Downtown Community Church

We often say "this is what I'm struggling with" but we don't know how to struggle well and fight sin. Find out the sustainable way to put to death our flesh as Pastor Ben Kaempfer preaches out of Romans 8:12-17.  Does your aspiration to be more like Jesus outweigh the mortification of your sin?  Support the show

We can easily feel distanced from God at times because we think he is disappointed in us. Join us this week as Pastor Ben Kaempfer unpacks Romans 8:1-4 and how we can practically live in freedom! "There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus!" Romans 8:1 Support the show

Where are we going as a church? Join Pastor Ben Kaempfer as he shares what it would look like if we all individually took the call of living selflessly and joined together for the Kingdom of God! Support the show

Listen up if you are ready to lay down more and more self, and live more and more for the Kingdom! Each week we have built upon the fact that God is worth giving everything up for. This week Pastor Ben Kaempfer unpacks what this looks like! If you are truly following Jesus (not just a cultural Christian) you should never be asking if you should give or how much, but asking where you can give!  Sup...

We long to become more and more selfless, and more like Jesus. Scripture says "Do nothing from selfish ambition" (Phil 2:3) but this feels impossible to accomplish with all of the other responsibilities we have in life. Join Pastor Ben Kaempfer as he teaches us how to live selflessly through Jesus! Support the show

Welcome to our new series Less Self   as we work to live more and more selflessly each day, and give Jesus full control of our lives! This is an individual call but a team effort that we want to do together as a church family! How do we even begin this journey? For more information on 21 Days with Jesus visit our website, app, or social media! You can find the digital copy of the booklet there! Su...

When thinking and praying about a sermon to begin 2023 with, we were actually lead to a previous sermon given in 2019, it's from the vault! We believe the Lord has something to speak to each of us from this sermon on rest so lean in! Happy New Year church fam! Support the show

With every day comes more and more things to do, how will we ever break this cycle? God has designed the solution in the rhythm of creation! Join Dylan Nielander as he diagnoses  our societal problem of "busy sickness" and offers us the cure!  We are praying over you, that you do not push back from all the ways Sabbath seems difficult or impossible, but lean into it! It will not be perfe...

The holiday season tends to bring up an array of emotions around loss. Whether it's the loss of a loved one or family member, the loss of a dream, or just absence of a relationship, emotions can be heavy. Join Pastor Ben Kaempfer as he addresses this topic and teaches how to navigate through it from examples in Scripture. Support the show

Part of the holiday season is gathering with family and friends, which can involve strained relationships, bitterness, neglect, hurt, or even abuse. Join Ben Kaempfer as he walks us through how to remove this weight this holiday season! "Only if you have forgiven already can your motive be to correct the person for God's sake, for justice's sake, for the community's sake, and f...

The problem is we already live our lives with stress up to our neck so when life gets even busier in a season like the holidays, we drown! We have less and less time to work on our Spiritual life, we are trying to survive! Join Ben Kaempfer for our new series, this week teaching you how to practically conquer this season! Support the show

We work hard to build up things in our life to provide belonging, security or significance. But those "towers" only lead us to disappointment.  Genesis 11:1-9 John 17:20-23 "the books or the music in which we thought the beauty was located in will betray us if we trust to them; it was not in them, it only came through them, and what came through them was longing. These things - the...

For this one off sermon, our Young Adult Director Dylan Nielander, leads us through 2 Peter 1:1-11.  "Becoming the kind of person who routinely and easily does what Jesus told us to do has generally been considered out of reach and therefore not really necessary for what we, as christians, are about" - Dallas Willard "Grace is not opposed to effort, it is opposed to earning. Earning...

Maybe you think God really needs you, so you can't ever be insufficient in Kingdom work. Or maybe you think you have to be sufficiently holy to even be in relationship with God. Join Pastor Ben Kaempfer as He teaches us how we can hold the truth that God does NOT need us, with the excitement that He calls and invites us to play a part in our insufficiency! Support the show

We often say we love Jesus, but still say "but if I can just get married, if I can just have a kid, if I could just work at that place"...and forget over and over again that nothing of this world will satisfy us. Join Pastor Ben Kaempfer as he teaches us how to practically identify what we are running to and how to truly find satisfaction in Jesus.   Support the show

This week in our series, we had Pastor Adrian Crawford come in to teach us about our calling. If we treat Jesus as codependent, we will start to serve Him for the life we hope He gives us. Join us as we learn how our calling has everything and nothing to do with us. Support the show

A primary example of  codependency is when we ask God to provide for us financially, but then we tense up and feel sick when He calls us to give our money somewhere. Join Pastor Ben Kaempfer as he teaches through Luke 12:13-34 and why we struggle to give Jesus all of our money.  Support the show

If we view God as codependent, we see Him as the Giver who should be concerned with providing everything for us and us as the Taker. When God asks us to surrender something or obey Him it becomes difficult because the flow of benefit all of a sudden isn't towards us. We often ask the question "Is what He's calling me to do really for what's best for me and putting my needs firs...

Have you ever asked "God, where are you?" when you don't see Him providing the way you wanted? Or only talk about the blessings He is giving you? This is because most of us have a codependent relationship with Him, thinking He is the "Giver" and we are the "Taker". Join Pastor Ben Kaempfer as he opens this idea of codependency. Support the show

Make Disciples: Belief to Maturity We may be trying to read the Bible more, trying to pray more, trying to make it to community group, but how do we truly grow spiritually? Join Ben Kaempfer as he unpacks the key component for spiritual growth that most of us miss.  Support the show

Make Disciples: Unbelief to Belief   We see a beautiful depiction of unbelief to belief in The Parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11–32). Join Pastor Ben Kaempfer as he offers a fresh perspective on both of the sons in the parable. Every single person can identify with this story and be convicted in different ways. Pray specifically about where you are in the parable, and what God is teaching yo...

Be Great Neighbors! In Luke 10:27 Jesus says "Love your neighbor as yourself." Who is my neighbor? How am I supposed to radically love them with my busy life? Join us as Pastor Ben Kaempfer walks us through Jesus' answer to this question.  Support the show

Love God. Be honest, do you view God as being 100% unconditional love, or as a parent who is constantly disappointed? It is extremely important that we first get this fundamental truth right, before anything else, because the way we view God will affect how we love Him in return. Join Pastor Ben Kaempfer as he walks us through the deep concept of God's love and how to love God. Support the sh...

In our new series His Work Our Witness , we are going to take you first through the journey of the steps of obedience and God's faithfulness in our past. Then through the ways He is constantly working and inviting us in the present. It's trusting that God always has been, and always will be good & faithful to us, that allows us to radically obey Him. This week Pastor Ben Kaempfer wal...

We all have daily battles in this world, but are we aware that they are spiritual forces against us? If we don't remember the Devil is our enemy, then we will keep calling our neighbors our enemies. Dylan Nielander finishes our Ephesians series teaching us about the Devil, the unseen Spiritual battle, and how to fight in it! GOOD NEWS: we have the strength of the Lord on our side! Support the...