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Engage God Daily
The Engage God Daily Podcast is a short, Scripture-centered podcast designed to help you slow down, listen, and meet God in the midst of everyday life. Each episode features a spoken version of the Engage God Daily devotional, created to accompany the weekly sermon series at Christ Fellowship McKinney. Through a thoughtful reading of Scripture, guided reflection, and an invitation to respond in prayer, this podcast helps listeners engage more deeply with God’s Word throughout the week. Whether…
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The Big Story | John 3 - Come Into the Light
The conversation with Nicodemus ends with a choice. Jesus shifts from the language of birth and belief to light and darkness — language that echoes the very…
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The Big Story | John 3 - God So Loved
Jesus stops talking about what the kingdom requires and starts talking about how God makes it possible. He reaches back to a story Nicodemus knew well — a…
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The Big Story | John 3 - The Teacher Who Didn't Know
Jesus reaches for a metaphor from outside the window — the wind — to describe the Spirit's work. You can't see it, control it, or predict it, but you can't…
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The Big Story | John 3 - You Can't Get Here from Here
A respected religious expert comes to Jesus with questions — and walks away with his entire framework upended. In this opening episode of the week, we listen…
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The Big Story | John 11 - The God Who Weeps and Then Commands
Scripture: John 11–12 (recap) | John 12:1–8 (Mary's anointing) Runtime: 8 min It's Friday — time to pull the week together and ask what we're going to do with…
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The Big Story | John 11 - Lazarus, Come Out
Scripture: John 11:38–44 Runtime: 8 min Jesus arrives at the tomb still full of emotion. He doesn't compose himself before he acts — he acts from the middle of…
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The Big Story | John 11 - Jesus Wept
Scripture: John 11:28–37 Runtime: 9 min Mary stayed home. When Jesus didn't come, she went quiet — and that silence was its own kind of statement. When she…
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The Big Story | John 11 - Faith With Hurt Still in It
Scripture: John 11:17–27 Runtime: 8 min Martha doesn't wait at home. The moment she hears Jesus is coming, she goes to meet him on the road — and the first…
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The Big Story | John 11 - When the One You Trust Doesn't Come
Scripture: John 11:1–16 Runtime: 11 min There's a particular kind of pain that comes not from a stranger's silence, but from someone you trusted — someone who…
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The Big Story | Matthew 5, Luke 4 - The Story Keeps Its Promise
Scripture: Matthew 5:17–20; Luke 4:14–30 (Week in Review) Series: Big Story, Part 3 — Week 4 Estimated Runtime: 8 minutes It's Friday — time to step back and…
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The Big Story | Luke 4 - Grace Has No Borders
Scripture: Luke 4:24–30 Series: Big Story, Part 3 — Week 4 Estimated Runtime: 8 minutes Jesus could have performed a miracle. He could have healed someone in…
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The Big Story | Luke 4 - He Said Today
Scripture: Luke 4:20–23 Series: Big Story, Part 3 — Week 4 Estimated Runtime: 7 minutes The scroll is rolled up. Every eye in the synagogue is fixed on Him…
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The Big Story | Luke 4 - Everything the Prophets Were Waiting For
Scripture: Luke 4:14–19 Series: Big Story, Part 3 — Week 4 Estimated Runtime: 8 minutes Jesus walks into a synagogue in His hometown. The scroll handed to Him…
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The Big Story | Matthew 5 - The Story Was Always Leading Here
Scripture: Matthew 5:17–20 Series: Big Story, Part 3 — Week 4 Estimated Runtime: 11 minutes When Jesus says He didn't come to abolish the law but to fulfill…
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The Big Story | Mark 5 - The God Who Stops, Sees, and Raises Up
Scripture: Mark 5 (Week Recap) Est. Runtime: ~8 minutes This is the wrap-up episode for one of the most layered weeks in the Big Story series. In Day 5, Lisa…
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The Big Story | Mark 5 - Don't Be Afraid. Just Keep Believing
Scripture: Mark 5:35–43 Est. Runtime: ~11 minutes While Jesus was still speaking to the woman he had just restored, the message came: Your daughter is dead…
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The Big Story | Mark 5 - Seen, Named, and Sent Out Whole
Scripture: Mark 5:30–34 Est. Runtime: ~7 minutes The physical healing happened in one verse. What follows takes five more. That's not an accident. Mark is a…
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The Big Story | Mark 5 - The Reach That Changed Everything
Scripture: Mark 5:25–29 Est. Runtime: ~9 minutes She had no name. No status. No advocate. And she'd been suffering for twelve years. In Day 2, Lisa introduces…
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The Big Story | Mark 5 - When Desperation Becomes Faith
Scripture: Mark 5:21–24 Est. Runtime: ~9 minutes Jairus had everything to lose. As a synagogue leader, he had reputation, authority, and social standing in his…
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The Big Story | Sermon On The Mount - The King Who Lived What He Taught (Week in Review)
Scripture: Matthew 5–6 (Week Review) Runtime: ~6 minutes It's Friday — time to pull back and take in the full picture of what Jesus taught on that hillside…
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The Big Story | Sermon On The Mount - One Master: Money, Worry, and Where Your Heart Actually Lives
Scripture: Matthew 6:19–34 Runtime: ~9 minutes The Beatitudes described who belongs to God's kingdom. The "You have heard it said" statements showed what…
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The Big Story | Sermon On The Mount - Your Kingdom Come: What Prayer Is Actually For
Scripture: Matthew 6:5–15 Runtime: ~8 minutes Jesus doesn't begin his teaching on prayer with technique — he begins with motive. Before he shows us how to…
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The Big Story | Sermon On The Mount - Beneath the Surface: Anger, Enemies, and What God Was Always After
Scripture: Matthew 5:21–24, 43–48 Runtime: ~10 minutes "You have heard it said… but I tell you." Six times in the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus takes a familiar…
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The Big Story | Sermon On The Mount - The Kingdom That Turns Everything Upside Down
Scripture: Matthew 5:3–12 Runtime: ~11 minutes After 20-plus weeks tracing God's big story from creation through the prophets, something has shifted. The…
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The Big Story | The God Who Finishes What He Starts
Matthew 1 | ~7 min We close out the week by pulling the whole story together — and asking what it means to live in light of it. Five unexpected women…
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The Big Story | Bathsheba & Mary: Faithfulness Through the Broken and the Beautiful
2 Samuel 11:1–5 / Matthew 1:16–17 | ~8 min Matthew names three women by name — and then refers to the fourth only as "Uriah's wife." That choice is deliberate…
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The Big Story | Ruth: The Kinsman Redeemer
Ruth 1:16–17 / Ruth 4:13–17 | ~9 min One of the most beloved stories in Scripture gets just half a verse in Matthew's genealogy: "Boaz, the father of Obed…
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The Big Story | Matthew - Tamar & Rahab: Courage at the Margins
Genesis 38:24–26 / Joshua 2:8–13 | ~9 min Matthew's genealogy includes four women no one expected to see there. Today we meet the first two — a Canaanite woman…
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The Big Story | Matthew - After 400 Years of Silence, the Story Begins Again
Matthew 1:1–17 | ~11 min Four hundred years of silence. No prophets, no word from God — just a promise and a people waiting. Then Matthew opens the New…
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Holy Week 2026 | Easter Sunday: He Is Risen
Scripture: Matthew 28:1–20 | ~7 min On a Sunday morning nearly 2,000 years ago, Jesus stepped out of his tomb. The grave couldn't hold him. Death had no claim…
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Holy Week 2026 | Holy Saturday: The Waiting
Scripture: Matthew 27:57–66 | ~7 min It must have felt like it was over. Jesus was in the tomb. The disciples were scattered. The women prepared spices to care…
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Holy Week 2026 | Good Friday: The Cross
Scripture: Matthew 27:32–56 | ~10 min This is the darkest day of the story. Jesus is stripped, nailed to a cross, mocked by soldiers, and abandoned. From noon…
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Holy Week 2026 | Thursday: Pilate's Choice
Scripture: Matthew 27:11–31 | ~9 min Jesus stands silent before the most powerful man in the region — and somehow, Jesus is the one in control. Pilate knows…
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Holy Week 2026 | Wednesday: The Trial
Scripture: Matthew 26:57–27:1 | ~9 min Jesus stands before the Sanhedrin. False witnesses. A staged verdict. And outside in the courtyard, Peter — the man who…
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Holy Week 2026 | Tuesday: Gethsemane
Scripture: Matthew 26:31–56 | ~11 min In the hours before his arrest, Jesus does something that might surprise you: he falls on his face and asks his Father if…
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Holy Week 2026 | Monday: The Last Supper
Scripture: Matthew 26:17–30 | ~8 min It's Passover. Families all over Israel are gathering to remember God's greatest act of rescue in their history. Jesus…
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Holy Week 2026 | Palm Sunday: The Unexpected King
Scripture: Matthew 21:1–11 | ~11 min Jesus rides into Jerusalem on a donkey — and the crowd goes wild. They're chanting for a king, waving palms, throwing…
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The Big Story | Malachi - The Story Ends with Redemption
Episode Summary: As Malachi closes the Old Testament, we’re left with both warning and hope. God exposes corruption—but also promises restoration. This final…
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The Big Story | Malachi - God Sees the Faithful
Scripture: Malachi 3:16–4:6 Episode Summary: Even in a culture drifting from God, some remained faithful—and God saw them. This passage reminds us that…
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The Big Story | Malachi - What Your Generosity Reveals
Scripture: Malachi 3:7–12 Episode Summary: God accuses His people of robbing Him—not because He needs anything, but because their lack of generosity reveals a…
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The Big Story | Malachi - Where Is the God of Justice?
Scripture: Malachi 2:17–3:5 Episode Summary: When injustice feels unchecked, it’s easy to question God’s character. Israel did exactly that—asking where God’s…
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The Big Story | Malachi - When Worship Becomes Routine
What happens when faith becomes familiar? In this opening passage of Malachi, God confronts His people for offering Him what is leftover instead of what is…
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The Big Story | Ezra - God’s Greater Restoration
As we reflect on the story of Ezra and Nehemiah, we see God restoring His people step by step. After decades in exile: The altar was rebuilt Worship was…
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The Big Story | Ezra - Prayer Before Action
Thirteen years after Ezra’s arrival in Jerusalem, another leader enters the story—Nehemiah. While serving as cupbearer to the Persian king, Nehemiah hears…
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The Big Story | Ezra - A Life Shaped by God’s Word
Nearly sixty years after the first return from exile, another leader arrives in Jerusalem—Ezra. The temple has been rebuilt, but the deeper work of restoring…
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The Big Story | Ezra - Restoration Begins with Worship
When the first group of exiles returns to Jerusalem, the city is still in ruins and the temple lies destroyed. Yet the people understand something vital…
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The Big Story | Ezra - When God Begins the Rebuild
After decades of exile, God begins bringing His people home. The rebuilding of Jerusalem starts in an unexpected way—not through an Israelite leader, but…
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The Big Story | Daniel - Living Faithfully Far From Home
📖 Scripture: Daniel 1–3 Overview Episode Summary Daniel’s story reminds us that exile does not mean abandonment. God remains sovereign, present, and…
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The Big Story | Daniel - Even If He Doesn’t
📖 Scripture: Daniel 3:13–18 Episode Summary Facing the furnace, the three men declare, “Even if He does not,” revealing a faith that trusts God without…
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The Big Story | Daniel - When Culture Demands Your Worship
📖 Scripture: Daniel 3:1–8 Episode Summary King Nebuchadnezzar demands public worship of his image, blending politics and religion. Shadrach, Meshach, and…
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The Big Story | Daniel - Pray First, Not Last
📖 Scripture: Daniel 2:14–23 Episode Summary Facing a death decree, Daniel doesn’t panic—he prays. His response shows that true wisdom comes from God, not human…
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The BIg Story | Daniel - Faithfulness in Small Decisions
📖 Scripture: Daniel 1:6–16 Episode Summary After exile devastates Israel, Daniel and his friends are brought into Babylon’s system. Their faithfulness begins…
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The Big Story | Hosea - Relentless Love Wins
📖 Scripture: Hosea 14:4–7 Episode Summary This reflection day summarizes Hosea’s message: God confronts sin but never stops pursuing His people. The story of…
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The Big Story | Hosea - Love That Pays the Price
📖 Scripture: Hosea 3:1–5 Episode Summary Hosea is commanded to love his unfaithful wife again and redeem her at a cost. This living parable reveals a God whose…
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The Big Story | Hosea - The God Who Blocks Your Path
📖 Scripture: Hosea 2:6–7, 14–20 Episode Summary God confronts Israel’s misplaced gratitude and pursuit of false security. Yet after exposing their illusion, He…
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The Big Story | Hosea - When God Makes Your Life the Message
📖 Scripture: Hosea 1:2–4; 1:8–11 Episode Summary God commands Hosea to marry an unfaithful woman, turning his life into a prophetic sign. Through Hosea’s…
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The Big Story | Hosea - When Drift Becomes Normal
The book of Hosea opens during a time when Israel looked stable outwardly but was spiritually drifting. Generations of compromised leadership and cultural…
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The Big Story | Proverbs: When Wisdom Drifts
This final episode reflects on Solomon’s life as both a model and a warning. Though he began with humility and extraordinary wisdom, his heart slowly drifted…
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The Big Story | Proverbs: Guard Your Heart
Life is described as a path shaped by daily choices. Proverbs teaches that the heart is the compass directing that path. What fills your heart ultimately…
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The Big Story | Proverbs: Trust Over Understanding
This episode shifts from public invitation to personal trust. Proverbs 3 shows wisdom as relational instruction from a loving father. The famous command to…