
Collective Church Podcast
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.
Latest episodes

Sep 4, 2022 • 58min
Unified Library
From the series "How to Read the Bible" with Pastor Ryan Smith. 2 Corinthians 6:16-18
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Aug 28, 2022 • 1h
Human & Divine Word
From the series "How to Read the Bible". 2 Timothy 3:15-17, 2 Peter 1:20–21, 1 Corinthians 2:12–13
As we move into our second week in "How to Read the Bible", Pastor Ryan Smith teaches on the authorship of the Bible as inspired, both a human and divine word. If the Bible is a human word, what does this mean for its authenticity? And if the Bible is a Divine word, what does that mean for its authority in our lives?
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Aug 21, 2022 • 52min
What is the Bible?
From the series "How to Read the Bible". Matthew 4:1-11
Pastor Ryan Smith begins our Fall Series, "How to Read the Bible: Navigating the Library of Scripture." Central to learning how to read the Bible is understanding what this "book" is to begin with. Looking at Matthew 4:1-11, we study Jesus' paradigm for reading Scripture as the library of ancient writings, both divine and human, that tell a unified story, leading us to Jesus and forming us as his people.
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Aug 14, 2022 • 55min
Rest in Jesus
From the series "Endure". 2 Timothy 4:9-22
To conclude our series, "Endure", Pastor and Professor Gerry Breshears looks at the closing words of Paul in 2 Timothy 4:9-22 and his final example for a life of endurance.

Aug 7, 2022 • 50min
Retain Sound Teaching
From the series "Endure". 2 Timothy 4:1-5
As Paul continues to guide Timothy in the Way of Endurance, Pastor Ryan Smith looks at 2 Timothy 4:1-5 and the importance of sound teaching in the enduring life of the Church.
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Jul 31, 2022 • 51min
Reverse-Engineer Your Life
From the series "Endure". 2 Timothy 4:6-8
As Paul looks back on his life, he invites Timothy and us to look forward at ours as the fourth way of endurance. Pastor Isaac Brickner looks into 2 Timothy 4:6-8 and the invitation to reverse-engineer our lives.

Jul 24, 2022 • 47min
Remember the Saints & Receive The Scriptures
From the series "Endure". 2 Timothy 3:10-17
Turning into the final movement of Paul's second letter to Timothy, the Apostle begins to provide practical instructions for constructing a life of endurance. As Pastor Ryan Smith unpacks 2 Timothy 3:10-17, we find the strength for endurance which comes as we remember those who have faithfully gone before us and receive the Scriptures as God's formational tool for our endurance.
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Jul 17, 2022 • 47min
The Obstacle Within
From the series "Endure". 2 Timothy 3:1-9
When we consider the greatest obstacles to an enduring faith, our propensity is to list out genuine but largely external barriers. However, in 2 Timothy 3:1-9 Pastor Ryan Smith looks at Paul's warning to Timothy of the great obstacles which arise from within our hearts and church community.
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Jul 10, 2022 • 47min
Obstacles to an Enduring Orthodoxy
From the series "Endure". 2 Timothy 2:14-26
As we continue in our series, "Endure," Pastor Ryan Smith looks at 2 Timothy 2:14-26 and the obstacles to our endurance. In this passage, Paul details a particular false teaching present in Ephesus which provides us with an opportunity to consider our own perception of Jesus and the Gospel. Are we enduring in right belief – orthodoxy? Or have we swerved from the truth?

Jul 3, 2022 • 44min
Remember Jesus
From the series "Endure". 2 Timothy 2:8-13