Christ Community Church Podcast

Pastor Kelli teaches from 1 John 2:18-3:10, reminding us that the antidote for false teaching and ungodliness is our anointing from the Holy Spirit.

Through 1 John 2:7-17, Pastor Derrick reminds us that we can have assurance in our salvation through asking ourselves three key questions: 1. Do you love God and His people?2. Are you growing in your faith? 3. How much do you love the things of this world?

Pastor Derrick opened our new series, “Awakened to Love” teaching us what it means to have and to be an expert witness of The Gospel

What does conflict reveal about you?"Self-centeredness is the essence of spiritual immaturity." Pastor Mason dives deep into James 3 & 4 to reveal and teach what Christ-like conflict should look like, taking us from self-centered combatants to God-centered peacemakers.

Pastor Anja Staten taught on the topic of "Incarnational Listening" this week, showing love to others through listening, a model that Jesus demonstrated perfectly during His ministry. 

"The activity of your family does not have to determine your future. God determines your future." Pastor Derrick leads us through the principle of understanding our family genograms to recognize our generational sin so that we can move forward and break patterns of unhealthy strongholds, with God's grace. 

"When we have hidden assumptions, we create a counterfeit world. When we do this, we exclude God from our lives, because God does not exist outside of reality and truth." Pastor Derrick teaches through several passages in the bible to illustrate the importance of always believing the best about our brothers and sisters and pursuing whole and healthy relationships with them.

"The greatest leaders are the greatest servants.”The Summer Intern team lead us through Mark 10:32-52, teaching on the unique nature of Jesus' "upside down" leadership style.

"The root of wholeness is the life that only God can give to us." Pastor Mason teaches through Mark 8, that the only way to wholeness is through true, wholehearted submission to Christ. Check out his message here!

"The key to holiness and wholeness is to surrender ourselves completely to Him, over and over again." Our new mission statement reads, "We Exist to Awaken the Broken to a Life of Wholeness Found in Jesus." Pastor Kelli, teaching from Mark 6 and 7, helps us define "the broken," and those definitions may surprise you! Check out her full message here. 

Special guest Rev. Dr. Venter Fraser serves in the Free Methodist Church as the “Strategic Catalyst for Justice." Through his work in our denomination, Venter seeks out ways to "catalyze the implementation of the Love-Driven Justice value throughout the FMCUSA." Teaching through the book of Mark, Dr. Fraser encourages us to see others the way Jesus sees them, to love them in their brokenness, but to also point them to wholeness!