Cascade Community Church Podcast

With competing religions marketing their ideas it can seem impossible to decide which is true. It's tempting to say, "You believe what you want to believe, and I'll believe what I want to believe." But tht just avoids conflict. It doesn't help us to decide what is true and what isn't. Christmas offers huge reasons to believe in the God of the Bible. The evidence is compelling. Come, Listen and decide for yourself. Continue the conversation. Click here to access this Sunday's followup questions.

Pastor Nate wraps up the Experiencing God series with practical steps for continuing the adventure of learning to know and follow God. Continue the conversation. Click here to access this Sunday's followup questions.

God is always at work -- not just in us as individuals -- but in us as a church as well.  What is God saying to us as a church?   What's next?  Pastor Nate encourages Cascade to "Get ready" for what God has next.   Continue the conversation. Click here to access this Sunday's followup questions.

  Pastor Nate continues the conversation from last week on the topic of generosity by looking at the church in Corinth.  What does God actually say about why we should be generous?  And what does it  look like?  We want the best moments of faith to be ahead of us!   Continue the conversation. Click here to access this Sunday's followup questions.  

It seems that every story of someone experiencing God has a moment of generosity somewhere in the script.  Pastor Nate unpacks the parable in Luke 16 and suggests that all that we loan is really on loan.  Is it possible to take the little bit of time and little bit of opportunity that we have -- and leverage it for eternity? Continue the conversation. Click here to access this Sunday's followup questions.

It's simple. It's clear. But it's not easy! Obedience is the moment of truth in the Christian life.  There's nothing that reveals what we really belief, nothing that can substitute for obedience.  Pastor Nate continues the conversation on Experiencing God by taking us to the Gospels and to the book of Jonah. Continue the conversation. Click here to access this Sunday's followup questions.

Most of us want God to speak to us and give us direction.  But we're not as excited to make major adjustments in our lives.  Pastor Nate continues the Experiencing God series in the book of Luke, contending that "You can't stay where you are and go with God." Continue the conversation. Click here to access this Sunday's followup questions.

It's one thing to see God working around you -- but it's something else entirely to step out in faith and join Him!  A decision has to be made, a risk taken -- we're talking about God-sized faith for God-sized issues.  What, in your life, can only be explained by God's activity? Continue the conversation. Click here to access this Sunday's followup questions.  

Pastor Nate continues the conversation regarding how God speaks to us today. God speaks by the Holy Spirit through the bible, prayer, circumstances & the Church.

Does God still speak today?  And can we really know it's Him and understand what He's saying?  Pastor Nate begins a 2 part conversation about how God has spoken in the past (Old and New Testaments) and how to hear His voice in the present.  Focus:  God speaks by his Spirit through His Word.

If it's true that God is always at work, how can I learn to see what he says so that I'll do what he says?  Pastor Nate takes a look at the story of Joshua and Caleb -- 2 men who walked with God, and were prepared to act when the time was right.  When God speaks, respond!

Before we ever thought of Him, God began to pursue our hearts. And His desire is that we love him right back! In fact, a love relationship with God is more important than any other single factor in your life. Pastor Nate tells the story of Hosea and Gomer to illustrate God's love and pursuit of His people.

In week 2 of Experiencing God, Pastor Nate speaks from the story of Moses' calling in Exodus 2-3. God is always at work around us -- so how do we listen and obey his invitation to join his purposes and plan? What stands in the way of hearing God?

It's one thing to know about God, it's quite another to awaken to a radically God-centered way of life. God is at work around you. Will you join Him?

Today, we will be looking at a big prayer that Isaiah prayed, "Here I am Lord send me." What does our calling as a Christian look like? Are we all called to be sent? We will hear God's word on this and hear testimonies of everyday people being sent out for the Gospel. Isaiah 6:6-8

850 to 1 aren't great odds. 850 to 1...plus God...is a majority. Pastor Nate tells the story of Elijah's "Battle of the gods" from 1 Kings 18. The point? Choose!

When do you pray? What do you pray for? Pastor Nate unpacks Jesus' prayer at Gethsemane and asks, "What if we learned to pray as Jesus prayed & to pray as Jesus commands?"

Is there a "Formula" prayer that really connects to God? Or is God simply desiring that prayer helps put Him in 1st Place in our lives? Pastor Nate unpacks the Lord's Prayer in Matthew 6.

Speaker: Jan Hettinga

"Blessings for the Bold" - This message dives into the Prayer of Jabez and finds a secret clue to a life of being fulfilled in Jesus.