Cities Church Sermons

In this sermon, Pastor David Mathis expounds upon John 19:1-16 by asking three rhetorical questions about Jesus as he is delivered over to be crucified. This passage includes a horrific miscarriage of justice, shocking evil from the Jewish leaders, fickleness of the crowds, and the gutlessness of Pilate. Above all though, John tells us that he wrote this so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ.

In this sermon, Pastor Jonathan Parnell expounds upon John 18:28-40 where Pilate questions Jesus on the accusation that he is claiming to be the King, and finds no guilt in him. Yet, the people still choose to release the guilty man named Barabbas instead, putting Jesus in the place of the guilty.

In this sermon, Pastor Jonathan Parnell bridges our series on How God Changes a Life with our series on the gospel of John by sharing John’s story, the “disciple whom God loved.” Looking at many writings of the apostle John, we see the fruit of his transformed life.

In this sermon, Pastor David Mathis shares the story of how God changed the life of Charles Spurgeon through a snowstorm, a layman preacher in a tiny chapel, and the simple message of Isaiah 45:22.

In this sermon, Pastor Jonathan Parnell shares about the journey of John Bunyan coming to faith and how God used many passages over years to transform Bunyan from being the most ungodliest fellow into a Baptist preacher who was imprisoned for preaching God’s Word.

In this sermon, Pastor Jonathan Parnell shares the story of Martin Luther’s “extremely disturbed conscience” and how he came to faith after being angry with God by finally understanding the righteousness of God by faith alone in Romans 1:17.

In this sermon, Pastor Jonathan Parnell begins a new series on conversion stories from people throughout church history. First, we see how God used Romans 13:11-14 and a devoted mother’s prayers to transform the heart of Augustine of Hippo.

In this sermon, Church Planter Will Stueve concludes our eighth summer in the psalms by expounding upon Psalm 111 which answers the question: “What makes God’s works so great?” and leads us to then ask of ourselves: “What would it look like to remember the realness of Jesus in all of life?”

In this sermon, Pastor David Mathis expounds upon Psalm 110 which is the most complete and abundant prophecy of Christ in the book of Psalms. This psalm has four sights of the majesty of Jesus, full of comfort for Cities Church.

In this sermon, Pastor Jonathan Parnell expounds upon Psalm 109 by looking at four facts about Christian warfare in the psalm that reveals to us who the enemies are, what they are doing, how God responds to them, and how God saves his people from them.