Cascade Community Church Podcast

Pastor Michael Lodge We need the Word of God for our broken lives to be restored into the likeness of Jesus.  Our world needs the Word of God as the only source for its restoration!  Our world is desperately trying to fix its own problems with the best answers it can find.  But every worldly answer is a lesser gospel that can not address its brokenness.  The world needs us to value the Word of God and help it find its way back to its Creator.   Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connectcard Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give Kid's Resources: https://cascadechurch.org/children

Pastor Michael Lodge How solid is the foundation of your life?  Every house has to have a solid foundation!  And the same is true for the foundation of our life.  The world gives us several options to build our foundation with.  However, Jesus calls us to make His words the foundation for everything for our lives!  The only thing that can fix our broken lives is finding Jesus through His Word.  We need a Word-Centered life as the solution for our broken lives. Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connectcard Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give Kid's Resources: https://cascadechurch.org/children

Pastor Michael Lodge Is my faith only individual and are groups optional?  That’s a question that frames much of our life experience in Jesus.  In Acts we find only 16 verses that describe the first 14 years of Paul’s new life in Jesus.  These 16 verses created the foundation for the next 10 years of Paul’s life on the road.  In these first 16 verses Paul gives a face to the 10,000 unnamed early converts.  How were these converts cared for and discipled?  How did what Paul experienced frame how Paul set up the early church to explode with growth?  The answer to all of these questions is the necessary shift from ‘me’ to ‘we’. Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connectcard Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give Kid's Resources: https://cascadechurch.org/children

Pastor John Reynolds The first Christians were known as people of The Way. People who were fiercely committed to the reality that Jesus is The Only Way, that He alone is the way, the truth, and the life. This led them to form small groups/churches where they were deeply known, cared for, grown, and held accountable to fulfill Jesus’ Great Commandment and Commission. This week we look at The Way and what that means for us today. Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connectcard Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give Kid's Resources: https://cascadechurch.org/children

Pastor Michael Lodge We all have a graduation moment.  A time that is defining and gives us opportunity to take the next step in life and maturity.  That graduation moment for the disciples was Jesus’ invitation to become fishers of men.  This moment required bold moves by Jesus and His disciples.  As the disciples followed Jesus in these bold moves you see them take a giant step in life and maturity.  What is your bold move that will give you the same opportunity?  Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connectcard Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give Kid's Resources: https://cascadechurch.org/children

Pastor Michael Lodge Do you remember when it all started?  What got you into your favorite  pastime, job, or relationship?  Everything has a beginning and the beginning often sets the tone for everything that follows.  Today we look at the beginning of Jesus’ relationship with the disciples and find out how we can make a beginning with someone else. Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connectcard Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give Kid's Resources: https://cascadechurch.org/children

Pastor Michael Lodge God did not make us to be hoarders of His grace storing His blessings away in buckets.  If we understand and deeply experience His grace we find that we must become generous allowing His grace and blessings to overflow from our lives into others.  When we are generous we change the temperature of our life and experience a cycle of grace that changes the world.  We are made to live generously like Jesus! Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connectcard Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give Kid's Resources: https://cascadechurch.org/children

Pastor Michael Lodge Paul was known to say “Follow me as I follow Christ." The goal of every disciple is to be like Jesus!  Today we discover generosity to be the thermometer that reveals how ‘like Jesus’ we are becoming.   Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connectcard Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give Kid's Resources: https://cascadechurch.org/children

Pastor Michael Lodge Jesus left us an example to follow for life.  This example moves us from just loving God to loving people.  When our life story is all about us we fall into a rut and have little to live for.  Jesus invites us into His life story that involves loving people like He loved people.  It’s time to tell a better story.  It’s time to step into His story! Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connectcard Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give Kid's Resources: https://cascadechurch.org/children

Pastor Michael Lodge On Friday we see a demonstration of “NO greater love” when Jesus took on the full weight and punishment of our sin.  On Resurrection Sunday we see an opportunity for us to KNOW this greater love in a significant way.  Easter is an invitation for us to come and see who Jesus really is, put our faith in Him, and find new life.  Have you responded?  Do you Know His Great Love? Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connectcard Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give Kid's Resources: https://cascadechurch.org/children

Pastor Michael Lodge We find two expressions of worship around Palm Sunday.  Mary’s sacrificial worship and the city’s empty worship.  As we listen to Peter’s words we ask the question “What does your worship express?”  The more you know, love, and admire Jesus the more expressive your worship becomes. Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connectcard Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give Kid's Resources: https://cascadechurch.org/children

Pastor Michael Lodge John and Peter gave us an incredible word of encouragement when they called us to follow in Jesus example of life as they did.  We can walk as Jesus walked!  We can Love God as Jesus loved God!  The same skills, attitudes, and tools that Jesus used to love God are available to us.  The question is ‘Are we utilizing the same things Jesus used to love God’?  Today we look at Jesus relationship with the Word of God and how it helped Jesus Love God. Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connectcard Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give Kid's Resources: https://cascadechurch.org/children

Pastor John Reynolds In this second message of our Reconnect series, you were made to love God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength (Matthew 22:36-37). Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connectcard Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give Kid's Resources: https://cascadechurch.org/children

Pastor Michael Lodge Most of us know what L3 means.  Love God, Love People, and Life Generously.  Today we want to reconnect with our vision in a deeper way.  When we understand that we were made on purpose and for a purpose then we find a more robust understanding of L3.  Today we want to introduce two words that will help us apply L3 in life giving ways.   Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connectcard Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give Kid's Resources: https://cascadechurch.org/children

Pastor Michael Lodge Paul ends his letter by driving home his main point- You have to remain In Jesus Christ!  If there is any hope to find His blessings.  If there is any hope to find our relationships restored.  If there is any hope to show our world the mystery of His love.  Then we can only find this hope IN JESUS CHRIST.  We have an enemy and a war being waged against us.  This enemy’s plan is to keep us from being in Jesus.  Are we doing everything we can to stay in Jesus? Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connectcard Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give Kid's Resources: https://cascadechurch.org/children

Pastor Michael Lodge Jesus knows if He can redeem our hearts then He can redeem our relationships.  Paul has looked at how our inner transformation should also change our relationships in our church body and our family.  Today Paul looks at the change that can happen in the one relationship that could have been filled with the most tension.  If Jesus can redeem the relationship between masters and slaves, then Jesus can redeem any relationship that is affected by the tension of authority.   Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connectcard Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give Kid's Resources: https://cascadechurch.org/children

Pastor Michael Lodge What does it mean to be a marriage IN CHRIST?  The church was asking this question.  The city of Ephesus had a dark understanding of what this relationship looked like.  Multiple wives, multiple concubines, multiple trips to the temple for “worship”... In chapter five, Paul spent less time writing about what was prohibited and more time celebrating what Jesus had to offer in the married relationship.  Our marriages as believers are on display for the world to see!  Are we offering a better option than what the world has to offer? Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connectcard Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give Kid's Resources: https://cascadechurch.org/children

Pastor Michael Lodge After pumping the Ephesians up in the truths of the Light of Jesus, Paul turns his attention first to how this truth helps us become that same light to the body of Christ. Before we can be a light to the world we have to see this reality in our faith family. God has a big vision for the church at Ephesus. This big vision is only possible if every member realizes they have a role to play and call to answer. God has given us the same call as a church in Monroe! Are we hearing and answering the call He has placed on our lives? Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connectcard Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give Kid's Resources: https://cascadechurch.org/children

Pastor Michael Lodge When we understand the Covenant made through Christ, we find ourselves in a new family. Jesus tore down the wall of hostility that separates us from our Father. And when we look around we see the opportunity to lay down other dividers that defined us and separated us from each other. We now have a new family identity that unifies is and brings peace! Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connectcard Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give Kid's Resources: https://cascadechurch.org/children

Pastor Michael Lodge Paul has been lavishing the Ephesians with an amazing message of God’s grace. As we move into chapter two, we find that this message isn’t meant just for their ears and hearts. The church in Ephesus had lives that reflected God’s grace. How can we keep our hearts sensitive to this message so that we not only receive this message of grace but reflect this message with changed lives? Click on the links below for additional Cascade Church resources. Connect Card: https://cascadechurch.org/connectcard Give Online: https://cascadechurch.org/give Kid's Resources: https://cascadechurch.org/children