http://www.mccth.org/funstuff_downloads.html Teaching from the EPIC morning community @ Maryland Community Church in Terre Haute, IN. markw@mccth.org en-us Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:07:42 GMT AudioAcrobat RSS Feeder 1.20 Religion & Spirituality 1440 http://maryland.audioacrobat.com/albumart/1000.1215565662.jpg http://www.mccth.org/funstuff_downloads.html Dr. Vince McFarland Weekly teaching @ the Maryland Community Church EPIC Service in Terrre Haute, IN no Christianity,Religion,Spirituality Maryland Community Church markw@mccth.org 48a8586d-c4d4-ca5e-594a-95c4227dfb1d Jack Fox Tue, 17 Apr 2007 21:31:09 GMT Dr. Vince McFarland Jack Fox What we Believe 01 no 95610161-cf9e-10eb-464f-aab3613a7a88 Dr. Vince McFarland Tue, 17 Apr 2007 21:29:28 GMT Dr. Vince McFarland Dr. Vince McFarland Easter Sunday no 0a20c75c-f428-f3cc-7a31-5824a8e3cb19 On Sunday of “the Passion” week, Jesus entered Jerusalem for the last time and on his way to the cross. In this week we have; the cleansing of the Temple, his authority being questioned, signs of the end described, Judas’ betrayal, the Last Supper, the Garden of Gethsemane, the arrest and then the trial. The “way of the Cross” is a difficult road to take in trying to understand life and death. For the Apostle Paul it was either the “picture of foolishness” or the “panorama of power.” (I Cor. 1:18) Mon, 02 Apr 2007 21:02:30 GMT Dr. Vince McFarland On Sunday of “the Passion” week, Jesus entered Jerusalem for the last time and on his way to the cross. In this week we have; the cleansing of the Temple, his authority being questioned, signs of the end described, Judas’ betrayal, the Last Supper, the Garden of Gethsemane, the arrest and then the trial. The “way of the Cross” is a difficult road to take in trying to understand life and death. For the Apostle Paul it was either the “picture of foolishness” or the “panorama of power.” (I Cor. 1:18) Palm Sunday no a89b8e33-80bc-3074-174a-a3d996c7a960 Dr. Vince McFarland Sun, 25 Mar 2007 18:35:26 GMT Dr. Vince McFarland Dr. Vince McFarland The Gospel of John - Spiritual Growth no 2a77c965-86c8-d9e9-99d5-0bb61322bd05 John 17 provides us with a detailed portrait of Jesus’ communion and intercession with God the Father? Jesus is the incarnate Son who is returning to His Father via a painful death on the cross? With the hour at hand” Jesus focuses on bringing glory to the Father and prays that His followers” in consequence of His death and exaltation” will be preserved from evil and unified together in God? Jesus has manifested the name of God in perfect submission and obedience. He has glorified the Father on earth in accomplishing all the work the Father gave him. Now Jesus prays for his disciples that are sent into the world, a world in control of the evil one. Certainly we have a high priest who is a perfect intercessor, bestowing to us all the grand benefits that the Father and Son share. Sun, 25 Mar 2007 18:31:39 GMT Dr. Vince McFarland John 17 provides us with a detailed portrait of Jesus’ communion and intercession with God the Father? Jesus is the incarnate Son who is returning to His Father via a painful death on the cross? With the hour at hand” Jesus focuses on bringing glory to the Father and prays that His followers” in consequence of His death and exaltation” will be preserved from evil and unified together in God? Jesus has manifested the name of God in perfect submission and obedience. He has glorified the Father on earth in accomplishing all the work the Father gave him. Now Jesus prays for his disciples that are sent into the world, a world in control of the evil one. Certainly we have a high priest who is a perfect intercessor, bestowing to us all the grand benefits that the Father and Son share. The Gospel of John - Unity and Prayer no 53116e69-b6c4-09c6-c98b-e4bfffcb05d0 -Dr. Vince McFarland- Jesus, declaring again to be the Light of the world, demonstrates His sovereignty as being the only Light. Jesus first heals the physical blindness of a man and then later, graciously offers him the spiritual light to see. Mon, 12 Mar 2007 15:43:00 GMT Dr. Vince McFarland -Dr. Vince McFarland- Jesus, declaring again to be the Light of the world, demonstrates His sovereignty as being the only Light. Jesus first heals the physical blindness of a man and then later, graciously offers him the spiritual light to see. The Gospel of John - Spiritual Blindness no 33e8a9e1-3d92-2940-f470-6db9f63fba6d Most people in our world understand the concept of “evil” or “wrong” or “sin.” It is the origin and cure that we argue over. As followers of Jesus Christ it is critical for us to understand and know Jesus in ways that make a difference in our lives and the lives of those around us. In our journey with Jesus we are constantly able to hear Him converse with people about evil and it’s cure. Sometimes the cultural differences make it hard for us to get at the heart of application for us today. Mon, 05 Mar 2007 07:55:21 GMT Dr. Vince McFarland Most people in our world understand the concept of “evil” or “wrong” or “sin.” It is the origin and cure that we argue over. As followers of Jesus Christ it is critical for us to understand and know Jesus in ways that make a difference in our lives and the lives of those around us. In our journey with Jesus we are constantly able to hear Him converse with people about evil and it’s cure. Sometimes the cultural differences make it hard for us to get at the heart of application for us today. The Gospel of John - Forgiveness no ac303e9f-0e8d-71d0-b0ce-3e4cdf2322dd Bread of Heaven - Dr. Vince McFarland Every human is at times consumed by the need for the “staples of life.” Usually we think of “bread and water” or today it may be some “food and drink.” After that we get into a higher level of staples; health, wealth, love and hope. As Jesus interacted with these real kinds of people, he tried to get them to get to the real staple of life. This life was “eternal” and would be the ultimate provision. Each of us at times have had our struggles with hunger, thirst, illness, a lack of resources, relationship problems and a loss of hope. We are no different than the crowds that followed Jesus way back then! The Church has always held physical and spiritual needs in a “healthy tension.” Some have helped us to see that giving a fish isn’t as important as teaching someone to fish; or some kind of take on that principle. Some have also said it is hard to teach someone that has “hunger pains.” Sun, 25 Feb 2007 19:19:58 GMT Dr. Vince McFarland Bread of Heaven - Dr. Vince McFarland Every human is at times consumed by the need for the “staples of life.” Usually we think of “bread and water” or today it may be some “food and drink.” After that we get into a higher level of staples; health, wealth, love and hope. As Jesus interacted with these real kinds of people, he tried to get them to get to the real staple of life. This life was “eternal” and would be the ultimate provision. Each of us at times have had our struggles with hunger, thirst, illness, a lack of resources, relationship problems and a loss of hope. We are no different than the crowds that followed Jesus way back then! The Church has always held physical and spiritual needs in a “healthy tension.” Some have helped us to see that giving a fish isn’t as important as teaching someone to fish; or some kind of take on that principle. Some have also said it is hard to teach someone that has “hunger pains.” The Gospel of John - Bread of Heaven no c05ecffd-b43e-690d-df85-f7fb55a364b6 Dr. H. Keith Gaddis teaching on the healing of the cripple at the pool and what it really means to be healed. Sun, 18 Feb 2007 18:45:13 GMT Dr. Vince McFarland Dr. H. Keith Gaddis teaching on the healing of the cripple at the pool and what it really means to be healed. The Gospel of John - Healing no 6bfaa87b-24f2-3362-c1ea-2199453fe2aa John the Baptizer has used baptizing and teaching to reveal Jesus as the Messiah to Israel. “Behold the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world!” Jesus calls some followers; Peter, Andrew, Phillip and Nathanael. Does his first miracle of turning water into wine at a wedding in Cana; it revealed his glory and the followers put their faith in him. Cleansing of the Temple of marketers. At the Passover in Jerusalem he does more miracles and people believe in his name. Mon, 12 Feb 2007 18:26:05 GMT Dr. Vince McFarland John the Baptizer has used baptizing and teaching to reveal Jesus as the Messiah to Israel. “Behold the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world!” Jesus calls some followers; Peter, Andrew, Phillip and Nathanael. Does his first miracle of turning water into wine at a wedding in Cana; it revealed his glory and the followers put their faith in him. Cleansing of the Temple of marketers. At the Passover in Jerusalem he does more miracles and people believe in his name. The Gospel of John - A New Birth no ab74dacd-ad19-01ad-259b-56cea1b4c1de A series on the Gospel of John. Mon, 05 Feb 2007 19:13:52 GMT Dr. Vince McFarland A series on the Gospel of John. The Word no 083a4e48-01bc-b8dc-1ef0-275437c69ae3 The final part in the EPIC Walk series. Vince and John discuss the importance of worship, both personal and corporate, and serving as part of the body. Tue, 30 Jan 2007 15:27:46 GMT Dr. Vince McFarland The final part in the EPIC Walk series. Vince and John discuss the importance of worship, both personal and corporate, and serving as part of the body. The EPIC Walk - Worship and Service no 2dee81ae-6189-5578-2f0b-509ceac47409 The importance of Prayer and reading Scripture in strengthening your relationship with GOD. Mon, 22 Jan 2007 22:06:59 GMT Dr. Vince McFarland The importance of Prayer and reading Scripture in strengthening your relationship with GOD. The EPIC Walk - Prayer and Scripture no ec5af5dd-b32b-c08f-662c-6c49247e3e35 The first in a 3 part series. Mon, 15 Jan 2007 01:11:46 GMT Dr. Vince McFarland The first in a 3 part series. The EPIC Walk-Giving and Relationships no 28be85c6-a660-39aa-8548-136d9b48a1e1 The EPIC Vision Acts 9:31 Intro: We have been working on a new identity for about a year now. It is not easy getting past the past and grabbing hold of “a new thing.” Maryland Community Church is a place of “multiple environments for Kingdom growth.” Sun, 07 Jan 2007 19:10:56 GMT Dr. Vince McFarland The EPIC Vision Acts 9:31 Intro: We have been working on a new identity for about a year now. It is not easy getting past the past and grabbing hold of “a new thing.” Maryland Community Church is a place of “multiple environments for Kingdom growth.” The EPIC Vision no 52f2fbb8-c9c1-add9-de69-24d6fd345718 Wrapping up the year with Guest Speaker Dean Gambill. Tue, 02 Jan 2007 20:52:53 GMT Dr. Vince McFarland Wrapping up the year with Guest Speaker Dean Gambill. Last Words no fe6d4bac-35bd-c605-6d28-b834f79712f4 The Christmas message to the EPIC Community. Tue, 02 Jan 2007 20:50:43 GMT Dr. Vince McFarland The Christmas message to the EPIC Community. Emmanuel Has Come no 7257fda3-efbe-6126-c9e1-59b917da6a29 Our reminder each week of Advent is “Do not be afraid!” Fear is a common struggle for us all on some level. Everyone has had their heroes; men or women who overcame their fears and accomplished some great feat. Fear stops us not only from greatness, but most of us, from just living life with peace and security. Tue, 12 Dec 2006 15:50:49 GMT Dr. Vince McFarland Our reminder each week of Advent is “Do not be afraid!” Fear is a common struggle for us all on some level. Everyone has had their heroes; men or women who overcame their fears and accomplished some great feat. Fear stops us not only from greatness, but most of us, from just living life with peace and security. Do Not Be Afraid!-He Appears Through the Virgin Birth no f6213d1e-122c-d28c-25f4-ee3f60dc1850 One of the common phrases that God uses to his followers is “Do no be afraid!” He did that with people in Israel. He did that with the earthly parents of Jesus (Joseph and Mary; Mt. 1:20, Lk. 1:30). It was also said to the Shepherds as they saw the Angels (Lk. 2:10). Overcoming fear begins with feeling secure. Mon, 04 Dec 2006 13:51:07 GMT Dr. Vince McFarland One of the common phrases that God uses to his followers is “Do no be afraid!” He did that with people in Israel. He did that with the earthly parents of Jesus (Joseph and Mary; Mt. 1:20, Lk. 1:30). It was also said to the Shepherds as they saw the Angels (Lk. 2:10). Overcoming fear begins with feeling secure. Do Not Be Afraid no b7885f68-8c66-243c-9c09-7a9eaa46b3d6 It is the duty of nations as well as of men to owe their dependence upon the overruling power of God; to confess their sins and transgressions in humble sorrow, yet with assured hope that genuine repentance will lead to mercy and pardon; and to recognize the sublime truth, announced in the Holy Scriptures and proven by all history, that those nations are blessed whose God is the Lord. We know that by His divine law, nations, like individuals, are subject to punishments and chastisements in this world. May we not justly fear that the awful calamity of civil war which now desolates the land may be a punishment inflicted upon us for our presumptuous sins; to the needful end of our national reformation as a whole people? We have been the recipients of the choicest bounties of heaven; we have been preserved these many years in peace and prosperity; we have grown in numbers, wealth and power as no other nation has ever grown. But we have forgotten God. We have forgotten the gracious hand which preserved us in peace and multiplied and enriched and strengthened us, and we have vainly imagined, in the deceitfulness of our hearts, that all these blessings were produced by some superior wisdom and virtue of our own. Intoxicated with unbroken success we have become too self-sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving grace, too proud to pray to the God that made us. It has seemed to me fit and proper that God should be solemnly, reverently, and gratefully acknowledged, as with one heart and one voice, by the whole American people. I do therefore invite my fellow citizens in every part of the United States, and also those who are at sea and those who are sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November as a day of Thanksgiving and praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the heavens. ---Abraham Lincoln - Thanksgiving Proclamation, 1863 Mon, 04 Dec 2006 13:35:57 GMT Dr. Vince McFarland It is the duty of nations as well as of men to owe their dependence upon the overruling power of God; to confess their sins and transgressions in humble sorrow, yet with assured hope that genuine repentance will lead to mercy and pardon; and to recognize the sublime truth, announced in the Holy Scriptures and proven by all history, that those nations are blessed whose God is the Lord. We know that by His divine law, nations, like individuals, are subject to punishments and chastisements in this world. May we not justly fear that the awful calamity of civil war which now desolates the land may be a punishment inflicted upon us for our presumptuous sins; to the needful end of our national reformation as a whole people? We have been the recipients of the choicest bounties of heaven; we have been preserved these many years in peace and prosperity; we have grown in numbers, wealth and power as no other nation has ever grown. But we have forgotten God. We have forgotten the gracious hand which preserved us in peace and multiplied and enriched and strengthened us, and we have vainly imagined, in the deceitfulness of our hearts, that all these blessings were produced by some superior wisdom and virtue of our own. Intoxicated with unbroken success we have become too self-sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving grace, too proud to pray to the God that made us. It has seemed to me fit and proper that God should be solemnly, reverently, and gratefully acknowledged, as with one heart and one voice, by the whole American people. I do therefore invite my fellow citizens in every part of the United States, and also those who are at sea and those who are sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November as a day of Thanksgiving and praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the heavens. ---Abraham Lincoln - Thanksgiving Proclamation, 1863 Thanksgiving Proclamation no a4f2a3d3-4c8d-5be8-91c2-36dfc3487cca Imagination: the ability of the mind to be creative or resourceful. Last week we focused on our imagination and how GOD can use it. Imagination without implementation doesn’t accomplish anything! A good idea is only beneficial when it is acted upon. This is true in spiritual things as well. We can pray, listen, and wait. When the “idea” comes we have to obey and invest. Sometimes we joke that pigs invest a lot more in breakfast than chickens do! Sun, 19 Nov 2006 18:03:57 GMT Dr. Vince McFarland Imagination: the ability of the mind to be creative or resourceful. Last week we focused on our imagination and how GOD can use it. Imagination without implementation doesn’t accomplish anything! A good idea is only beneficial when it is acted upon. This is true in spiritual things as well. We can pray, listen, and wait. When the “idea” comes we have to obey and invest. Sometimes we joke that pigs invest a lot more in breakfast than chickens do! Imagine How to Invest no c5518913-548c-bc06-3894-90f4cc6f9472 We have a “God Factor” in our lives! There at lots of factors that go into the goodness or badness of our lives. For most of us there are factors like: health, wealth, career, and family. Fri, 17 Nov 2006 15:27:51 GMT Dr. Vince McFarland We have a “God Factor” in our lives! There at lots of factors that go into the goodness or badness of our lives. For most of us there are factors like: health, wealth, career, and family. Imagine What GOD can do no d2f42110-a9c1-567a-c047-360c87c5ce74 The last installment of the love languages series. Sun, 05 Nov 2006 22:37:01 GMT Dr. Vince McFarland The last installment of the love languages series. Love Languages # 5 Physical Touch no 29c2ce28-5417-665b-0cae-935738693490 This the 4th in the Love languages series Tue, 31 Oct 2006 15:39:47 GMT Dr. Vince McFarland This the 4th in the Love languages series Love Languages #4 - Acts of Service no aa8377e0-5566-1e56-aa6c-f901081e7e46 The third in a five part series. Sun, 22 Oct 2006 17:46:22 GMT Dr. Vince McFarland The third in a five part series. Love Languages 3 - Receiving Gifts no 14f7b43f-d5e4-8e81-b0ec-eef37388682e Second in a 5 part series from Dr. Vince and his wife Sandy. Sun, 15 Oct 2006 18:21:04 GMT Dr. Vince McFarland Second in a 5 part series from Dr. Vince and his wife Sandy. Love Languages Part 2 Quality Time no 107931d1-2cf6-ec93-e0e6-3e682cb388df First of a 5 part series. Mon, 09 Oct 2006 20:12:47 GMT Dr. Vince McFarland First of a 5 part series. Love Languages - Words of Affirmation no