CLCC Church Podcast

Stories Around the Campfire Sermon: Learning From Our Mistakes Pastor: Troy Neilsen Luke 22:54-62

Stories Around the Campfire Sermon: God vs. god Pastor: Troy Neilsen 1 Kings 18:20-37

Stories Around the Campfire Sermon: Burning Bush Excuses Pastor: Noah Reed Exodus 3:1-10

Stories Around the Campfire Sermon: Setbacks and Snakebites Pastor: Len DenBraber Acts 28:1-6

Stories Around the Campfire Sermon: Jesus Cooked Breakfast Pastor: Jim Lucas John  21:1-14 Sermon Summary: Everyone messes up! We all have moments when we are less than faithful, less than what we would hope to be.  How does Jesus respond to our failures? We all have experienced bosses or parents who have completely gone off the rails when offended by others.  We have all experience...

The Truth About Lies Sermon: A Humble Resistance Pastor: Phil Juthman James 4:1-10

The Truth About Lies Sermon: You Should Make You Happy Pastor: Jim Lucas Proverbs 14:12 Sermon Summary: Come next week and learn about the lies the world tells us, how to avoid them and the consequences of our choices.

The Truth About Lies Sermon: Life's Not Fair Pastor: Troy Neilsen Matthew 25:14-30 Sermon Summary “That’s not fair!” Has been spoken by kids around the world for centuries. Whether it was because someone got a bigger piece of cake or not being able to stay up late at night. Now, many adults around the world are now grown up and “fairness” is something that we might even complain about. "Life shoul...

The Truth About Lies Sermon: The Devil Made Me Do It Pastor: Phil Juthman John 8:44 Sermon Summary BIG IDEA: The root of Satan’s deception lies in leading us to consider our own will before God’s will. When we take the driver’s seat in deciding what is right and wrong we push God away from us and set ourselves up as god and experience the shame and hurt of sin. In contrast, by submitting to God we...

The Truth About Lies Sermon: The World, The Flesh, and The Devil Pastor: Jim Lucas Ephesians 6:11-12 Sermon Summary The Big Idea of this study is that we are in a battle over truth. We must be more aware that we fight this battle on three fronts: the world, the flesh and the devil. We are beginning a new series this week. We are indebted to John Mark Comer’s excellent book, "Live no Lies" for stim...

How Does God Grow Your Faith? Sermon: When Jesus Brings Friends Into Our Lives Pastor: Jim Lucas Romans 16:1-16 Sermon Summary The Big Idea of this study is that friendship is a huge factor in growing our faith. Even the Apostle Paul, the gifted author and orator, encircled himself with good friendships. One of the remarkable things about our text this week is that the Apostle Paul has never visit...

How Does God Grow Your Faith? Sermon: Pivotal Moments Pastor: Troy Neilsen Acts 16:6- 10 Sermon Summary The Big Idea of this study is that we need to realize that there are pivotal moments in our lives that are opportunities for growth. For many of us we have goals, we want to make a certain amount of money, have a certain kind of job, and have a certain size of a house. And what we do is put a pl...

How Does God Grow Your Faith? Sermon: When We Serve 1 Peter 4:10-11 Pastor Jim Lucas Sermon Summary The Big Idea of this study is that our faith grows when we serve one another. Serving others is the way that God’s gifts are distributed to the world. In this series we are discovering how the Lord grows our faith. This week we will be exploring the idea that when we use our gifts to serve others we...

How Does God Grow Our Faith? Sermon: When We are Generous Luke 6:38 Pastor Phil Juthman Sermon Summary: The Big Idea is that Generosity is a practice that forms us toward Christlikeness. When we give of ourselves towards God and people, we become formed by God as he pours back into our lives. Jesus wisely said ‘Where our treasure is, there our heart lies.’ So much of what forms our life is a bypro...

How Does God Grow Your Faith? Sermon: When We Experience the Supernatural John 2:1-11  Pastor Jim Lucas Sermon Summary  The Big Idea of this study is that our faith grows when we experience the “signs” that Jesus is the Son of God and that we can have life in his name. While our Western World downplays the existence of the supernatural, Jesus continues to reveal himself and his power in...

How Does God Grow Your Faith? Sermon: Through Trials James 1:2-4 Pastor Troy Neilsen Sermon Summary The Big Idea of this study is that we need to realize that trials in our lives are opportunities for growth. Through everyone’s life there will be tough times. Jesus even promised us “In this world you will have trouble.” John 16:33. This is not a promise we repeat to ourselves for encouragement, bu...

How Does God Grow Your Faith? Sermon: When the Word Lives in Us Colossians 3:16-17 Pastor Jim Lucas Sermon Summary The Big Idea of this study is that we need to allow the word of Christ to penetrate our hearts so that we grow spiritually. The Word of God is powerful. Hebrews 4:12-13 “(12) For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pene...

Change Before You Have To Sermon: Not Alone 2 Kings 6:8-24 Sermon Summary The Big Idea of this message is that often when we find ourselves in a situation or have to make a change, we feel like we are all alone. Sometimes we feel like we are the only ones who have ever experienced what we are facing. This is the last week of our series on Elisha. This week we looked at a story of Elisha and his as...

Easter 2022 Sermon: He is Risen Indeed! Luke 24:1-8; 1 Corinthians 15:14,16-19 Sermon Summary The Big Idea of this study is that the Resurrection of Jesus is essential to Christianity. Without it, our faith is in vain. The resurrection of Jesus is essential to Christianity. Either it happened or it didn’t. There is no third option. If it didn’t happen, our faith is in vain. As Paul in 1 Cor. 15 sa...

Change Before You Have To Sermon: Humility Helps – The Healing of Naaman 2 Kings 5:1-19 Sermon Summary The Big Idea of this study is that humble obedience is key to the change Jesus expects in his followers. The Children of Israel are the poster children to warn us to change before we have to. They failed to change. They were warned about the consequences of worshipping foreign gods and neglecting...

Change Before You Have To Sermon: The Widow’s Son – Everything is Fine 2 Kings 4:8-37 Sermon Summary The Big Idea of this study is that our faith will be tested; it is the only way to grow our faithfulness. 1st and 2nd Kings are books that are written to exiles. They are directed to the Jews who had been taken captive by the Babylonians and were living in a foreign country. The books are intended...

Change Before You Have To Sermon: Start With A Little 2 Kings 4:1-7 Sermon Summary The Big Idea of this message is that when we are looking for change, God often asks us to start with something small. Small decisions, small changes. We know that when we do an act of faith God is faithful. This is our second week of our series on Elisha. This week we told a story of a poor widow who found herself i...

Change Before You Have To Sermon: Burn Something 1 Kings 19:19-21 Sermon Summary The Big Idea of this message is that God often asks us to change and move on, but to move on we often have to let go of the past. This week we started a brand-new series on Elisha. Elisha was a prophet who was willing to take big risks to see change happen. Change is always hard. But for us to be where God wants us to...

You in 5 Years Sermon: You – Completely Secure Romans 8:35-39 Sermon Summary The Big Idea of this study is that in spite of the challenges that we face in life we can rest assured that God loves us and is actively working on our behalf. In the final lesson on this series from Romans chapter 8 we hear the Apostle sum up what he is trying to help us understand. God is for us. God loves us. Nothing c...

You in 5 Years Sermon: You – In Good Hands Romans 8:31-34 Sermon Summary The Big Idea of this study is that we are in good hands. We should feel secure in knowing our life today and our eternal destiny are cared for by a God who at great personal cost has proven he has our welfare in mind. The Apostle Paul in our text this week intends to evoke a response from his readers. He uses a series of rhet...