Maynardville Fellowship Podcast

https://www.maynardvillefellowship.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Carr-12-7-25.mp3 It doesn’t matter what great things we aspire to do if we fail to obey Christ’s direct commands. Pastor Carr shows how the disciples demonstrated faithfulness in basic obedience as the foundation for what was to come next.

https://www.maynardvillefellowship.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Cooke-Civics-12-3-25.mp3 Every social order rests on a creed, on a concept of life & law. The political structure of a society represents a religion in action. If you change the creed, you will eventually change the law, the institutions, and political structure of a people. The early church didn’t just win theological debates; it replaced pagan social foundations: From cyclical or meaningless history to linear history under God. From emperor-as-divine to Christ as the only true King & Judge. Listen as Pastor Matt labors to demonstrate how the creeds of the early church were not just about getting theology right; they were God’s way of re–wiring the foundations of law, power, & liberty for the nations.

https://www.maynardvillefellowship.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Carr-11-30-25.mp3 In this sermon Pastor Carr steps out of his exposition of Acts to give a topical treatment of the session of Christ. This important doctrine is the backbone for understanding what takes place in the rest of the book as well as what is taking place in history today.

https://www.maynardvillefellowship.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Carr-11-23-25.mp3 Listen as Pastor Carr shows how the ascension demonstrates the glory and divinity of Christ as well as the meaning of the arrival of the two angels. This sermon shows how passages like this can have an immediate fulfillment, but still have relevance for the church today and moving forward.

https://www.maynardvillefellowship.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Cooke-Civics-11-19-25.mp3 More and more, Americans are pressured to denounce and apologize for their heritage. Many Christians are all too eager to oblige. Should we be? Listen as Pastor Matt considers this sensitive subject and offers a biblical model for understanding the past and looking toward the future.

https://www.maynardvillefellowship.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Carr-11-16-25.mp3 How does Jesus answer the question concerning the restoration of the kingdom to Israel? It’s not a rebuke, but a redirection of focus.

https://www.maynardvillefellowship.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Cooke-Civics-11-12-25.mp3 Skip mere trivia; pursue timeless wisdom. Pastor Matt contrasts three views of history—meaningless, cyclical, linear—and shows why the biblical, linear view both explains the past and shaped America’s civics. Learn what to recover, what to avoid, and how to judge “progress” by an objective good.

https://www.maynardvillefellowship.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Carr-11-9-25.mp3 Are the disciples still slow to understand when they ask about the restoration of the kingdom? Many would come to that conclusion, but it seems unlikely given the context of the question. Listen as pastor Dreamy Eyes explains the nature of their question and how that affects us today.

https://www.maynardvillefellowship.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Cooke-Civics-11-5-25.mp3 Whatever happened to civics class?Once upon a time, every student needed two or three semesters of civics to graduate high school. Today, “social studies” has replaced it—and most students can’t explain the difference. What changed? In this opening lecture, Pastor Matt exposes the theological shift behind that subtle terminology change and the seismic worldview upheaval that followed. What was once taught as a science—anchored in divine order, objective truth, and fixed moral law—has been recast as a humanity, rooted in relativism and feeling. The result? The America our forefathers envisioned—built on biblical foundations and covenantal responsibility—is being slowly replaced by something completely different.

https://www.maynardvillefellowship.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Carr-11-2-25.mp3 We live in a culture that often confuses activity for faithfulness so we cane easily interpret a season of waiting and preparation as a sign of God’s displeasure. Pastor Carr shows how Jesus’ instructions to the apostles can be a measure of comfort and instruction for us today.

https://www.maynardvillefellowship.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Carr-10-26-25.mp3 An introduction to the themes and direction of the book of Acts taken from Luke’s reminders given to Theophilus. 

https://www.maynardvillefellowship.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Carr-11.mp3 Pastor Carr begins his introduction to the book of Acts by showcasing the continuity between it and the book of Joshua. He demonstrates that Luke intentionally structures Acts as a book of conquest that is intended to mirror Israel’s initial conquest of the promised land. 

https://www.maynardvillefellowship.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Cooke-10-12-25.mp3 Matthew 23:29-33 serves as the capstone on this series of seven woes—these covenantal indictments against national Israel. Central to understanding this ‘woe’ is a right understanding of the fifth commandment; honor your father and mother. The scribes a Pharisees said ‘If we’d been living in the days of our fathers, we wouldn’t have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’ Their pretended honor of the prophets was really a way of honoring themselves and dishonoring their fathers. When we speak evil of parents, there’s an extra layer of guilt—beyond speaking evil of others. God placed you with them, blessed you by their care, & now entrusts their care to you; God forbid you speak evil when God command you to act for their good. Parents, can you look back & see ways you failed your children? You wish you’d done better; you wish you’d known then what you know now. You pray God will limit or undo damage from neglect, wrong emphases, time misspent. Afford your parents the same mercy you want from your children. Remember: by what judgment you judge, you shall be judged. If you desire mercy, extend it. Is it hard? It certainly can be—justice & mercy hinge on faithfulness through difficulty. The ‘weightier matters of the law.’

https://www.maynardvillefellowship.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2-Cor.-6_14-7_1-The-Tragic-Death-of-Charlie-Kirk-and-the-Necessary-Death-of-Classical-Liberalism.mp3 Oh, how deeply we’ve grieved the tragic death of Charlie Kirk! Charlie Kirk was an absolute champion of classical liberalism. You might think I meant “a champion of conservatism.” But Charlie Kirk’s method—& much of his message—were shaped by a classical-liberal framework. He loved “the marketplace of ideas”: “I’ll hear you, you hear me, & may the best ideas win.” With a playful, smirking confidence, he believed his ideas were best. Charlie said, “If we stop talking & dehumanize one another, terrible things will happen.” He kept talking. Kindly. Respectfully. Convincingly. And they shot him in the throat. Part of what we grieve is bigger than one man. Deep down, we knew that in witnessing the tragic death of Charlie Kirk, we were also witnessing the necessary death of classical liberalism. As much as it hurts—because we long mistook this kind of liberalism for a virtue—its passing is a necessary & good outcome of this tragedy. It contradicts tenets of biblical revelation. You cannot reason with the unreasonable. It’s not that they don’t understand the truth. They suppress it in unrighteousness (Rom. 1:18 ). When they cannot win an argument, they howl like animals; if that doesn’t silence you, they do exactly what Jesus said they would. Mt. 7:6 Don’t give what’s holy to dogs… lest they… turn & tear you to pieces. Our strategy for winning has been to give what’s holy to the dogs; why are we surprised when they do as our Lord said they would? If spirited dialogue with demons isn’t the winning strategy, where do we turn? Listen as Pastor Matt breaks down 2 Cor. 6:14–7:1 showing how rejecting the classical liberal frame and returning to biblical cultural engagement is the path to victory.

https://www.maynardvillefellowship.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Car-9-28-25.mp3 How are we to interpret the days in which we live? What must we understand about who and what it is that opposes the kingdom of Christ? Pastor Carr lays out the foundational reality that must undergird our response to this time that has been given to us.

https://www.maynardvillefellowship.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Psalm-131-The-Murder-of-Charlie-Kirk.mp3 Many of us have been devastated. Shaken to our cores. … by the murder of a man we never met- Charlie Kirk. Who committed this atrocity? A lone gunman? Was it a government conspiracy? Perhaps a foreign government or agency? You crave justice; you hunger for answers—so down the rabbit hole you go. Podcasts, influencers, & news outlets constantly claim to have “Breaking news.” This voice is sure it’s a transgender shooter. Another, a government conspiracy. Another points to suspicious “timestamps.” You hear of an arrest. Someone then claims the arrest is a scapegoat. It’s exhausting.  Soul-crushingly discouraging. What are we to do with these anxious thoughts in a time like this? We turn where saints have always turned—to God’s Word. Join Pastor Matt as he walks through Ps. 131, where we hear David’s prayer—born in a difficult-to-grasp cultural moment. We don’t know the exact situation behind Ps. 131—& that’s a mercy. God gave it to steady us in many moments, including this one. If you need consolation as you grieve Charlie Kirk’s assassination, listen in. If you are encouraged, share with a friend who needs peace today.

https://www.maynardvillefellowship.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Cooke-9-7-25.mp3 Two faithful sisters, Euodia & Syntyche, found themselves divided. They scrutinized motives, assumed the worst, and replayed their grievances. Paul points them to a better way: love that doesn’t record wrongs committed against them in an ever running ledger, but that deliberately dwells on what is true, honorable, and praiseworthy. Join Pastor Matt as he unpacks how this transforms conflict into unity.

https://www.maynardvillefellowship.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Cooke-8-31-25.mp3 It’s one of those uber-familiar texts: Mt. 23:27 You’re like whitewashed tombs which on the outside appear beautiful, but inside they’re full of dead men’s bones. But most people are not familiar with its Old Testament roots in the book of Ezekiel. Listen as Pastor Matt explains how Ezekiel used the analogy of whitewash to show the guilt of the prophets of his generation, and how Jesus picks up the image, escalating the blood-guilt of the scribes and Pharisees. If the lesser sins of that generation merited the destruction of Jerusalem and the First Temple, what would the outcome be for this generation?

https://www.maynardvillefellowship.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Cooke-8-24-25.mp3 From the outside looking in, the scribes and Pharisees  performed all the external shows of righteousness imaginable; with lengthened tassels, broadened phylacteries, scholarly robes, prominent seats, & respectful greetings in the marketplace. But they neglected the internal holiness that God requires; justice, mercy, and faithfulness. Listen as Pastor Matt warns against cleaning only the externals (the only part men can see), while neglecting the heart, which God sees perfectly and will surely judge.

https://www.maynardvillefellowship.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Carr-ST-8-20-25.mp3 What does God know and when does he know it? What is the extent of His knowledge of the future? Pastor Carr addresses these questions and more as he begins to think through this important attribute of God.