Christ City Church Podcast - Christ City Church

In this introduction to our new series on the Bible, we look at the impetus for our new project - The Edible Scroll Club - and walk through practically how to pick up the practice of daily reading and journaling through scripture. 

Ezekiel 3:1-4

To hope well means we have to wait well. And waiting is difficult. As followers of Jesus, we're asked to live with an active waiting even when it seems God's presence is dim and distant. Listen in to this sermon as we ask the question "What does is mean to wait well, as we keep hope?'

Luke 2:36-38

Luke 2:25-35

This week we take a look at Simeon to see the incredible story of all of his hopes coming true. In Simeon's story we learn more about the solid hope that we can have as we wait for Jesus this Advent season.

How do we live with disappointment when life doesn't turn out the way that we hoped and expected? In this sermon, we look at the encounter Mary has with the angel Gabriel and her response to the news that she will give birth to the Son of the Most High. Through her story of submission to this alarming and surprising news, we learn what it looks like to hold on to hope and yet submit to God's way even when we're filled with doubts.

Luke 1:26-37

In this advent sermon series, May You Find a Light, we discover what it means to live with longing as we look at four people who lived with longing for God to bring the redemption he promised to Israel. In this sermon, we examine Zechariah and his understandable cynicism after meeting an angel and see how lean into hope in the middle of a cynical age.

Luke 1:5-23

Jacob spent his life missing out on his purpose because he could face his past. Listen in as we conclude our look at Jacob's life, and in turn find what it means to face this mess we call our lives, and in turn find our true name.

As we journey through the story of Jacob, we see in Genesis 33 an encounter with his estranged brother, Esau. But when he meets Esau, Jacob gets a surprise. Esau doesn't try to kill him. He's had a change of heart. Esau extends grace. Today we will see that broken relationships are actually the soil for transformation to blossom. 

Genesis 32:22-32

We're all giving birth to something - whether it's an actual child, or a new business or idea. Yet, we are often unaware of why create and produce... what motivates us? Often we are compelled to create out of a need to grasp for something we see in the lives of others. In this sermon, as we examine the story of Jacob's wives, we see what can free us from a life of grasping and manipulation: praise.