Christ Church Los Angeles Sermon Podcast

The book of James teaches us to develop the practice of prayer in our normal everyday lives so that when life’s challenges come, it will be second nature for us to pray.

The book of James shows us that perseverance in the hardest times of life is possible if we have developed the wisdom of patience in the normal every day of life.

The book of James reveals the wisdom of praying for God's will to be done.

Listen in as we celebrate the new life offered through the resurrection of Christ.

In this sermon we walk through the Passover meal as Jesus ate it and look at the significance behind what they ate.

The book James teaches us that our lives are most shaped by the answer to the question: What do you want?

In this passage the book of James teaches that wisdom comes from two places and only one leads to a good life filled with peace.

Shockingly James says that the tongue is the most important part of our body and that how we use it determines if we become wise or foolish.

James is the New Testament book for wisdom. In this message we learn what wisdom is, how to get it and who gives it.

How can a person's whole world crash down around them still live by faith? That is the question we've been investigating throughout this whole series. Join us as we wrap up our series on this book on how we can live by faith.

If wisdom is what comes out of you when you're under pressure, how do you develop into a wise person of faith for the time when the crisis comes. Join us today as we learn from Habakkuk, about how to develop into a person of wisdom through an enduring prayer life.

What do you do when you're doing all the right things, but nothing is going right? Join us this week as we go back into Habakkuk and investigate this passage is an exercise in living by faith when everyone around you is prospering but you.

Jesus calls us to be wise with our money, whether we have a lot, or we have a little. However we think about our wealth, our central conviction as Christians should be to conform our ideas about money to Jesus teaching. Join us today as we start to do this together by looking as a well known parable of Jesus about money.

Hope during times of suffering comes from being anchored in God's promises. Join us this week as Dr. Leon Harris leads us through our passage this week.

What do you when you don't like the answers to your prayers? This week we explore the personal story of Habakkuk and how to live by faith when you can't make sense of what God is doing in your life.

When tragedy strikes, when injustice prevails, is it right to question God? Is it okay to ask why? In the wake of the wildfires ripping across Los Angeles, Habakkuk helps us gain the perspective while we are questioning God, trusting God and shows us how to have the faith to do both.

Our problems are loud, and they often catch a lot of our attention. But, it is impossible to live by faith when we are zoomed in on our problems. Join us this week as we learn the way we can truly live by faith from the lessons we learn in the book of Habakkuk.

God's love is not sentimental. His love is tangible, and rooted in action. In a season where love is on the mind, how do we reorient our hearts to experience the tangible unfailing love of God? Join us today as we explore the theme of God's unfailing love from Psalm 107, and how it can come to each of us in Christ this Christmas.

Although most of us desire to have joy, it is elusive. The problem is if we only focus getting joy itself, we miss joy all together. Join us this week as we explore psalm 98 to see how we can truly experience joy this Christmas.

Peace is more than just a relaxing day on the couch, it's a realization of your deepest desires. Yet, we habitually desire the wrong things. Join us in this teaching as we comb through Psalm 84 to find the root of our peace, in desiring the thing that can give us true peace this Christmas season.

The Advent season is about preparation for the arrival the hope, peace, joy, and love that Jesus brings. This week we explore the theme of hope by diving into a couple of Psalms which show us what hope is and how to get the hope that sustains us through our darkest times.

How does Jesus treat people who are guilty as charged or even condemned? In our passage today we examine the story of the woman who was caught in adultery, and we see Jesus heart for those who are caught in the depths of their own sin.

Throughout Jesus ministry, he was known as a healer. Although we believe it is always good and right to ask for healing, most of us are left with a lingering question: Why are some healed, and some are not? Join us today as we dive into a few different texts where the Gospels speak about Jesus healing women. In these stories we discovering a surprising and hope filled answer to this question.

It's easy to get stuck in your faith, especially if you feel like you don't measure up. So how can you praise God with you whole heart, when you know your whole heart isn't truly loving him? Join us as we walk through Psalm 111 to see how we can live and worship as a genuine Christian in light of our obvious inconsistencies and flaws.

Many of us can point to a unsatisfied desire in our lives and in our hearts. This is not a new phenomenon. Join us today as we learn about what truly satisfies our deepest desires as we peer into the Jesus longest recorded private conversation in the gospels.