The Madison Church Podcast

Madison Church
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Welcome to the Madison Church Podcast, where faith meets everyday life. Each week you’ll hear biblical teaching and practical insights to help you follow Jesus, build meaningful relationships, and make an impact in the world. Whether you’re new to faith or looking to grow deeper, Madison Church is here to encourage and equip you on the journey.

  1. 1d ago

    What You Love Forms Who You Become

    Your habits don’t just fill your calendar, they form your heart. We sit with 1 John 2:12–17 and start where John starts: identity. Before any warning about “the world,” we remember what is already true for God’s people. Our sins are forgiven through Jesus. God made himself known first. God’s word remains in us. We don’t wake up wondering if we’ve finally talked God out of loving us. From that foundation, we reframe one of the most misunderstood commands in Scripture: “Do not love the world.” We’re not talking about a shallow checklist of books, movies, or songs. John is pointing to an alternative way of living, a pattern of desire that competes with loyalty to Christ. He names it plainly: craving physical pleasure, craving what we see, and pride in achievements and possessions. We connect those ancient words to a very modern reality of targeted ads, social media comparison, and the quiet pressure to prove we’re doing well. We also get practical with three diagnostic questions that expose what’s shaping our desires: Where has my appetite become authority? What do I keep looking at that makes my life feel inadequate? What am I using to prove that I matter? We tie John’s warning to Jesus’ teaching about treasure and to Paul’s call to resist the pattern of this age, then we move toward communion as a weekly reminder that we receive rather than achieve. If this helped you name the forces shaping your wants, subscribe for more, share it with a friend, and leave a review so more people can find the conversation. What’s shaping what you want right now? Support the show If you enjoyed this episode, consider subscribing to Madison Church on your favorite podcast platform. Your feedback means the world to us, so please take a moment to leave a review and share the podcast with your friends and family. For inquiries, suggestions, or collaboration opportunities, please reach out to us at help@madisonchurch.com. For the latest updates and behind-the-scenes content, follow us on social media: FacebookInstagramYouTubeNew episodes are released every Monday, so mark your calendars and join us weekly! If you'd like to support the show, you can make a donation here. Your generosity helps us continue to bring you meaningful content. This podcast is intended for general informational purposes only. The views expressed by the hosts or guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Madison Church. Any reliance you place on such information is strictly at your own risk. For detailed information regarding our terms of use and privacy policy, please visit our website. Thank you for being part of the Madison Church community! We appreciate your support.

  2. Aug 10

    Love That Proves Maturity

    You can know all the right answers and still be slowly reshaped by bitterness. That’s the tension we sit with as we open 1 John 2:9–11, where John draws a hard line: claiming to live in the light while hating a brother or sister is still darkness. Spiritual maturity, he argues, isn’t mainly about Bible knowledge, church years, or spiritual disciplines. It’s what happens to our heart when love gets tested.  We talk about the aftermath of division in a church and the kind of relational pain that comes with broken trust, deception, and people walking away. John doesn’t spend his energy relitigating who was right. He presses a different question: what is happening in you now, and who are you becoming? We explore why anger can be justified and necessary, while “settled hatred” is something else entirely: a posture that takes root, trains our vision, and eventually produces blindness.  Along the way, we connect John’s warning to Jesus’ command to love “as I have loved you” and Paul’s call in Romans 12 to overcome evil with good. We also get practical about what love is not: it doesn’t deny harm, it doesn’t erase boundaries, and it doesn’t avoid accountability or hard conversations. Love simply refuses contempt, the habit of reducing someone to the worst thing we know about them.  If resentment has started to feel like clarity, this message offers a better path and a simple prayer: don’t let what happened to you become what forms you. Subscribe for more, share this with someone who’s carrying a heavy story, and leave a review with one takeaway you want to live this week. Support the show If you enjoyed this episode, consider subscribing to Madison Church on your favorite podcast platform. Your feedback means the world to us, so please take a moment to leave a review and share the podcast with your friends and family. For inquiries, suggestions, or collaboration opportunities, please reach out to us at help@madisonchurch.com. For the latest updates and behind-the-scenes content, follow us on social media: FacebookInstagramYouTubeNew episodes are released every Monday, so mark your calendars and join us weekly! If you'd like to support the show, you can make a donation here. Your generosity helps us continue to bring you meaningful content. This podcast is intended for general informational purposes only. The views expressed by the hosts or guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Madison Church. Any reliance you place on such information is strictly at your own risk. For detailed information regarding our terms of use and privacy policy, please visit our website. Thank you for being part of the Madison Church community! We appreciate your support.

  3. Aug 2

    Love That Shows

    If “knowing God” is real, it won’t stay hidden. We sit with 1 John 2 and the blunt, liberating challenge: those who say they live in God should live as Jesus did. Not by copying first-century details, but by letting our lives take on the shape of Christlike love that moves toward people, tells the truth, serves when it’s inconvenient, and forgives even when it costs us. We also untangle a trap many Christians fall into: obedience as a checklist. John pushes us toward something deeper, abiding in Christ. Abiding means we don’t try to imitate Jesus from a distance or muscle our way into being “better.” We remain, dwell, and make our home in him, and because God is on the move, that kind of abiding turns into walking. Spiritual maturity isn’t measured by comparison or religious activity; it’s measured by responsiveness. When God says move, how long does it take us to move? The command to love is “old,” but it’s also “new” because Jesus raises the standard: love one another as I have loved you. We talk about what that looks like in a divided church and a wounded world: confession replacing denial, forgiveness interrupting resentment, service challenging self-protection, and boundaries that protect vulnerable people. Darkness doesn’t fade because we win arguments; it fades when light becomes visible through ordinary, costly obedience. Subscribe for more, share this with someone who needs hope, and leave a review that tells us what love is requiring of you right now. Support the show If you enjoyed this episode, consider subscribing to Madison Church on your favorite podcast platform. Your feedback means the world to us, so please take a moment to leave a review and share the podcast with your friends and family. For inquiries, suggestions, or collaboration opportunities, please reach out to us at help@madisonchurch.com. For the latest updates and behind-the-scenes content, follow us on social media: FacebookInstagramYouTubeNew episodes are released every Monday, so mark your calendars and join us weekly! If you'd like to support the show, you can make a donation here. Your generosity helps us continue to bring you meaningful content. This podcast is intended for general informational purposes only. The views expressed by the hosts or guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Madison Church. Any reliance you place on such information is strictly at your own risk. For detailed information regarding our terms of use and privacy policy, please visit our website. Thank you for being part of the Madison Church community! We appreciate your support.

  4. Jul 30

    How Obedience Becomes Love You Can See

    Most of us want a faith that changes us fast. One powerful moment, one perfect prayer, one undeniable spiritual experience and suddenly we become more like Jesus. But real spiritual formation usually happens in the quiet stretch between the mile markers, where no one is clapping and nothing feels dramatic. We talk about why the small choices you make week to week may be doing more to shape your character than the biggest “breakthrough” you can remember.  From there, we open 1 John 2:3–5 and step into the tension John is addressing: a church rattled by conflict and confident spiritual claims. Some people insist they “know God” at a deeper level, yet their lives contradict the message of Jesus. John doesn’t offer secret knowledge or hype a bigger religious experience. He points to something grounded and observable: knowing God becomes visible in obedience, not as a way to earn God’s love, but as the fruit of a real relationship with God.  We also name the difference between struggling and surrendering. Failing in obedience can lead to confession, repair, and renewed alignment. Dismissing obedience altogether chases the benefits of religion without accountability or transformation. The big takeaway lands here: Christian obedience is love taking visible form, through honesty, forgiveness, generosity, humility, and perseverance. If this helped you, subscribe, share it with a friend, and leave a review. What part of your life feels like it needs repair right now? Support the show If you enjoyed this episode, consider subscribing to Madison Church on your favorite podcast platform. Your feedback means the world to us, so please take a moment to leave a review and share the podcast with your friends and family. For inquiries, suggestions, or collaboration opportunities, please reach out to us at help@madisonchurch.com. For the latest updates and behind-the-scenes content, follow us on social media: FacebookInstagramYouTubeNew episodes are released every Monday, so mark your calendars and join us weekly! If you'd like to support the show, you can make a donation here. Your generosity helps us continue to bring you meaningful content. This podcast is intended for general informational purposes only. The views expressed by the hosts or guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Madison Church. Any reliance you place on such information is strictly at your own risk. For detailed information regarding our terms of use and privacy policy, please visit our website. Thank you for being part of the Madison Church community! We appreciate your support.

  5. Jul 20

    Spiritual Maturity Starts When We Admit We Still Sin

    If Christianity can be examined, why do so many of us feel like we have to hide? We start with John’s grounding claim that faith is built on the real Jesus, witnessed and proclaimed, not a private spiritual experience or secret insight. Then we sit with the line that changes everything: God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all. If God is light, “walking in the light” means refusing the double life of secrecy, denial, and image management, and learning how to tell the truth in Christian community. We also confront a familiar church problem: spiritual maturity turning into superiority. John’s words are blunt, and they cut across every generation of believers: if we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves. We talk about why any spirituality that puts us beyond confession is actually self-deception, and why pastors, leaders, long-time church people, and the “most faithful” person you know still need grace. Real maturity is not being great at spotting sin in others; it’s being willing to examine ourselves with humility. From there we rethink what sin even is. Instead of a moral scorecard of do’s and don’ts, we describe sin as whatever resists life, truth, and the love of God, including hidden habits and broader systems we participate in. We name how churches sometimes weaponize sin to control people, or avoid the topic entirely, and we offer a better way: confession that is specific, honest about motives, and aimed at forgiveness, cleansing, and restoration rather than humiliation. If you want a more honest, more healing church culture, press play. Subscribe, share this with a friend, and leave a review so more people can find the conversation. What would it look like for you to step into the light this week? Support the show If you enjoyed this episode, consider subscribing to Madison Church on your favorite podcast platform. Your feedback means the world to us, so please take a moment to leave a review and share the podcast with your friends and family. For inquiries, suggestions, or collaboration opportunities, please reach out to us at help@madisonchurch.com. For the latest updates and behind-the-scenes content, follow us on social media: FacebookInstagramYouTubeNew episodes are released every Monday, so mark your calendars and join us weekly! If you'd like to support the show, you can make a donation here. Your generosity helps us continue to bring you meaningful content. This podcast is intended for general informational purposes only. The views expressed by the hosts or guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Madison Church. Any reliance you place on such information is strictly at your own risk. For detailed information regarding our terms of use and privacy policy, please visit our website. Thank you for being part of the Madison Church community! We appreciate your support.

  6. Jul 19

    Walking In The Light

    If God is light and there’s no darkness in him, what does that mean for the parts of our lives we keep carefully hidden? We start with John’s insistence that Christian faith is grounded in the real, historical Jesus someone people heard, saw, and touched not a theory, not a vibe, and not something we can outsource to a more “spiritual” person. Then we lean into 1 John 1:7 and the surprising link John makes between walking in the light and real fellowship. When a community is fractured by spiritual elitism, arrogance, or image management, the fix isn’t better religious performance. It’s truth that reaches our motives, fears, habits, wounds, and failures. We talk about why genuine Christian community can’t be built on carefully managed versions of ourselves, and how trust grows when people can say “I was wrong,” “you hurt me,” and “I forgive you,” then commit to the work of repair. We also draw a hard line between gospel grace and self help. Confession and honesty matter, but they don’t cleanse us. John points us to the center: the blood of Jesus cleanses us from all sin. Walking in the light doesn’t mean perfection; it means we stop hiding and bring our whole lives into the truth and grace of God. If you’ve been living off someone else’s spirituality, this conversation will help you name what’s out of sync and take one step toward freedom. If this helped you, subscribe, share it with a friend, and leave a review, then reply with one thing you’re ready to bring into the light. Support the show If you enjoyed this episode, consider subscribing to Madison Church on your favorite podcast platform. Your feedback means the world to us, so please take a moment to leave a review and share the podcast with your friends and family. For inquiries, suggestions, or collaboration opportunities, please reach out to us at help@madisonchurch.com. For the latest updates and behind-the-scenes content, follow us on social media: FacebookInstagramYouTubeNew episodes are released every Monday, so mark your calendars and join us weekly! If you'd like to support the show, you can make a donation here. Your generosity helps us continue to bring you meaningful content. This podcast is intended for general informational purposes only. The views expressed by the hosts or guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Madison Church. Any reliance you place on such information is strictly at your own risk. For detailed information regarding our terms of use and privacy policy, please visit our website. Thank you for being part of the Madison Church community! We appreciate your support.

  7. Jul 18

    Fellowship That Shows

    The quickest way to lose credibility is to say one thing and live another, and many people don’t just notice that contradiction in Christianity, they’ve been hurt by it. We open 1 John and face the uncomfortable claim of 1 John 1:6: if we say we have fellowship with God while we walk in darkness, we lie. That verse is not about nitpicking a single mistake from years ago. It’s about the direction of our lives, the patterns we normalize, and whether our “truth” is something we actually practice. We slow down and define fellowship the way John does: shared life with God, given to us through the real, tangible Jesus who was seen, heard, and touched. If God is light, then life with God can’t stay hidden in words, spiritual talk, or correct theology that never reaches our habits. A divided life doesn’t only misrepresent us, it becomes a false witness that tells the world something untrue about God. Then we put skin on “walking in the light” through Jesus’ own definition of love. In John 13, Jesus washes feet and gives a new command: love one another as I have loved you. That love isn’t selective kindness, loyalty to our group, or loving people who can advance us. It’s cruciform love that dies to pride, convenience, superiority, resentment, comfort, and self-protection, and it moves toward the overlooked: the chronically ill, the poor, the grieving, the outsider, the person carrying shame, and the inconvenient neighbor we’re tempted to ignore. Listen, then subscribe, share the message with a friend, and leave a review. Who is Jesus inviting you to love on purpose this week? Support the show If you enjoyed this episode, consider subscribing to Madison Church on your favorite podcast platform. Your feedback means the world to us, so please take a moment to leave a review and share the podcast with your friends and family. For inquiries, suggestions, or collaboration opportunities, please reach out to us at help@madisonchurch.com. For the latest updates and behind-the-scenes content, follow us on social media: FacebookInstagramYouTubeNew episodes are released every Monday, so mark your calendars and join us weekly! If you'd like to support the show, you can make a donation here. Your generosity helps us continue to bring you meaningful content. This podcast is intended for general informational purposes only. The views expressed by the hosts or guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Madison Church. Any reliance you place on such information is strictly at your own risk. For detailed information regarding our terms of use and privacy policy, please visit our website. Thank you for being part of the Madison Church community! We appreciate your support.

  8. Jul 18

    God Is Light

    When a church gets shaken, the hardest question isn’t about programs or preferences. It’s the gut-level one: what can actually hold us together after disappointment, division, dishonesty, betrayal, or real harm? We sit with that reality and turn to 1 John, written to a community dealing with departures, competing claims, and the ache of staying when trust has been wounded. We start where John starts: not with our failure, but with God’s character. “God is light, and there is no darkness in him at all.” That single line reframes everything about Christian faith, church conflict, and church hurt. Light reveals what’s real, guides the way forward, and brings life. Darkness doesn’t create reality, but it scrambles our ability to see clearly, and it tempts us to remake God into a reflection of our wounds, our politics, or the loudest voices around us. We also talk honestly about what happens after harm: it’s easy to project the church’s darkness onto God and assume he’s hypocritical, manipulative, or part of a cover-up. John’s invitation is both bracing and kind: stop hiding. Christian community isn’t a place where no one has darkness; it’s a people learning to walk in the light because we trust the God who is light. We end with a simple practice you can try this week: “God, where am I hiding?” Then we name concrete next steps with resentment, fear, numbness, and confession. If this helped you, subscribe, share it with a friend, and leave a review so more people looking for healing and clarity can find it. Support the show If you enjoyed this episode, consider subscribing to Madison Church on your favorite podcast platform. Your feedback means the world to us, so please take a moment to leave a review and share the podcast with your friends and family. For inquiries, suggestions, or collaboration opportunities, please reach out to us at help@madisonchurch.com. For the latest updates and behind-the-scenes content, follow us on social media: FacebookInstagramYouTubeNew episodes are released every Monday, so mark your calendars and join us weekly! If you'd like to support the show, you can make a donation here. Your generosity helps us continue to bring you meaningful content. This podcast is intended for general informational purposes only. The views expressed by the hosts or guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Madison Church. Any reliance you place on such information is strictly at your own risk. For detailed information regarding our terms of use and privacy policy, please visit our website. Thank you for being part of the Madison Church community! We appreciate your support.

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Welcome to the Madison Church Podcast, where faith meets everyday life. Each week you’ll hear biblical teaching and practical insights to help you follow Jesus, build meaningful relationships, and make an impact in the world. Whether you’re new to faith or looking to grow deeper, Madison Church is here to encourage and equip you on the journey.

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    Madison Church
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2026
  • Episodes
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