Collective Church Podcast

Pastor Lorenzo leads us through Malachi 3:8-12 and God’s accusation against Israel that they were robbing him.

Pastor Ryan Smith's departing sermon from the book of Luke. 

Pastor Casey takes us through the fifth dispute in Malachi 3:1-7 where God calls for His people to return to Him.

Pastor Casey brings us to the fourth dispute within Malachi and how God is wearied by the Israelites complaints, priestly corruption, and unchecked sin. And yet, the Father’s heart brings much light to such darkness.

Pastor Ryan Smith unpacks the third dispute of the book of Malachi, as God lays before his people the evidence of their complacent worship before naming the essence of this kind of worship in some of the sharpest words of the book.

Pastor Casey Fritz takes us to the 2nd dispute against God within the book of Malachi. As God asks where His honor, fear and the peoples full hearted offering is.

Pastor Casey Fritz starts our new series through the heavy and timely book of Malachi. It opens with God’s most important message to His people, “I have loved you.” 

Lead Pastor Lorenzo Smith shares a very important message about the future of Collective Church.

Continuing from last week, Pastor Ryan Smith follows the Apostle Paul in 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 on how the people of Jesus are meant to live as we await the return of Jesus.

As we progress through Paul's letter, 1 Thessalonians, we arrive at Paul's next area of guidance: the Christian hope and the anticipated return of Jesus. Pastor Ryan Smith examines 4:13-18, often clouded by confusion and debate, but full of comfort and encouragement.

The Apostle Paul presses the church in Thessolanica forward in love, but turns the direction toward the church. Pastor Casey Fritz follows Paul's instruction for brothers and sisters to love in unexpected and disruptive ways. (4:9-12)

Continuing from last week, Pastor Ryan Smith follows as the Apostle Paul develops a vision for the culture of the church and its relationship to sexuality. (4:7-8)

Pastor Ryan Smith continues in 1 Thessalonians as the Apostle Paul guides the church deeper into God's will, specifically in the area of their sexuality. (4:3-6)

Pastor Ryan Smith picks back up in our series in the letter of 1 Thessalonians, where the Apostle Paul transitions to providing guidance for the church on how to live. In the short introduction to this section (4:1-2), Paul summarizes all that is to come by calling them to "Please God."

On this Easter Sunday, Pastor Ryan Smith teaches the incredible invitation to come and see, the command to go and tell, and the freedom to not fear.

King Jesus marches into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, detonating His final days. Pastor Casey Fritz leads up through the procession inviting us to see and receive the King as He is.

As we reach the halfway point of 1 Thessalonians, Pastor Ryan teaches on Paul's prayer in 3:11-13 as a guide and paradigm for our own prayers, specifically that we would become ordinary saints.

Pastor Ryan looks at 1 Thessalonians 3:6-10 as Paul recounts the renewed courage, life, and joy he received in the middle of his distress and pressures through the surprising avenue of his encouragement of others.

Pastor Ryan takes us into 1 Thessalonians 3:1-5 where Paul details some of the forms of pressure common to followers of Jesus. While discomfort is a feeling that most of us avoid, this passage invites us to receive and anticipate tension as how we participate in the story of Jesus.

Pastor Casey walks us through 1 Thessalonians 2:17-20 where Paul expresses some of the richest words written between pastor and people. It's riddled with heart, warning, and surprising conclusions for our faith. 

As we continue in our series in 1 Thessalonians, Pastor Ryan Smith unpacks three marks of a model faith: receiving the word of God, welcoming the authority of God, and the willingness to suffer for it.

Pastor Ryan Smith continues our series in 1 Thessalonians by looking at Paul's description of the motive, method, and mission of a model pastor.

Pastor Ryan Smith begins our new series in 1 Thessalonians examining Paul's celebration of this early local church as an opportunity to consider what makes up a vibrant church.

We introduce our new incoming teaching pastor with a pastor's panel discussion and look at how God calls and uses different people to accomplish His work.

As we continue in our series, "Seek First" Pastor Ryan Smith looks at the story of Philip in Acts 8 and the surprising places a purposeful pursuit of God can lead us.