Maynardville Fellowship Podcast

https://www.maynardvillefellowship.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Cooke-9-13-26.mp3 Israel’s rulers condemned Jesus. God raised Him from the dead. Before Jerusalem faced judgment, the nations would hear heaven’s verdict: the crucified Jesus is Lord. Join us as we trace the apostles’ witness from Jerusalem to the courts of kings, discovering how Christ’s resurrection and fulfilled prophetic word establish His reign. In this testimony, we encounter God’s patience, the certainty of His judgment, and the confidence that should shape our obedience to the King today.

https://www.maynardvillefellowship.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Cooke-09-09-2026.mp3 Is Matthew 24:14 a missionary countdown—a promise that Christ will return once the gospel reaches every modern nation, language, and people group? That familiar interpretation misses both Jesus’ words and their first-century setting. Jesus wasn’t telling His disciples how they could trigger the Second Coming. He was promising that, despite fierce persecution, the gospel of His kingdom would be proclaimed throughout the Roman world before the end of the Old Covenant age. But did that actually happen? Listen as Pastor Matt points us to where the New Testament itself says it did.

https://www.maynardvillefellowship.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Carr-8-30-26.mp3 This passage reminds us that the God who dwells among His covenant people is holy. Through the judgment of Ananias and Sapphira, we see that God’s presence demands sincere obedience and holy fear from those who draw near to Him

https://www.maynardvillefellowship.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Carr-8-23-26.mp3 This passage reveals a new covenant community united around the risen Christ even as the old covenant order fractures around them. Their unity, generosity, and care for one another display the fruit of Christ’s kingdom and the faithfulness Israel had failed to produce.

https://www.maynardvillefellowship.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Carr-8-16-2026.mp3 In Acts 4, the disciples recognize the opposition of Israel’s rulers and the Gentiles as the raging nations of Psalm 2 gathering against God’s Anointed King. Rather than retreat, the church prays for boldness to proclaim Christ. May we be ever confident that the risen King has received the nations and His kingdom cannot be stopped!

https://www.maynardvillefellowship.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Carr-08-09-2026.mp3 What happens when those entrusted with authority become enemies of justice? Acts 4:18–22 shows that authority is good but never absolute, and when human authority conflicts with Christ, Christians must recognize and obey the higher authority.

https://www.maynardvillefellowship.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Carr-8-2-26.mp3 What happens when an opponent can no longer win the argument? They resort to ad hominem, suppression, and intimidation. Luke shows us that is exactly what happened with the Sanhedrin court with Peter and John.

https://www.maynardvillefellowship.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Cooke-7-26-26.mp3 In Matthew 24:10–13, Jesus reveals that persecution wasn’t merely something the early church endured—it was something Christ used. The birth pangs preceding Jerusalem’s destruction would expose false disciples, purify the visible church, and reveal those whose faith was genuine. This message explores the intentional connection between Matthew 24 and the Parable of the Soils, showing that Jesus had already explained why some would fall away, why others would be deceived, and why only those who endure would be revealed as His true disciples.

https://www.maynardvillefellowship.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Cooke-7-19-26.mp3 Jerusalem was headed for judgment—but Jesus’ next warning was even more personal. Before the Temple fell, His disciples would be arrested, beaten, & killed, at the hands of Jews and Gentiles alike because they confessed His name. A few questions beg for answers. Why would that confession provoke such opposition? Would such persecution remain a permanent aspect of Christ’s Kingdom—or can the church work toward peaceful and quiet lives? Listen as Pastor Matt explains Matthew 24:9—The Birth Pangs of the Kingdom: The Persecution of the Church—and why the church can expect the blessings of the Kingdom in this life, as well as reward in the life to come.

https://www.maynardvillefellowship.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Cooke-7-12-26.mp3 Wars. False messiahs. Famines. Pestilences. Earthquakes. For generations, Christians have pointed to these events as signs that the end of the world must be near. But Jesus says something very different: “See that you are not frightened…that is not yet the end.” Before telling His disciples what the sign would be, Jesus first warned them what the sign was not. False christs would attempt to lead them astray. Fighting nations would threaten to frighten them. Frightening disasters would shake the world around them. But these events were not the decisive sign. They were only “the beginning of birth pangs.” In this message, we examine the biblical and historical evidence surrounding the years between Christ’s resurrection and Jerusalem’s destruction in AD 70—and discover why these upheavals were not evidence that Christ’s kingdom had failed, but that the old covenant order was passing away and the reign of the true Messiah was advancing. Join us as we consider three distractions the disciples had to avoid—and why Matthew 24:4–8 is not describing the end of the world.

https://www.maynardvillefellowship.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Cooke-7-5-26.mp3 Jesus has declared that the Temple will be utterly destroyed. The disciples know what is coming. Their unsettled dilemma is when. “Tell us, when will these things happen, & what will be the sign of Your coming, & of the end of the age?” — Matthew 24:3 These are not the speculative questions of prophecy-chart enthusiasts. They are the trembling questions of men whose entire covenantal world has just been shaken. The Temple will fall. The Old Covenant age will end. The Son of Man will be vindicated. The Kingdom will no longer be centered in Jerusalem, but in the risen Christ ruling from heaven. Listen as Pastor Matt explains what the disciples were asking when they asked, 'When Will These Things Happen?'

https://www.maynardvillefellowship.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Carr-06-28-26.mp3 Peter and John had the full weight of the political and religious apparatus stacked against them. This passage shows how the Christian today should expect the cultural pressure to be mobilized against them and how they can confidently stand against that pressure.

https://www.maynardvillefellowship.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Carr-06-21-26.mp3 We all know what it means to be a Proverbs 31 or Titus 2 woman. Hear Pastor Carr’s charge for men to pursue the standard of a Job 1 man.

https://www.maynardvillefellowship.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Carr-6-14-26.mp3 Why did the Sadducees rush to confront Peter and John after the lame man was healed? What can we learn from this encounter for our current cultural context? Find out why this passage is so relevant to our current battles.

https://www.maynardvillefellowship.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Carr-6-7-26.mp3 Many read the language of verse seventeen as Peter softening his tone toward the people. Pastor Carr demonstrates why the context of the passage actually works against interpreting Peter’s tone as conciliatory.

https://www.maynardvillefellowship.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Stomberg-05-31-26.mp3 Throughout the book of Proverbs we see two distinct pulls working on men; the enticement of the wicked, and the voice of wisdom. Born in sin, all men need to be corrected and trained into wisdom. Those who will not heed the voice of wisdom are proven fools and await the promised destruction. Those who will listen to correction, reproof, and when needed discipline, are transformed from folly to wisdom. God will not leave His children in their sin and folly. He will use whatever correction or discipline is necessary to bring them to repentance and wisdom. If we understand this, we will learn to embrace anything that will free us from folly and make us wise.

https://www.maynardvillefellowship.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Carr-Survey-Judges-5-27-26.mp3 Judges is a book shows Israel’s continued encounters with the serpent and the subsequent covenantal degeneration that came with their continued rebellion.

https://www.maynardvillefellowship.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Cooke-5-24-26.mp3 Matthew 24 is one of the most misunderstood passages in the Bible, often treated as a detached prophecy about events far removed from its immediate context. But before Jesus speaks of wars, tribulation, signs, and the end of the age, Matthew first shows us something quiet but thunderous: Jesus leaves the Temple. In Matthew 24:1–2, the King who entered Jerusalem with public acclaim now departs the Temple without ceremony. The disciples still see beauty, permanence, and religious grandeur. Jesus sees a condemned house standing under judgment. Not one stone will be left upon another. In this sermon, The Unceremonious Departure, we consider how Matthew 24 flows directly out of Matthew 23, why the destruction of the Temple was unavoidable, and why visible glory can blind even true disciples when they fail to interpret the world through Christ’s word.

https://www.maynardvillefellowship.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Carr-Survey-Joshua-5-20-26.mp3 This book is about more than simple military conquest. It is a book of Israel’s need for covenant renewal and God’s overwhelming covenant faithfulness.

https://www.maynardvillefellowship.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Cooke-5-17-26.mp3 In Matthew 23:37–39, Jesus brings His final public indictment against Jerusalem to its devastating conclusion. The city of peace had become a city of blood. The city that was supposed to receive the prophets murdered them. The city that was supposed to teach the Law to the nations rejected the messengers who called her back to that Law. Yet Christ’s words are not cold judgment. They are judgment through tears. He had long summoned Jerusalem under the shelter of His wings, but she was unwilling. So Jesus pronounces the sentence: “Behold, your house is being left to you desolate!” This is not vague end-of-the-world language. It is the covenantal abandonment of the old-covenant temple order, fulfilled in the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple in AD 70. The house was left desolate because Immanuel had departed. But is the a failure of God’s promises? God forbid! It is their fulfillment in Christ. The old house is abandoned because the true Temple has come. The old priesthood is eclipsed because the true Priest has come. The old sacrifices are finished because the true Sacrifice has come. And the new house is being built in Him.