Collective Church Podcast

In this episode, we explore 1 Samuel 6, where the Philistines return the Ark of the Covenant after being overwhelmed by God's hand. It's a story of divine weight, failed idols, and the danger of trying to handle God's presence on human terms.

In 1 Samuel 5, the ark of God enters enemy territory—but it's not Israel that suffers, it's the idols of the Philistines that fall. This episode explores how God's presence cannot be among the idols in our life.

1 Samuel 4 Israel brought the ark into battle like a lucky charm—but God's glory doesn't bend to superstition. In 1 Samuel 4, we confront what happens when religion becomes a performance and God's presence departs in silence.

1 Samuel 3 How do we cultivate a life of hearing God's voice in the noise of 2025? 1 Samuel chapter 3 is a manual to answer that very question. We'll see who God speaks to and what response he is looking for.

1 Samuel 2:22-36 1 Samuel is a book of great contrasts. Between Eli and Hannah, their sons, and all of their wills. This talk tackles the conquest of our self-will and becoming a man or woman who will do whatever is in the heart and mind of God.

1 Samuel 2:12-21 1 Samuel 2 gives us a greater and more sobering look at two approaches to the Lord's presence. We see this from the angle of the priests and the dangers of growing comfortable with God, and the beauty of growing consecrated with God.

1 Samuel 1:19-2:11 After the despondent and desperate prayers of Hannah, we follow her to God's outcome. Will she make good on her vow? Will she still be faithful and worship despite the outcome? What does giving back to the Lord your deepest desire look like?

Pastor Casey starts the book of 1 Samuel by zeroing in on a broken woman, but with extraordinary hope. We discuss how in pain and prayer, there is a heart of getting and giving.

In this Easter message, Pastor Casey unpacks the life-changing truth of the resurrection and its profound impact on our world. He challenges us to ask the most important question: What does Jesus' victory over death mean for us today? Dive into a message of hope, transformation, and the new reality we live in because He is risen.

Pastor Lorenzo walks us through Matthew 21:1-11 as Jesus enters Jerusalem in what has been referred to as the Triumphal Entry. Jesus orchestrated a procession that demanded attention just days before he would be arrested and condemned to the cross, confounding the expectations of the people regarding what kind of savior he would be.

Pastor Casey wraps up Paul's letter to the Philippians.

Pastor Casey breaks down one of the Bible's most misapplied and misunderstood verses: Phil. 4:13.

Is contentment in Los Angeles, life, and 2025 even possible? Yes, and Paul shows us the "secret" in Philippians 4.

Pastor Ryan Smith joins us and preaches from Philippians 4.

Paul breaks down the initiatives of what a faithful life of imitating will result in.

Pastor Casey explores the profile of an enemy of the cross in comparison to a citizen of heaven.

Paul states very clearly, that a mature Christian thinks a certain way in Philippians 3. Pastor Casey unfolds the ways, seeking to call all levels of maturity to a more passionate pursuit of Christ.

Pastor Casey exposes how Paul was able to look at the pedigree of his life, and refer it all to dung. How is it possible for us today to imitate the apostle's value system and acknowledge Christ as His true worth?

Pastor Adam Smith joins us as he wraps up chapter two of Philippians.

Pastor Mike Doyle joins us and preaches from Philippians 2, and the nature of Christ which we are to imitate.

Paul in Philippians encourages us to "think the same way and have the same love." How do we apply this to our church community? Pastor Casey unfolds these practical and challenging truths for us.

Pastor Casey breaks down representing heaven in life and death.

Pastor Casey Fritz examines Paul's heart in how he can rejoice in such suffering.

Pastor Casey Fritz gives an introduction to Paul's letter to the church in Philippi.

Sunday we finish not only our Christmas study of Luke 2, but also our last Sunday of 2024. It's here we excite our hearts by looking at the devotion and consecration of a prophetess named, Anna.

We continue our walk through Luke 2, where infant Jesus is presented at the temple. It's there he encounters a unique prophet with a unique prophecy.

Pastor Casey starts our Christmas series by walking through Luke 2:1-20. Here we see witness and marvel at the extraordinary event, where God stepped into our ordinary.

Pastor Casey shares how to be grateful when our lives feel the opposite. Looking at the attitude of Jesus from 1 Corinthians, we see our Lord exemplify thankfulness in great tribulation.

In the heated political climate of Los Angeles, what are Christians to be known for? Pastor Casey Fritz unfolds this reality from Mark 12.

As citizens of God's Kingdom, we seek to make His will be done in our earthly politics. What does it look like to live, engage, and be political under His reign, not our own?

Pastor Casey shows how the kingship of Jesus introduces not a centralized politic, but an entirely new one. From John 18 we'll witness how King Jesus challenges every detail our partisanship and political preferences.

Author and pastor Joshua Ryan Butler kicks off our series in politics with understanding how Christ is the great political party crasher.

As we turn 9 as a church family, Pastor Lorenzo speaks to the season we're in and calls us to consider what could be, as we seek to align our hearts with God's and ask Him to pour out His Spirit on our church and our city.

Pastor Casey preaches from Luke 18, where Jesus tells us not to lose heart. More than just an encouragement, Christ gives us an unexpected story and challenge for days to come.

Pastor Casey leads us through Moses' request for God's glory and what that means for our own cathedrals.

Elijah displays a heart of expectancy -- fully dependent in prayer on God to bring the rain. Pastor Isaac explains how to navigate spiritual drought and disappointment by cultivating expectancy through waiting on God in prayer and believing his promises.

King Saul does all of right spiritual activites, but with a heart removed. Pastor Casey leads us through our second talk in seeking to make our heart a cathedral to God's glory. We will learn from Saul in contrast to David in what it means to have a heart that is after God's own.

We desire people to have a thirst for the living God, to have our hearts made into cathedrals for His praise. Pastor Casey breaks down Psalm 63, and what it means to crave God in a dry and weary land.

We arrive at the final moments of Jonah's commission and witness how the book ends in the most unorthodox of ways. It is here we witness God's final question and Jonah's first answer.

After the revival of Nineveh, our reluctant prophet has a meltdown. In Jonah 4, Pastor Casey Fritz opens the word to unravel the fury of a bitter prophet, and what that means for how we relate to God when He works outside our wants.

Pastor Isaac Brickner takes us through Jonah 3:1-10, where Jonah gives the worst sermon ever.

Pastor Casey dissects Jonah's prayer inside the great fish. It's here we see not only the heart of the rebel prophet but also of our God.

Jonah is eaten alive by a fish appointed by God. It's here he encounters the goodness of the Lord in the darkness. Pastor Casey leads us through the beginning stages of Jonah's obedience and repentance.

Pastor Casey Fritz takes us through Jonah 1:4-16 where Jonah runs from the presence of the Lord. We look at what it means when God sends storms our way and their purpose in our lives.

Pastor Casey Fritz introduces the wild and pertinent story of Jonah. God calls His people to obedience...whether we understand it or not.

Pastor Casey Fritz ends the book of Malachi by calling us to remember where we have been as a church, where our hope lies, and how God's instructions for the Israelites still apply strongly to us today.

Pastor Isaac Brickner takes us through Malachi 3:13-18 showing us that those who repent and endure times of confusion will experience renewal and tremendous blessing from God.