to encounter. What would happen to our church and our community if we all glorified God in everything we do? Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give

Michael Lodge, Speaking Pastor Over the past few decades many people have gotten bored with Church. They ask "Is the Church relevant to my daily life?" "Is the Church relevant to my family and work?" "How does the Church fit into my life's purpose?" Today we look to the words of Jesus to help us change the question. When we ask God, "What is your purpose and how does my life fit into it", then we find a Church and a life filled with relevant purpose. Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give

Michael Lodge, Speaking Pastor In this passage Jesus was conditioning the disciples heart to accomplish incredible future work in the New Testament Church. Jesus' call to generosity is the fuel that would make kingdom work possible. How can we find the heart of Jesus that compels us above the normal obligations of tithe that will allow us to go beyond where we have been in the kingdom work He has called us to? Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give  

Michael Lodge, Speaking Pastor As we enter the fall we want to be intentional with the trajectory set for our spiritual growth. This is the foundation for us as a church family. Are we growing from where we are? Today we will look again and Luke 12 and compare it to the parable of the sower in Matthew 13. Jesus used these parables to help the disciples know where the norms are, grow above these norms, so that they are positioned well to go beyond where they have been. How can you set a trajectory of growth for this next year? Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give  

Michael Lodge, Speaking Pastor In Luke 12 Jesus calls the disciples to an "above average" level of faith. In the midst of hard times, great darkness, and pressure from the Pharisees; Jesus ask the disciples to lean in with greater faith to advance the kingdom of God beyond where they have been. Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give  

Michael Lodge, Speaking Pastor Today we wrap up our series on being immersed in the Word of God. As we evaluate 2 Corinthians 10:3-6 we see not only a call to battle to preach the Gospel to ourselves. We also see Paul's personal application of living this out. Do you live life knowing the intensity of the season we live in? The call today is to recognize, identify, and apply the gospel with the intentionality of a lion. This is what it means to immerse yourself in the Word. Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give  

Michael Lodge, Speaking Pastor Jesus shared seemingly impossible words when He said "Do not be anxious about your life". There is a lot to stress over in life. We have needs that have to be met and these needs often consume our lives and turn into earthly treasures. How can we live in these times and NOT be anxious? Today Jesus gives us the answer in Matthew 6:33. Seek your good and perfect heavenly Father first and learn to trust Him with the rest of life. Join us as we internalize this life changing verse this week. Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give  

Stu H, Adult Education Director Paul says that we are definitively dead to sin and alive in Christ. That sounds good, but, in our lives there are times where sin doesn't seem so dead. This passage helps brings some sense to the difference between justification and sanctification. Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give  

Michael Lodge, Speaking Pastor  As followers of Jesus Christ we are not called to a passive but an active lifestyle of faith. In this section of Hebrews the author is inviting the readers into a lifestyle of HOLDING FAST. Step out of a life of passively conforming to the circumstances or culture around you. Instead we are called to set the temperature of the world by holding fast to our confession of hope. Today we evaluate four ways to hold fast to our Savior. Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give  

John Reynolds, Adult Ministries Pastor Psalm 1 presents two paths—the way of the righteous and the way of the wicked—and reminds us that true blessing and joy come through delighting in and meditating on God’s Word. Psalm 1 challenges us to examine what is shaping our thinking, behavior, and identity, and urges us to root ourselves in Scripture so that we find that blessed life God offers us.  Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give  

Stu Hezlep, Adult Education Director  Are you aware that as believers Christ will judge what we have done in the body? For some that may sound daunting, but if we live our lives with the ambition of pleasing Him, it will be a glorious day. Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give  

Michael Lodge, Speaking Pastor   Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give