Maynardville Fellowship Podcast

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.'

In witnessing the tragic death of Charlie Kirk, we were also witnessing the necessary death of classical liberalism.

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.

https://www.maynardvillefellowship.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Matthew-23_23-24.mp3 You’ve probably heard the phrase: straining at a gnat, swallowing a camel. We use it to describe people who major on the minors and miss the point. But what if I told you Jesus said it first — and He used it to warn of judgment? In this message, Pastor Matt shows why that warning was the very reason Jerusalem fell in 70 AD.

https://www.maynardvillefellowship.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Carr-ST-8-13-25.mp3 Here we face the great threat to the Christian faith, at least according to the atheist or blue haired lunatic. In actuality the discussion of the presence of evil in light of a good and all powerful God is one that brings the Christian confidence and solicits praise.

https://www.maynardvillefellowship.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Matthew-23_16-22-Woe-Unto-You-Blind-Guides.mp3 How are we to understand swearing, vows, and oaths? Didn’t Jesus say not to swear at all? Yet Deuteronomy commands, “You shall fear only the Lord your God… and swear by His name.” How do we reconcile these texts? The Scribes and Pharisees embraced a loophole-laden system of vows — silly as children crossing their fingers, but deadly in its power to defraud. Listen as Pastor Matt unmasks the absurd logic and damning consequences of blind guides in high places — and points us to the only Shepherd who swore truthfully, kept every vow, and bore the covenant curse so His people could live in the unshakable light of His Kingdom.

https://www.maynardvillefellowship.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Carr-ST-8-6-25.mp3 In this lecture Pastor Carr considers five attributes of God: Righteousness, Jealousy, Hatred, Wrath, and Holiness.

https://www.maynardvillefellowship.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Carr-ST-7-30-25.mp3 How should we think through defining and understanding God’s attributes? That question is addressed in this lecture as well as God’s attributes of goodness and love as found in Scripture.

https://www.maynardvillefellowship.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/07-27-25-Name-Edit.mp3 Pastor Carr gives a grave call toward the personal and corporate holiness that should mark the Church and her people.

https://www.maynardvillefellowship.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Carr-ST-7-23-25.mp3 In this lecture, Pastor Carr explores the third way God reveals His Lordship— as Father. Discover how Scripture defines the Patriarchal nature of the Kingdom, and what it means for God to be Father.

https://www.maynardvillefellowship.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Cooke-7-20-25.mp3 Is. 49:6–7 I’ll also make You a light of the nations So that My salvation may reach to the end of the earth. Kings will see & arise, Princes will also bow down. The scribes & Pharisees postured as those very messengers—God’s agents summoning the nations into covenant blessing through the coming Messianic King & royal conqueror. They came bearing the terrifying texts—of a King who would subdue the nations, break rebels with His rod, shattering them like clay pots. What a message—take the carrot, or get the stick. The combined fear, & prophetic expectation would make a man skip line at the circumcision booth! But it only looked like evangelism.  Underneath the robes & rituals was hunger for influence—& income. Each convert meant another tither. Another disciple of the system. Another soul under the thumb of rabbinic control. They weren’t shepherds seeking the lost. They were salesmen securing revenue. The Great Commission was nowhere in sight—but the great commission check? That was cashed. Listen as Pastor Matt unmasks the devil’s evangelists showing why Christ’s harshest words weren’t for pagans, but for false preachers.