Madison Church: Square Podcast
OUR SHARED VALUES
As Christians, our worth is not determined by wealth, power, or fame. We are determined to find stronger support to help us move beyond our fears, anxieties, and weaknesses. As we seek, day by day, to live out our faith, these aspects of life are held to higher standards. These important principles shape us as Christians and help us to live a full life, which is given to us by Christ.
DEPENDENCE ON GOD
We increase our dependence on God with the help of the Holy Spirit through hearing, studying, and living God’s word, and faithful prayer, worship, and fellowship.
Jesus said, “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.” – John 15:5
AUTHENTIC COMMUNITY
We act with love and care in personal relationships, small groups, and ministry teams by encouraging and being accountable to one another under Christ.
“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.” – Philippians 2:3-4
DIVERSITY WITH JUSTICE
We celebrate diversity in community as God’s gift to us, and pursue reconciliation with justice among ourselves and in our society and systems as our response to God.
“Christ’s purpose was to create in himself one new humanity out of the two, thus making peace, and in one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility.” – Ephesians 2:15b-16
GIFT-BASED SERVING
We all are equally valuable image-bearers of God, regardless of ability, age, gender, and race, and serve God and one another with Christ-like passion and Spirit-conferred gifts.
“Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.” – 1 Peter 4:10
KINGDOM IMPACT
We advance Christ’s Lordship by developing disciples and leaders for serving in multicultural settings, and by reciprocal partnering with other congregations and ministries.
“And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable people who will also be qualified to teach others.” – 2 Timothy 2:2
LOCAL-GLOBAL OUTREACH
We share God’s love by actions and words in the neighborhood of each congregation, and with our neighbors throughout our city, our nation, and the world.
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself.” – Matthew 22:37-39.
“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.” – Matthew 28:19-20
Episodes
35 episodes
From Cretan to Christian W/Rev. Reggie Smith
Today we welcome Reverend Reggie Smith, who brings a message from Titus 3:4–7 titled, "From Cretan to Christian."Drawing from Paul's words to Titus, Pastor Reggie reminds us that our transformation is not achieved through our ow...
Outpouring of the Holy Spirit for Identity, Purpose, and Belonging! W/ Elder Jeff Fisher
Today we continue our Holy Spirit series with a message from Elder Jeff Fisher, Chair of Madison Church's Elders. Preaching from Isaiah 44:1–5, Jeff explores God's promise of the Spirit's outpouring and what it means for our identity, purpose, ...
"The Advocate" is Here W/LeMarr Jackson, Mariah, Asa
Happy Pentecost, the Holy Spirit is here! Jesus calls the Holy Spirit our “Advocate” and we are doing the work of the Spirit when we advocate, and He is choosing us to play a role in the Kingdom. Three different voices express this single messa...
The Holy Spirit: Our Companion W/Pastor Ericka White
In this Mother’s Day message, Pastor Ericka White explores one of the most personal and comforting truths Jesus ever spoke: the Holy Spirit is not merely a force to understand or a doctrine to debate, but a Companion to know.D...
"Believing Thomas" - Pastor Mary Hulst
What happens when faith and doubt walk side by side?In this message from John 20, Pastor Mary Hulst explores the story often known as “Doubting Thomas,” inviting us to see him instead as Believing Thomas—and even Brave Thomas. We were r...
Gifted to Love W/LeMarr Jackson
Pastoring, encouragement, praying, singing, leading, and many more. The Spirit is the one who gives us gifts according to His grace. These gifts are meant for the upbuilding of the kingdom. The Bible is also explicit about what the purpose of t...
The Lord and Giver of Life W/Pastor Andrea
This week we used the Nicene Creed, an ecumenical testimony of what we believe, as a launching point for thinking about the Holy Spirit. The creed describes the Spirit this way: "The Lord, the giver of life." That is such a foundational way of ...
Inhaling New Creation W/Pastor Andrea
The Sunday after Easter is sometimes called "Low Sunday..." As Barbara Brown Taylor noted, this is because "The attendance is low and so is the adrenaline." It is the week after all the hype and the resurrection joy. But now it's a week later. ...
Why Do You Weep? W/Pastor Ericka White
Pastor Ericka shares a powerful Easter message as we walk through Mary’s encounter with the risen Christ. What begins in weeping becomes a powerful revelation: Jesus is alive, He is calling your name, and death no longer gets the final word. Jo...
"The Road to No More Sorrow" W/Pastor Andrea
Palm Sunday begins that Via Delarosa, "the sorrowful way" that Jesus walked to the cross. At the beginning of the week, the people ran alongside Jesus on the road shouting, "Hosanna! Save us now!" In Lent we recognize hat is still the ongoing c...
Dying, yet Alive W/Laura Whaley
"This week we hear from our former director of administration and connection in a recorded video she made about a month before meeting her Lord... after a two year journey with cancer. In it, she reflects on 2 Corinthians 4 and Christian parado...
I am the Resurrection and the Life W/Lemarr Jackson
There are many different ideas about who Jesus was and continually is. Depending on who you ask you can get a million different answers, but let's explore who Jesus says that Jesus is! Once we've decided who Jesus is to us, then does this revel...
Living Wisely in Fragile Times W/ Pastor Ericka
When the world feels unstable and life reminds us how fragile it is, where do we turn? In this message from Psalm 90, Pastor Ericka explores Moses’ prayer, “Teach us to number our days,” and invites us to anchor our lives in the eternal God who...
Dust and Glory - Pastor Andrea Bult
This Sunday we "vigil together" in worship as our sister and colleague is close to meeting her savior face to face. Pastor Andrea reflects on 1 Corinthians 15, which is where the title of the Lenten Series comes from... as Paul calls death our ...
A kernel of wheat for the life of the world W/Pastor Andrea
This Sunday Pastor Andrea kicks off the new Lenten sermon series "Facing our Last Enemy: Death and Resurrection Hope." She preaches out of John 12, where Jesus gives us an agricultural lesson about what must happen to the seed in order for ther...
"Who Do You Say That I Am?" W/LeMarr Jackson
There are many different ideas about who Jesus was and continually is. Depending on who you ask you can get a million different answers, but let's explore who Jesus says that Jesus is! Once we've decided who Jesus is to us, then does this revel...
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For God so loved Nicodemus W/ Pastor Andrea Bult
Nicodemus goes to see Jesus in secret and is told that to see the kingdom of God, one has to be born again. “How can this be?” Nicodemus wondered… this week we hold covenant baptism and the story of Nicodemus from John 3 together as two notes t...
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Citizens of a Scandalous Kingdom W/Pastor Andrea Bult
It would seem that John the Baptist knew exactly who Jesus was... and yet when things did not go the way he had planned, and he is sitting in Herod's dungeon, he questioned everything he knew. John sent his messengers to Jesus to ask him, "Are ...
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Could this be the Messiah? W/Pastor Ericka White
In today’s message, “Could This Be the Messiah?”, we linger at a well with Jesus and a woman who never expected to be seen—let alone known—by God.Drawing from John chapter 4, this sermon explores what happens when we truly sit with Jesus...
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Who is this that even the winds and waves obey Him? W/LeMarr Jackson
Who is this man that even the wind and waves obey him? Just as the disciples wondered we wonder today. Well, He's the one in the boat who cares for us, He is our Messiah so saves us from our sins and He is YHWH the one with who can still the wa...
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Glory Out of the Ordinary W/Pastor Andrea
This week we consider Nathanial's question to Phillip in John 1: "Can anything good come out of Nazareth? This question may have been a bit tongue in cheek, but it betrays a bias we often have against the ordinary and the unimpressive. Like Nat...
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The Wideness of God's Mercy W/Pastor Andrea
Today we take up the text of The Epiphany... where God's glory was manifested to the Gentiles for the first time. The magi from the east came on their long journey to worship Jesus. This is a fitting reality check for all of us who feel the col...
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Set Free W/ Pastor Bob Arbogast
This week, Pastor Bob Arbogast from Celebration Fellowship takes a look at Paul and Silas in prison from Acts 16. Pastor Bob serves a worshipping community that is behind bars, and yet he speaks of how his members can sing and pray because they...
