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Messages from Dustin McClain, Lead Pastor of Purpose Church in Murray, KY — New episodes every Monday! Our vision is to connect people to Jesus and help them live on PURPOSE. We hope that you are encouraged by this podcast. For more information about Purpose Church, please visit www.ourpurpose.churc…

Purpose Church


    • Jun 1, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    The Purpose Church podcast, led by Pastor Dustin and Allie, is an incredible resource for those seeking a deeper understanding of the Bible on a personal level. From the moment you walk through the doors of this church, you are greeted with a sense of warmth and welcome. Pastor Dustin has a unique ability to relate the teachings of the Bible to everyday life in the modern world without diminishing the Glory of God or His word. Through his sermons, he speaks directly to each individual's learning zone, allowing God to speak through him in a way that resonates with everyone in the congregation.

    One of the best aspects of The Purpose Church podcast is Pastor Dustin and Allie's ability to connect with the entire group and energize them with God's word. Their passion for sharing the message of love, purpose, and fulfillment in God is infectious and inspiring. Whether you are new to Christianity or have been on your faith journey for years, their teachings will undoubtedly leave you feeling uplifted and encouraged. They have created an environment where everyone feels seen, heard, and valued, making it truly feel like a church home.

    Another remarkable aspect is Pastor Dustin's ability to deliver profound sermons that cater to each individual's needs. He has an uncanny knack for discerning what each person requires in their spiritual journey, whether it be encouragement in times of struggle or guidance for making important decisions. No matter how much or how little one takes away from his sermons, there is always something relevant and impactful that can be applied immediately to one's life.

    While it is challenging to find any significant flaws in The Purpose Church podcast, one potential downside could be that some may find Pastor Dustin's teachings too simplified or lacking depth. However, it should be noted that his approachability and relatability are intentional choices made to ensure all listeners can grasp the message without feeling overwhelmed or intimidated by complex theological concepts. The focus here is on practical application and growth in one's faith, rather than getting lost in intricate theological debates.

    In conclusion, The Purpose Church podcast is a remarkable resource for those seeking to deepen their understanding of the Bible and grow in their faith. Pastor Dustin and Allie have created a church community that is welcoming, inclusive, and dedicated to helping each individual find purpose and love in their life through God. Their ability to connect with the entire group and deliver impactful sermons is truly exceptional. Whether you are a long-time believer or new to Christianity, this podcast will undoubtedly leave you feeling inspired, encouraged, and like you have finally found your church home.



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    LIKE LEMONADE - HOW TO NEIGHBOR

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2025 38:41


    Pastor Dustin shares the story of The Good Samaritan and teaches us how it sets an example to be a good neighbor. The Good Samaritan displays both kindness and goodness to help those in need. You and I are called to do the same! – Listen to the message here!

    LIKE LEMONADE - IN THE MIDDLE

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2025 39:43


    This week, Pastor Damien speaks on patience as we continue the Like Lemonade series. Patience is not the idea of "just waiting something out," but instead biblical patience is longsuffering, endurance, and slow to avenge wrongdoing against you. We look through the story of Joseph to see how we can learn and develop biblical patience. – Listen to the message here!

    LIKE LEMONADE - JUST CHILL

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2025 37:42


    This week in the Like Lemonade series, as we talk about the Fruit of the Spirit, Pastor Dustin teaches on the idea of peace. This isn't peace like the world thinks about where you build enough margin to feel comfortable or obtain certain things to feel less worried. This is about the peace that passes all understanding - the peace only given by God!  – Listen to the message here! 

    LIKE LEMONADE - YOU CAN'T STEAL MY JOY!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2025 33:06


    This Mother's Day we spent talking about something mothers often bring to our lives - JOY! We know that the ultimate joy comes from the Lord, no matter the circumstances we may face in life, we can still have GREAT JOY. – Listen to the message here!

    LIKE LEMONADE - DO YOU LOVE ME?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2025 36:38


      FRUIT of the Spirit or FRUITS of the Spirit? Pastor Dustin walks us through the Mandela Effect that we often see and hear. In Galatians 5, the Bible refers to the FRUIT of the Spirit, and as Pastor Dustin explains "It's like one fruit with nine different flavors!" And we talk about a foundational flavor in this message - LOVE! – Listen to the message here!

    EASTER AT LOVETT - HOLY GROUND!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2025 42:23


    What a day! We finished the Foundations series by talking through Acts 16:25-34 where worship makes a difference in a situation that we normally wouldn't praise in. Because of the praise of some, many people where exposed to the Gospel and life changing messaging of Jesus. – Listen to the message here!

    FOUNDATIONS - DISCIPLINES OPEN THE DOOR

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2025 35:15


    On Palm Sunday, Pastor Kyle walks us through Acts 12, where we see how spiritual disciplines were used to help Peter get out of prison. Pastor Kyle walks us through some spiritual disciplines to help us experience more of God's presence. – Listen to the message here!

    FOUNDATIONS - SOMETHINGS DIFFERENT

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2025 41:55


    As we start to come to a close of the Foundations series, Pastor Dustin teaches on Acts 9:1-18 where Saul is met by Jesus on the road to Damascus. It's evident to see after an encounter with God that somethings different!  – Listen to the message here!

    FOUNDATIONS - THERE'S SOME WATER!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2025 36:25


      In this week's message, Pastor Dustin talks through Acts 8 where an Ethiopian eunuch asked Philip about the message of Jesus and once he heard it, he wanted to be baptised! He looked and said "Look! There is some water!" – Listen to the message here!

    FOUNDATIONS - TRIALS AND TROPHIES

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2025 42:41


    "If we aren't careful, sometimes we can let the loudness of the crowd quench the fire that we have for God." -Pastor Dustin As we talk through Acts 7 with Stephen's story, we see that he faced trials but they ultimately led to a trophy like no other! – Listen to the message here!

    FOUNDATIONS - EVERYONE PLAYS A PART

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2025 38:30


    This week, our friend and Purpose Church Overseer Pastor Chris Dew of Artisan City Church in St. Petersburg Florida, continues our Foundations series. He talked through Acts 6 and the fact that in building the Church, Everyone Plays a Part! – Listen to the message here!

    FOUNDATIONS - ADDITION BY SUBTRACTION

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2025 42:25


    As we continue our Foundations series, Pastor Dustin walks through Acts 4 and Acts 5. Sometimes when we give up things, we end up with more than we expected. – Listen to the message here!

    FOUNDATIONS - DEEP IS DEVOTED!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2025 43:11


    In this message, Pastor Dustin walks us through Acts 2:42-47. Looking at the gathering of the the early church, there are a few things they were devoted to doing in order to learn and share the message of Jesus. – Listen to the message here!

    FOUNDATIONS - THE GOSPEL IN 5 WORDS

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2025 38:51


    In this week's message, Pastor Dustin talks through the Gospel in the simplest form: 5 words. Obviously, the Gospel is more than 5 words, but it isn't any less. As a foundation of our faith, it is important to understand the meaning and power of each word. – Listen to the message here!

    FOUNDATIONS - WHAT CAN THIS MEAN?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2025 44:32


    This week Pastor Dustin starts taking us through Acts 2 where we talk about the three prerequisites of power and how the Holy Spirit's power changed the lives and trajectory of the disciples forever! – Listen to the message here!

    FOUNDATIONS - PROMISED POWER!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2025 37:14


      We kick off our 12 week Foundations series where go through a deep dive through the Book of Acts, with Pastor Damien talking through Acts 1:1-11. We look at Jesus' plan, and the part we play in it, as well as the power of the Holy Spirit. – Watch the message here!

    PARTY ON PURPOSE - LET'S GROW!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2025 40:54


    Today, Purpose Church turns 6 years old! We are grateful for the past 6 years and are excited to see what God does over the next 60! Pastor Dustin challenges us to be planted and grow deep roots, instead of being shallow and just "potted." – Watch the message here!

    DETOX - SPIRIT CLEANSE

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2025 48:54


    To finish out our DETOX series, Pastor Dustin talks about one of the greatest toxins affecting our lives - sin! We look at Colossians 3 and how the Bible calls us to put sin to death and instead putting on our new nature! – Listen to the message here!

    DETOX - MIND GAMES

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2025 40:36


    This week Pastor Dustin continues our Detox series where we discuss getting rid of the junk in our lives that contaminates us. Last week, we talked about toxins in the body, and now we are talking about toxins in our minds. – Listen to the message here!

    DETOX - BODY

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2025 43:20


    Listen to the first Purpose Church message of 2025 in the series DETOX!  

    Christmas at Purpose - JOY TO THE WORLD!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2024 36:04


      We celebrate the truth that our Savior, Jesus Christ, was sent to us and it's only through Him that we can experience true joy. We believe when you Know Jesus, you can Know Joy, but if you have No Jesus, chances are you have No Joy. – Listen to the message here!

    CHRISTMAS CAROLS - A LOVE STORY!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2024 41:03


    This week Pastor Dustin takes us in a different direction from traditional Christmas songs. Instead we are looking at Hallmark's definition of love, and why it will always fall short to God's love that pursues us! – Listen to this week's message here!

    Christmas Carols - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2024 39:23


    In this week's message titled "The Missing Peace," Pastor Dustin talks about the scripture in Isaiah 9:6-7 and how everlasting peace is only available through Jesus. We can chase worldly happiness but still have peace missing. – Listen here! 

    Christmas Carols - O Holy Night

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2024 38:10


    Christmas Carols - O Holy Night – A message of Hope! Hope is full dependence, plus complete confidence, plus relying upon something that is yet to happen. The only hope we have in this world is in Jesus, and Jesus alone! – Listen to the message here!

    FULL - GR8FULL

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2024 40:05


    FULL - GR8FULL – This week we have three speakers who share how God has used 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 in their life. Hear from one of our Worship Leaders Stephen Keene, our Purpose Kids Director Jordan Crawford, and one of our Crew Leaders Monte Hancock. – How has God illuminated this verse in your life?

    FULL - FULL LIFE

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2024 34:05


    This Legacy Sunday Pastor Dustin shares a story from 2 Kings Chapter 4 about the woman with the single jar of olive oil. We are to trust God with the overflow, we just have to trust God and do what He says!

    FULL / FULL-FILLED

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2024 40:58


    This week is a kind of "Vision Sunday" as we look at what we've been doing, and where we are going next! Pastor Dustin walks us through the story of Simon Peter throwing the net over the boat and catching so many fish that the nets began to break! Sometimes we have to MAKE ROOM for what God wants to do in our lives.  - Listen to it here!

    FULL - FULL OF POTENTIAL

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2024 42:23


    In this week's message, Pastor Dustin shares the parable of the talents in Matthew 25. The Master gives talents to His servants according to their abilities, and celebrates when two out of the three are "good and faithful servants" by stewarding the talents well. We all have potential - don't bury it! – Listen to this week's message here!  

    FULL - MAKING HEAVEN FULL

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2024 39:24


    This week we kick off our new series FULL! The idea is to Populate Heaven and Plunder Hell. In this message, Pastor Dustin talks about the Banquet in Luke 14. Our church should look a lot like the table ended up looking!  - Listen to it here!

    ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM - THE NEXT GENERATION

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2024 41:13


    As we end our Elephant in the Room series, we finish with a message on the Next Generation. We are called to Talk, Teach, and Invest in the next generation, not leave or abandon them.

    ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM // HOW TO PICK A PRESIDENT

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2024 37:30


    In this week's message, Pastor Kyle talks about how to pick a President from a biblical viewpoint. This is not to endorse a single party or person, but to instead endorse the absolute truth that is found in scripture. – Listen to the message here!

    ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM // RACISM

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2024 41:35


    Taking a look at the story of the Good Samaritan, Pastor Dustin talks about the Elephant in the Room of Racism. Heaven is going to look very diverse, and our churches should too! – Watch this week's message here!

    ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM - IT AIN'T OVER 'TIL IT'S OVER

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2024 46:24


    ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM // IT AIN'T OVER 'TIL IT'S OVER – This week Pastor Dustin is continuing our series "Elephant in the Room" with a message on the End Times. Are we living in the End Times? Check out this sermon to here what the Bible has to say! – Watch here!   MERCH LINK: www.liinks.co/purposechurch

    ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM - SMOKING & DRINKING

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2024 42:18


    As we continue the Elephant in the Room series, Pastor Damien's message titled "Under the Influence" talks about being under the influence of the Holy Spirit, and not anything else. He also shares some of his testimony, which shows the life-changing power of the Gospel!

    ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM: SEXUALITY

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2024 43:34


    ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM // SEXUALITY – "Fire in the correct container is great! But outside of that container it can become more dangerous and actually create chaos." - Pastor Dustin This week's Elephant in the room topic is SEXUALITY!

    ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM: SUICIDE

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2024 42:03


    In this week's message titled "I Don't Want to Keep Going," Pastor Dustin speaks on the topic of suicide. Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary feeling. It's okay to not be okay, but Jesus loves you too much to let you stay that way!

    ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM: Priorities

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2024 41:08


    ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM: Priorities ------- Pastor Dustin McClain

    SALT & LIGHT: You Lit?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2024 40:54


    SALT & LIGHT: You Lit? --- Continuing our Salt & Light series this week, Pastor Dustin teaches us the purpose and principles of light in the Bible. Salt is meant to make things better and light is meant to make things brighter. 

    SALT & LIGHT: You Salty?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2024 36:25


    SALT & LIGHT: You Salty?  — This week we started a two week vision casting series for our church called Salt & Light. Salt is meant to make things better and light is meant to make things brighter. 

    FEASTS & FESTIVALS: Festival of Tabernacle

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2024 39:34


    FEASTS & FESTIVALS: Festival of Tabernacle --------- Pastor Dustin McClain

    FEASTS & FESTIVALS: Day of Atonement

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2024 35:31


    FEASTS & FESTIVALS:  Day of Atonement --------- Pastor Dustin McClain

    FEASTS & FESTIVALS: Festival of Trumpets

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2024 33:26


    FEASTS & FESTIVALS:  Festival of Trumpets ----------- Pastor Kyle Howard

    FEASTS & FESTIVALS: Out of Order

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2024 39:29


    FEASTS & FESTIVALS:  Out Of Order ----------- Pastor Dustin McClain

    FEASTS & FESTIVALS: Answer The Call

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2024 39:31


    FEASTS & FESTIVALS:  Answer The Call ----------- Pastor Dustin McClain

    FEAST AND FESTIVALS: Passover

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2024 39:59


    FEAST AND FESTIVALS:  Passover --------- Pastor Dustin McClain

    SUMMER VACAY: Rooftop Regrets

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2024 41:39


    SUMMER VACAY: Rooftop Regrets --------- Pastor Dustin McClain

    SUMMER VACAY: TRAVELING THOUGHTS

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2024 41:21


    SUMMER VACAY: TRAVELING THOUGHTS — This week Pastor Damien continued our summer vacay series with the story of Elijah under the tree. 

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