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the digital midweek gathering from good news in the neighborhood, a new church in the nw suburbs a mix of bible, current events, interviews and laughter

Luke MacDonald


    • Sep 28, 2026 LATEST EPISODE
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    sunday sermon #292 // what does God really want from you?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2026 35:04


    God doesn't want part of your life. He wants your whole heart. In Exodus 34–35, God renews His covenant with Israel and makes His expectations unmistakably clear. He calls His people to reject divided devotion, trust Him with their time and resources, and willingly live under godly authority. In this message, we look at three things God wants from His people: • Total devotion — not a faith mixed with everything else • Our best time and resources — not whatever is left over • Healthy spiritual authority — without giving up our own access to God through Christ The question isn't simply, “Do I believe in God?” It's: Does God actually have all of me? If following Jesus only fits around our preferences, schedules, ambitions, and independence, we may be giving God something very different from what He has asked for.

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    sunday sermon #291 // a re-introduction to God

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2026 29:21


    This week's message takes us into Exodus 33–34, where Moses finds himself needing more than God's provision—he needs God's presence. After Israel's failure, Moses asks God some deeply personal questions: Who are You? Where is this going? And will You go with us? What follows is almost like a re-introduction to God Himself. We're reminded that His presence is what makes His people distinct, His glory reveals who He is, His name is the LORD, and His character is compassionate, gracious, patient, faithful, and forgiving. It's easy to want what God can provide for us, but Moses understood that the greater gift is God Himself. If His presence doesn't go with us, nothing else is enough. Join us as we look at what it means to know God, not just know about Him, and be reminded of the God who stays faithful even when we don't. Join us Sundays: 8.30 + 9.45 + 11.15 at 312 E Wood Street, Palatine, Illinois — Good News in the Neighborhood is a multi-ethnic, Bible-teaching, life-giving church in the NW suburbs of Chicago. www.gnn.church

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    sunday sermon #290 // who got you here?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2026 34:31


    When Moses didn't come down from the mountain fast enough, Israel built a god they could see — then gave it credit for a rescue it had no part in. This week's sermon traces that story to ask what we forget about who actually got us here, and why remembering takes intention. Scripture: Exodus 32 Join us Sundays: 8.30 + 9.45 + 11.15 at 312 E Wood Street, Palatine, Illinois — Good News in the Neighborhood is a multi-ethnic, Bible-teaching, life-giving church in the NW suburbs of Chicago. www.gnn.church  

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    sunday sermon #289 // God's justice isn't human justice

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2026 30:30


    Equal treatment under the law sounds like a modern ideal, but this week's sermon traces it back to the case laws in Exodus — and shows how God's justice was never about equal outcomes, but equal protection for the poor, women, and foreigners. Scripture: Exodus 20 Join us Sundays: 8.30 + 9.45 + 11.15 at 312 E Wood Street, Palatine, Illinois — Good News in the Neighborhood is a multi-ethnic, Bible-teaching, life-giving church in the NW suburbs of Chicago. www.gnn.church  

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    sunday sermon #288 // make the grass green in your own backyard

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2026 22:50


    We spend so much energy staring at what our neighbors have that we lose sight of what God's already given us. This week's teaching sits in the tenth commandment, "you shall not covet", and points to gratitude as the real cure for comparison. Scripture: Exodus 20:17 Join us Sundays: 8.30 + 9.45 + 11.15 at 312 E Wood St., Palatine, IL — Good News in the Neighborhood is a multi-ethnic, Bible-teaching, life-giving church in the NW suburbs of Chicago. www.gnn.church

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    sunday sermon #287 // joy-maxxing

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2026 30:57


    Looksmaxxing, sleepmaxxing, proteinmaxxing... our culture has a hack for optimizing every part of life, but never a point where it says "enough." Scripture: Exodus 20:8–12 This week's sermon looks at two commands in Exodus 20 that offer real joy instead: keeping the Sabbath and honoring your parents. The Sabbath command turns out to be older than the Ten Commandments themselves — built into creation, not just Israel's history. And "honor your father and mother" comes with its own modern loopholes, the kind we're usually too busy or too "boundaried" to notice we're using. This week's sermon looks at two commands in Exodus 20 that offer real joy instead: keeping the Sabbath and honoring your parents. Join us Sundays: 8.30 + 9.45 + 11.15 at 312 E Wood St. Palatine, IL—Good News in the Neighborhood is a multi-ethnic, Bible-teaching, life-giving church in the NW suburbs of Chicago. www.gnn.church  

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    sunday sermon #286 // God's rules aren't to keep you from something

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2026 23:46


    God's rules were never meant to keep you from something. They were meant to protect you for something. Scripture: Exodus 20:1-7 Pastor Luke continues the study through Exodus, opening up the first three of the Ten Commandments: have no other gods, make no idols, and don't misuse God's name. Along the way he unpacks how easily good things like family, success, fitness, or politics can quietly take God's place, and why steadfast love, not fear, is what's actually waiting on the other side of obedience. Join us Sundays: 8.30 + 9.45 + 11.15 at 312 E Wood St. Palatine, IL — Good News in the Neighborhood is a multi-ethnic, Bible-teaching, life-giving church in the NW suburbs of Chicago. www.gnn.church

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    sunday sermon #285 // the God who demands

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2026 26:50


    Most people believe in a God who gives everything and asks for nothing in return — but is that actually the God of the Bible? Working through Israel's arrival at Mount Sinai, this message unpacks what it actually means that God chose His people for a job, demands to be known, and sets high standards — not to hold us back, but to protect us and push us toward real freedom. It's an honest look at why a God who "asks for nothing" isn't the God revealed in Scripture, and why that distinction changes — Good News in the Neighborhood is a multi-ethnic, Bible-teaching, life-giving church in the NW suburbs of Chicago. www.gnn.church 

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    sunday sermon #284 // lessons from Ananias

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2026 35:46


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    sunday sermon #283 // why do we take communion?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2026 28:53


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    sunday sermon #282 // why do we confess our sins?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2026 39:16


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    sunday sermon #281 // why do we lay hands?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2026 27:37


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    sunday sermon #281 // why do we feast?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2026 32:28


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    sunday sermon #280 // how are Cristians supposed to be citizens

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2026 33:28


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    sunday sermon #279 // why do fathers matter

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2026 32:20


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    sunday sermon #278 // why do we sing?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2026 32:06


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    sunday sermon #277 // why do we get baptized?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2026 36:27


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    sunday sermon #276 // for my people to know Jesus

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2026 36:30


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    sunday sermon #275 // digital thorns

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2026 38:54


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    death to transactional faith

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2026 27:48


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    my genealogy

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2026 32:21


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    sunday sermon #272 // day by day

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2026


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    sunday sermon #271 // victory party blues

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2026 29:57


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    sunday sermon #270 // but God likes it this way

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2026 29:06


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    sunday sermon #269 // the right response to God's deliverance

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2026 33:51


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    sunday sermon #268 // I know a guy

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2026 31:57


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    sunday sermon #267 // before it's too late

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2026 31:55


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    sunday sermon #266 // God divides

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2026 37:26


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    sunday sermon #265 // soft heart

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2026 33:44


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    sunday sermon #263 // you had one job

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2026 27:35


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    sunday sermon #262 // before through me, in me

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2026 35:11


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    sunday sermon #261 // when I think it's God

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2026 37:16


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    sunday sermon #260 // the long road to destiny

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2026 28:52


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    sunday sermon #260 // nothing stops the promises of God

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2026 28:35


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    sunday sermon #259 // faith and sacrifice

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2026 31:55


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    sunday sermon #258 // learning to love the long way of finances

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2026 33:36


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    sunday sermon #257 // learning to love the long way of sexuality

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2026 38:01


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    sunday sermon #256 // learning to love the long way of relationships

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2026 32:15


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    sunday sermon #255 // learning to love the long way of work

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2026 28:32


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    sunday sermon #254 // finding what you are looking for

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2025 26:01


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    sunday sermon #253 // normal people

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2025 29:11


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    sunday sermon #252 // getting it right after I have gotten it wrong

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2025 26:49


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    sunday sermon #251 // she wasn't that special

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2025 29:29


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    sunday sermon #250 // Jesus, parable of the ten virgins

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2025 28:28


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    sunday sermon #249 // the way God works

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2025 28:56


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    sunday sermon #248 // Christ, the true vine

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2025 39:39


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    sunday sermon #247 // the church i'm building is prepared for war

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2025 31:16


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    sunday sermon #246 // the church im building understands power

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2025 27:42


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    sunday sermon #245 // the church i'm building knows why

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2025 36:24


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    sunday sermon #244 // the church i'm building lives like they can see

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2025 38:42


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    sunday sermon #243 // the church i'm building is mature

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2025 35:29


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