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Acts 4:18-22 We Cannot Not

August 9, 2026 By Matthew Cooke Leave a Comment

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 44:36 — 40.9MB)Subscribe: Spotify | Pandora | iHeartRadio | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSS | Subscribe to Sermon PodcastsWhat 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 […]

Filed Under: Sermons Tagged With: Acts, Authority, Covenantal Lawsuit, Government, Resistance Theory

Systematic Theology- Lecture 1- God’s Central Attribute: A Look at Lordship

June 25, 2025 By Matthew Cooke Leave a Comment

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 54:48 — 50.2MB)Subscribe: Spotify | Pandora | iHeartRadio | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSS | Subscribe to Sermon PodcastsWhat exactly is Systematic Theology? And when we talk about God’s attributes, where’s the best place to start? In this episode, Pastor Michael Carr […]

Filed Under: Systematic Theology Tagged With: Authority, God's Sovereignty, Lordship, Omnipresence, Pastor Michael Carr, Systematic Theology

Elder Panel Discussion- A Man’s Role in the Home: Understanding Biblical Patriarchy

March 19, 2025 By Matthew Cooke Leave a Comment

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:02:12 — 57.0MB)Subscribe: Spotify | Pandora | iHeartRadio | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSS | Subscribe to Sermon PodcastsWhat is a man’s role and duties in his home? Are these roles arbitrarily assigned by God or are they rooted in the created […]

Filed Under: Elder Panel Discussions Tagged With: Authority, Gender Roles, Marriage, Masculinity, Panel Discussion, Patriarchy

The Role, Function, and Authority of Elders

February 20, 2025 By Matthew Cooke Leave a Comment

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 58:53 — 53.9MB)Subscribe: Spotify | Pandora | iHeartRadio | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSS | Subscribe to Sermon PodcastsWhat is an elder? Is it different from a pastor? What is the difference between a church that is elder led and elder ruled? […]

Filed Under: Elder Panel Discussions Tagged With: Authority, Church Discipline, Ecclesiology, elders, Sphere Sovereignty

Matthew 19:27-28 When Will/DID the Disciples Sit on Twelve Thrones? (Part 2 of2)

January 14, 2024 By Matthew Cooke Leave a Comment

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 52:28 — 34.7MB)Subscribe: Spotify | Pandora | iHeartRadio | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSS | Subscribe to Sermon PodcastsLast week Pastor Matt biblically demonstrated how Jesus ascended to His throne in the resurrection. But the text goes on to say that when […]

Filed Under: Sermons Tagged With: Authority, Judgment, Matthew, Partial Preterism, The Church

Matthew 15:1-6 According to What Standard?

December 11, 2022 By Matthew Cooke Leave a Comment

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:04:55 — 39.6MB)Subscribe: Spotify | Pandora | iHeartRadio | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSS | Subscribe to Sermon PodcastsThe Pharisees were committed to destroying Jesus. Why? Because He rejected the flawed ‘tradition of the elders’ and called them out for their hypocrisy. […]

Filed Under: Sermons Tagged With: Authority, God's Law, hypocrisy, Matthew, Opposition, Pharisees

Matthew 9:1-8 The Paralytic’s Greatest Need

June 14, 2020 By Matthew Cooke Leave a Comment

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 52:07 — 47.7MB)Subscribe: Spotify | Pandora | iHeartRadio | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSS | Subscribe to Sermon PodcastsMatthew’s narrative arrangement in chapters 7:28-9:8 shows a progressive development in revealing Jesus’ credentials as the divine Messiah. We saw the authority of His […]

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Matthew 8:28-34 Demonic Activity, Divine Authority, & Depraved Audacity

June 7, 2020 By Matthew Cooke Leave a Comment

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 58:45 — 53.8MB)Subscribe: Spotify | Pandora | iHeartRadio | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSS | Subscribe to Sermon Podcasts

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Matthew 5:1-2 The Absolute Authority of the Sermon on the Mount

November 4, 2018 By Matthew Cooke Leave a Comment

There is much confusion over the purpose of the Sermon on the Mount. If you hear the sermon on the mount and you think, ‘Ok, I need to start living more like this if I want to live forever with Jesus in His Kingdom,’ then you have completely, tragically, even damningly missed the point of […]

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Matthew 1:1-6 Abraham through Moses

April 29, 2018 By Matthew Cooke Leave a Comment

Is all Scripture really profitable? What can you get out of a genealogy? It turns out a lot of gold is hidden in such texts. Listen as Pastor Matt shows that the Book of Matthew as a whole and this genealogy demonstrate that Jesus 1) Checks all the boxes to being the anticipated King to […]

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