Christ Community Church Podcast

Pastor Keith cites Paul's teaching from the third chapter of 1 Corinthians to illustrate how God has done a work of sowing, watering and developing at Christ Community over the years, preparing the way for a new Lead Pastor to take over later this year.

Pastor Derrick Shields teaches on how to demonstrate and tell others about our faith in the places where we have the freedom to walk, talk and interact with others - the places where we spend the majority of our time.

Galatians 5:25 says, "If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit …" Here, in the context of celebrating 20 years of Christ Community Church, Pastor Keith shares how keeping in step with the Spirit sometimes means looking back; at other times, staying in place; and still others, moving forward.

To whom is God calling us to share the His love and gospel? We all have three concentric circles of influence: Family and friends; neighbors and associates; and strangers we encounter. In today's message, Youth Pastor Mike Hofer addresses the family and friends circle - perhaps the most diffi-cult of the three.

The love and compassion Jesus felt for the shepherd-less multitudes was not an end in itself. It moved him to action - to call his disciples to prayer and then to send them out.

When Jesus saw people who were "harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd" (Matthew 9:35), he had compassion on them. He was stirred by love. This is the fuel for harvest as we obey his call to go and share the good news of eternal life in him.

Our view of the world is critical in the call to Harvest, for how we see the world at large has a huge impact on how we see people.

Pastor Keith presents a look at Isaiah, who was overcome by the glory of God and subsequently responded to His call to "go" with a response of complete obedience: "Here am I. Send me!"

Pastor Keith shares his beginning-of-the-year “State of the Church” message and looks ahead to a renewed call on us, as a church and as individuals, to go into Jesus’ harvest field and tell others about Him.

We are on the cusp of a new year! It’s a fresh start. We are motivated to make changes, to commit to new things, to make a difference in our lives and in the world. Pastor Mike Hofer explores how these ideas, drives and sentiments boil down to one focal word: Hope.

The expectancy we feel at Christmas echoes the longing of our souls for Christ’s return. Pastor Nick Cash’s Christmas Eve message calls us to connect the miracle of the Savior-who-came with His promise to come again in full and final triumph!

In this Advent series, we have considered how we prepare for His arrival, doing so with faith-filled anticipation, and we have pondered the meaning of it all in the story of the shepherds. Today we reflect, through the story of the Magi, on the appropriate response. How shall we respond to this good news, this Savior born to us who is Christ the Lord?

Pastor Mike Hofer leads us through Luke’s account of the Christmas story, which reveals not only the arrival of the Christ child, but also the arrival of the presence and prophecy of God, and the common to the uncommon.

Advent is a season of anticipation. We all are waiting for God to come, for Jesus to be born in our lives. In our story today, Simeon and Anna set great examples for how we can live well in anticipation.

We end this year with a focus on Advent, the season of the Christian year in which we celebrate the earthly arrival of Jesus our Savior King. Week 1 of this five-week message series addresses the extensive preparation God the Father made in sending us His Son.

1 Thessalonians 5:18 makes clear when we should give thanks: In ALL circumstances. When we do so, even in hardship, we experience God's presence, which is what we need above all else.

With a look at all four Gospel accounts of Jesus feeding the five thousand, Nick Cash explores how to be thankful when circumstances suggest otherwise.

Over the next three weeks, we will examine three different contexts for thanksgiving: In the ordinary moments of life, in lacking – those moments when it seems there is not enough – and in the hard moments of pain and struggle. Today we explore the first of these.

The final message in our “Acts Awakenings” series focuses on the story of Paul and Silas, who while imprisoned modeled for us the power of praise in the face of adversity. May we take their example to heart.

Continuing our Acts study of the Holy Spirit’s awakening moves in and through the early followers of Jesus, we examine here how they were awakened to the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit, and how we may be awakened to Him as well.