Hollywood Community Church

In this message from Ephesians 6:5-9, we explore one of the Bible’s most challenging passages and discover how the gospel of Jesus Christ ultimately undermines the institution of slavery and transforms our understanding of authority. Through Paul’s instructions to bondservants and masters, we see that all people stand as equals before God and that true leadership in God’s kingdom is marked by humility, service, an...

In this message from Ephesians 5:22–33, we explore God’s design for marriage and the complementary roles He has given to husbands and wives. Paul teaches that Christian marriage is marked by two powerful expressions of selfless love: a wife’s willing trust in her husband’s servant leadership and a husband’s sacrificial love modeled after Christ’s love for the church. Discover how biblical submiss...

In this message from Ephesians 5:22–33, Pastor Justin explores God’s design for marriage and reveals how earthly marriage points to a greater reality—the love of Christ for His Church. Whether you're married, single, divorced, widowed, or dating, this sermon unpacks how marriage serves as a preview of the Gospel and challenges us to avoid becoming neutral, cynical, or obsessed with marriage, instead embracing it a...

In Ephesians 5:15–21, Paul calls believers to live with intentionality in a world that constantly pulls us toward distraction, complacency, and spiritual drift. In this message, we explore what it means to walk wisely, make the most of the time God has given us, and avoid the numbing effects of escapism that keep us from experiencing the fullness of life in Christ. Discover how the Holy Spirit awakens us to God's will, produc...

Your life is always being shaped by something—or someone. In this message from Ephesians 5, we explore Paul’s call to “be imitators of God, as beloved children.” What does it actually mean to become more like Jesus? This sermon unpacks the difference between moralism, cheap grace, and true gospel transformation. We’ll look at how our identity as God’s beloved children fuels a life of holiness, wh...

This message explores how King Jesus is the true source of the church’s ministry and how every believer has been uniquely gifted to serve His mission. Walking through Ephesians 4, we see that Christ didn’t call His church to uniformity, but to unity through diverse gifts, callings, and ministries that build up the body of Christ. From pastors equipping the saints to everyday believers stepping onto the field of ministry...

In Ephesians 4, Paul the Apostle calls believers to live in a way that reflects the grace they’ve received through Jesus Christ—not to earn salvation, but because of it. Using a powerful illustration from Saving Private Ryan, this sermon highlights how the sacrifice of Jesus leads to a transformed life marked by humility, patience, and peacemaking. As those rescued by grace, we’re invited to reflect Christ’s...

In this message from Ephesians 3:14–21, Pastor Justin Chades explores what it truly means to experience intimacy with God. Rooted in our identity in Christ, this sermon unpacks how God is both near and all-powerful, inviting us into a deep, personal relationship with Him. Through Paul’s prayer, we’re challenged to open the hidden places of our hearts, grasp the vastness of Christ’s love, and live lives marke...

“What is the mystery of the gospel?” explores Paul’s words in Ephesians 3:1–13, revealing God’s once-hidden plan now made known through Jesus Christ. This sermon unpacks how the “mystery” is not something confusing, but something previously concealed—God’s intention to unite both Jews and Gentiles into one family through the gospel. It highlights the beauty of God’s grace,...

In Ephesians 2:11–22, Paul reminds us that we were once separated from God and divided from one another, but through Jesus, those barriers have been torn down, bringing peace and forming one new humanity in Christ. What once caused hostility—seen even in physical divisions like the temple wall—has been overcome by the cross, uniting people from every background into one family. This points to the future vision of ...

This Easter Sunday message from Ephesians 2 invites us to reflect on our identity by looking back at who we were before Christ and celebrating who we’ve become because of Him. Scripture reveals the depth of our lostness—spiritually dead, captive to sin, and separated from God—but then lifts our eyes to the stunning hope of the gospel: “But God.” Through His mercy and love, Jesus entered into our broken...

This Good Friday message from Psalm 22 invites us to behold both the গভ গভ suffering and the ultimate triumph of Christ on the cross. As Jesus cries out, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”, we are drawn into the depth of His physical pain, the weight of mockery, and the unimaginable reality of bearing our sin as our substitute. Yet Psalm 22 does not end in despair—it rises to a confident declaration of Go...

In this message, “Wisdom and Power,” we walk through Ephesians 1:15–23 and explore Paul’s prayer for believers to grow in spiritual wisdom and understanding. This sermon highlights the importance of truly knowing God, recognizing the hope we have in Him, and living in the reality of His incomparable power at work in us. As we unpack this passage, we’re reminded that the same power that raised Christ fr...

This sermon explores the powerful truth that our identity shapes everything about how we live, emphasizing that for Christians, identity is found “in Christ.” Drawing from Epistle to the Ephesians, it explains that before any change in behavior, there must first be a transformation in who we understand ourselves to be. Through this identity, believers receive profound spiritual blessings—being chosen, adopted, red...

In the first message of our Identity: My New Life in Christ series, we begin our journey through Ephesians by looking at the opening greeting in Ephesians 1:1–2. By exploring the author, the audience, and the message of this letter, we see how God transformed Paul from a persecutor of the church into an apostle of Christ, and how believers are described as “saints”—people set apart for God through faith in J...

In this message from Romans 6:1–8, we examine the meaning of Jesus’ death and resurrection and what it means for those who place their faith in Him. Paul teaches that believers are united with Christ—His death becomes our death to sin, and His resurrection becomes our new life. Baptism serves as a visible sign of this reality, symbolizing the burial of the old self and the raising of a new life in Christ. Join us ...

In a world of instant information and self-proclaimed expertise, this message challenges us to move beyond merely knowing God’s Word to actually living it. Drawing from Book of James 1:22–25, we explore the danger of hearing without doing, the spiritual amnesia that comes from forgotten conviction, and the call to become faithful doers of the Word. Grounded in the finished work of Jesus and echoed in Gospel of Matthew 7...

In this message from Psalm 1:1–6, we see a vivid picture of the blessed life—one rooted in and shaped by the Word of God. Like a tree planted by streams of water, the person who delights in and meditates on Scripture is purposeful, resilient in suffering, and successful in what truly matters. We’re encouraged to build a daily rhythm of meeting with God through His Word using a simple framework—Scripture, Obs...