Mcc Podcast

This week Mike continues our 1st Timothy series by diving into 1st Timothy chapter 5.

This week Rich continues in our series on 1st Timothy by diving into 1st Timothy 4! For more info about MCC head on over to BURG.CHURCH to get connected.

Thanks for joining us for our 1st Timothy series. This week Lead Pastor Mike Tuttle takes us through 1st Timothy chapter 3 as we look at how church leaders should act. ____________ Check out our link tree for info on the church, events, and resources for your walk with Christ: burg.church

This Sunday Mike is on vacation, so I’ll (Eric) be continuing our 1st Timothy series by diving into 1st Timothy chapter 2. Paul in his letter to Timothy is giving instructions to him on how to lead the people of Ephesus who have fallen victim to false teachings. One of the ways Paul guides Timothy is with instructions on how we should partake in worship. This Sunday I’ll be diving into the role that each of us plays when it comes to gathering together and worshiping God. I can’t wait to share it with you.

Guest Earl Haubner's message focuses on understanding and embracing God's calling on your life. Through personal stories from missionary work, he highlights the sacrifices and challenges that can accompany answering one's calling. Reflecting on his journey in Brazil, Earl emphasizes the significance of joy in fulfilling God's will, despite the sacrifices. He underscores the impact of collective efforts, the transformative power of Jesus, and the positive change brought about through embracing and pursuing one's calling.

This week I get to conclude our Core Values series talking about our Core Value of Multiplication. To prep you for this Sunday I’d like you to ask: What if…? What if… Jesus had such an impact on your life that you live out your faith What if that changed your marriage What if that changed your family What if …. I pray every day for my friend I invite them, and receive multiple “no’s” and then a yes What if they end up giving their life to Jesus What if they begin praying for who they know who doesn’t know Jesus What if we helped 700 people begin their relationship with Jesus What if we added a 3rd service because of that What if we started a church in a nearby community that values what we value - Journey Biblical Truth Community Excellence Generations Multiplication What if… MCC Core Value of Multiplication says: We are participants in the advancing kingdom of God, so we hope to reflect the exponential nature of Godly growth in everything from the number of disciple-makers to godly leaders to healthy ch

Each week I’ve been reminding you WHY Core Values are important to us as individuals and to MCC collectively. I am the product of my values. Whatever I deem most valuable drives who I am and am becoming. The same is true of MCC collectively. MCC is the product of our values. For that reason I love what our Core Value of Journey reminds us of: Faith is a lifelong journey. We will meet people where they are, not where we wish they were, and will risk getting our hands messy to help them become a disciple of Jesus who makes disciples. None of us have our life all together. Each of us has had someone come alongside us to help us in our faith journey. And that person walked with us even when we didn’t get it right. Maybe it’s more fair to say, especially when we didn’t get it right. This week we will be reminded that through Jesus that faith is a lifelong journey. And He meets people where they are, not where He/they/we wish they were. (So we will too.) And because He will risk getting His hands messy to help

As we continue to look at MCC’s Core Values I want to remind you of why these are important. I am the product of my values. That means that who you are right now is determined by the things you have decided are important. You are a product of your values, of what you deem valuable. AND MCC is the product of our values. So we’d better be aware of what they are and if we are holding onto them. So far we’ve talked about our Core Values of Biblical Authority, Excellence, and Community. With all of the above information, it should be no surprise that this weekend I get to share our Core Value of Generations and why we value them. MCC’s Core Value of Generations says: We are passionate about equipping and unifying all generations around the mission of Jesus enabling us to learn and grow from one another with a greater emphasis on the next generation. Here’s the question that expresses why this is important: How do we honor where we’ve been AND give freedom to pursue new things and give new people a voice. I

When we think about our spiritual lives we often think about how personal our relationship with Jesus is. How we should independently be spending time in prayer, reading the word, and worship. Yet, our relationship with Jesus is not just independent, but interdependent on others. To live the way of Jesus we need those who will rejoice, suffer, and endure this life with us. This week Eric will be continuing our Core Values series looking at our Core Value of Community.

This week I get to continue our Core Values series. These are the values that sit at the core of who we are. They form a solid core of who we are, what we believe, and who we want to be going forward. MCC’s Core Values are those values we want to make sure we all have in common AND get passed down from generation to generation, that help reflect Jesus to others. What is it about us that helps others see Him? This Sunday we’re looking at our Core Value of Excellence: Excellence honors God and inspires people. MCC is not striving for perfection, but we do strive to bring our best to God in who we are and what we do. This value reflects how we want to approach everything we do. We’ll take a look at what that means, what the Bible says about it, and how we work to live that out.

When you hear the word “value,” what comes to mind? A value can simply be what an item is worth. Interestingly, that can rise and fall depending on the situation. The value of a bottle of water might be 35 cents in the grocery store. You put it in a refrigerator at Speedway and suddenly the value shoots up to a dollar-fifty. Put that same bottle of water at Disney, slap a sticker with ears on it and… The word itself suggests different meanings depending on the context. Sometimes you hear people talk positively about things like a moral value or a family value or a Christian value like integrity, patience, purity, kindness, or encouragement. Here’s why it’s important to talk about values; we all have them and what we decide is important in shaping who we become. Think about it. Who you are right now is determined by: The things you have decided are important. The things you have allowed to take over your life. Those things that have moved to the top of your list - whether you intended for them to o

We’ve been studying the life of King David and if we’ve learned anything about him so far, it’s that he was far from perfect, yet God was able to use him. Now through relationships in his life we’ve looked at issues such as -how to have a heart like God -how to take on giants -how to be a friend -and how to affair proof your marriage. Our last look at what we can learn from David covers chapters 13-18 of 2 Samuel. And rather than reading 6 chapters aloud, I’m going to try to summarize them and to tell you the story. I encourage you to read chapters 13-18 before Sunday (or at least afterwards). It’s quite a story of sex, murder, lies, and anguish. If it were a movie it would definitely be rated “R.” This weekend, as we celebrate dads, we’re going to look at parenting through how he responded to a rebellious child. What we’ll see is no temper tantrum in the mall. This was no 3 day suspension from school. David’s son, Absolam, ignited a rebellion that led to battles, bloodshed, and death. It will be a great

What creature is most deadly to humans? Think about that for a moment. If you had one guess, what would it be? What creature has caused more deaths than any other? That is our one question quiz this weekend. I know you will be tempted to look up the answer, but I’m asking that you don’t. Come ready with your best, non-looked-up guess. This weekend I get to share one of the top two stories that people associate with David. One of them we’ve already looked at: David and Goliath. The other is David and _____________. If you don’t know, I’ll fill that blank on Sunday. This event in David’s life is not so far from the reality of people’s lives today. And from this event, we’ll see two general truths about temptation which apply to all of us and also three ways to affair-proof our marriages today.

We’ve walked through several events that occurred prior to David becoming King of Israel. We have been in 1 Samuel and this Sunday we jump to 2 Samuel 6. Last week David battled the giant Goliath. And Saul was still King of Israel. But since our verses last week, King Saul died in battle. And David has become King. There is a lot there and I want to encourage you to read 1 and 2 Samuel to get all of what God is up to. But this weekend we are in 2 Samuel 6 where David brings the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem. For context, the Ark represented God’s presence with the Israelites. When David took the throne he realized there was no Ark. It had been captured by their enemies, the Philistines, and had been gone for over 75 years. The place where God has said He would meet with the Israelites had been gone for a long time. This Sunday Josh and I will teach together about David bringing the Ark to Jerusalem and how that event highlights some important lessons for us about worship.

This weekend we’re going to look at a story that has become embedded in the culture and language of nations all around the world. It is so well known that it has become a way of describing any conflict in which there is a huge disparity between the combatants, whether describing athletes, companies or nations. The phrase, “It is a classic David versus Goliath match up,” creates a certain image. And our event from David’s life is the source of that picture. It is one of the best known and most loved stories in the Bible. It is the story of young David’s defeat of the giant named Goliath. It is in this battle that we will be reminded of a few gigantic lessons as well as how God equips us for the battles in our lives today.

This Sunday I’ll be preaching on friendship. I can’t tell you how many conversations I’ve had with people in our church this past year who feel like they struggle with friendships. As we look at the friendship between David and Jonathan, we will seek to understand what a Godly friendship is supposed to look like and learn how to overcome some barriers to forming meaningful relationships.

Abraham Lincoln said, “The greatest lessons I ever learned were at my mother’s knees.” And more often than not, moms, we learn a lot just by watching you live your life. This has been true of great leaders throughout history and perhaps none more evident that King David. This Sunday as we continue our look at his life we will be reminded that his life was full of decisions. Some of those decisions were great and helped develop a nation. Other decisions, not so much. This week Rich will help us understand how, where someone came from, helps connect the dots on their behavior. King David started from a pretty lowly background. We will take a look at what he learned about being a shepherd, how that ties into the importance of moms, and how David’s shepherd qualities helped to shape a Kingdom.

This weekend we are going to begin a series of messages that will examine the life of King David. I don’t know about you, but David is my favorite Old Testament character. Did you know that: More has been written about David than any other character in the Bible. He’s an Old Testament character, but he has 59 references to his life in the New Testament. The New Testament opens and closes mentioning his name. Jesus was born in the city of David, was called the root of David (and the seed of David), and was given the throne of David. But perhaps the most impressive words about David are the words spoken by God about him in Acts 13:32: I have found David son of Jesse, a man after My own heart… David was a great man of faith. But what impresses me most about David is that he wasn’t perfect…by a long shot! As a matter of fact, if you’ve never read the story of David, you may be surprised at how much he’s like you and me. Over the next several weeks we’re going to look at events in David’s life and see

This will conclude our Ick series by talking about SEX. I sense you backing away already. But we need to be clear on this—all of us need to be clear on this—because we live in a world that is saturated with sex. And our world is saying things right now that many of us NEVER imagined we would hear. In her book, Guardians of Purity: Raising PG kids in an X-Rated World, Julie Hiramine says, “This world we live in is reaching into the hearts and minds of our children, shaping and molding them into a replica of its values, trends, and world-views.” Let that sink in and then ask yourself this question: What is happening in the world in which we live? We’ll talk about that. And let me offer this friendly warning: this message is geared for Junior High through adults. However, if you want your younger children to hear with you they may have some questions for you after.

I have appreciated your response to talking about issues that give almost all, although it may be fair to say ALL of us, the ick. This week we’re talking about money. And I know the reason for the ick. In part of Jesus’ most famous sermon, He told us that there is a tug of war going on in our hearts involving our stuff. Jesus is recognizing a strategy that our enemy uses against us. I want to remind you that the devil knows he doesn’t have to get us to follow him - he just has to get us to stop following Jesus especially in this area of our life. So we’ll look at that and how to kick the ick. By the way, it’s simple, it's just not easy. And I’m looking forward to having my friend, Kent Fillinger, with us this weekend. Kent is with CFR who is one of our ministry partners. He also happens to have been a student when I was a Student Pastor. He will share briefly about how CFR is benefiting churches across the country.