
Collective Church Podcast
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Ep 5841 Samuel: In the Lord's Presence
1 Samuel 2:12-21 1 Samuel 2 gives us a greater and more sobering look at two approaches to the Lord's presence. We see this from the angle of the priests and the dangers of growing comfortable with God, and the beauty of growing consecrated with God.
Ep 5831 Samuel: I Now Give the Boy to the Lord
1 Samuel 1:19-2:11 After the despondent and desperate prayers of Hannah, we follow her to God's outcome. Will she make good on her vow? Will she still be faithful and worship despite the outcome? What does giving back to the Lord your deepest desire look like?
Ep 5821 Samuel: Pouring Out My Heart
1 Samuel 1:1-18 Pastor Casey starts the book of 1 Samuel by zeroing in on a broken woman, but with extraordinary hope. We discuss how in pain and prayer, there is a heart of getting and giving.
Ep 581For He Has Risen
In this Easter message, Pastor Casey unpacks the life-changing truth of the resurrection and its profound impact on our world. He challenges us to ask the most important question: What does Jesus' victory over death mean for us today? Dive into a message of hope, transformation, and the new reality we live in because He is risen.
Ep 580The Passover Lamb of God
Pastor Lorenzo walks us through Matthew 21:1-11 as Jesus enters Jerusalem in what has been referred to as the Triumphal Entry. Jesus orchestrated a procession that demanded attention just days before he would be arrested and condemned to the cross, confounding the expectations of the people regarding what kind of savior he would be.
Ep 579Philippians: Imitating the Philippians
Pastor Casey wraps up Paul's letter to the Philippians.
Ep 578Philippians: Imitating Paul's Approach to Contentment
Pastor Casey breaks down one of the Bible's most misapplied and misunderstood verses: Phil. 4:13.
Ep 577Philippians: Contentment in Imitating
Is contentment in Los Angeles, life, and 2025 even possible? Yes, and Paul shows us the "secret" in Philippians 4.
Ep 576Philippians: A Rope in a Blizzard
Pastor Ryan Smith joins us and preaches from Philippians 4.
Ep 575Philippians: Imitating Practices for Peace
Paul breaks down the initiatives of what a faithful life of imitating will result in.
Ep 574Philippians: Those Not To Imitate
Pastor Casey explores the profile of an enemy of the cross in comparison to a citizen of heaven.
Ep 573Philippians: To Mature Is To Imitate
Paul states very clearly, that a mature Christian thinks a certain way in Philippians 3. Pastor Casey unfolds the ways, seeking to call all levels of maturity to a more passionate pursuit of Christ.
Ep 572Philippians: An Imitation of Knowing
Pastor Casey exposes how Paul was able to look at the pedigree of his life, and refer it all to dung. How is it possible for us today to imitate the apostle's value system and acknowledge Christ as His true worth?
Ep 571Philippians: Working Out What God Is Working In
Pastor Adam Smith joins us as he wraps up chapter two of Philippians.
Ep 570Philippians: Imitating Christ's Servanthood
Pastor Mike Doyle joins us and preaches from Philippians 2, and the nature of Christ which we are to imitate.
Ep 569Philippians: Imitating Humility
Paul in Philippians encourages us to "think the same way and have the same love." How do we apply this to our church community? Pastor Casey unfolds these practical and challenging truths for us.
Ep 568Philippians: Imitating Heaven
Pastor Casey breaks down representing heaven in life and death.
Ep 567Philippians: The Joy of Imitation
Pastor Casey Fritz examines Paul's heart in how he can rejoice in such suffering.
Ep 566Philippians: The Paradox of Imitation
Pastor Casey Fritz gives an introduction to Paul's letter to the church in Philippi.
Ep 565Consecration at Christmas
Sunday we finish not only our Christmas study of Luke 2, but also our last Sunday of 2024. It's here we excite our hearts by looking at the devotion and consecration of a prophetess named, Anna.
Ep 564The Spirit of Christmas
We continue our walk through Luke 2, where infant Jesus is presented at the temple. It's there he encounters a unique prophet with a unique prophecy.
Ep 563The Shockingly Domestic
Pastor Casey starts our Christmas series by walking through Luke 2:1-20. Here we see witness and marvel at the extraordinary event, where God stepped into our ordinary.
Ep 562Awakening Gratitude
Pastor Casey shares how to be grateful when our lives feel the opposite. Looking at the attitude of Jesus from 1 Corinthians, we see our Lord exemplify thankfulness in great tribulation.
Ep 561What Are Christians For?
In the heated political climate of Los Angeles, what are Christians to be known for? Pastor Casey Fritz unfolds this reality from Mark 12.
Ep 560The King's Decree
As citizens of God's Kingdom, we seek to make His will be done in our earthly politics. What does it look like to live, engage, and be political under His reign, not our own?
Ep 559The King
Pastor Casey shows how the kingship of Jesus introduces not a centralized politic, but an entirely new one. From John 18 we'll witness how King Jesus challenges every detail our partisanship and political preferences.
Ep 558The Party Crasher
Author and pastor Joshua Ryan Butler kicks off our series in politics with understanding how Christ is the great political party crasher.
Ep 557It's Time to Seek the Lord
As we turn 9 as a church family, Pastor Lorenzo speaks to the season we're in and calls us to consider what could be, as we seek to align our hearts with God's and ask Him to pour out His Spirit on our church and our city.
Ep 556A Heart of Persistance
Pastor Casey preaches from Luke 18, where Jesus tells us not to lose heart. More than just an encouragement, Christ gives us an unexpected story and challenge for days to come.
Ep 555A Heart of More
Pastor Casey leads us through Moses' request for God's glory and what that means for our own cathedrals.
Ep 554A Heart of Expectancy
Elijah displays a heart of expectancy -- fully dependent in prayer on God to bring the rain. Pastor Isaac explains how to navigate spiritual drought and disappointment by cultivating expectancy through waiting on God in prayer and believing his promises.
Ep 553A Heart of Devotion
King Saul does all of right spiritual activites, but with a heart removed. Pastor Casey leads us through our second talk in seeking to make our heart a cathedral to God's glory. We will learn from Saul in contrast to David in what it means to have a heart that is after God's own.
Ep 552A Heart of Thirst
We desire people to have a thirst for the living God, to have our hearts made into cathedrals for His praise. Pastor Casey breaks down Psalm 63, and what it means to crave God in a dry and weary land.
Ep 551Dark Journey
We arrive at the final moments of Jonah's commission and witness how the book ends in the most unorthodox of ways. It is here we witness God's final question and Jonah's first answer.
Ep 550Death Wish
After the revival of Nineveh, our reluctant prophet has a meltdown. In Jonah 4, Pastor Casey Fritz opens the word to unravel the fury of a bitter prophet, and what that means for how we relate to God when He works outside our wants.
Ep 549Worst Sermon Ever
Pastor Isaac Brickner takes us through Jonah 3:1-10, where Jonah gives the worst sermon ever.
Ep 548Autopsy of a Prayer
Pastor Casey dissects Jonah's prayer inside the great fish. It's here we see not only the heart of the rebel prophet but also of our God.
Ep 547Eaten Alive
Jonah is eaten alive by a fish appointed by God. It's here he encounters the goodness of the Lord in the darkness. Pastor Casey leads us through the beginning stages of Jonah's obedience and repentance.
Ep 546A Severe Mercy
Pastor Casey Fritz takes us through Jonah 1:4-16 where Jonah runs from the presence of the Lord. We look at what it means when God sends storms our way and their purpose in our lives.
Ep 545The Middle Finger to God
Pastor Casey Fritz introduces the wild and pertinent story of Jonah. God calls His people to obedience...whether we understand it or not.
Ep 544Remember the Instructions
Pastor Casey Fritz ends the book of Malachi by calling us to remember where we have been as a church, where our hope lies, and how God's instructions for the Israelites still apply strongly to us today.
Ep 543How Have We Spoken Against You?
Pastor Isaac Brickner takes us through Malachi 3:13-18 showing us that those who repent and endure times of confusion will experience renewal and tremendous blessing from God.
Ep 542How Have We Robbed You?
Pastor Lorenzo leads us through Malachi 3:8-12 and God’s accusation against Israel that they were robbing him.
Ep 541Pulling Out All the Stops
Pastor Ryan Smith's departing sermon from the book of Luke.
Ep 540How Shall We Return?
Pastor Casey takes us through the fifth dispute in Malachi 3:1-7 where God calls for His people to return to Him.
Ep 539How Have We Wearied Him?
Pastor Casey brings us to the fourth dispute within Malachi and how God is wearied by the Israelites complaints, priestly corruption, and unchecked sin. And yet, the Father’s heart brings much light to such darkness.
Ep 538How Have We Defiled You?
Pastor Ryan Smith unpacks the third dispute of the book of Malachi, as God lays before his people the evidence of their complacent worship before naming the essence of this kind of worship in some of the sharpest words of the book.
Ep 537How Have We Despised Your Name?
Pastor Casey Fritz takes us to the 2nd dispute against God within the book of Malachi. As God asks where His honor, fear and the peoples full hearted offering is.
Ep 536How Have You Loved Us?
Pastor Casey Fritz starts our new series through the heavy and timely book of Malachi. It opens with God’s most important message to His people, “I have loved you.”
Ep 535Two Paths
Lead Pastor Lorenzo Smith shares a very important message about the future of Collective Church.