Christ Community Church (Johnson City, TN)

Pastor Bill Leuzinger 1) Hope does not rest on the wisdom of man. 2) Hope longs to talk with God. 3) Hope longs for reconciliation with God.

This is the 1st of the 3 podcasts where Pastor Jim and AJ will talk through some key things about Christ Community Church. This will be especially beneficial for anyone who is new, visiting, and/or considering membership with us. But it will also be beneficial to those who have been members with us for a short or long time! In this 1st episode, we cover: History of CCC (planted in 2006) Mission of...

A special episode today as you get to listen in on Pastor Jim, Pastor Bill, and AJ go through one of our weekly exposition chats in sermon preparation. Pastor Jim prepared a worksheet (from the Charles Simeon Trust ) on Job 23. Our goal in these meetings is to begin to do our "Word work", getting into the Scripture, hearing what it says, and beginning to think about the upcoming sermon. As you lis...

Pastor Jim Powell. CULL the Fear. 3.25-26 CURSE the Day. 3.1-10 QUESTION the Design. 3.11-24

I've got 2 special guests with me today, Meggie & Mitchell, who are 2 of the youth in our congregation. This week, the youth are leading VBS with 30 young kids at our church. Big thanks to the youth & volunteers for their service & teaching this week! And big thanks to Meggie & Mitchell for joining us today! As we get into Acts 27... why does Luke give so much ink to a shipwreck? H...

Pastor Jim Powell CYCLE 1 Satan invited and allowed to take from Job. 1.7-19 Satan takes. 1.13-19 Job worships God. 1.20-22 CYCLE 2 Satan invited and allowed to inflict Job. 2.1-6 Satan inflicts. 2.7-8 Job honors God. 2.9-10 4 phrases/realities for meditation: 1.7, 2.2 “From where have you come?” “From going to and fro on the earth” 1.8, 2.3 “Have you considered my servant, for there is none like...

Paul is still arrested, still on trial, waiting, persevering, still preaching Christ! How does Paul continue to respond to difficulty, accusations, and trials? What does he see? What is God up to?

Whether you have read this book or not, we trust you will benefit from this Equip podcast led by ruling elder AJ Babel. In the 1st part, AJ gives context for John Calvin himself, talking through a timeline of his life, before giving a summary of this short book. In the 2nd part (37:14), Krista Babel (AJ's wife) & Sara Bottomley (both are members at Christ Community Church) join AJ for a conver...

AJ Babel His Righteousness (1) His Greatness (2-3) His Sacrificial Concern (4-5)

Pastor Bill Leuzinger. Shorter Catechism Q. 98. What is Prayer? A. Prayer is an offering up of our desires unto God, for things agreeable to his will, in the name of Christ, with confession of our sins, and thankful acknowledgement of his mercies. Q. 99. What rule hath God given for our direction in Prayer? A. The whole Word of God is of use to direct us in prayer; but the special rule of directio...

Pastor Jim Powell. What is prayer? What is God’s role? How do we pray? The Audience of God. The Omniscience of God. Our Father in Heaven, Hallowed be Your Name, Your Kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven...

Pastor Jim is back on here today as we look at Acts 24. Before discussing the text, we think about the "melodic line" of a book of Scripture - what is that? Why is it important? And how can I find the melodic line? As we get into Acts 24, why is Paul accused of being a plague and the cause of all that is wrong in the world? And what does it look like for us to boldly hold to the resurrection of Ch...

Pastor Jim Powell. The melody of the song: maturity in Jesus. Maturing (for others). 1-12 Maturing (into Jesus). 13-14 Maturing (with others). 15-20 The last word. 21-24

One of our elders, Paul Gorman, joins AJ this week as we chat through Acts 23. What does "calm boldness" & "bold calmness" look like as Paul is on trial and seeking to be murdered by others? How can we be "calmly bold" as well? What gives us this sense of "bold calmness"?

Pastor Jim Powell. Kingdom Inheritance. (50) Resurrection Mystery.  (51-52) Bodily Victory.  (53-57) Present Reality.  (58)

We have a special guest today - Elaine Devusser, a member at CCC who serves on our Covenant Children team, joins AJ today as we talk through Acts 22 and Paul's gospel proclamation to the Jews who just tried to kill him. Is the gospel offensive? What does it mean for us to be offensive in proclaiming the gospel? And what enables us to the kind of calm & passionate & bold proclamation of Jes...

Pastor Jim Powell. In fact, Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep. (20) What does that even mean? First fruits. (20-28) Suffering. (29-32) Sin. (32b-34) The Body. (35-39)

Pastor Jim Powell. Central. (1-2) Absolute. (3-11) Implicational. (12-19)

Listen in with Pastor Jim & Pastor Bill as we discuss Acts 21 - Paul returns to Jerusalem, willingly takes a vow, and then is arrested.

Jim Powell. Let all things be done decently and in order, for the building up of the church and for peace. When you come together... • WITHOUT confusing self-expression. (26-33) • WITH awareness of the Source/authority of the Word. (36-40) • WITH clear expectation. (39-40)

Ken Farmer, one of our ruling elders, joins AJ today as we dive into Acts 20. What does a life of service & ministry look like? Why do we preach expositionally here? And why has God appointed elders in his Church?

Jim Powell. Command. (1) Pursue love and earnestly desire spiritual maturity for the building up of the church. Context. (2-5) What does it mean to prophesy? What is speaking in tongues? Then/there. Here/now. Appeal. (6-25) Communicating intelligibly. (6-11, 16-17, 23) Maturing wholly. (13-17, 19-20) Impacting outsiders. (16-17, 21-25) Questions. 1. Do I pursue love and spiritual maturity for the...

What happens when a group of Jewish exorcists seek to co-opt the name of Jesus? What does this reveal about Jesus? About us, who belong to Him? And how does God use even the words of a demon-possessed man to bring about massive communal repentance in his Body? Let us pray that the Lord would continue what we see here - that the "Word of the Lord would continue to increase and prevail mightily as G...

Jim Powell. Love. The ONLY thing. (1-3) Love is... (4-7)  THIS. NOT you. HIM. Love NEVER ends. (8-13)

What do we do when we encounter a passage of Scripture that is difficult to understand? What kind of contexts do we pay attention to? And how are we to understand the baptism of John in these passages?