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Living Spring Podcast
by Living Spring Church
The free podcast of Sunday morning sermons from Living Spring Christian Fellowship in Garden Grove, California.
Episodes
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John - Life In His Name
This week we close out the Book of John by looking at the second half of John 20:31, that by believing we may have life in His name. We walk back through the encounters of Nathanael, Nicodemus, the Samaritan woman, the royal official, the man at the pool, the woman caught in adultery, the man…
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John - I Am
This week we look at the bookends of John and review the "I Am" statements Jesus makes throughout the book, from telling the Samaritan woman in chapter 4 that He is the Messiah, to calling Himself the bread of life, the light of the world, the gate, the good shepherd, the way, the truth, and the...
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Childlike Faith
This week we look at Mark 10:13 through 16, where Jesus welcomes the children and says the kingdom of God belongs to those who receive it like a child. Jesus is not praising the good behavior of children but their powerlessness and dependence, and we see how the disciples, the rich young ruler…
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John - Unity
This week we continue in John 17 with Jesus' high priestly prayer, where He prays not only for the eleven disciples but also for everyone who will believe through their message, which includes us. Jesus asks that we would all be one, and unity here is not agreeing on everything, it is agreeing on...
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John - Loving The Ones God Gave Us
This week we welcome guest pastor Brandon as we turn to John 17, the High Priestly Prayer, and ask a simple question: who has God entrusted to us? Jesus shows us five ways to be responsible with the ones we are given, revealing the Father to them, praying for them by name, protecting them…
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John - Eternal Life
This week we move into John 17, where Jesus prays aloud in front of His disciples and shows us what to do when the pressure comes. Looking back to John 1, we see the Word who was with God before the beginning, who dwelt among us full of grace and truth, and who now tells His disciples that in the...
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John - Not Abandoned
This week we continue our journey through John, arriving at chapter 16 as Jesus prepares His disciples for the reality of His departure. We look at how Jesus warns that the world, the cosmos of systems opposed to Him, will hate us just as it hated Him, whether that system shows up as anxiety,...
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Empowering Lives International
This week we welcome Don and Amy Rogers of Empowering Lives International back to the stage where their journey with our church began over 30 years ago. Don and Beatrice, a Kenyan staff leader, share how God is transforming villages through clean water wells, addiction recovery, and a wave of...
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John - The Way
This week we continue exploring Jesus's final words to his disciples in John 14, focusing on his insistence that following him is fundamentally about a relationship with God, not merely about securing a place in heaven. Jesus tells his troubled disciples not to worry, for he is preparing a place...
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John - Love One Another
This week we continue in the Gospel of John, joining Jesus at the final Passover meal in chapter 13 as He washes His disciples' feet and reveals that one of them will betray Him. We explore the remarkable love Jesus shows in keeping Judas close for three years without ever exposing him, and we…
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Look Not To Your Own Interests
This week we turn to Paul's letter to the Philippians, written to a Roman colony consumed with honor, shame, and status, where public recognition was treated as a currency as valuable as gold. We explore how Paul reorients these values around Christ, who though he was in the form of God emptied...
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Dr. Reed Metcalf - The God In The Boat
This week we welcome back Pastor Reed, former pastor at Living Spring Church. He leads us into the Gospel of Mark and the stilling of the storm in Mark 4, where the disciples, like so many others around Jesus, grasp only half of who He is. As Jesus silences the wind and the sea with two words, we...
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John - Mary Anoints Jesus
This week we continue in John as the raising of Lazarus forces a decision, with many putting their faith in Jesus while the Sanhedrin plots His death and Caiaphas unknowingly prophesies that one man would die for the people. At a dinner in Bethany, Mary pours out a pint of pure nard worth a…
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John - Lazarus
This week we continue in John 11, sitting with the hard truth that Jesus does not operate on our timeframe and can be deeply moved by our pain without moving the way we want. We watch Mary and Martha grieve a brother Jesus loved yet allowed to die, and we hear Him declare that He is the...
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John - The Good Shepherd
This week we continue in John 10, where we hear Jesus described as the true shepherd whose voice His sheep know and follow, set apart from the thieves and robbers who come only to steal and destroy. We talk about the many competing voices in our lives, from social media to our own self doubt, and...
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John - I Am
This week we continue our series through the Gospel of John, landing at the end of chapter eight where Jesus makes the stunning declaration, "Before Abraham was, I Am." We explore how a debate with the religious leaders escalates from intellect to emotion to hostility, and how Jesus responds not...
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Starting Strong: Moving Forward
The early church was growing at a very rapid rate. For the first few chapters everything was going great. Then some problems arose. How it was handled gives us great insight on how we move forward when there are problems.
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John - The Truth Will Set You Free
This week we explore John 8, where Jesus tells his followers that holding to his teaching is the condition that unlocks the famous promise, "you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." The sermon challenges the popular misreading of that verse, making clear that the freedom Jesus...
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Starting Strong: Church Growth
How do you grow a church? Great preaching is a must. Great worship band? A necessity. And, of course, persecution. Wait, what?
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John - Light Of The World
This week we continue in our series in the book of John, using Jesus' declaration "I am the light of the world" in John 8 as the anchor for the message. He frames darkness not as moral evil but as disorientation, the state of being without guidance, drawing from a vivid childhood story and the...
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John - Grace Over Gotcha
This week Pastor John walks through the story of the woman caught in adultery, using it as a lens to examine how we all approach Scripture and how we treat people we want to see fall. He introduces the idea of the "gotcha" mindset, our tendency to cheer when someone we oppose gets exposed, and...
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John - Good Students of Scripture
Today we talk about how to read the Bible well, using the hard questions around John 8 as a launching point before diving into the story of the adulterous woman next week. Pastor John walks through Scripture's different genres, the importance of reading each through the right lens, and addresses...
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John - Next Faithful Step
Today Pastor John preaches an Easter sermon from John 20, walking through five people in the resurrection account to build a single central talking point: no matter where you are in your faith journey, there is always a "next faithful step" available to you. Each character responds differently,...
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John - Triumphant Entrance
Even our deepest internal struggles can become sacred ground for transformation, as God's sustaining grace meets us in our hardest moments. Hardship, viewed through faith, shifts from obstacle to opportunity, deepening our dependence on God and producing gratitude and spiritual growth through...
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John - Thirsty
This week we talk about how deep spiritual truth is often found in quiet reflection rather than constant noise. It calls us to be intentional about creating space in our lives to truly encounter God. Instead of going through the motions, we’re challenged to pursue a genuine, present relationship...
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John - Thirsty
This week we talk about how deep spiritual truth is often found in quiet reflection rather than constant noise. It calls us to be intentional about creating space in our lives to truly encounter God. Instead of going through the motions, we’re challenged to pursue a genuine, present relationship...
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John - Macroeconomics
This week highlights how spiritual growth often happens in the gaps between what we know and what we don’t yet understand. Rather than failures, these moments of uncertainty are sacred spaces where God shapes deeper faith. When we accept that we don’t have all the answers, we open ourselves to...
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John - Well Fed
This week we explore the spiritual significance of silence in our faith journey. Often, God’s work happens not through loud revelations but in the quiet spaces where we learn to listen with our hearts. These moments challenge us to trust His presence even when clarity seems absent. True faith…
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John - Do You Want To Get Well
This message from John 4–5 contrasts two responses to Jesus: the Samaritans who believed His words and the Galileans who demanded signs. A royal official demonstrates true faith by trusting Jesus’ promise that his son would live, believing before seeing the miracle. At the pool of Bethesda, Jesus...
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John - Woman At The Well
Today we talk about Jesus’ encounter with the Samaritan woman in John 4, highlighting how He intentionally pursues the marginalized and meets them in their hidden shame. At the well, Jesus moves the conversation from physical water to “living water,” exposing the broken systems she relied on…
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John - Less Of Me
Today we talk about how the powerful humility of John the Baptist as Jesus’ ministry grows. Instead of comparing or competing, John declares, “He must become greater; I must become less,” embracing the freedom of focusing only on what God assigned to him. The message exposes comparison as a thief...
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John - Nicodemus
This week we explore Jesus’ conversation with Nicodemus in John 3, revealing that being “born again” is not about religious effort or future hope in heaven, but a present, radical spiritual transformation. Nicodemus wrestles between the familiar world of religious systems and the unseen kingdom...
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John - Overturned
While Jesus is often seen as gentle and gracious, the Gospel of John reveals His fierce commitment to truth. He drove out the merchants from the temple with a whip, displaying holy zeal for His Father's house rather than tolerating corruption that exploited worshipers. Today, we are that temple....
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John - Best For Last
The miracle at Cana is not really about wine, but about failed systems and second chances. When Mary says, “Do whatever he tells you,” she models a life of surrender that allows Jesus to transform what has run dry. The empty stone jars represent our self-made efforts, but Jesus fills them from...
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John - Obey
This week we highlight that faith doesn’t require full understanding, just obedience. John the Baptist modeled this by preparing the way for Jesus without knowing the whole story, challenging our tendency to wait for certainty before acting. Jesus’ invitation to “come and see” shows that...
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John - Intro
John begins his gospel with an incredibly deep and amazing insight. Jesus was God in the flesh. This week we talk about that theological concept and how it impacts are daily life.
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Christmas For The Rest Of Us - Epiphany Sunday
This Epiphany message invites us into the story of the Magi, unexpected outsiders whom God draws to Jesus by meeting them where they are. Showing that His grace reaches far beyond our comfort zones. The contrast between the Magi’s open-hearted worship and King Herod’s fearful need for control...
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Christmas For The Rest Of Us - After The Angels
Most of the Christian life isn’t lived in dramatic spiritual highs but in ordinary faithfulness, as seen in Simeon and Anna, who simply showed up, listened, and remained devoted. Even Jesus spent years in quiet growth and obedience before any public ministry, reminding us that God values...
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Christmas For The Rest Of Us - Shepheards
This week, we continue exploring the Christmas story through the shepherds of Luke 2, revealing how God chose society’s outcasts. Not the powerful or religious to be the first witnesses of Jesus’ birth. Their story exposes God’s upside down value system, showing that the gospel is for all people,...
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Christmas For The Rest Of Us - Joseph
As we continue our Christmas for the Rest of Us series, we reflect on the miraculous yet humble beginnings of Jesus’ life and the pivotal role of ordinary people like Zechariah, Mary, and Joseph. This week, we focus on Joseph’s role as Jesus’ earthly father and how God often chooses the most...
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Christmas For The Rest Of Us - Mary
This week we learn, like Mary, we are chosen by God not because of our worthiness but purely by grace. The same favor Mary receive, described in Scripture as “freely given”, reminds us that our struggles and doubts never disqualify us from God’s purposes. Her response, “I am the Lord’s servant,”...
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Christmas For The Rest Of Us - Zechariah
Luke opens up after 400 years of silence by God. Who would you think God would use to speak again? A prophet? An angel? While those are important characters, God actually uses a common man and his wife to begin the Gospel narrative.
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Gratitude
This week, we talk about the difference between feeling grateful and actually expressing gratitude. Using the story of the ten lepers, it reminds us that thankfulness isn’t complete until it’s voiced, and that only one returned to acknowledge Jesus. Gratitude strengthens our relationships and…
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The Wisdom Of Giving
This week, we look at how tithing, which means giving the first tenth of what we earn, helps us loosen our grip on money and tighten our trust in God. It’s not about complicated rules or get-rich promises, but about learning to put God first in a simple, practical way. When we give our first…
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Remembering 20 Years
This week we reflect on twenty years of Living Spring with Pastor John Rittenhouse and how God's faithfulness through the seasons of our lives never cease. We are taken through a parable from Mark 4, where Jesus describes the kingdom of God as a farmer scattering seed, a simple act of faith...
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Remembering 20 Years
This week we reflect on twenty years of Living Spring with Pastor John Rittenhouse and how God's faithfulness through the seasons of our lives never cease. We are taken through a parable from Mark 4, where Jesus describes the kingdom of God as a farmer scattering seed, a simple act of faith...
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Opposites Attract - Blessed Are The Persecuted
Following Jesus often means facing opposition, because persecution isn’t an accident of faith but a mark of true discipleship. The final Beatitude reminds us that being “persecuted for righteousness” comes from living so differently that the world can’t ignore it. As we pursue Christ, culture may...
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Opposites Attract - Blessed Are The Peacemakers
True peacemaking in God’s kingdom goes far beyond avoiding conflict—it means actively joining God’s work of restoring shalom, where justice, wholeness, and joy unite all creation. From Matthew 5:9, we learn that peacemakers reflect God’s character as His children, courageously confronting...
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Opposites Attract - Blessed Are The Pure In Heart
As we continue through the Beatitudes, we explore what Jesus says, "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God." This challenges us to rethink purity—not as moral perfection, but as openness and trust. Drawing from the story of Adam and Eve, we see how sin leads us to hide, yet God…
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Opposites Attract - Blessed Are The Merciful
This week we are taught to rethink forgiveness in light of God’s limitless grace. The parable of the unforgiving servant reminds us that we’ve been forgiven an unpayable debt—and are called to extend that same mercy to others. Holding onto bitterness only traps us, but choosing to bless and…
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