Christ Community Church (Johnson City, TN)

Pastor Jim Powell. What is faith? “Faith consists simply in taking God at his Word and directing our lives accordingly.” (F.F. Bruce) Explained. Illustrated. Waiting [with faith] on what?

Pastor Jim Powell. What is JESUS waiting for? What were THEY [before Christ] waiting for? What are we NOT waiting for?

The Lord takes the gospel to Cornelius and the Gentiles through Peter. What is unclean? Who is common?

Pastor Jim Powell. Imperative Expectation... (4.14-16) Important Explanation... (5.1-10)

Pastoral Intern AJ Babel summarizes and complements 12 Ways Your Phone is Changing You (Tony Reinke) . Are our smartphones & our social media habits tools that we steward in loving God, loving our neighbors, and fulfilling the mission He has given us? Or do they distract and lure us away? This audio is from our Saturday evening EQUIP Seminar. You can find pdf notes here . There are a few pause...

Pastor Jim Powell Jesus has [already] arrived. (12.2-3) Witnesses have [already] arrived. (12.1) Your arrival with Him will come. Wait for it... (12.7-13) The kingdom of God HAS [already] arrived...

Pastor Bill Leuzinger & AJ Babel talk through Nancy Pearcey's book Love Thy Body . Much of our cultural thinking has separated who someone is as a person from their physical body so that biology is irrelevant. Pearcey outlines this way of thinking, contrasts it with a biblical as well as biological perspective, and then applies this to 6 key areas. PDF notes are available on our website

AJ Babel A Higher View Your Body's Purpose Your Body's Future A Part of Christ A Holy Home It's Not Yours So...

What does Saul's conversion have to do with being deceived? How does understanding Saul's conversion help us better understand our own conversion, ministry to others, calling, and suffering?

Pastor Jim Powell. 9 Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived [at the unrighteous who will not] inherit the kingdom of God. neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, 10 nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers. 11 And such were some of you. But you were washe...

The gospel goes to Samaria. What's up with the Samaritans receiving the Spirit after their belief & baptism here?

Pastor Steve Perkins I. Why were children being brought to Jesus? II. Why was Jesus Indignant? III. What does it mean to receive the Kingdom like a child? IV.  What does "he blessed them" mean?

How does Stephen's sermon help us understand God's presence, the temple, and Jesus? And how does that intersect believers today? How does the story of Scripture - the story of Jesus - give us confidence?

Pastor Jim Powell The [surface] problem. The reason?!? The [deeper] problem. The gospel.

Pastor Jim Powell A sad report. A serious reality. A swift response. The grace of discipline and the salvation of the sinner. The grace of discipline and the salvation of the church. The grace of discipline and the salvation of the world. The grace of discipline and the center of the gospel.

Special guest Pastor Bill Leuzinger joins Pastor Jim Powell today to discuss Acts 6.

Pastor Bill Leuzinger 1. The Problem is Pride 2. How Pride Grows 3. How Pride Dies

AJ Babel God's Preparation (26-28) God's Means (29-34) What a Response! (36-40)

Special guest Michael Reneau, one of our Deacons, joins Pastor Jim Powell today to look at Acts 6:1-7. What is the role of deacon all about? What does that look like at Christ Community Church? And how does that complement the office of elder in the work of the gospel?

AJ Babel Why the fuss? (54-57) What a way to die! (58-60) What happens next (8:1-4)

What's the big deal about Ananias & Sapphira? What does it mean - to you, personally & to us, corporately - that the Holy Spirit is a person ?

Pastor Jim Powell I don’t care what you think. The gospel and fear of man. I don’t care what I think. The gospel and self-justification. I care what the Lord thinks. It is the Lord who judges me… [from “uh oh” to “SURPRISE”]

Special guest Clinton Ross joins me (AJ) today as we talk about Acts 4. Do you sense a need for persistence & boldness in speaking the message of Christ to others? What if we prayed for God to grant this?

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We finish up Acts 2 & get into Acts 3 today. How is repentance related to the work of God's Spirit & to blessing/refreshing/joy?