Grace Capital City Podcast

Daniel Yang is the National Director of Churches of Welcome, which seeks to remind the church of our Biblical mandate to love and welcome immigrants and refugees in our midst. In this message he teaches from Revelation 2, the letter to the Church at Smyrna, and reminds us of the persecuted church across the globe. What can we learn from our brothers and sisters around the world who have suffered for their faith? How does God call us to live and follow him as those who are able to practice their faith with freedom and security?

In this week's sermon, we continue our Fall series "The Promise and Problem of More," exploring Solomon's pursuit of satisfaction in riches and possession as captured in Ecclesiastes. Despite the unparalleled accumulation of treasure, Solomon found them empty and unfulfilling, highlighting the vanity of misplaced desires. Here we will contrast this with the Good News of the Kingdom: True fulfillment is found only in Jesus, who offers genuine abundance and purpose. Join us as we learn to redirect our eternal longings toward the Eternal Treasure, who is Christ the Lord!

In a world that is continually pushing us into our polarized groups and encouraging us to view one another with distrust and suspicion, how can we learn to be a people that value first the Imago Dei in every person and refused to dehumanize one another to simply political identities?

We live in a world ruled by earthly empires, but King Jesus constantly calls back to our allegiance first to his reign and his Kingdom. In this message Pastor Chris reminds us of how we can center our hearts on the Kingdom of God, while still living faithfully within the empires of this world. 

In Revelation 7 we get a beautiful prophetic picture of every tribe, tongue and nation gathered around the throne of Jesus bringing their unique gift of worship. We believe that even here on earth we have the opportunity to live into that reality.

On Sunday, October 13, to celebrate and close out Hispanic Heritage Month, we had our first Hispanic Worship Celebration! It was a great day to celebrate all the ways our Hispanic and Latino brothers and sisters bring so much depth, joy and value to our faith and worship.

Pastor Chris sat down with our Worship Director, David Virgo for a recap of the celebration - check it out!

In this message we get to hear from Ryan and Jenni Browne. The Brownes have been a key family to GCC since our launch, and just a few years ago launched internationally to serve the nation and people of Ethiopia. What God has continued to teach them about his heart for every person, how to continually prioritize his presence and how God has miraculously provided for them again and again is such a beautiful testimony to the faithfulness of God.

What is success? What is it not? Could it be that feeling or thought of failing, of being a failure, is actually the kindness of God - letting us feel so we know the success we’re seeking is actually a problem wrapped up in ourselves instead of receiving a promise centered on Him? 

Pastor Holly gives us an honest, challenging, and encouraging message, leading us to discover what success in the Kingdom of God truly is.

Spoiler alert: More success will always be a problem when it’s based on yourself, when it’s all about you.  But the Promise of more success will be found and experienced when success is about God.

We live in a world that is in many ways defined by power. People of power, structures of power, dynamics of power, acts of power. There are times when power is used for good, but it also doesn’t take us long to point to things we see or experience that represent power not used well. 

So what about Kingdom power? What is God’s vision of power? We know that God is powerful, so how does God steward His power and how does he invite us to be a people who walk in power?

In this message Pastor Chris explores the Promise and Problem of more Comfort. Throughout the scriptures we read about God’s promise to be our comforter, we know that comfort is something we all crave and seek, but at the same time living lives that are entirely insulated by the pursuit of more comfort can rob us of the beautiful destiny we’re each invited into. 

In this message Pastor Chris kicks off our new series exploring our 2024 word for the year, More. When it comes to pleasure if we’re honest, we’d all love a bit more! The world seems to promise us that we can live lives off endless pleasure, but yet those promises never seem to quite hit the mark. So how do we hold our desires and longings in a way that honors the Lord and also leads towards satisfaction?