Collective Church Podcast

Mary comes looking for closure… She finds a risen Savior who knows her name. In John 20, we see that the resurrection isn’t just proof to consider, but a Person to encounter—and that changes how you live every single day.

In the cross we see a double movement of judgment for the severity of sin and forgiveness based on the costly sacrifice of Jesus. Pastoral Resident Scot Bommarito shares how the Gospel invites us to ponder both truths as we fix our eyes on the cross of Christ.

In Gethsemane, while Jesus wrestles in prayer under crushing pressure, His disciples repeatedly fall asleep, missing the moment they were called to stay awake and watch. This passage confronts our spiritual drowsiness and calls us to a life of alert, dependent prayer in the moments that matter most.

In the garden of Gethsemane, Jesus is crushed under the unbearable weight of what lies ahead, yet chooses surrender over escape.

Guest preacher, Pastor Landon MacDonald helps us understand the strength of the secret place of prayer.

1 Samuel 31
Our final sermon within 1 Samuel, and it's bleak. We see the death of King Saul as the solemn lesson for great need of faithfulness.

1 Samuel 29-30 finds David at one of his lowest episodes—his honor shamed by the Philistine commanders, his family kidnapped by the raiding Amalekites, and his men whispering of mutiny. Yet in this moment of darkness, we see a God of redemptive reversal and counterintuitive provision as David found strength in the LORD his God.

1 Samuel 28
Saul, abandoned by God and desperate for direction, seeks out a medium at Endor, crossing a line he once outlawed in a final attempt to control his fate. In one of the darkest chapters of 1 Samuel, we see what happens when fear replaces faith and a leader who refused God’s voice now finds only silence.

In 1 Samuel 26–27, David passes the test of power again by sparing Saul’s life a second time, proving he is free enough to trust God’s timing instead of seizing the throne. Yet in the very next chapter, weary of waiting, he stops inquiring of the Lord and seeks safety among the Philistines, showing how even faithful obedience can erode when trust gives way to survival.

In 1 Samuel 24, David spares Saul in the cave, refusing to seize the throne by violence and entrusting God with both timing and justice. In 1 Samuel 25, that same restraint nearly collapses when David is provoked by Nabal, until Abigail intervenes and keeps him from shedding blood he would later regret, revealing how the wilderness tests not just public obedience but the heart itself.