Cascade Community Church Podcast

The Greatest Gift: LIFE and the Spirit Pastor Michael Lodge Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give

The Life of Christ Pastor Michael Lodge Jesus has left us an example of life that we can follow!  We can have His mind, His heart, and His life.  Jesus' life was lived to give us an example of what it looks like to be fully alive.  When He proclaimed to be the way, the truth, and the life, He was giving us the tools to experience life fully alive in His name.  As we are sanctified, we should become more fully alive.  Where are you in finding life in His name? Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give

Jesus left His disciples with a command to "Love one another as He loved them". What is new about that? What does it really mean to love like this? As Jesus' disciples we should develop a heart for each other that reflects His heart towards us; a heart of genuine love, full of grace and truth for one another. We should desire to see others know the love of Christ as we do.

The Mind of Christ Pastor Michael Lodge Jesus begins our sanctification with a foundation that shapes our identity.  The example He gives us in John 13 shapes our image from the inside out.  This example is more than a one time action. It is the symbol that was manifested through all of Jesus’ life.  What does it mean for us to take on the image of a servant and follow Christ? Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give

Sitting at the Table with Jesus Pastor Michael Lodge Today, we jump into Part 3 of the John series.  Over the next several weeks, we will be looking at the fuel for our sanctification.  We will be reading the most expansive and intimate conversation Jesus had with His disciples leading up to His death on the cross.  Are you ready to follow Jesus and really become like Him?  It's my hope that we realize how much we need Jesus and His words! Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give

Belief Bears Fruit Pastor Michael Lodge Jesus closes out His public ministry in this section of John chapter 12.  In these verses, Jesus clearly lays out what it looks like to respond to His message and believe in His name.  Belief in Jesus should not only lead us to abundant life but to the fruit of abundant lives!  What does this look like in your life?  Have you truly responded in belief?   Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give

"It is finished" is only the beginning! Pastor Joel Madson, Missions Pastor Those that encountered the risen Lord Jesus Christ had their lives transformed, never to be the same again!  It continues to be true today! Discover the “how” to walk in resurrection power in daily life! Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give

Easter Matters! Pastor Nate Hettinga Easter 2022!  The Bible uses the imagery of shepherds and lambs a LOT!  Why?  Because everybody wants a shepherd and everybody needs a lamb.  This Easter, we’ll find that Jesus is BOTH! Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give

Who Do You Say He Is? Pastor Nate Hettinga Mary got it.  Judas missed it.  The crowds got caught up in the moment. Passion week is a week to prepare ourselves and to have an honest conversation.  Do I really get Him?  Do I really know who He is?  If so… what do I do with that? Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give

April 3rd, 2022 - I AM the Resurrection Pastor Michael Lodge Today we look at the last of the seven signs recorded in John.  This was the last sign, the greatest sign, the most impossible sign, and the most significant sign.  Jesus used this sign to paint the clearest picture of who He came to be in our lives.  Jesus came so that we may die to self and find new and abundant life in His name! Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give

John Reynolds - Family Ministries Pastor Hanukkah is the celebration of God’s deliverance and victory over oppressive enemies. The Light overcame the darkness. In the wake of this celebration, Jesus steps in to talk about the security only found in His victory. My sheep know my voice, I give them eternal life, and NO ONE is gonna take you out of my hands. I and the Father are ONE. You can trust me and find security in me. In Jesus alone, we find that we have a true hope secured.

How to ENJOY Reading Your Bible Keith Ferrin, Author & Speaker Reading and studying the Bible is a "should" for so many people. Let's look at the mindset and tips for turning "should" into "want." Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give

I AM the Good Shepherd!   Joel Madson, Missions Pastor   Jesus is the Good shepherd!  He knows us and calls us by name.  The Good Shepherd has called us into life and a life that is abundant!  There are times we settle for less than what God has for us.  Let's put away the empty things where we try to gain meaning in life and embrace the fulness of what God has for us!   Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give

I Am The Door Mitch Corea, Student Ministries Pastor There are many things in this life and in our culture that promise life. Jesus makes a bold statement when He claims that He is the door of the sheep. He is the only means to life, freedom and salvation. This door is open to all of those that are His sheep.    Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give

Identity Nate Hettinga, Regional President Converge Northwest  We hear a lot about identity these days.  Some say “you’re just born this way.”  Jesus has an encounter with a man born blind and challenges his identity — making a powerful statement about who Jesus really is AND how we are to view ourselves. Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give

I AM the Joy of Belonging We all have a need to belong.  Our family, heritage, history, and sense of being connected to something is incredibly important to us.  Jesus wants us to find the joy of being connected to His family.  If we believe in who He is then we are given the right to become the children of His family.  When we understand who we are in His family we discover more of the joy of His abundant life. Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give

I Am the Light of the World   When Jesus declares who He is, we also find what He provides for us.  Jesus was making a bold statement at the end of the Feast of Tabernacles to be the Light of the World.  Jesus was making a declaration of God’s presence, power, wisdom, and truth.  Jesus also said whoever followed Him in His light would be free from darkness.  How does your life change when you are walking in His presence, power, wisdom, and truth?  Do you want a life of freedom?   Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give Context of John Guide: https://bit.ly/3nBBXdf

I Am the Joy of the Word Jesus came to fulfill the law and set us free from sin and death.  Today we see the joy of the Word made real for the adulterous woman.  We all have our moment that we wish we could erase from our life.  A moment that brings shame and sometimes defines our life.  Jesus came to address that moment, not with judgement or shame but grace and joy.   Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give Context of John Guide: https://bit.ly/3nBBXdf

I AM Joy Eternal Jesus shouts out I AM at the culmination of this Feast.  In the midst of the crowded Temple Jesus claims to be the “I AM” of everything symbolized in this great feast.  I am… salvation, forgiveness, restoration, refuge, provision, passion, resolve, wisdom, victory, and renewed fellowship with God my Father!  I am the Joy of Living Waters!  That sounds like something I want to be connected with.  Have you walked away or ignored your well of joy?   Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give Context of John Guide: https://bit.ly/3nBBXdf

Lavished to Live There is no mistaking a sheep that has been anointed. They smell, look, and live anointed. When the shepherd lavishes the anointing oil onto the sheep everything changes in that sheep's life. David paints a beautiful picture of how his life was changed through God's anointing. The good news for us is that our Shepherd wants to lavish us with His love! And that can change everything for our lives. Are you living in His lavished anointing?   Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connect Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give Context of John Guide: https://bit.ly/3nBBXdf