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Midtown Fellowship Church Downtown Podcast

Randy Draughon, Joel Walker, Dave Burden, and Tom Darnell

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So what is Midtown? It is a community of people that are on a journey - a journey of experiencing the reality of a living relationship with a living God. We are a casual group of city dwellers that love a great cup of coffee, good friends and honest discussions about inconsistent messy people knowing and being loved by a very consistent unmessy God. Whether you are a long time Christ follower or someone that has more questions and doubts than faith (or both), Midtown is a safe place to journ ...
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Sermon by Jake Blair on November 10, 2024. The book of Hebrews concludes by pulling on one final Old Testament thread: the Kingdom of God. Through Jesus, His church is called to embody Heaven on Earth as we live in this already-not-yet tension. So, what does that look like for us? How can we experience more of His Kingdom in our lives, in our commu…
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Sermon by Jon Ludovina on November 3, 2024. Last week, we taught that Jesus is our perfect priest, tabernacle, and sacrifice. In light of that, this week in Hebrews 10, the author says how to put that into practice. How do we help each other persevere and keep one another from falling away? This series is part of our Year of Biblical Literacy initi…
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Sermon by Jon Ludovina on October 27, 2024. Last week, we taught that Jesus is our perfect priest, tabernacle, and sacrifice. In light of that, this week in Hebrews 10, the author says how to put that into practice. How do we help each other persevere and keep one another from falling away? This series is part of our Year of Biblical Literacy initi…
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For this episode, we interview Dr. Mitch Chase. Mitch Chase is the preaching pastor at Kosmosdale Baptist Church and an associate professor of biblical studies at SBTS in Louisville, Kentucky. He’s the author of Short of Glory and Hope for All the Earth. He is married to Stacie, and they have four boys. You can follow him on Twitter and at his Subs…
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Sermon by Jake Blair on October 20, 2024. This week, we look at one of the most foundational concepts in the Old Testament: the temple, the priests, and the sacrifice. While these might sound strange and foreign in our present-day culture, we'll learn why they matter to us and what they tell us about following Jesus. This series is part of our Year…
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Sermon by Jon Ludovina on October 13, 2024. This week, we look at Hebrews 3:7-19 which includes a repeated call from an Old Testament story: "Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion." What is the nature of that rebellion, and how is hardening your heart spiritually dangerous? How can we guard our hearts from the …
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Sermon by Jake Blair on October 6, 2024. This week, we look at Hebrews 3. In this chapter, the author focuses on one of the most towering figures of the Old Testament, Moses, and how, as great as he is, he ultimately falls short. So how is Jesus better than Moses, and what does this mean for us as followers of Jesus? This series is part of our Year…
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Sermon by Jake Blair on September 29, 2024. We began our new series last week discussing how Hebrews cites hundreds of Old Testament stories, characters, and ideas that all culminate in the person of Jesus. This week, as we look at Hebrews 1-2, the author cites an Old Testament concept that, although it may be foreign to us, is profoundly significa…
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Sermon by Jake Blair on September 22, 2024. Near the tail end of our Year of Biblical Literacy, we come to the rich, dense book of Hebrews. It’s full of callbacks and history, threads pulled from all across the Old Testament. The author assumes intimate knowledge of the old covenant –the sacrificial system, the tabernacle, the promised land–and the…
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Sermon by Jon Ludovina on September 15, 2024. This week, we look at Mark 9:33-37 and how Jesus redefines greatness for his disciples. So, what does being great in the kingdom of God look like, and how can we experience that now? This series is part of our Year of Biblical Literacy initiative.Di Jon Ludovina
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For this episode, we interview Dr. Jonathan Pennington. Jonathan Pennington is associate professor of New Testament interpretation and director of research doctoral studies at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, as well as the associate pastor of preaching at Sojourn Church East. He is the author of The Sermon on the …
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Sermon by Jon Ludovina on September 8, 2024. This week focuses on the story of the rich young ruler from Luke 18:18-29 and how he, though he had nearly everything in this life, couldn’t experience Jesus’ kingdom. So what might be keeping you from experiencing Jesus’ kingdom? What idols might have their hold on you? This series is part of our Year o…
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Sermon by Jake Blair on September 1, 2024. Jesus’ teaching ministry is summed up in one word: repentance. This week, we look at how this applies to our church family. For example, what happens when people following Jesus sin against each other? What does repentance look like, then? How can we, as part of God’s kingdom, move forward if we’re stuck i…
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Sermon by Adam Gibson on August 25, 2024. Last week, we talked about repentance. In many ways, repentance opens the door to becoming the beautiful person you ought to be because repentance makes us right with God and allows these words spoken over Jesus to be spoken over us: “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.” This series is part…
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Timestamps: 1:47 - What happened between the Old and New Testaments? 7:42 - How did the Jewish people interpret the Old Testament during those 400 years? 8:00 - The Pharisees 10:26 - The Sadducees 13:50 - The Essenes 15:39 - The Zealots MIDTOWN RESOURCES Check out MidtownBiblicalLiteracy.com for videos, book recommendations, and Bible reading plans…
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Sermon by Adam Gibson on August 18, 2024. How would you summarize Jesus’ teachings? Depending on who you ask, you’re likely to get different answers. However, Jesus’ summary statement is actually one of his first statements in the Gospels: “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” In other words, Jesus’ life and teachings are all about usheri…
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Sermon by Jon Ludovina on August 11, 2024. On our last week in the Psalms, we’re going to look at a Psalm that brings many of the other Psalms together and shows us how to build a rock-solid identity on God. It’s a Psalm that helps us see how to become the kind of people we want to become—the kind of people who know who we are in a way that cannot …
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Timestamps: 0:44 - What do we mean when we say “The Writings” of the Old Testament? 2:22 - The Torah: the rise of the kingdom, The Prophets: the fall of the kingdom, The Writings: longing for the kingdom 6:25 - Breaking down each book in The Writings 7:30 - The Psalms 9:52 - Lamentations 10:25 - Daniel 13:31 - Esther 16:47 - Ezra-Nehemiah 17:37 - C…
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Sermon by Jon Ludovina on August 4, 2024. No matter what the headlines say, Psalm 146 shows us how to have hope that lies beyond our current political landscape—a hope that empowers stable, faithful, and joy-filled living in unstable times. This series is part of our Year of Biblical Literacy initiative.…
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Timestamps: 2:42 - What is the office of the prophet? 11:52 - What is the historical context of the prophetic books? 20:03 - How do we start when it comes to reading these books? MIDTOWN RESOURCES Check out MidtownBiblicalLiteracy.com for videos, book recommendations, and Bible reading plans “The Hebrew vs the Christian ordering of the Old Testamen…
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Timestamps: 2:45 - What exactly is the Ketuviim? 7:00 - What is the Wisdom literature (in this case: Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs) all about? 14:23 - How should we read the Wisdom literature? 25:12 - So Song of Songs…what are we supposed to do with this book? 29:33 - How do these books connect to Jesus? MIDTOWN RESOURCES Check out …
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Timestamps: 1:21 - What do we mean by the “history books” of the Old Testament? 11:28—What does Deuteronomy have to do with these books? And what is the overall message of the History/Former Prophets? 16:35 - How does the book of Joshua fit into the History/Former Prophets? 18:00 - How does the book of Judges fit into the History/Former Prophets? 2…
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For this episode, we interviewed Dr. Jay Sklar. Jay Sklar is vice president of academics and professor of Old Testament at Covenant Theological Seminary. He has written commentaries on Numbers and Exodus (forthcoming with Crossway), and two on Leviticus (TOTC and ZECOT). He has also published a website of resources to help those preaching or teachi…
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For this episode, we interviewed Dr. Gary Schnittjer. Gary Edward Schnittjer (PhD, Dallas Theological Seminary) is distinguished professor of Old Testament in the School of Divinity at Cairn University in Langhorne, Pennsylvania, and author of Old Testament Use of Old Testament (Zondervan Academic, 2021), Torah Story, 2nd edition (Zondervan Academi…
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Timestamps 2:35 - What does the word “Torah” mean and what’s its purpose? 7:45 - How do we read the Torah as a unit? 11:55 - Breaking down the Torah book by book 12:31 - How Genesis fits into Torah 13:32 - How Exodus fits into Torah 16:11 - How Leviticus fits into Torah 22:24 - How Numbers fits into Torah 26:40 - How Deuteronomy fits in Torah 30:52…
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