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King of Kings Lutheran Church Podcast

King of Kings Lutheran Church Podcast

By King of Kings Lutheran Church

Sermons and other content from Pastor Eric Johnson of King of Kings Lutheran Church in Lake Orion, MI.
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Becoming Spiritually Strong - Episode 27

King of Kings Lutheran Church PodcastAug 02, 2018

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Outside the Box Week 6: Outside the Box Posture

Outside the Box Week 6: Outside the Box Posture

We gain an outside the box posture towards the world when we trade the Jesus of religion for the Jesus of relationship.
Feb 10, 202025:58
Outside the Box Week 5: Outside the Box Praise

Outside the Box Week 5: Outside the Box Praise

Outside the Box people demonstrate Outside the Box praise.
Feb 04, 202025:39
Outside the Box: Outside the Box Priorities

Outside the Box: Outside the Box Priorities

Outside the Box people have Outside the Box priorities.

Jan 26, 202026:13
Outside the Box Week 3: Outside the Box Process

Outside the Box Week 3: Outside the Box Process

Outside the Box people are discipled according to an Outside the Box Process.

Jan 23, 202031:37
Outside the Box Week 2: Outside the Box Purpose

Outside the Box Week 2: Outside the Box Purpose

Our purpose is not performance. It is grounded in our identity as beloved children of God.

Jan 12, 202026:43
Outside the Box Week 1: Outside the Box People

Outside the Box Week 1: Outside the Box People

Because we have an "outside-the-box" God, we are called to be "outside-the-box" people.

Jan 05, 202026:22
Christmas Eve 2019

Christmas Eve 2019

Jesus is the gift of grace that keeps on giving!
Dec 30, 201923:04
Sunday After Christmas

Sunday After Christmas

Gary Wright shares a message on the transitions in our lives and world.

Dec 29, 201912:10
Birthing A Breakthrough: Week 4

Birthing A Breakthrough: Week 4

In Advent, we celebrate the promise that Christ will return. But how do we celebrate something that has not happened yet?

Dec 15, 201922:33
Birthing A Breakthrough: Week 3

Birthing A Breakthrough: Week 3

Advent is a season in which we hear the proclamation of a world restored to the way things should be.

Dec 08, 201929:23
Birthing A Breakthrough: Week 2

Birthing A Breakthrough: Week 2

Gary Wright shares a message on what it is like to walk the path God has for us in anticipation of Christ's coming.

Dec 01, 201916:38
Birthing A Breakthrough: Week 1

Birthing A Breakthrough: Week 1

Everyone is looking for a breakthrough, and usually in just the way we want. But maybe we don’t need Jesus to deliver us. Maybe we just need him to remember us.
Nov 25, 201922:19
Legacy: Leave Your Mark - Week 4

Legacy: Leave Your Mark - Week 4

When we encounter the love of Jesus, we will do crazy things for love..
Nov 17, 201927:36
Legacy: Leave Your Mark - Week 3

Legacy: Leave Your Mark - Week 3

God is not calling us to be church people. God is calling us to be Jesus people. And there is a difference.

Nov 10, 201928:14
Legacy: Leave Your Mark - Week 2

Legacy: Leave Your Mark - Week 2

We may believe that God will provide for all our needs, but there is still anxiety any time we hear God calling us to a deeper level of faith and generosity. Perhaps it is because we forget who will actually pay the price.

Nov 04, 201926:42
Legacy: Leave Your Mark - Week 1

Legacy: Leave Your Mark - Week 1

The legacy of the Reformation is that the Gospel is made available to everyone. We are sent out to carry that legacy into places of brokenness to bring healing. Dylan Pyeatt from the Micah 6 Community in Pontiac, MI joins us to share about the work of God through people of Micah 6.

Oct 27, 201922:03
Life Together On Mission - Week 6

Life Together On Mission - Week 6

As we close out this series, we discover that our connecting, serving, sharing, and growing matter very little unless we are all praying.

Oct 20, 201925:41
Life Together On Mission - Week 5

Life Together On Mission - Week 5

You cannot make God love you more, but you can experience more of God’s love by setting aside time to abide in Jesus. That abiding fuels the spiritual growth needed for Life Together On Mission.

Oct 13, 201922:59
Life Together on Mission - Week 4

Life Together on Mission - Week 4

Biblical discipleship includes actively sharing your faith, but many of us have never been trained how. It is really as simple as sharing your story.

Oct 08, 201930:10
Life Together On Mission - Week 3

Life Together On Mission - Week 3

Because Jesus was a good neighbor in our time of need, we are free to be good neighbors to others in their times of need.

Oct 01, 201929:11
Life Together On Mission - Week 2

Life Together On Mission - Week 2

As disciples of Jesus, we engage with those disconnected from faith in ways that offer mercy, not demand sacrifice.

Sep 22, 201928:23
Life Together On Mission - Week 1

Life Together On Mission - Week 1

We know that Jesus loves us because He needs us and invites us into His mission.

Sep 15, 201927:07
Launch Sunday 2019

Launch Sunday 2019

It is our vision to be a place were prodigals can come home or come alive!

Sep 08, 201933:52
David’s Greatest Hits: Worship Is Weird

David’s Greatest Hits: Worship Is Weird

We serve a weird God who calls us to a weird life of following Jesus. This calls for worship that is weird!

Sep 01, 201931:55
David’s Greatest Hits: Waiting is Worship

David’s Greatest Hits: Waiting is Worship

Waiting on God to come through can be exhausting, but when we live as disciples even as we wait, waiting is actually worship.

Aug 25, 201921:36
David's Greatest Hits: It's Lonely At The Top

David's Greatest Hits: It's Lonely At The Top

Worship is an opportunity to shift our focus from our version of the Good Life to God's version. When we make life entirely about us, whatever we achieve, we can find that it's lonely at the top.

Aug 18, 201923:47
David’s Greatest Hits: The Function of the Form

David’s Greatest Hits: The Function of the Form

While there is no right way to worship, the way we worship helps us engage in the Good News of Jesus in a way that leaves us changed. 

Aug 11, 201926:40
David’s Greatest Hits: The Right Way To Worship

David’s Greatest Hits: The Right Way To Worship

The Church has been arguing about worship since as long as there has been church. But what is the RIGHT way to worship?

Aug 04, 201923:33
Galatians: You Have Arrived!

Galatians: You Have Arrived!

On the journey to freedom in Christ, you have already arrived!

Jul 28, 201924:15
Galatians: Meet The New Boss. Not The Same As The Old Boss.

Galatians: Meet The New Boss. Not The Same As The Old Boss.

Religion can feel like just another version of the "do more, work harder, get better or else" life we see all around us. But Jesus offers something fundamentally different.

Jul 25, 201921:24
Galatians: The Gospel According To Simba

Galatians: The Gospel According To Simba

 The central question for a lot of Christians is "What am I supposed to do in response to what Jesus has done?" But what if the answer isn't about doing? What if the answer is about being?

Jul 14, 201926:34
Galatians: An Unfair Trade

Galatians: An Unfair Trade

When Jesus offers us His life, we are tempted to try and bring something in return, as though we are able to make the trade fair. But there is nothing we can give that compares. We are freed from the need to make the trade fair, and in that freedom, we are shaped by the Spirit into the people Jesus wants us to be.

Jul 07, 201915:39
Galatians: Not Agreement. Encounter.

Galatians: Not Agreement. Encounter.

Jesus isn’t looking for you to just agree with who He is and what He has done. He is looking for you to encounter who He is and what He has done

Jun 30, 201922:22
Galatians: Too Good NOT To Be True

Galatians: Too Good NOT To Be True

The Gospel promises us many things, and sometimes, the Good News seem too good to be true.
Jun 25, 201924:44
Dig In: Rising From The Ruin

Dig In: Rising From The Ruin

When your life changes and things will never be the same again, how do we rise from ruin of the earthquake?

Jun 18, 201923:10
Dig In: Working In Your Waiting

Dig In: Working In Your Waiting

Some of the most frustrating seasons in life are when we have a clear vision for what our lives should look like...and God does not agree! 

Jun 18, 201928:49
Dig In: Personal Pentecost

Dig In: Personal Pentecost

There is nothing like the experience of the eruptive presence of God at work in our lives. How can we dig in and excavate what God is saying to us in this seasons?

Jun 18, 201922:48
Discipleship MasterClass: Fruitful Living

Discipleship MasterClass: Fruitful Living

Our primary purpose as disciples of Jesus is "fruitful living." But in the midst of conflicting schedules and priorities, how do we create the space to live fruitfully?

Jun 18, 201942:54
Famous Last Words: Wherever You Are, Wherever You Go

Famous Last Words: Wherever You Are, Wherever You Go

Jesus promises we WILL be His witnesses wherever we are and wherever we go.

Jun 18, 201920:17
Discipleship MasterClass: Deeper Relationships

Discipleship MasterClass: Deeper Relationships

As disciples of Jesus, we are invited to live as Jesus did. Jesus lived life in three dimensions: UP in relationship with God, IN in relationship within the Body of Christ, OUT in relationship to the world. In this session of the Discipleship MasterClass, Pastor Eric talks about how we experience deeper relationships in all three dimensions.

May 16, 201938:44
Famous Last Words: Opposing Authorities

Famous Last Words: Opposing Authorities

It's not that we don't believe in Jesus' version of life. It's that we have bought into a different version. These opposing authorities bind us up and keep us from making disciples, but Jesus have been give ALL authority and invites us to repent and believe in His version of life.

May 16, 201926:28
Famous Last Words: A Living Example

Famous Last Words: A Living Example

When Jesus told Peter to "feed My sheep," Peter knew exactly what Jesus was talking about. Peter had Jesus as a living example. Today, we don't have Jesus in the flesh to guide us, but we do have other living examples of what it means to feed His sheep. Patricia Duke from Love INC of North Oakland County joined us to talk about how Jesus has called her and Love INC to feed His sheep and how it has changed her life and faith as a result.

May 07, 201928:17
Discipleship MasterClass: Continuous Breakthrough

Discipleship MasterClass: Continuous Breakthrough

Jesus wants to speak to us and disciple us in the everyday experiences of our lives. But how do we hear from him? In the first session of the Discipleship MasterClass, Pastor Eric teaches on how to make sense of the "kairos" moments of our lives.

May 02, 201940:33
Famous Last Words: On The Road, In The Story, At The Table, With A Mission

Famous Last Words: On The Road, In The Story, At The Table, With A Mission

The Good News of Easter is that, where this death, there will eventually be resurrection. That can be a message easier preached than believed. In our doubts, Jesus meets on the road, in the story, at the table, and with a mission.

Apr 29, 201918:27
Easter Sunday: This Changes Everything!

Easter Sunday: This Changes Everything!

The challenge of Easter is that it presents both a familiar and unbelievable story. But when you give God an inch, God will take your faith the rest of the way and it will change EVERYTHING!

Apr 25, 201920:27
40 Days of Prayer: Where Healing Happens

40 Days of Prayer: Where Healing Happens

Healing was central to Jesus' ministry, but somewhere along the way, the Church has lost belief in the centrality of healing in its ministry. So where does healing happen?

Apr 25, 201912:55
Palm Sunday: Kingdoms Colliding

Palm Sunday: Kingdoms Colliding

The reign of Jesus and the kingdom of striving collide at the cross. The promise of Easter is that you can't stop Jesus, you can only hope to contain him.

Apr 19, 201918:38
40 Days of Prayer: The Hammer or the Nail

40 Days of Prayer: The Hammer or the Nail

In our prayer life, we have a choice. Our prayer can shape our lives, like a hammer, or be shaped by what life throws at us, like a nail. Which will you choose?
Mar 31, 201924:07
40 Days of Prayer: Praying Outside Your Comfort Zone

40 Days of Prayer: Praying Outside Your Comfort Zone

We all have a comfort zone, but when it comes to prayer, Jesus calls us out out of that comfort zone to engage with him more deeply.

Mar 27, 201925:10
40 Days of Prayer: Who Do You Think You Are Praying To?

40 Days of Prayer: Who Do You Think You Are Praying To?

What we believe about God changes everything, including how we pray. When we trust that God will gives us wisdom, peace, and power, prayer becomes not just something we should do, but something we get to do.

Mar 19, 201925:19