The CLC Commute

In this episode of the CLC Commute, Pastor Grant Roe continues the “Gospel on the Move” series through the Book of Acts with a powerful message on Freedom in Christ. He unpacks the Jerusalem Council in Acts 15 and Paul’s letter to the Galatians, showing how the early church wrestled with the question: “What must I do to be accepted by God?”The conversation cuts through religious performance, legal...

In this episode of the CLC Commute, we continue the “Gospel on the Move” series through the Book of Acts. Pastor Grant Roe unpacks how the early church at Antioch joined God’s mission through generous giving, radical diversity, and a priority on ministering to the Lord first through worship, prayer, and fasting. The conversation explores practical ways we participate in God’s mission to redeem, re...

In this episode of the CLC Commute, we continue the “Gospel on the Move” series through the Book of Acts with a powerful message on God doing a new thing. Pastor Grant Roe unpacks Peter’s vision in Acts 10–11, showing how the Holy Spirit challenged old paradigms, cultural biases, and religious baggage to expand the Gospel beyond Jewish boundaries to the Gentiles. The conversation explores how yest...

In this episode of the CLC Commute, we continue the new series “The Gospel on the Move” through the Book of Acts. Pastor Grant Roe unpacks how the early church went “viral” despite intense opposition, no budget, and no PR strategy — because they kept the main thing the main thing: Jesus and the Gospel. The conversation explores the power of Spirit-led unity (“your need is my concern”), radical gen...

In this launch episode of the new series “The Gospel on the Move,” Pastor Grant Roe kicks off a journey through the Book of Acts. He shows how the ministry of Jesus didn’t end with His ascension but multiplied through the Holy Spirit poured out on the early church — and how we’re invited into that same story today. This week’s message highlights the powerful unity of heart and mind in the early ch...

In this special Pentecost Sunday episode of the CLC Commute, Pastor Grant Roe concludes the “Wind and Fire” series with a powerful message on being filled with the Holy Spirit. He walks through why we need this filling, who can receive it, what happens when we are filled, and how we can experience it — beginning with Jesus’ own baptism where the Father declares His love before any ministry begins....

In this special Mother’s Day episode of the CLC Commute, Pastor Afsaneh Roe continues the “Wind and Fire” series with a powerful message from John 15 on the Vine and the Branches. She unpacks Jesus’ invitation to abide in Him — not through passive proximity or religious activity, but through active, intimate relationship with the Holy Spirit. Using the beautiful metaphor of the vineyard, Pastor Af...

In this episode of the CLC Commute, Pastor Grant Roe kicks off a new series leading up to Pentecost Sunday by unpacking the vital role of the Holy Spirit in the believer’s life. Using the analogy of a powerful toy with no batteries, he explains that the Christian life comes with “batteries included” — the Holy Spirit empowers us to live the lofty vision of the Kingdom and the Sermon on the Mount....

In this episode of the CLC Commute, we reflect on Pastor Steve’s message from the “New Creation” series, focusing on Jesus’ powerful post-resurrection appearance to the fearful disciples hiding behind locked doors in John 20. Jesus enters the room, speaks “Peace be with you,” shows them His hands and feet, eats with them, and then entrusts them with the central message of the early church: the for...

In this episode of the CLC Commute, we continue reflecting on Pastor Grant Roe’s “New Creation” sermon series with a conversation focused on the Road to Emmaus story in Luke 24. Pastor Grant unpacks how Jesus’ resurrection restores to us the original identity and assignment given in Eden — to bear God’s image, find our place in Him, and cultivate goodness, order, and beauty in the corner of the wo...

This post-Easter conversation explores how Jesus’ resurrection doesn’t just promise future heaven — it launches God’s new creation project right now, inviting us to participate in it today. Drawing beautiful parallels between the Road to Emmaus story in Luke 24 and the creation/fall narrative in Genesis, they show how the resurrection reverses the curse of the garden: where Adam and Eve’s eyes wer...

On this special Easter episode of the CLC Commute, Pastor Grant unpacks the power of Christ’s resurrection using the powerful analogy of the Rosetta Stone. Just as the Rosetta Stone unlocked the meaning of ancient hieroglyphics, the resurrection serves as the missing link that makes sense of the cross, Jesus’ teachings, and the entire story of redemption. If Jesus had not risen from the dead, the...

In this special Palm Sunday episode of the CLC Commute, Pastor Steve joins the conversation to reflect on Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem from Matthew 21, exploring how the crowds—and even the most Scripture-savvy religious leaders—missed who Jesus truly was because they expected a political revolutionary like King David rather than the humble Lamb of God who came to transform hearts. They u...

In this episode of the "Behold the Lamb" Lenten series, Pastor Grant delivers a powerful message titled “The Problem of Pride,” defining pride as a dangerous infection of the heart that breeds self-centeredness, builds our identity on anything other than God’s grace, and causes us to feel either superior or inferior to others. He warns that pride is the root of all vices (the same sin th...

In this episode of the "Behold the Lamb" Lenten series, Pastor Afsaneh Roe draws from John 3 and the Persian New Year celebration of Nowruz to explore spiritual rebirth, showing how spring's emergence from winter parallels the new life Jesus offers through being "born again" of the Spirit. She explains that, like Nicodemus the Pharisee who assumed his heritage and religious...

In this episode of the "Behold the Lamb" Lenten series, Pastor Grant unpacks Jesus' warning in Mark 8 about the "leaven" of the Pharisees and Herodians, representing two competing visions of God's kingdom: religious legalism that controls behavior through external rules and hypocrisy, and political power that seeks domination and control over others. He explains how the...

The podcast episode from the "Behold the Lamb" Easter sermon series explores Jesus' teaching in John 12 about a grain of wheat needing to die to bear fruit, emphasizing how embracing death to self—through relinquishing control, selfish ambitions, and inward focus—leads to true abundant life in Christ. Pastor Grant explains that death is central to the Christian narrative because Jesu...

In this CLC Commute episode, Pastors Grant and Afsaneh Roe explore the "mission" pillar of CLC's ministry philosophy—how the church equips believers to partner with God's redemptive work, both inside the walls and out in everyday life. They unpack the Great Commission as a personal calling to live sent, using Buechner's insight that vocation intersects deep gladness with the...

In this CLC Commute episode, Pastors Grant Roe and Reggie James unpack CLC's ministry philosophy pillar of "formation"—the practical "how" of becoming more like Jesus through rhythms of love, sacraments, spiritual disciplines, and community—rooted in the lifelong journey of being conformed to Christ's image for the sake of others. They explore why true formation starts...

Sermon Study Guide: https://page.church.tech/3da6c798 In this CLC Commute episode, Pastors Grant and Afsaneh Roe unpack CLC's ministry philosophy, centering on "community" as the practical heartbeat of their mission to heal the hurting and equip destinies—rooted in Acts 2's multi-ethnic, multi-generational, multiplying church born at Pentecost. Explore honest realities (church at...

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In this CLC Commute episode, Pastors Grant Roe and Afsaneh Roe reframe Luke 15's Prodigal Son as "The Parable of the Waiting Father," exposing grace's scandalous scandal—not cheap forgiveness ignoring justice, but Christ's cross-absorbed penalty unleashing unearned riches that cover shame (robe), reclaim identity (ring), and free us from earning love (sandals). Wrestle the th...

In this CLC Commute episode of the "Begin Again" series, Pastors Grant and Afsaneh Roe confront early 2026's headline frenzy—from AI-fueled deceptions to global turmoil—urging believers to reject knee-jerk outrage for Spirit-forged discernment that prunes bitterness, exposes heart-squeezed "fruit" (or lack thereof), and anchors joy in heavenly citizenship over earthly empir...

In this CLC Commute launch of the "Begin Again" series, Pastors Grant and Afsaneh Roe unpack why King David's "ask God first" habit outshone Saul's reactive regrets, flipping our over-eager planning into prophetic declarations that script a God-aligned future—revealing how journaling prayers untangles desires and aligns hearts with divine wisdom. Join their bold charge...

In this CLC Commute episode of the Advent "Prepare Him Room" series, Pastor Grant Roe exposes how life's shadows—repeating toxic patterns, projecting a fake self, or tuning out God's whisper—keep us stumbling in blurred dysfunction, but invites us to flip the switch on John's raw truth: God's light isn't condemnation, it's redemptive exposure that crushes ego-sham...