Christ Community Church - Leawood Campus - SUNDAY MESSAGES
602 episodes - English - Latest episode: 14 days ago - ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsThis podcast features the Sunday morning messages from Christ Community Church's Leawood Campus.
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Romans: Free for Life [Romans: 07]
April 14, 2024 16:43 - 36 minutes - 33.4 MBRomans 8:1-5 // Ben Beasley Planet Fitness has an interesting tagline: “Welcome to the judgement free zone.” Where else can we find that? It’s rare, isn’t it? Much more common is constant criticism. Rampant negativity. Harsh condemnation. We see and experience this, both from others, and from ourselves. The truth is, some of us are our worst critics. And yet, in Romans 8:1, the Apostle Paul writes, “There is now NOW condemnation…” Incredible! How is this possible? Engage this pas...
Romans: Fighting for Life [Romans for Life: 06]
April 07, 2024 16:51 - 44 minutes - 40.6 MBRomans 7:14-25 // Ben Beasley The biggest fights are the ones we have within ourselves. How does Jesus shape the fight waging within? It may not be what we thought. Join us as we continue to see how God has rescued us not only from death but for Life in the book of Romans. SERMON NOTES (YouVersion): https://bible.com/events/49236520 PRAYER REQUESTS: https://ccefc.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/2509/responses/new 07.04.24
Easter Sunday - Jesus Came Back to Life for Your Life
March 31, 2024 15:22 - 33 minutes - 30.4 MBMatthew 28: 1-20 // Tom Nelson The cross where Jesus shed his innocent blood for our sin and the empty tomb that defeated death is the greatest expression of love ever offered to you and to me. The empty tomb is the greatest assurance of God’s loving presence with us now and for all eternity. Peering into the empty tomb we hear the words of God in Old Testament Scripture, “I have loved you with an everlasting love, therefore I have drawn you to myself with my loving kindness. The e...
Romans: No, the Law Did Not Take Your Life [Romans: 05]
March 24, 2024 16:58 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MBRomans 7:7-13 // Ben Beasley One of the ironic dynamics of God’s law is that the more we know, the more we feel and recognize brokenness in our lives. With the grace of the gospel in Jesus, what value does God's law bring? Are we supposed to feel guilt and shame when we hear the law? What is God’s law for anyway if it's not very effective at restraining unrighteousness and injustice? Join us as we continue through the book of Romans where we’ll see the role of God’s law for us tod...
Romans: Belonging to Jesus Bears Life [Romans: 04]
March 17, 2024 16:47 - 36 minutes - 33.1 MBRomans 7:1-6 // Ben Beasley What we belong to gives us an identity, sense of community, and even drastically affects our self-worth. Whether we find our belonging in sports, career, family, romantic relationships, or even religious observance, there are many good things that we are tempted to worship as ultimate things, but each leaves us restless and empty inside. Join us as we continue to see in the book of Romans why our ultimate belonging is to Jesus and how that is such good ...
Romans: Eternal Life [Romans: 03]
March 10, 2024 16:56 - 38 minutes - 35.6 MBRomans 6:15-23 // Ben Beasley Life is full of paradoxes that make our life either run or crash, depending on how you look at it. Humans are full of contradictions and God knows it! He has chosen many paradoxes to reveal who he is and to show us what it looks like to follow him. Would you join us as we study one of the biblical paradoxes? Dive deep with us into the paradox of grace SERMON NOTES (YouVersion):https://bible.com/events/49221839 PRAYER REQUESTS: https://ccefc.ccbchurch....
Romans: Offer Your Life to God [Romans: 02]
March 03, 2024 17:52 - 36 minutes - 33.2 MBRomans 6:11-14 // Tom Nelson One of the greatest battles of history is not “out there,” but rather, is “in here.” Herein lies a crucial insight as to why following Jesus can be so hard. There is a battle being waged not just with our bodies but in our bodies. In Christ we now live and breathe in a new realm, not of mere religious obligation or moral conformity, but to the realm of grace which is an intimate relationship with God. Being under grace means we are now part of Jesus’ ne...
But What About Christian Sexual Ethics? (But What About? 04)
February 25, 2024 16:23 - 39 minutes - 35.9 MBThe question of “who am I?” Is the result of living in an age where expressivism as an individual and embodied endeavor is seen as the highest good. Anything that doesn’t allow me to express myself, either is itself a sin or it’s dogmatic. And this is a tension with our age that we feel as Christians. Why? Because Jesus has something to say about who we are. Jesus gives you an identity. And even more, Jesus sets boundaries to our sexual self-expression. Why? Because throughout the C...
Romans: Rescued for New Life [Romans: 01]
February 25, 2024 16:22 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MBRomans 6:1-11 // Brent Nelsen When we think of rescue, it’s natural to ask: “Rescue from what?” But with Jesus, rescue is more! When God sought to rescue creation from brokenness, injustice, sin and death, he always planned to save us “for” a more beautiful, good, and true way of being. Jesus didn’t just save us from sin but for life—with him—now and forever. But how is life with God different from life without God? And why would anyone actually want that kind of life? Join us as...
But What About Hell? [But What About? 07]
February 18, 2024 17:43 - 39 minutes - 36.6 MBMatthew 25:31-46 // Ben Beasley Hell, in the Bible, is not some underground torture chamber. Hell is a place outside the city of the New Jerusalem, that God excludes because he wants to cast out the darkness for the light, to protect from the destruction of the fires of sin, and so the fullness of restoration will remain over destruction. God excludes sin and the powers of hell from his kingdom because of his goodness, and not in spite of his goodness. This ultimate reconciliation ...
But What About Suffering? [But What About? 06]
February 11, 2024 17:55 - 37 minutes - 34.7 MBPsalm 13 // Ben Beasley “I used to go to church and pray, and then my best friend got sick and died… How can I believe in God when that happened?” My friend told me this in 7th grade, and it would be the first but not last time I would hear what I would later learn that theologians and philosophers call “the problem of evil”. Why does an all good and all powerful God permit evil and suffering? While God does not give us an answer to our “why” question, he does show us “how” to fin...
But What About Christianity & Politics? [But What About?] 05
February 04, 2024 17:50 - 36 minutes - 33.7 MBMatthew 22:15-22 // Tom Nelson Wherever you find yourself in this matter of faith and politics, whatever your political leanings, right, left, or somewhere in the middle, the question we need to thoughtfully ask is (Slide) How Should Followers of Jesus Navigate Politics? And let’s be honest, we as followers of Jesus can and do at times fall into some political potholes. This is a big challenge in our contemporary moment, but has also been true throughout the 2000 year history of ...
But What About Women? [But What About 03]
January 21, 2024 18:26 - 39 minutes - 36 MBGenesis 1:26-28 & Luke 10:38-42 // Ben Beasley Following in the footsteps of the design of our Creator, and the dignity made known by our Savior, the church is called to uphold and declare the dignity of women. Even with our failings and distortions, this has always been the calling of the church, and we see it even in the early church. How do we do that? Or maybe a better question is, how do we grow in doing that? Deeper than you or me, deeper than male or female, the beauty of Go...
But What About the Bible? [But What About? 02]
January 14, 2024 17:49 - 37 minutes - 34.2 MB2 Tim 3:16-17 // Ben Beasley Holy Scripture - the Old Testament and the New Testament together - for Christians, the Bible is the foundation of our faith. Why? Through Holy Scripture, through the Bible, we come to know who God is. Through it, we discover who God has made us to be. Through it we are able to remember what God has done, how he has acted. And through it, we are able to see where this is all going, and why we are actually here, and what really is wrong with the world. T...
But What About the Church? [But What About? 01]
January 07, 2024 17:39 - 39 minutes - 35.9 MBMatthew 16: 13-18 // Tom Nelson The church is a messy place with messy broken people. The church is also a healing community for the broken. A faith community where the power of the Gospel transforms lost causes into beloved children of God! Never are we a lost cause, never are we so broken we can not be made whole by Jesus. The church falls short and fails because she faces spiritual warfare. The church lives in the context of an invisible war. Satan’s greatest fury is directed t...
The Wise Men [Christmas Through the Eyes of Faith 5]
December 31, 2023 17:39 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MBMatthew 2:1-12 // Brent Nelsen It’s all too easy to skim through the Christmas narrative and miss out on key aspects of that story. The three Wise Men are some of the most misremembered and misunderstood characters of Christmas, and yet their story teaches us a crucial lesson about Christmas and its relevance for life today. Join us as we look at Christmas through the eyes of the Wise Men, and see who is the True King we should worship. Sermon Notes: https://bible.com/events/4918...
Joseph [Christmas Through the Eyes of Faith 4]
December 24, 2023 17:47 - 36 minutes - 33.1 MBMatthew 1:18-25 // Ben Beasley Christmas wasn’t welcome news to even the faithful…at first. Christmas in many ways disrupts our best laid plans. The question is NOT whether Christmas messes with our lives. The question IS how we show up when Christmas comes into our tidy lives. Join us as we look over the shoulders of someone who experienced the utter disruption of Christmas and still leaned in. Sermon Notes: https://bible.com/events/49180532 Prayer Requests: https://ccefc.ccb...
Mary [Christmas Through the Eyes of Faith 3]
December 17, 2023 18:09 - 38 minutes - 35.5 MBLuke 1: 46-55 // Tom Nelson This morning through the eyes of Mary’s faith we see that we are never so obscure as to be overlooked by God. What is it about Mary’s story that is so endearing and enduring, that speaks so deeply to us to our greatest aspirations, our deepest longings? Jesus…here Messianic Son, the very son of God, savior of the world yes, first and foremost, but there is also something about Mary herself, her beautiful heart and her sense of wonder and hope. On the can...
Zechariah [Christmas Through the Eyes of Faith 2]
December 10, 2023 17:51 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MBLuke 1: 1-5 // Ben Beasley Everyone thinks about Christmas a little differently. This Christmas season, we’re on a journey to see Christmas through the eyes of faith. But this raises an important question: What happens when Christmas is NOT what you thought it would be? And what if it’s been like that for a while. How do we look at Christmas through faith when we’ve been trained in doubt? Join us as we look at what God has for us today in the story of Zechariah in Luke 1. Sermon...
Ruth [Christmas Through the Eyes of Faith 1]
December 03, 2023 16:17 - 37 minutes - 34.2 MBRuth 1: 1-5 // Tom Nelson Advent is a season of both waiting & expectation. A time for each of us to slow down and reflect on the story of our lives and what God is doing in our world. As we journey through this Advent season as a church, we are peering into the lives of characters in the bible who looked at the brokenness, uncertainty, and suffering in their life and saw something different. As human beings, we are hardwired to belong, to fit into a community, when we don’t experi...
The Representative Who Can Rescue [Romans 16]
November 26, 2023 16:25 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MBRomans 5:15-21 // Ben Beasley In our passage today we find Paul continuing his excursus on Adam that we had last week. And he assumes that the reader knows the story of Adam. When Paul says Adam is a type, he is setting up a contrast between Adam and Christ. In our passage today we are going to see three contrasts which are: We are separated through rejection, but are welcomed through receiving; Our death comes from the first man, but our life comes from the perfect man; and our si...
The Representative Who Wrecked It All [Romans 15]
November 19, 2023 16:29 - 31 minutes - 28.9 MBRomans 5:12-14 // Ben Beasley We’ve all had that moment when who you want to be and who you are is met with frustration. Where does that frustration come from? You can’t help but be hopeful that there’s more but we often experience our helplessness in our inability to change. Is this a me problem or something more? Join us as we continue our journey through the Book of Romans and see what’s really going on in the world and in us in this world. Sermon Notes: https://www.bible.com/e...
The Result of Rescue: Reconciliation [Romans 14]
November 12, 2023 17:46 - 36 minutes - 33.1 MBRomans 5: 5-11 // Tom Nelson What have we been rescued for? Paul’s good news answer in our text today is God rescued us for friendship. Paul gives three life-giving implications of God befriending us. As God’s friend, we are lavishly loved, we are sacrificially loved and we are securely loved. Paul is saying when it comes to our friendship with God there is extravagant love, lavished on us, poured out on us in unbounded generosity and in us by God through the Holy Spirit. Sermon N...
Result of Rescue: Hope [Romans 13]
November 05, 2023 17:45 - 33 minutes - 31.2 MBRomans 5:1-6 // Ben Beasley Paul names many benefits to being rescued by Jesus, including the offer of great hope even in our suffering. We have not only been rescued from something, but also for something. We are the hope of the glory of God. Suffering cannot defeat the great hope we have in Jesus. In fact, “hope will develop indirectly, as a byproduct of the persevering work we do in response to suffering. This hope that God gives us will not disappoint us, because God’s love has...
Rescued By Trusting the Promise [Romans 12]
October 29, 2023 15:17 - 35 minutes - 32.8 MBRomans 4: 13-25 // Ben Beasley Think with me for a moment about the last time you saw the stars on a clear night. The stars are supposed to represent a place of transcendence. The divine. A sacred place we trust to guide us, elevate us, point us higher, to order us. But, in a modern world, more and more, doubt is where we live. Not only doubt, but rising depths of despair, mistrust of institutions and we are dealing with an epidemic of loneliness. Paul has a simple message for us i...
Rescued Apart from Earning [Romans 11]
October 22, 2023 15:23 - 39 minutes - 36.3 MBRomans 4: 1-12 // Ben Beasley God wants nothing more than your trust. Trust is the only way to intimacy. God wants us to live in his presence and be blameless; live in his face and be whole. Trust is the only way to see God for who he is: a God of forgiveness and grace. Trust is the way to receive what you want most because trust leads to intimacy and a real relationship. Ultimately that is what we all want. And the good news is that we can all have it! All we have to do is grow in...
Rescued through Faith [Romans 10]
October 15, 2023 15:10 - 38 minutes - 34.9 MBRomans 3:27-31 // Tom Nelson Sermon Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/49146488 Prayer Requests: https://ccefc.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/2509/responses/new 23.10.15
Rescued by Grace [Romans 09]
October 08, 2023 16:49 - 46 minutes - 42.8 MBRomans 3:21-26 // Gabe Coyle There are few questions that are quite as loaded and comforting as “Are you okay?” The range of responses could be “Sure” to “Not even close.” What God has to offer us in this space is the answer we long for, but without him we don’t have the eyes to see. Join us as we continue our rescuing journey in the book of Romans and learn how we can be okay today…and forever. Sermon Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/49142765 Prayer Requests: https://ccef...
We Need Rescue From Sin [Romans 08]
October 01, 2023 16:42 - 40 minutes - 36.7 MBTom Nelson // Romans 3:1-20 Sermon Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/49139444 Prayer Requests: https://ccefc.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/2509/responses/new 23.10.01
We Need Rescue From Hypocrisy [Romans 07]
September 24, 2023 16:59 - 37 minutes - 34.3 MBRomans 2:17-29 // Ben Beasley One of the longest-running complaints by the modern world of the church is. It’s also one of the greatest barriers to our witness in the modern world: Saying one thing and being another. Fake. Two-faced. Saying one thing and being another. Fake. In one sense, all humans wrestle with being fake, but this is more vibrant/clear in religious communities. Partly because the more clear your convictions, the more clear being fake appears. The more religious y...
We Need Rescue From Religion [Romans 06]
September 17, 2023 16:32 - 36 minutes - 33.6 MBRomans 2: 1-11 // Ben Beasley Sermon Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/49135914 Prayer Requests: https://ccefc.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/2509/responses/new 23.09.17
We Need Rescue From Death [Romans 05]
September 10, 2023 15:14 - 36 minutes - 33.2 MBRomans 1:24-2:1 // Tom Nelson As thoughtful readers of the text, let’s remember that rabbi Paul who wrote the book of Romans writes from a coherent biblical worldview. A worldview is an attempt to make coherent sense of our lives and the world. All worldviews are built on faith assumptions that cannot be absolutely proven with certainty whether they are atheistic, (there is no god), pantheistic (everything is god or a force), or theistic (There is a God, distinct from us.) Worldvi...
We Need Rescue From Idolatry [Romans 04]
September 03, 2023 15:17 - 35 minutes - 32.3 MBRomans 1:18-25 // Ben Beasley Our passage gives us three reasons why we need to be rescued. And that we need to be rescued from the things that God’s wrath is directed against. When we refuse to acknowledge God for who He is, when our gratitude goes somewhere else when we show a lack of gratitude, or when we give our attention to false idols or counterfeit gods. Paul’s claim here is that if we refuse to acknowledge God as the creator…then our gratitude is inclined to go somewhere o...
The Rescued Family [Romans 02]
August 27, 2023 16:40 - 37 minutes - 34.3 MBRomans 1: 8-15 // Ben Beasley Everywhere we look we see division in our world. We live in a divided world. The myth is that today we are more divided than ever before, but division has always been part of the human story. Paul’s letter to the Romans was written to a city, to a church, and to a world that was experiencing great division. Paul is clear in his message that our division is overcome and a new kind of family takes its place through faith in Jesus. Faith in Jesus gives us...
Not Ashamed of the Rescue [Romans 03]
August 27, 2023 15:26 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MBRomans 1: 13-17 // Tom Nelson Christianophobia is defined as a growing cultural phenomenon marked by an increasingly intense animosity against Christians and the Christian faith. Christians face increased discrimination and greater hostility in many sectors of society including media, the academy, business and government. How should we as followers of Jesus live in the context of a culture of growing hostility to what we believe and our moral commitments? Some today are choosing to...
The King Who Rescues [Romans 01]
August 13, 2023 16:42 - 31 minutes - 29.3 MBRomans 1: 1-7 // Tom Nelson Sermon Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/49117558 Prayer Requests: https://ccefc.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/2509/responses/new 23.08.13
David and the Census [David 12]
August 06, 2023 15:20 - 33 minutes - 31 MB2 Samuel 24 // Ben Beasley The question isn’t if we’ll fall. It’s when. Some can ignore it for a while, but eventually, we come to terms with our own proclivities, areas of brokenness, and destructive behaviors. If we’re honest with ourselves, everyone has moments and sometimes seasons when we’ve intentionally made destructive decisions toward ourselves, toward others, and God. Where do you fall, when you fall? One of the key dynamics throughout the whole Samuel scroll is comparing...
David and Absalom [David 11]
July 30, 2023 15:27 - 39 minutes - 35.9 MB2 Samuel 16: 5-12 // Ben Beasley I understand that there are people here who have lived more life than me. Who have experienced much more than me. I’m well aware of that fact. But in my years, I’ve lived enough life simply to say this. Losses change us. They make us different. We don’t come out the other end the same. If we are honest, the wounds are often there, lying underneath the surface. Losses, whether it’s the loss of a child, a relationship, a dream, or whatever it may be -...
Eyes of Faith
July 23, 2023 17:08 - 33 minutes - 31.1 MBHebrews 11: 1-3, 6 // Tom Nelson When you hear the word faith, what first comes to mind? What may come to mind is a kind of wishful thinking, an irrational blind leap, or a last resort option when all other options have vanished. But what is faith as the Holy Scriptures reveal it? And why is it the key that unlocks the flourishing life God intends for us? Properly understood, faith is the currency of the Christian life, informing, shaping, and empowering every moment, and every as...
David and Nathan [David 10]
July 16, 2023 16:43 - 32 minutes - 30 MB2 Samuel 12: 1-7a // Brent Nelsen What is God going to do about David’s evil? That’s what Second Samuel 12 is about. David is the king of Israel. He’s a very powerful man. And God is telling Nathan to go confront him about his sin. We need Nathans in our society and we need Nathans in our lives who can confront us when we need confronting. David has a choice, as we all do when we’re confronted with our sin. He can make excuses like Saul did when he was confronted by Samuel. Or Davi...
David and Bathsheba [David 09]
July 09, 2023 16:18 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MB2 Samuel 11:1-27 // Ben Beasley Sermon Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/49098927 Prayer Requests: https://ccefc.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/2509/responses/new 23.07.07
David and Mephibosheth [David 08]
July 02, 2023 15:17 - 31 minutes - 29.3 MB2 Samuel 9: 1-7 // Tom Nelson Early in David’s story, he is described as a man after God’s own heart. Having a heart for God means loving as God loves. David respectfully, honorably and it would seem warmly, calls Mephibosheth by name. The writer of Samuel wants to emphasize that here. David’s loving action of speaking Mephibosheth’s name is an encouraging reminder for each of us that one of the ways we can communicate love to others is by greeting them by name, others we may not k...
David and the Promise [David 07]
June 25, 2023 16:40 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MB2 Samuel 7: 1-17 // Andrew Jones God isn’t like the other gods, the false gods of the surrounding nations. You know, for them, after all the victory David has experienced. The riches, the land, the power, the great name, he would owe God something. Building this temple would be payback. The least he could do for the God who has so richly blessed him. That would have been the logic of the ancient world. God says quite the opposite. He says no you don’t owe me a temple, and frankly, ...
David and The Ark [David 06]
June 18, 2023 16:45 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MB2 Samuel 6: 1-15 // Tom Nelson Where is lasting joy found? It is not found in managing God, lasting joy is found in the presence of God. Without God, there is no lasting joy. C.S. Lewis thought a lot about joy. One of his interesting insights I think he had about joy was the importance of proximity when it comes to experiencing joy. “If you want to get warm you must stand near the fire: if you want to be wet you must get into the water. If you want joy, power, peace, eternal life, ...
David and Saul [David 05]
June 11, 2023 15:08 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MB1 Samuel 24: 1-7 // Tom Nelson For God’s covenant people throughout history, waiting was synonymous with knowing God and being known by God, of going deeper with God, but now waiting is more often than not, viewed as if we’ve missed what God has for us or that God must be ignoring us and our desires. I think it is fair to say, waiting on God is one of life’s greatest challenges. Sermon Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/49088649 Prayer Requests: https://ccefc.ccbchurch.com/go...
David and Goliath [David 04]
June 04, 2023 16:04 - 37 minutes - 34.7 MB1 Samuel 7: 1-11 // Tom Nelson The David and Goliath story is more than an underdog story, more than a big giant who is slain, rather it is a story about eyes that truly see. A story not so much about special courage as it is about spiritual insight. Not so much about an underdog who wins, but a shepherd boy who sees differently. Faith sees differently! Faith sight is different from eyesight. Through the eyes of faith, you can be confident that God is with you, God is ahead of you...
2022 Christmas Eve Service
June 02, 2023 14:46 - 52 minutes - 96.6 MBAfter millennia of promising a king would come, he finally appears, and it’s almost completely overlooked by the world. In the shadow of a massive empire, comes the king over all, and he came for us. Join us this Christmas Eve as we take time to notice and celebrate the birth of the promised king! Prayer Requests: https://ccefc.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/2509/responses/new 22.12.24
Praise the King [Advent 05]
June 02, 2023 14:46 - 20 minutes - 38.7 MBSermon Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/48999988 Prayer Request: https://ccefc.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/2509/responses/new 22.12.25
David and Jonathan [David 03]
May 28, 2023 15:29 - 35 minutes - 32.4 MB1 Samuel 18-20 / Caleb Jenkins Today, as we explore the story of David and Jonathan in 1 Samuel, I want to convince you that there are three myths in our culture about friendship that prevent us from experiencing friendship the way it’s meant to be, and more than that, keep us being the kind of friend that we as humans need. We’ll see, especially as we consider the kind of friend that Jonathan is, three truths from this story that counter our culture’s myths, and also point beyond ...
David and Samuel [David 02]
May 23, 2023 13:19 - 37 minutes - 34.1 MB1 Samuel 16:1-13 // Tom Nelson Eyes can be tricky things. They play tricks on us.We believe what we see with our eyes more than almost anything else, but as humans, we have trouble seeing. Our seeing can mislead us, even deceive us. What we see often depends on who we listen to. Our human eyesight does not equate with spiritual insight. What do we do when what we see is in conflict with what we have heard? This is often where we have to remember faith is opposed to seeing but not o...