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This audio podcast features talks given at Collective Church, a church on LA’s Westside. We are a community following Jesus and seeking to reach, teach, and equip others to do the same. Our desire is to become a healthy and multiplying expression of Christ’s church in each of the 23 neighborhoods that make up the Westside of Los Angeles. Visit us online at www.collectivechurch.com.
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About Brotherly Love
7 days ago
7 days ago
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)
Monday Apr 22, 2024
Holiness Culture
Monday Apr 22, 2024
Monday Apr 22, 2024
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)
Monday Apr 15, 2024
Sanctified Sexuality
Monday Apr 15, 2024
Monday Apr 15, 2024
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)
Monday Apr 08, 2024
Pleasing God
Monday Apr 08, 2024
Monday Apr 08, 2024
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."
Monday Apr 01, 2024
The Imperatives of Easter
Monday Apr 01, 2024
Monday Apr 01, 2024
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.
Monday Mar 25, 2024
The World's Most Dangerous Idea
Monday Mar 25, 2024
Monday Mar 25, 2024
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.
Monday Mar 18, 2024
Ordinary Saints
Monday Mar 18, 2024
Monday Mar 18, 2024
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.
Monday Mar 11, 2024
Mutual Encouragement
Monday Mar 11, 2024
Monday Mar 11, 2024
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.
Monday Mar 04, 2024
Under the Pressure
Monday Mar 04, 2024
Monday Mar 04, 2024
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.
Monday Feb 26, 2024
Bloodied Beating Heart
Monday Feb 26, 2024
Monday Feb 26, 2024
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.