Message for 11/19/2023 "Mapping Out The Mess" by Justin McTeer. *All verses are NLT unless otherwise noted.* Romans 7:15-23a - I don’t really understand myself, for I want to do what is right, but I don’t do it. Instead, I do what I hate. 16 But if I know that what I am doing is wrong, this shows that I agree that the law is good. 17 So I am not the one doing wrong; it is sin living in me that does it. 18 And I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. I want to do what i...
Nov 19, 2023•44 min
Message for 11/12/2023 "Figuring Out Freedom… Again (Part 1)" by Megan McTeer. *All verses are NLT unless otherwise noted* Exodus 3:7-10 Then the Lord told him, “I have certainly seen the oppression of my people in Egypt. I have heard their cries of distress because of their harsh slave drivers. Yes, I am aware of their suffering. So I have come down to rescue them from the power of the Egyptians and lead them out of Egypt into their own fertile and spacious land. It is a land flowing with milk ...
Nov 12, 2023•38 min
Message for 11/05/2023 "The Last and Living Lamb" by Fred Goodwin. *All verses are ESV unless otherwise noted* Genesis 22:8 Abraham said, “God will provide for himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.” So they went both of them together. Exodus 12:3-14 Tell all the congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month every man shall take a lamb according to their fathers' houses, a lamb for a household. 4 And if the household is too small for a lamb, then he and his nearest neighbor ...
Nov 06, 2023•46 min
Message for 10-29-2023 "A Kingdom of Believers" by Justin McTeer. *All verses are NLT unless otherwise noted* Mark 10:13-16 - One day some parents brought their children to Jesus so he could touch and bless them. But the disciples scolded the parents for bothering him. 14 When Jesus saw what was happening, he was angry with his disciples. He said to them, “Let the children come to me. Don’t stop them! For the Kingdom of God belongs to those who are like these children. 15 I tell you the truth, a...
Oct 29, 2023•46 min
Message for 10/22/2023 "The Upside Down Kingdom" by Justin McTeer. *All verses are NLT unless otherwise noted* Matthew 4:23a - Jesus traveled throughout the region of Galilee, teaching in the synagogues and announcing the Good News about the Kingdom. Matthew 4:17 - From then on Jesus began to preach, “Repent of your sins and turn to God, for the Kingdom of Heaven is near.” John 19:10 - “Why don’t you talk to me?” Pilate demanded. “Don’t you realize that I have the power to release you or crucify...
Oct 22, 2023•53 min
Message for 10/15/2023 "A Kingdom Come" By Justin McTeer. *All verses are NLT unless otherwise noted* Blessed are those who rejoice in their children. Blessed are those who live to see the downfall of their foes. Blessed is the man who lives with an intelligent wife. Blessed are those who have not made a slip of the tongue. Blessed are those who do not have to serve someone inferior to them. Blessed are those who have gained good sense. Blessed are those who speak to attentive listeners. Blessed...
Oct 15, 2023•44 min
Episode 9 of Raising Kids Who Follow Jesus. "Helping Your Kids Choose the Right Friends" by Justin McTeer and Madison Tompkins.
Oct 12, 2023•36 min
Message for 10/08/2023 "Jesus is the Life" by Justin McTeer. *All verses are NLT unless otherwise noted* “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me." John 11:25 - Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Anyone who believes in me will live, even after dying. John 6:35 - Jesus replied, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry again. Whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. John 4:10 - Jesus replied, “If you onl...
Oct 08, 2023•42 min
Message for 10/01/2023 "Jesus is the Truth" by Justin McTeer. *All verses are NLT unless otherwise noted* Mark 2:5-12 - Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralyzed man, “My child, your sins are forgiven.” 6 But some of the teachers of religious law who were sitting there thought to themselves, 7 “What is he saying? This is blasphemy! Only God can forgive sins!” 8 Jesus knew immediately what they were thinking, so he asked them, “Why do you question this in your hearts? 9 Is it easier to say ...
Oct 01, 2023•52 min
Message for 09/24/2023 "Jesus is the Way" by Justin McTeer. *All verses are NLT unless otherwise noted* Jesus is The One The Word The Way The Truth The Life John 14:1-6a - Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me. 2 There is more than enough room in my Father’s home. If this were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you? 3 When everything is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will always be with me where I am. 4 And you know t...
Sep 24, 2023•43 min
This is a special episode of The Cutting Room Floor where Justin and Madison go in depth about the message from this past Sunday's message Jesus is the Word.
Sep 21, 2023•29 min
Message for 09/17/2023 "Jesus is the Word" by Justin McTeer. *All verses are NLT unless otherwise noted* Matthew 16:13-15 - When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” 14 “Well,” they replied, “some say John the Baptist, some say Elijah, and others say Jeremiah or one of the other prophets.” 15 Then he asked them, “But who do you say I am?” Jesus is the One Jesus is the Word Jesus is the Way Jesus is the Truth Jesus is t...
Sep 20, 2023•39 min
Message for 09/10/2023 "Jesus is the One" by Justin McTeer. *All verses are NLT unless otherwise noted* Matthew 7:28-29 - When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed at his teaching, 29 for he taught with real authority—quite unlike their teachers of religious law. John 7:45-46 - When the Temple guards returned without having arrested Jesus, the leading priests and Pharisees demanded, “Why didn’t you bring him in?” 46 “We have never heard anyone speak like this!” the guar...
Sep 10, 2023•36 min
Message for 09/03/2023 "Esther pt 2 - You Always Have a Choice" by Justin McTeer. *All verses are NLT unless otherwise noted.* Esther 3:1-6 - Some time later King Xerxes promoted Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite over all the other nobles, making him the most powerful official in the empire. 2 All the king’s officials would bow down before Haman to show him respect whenever he passed by, for so the king had commanded. But Mordecai refused to bow down or show him respect. 3 Then the palace offi...
Sep 03, 2023•50 min
Message for 08/27/2023 "Esther - You Always Have a Choice" by Justin McTeer. *All verses are NLT unless otherwise noted* John 5:16-17 - So the Jewish leaders began harassing Jesus for breaking the Sabbath rules. 17 But Jesus replied, “My Father is always working, and so am I.” Romans 8:28 - And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them. Daniel 1:9 - Now God had given the chief of staff both respect and ...
Aug 27, 2023•46 min
Message for 08/13/2023 "When I Face Resistance" by Justin McTeer. *All verses are NLT unless otherwise noted* Ezra 1:1-4 - In the first year of King Cyrus of Persia, the Lord fulfilled the prophecy he had given through Jeremiah. He stirred the heart of Cyrus to put this proclamation in writing and to send it throughout his kingdom: 2 “This is what King Cyrus of Persia says: “The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth. He has appointed me to build him a Temple at Jeru...
Aug 20, 2023•44 min
Message for 08/13/2023 "Scattered and Shattered" by Justin McTeer. *All verses are NLT unless otherwise noted* Daniel 1:1-2 - During the third year of King Jehoiakim’s reign in Judah, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.2 The Lord gave him victory over King Jehoiakim of Judah and permitted him to take some of the sacred objects from the Temple of God. So Nebuchadnezzar took them back to the land of Babylonia and placed them in the treasure-house of his god. Romans 12...
Aug 13, 2023•53 min
Message for 08/06/2023 "Understanding the Prophets" by Justin McTeer. *All verses are NLT unless otherwise noted* Isaiah 40:3-5 NASB - The voice of one calling out “Clear the way for the Lord in the wilderness; Make straight in the desert a highway for our God. 4 Let every valley be lifted up, And every mountain and hill be made low; And let the uneven ground become a plain, And the rugged terrain a broad valley; 5 Then the glory of the Lord will be revealed, And all flesh will see it together; ...
Aug 06, 2023•53 min
Message for 07/30/2023 "Psalms - A Song for Every Season" by Justin McTeer. *All verses are NLT unless otherwise noted* Matthew 27:45-46 - At about three o’clock, Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means “My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?” Psalm 22:1a - My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Psalm 14:1a - Only fools say in their hearts, “There is no God.” Acts 16:23-26 - They were severely beaten, and then they were thrown into prison. The jailer...
Jul 30, 2023•38 min
Episode 8 of Raising Kids Who Follow Jesus. "How Should High Schoolers Date?" by Madison Tompkins and Justin McTeer.
Jul 27, 2023•40 min
Massage for 07/26/2023 "Job & Ecclesiastes - Wisdom for When Life Isn't Working" by Justin McTeer. *All verses are NLT unless otherwise noted* - If you do these things, life will work for you - ...Except when it doesn’t Job 3:3-10 - Let the day of my birth be erased, and the night I was conceived. 4 Let that day be turned to darkness. Let it be lost even to God on high, and let no light shine on it. 5 Let the darkness and utter gloom claim that day for its own. Let a black cloud overshadow i...
Jul 26, 2023•40 min
Message for 07/16/2023 "Proverbs - Wisdom Really Works" by Justin McTeer. *All verses are NLT unless otherwise noted* Proverbs 3:13-18 - Joyful is the person who finds wisdom, the one who gains understanding. 14 For wisdom is more profitable than silver, and her wages are better than gold. 15 Wisdom is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire can compare with her. 16 She offers you long life in her right hand, and riches and honor in her left. 17 She will guide you down delightful paths; al...
Jul 16, 2023•53 min
Message for 07/09/2023 "Josiah - A Great Role Model" by Fred Goodwin. *All verses are ESV unless otherwise noted* 2 Chronicles 34:1-3 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. 2 And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, and walked in the ways of David his father; and he did not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. 3 For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet a boy, he began to seek the God of David his father, and...
Jul 09, 2023•41 min
Message for 07/02/2023 "Hezekiah - Live Beyond Your Years" by Madison Tompkins. *All verses are ESV unless otherwise noted.* 2 Kings 20:1-3 In those days Hezekiah became sick and was at the point of death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him and said to him, “Thus says the Lord, ‘Set your house in order, for you shall die; you shall not recover.’” 2 Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord, saying, 3 “Now, O Lord, please remember how I have walked before yo...
Jul 02, 2023•49 min
Message for 06/25/2023 "Ahab - Feeble and Foolish" by Justin McTeer. *All verses are NLT unless otherwise noted* Proverbs 25:28 NASB - Like a city that is broken into and without walls, So is a person who has no self-control over his spirit. 1 Kings 12:4-14 - “Your father was a hard master,” they said. “Lighten the harsh labor demands and heavy taxes that your father imposed on us. Then we will be your loyal subjects.” 5 Rehoboam replied, “Give me three days to think this over. Then come back fo...
Jun 25, 2023•47 min
Message for 06/18/2023 "Don't Drift Into Disaster" by Justin McTeer. *All verses are NLT unless otherwise noted* 1 Kings 3:3-14 - Solomon loved the Lord and followed all the decrees of his father, David, except that Solomon, too, offered sacrifices and burned incense at the local places of worship. 4 The most important of these places of worship was at Gibeon, so the king went there and sacrificed 1,000 burnt offerings. 5 That night the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream, and God said, “What do...
Jun 18, 2023•56 min
Message for 06/11/2023 "Fight the Right Battles" by Justin McTeer. *All verses are NLT unless otherwise noted* 1 Samuel 9:1-2 - There was a wealthy, influential man named Kish from the tribe of Benjamin. He was the son of Abiel, son of Zeror, son of Becorath, son of Aphiah, of the tribe of Benjamin. 2 His son Saul was the most handsome man in Israel—head and shoulders taller than anyone else in the land. 1 Samuel 16:6-7 - When they arrived, Samuel took one look at Eliab and thought, “Surely this...
Jun 11, 2023•54 min
Message for 06/04/2023 "Care Less About What Others Think" by Justin McTeer. *All verses are NLT unless otherwise noted* 1 Samuel 8:1-9 - As Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons to be judges over Israel. 2 Joel and Abijah, his oldest sons, held court in Beersheba. 3 But they were not like their father, for they were greedy for money. They accepted bribes and perverted justice. 4 Finally, all the elders of Israel met at Ramah to discuss the matter with Samuel. 5 “Look,” they told him, “you are ...
Jun 04, 2023•49 min
Episode 7 of Raising Kids Who Follow Jesus. "Should My Middle Schooler Be Dating?" by Madison Tompkins and Justin McTeer.
Jun 03, 2023•39 min
Message for 05/28/2023 "Cleansed by Sin" by Justin McTeer. *All verses are NLT unless otherwise noted* Consecration Conquest Many cannot reconcile the “problem of innocent people suffering violent deaths by the Israelites acting under God’s orders.” Most readers imagine that God commissioned his nation to vengefully wipe out an entire nation of Canaanite men, women, and children. However, a deeper reading reveals that the reasons for the conquest were more complex, the scope of the destruction w...
May 28, 2023•49 min
