Collective Church Podcast
Collective Church
This audio podcast features talks given at Collective Church, a church on LA’s Westside. We are a community following Jesus and seeking to reach, teach, and equip others to do the same. Our desire is to become a healthy and multiplying expression of Christ’s church in each of the 23 neighborhoods that make up the Westside of Los Angeles. Visit us online at www.collectivechurch.com.
Episodes
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May 16, 2023 • 49min
The Stuff the Spirit Does
Pastor Ryan Smith continues in our series, "More: Waiting on the Holy Spirit," looking at 1 Corinthians 12:1-12 and the myriad of ways the Spirit works in and through the Church.
May 7, 2023 • 46min
A Pursuit of Renewal
From the series "More, Part 01: Waiting on the Holy Spirit" with Pastor Ryan Smith. Psalm 84
Apr 30, 2023 • 49min
A Pattern of Renewal
From the series "More, Part 01: Waiting on the Holy Spirit" with Pastor Ryan Smith. Psalm 103
As we continue in part one of our teaching series, "More" Pastor Ryan Smith looks at the pattern of renewal in Psalm 103. Through David's song, we find a paradigm for God's work of renewal that begins in our personal discontent with the status quo and and in revival that reaches the ends of the earth.
Apr 23, 2023 • 47min
Be Filled
From the series "More, Part 01: Waiting on the Holy Spirit" with Pastor Ryan Smith. Ephesians 1:13–23, 3:16–21, 4:30, 5:18, 1 Thessalonians 5:19
As we continue in our new series, Ryan Smith looks at the biblical idea of being "filled with the Holy Spirit."
Apr 16, 2023 • 51min
But You Will Receive Power
From the series "More, Part 01: Waiting on the Holy Spirit" with Pastor Ryan Smith. Acts 1:4-8, 12-14; 1 Corinthians 12:4-11
Do you ever feel like your life of faith or experience of the church is just going through the motions? Could the culprit be a lack of ongoing relationship with the empowering presence and person of God - the Holy Spirit and his work in and through you? Pastor Ryan Smith kicks off our new series with an invitation to hunger and thirst for a greater experience of God’s promised means of working through his Church.
Apr 9, 2023 • 38min
The Resurrection and the Life
From the series "I Am" with Pastor Ryan Smith. John 11:17-27
Apr 2, 2023 • 1h 2min
The True Vine
From the series "I Am" with Pastor Lorenzo Smith. John 15:1-8
Mar 26, 2023 • 43min
The Way, the Truth, the Life
From the series "I Am" with Pastor Ryan Smith. John 14:1-14
Mar 19, 2023 • 45min
The Good Shepherd
From the series "I Am" with Pastor Ryan Smith. John 10:11-18
Pastor Ryan Smith explores how Jesus identifies himself with one of the Bible's great themes while bringing it to new heights. Jesus is not just the Good Shepherd, he's come to seek and save those who have been snatched up and scattered away. Through his sacrificial love, our enemy has been defeated and the flock has been reunited.
Mar 12, 2023 • 45min
The Gate
From the series "I Am" with Guest Pastor, Chris Marlin. John 10:1-10
As part of our series, "I AM: The Identity of Jesus in John's Gospel," Pastor Chris Marlin from City Church OTR teaches that Jesus is the gate, providing selfless protection against anything that comes our way. He not only offers protection from external forces but also a better life within. The sermon delves into the profound meaning behind Jesus' simple shepherding imagery.
