
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 12, 2021 • 38min
Lady Wisdom, the Tree of Life
From the series "Wisdom's Way". Proverbs 3:13-4:27
Sometimes it takes a metaphor for us to truly understand the truth of something. In Proverbs 3:13-4:27, Pastor Ryan Smith details the book's personification of wisdom as both the Tree of Life and a potential spouse we are to embrace, love, and cherish. What do these metaphors mean in our understanding of wisdom in the book of Proverbs and in the larger story the Bible is telling?
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Sep 5, 2021 • 1h 3min
Wisdom‘s Way
From the series "Wisdom's Way". Proverbs 3:1-12
Pastor Ryan Smith continues our series in the book of Proverbs as we look at the Good Life or Wisdom's Way, as practically described in 3:1-12. This passage helps us in our journey by acting as both an invitation and an audit. What are the characteristics we ought to pursue and are those present within our lives?

Aug 29, 2021 • 50min
Walking with Wisdom
From the series "Wisdom's Way". Proverbs 2:1-22
Pastor Ryan Smith continues our series, "Wisdom's Way" as we look at Proverbs 2:1-22. After the previous chapter's warning of the way of folly and wickedness, how do we ensure we find and stay on the path of wisdom? And once we find it, what should we expect out of life on Wisdom's Way?
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Aug 23, 2021 • 46min
Wisdom's Warning
From the series "Wisdom's Way". Proverbs 1:8-33
Guest Pastor Lucas Parks teaches on Proverbs 1:8-33 and the opening chapter's warning of the way of wickedness and foolishness. Unlike we so often believe, we are not all that autonomous. Our lives are lived listening to one of two guiding voices. Proverbs 1 turns up the volume on the voices of folly and wisdom, inviting us to question who's voice is truly guiding the way of our lives.

Aug 15, 2021 • 53min
Garden Tools
From the series "Wisdom's Way". Proverbs 1:1-7, 3:19-20, 24:3-4, 30:1-6
Pastor Ryan Smith opens our new series in the book of Proverbs, Wisdom's Way, looking at Proverbs 1:1-7 and the big questions of the purpose and intent of the book. What is the Book of Proverbs? Why was the Book of Proverbs compiled? Who is this book for? And How should it be received? Far more than a compilation of folksy aphorisms, the book of Proverbs brings together the driving themes of the Bible in surprising new ways.
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Aug 8, 2021 • 41min
Hope.
From the series "Kaleidoscopic Gospel". Acts 16:25-34
Pastor Ryan Smith closes out our Kaleidoscopic Gospel series as we look at Acts 16:25-34 and the Hope of the Gospel as it transforms the life of the Philippian jailer.
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Aug 1, 2021 • 43min
Power
From the series "Kaleidoscopic Gospel". Acts 16:16-24
As we continue in our Kaleidoscopic Gospel series, Pastor Ryan Smith teaches on Acts 16:16-24 and the conversion of a slave girl. In following her story, we see how the "power" of the Gospel brings the justice of God to the oppressed and overturns spiritual and human oppression. We're invited to ask how words, works, and wonders are part of our framework for reaching our community with the Gospel.
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Jul 28, 2021 • 21min
Quarterly Ministry Update
Pastor Lorenzo gives a ministry update for the quarter. He shares about the current state of the ministry, along with some of the challenges we’re facing and the opportunities we have before us as a family following Jesus together on mission.

Jul 25, 2021 • 47min
Truth
From the series "Kaleidoscopic Gospel". Acts 16:11-15
Pastor Ryan Smith continues our Kaleidoscopic Gospel series, looking at Acts 16:11-15 and the conversion of Lydia. In examining her story, we're invited to reflect on the "truth" of the Gospel and how it is the answer to every person's searching, regardless of how "spiritual" or "religious" they may or may not be.
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Jul 18, 2021 • 46min
Beauty
From the series "Kaleidoscopic Gospel". Acts 16:1-5
Guest Pastor, Heath Hardesty, continues in our series on evangelism, Kaleidoscopic Gospel, looking at Acts 16:1-5 and the conversion of Timothy. In his story, we find the impact of beauty as revealed in the context of his relationship with his mother and grandmother.