Mineral Springs Church of Christ Podcast
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278 episodes
Spared, Restored, Seated
A lot of us don’t call it trauma or shame out loud, but we feel it when we think, I’m not enough, I’m too far gone, or I don’t belong. That’s why 2 Samuel 9 hits so hard: David is at the height of victory, yet he pauses to ask if there’s anyone...
Alive with the Wounds
A sealed scroll. A grown man weeping in heaven. A single question that hangs over everything: “Who is worthy?” Revelation 5 is not written to scare you, it’s written to steady you, and we walk through it with that goal in mind.We start ...
Trading Places: I am a sinner no more, but I belong to Sinners Anonymous
A man who has spent who knows how long being avoided, feared, and forced to announce “unclean” takes a risk that could cost him everything. He walks into the one place he is not supposed to be and says something brutally honest to Jesus: “If yo...
Rethinking Women And Teaching In Church, Part 6
One verse can reshape an entire church culture, and 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 has done exactly that for a lot of people. We slow down and read it with the one tool that keeps us honest: context. Starting with what Paul means by “quiet” and “usurp ...
The Misfit Church
The church gets weird when we start pretending. We act like everyone has it together, we rank sins to protect our image, and we quietly treat certain people as “those kinds of Christians.” So we open 1 Corinthians 6:9–11 and let Paul do what he...
Not Because Of Me
A clean image can hide a proud heart, and a proud heart can quietly drain the power out of the gospel. We start with a vulnerable moment of resistance and emotion, then pivot into 1 Timothy 1:12–17 where Paul thanks Christ for strength and merc...
Rethinking Women Teaching in the Church, Part 5
Two verses have carried a lot of weight in church life: 1 Timothy 2:11–12 and 1 Corinthians 14:34–35. We slow down and ask a harder question than “What does my translation say?” We ask what Paul is doing, what the original words mean, and what ...
Rethinking Women Teaching in the Church, Part 4
“Women must be quiet” might be one of the most repeated lines in church life, and also one of the most misunderstood. We walk carefully through 1 Timothy 2:11-12 and argue that the real issue is not women having a voice, but whether learning an...
Rethinking Women Teaching in the Church, Part 3
“Women must be quiet” might be one of the most repeated lines in church culture, but we’re convinced it’s also one of the most misunderstood. We slow down and read 1 Timothy 2:11–13 the way Paul actually builds his argument, starting with what ...
He Saves Us
If you’ve ever caught yourself thinking, “Because I did the right things, God owes me,” this message will interrupt that habit in the best way. We open Titus 3:4-5 and follow Paul’s logic all the way down to the foundation: God saves because He...
Hearing God's Voice in the Storm
A storm can make you doubt fast, not because God changed, but because your picture of God got too small. We walk through Psalm 29 and let David’s language reshape our vision: God’s voice rolls like thunder over the waters, splits the cedars, sh...
Rethinking Women Teaching in the Church, Part 2
Two verses. Endless arguments. And a lot of people leaving church feeling either silenced or smug. We wanted to do something better: slow down, reset our approach, and actually read 1 Timothy 2 the way a serious Bible student should read it, wi...
The Heart Behind The Hallelujah
If you’ve ever wondered why your worship feels muted while your emotions feel loud everywhere else, Psalm 95 has something to say to you. We start with a simple but piercing question: what’s the heart behind your hallelujah? Because “praise the...
When The King Dies
Your sense of safety can vanish in a single sentence: “The king is dead.” That’s the emotional ground Isaiah stands on in Isaiah 6, and it’s why this sermon hits so close to home for anyone living with uncertainty about politics, the economy, f...
Rethinking Women And Teaching In Church
One verse has been used to end conversations, shut down questions, and shrink women’s participation to almost nothing. We decided to do the opposite: slow down, open the Bible, and read 1 Timothy 2:11-12 the way it was written, inside its conte...
The Crucified King
A crucifixion looks like defeat until you hear Acts 2:36 said out loud: God makes the crucified Jesus “both Lord and Christ.” We lean into that tension and follow Peter’s Pentecost sermon as it cuts through the noise, from the crowd accusing th...
He’s My King
Pilate’s question still lands like a punch: “What shall I do with your king?” When the crowd answers, “We have no king but Caesar,” it exposes how easy it is to trade Jesus for whatever feels safer, louder, or more familiar. We’re not willing t...
The Mercy Made Life: Spiritual Maintenance
You can go a long time without a warning light and still be one mile away from a breakdown. That’s the frame we use to talk about spiritual maintenance through Romans 12:1–2, where Paul’s call to a “living sacrifice” is not guilt-driven hustle ...
You Sold Me But God Sent Me
What if the moment you call betrayal is also the moment God calls assignment? We start with a plan to preach from Romans, then we pivot as the room and our hearts pull us into Genesis 45. Joseph finally stands face to face with the brothers who...
Is the Cost Too High
The price tag on faith is not always money. Sometimes it’s your weekend plans, your comfort, your reputation, or the moment you realize you’d rather stay quiet than be seen as different. We start with a simple question, “Is the cost too high?”,...
Building Christian Discipline When Life Pulls You Off Course
If you’ve ever felt like you “should” be more consistent but can’t seem to stick with it, this message hits that exact tension. We start with Romans 8:31, “If God is for us, who can be against us?”, and connect it to a very normal struggle for ...
Jonah and Perspective
A flat tire in a busy downtown can feel like the start of a terrible day, but zoom out and it might be the safest possible place for trouble to happen. We start there, because that’s how real life works: our first reaction is usually frustratio...
The Gospel In Our Scars
You can be cracked and still carry something priceless. We open 2 Corinthians 4 with Paul’s raw list of pressures and surprises, then we ask the question most people avoid: what if the pain you survived is part of your ministry, not proof you’r...
Bruised But Still Breathing
You can be faithful and still feel flattened by life. We start with Paul’s words in 2 Corinthians 4 and a simple, stubborn claim that lands like a lifeline: you may be bruised, but you are still breathing. That is not denial, and it is not hype...
A Father’s Motherly Comfort
God says He’s a Father and then reaches for a mother’s arms to explain what He’s like. That’s not a throwaway metaphor, it’s a deliberate invitation to anyone who’s tired of hustle religion and hungry for real comfort. We walk through Isaiah 66...