SouthSide Community Church Podcast

3/22/2020 - Joe Kimmell - Luke 13:1-19:10 How many have us have been poor? What does being poor even mean? That answer will differ for each of us. Thankfully, Jesus has only one definition: ani. In this sermon, Jesus focuses on what it means to be truly poor in the most rewarding, yet uncomfortable sense of the word. Are you willing to listen to these words with sincere openness to the God who formed you?

3/15/2020 - Joe Kimmell - Luke 10:1-12:48 Jesus invites us to consider true generosity that challenges our inmost beings and affects our everyday ways of life. His invitation asks us to consider prayer, money, possessions, anything that puts us face-to-face with our greediness. True generosity is giving freely and freely trusting in God's ability to provide for us. Will you hear this message and openly ask God to help you be free of your greed that you may live with a generous mind and heart?

3/1/2020 - Joe Kimmell - Luke 7:1-9:36 Jesus is more than a strong religious leader or a prophet. Rather, Luke portrays Jesus as the new Moses. Moses was chosen by God to go to Egypt and proclaim freedom for God's people. This beautiful comparison is seen in Jesus, from his preaching of hope to the poor to so much more. Will you join us as we examine this Moses-like Jesus to further understand how Jesus is the One Way to hope and freedom?

2/23/2020 - Ron Johnson - Luke 6:17-42 People come to Jesus for many reasons, whether its for healing or to sit at His feet. However, what we expect and what Jesus expects are two different things. Jesus came to bring a message of hope, but that message is not popular in today's culture. In fact, what Jesus brings in this message will be opposite to today's world message and quite contrary to our natural tendencies. Yet, will you rise to His call to be His disciple in His upside down kingdom?

2/16/2020 - Joe Kimmell - Luke 3:20-6:16 Today we come to the launch of Jesus’ public ministry. We walk through his baptism, ancestry, temptation, and launch. His opening words as he opens his ministry are from Isaiah the prophet: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, Because He anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim release to the captives…” Are you needing freedom and release? Join us and consider Jesus.

2/9/2020 - Joe Kimmell - Luke 3:1-19 Why do I go to church or do religion, but still feel God is so far away? Today we come to the dynamic and uncomfortable message and ministry of John the Baptist. These words sometimes get passed on the way to sayings of Jesus that we want to hear...but these words can change our lives if we let them. Come and see.

2/2/2020 - Joe Kimmell - Luke 1:1-2:52 Today we begin a series exploring who Jesus was through the eyes of the physician, Luke. If we were to begin again like we had no knowledge of Jesus, what would we notice? Join us as we begin this new series exploring Jesus.

1/26/2020 - Joe KimmellMatt Kimmell - Matthew 16:24-27 ​Today is a very special and bittersweet service as we are send off our dear friends Matt and Becca to go support a church plant in a nearby town. We look at Matthew 16:24-27 and Luke 10:1-2 and consider what happens when we hold on to life as we want to control it, and what happens when we give it to God. Pastor Matt also shares his heart on unity and the mission of God. Join us.

1/8/2020 - Tom White - Romans 8:26 Our beloved friend and teacher Tom White came in for a special seminar teaching on the beginnings of learning to hear God's voice as well as general thoughts on intercession and the life of prayer. This came in preparation for our week of prayer and fasting, and it is rich! Listen in and enrich your prayer life!

1/19/2020 - Joe Kimmell - Acts 2:42 Today’s audio is a reading and conversation from an article on DesiringGod.org by Marshal Segal to think devotionally about why we gather together and pray followed by sharing by the congregation on what they have experienced God doing during the week of Prayer and fasting. Join us and be encouraged to come together and pray!

1/12/2020 - Joe Kimmell - Lamentations 3:19-24 This week we have encountered tragic loss. Join us as we explore truths and principles and a practice to help us pray through the storm.

1/5/2020 - Joe Kimmell - Matthew 7:7-12 As you look forward into this new year and decade, what might be holding you back from growing more like Jesus? Today we consider the state of our desire for God and the way distractions may be holding us back from deep connection and growth. Join us as we explore the Hebrew idea of "kavanah."

12/22/19 - Matt Kimmell -Isaiah 7:10-16 ​​As we conclude the advent season and series Pastor Matt walks us through the passage that holds one of the most well known Messianic prophecies. Isaiah’s words about the virgin birth have resounded throughout the centuries in carols but we walk through the not-so-well known original context of this promise. Join us as we celebrate God with us!.

12/15/19 - Joe Kimmell - Romans 8:23-25 ​Today is the 3rd Sunday of Advent. In this episode we ask the question afresh: “Is Jesus truly the Hope we have have been waiting for?” And if he is what is it we are looking forward to, and what should be our attitude as we wait. Join us as we consider this together.

12/08/19 - Ron Johnson -Romans 15:12-13 ​This marks the second Sunday of Advent, and today Pastor Ron walks us through the plan and promise of hope, and how we were made to have eyes for hope in Jesus no matter what circumstances we face. Join us for this timely message.

12/01/19 - Joe Kimmell - Isaiah 2:1-5 ​Today begins the season of Advent for us as we remember the coming of God to our world and how he promises to come again. This light is our hope, and it is also a wake up call to us to open ourselves to God afresh that He would lead us and teach us how to live.

11/24/19- Joe Kimmell - Philippians 4:4-9 ​ Many of us have heard the benefits of giving thanks and an attitude of gratitude, but are we experiencing it for ourselves? Today we look forward to thanksgiving and look at how some simple but humbling changes can make a world of difference in our joy and resiliency in life. Join us as we explore these powerful truths.

11/17/19 - Tom White - Genesis 2:1 ​ We live in a culture of perform, produce, prove… and do it NOW. In a culture of performance and production God calls us from the beginning to take a day every week and cease - a day to be still and know that He is God and we are His. This is a powerful and transformative message for those who take it to heart. Join us as Tom White brings a practice he has observed with great impact for decades. We invite you to start stopping for Sabbath. ​

11/10/19 - Matt Kimmell - Isaiah 49:13-18 In our final installment of this series we look at the effect parents have on their children’s view of God. We explore some current information on how our brains are wired for relationship with primary caregivers and ultimately we look to see how God has set forth the example as our Father through the Scriptures

11/03/19 - Matt Kimmell -John 13:12-17 This week we take a look at the different ways that the people of God, the church, have at times distorted or completely lost a right view of God. We cover the priests of old, the Pharisees and Scribes, the church pre-reformation, and the church in present day. Join us for this flyover of how God’s people have effected humanity’s view of God. ​