Kalamazoo Church of Christ

Send us Fan Mail This is two lessons in one!  The first part talks about being used by God - we are all able to impact individuals who no one else can. The second part juxtaposes the life of the Herod and the life of Peter then later Paul.  Preached by Jaren Singh and Alec Krause on 6/13/21

Send us Fan Mail Sorry for the poor audio. We are working on it! Acts 9 and 10 cover a lot of important developments in the Church, and they are extremely vital for our worship today. We don't have to break the ice, God does it for us. Know your role, accept your role, even when it changes. God doesn't need gatekeepers, he needs Good News Sharers. Preached by Spencer Schulz on 6/6/21

Send us Fan Mail Agonizomai is a word that had great significance to the people in Bible times and it is one that we can actively put into practice today. We can put it into practice with our relationships with one another as well as our relationship with God The goal is that understanding this word will give us greater perspective in our relationships with God and one another. Certainly the life...

Send us Fan Mail Big Takeaway: God’s people cannot be so offended by slights or auxiliary arguments that we fail to defend the gospel.   Jump to 5:50 to begin the lesson We look at Acts 7 and 8 and into the life of Stephen - the first Christian Martyr. We also look at the life of Simon the Sorcerer to develop convictions on the ownership that we need to take of our own sin. Preached by Jaren Singh...

Send us Fan Mail We'll look at two stories of imperfection in God’s church – one runs away from the imperfection, the other leans into it. These are narratives about how we interact with imperfections inside of ourselves. The more of our imperfections we cover, the less we’re used by God. Ananias and Sapphira realized their imperfection and lack of faith to give up everything and were stunted...

Send us Fan Mail Please join us on our series through the book of Acts. The goal of this entire series is to be inspired by our brothers and sisters who went before us and have given us guidance on how to live.  Acts 3 and 4 talks about the Boldness that the apostles had. There are three ways that we talked about being bold Bold in Deed Bold in Speech Bold behind closed doors Preached by Jaren Sin...

Send us Fan Mail Please join us on our series through the book of Acts. The goal of this entire series is to be inspired by our brothers and sisters who went before us and have given us guidance on how to live.  Looking at the first two chapters, it is clear that the Apostles were locked in to what the Holy Spirit was doing in their lives. We look at four aspects of that this morning They Obeyed T...

Send us Fan Mail This is a concept that is necessary to achieve anything great. There is a resilience, intentional, and focused energy that is exuded from anyone who has ever accomplished amazing things. For a Christian, our focus needs to be on persisting in prayer. Pray big things, and pray them consistently Preached by Jaren Singh on 4/25/21

Send us Fan Mail The parable of the tenants is basically a story of the whole Bible condensed into just a few verses.  Luke 20:9-16 Preached by Joel Nagel on 4/11/21

Send us Fan Mail In our quest to deepen our relationships with God, we need to strive to come to Him with the proper view of his love for us.   In order to do this we will look at Luke 15 and the Parable of the Forgiving Father. It is a masterful and challenging call for all of us to view God's love the proper way. If we do this, our actions will reflect Him and his call for our lives. Preach...

Send us Fan Mail We celebrate Jesus' resurrection by considering what the Apostle Paul considers to be the Gospel. The most amazing event in human history is the reason why we celebrate. We do not want to allow the world to pacify our senses as we consider the ultimate sacrifice then the total conquer of death. 1 Corinthians 15:1-11.  Preached by Jaren Singh on 4/4/21

Send us Fan Mail We're celebrating Palm Sunday. It is vital for us to take the stance that the people did when they shouted, "Hosanna" as Jesus passed by. John 21:25 Mark 11:1-11 Preached by Jaren Singh on 3/28/21

Send us Fan Mail Our lives need to continue to be called higher by our commitment to give to God and our continual trust in the words of those closest to us.  The story in the book of Ruth is a powerful narrative of what our relationships with God can look like and what our relationships with others should look like. We need to give to God until it hurts, and prompt others to do the same. Preached...

Send us Fan Mail The biggest things communicated in the Book of Jonah is God's willingness to use us to accomplish His plan, and God's intense patience and desire to forgive His creation. Preached by Alec Krause and Spencer Schulz on 3/14/21

Send us Fan Mail When People Lead...Praise the Lord God is always looking for people to lead. If you identify as being a Christian, you also are a leader When People Volunteer...Praise the Lord Follow people who set a great example. That is what Paul calls people to, ultimately that is what Jesus wants from each of us. Judges 5:1-18 Matthew 5:14-16 Preached on 3/7/21 by Jaren Singh

Send us Fan Mail If we are going to be used by God we need to strive to remove the vanity in modern Christianity. Focusing on the favor of man blurs our image of God. Being used by God keeps the standard high. Acts 4 and Acts 5 Preached by Jaren Singh 2/28/21

Send us Fan Mail Discipleship isn't about moments of selflessness, it's the life of selflessness. Judges 6:12-13 "The Lord is with you" - most repeated promise in Bible "Don't be afraid" - most repeated command in the Bible When we're called to something we point to those outside to avoid talking about the things inside us. God's answer to the world&apo...

Send us Fan Mail We need to force ourselves to think about us less. There are few things more unnatural than that. Seeing ourselves as Jesus sees us is the goal because he has the proper vantage point. Jesus on the cross focusing on Mary and John is one of the best examples of this in history. John 19:25-27 Matthew 12:43-45 James 4:1-3 (34:45) Our first installment of Monday Morning Preacher is at...

Send us Fan Mail If you and I are going to have the impact that we want to then your focus cannot be on you. When there are stressful situations – do people even talk to you about them? Or do they realize you’re too caught up in your own situation to have proper concern for theirs?

Send us Fan Mail The ministry of Jesus was counterintuitive – he had 30 some years to change the world and he chose only 3. He chose ordinary people from a few different walks of life instead of the best of the best. When given the opportunity – he preached hard truths that pushed people away instead of preaching, “peace, peace, when there was no peace.”  Through all of this we are left with a sel...

Send us Fan Mail Selflessness is both flexible as well as rigid. It is flexible when it involves helping others and rigid regarding matters of sin. John 2:1-12 John 2:13-25 2 Corinthians 6:3-13 Preached on 1/24/21

Send us Fan Mail At the end of this month – the goal is to be able to identify the selfishness in our hearts and subsequent actions and to grow in our hatred for where this sin shows up in our lives. If we are able to grow in our hatred of our selfishness we are going to become individuals who are less entitled, more engaged in evangelism, and more humble in one another discipling relationships. O...

Send us Fan Mail At the end of this month – the goal is to be able to identify the selfishness in our hearts and subsequent actions and to grow in our hatred for where this sin shows up in our lives. If we are able to grow in our hatred of our selfishness we are going to become individuals who are less entitled, more engaged in evangelism, and more humble in one another discipling relationships. O...

Send us Fan Mail Join us as we cover the reality of the Selfishness in our lives in an effort to become those who are selfless. At the end of this month – the goal is to be able to identify the selfishness in our hearts and subsequent actions and to grow in our hatred for where this sin shows up in our lives. If we are able to grow in our hatred of our selfishness we are going to become individual...

Send us Fan Mail The last lesson of 2020. Feeding the 5000 is a lesson in searching for rest, reigniting compassion, and doing the work to help others.  We center in on Mark 6 in order to do this.