Cedar Mill YOUTH Podcast

Sermon on the Mount: Oaths - Luke Emery

Matthew 6:1-8 about being careful not to practice our righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If we practice righteousness to be seen by others we will have no reward from our heavenly father.
 
The bottom line: we need to do awesome stuff, but not tell anybody.

Sermon on the Mount: Lust - Luke Emery

Pastor Luke unpacks Jesus' command not to objectify other people but instead to honor them as people created in God's image.

Sermon on the Mount: Salt and Light

Pastor Nick discusses being Salt and Light to the world around us.

Summer on the Mount: The Beatitudes - Nick Mastrude

Pastor Nick begins our series on the Sermon on the Mount

Counter Culture: Love - Luke Emery

This Wednesday, Pastor Luke Emery unpacks what it looks like to live as an example to believers and unbelievers alike by the way that we love.

Counter Culture: Conduct - Nick Mastrude

This Wednesday, Pastor Nick Mastrude unpacks what it looks like to live as an example to believers and unbelievers alike by the way that we conduct ourselves.

Counter Culture: Speech - Luke Emery

This Wednesday, Pastor Luke Emery unpacks what it looks like to live as an example to believers and unbelievers alike by the way that we speak. On average we speak 18,000 words a day. That means we have thousands of moments each day to us our words to make this world look a little more like heaven or a little more like hell. 

God Things Over Good Things: Posture of the Heart - Nick Mastrude

This Wednesday, Pastor Nick Mastrude continued our series in Haggai. God is more concerned with the posture of our hearts than the labor of our hands. We don't want to build God's house only to miss the God of the house. Tune in and be encouraged!

God Things Over Good Things: Overcoming Discouragement - Nick Mastrude

This Wednesday, Pastor Nick Mastrude continued our series in Haggai. When it comes to doing God's kingdom work, it is easy to become discouraged. Day after day, brick after brick, it oftentimes seems as though no progress is being made. Haggai reminds God's people that they are building far more than they see. God is quick to turn their discouragement into a moment that stirs up their spirits to work wholeheartedly. Similarly, when we do God's kingdom work, we are building far more than we see. Keep pressing in!

God Things Over Good Things: Kingdom Priorities - Nick Mastrude

In his first sermon on the book of Haggai, Pastor Nick Mastrude discusses the importance of prioritizing God's work over our own worldly pursuits. He challenges listeners to consider how they might be called to realign their values and invites them to envision the satisfaction found in God's kingdom rather than their own self-centered ambitions. Instead of majoring in good things, let's major in God's things.