Christ Church Los Angeles Sermon Podcast

The first of the seven signs that Jesus gives to reveal that he is the Son of God who came to bring salvation is extremely personal. He is at a small family wedding in a small town. And yet this small and personal sign has massive significance.

Whenever a person approaches God they should feel out of place. If not, it means we either have too low a view of God or too high a view of ourselves. In John 1.14 we find the way we can approach God AND be accepted by him.

Surely we can all think of things more relevant than a 2000 year old baby to orient our entire lives around. And yet, everyone in Luke chapter 2 stops what they're doing and changes their whole life to orient it around this baby that has born. If it wasn’t absurd to them, should it be so absurd to us?

For anyone who has prayed and nothing changed. Guest speaker Ste Casey encourages us and challenges us to look at how God might be using our thorns to shape us into who he wants us to become.

The Prophet Anna is perhaps the best example in the Bible of someone who held out hope in God.

Almost every other institution we interact with in our culture is a consumer institution. But the church is the exact opposite. The church is much more like a pot luck dinner than a restaurant.

Last week we saw that each individual Christian is a temple of the Holy Spirit. This week we see that the church is also a temple--a dwelling place--of the Holy Spirit. And that has huge implications for our presence in society.

The Bible’s has a high view of our bodies because they are temples of the Holy Spirit.

God is a rejoicing God who throws a party when even one person comes to him.

We all will experience suffering of one kind or another. What is the Holy Spirit doing while we suffer? Has God abandoned us? Or is God at work in us in that very moment? Romans 5 shows us exactly what the Holy Spirit is doing while we’re suffering.

Romans 8 teaches us how the Holy Spirit helps us in our battle with sin.

A brief look at one of the most memorized and taught passages in the whole Bible.

In Galatians 5 and 6, Paul uses five metaphors to describe how we can cooperate with the Holy Spirit for our spiritual growth. In this sermon Ken encourages us to pick just one and meditate on it for several weeks to let it sink in.

What will we be like when the Holy Spirit has completed his work in us? The answer to that is found in 1 Corinthians 13 where we get a glimpse into heaven.

An introduction to the Holy Spirit from John 14.

In this passage, we learn that true wealth is not found in earthly riches but in the giving of ourselves to our neighbors. Jesus’ love requires the building up of community, he is our source of love and unity. We must remain loyal to Jesus regardless of the pressures of society.

At the Tower of Babel rather than lifting up God's name, man decides to make a name for himself. This is at the very center of pride and as long as we are prideful we can never really know God. Yet, God shows up once again to graciously redirect us towards himself.

Yes the Flood is a story about divine judgement, but more than that it's a story about salvation. And the covenant God makes with Noah points to the promise of ultimate salvation to come in Jesus Christ.

Genesis 4 & 5 reveal how God’s people always live in a city within a city, worshipers and non-worshipers living side by side. We see the pervasiveness of sin and how it can turn a city inward toward the self and countered with Seth and his family line who break this pattern of sin turning outward to God by calling upon the Lord and living faithfully.

The sensationalized part of the story is the murder. But the actually sensational part of the story is how God shows up in Cain's life before and after the murder to show mercy.

Creation cries out, Scripture cries out and we cry out to know our God. Psalm 19 walks us through our part in growing closer to God. We must acknowledge our need of a savior. We can know God through his creation, through His word, and through the confession of our sins.

In Genesis 3 we learn God desires to be near us and invites us into close relationship with him with gentleness and grace. To quote Nat’s sermon, ”If you take God out of the picture, you’ve once again fallen into the snare of the snake.” We must learn to trust him with every breath we take.

In Genesis chapter 2 we learn that God desires to walk with us in the same way that he walked in the garden with Adam & Eve.

The main emphasis of Genesis 1 is that God created humankind in His image. There are two major implications one for how we view others and one for how we view ourselves.

The main emphasis of Genesis 1 is that God created humankind in His image. There are two major implications one for how we view others and one for how we view ourselves.