http://communitychristian.org/pages/index.php?option=com_podcasts&view=files&id=1 en-us Community Christian Church The Big Idea from Community Christian Church Community Christian Church The Big Idea from Community Christian Church, a multisite church in Chicagoland. Audio from the teaching portion of the service. The Big Idea from Community Christian Church, a multisite church in Chicagoland. Audio from the teaching portion of the service. Tom Greever tomgreever@communitychristian.org Community Christian Church Are You Serious: Week two Serious faith means being serious about obedience. Lots of people consider themselves “spiritual”, but not nearly as many approach God’s Word with a mindset and commitment to obedience. Lots of people have “faith without works”, but not being changed at all by what they believe. http://communitychristian.org/pages/components/com_podcasts/files/SeriousObedience_216.mp3 Sat, 23 Jul 2011 12:06:59 +0000 23:34 are you serious, obedience Community Christian Church Are You Serious: Week three Serious faith means serious change in how we talk, especially to and about people. http://communitychristian.org/pages/components/com_podcasts/files/SeriousTalk_217.mp3 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:57:59 +0000 22:00 are you serious, obedience, temptation, talk, faith Community Christian Church Are You Serious: Week four Serious Christ-followers are called to be people who pray big, bold prayers as a regular part of their lives. http://communitychristian.org/pages/components/com_podcasts/files/SeriousPrayer_218.mp3 Fri, 05 Aug 2011 06:37:37 +0000 23:37 are you serious, obedience, temptation, talk, faith, prayer Community Christian Church Poverty in My Own Backyard: Week one Poverty of being is not “them” it’s all of us, and to minister to the impoverished without hurting we need to be poor in spirit. http://communitychristian.org/pages/components/com_podcasts/files/PovertyofBeing_219.mp3 Wed, 17 Aug 2011 07:23:44 +0000 27:36 poverty, being, spirit, community Community Christian Church Poverty in My Own Backyard: Week two Poverty of community is when I only have relationships with people who are like me. Biblical community reflects “every tongue and tribe and nation” as it will be in Heaven. http://communitychristian.org/pages/components/com_podcasts/files/PovertyofCommunity_220.mp3 Sat, 20 Aug 2011 07:24:34 +0000 22:15 poverty, being, spirit, community Community Christian Church Poverty in My Own Backyard: Week three Poverty of stewardship is when I’m not using my gifts and talents and resources to serve others. I need to serve the poor in ways that help them serve others and not just be served. http://communitychristian.org/pages/components/com_podcasts/files/PovertyofStewardship_221.mp3 Thu, 25 Aug 2011 12:26:09 +0000 21:19 poverty, being, spirit, community, stewardship Community Christian Church Love At Last Sight: Week 1 For relationships to last, I need to practice the art of being all there. http://communitychristian.org/pages/components/com_podcasts/files/LoveLastVcastWeek1_225.mp3 Thu, 01 Sep 2011 11:50:49 +0000 27:43 love, relationships Community Christian Church Love At Last Sight: Week 2 To deepen and strengthen my relationships I need to practice the art of acting intentionally. http://communitychristian.org/pages/components/com_podcasts/files/LoveLastVcastWeek2_226.mp3 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 11:57:21 +0000 27:11 love, relationships Community Christian Church Love At Last Sight: Week 3 To deepen and strengthen my relationships I need to practice the art of risking awkwardness. http://communitychristian.org/pages/components/com_podcasts/files/LoveLastVcastWeek3_227.mp3 Mon, 19 Sep 2011 11:58:16 +0000 23:38 love, relationships Community Christian Church Love At Last Sight: Week 4 To deepen and strengthen my relationships, I need to practice the art of letting go. http://communitychristian.org/pages/components/com_podcasts/files/LoveLastVcastWeek4_228.mp3 Mon, 26 Sep 2011 11:59:27 +0000 24:10 love, relationships Community Christian Church IDK: Week 1 It is acceptable, healthy, and necessary for a Christ follower to address doubts and to sometimes say IDK (“I don’t know”). There is no conflict between believing in science and believing what the Bible says about God. http://communitychristian.org/pages/components/com_podcasts/files/IDKVcastWeek1_229.mp3 Mon, 03 Oct 2011 12:01:49 +0000 21:02 science, doubt Community Christian Church IDK: Week 2 God’s judgment is not antithetical to God’s love when we understand the nature of sin and hell in the Bible. http://communitychristian.org/pages/components/com_podcasts/files/IDKVcastWeek2_230.mp3 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 12:02:50 +0000 25:57 love, sin, hell Community Christian Church IDK: Week 3 God is a God of love and enters into our suffering and redeems it through His own suffering. http://communitychristian.org/pages/components/com_podcasts/files/IDKVcastWeek3_231.mp3 Sun, 23 Oct 2011 12:42:51 +0000 28:41 love, suffering Community Christian Church IDK: Week 4 Jesus is the only way to salvation. He represents God’s grace to us, which makes us gracious to others. http://communitychristian.org/pages/components/com_podcasts/files/IDKVcastWeek4_232.mp3 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:38:43 +0000 21:17 grace, salvation Community Christian Church The Ladder: Week 1 “Stepping Up” means becoming an initial giver: someone who is moving from “getting all I can for myself ” to “giving significantly for the good of others”. http://communitychristian.org/pages/components/com_podcasts/files/TheLadderWeek1_233.mp3 Fri, 04 Nov 2011 12:38:32 +0000 27:39 giving Community Christian Church The Ladder: Week 2 “Moving up” means becoming a proportional giver: someone who gives to God a tenth of their income as “first fruits” out of gratitude and devotion. http://communitychristian.org/pages/components/com_podcasts/files/TheLadderVcastWeek2_234.mp3 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:20:40 +0000 25:34 giving, tithe Community Christian Church The Ladder: Week 3 “Looking up” means continuing to move up the ladder of generosity and growing in what it means to be generous toward God as a response to His grace. http://communitychristian.org/pages/components/com_podcasts/files/TheLadderVcastWeek3_235.mp3 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:45:34 +0000 23:37 giving, tithe Community Christian Church GRAZIE Expressing gratitude to God draws us closer to Him and builds our faith in Him. http://communitychristian.org/pages/components/com_podcasts/files/GrazieVcast_236.mp3 Sun, 27 Nov 2011 14:38:57 +0000 23:04 thankful, grateful Community Christian Church Christmas Miracles: Week 1 God wants us to ask Him for whatever we need, including things that will take a miracle to happen. http://communitychristian.org/pages/components/com_podcasts/files/CmasMiraclesVcastWeek1_237.mp3 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 09:05:27 +0000 27:11 Christmas, miracles Community Christian Church Christmas Miracles: Week 2 A miracle is not something you just ask for and then wait and see what happens. We need to make way for a miracle. http://communitychristian.org/pages/components/com_podcasts/files/CmasMiraclesVcastWeek2_238.mp3 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 09:41:15 +0000 22:07 Christmas, miracles Community Christian Church Christmas Miracles: Week 3 What God does in us while we are waiting is just as important as what we are waiting for. http://communitychristian.org/pages/components/com_podcasts/files/CmasMiraclesVcastWeek3withstory_239.mp3 Sun, 18 Dec 2011 11:54:21 +0000 24:37 Christmas, miracles Community Christian Church Christmas Miracles: Week 4 As we journey through the Christmas season this year let’s ask God for a miracle wherever and however we need one. http://communitychristian.org/pages/components/com_podcasts/files/CmasMiraclesVcastWeek4_240.mp3 Sun, 25 Dec 2011 11:56:35 +0000 19:13 Christmas, miracles Community Christian Church Christmas Miracles: Week 5 As we journey through the Christmas season this year let’s ask God for a miracle wherever and however we need one. http://communitychristian.org/pages/components/com_podcasts/files/CmasMiraclesVcastWeek5_241.mp3 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 11:57:52 +0000 20:07 Christmas, miracles Community Christian Church Discover Your Mission Now: Week 1 We reach, restore and reproduce the Jesus mission like Jesus did with the woman at the well. She was brought back to God, restored in her community, and became a source of others finding their way back to God. http://communitychristian.org/pages/components/com_podcasts/files/DYMNVcastWeek1_242.mp3 Sat, 07 Jan 2012 19:46:12 +0000 23:10 mission, reach, restore, reproduce Community Christian Church Discover Your Mission Now: Week 2 To reach, restore, and reproduce we begin by praying about who God wants us to bless each day and how He particularly wants us as individuals to bless our world. http://communitychristian.org/pages/components/com_podcasts/files/DYMNpodcastWeek2_245.mp3 Sun, 15 Jan 2012 20:44:07 +0000 25:25 mission, reach, restore, reproduce Community Christian Church Discover Your Mission Now: Week 3 To bless people on the Jesus Mission, we will listen to people’s needs and stories more than we talk. http://communitychristian.org/pages/components/com_podcasts/files/DYMNVcastWeek3_246.mp3 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 20:47:31 +0000 22:00 mission, reach, restore, reproduce, listen Community Christian Church Discover Your Mission Now: Week 4 We will bless our world by sharing meals with people in need of being reached and restored. http://communitychristian.org/pages/components/com_podcasts/files/DYMNVcastWeek4_248.mp3 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:49:29 +0000 21:01 mission, reach, restore, reproduce, eat Community Christian Church Discover Your Mission Now: Week 5 To bless people on the Jesus Mission, we will serve individuals and communities at their point of need that are identified as we listen. http://communitychristian.org/pages/components/com_podcasts/files/DYMNVcastWeek5_250.mp3 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:00:31 +0000 27:37 mission, reach, restore, reproduce, serve Community Christian Church Discover Your Mission Now: Week 6 To bless people on the Jesus Mission, we will share the story of Jesus with people we are seeking to bless. http://communitychristian.org/pages/components/com_podcasts/files/DYMNVcastWeek6_251.mp3 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:05:16 +0000 20:18 mission, reach, restore, reproduce, story Community Christian Church How Not To Be a Walking Contradiction: Week 1 Being a Christ-follower is about “fellowship with God”, a relationship not a religion. It’s not a system to get to God or be ok with God, it’s a relationship where God loves us and gets to us and makes things ok through the sacrifice of Jesus. http://communitychristian.org/pages/components/com_podcasts/files/WalkingContradictionVcastWeek1_252.mp3 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:09:55 +0000 19:07 1 John, fellowship, love Community Christian Church How Not To Be a Walking Contradiction: Week 2 Christ-followers live in a relationship of obedience to Christ. Obedience is being a person who listens to what God says and does it. http://communitychristian.org/pages/components/com_podcasts/files/WalkingContradictionVcastWeek2_255.mp3 Sun, 26 Feb 2012 16:41:02 +0000 22:07 1 john, obedience Community Christian Church How Not To Be a Walking Contradiction: Week 3 Christ followers live in loving community with other Christ-followers because of God’s love in them. http://communitychristian.org/pages/components/com_podcasts/files/WalkingContradictionVcastWeek3_256.mp3 Sun, 04 Mar 2012 16:43:06 +0000 29:43 1 john, community Community Christian Church How Not To Be a Walking Contradiction: Week 4 It’s a walking contradiction to be a person who loves God and loves the things the world has to offer. We must choose whom we will love. http://communitychristian.org/pages/components/com_podcasts/files/WalkingContradictionVcastWeek4_257.mp3 Sun, 11 Mar 2012 12:45:55 +0000 25:50 1 john, world Community Christian Church Celebration Generosity 2012 The more we align our will with God’s when it comes to finances/generosity, the more we help bring His Kingdom to earth. http://communitychristian.org/pages/components/com_podcasts/files/CelGen2012_258.mp3 Sun, 18 Mar 2012 13:43:56 +0000 25:20 generosity, finances, giving Community Christian Church Getting Ready for Easter: Week 1 Getting Ready for Easter starts on the“Inside.”To get ready for Easter personally, we need to let God identify the deadness in our lives in need of Resurrection. http://communitychristian.org/pages/components/com_podcasts/files/GettingReadyforEastervcastweek1_259.mp3 Sun, 25 Mar 2012 09:18:44 +0000 30:50 resurrection, easter Community Christian Church Getting Ready for Easter: Week 2 Getting Ready for Easter continues on the “Outside.” We are called to bless others, leading them to find life in Jesus by how we live, thus “loosening” the deadness around us. http://communitychristian.org/pages/components/com_podcasts/files/GettingReadyforEasterweek2_261.mp3 Sun, 01 Apr 2012 10:36:58 +0000 29:53 bless, loose Community Christian Church Un:Done - Week 1 Since Christ has overcome death, He brings hope for overcoming anything and everything in our lives that we may have given up hope for. http://communitychristian.org/pages/components/com_podcasts/files/UnDonevcastWeek1_262.mp3 Sun, 08 Apr 2012 19:35:21 +0000 29:01 Hope, overcoming Community Christian Church Un:Done - Week 2 The love that Jesus has for us regardless of who we are or what we’ve done can make shame come undone in our lives. http://communitychristian.org/pages/components/com_podcasts/files/UnDonevcastWeek2OnlineFinal_263.mp3 Sun, 15 Apr 2012 09:28:26 +0000 21:55 shame, love Community Christian Church Un:Done - Week 3 Grieving can be different for those who are in Christ. http://communitychristian.org/pages/components/com_podcasts/files/UnDonevcastWeek3_264.mp3 Sun, 22 Apr 2012 09:29:31 +0000 28:19 grief Community Christian Church Un:Done - Week 4 Being a Christ-follower can help loneliness be undone in our lives. http://communitychristian.org/pages/components/com_podcasts/files/UnDonevcastWeek4_265.mp3 Sun, 29 Apr 2012 08:25:49 +0000 25:28 loneliness