Common Ground West

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Sermons from Common Ground West in Indianapolis, IN.

Episode Date
Sabbaths and Sabbaticals
May 24, 2026
Everyone's Building Their Life on Something
May 17, 2026
Seeing Clearly: Grace, Discernment, and Formation
May 10, 2026
Love Beyond Earthly Expectations
May 03, 2026
The Reversal of Happiness
Apr 28, 2026
Our Risk-Taking God
Apr 19, 2026
They Left Everything
Apr 12, 2026
Death Swallowed Up
Apr 05, 2026
One Who Stands in Your Place
Mar 29, 2026
A Church Prepared for Salvation
Mar 22, 2026
Idolatry Makes No Sense
Mar 15, 2026
No More Scoundrels in Leadership
Mar 09, 2026
Salvation For God
Mar 01, 2026
When Spirituality Doesn't Lead to Justice
Feb 22, 2026
What Kind of Good News? And for Whom?
Feb 15, 2026
God's Love Through Being Human
Feb 08, 2026
Temptation in the Wilderness
Feb 01, 2026
Imitate John the Messenger
Jan 19, 2026
Avoid the Delusions
Jan 11, 2026
Growth Through the Ordinary
Jan 04, 2026
Perseverance Through Tragedy and Loss
Dec 22, 2025
Good News With Great Tension
Dec 15, 2025
Paradoxical Joy for the Non-presumptuous
Dec 08, 2025
Political Conflict is Brewing
Nov 30, 2025
If What God Says Is True...
Nov 23, 2025
God Breaks In and Mary Believes
Nov 17, 2025
The Transcendent Word and the Ordinary Human
Nov 09, 2025
Wait on the Lord
Nov 02, 2025
Read With Luke
Oct 26, 2025
When Sin Goes Viral
Oct 20, 2025
Jesus is Superior Over the Chaos
Oct 12, 2025
Let God Do the Heavy Lifting
Oct 05, 2025
You Are Not to Do Whatever You Want
Sep 28, 2025
God's Grace Is For Me
Sep 21, 2025
Havoc and Hope
Sep 14, 2025
Original Lies
Sep 08, 2025
Stand Your Ground
Aug 31, 2025
God's Reclamation of the Earth and Your Involvement
Aug 24, 2025
The Christian Life is Warfare
Aug 17, 2025
Overcoming Through Humility
Aug 10, 2025
How Do We Reframe Christian Suffering?
Aug 04, 2025
Suffering Transforms Character
Jul 27, 2025
Repay Evil With Blessing
Jul 21, 2025
When Suffering Hits Marriage
Jul 13, 2025
Stuck in Suffering?
Jul 07, 2025
Submit for the Lord's Sake
Jun 30, 2025
Pursing the Way of Jesus in the Midst of Trial
Jun 22, 2025
Bought Back and Born Again
Jun 15, 2025
Though Now You Suffer for a Little While
Jun 08, 2025
Press On
May 25, 2025
Want What Jesus Wants
May 18, 2025
For We Were All Baptized
May 11, 2025
This Baptism Now Saves You
May 04, 2025
Dead to Sin's Power But Alive to God
Apr 28, 2025
But God...
Apr 20, 2025
The Generosity of Jesus
Apr 13, 2025
Who's on the Throne?
Apr 06, 2025
A Riddle on Wealth
Mar 30, 2025
Reflecting God's Character of Justice and Generosity
Mar 23, 2025
Praise From the Rich and the Poor
Mar 16, 2025
Everything Belongs to God
Mar 09, 2025
A Fragile Life in the Hands of the Almighty God
Mar 02, 2025
Zoom Out and Look Back to Lock In
Feb 23, 2025
Stubborn Resolve In the Midst of Distress
Feb 16, 2025
Praying for Arms to Break
Feb 09, 2025
Darkness Is My Only Friend
Feb 02, 2025
The Fruit of Confession
Jan 26, 2025
Response to a Biblical Anthropology
Jan 19, 2025
Prayer and Politics Don't Mix, or Do They?
Jan 12, 2025
Rightly Rooted
Jan 05, 2025
The Wonder of Bethlehem
Dec 23, 2024
From Plight to Praise
Dec 15, 2024
Cynical Doubt vs. Faithful Doubt
Dec 08, 2024
Scarred Places Restored Again
Dec 01, 2024
Go and Make Disciples
Nov 24, 2024
A Home for the Wanderer
Nov 17, 2024
So That You Will Be Healed
Nov 10, 2024
Suffering Obediently
Nov 03, 2024
Is This Good News?
Oct 27, 2024
If the Lord Wills
Oct 20, 2024
But You, Who Are You to Judge?
Oct 13, 2024
Desires at War Within You
Oct 06, 2024
Who is wise among you?
Sep 30, 2024
How Jesus Followers Speak
Sep 22, 2024
Faith That Saves
Sep 15, 2024
God vs. Favoritism/Discrimination
Sep 08, 2024
Do What the Word Says
Sep 01, 2024
Ask God Without Doubting
Aug 25, 2024
Whenever You Face Trials
Aug 18, 2024
Imagination for New Creation
Aug 11, 2024
Surprising Hope in the Darkest of Places
Aug 05, 2024
Jesus' Surprising "In" Crowd
Jul 28, 2024
Not Forsaken
Jul 21, 2024
It Should Have Been Me
Jul 15, 2024
The Victory of the Cross Over Evil
Jul 07, 2024
Nurturing a Non-anxious Presence
Jun 30, 2024
Jesus' Self-Sacrificial Response
Jun 23, 2024
The Path of Perseverance
Jun 17, 2024
Then Everyone Deserted Him
Jun 03, 2024
Thy Will Be Done
May 26, 2024
Asking God for What We Want
May 19, 2024
Praise Before You Plead
May 12, 2024
Jesus and Sorrow
May 05, 2024
Remember and Proclaim the Lord's Death
Apr 28, 2024
Our Ideals and The Lord's Supper
Apr 21, 2024
The Spiritual Weight of Embodied Ritual
Apr 14, 2024
Grace for a Meal
Apr 07, 2024
Redeemed Continuity
Mar 31, 2024
Good Friday: What was it all FOR?
Mar 29, 2024
The Gospel and the Greedy
Mar 24, 2024
Patience for the Complexity of Poverty
Mar 17, 2024
Social Righteousness in Practice
Mar 10, 2024
Freely You Have Received
Mar 03, 2024
The Sheep, the Goats, and Good News
Feb 25, 2024
God's Heart and Our Heart for the Poor
Feb 18, 2024
Grace to Fight for the Ideal
Feb 11, 2024
Stay Alert
Feb 05, 2024
We Are Always Safe in the Kingdom of God
Jan 28, 2024
Jesus and Our Grief
Jan 21, 2024
The Unique Suffering and Hope for Christians
Jan 14, 2024
Don't Be Surprised, So That You Won't Be Led Astray
Jan 07, 2024
The Surprising Light at the End of Our Dark Tunnel
Dec 24, 2023
The Hope for Restoration
Dec 18, 2023
God's Word for the Afflicted
Dec 10, 2023
Tear Open the Heavens
Dec 03, 2023
And the Widow Shall Lead Us
Nov 26, 2023
Question and Response from Bible Sermon Series
Nov 22, 2023
The Goal of the Bible
Nov 19, 2023
Human Origin of Scripture
Nov 12, 2023
The Authority of Scripture
Nov 05, 2023
The Bible As Our Story
Oct 29, 2023
The Divine Origin of Scripture
Oct 22, 2023
Self Sacrificial Love
Oct 16, 2023
Presence With, Advocacy For
Oct 08, 2023
Love is a Rugged Commitment Towards His Purpose
Oct 01, 2023
God's Love for the Ungodly
Sep 24, 2023
The God Who Sees Our Wounds
Sep 17, 2023
The Primacy and Order of Love
Sep 10, 2023
The Opposite of Addiction
Sep 03, 2023
To Know the Scriptures and the Power of God
Aug 27, 2023
Q&R follow up from Cross-Shaped Politics
Aug 23, 2023
Formed to Resist Polarization
Aug 20, 2023
What do we do with a vote?
Aug 13, 2023
Righteous Rahab - Ken Rush Guest Speaker
Aug 07, 2023
Q&R to July 30, 2023 sermon
Aug 03, 2023
The Church is Our First Political Responsibility
Jul 30, 2023
Only Jesus Does What Politics Can't Do
Jul 23, 2023
Q&R to July 16, 2023 Sermon
Jul 19, 2023
Jesus is Political. Is that Good News?
Jul 16, 2023
Question & Response to 7/9/23 sermon
Jul 12, 2023
Following Jesus in Caesar's Empire
Jul 10, 2023
Love Your Enemies
Jul 03, 2023
Ruling as an Image of God
Jun 25, 2023
God's Last Word
Jun 18, 2023
And the Youth Shall Lead Them
Jun 12, 2023
The Good News of Jesus' Authority
Jun 04, 2023
No More Temple, Now What?
May 29, 2023
Shall We Flip Some Tables?
May 22, 2023
Cross-Shaped Leadership
May 15, 2023
Make Disciples the Way Jesus Did
May 07, 2023
Why We Need to Want Jesus
Apr 30, 2023
What do you want me to do for you?
Apr 23, 2023
The Outlook for the Life Surrendered to Jesus
Apr 17, 2023
Easter Ignites the Renewal of All Creation
Apr 10, 2023
When the Humble King Comes to Town
Apr 02, 2023
One Thing You Lack
Mar 26, 2023
Without This We Can "Never Enter" the Kingdom
Mar 19, 2023
Question & Response to Mar 12, 2023 sermon
Mar 15, 2023
The Gift of Baptism
Mar 13, 2023
Question and Response to Mar 5, 2023 sermon
Mar 08, 2023
The Gospel and the Gay Community
Mar 05, 2023
Question & Response to Feb 26, 2023 sermon
Mar 01, 2023
The Threat to Our Sexual Integrity
Feb 27, 2023
Q&R to Feb 19, 2023 sermon
Feb 22, 2023
The Gift of Marriage in the Kingdom of God
Feb 19, 2023
Question and Response to Feb 12, 2023 Sermon
Feb 15, 2023
The Gift of Singleness in the Kingdom of God
Feb 12, 2023
Question & Response to Feb 5, 2023 Sermon
Feb 09, 2023
Is Jesus' Definition of Marriage Good News for Everyone?
Feb 05, 2023
Q&R for Jan 29, 2023 sermon and other questions
Feb 02, 2023
God's Grace for Victims and Participants in the Culture War
Jan 29, 2023
The Power and Response to Sin
Jan 23, 2023
Question and Response for Jan 15, 2023 sermon
Jan 19, 2023
Who's in, who's out, who says, and does it matter?
Jan 15, 2023
Question and Response from Jan 8, 2023 sermon
Jan 12, 2023
Our Ambition, the Cross, and Being with Children
Jan 08, 2023
Expectations for Spiritual Formation
Jan 02, 2023
Lead us Not into Temptation
Dec 19, 2022
Confession
Dec 12, 2022
Your Kingdom Come
Dec 07, 2022
Praise and Adoration
Nov 28, 2022
Contentment
Nov 21, 2022
Listening
Nov 14, 2022
Stillness
Nov 07, 2022
Posture of Surrender
Oct 31, 2022
Dependent Prayer
Oct 23, 2022
Transformation of Jesus
Oct 16, 2022
Deny Yourself and Follow Me
Oct 09, 2022
The Fulcrum of Mark's Gospel
Oct 02, 2022
Seeing Jesus Clearly
Sep 25, 2022
Jesus' Compassion for the Whole Person
Sep 18, 2022
He Makes the Deaf Hear and the Mute Speak
Sep 11, 2022
Trusting Multicultural Leadership
Sep 04, 2022
A Multicultural Kingdom of God
Aug 28, 2022
The Gospel and Systemic Racism
Aug 21, 2022
Racial Reconciliation in the Kingdom of God
Aug 14, 2022
Is Racial Reconciliation Part of the Gospel?
Aug 07, 2022
A Church that Looks Like Heaven
Jul 25, 2022
An Unlikely Faith Hero and Jesus' Long-term Kingdom Vision
Jul 19, 2022
What defiles people before Jesus?
Jul 11, 2022
Jesus, Scripture, and Our Social Conventions
Jul 03, 2022
Jesus is Enough.
Jun 19, 2022
The Church's Prophetic Role
Jun 12, 2022
Holy Spirit Empowered Mission
Jun 05, 2022
A Pastoral Word in Response to Uvalde
May 31, 2022
Sharing the Gospel with Our Actions
May 23, 2022
Sharing the Gospel with Our Story
May 15, 2022
Sharing the Gospel with Our Words
May 09, 2022
Fulfilling Jesus' Mission in Jesus' Way
May 02, 2022
Jesus' Sending
Apr 24, 2022
What do we make of Jesus' Scars?
Apr 17, 2022
Jesus' Response to Our Desires
Apr 10, 2022
Tensions in Jesus' Kingdom
Apr 03, 2022
Jesus' Mercy to Cleanse
Mar 27, 2022
Trusting Jesus' Authority
Mar 20, 2022
How does the Kingdom of God Grow?
Mar 13, 2022
Reflections on the Parable of the Sower
Mar 06, 2022
Jesus' Goal is Transformation
Feb 27, 2022
Take Sin Seriously and Forgive Repeatedly
Feb 20, 2022
The Central Ethic of the Family of God
Feb 13, 2022
Interdependence in the Body of Christ
Feb 06, 2022
Gifts of Grace to God's Family
Jan 30, 2022
Diversity in the Family of God
Jan 23, 2022
Christ Died to Give Us a Family
Jan 16, 2022
Jesus' Redefinition of Family
Jan 11, 2022
Surrendering Our Lives to Jesus
Jan 02, 2022
Attentive and Active Waiting
Dec 21, 2021
Where is God in the Darkness?
Dec 14, 2021
The Clash between Kings
Dec 10, 2021
Jesus has come, Jesus is coming, Jesus will come again
Dec 01, 2021
Redistribute
Nov 21, 2021
Jesus' Response to Our Agenda
Nov 14, 2021
The Church's Problem with Scripture
Nov 07, 2021
Jesus' Call to Participation
Oct 31, 2021
Participation by Carrying Others to Jesus
Oct 24, 2021
The Kingdom Enters the Complexities, Tensions, and Desolate Places
Oct 19, 2021
Jesus' Solitude
Oct 10, 2021
Jesus Confronts the Dark Powers
Oct 03, 2021
The Call to Follow
Sep 26, 2021
Mark 1:9-15
Sep 19, 2021
The Gospel of Mark
Sep 12, 2021
Devoting Ourselves to Shared Community
Sep 05, 2021
Devoting Ourselves to Shared Mission
Aug 29, 2021
Devotion to Shared Worship
Aug 23, 2021
Joining with the Remnant
Aug 15, 2021
Future hope, present posture
Aug 09, 2021
Forgetting What Lies Behind, Straining Toward What Lies Ahead
Aug 01, 2021
Forgetting What Lies Behind, Straining Toward What Lies Ahead
Jul 25, 2021
Forgetting What Lies Behind, Straining Toward What Lies Ahead
Jul 18, 2021
Forgetting What Lies Behind, Straining Toward What Lies Ahead
Jul 11, 2021
Embracing our "Sent-ness" Part II
Jul 04, 2021
Embracing our “Sent-ness” Part I
Jun 27, 2021
The End of All Things
Jun 21, 2021
The Church is the Temple
Jun 13, 2021
Jesus becomes the new temple
Jun 07, 2021
Tabernacle: God's move to be present again
Jun 02, 2021
God's Promise to Restore His Presence With Us
May 24, 2021
The Fall: Resisting and Losing God's Presence
May 17, 2021
Creation: God's presence and Our Role
May 10, 2021
Sacrificial and Mutual Generosity
May 02, 2021
The Secret to Contentment
Apr 19, 2021
Conversion of Our Imagination
Apr 11, 2021
Easter Sunday
Apr 04, 2021
The Gospel in Community
Mar 28, 2021
A Colony of Heaven
Mar 21, 2021
Pressing On Toward the Goal
Mar 14, 2021
The Worth of Knowing Christ
Mar 07, 2021
The Emotional Cost to Following Jesus
Feb 28, 2021
Working Out Our Salvation
Feb 22, 2021
The God Who Empties Himself
Feb 14, 2021
Unity That Represents the Gospel
Feb 07, 2021
A Life That Exalts Christ
Jan 31, 2021
Preaching the Gospel With Our Words
Jan 24, 2021
Healthy Foundations: Dependence on God
Jan 11, 2021
Time Bound
Jan 03, 2021
Prince of Peace
Dec 20, 2020
Everlasting Father
Dec 13, 2020
Mighty God
Dec 06, 2020
Wonderful Counselor
Nov 29, 2020
Don't Jump Ship (Acts 27)
Nov 08, 2020
A System for a Season (Acts 25)
Oct 25, 2020
The Lord's Prayer
Oct 11, 2020
Responding to Authority (Acts 23)
Sep 27, 2020
Telling Your Story (Acts 22)
Sep 20, 2020
Sowing the Good Seeds
Sep 13, 2020
You're Not Ready to Live Until Your Ready to Die (Acts 21)
Sep 06, 2020
Finishing the Race (Acts 20)
Aug 30, 2020
Power Over Pretense (Acts 19)
Aug 23, 2020
Like the Bereans (Acts 17)
Aug 09, 2020
Second Wind
Aug 02, 2020