Church of the City New York

Manifesto of Fruitfulness | An invitation to a life of joy and love - Jon Tyson

Mon, 14 Sep 2026 17:31:00 +0000

New York disciples its people through ambition. Etched into the walls of Moynihan Train Hall, the newly renovated front door to the city, is a single word from the New York State seal: Excelsior. It's Latin for "ever upward," and while meant as civic pride showcasing New York's history of excellence, said honestly, in the context of most people's lives in the city, "ever upward" feels more like a mandate than a cheer. Most people here live pinned between two unsatisfying options—apathy or ambition—with both ending in defeat. Jesus offers a third way: fruitfulness. He makes the uncomfortable contrast between what a person produces and what a person's life produces in somebody else, and in turn, the Kingdom. Over eleven weeks, we will hear from Jon Tyson and other preachers about the 100x life God intends to cultivate in His disciples.

FOLLOW | Multiplication - Billy Sprague

Mon, 07 Sep 2026 19:43:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Billy closed our FOLLOW series by asking what it would look like to take Jesus' command to go and make disciples seriously—not as a monumental assignment reserved for pastors or people who have it all together, but as an ordinary part of following Jesus. He began with the sobering stat: The average Christian will make one new disciple every 26 years. With nearly 6 million lost New Yorkers, this approach to discipleship is not sustainable.

God's discipleship plan is "you!" Pastor Billy said. You already have relationships, access, and places of influence no pastor could replicate. The invitation is to make yourself known as a Christian, ask God for one person to disciple, and look for opportunities to lean in. We do not change heart, Jesus does. Our part is to be faithful with the person He has already placed in front of us.

FOLLOW | Worshipping - Raegan Griffith

Mon, 31 Aug 2026 16:30:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Reagan continued our FOLLOW series with a teaching on worship. She began with the story of a woman who poured an entire jar of expensive perfume over Jesus. Where the disciples saw waste; Jesus saw worship. But the question beneath the story is not simply what we are willing to give Jesus, it is what we believe He is worth. Pastor Reagan traced worship back to the act of beholding—to giving our attention to Jesus long enough for our vision of Him to be enlarged. Mary's extravagant offering was not an isolated moment of devotion. It was the natural response of a life that had come to see Jesus as worthy, and when Jesus becomes our highest good, our lives begin to reorder around Him.

FOLLOW | Confronting - Tim Brown

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 21:26:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Tim continued our FOLLOW series with Jesus' difficult words to the Pharisees in Matthew 23. Rather than using the passage to confront everyone else, he invited us to ask a more personal question: Where does Jesus want to confront me? Pastor Tim explored how hypocrisy can take root when our outward lives become disconnected from what is happening within us, and how easily we can notice the failures of others while overlooking our own. Jesus' confrontation is not meant to leave us in shame, rather it is an invitation into honesty, mercy, and freedom. Allowig God to form in us what we cannot produce on our own.

FOLLOW | Servanthood - Keithen Schwahn

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 21:31:00 +0000

This week Pastor Keithen continued our Follow series in Matthew 20:25-28, where Jesus tells His disciples that greatness in the kingdom looks nothing like greatness in the world. Preaching to a room full of New Yorkers, Pastor Keithen named the "main character energy" that drives so much of this city, the ambition and grit that gets us here and keeps us here, and asked whether we've quietly assumed Jesus only wants to tweak that energy rather than replace it. He walked through four shifts from the text: from consumption to contribution, from criticism to compassion, from main character energy to a life of consecration, and from extracting from New York to laying our lives down for it.

"Not so with you," Jesus says. Whoever wants to be great must become a servant.

FOLLOW | Loving - Tim Brown

Mon, 10 Aug 2026 20:04:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Tim continued our FOLLOW series by asking what it means to love God with our whole lives. Jesus' command to love God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength is not simply about how we feel toward Him—it is about loyalty, trust, and choosing Him even when His ways are difficult to understand. Pastor Tim reflected on how our love for God is formed through both joy and disappointment, and how faithfulness becomes deeper when we learn to trust His character even when we don't understand His circumstances. That love eventually moves outward, shaping the way we see and love the people God has placed around us. Following Jesus means learning to love God like this, and letting that love change the way we live in the world.

FOLLOW | Rest - Ralph Castillo

Tue, 04 Aug 2026 12:33:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Ralph continued our FOLLOW series with a teaching on Jesus' invitation to true rest from Matthew 11:25–12:21 He began with John the Baptist, sitting in prison and asking Jesus, "Are you the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else?" It was a reminder that even faithful disciples can struggle when Jesus doesn't meet their expectations. Pastor Ralph suggested that much of our restlessness begins there. We carry burdens Jesus never asked us to carry because we've forgotten who He is. Against that backdrop, Jesus offers one of His most tender invitations, "Come to me... and you will find rest." Rather than promising an easier life, He invites us into a different way of living—one where we come to Him, take His yoke, and learn His way. The result isn't the absence of difficulty, but the deep rest that comes from walking closely with the gentle and humble King.

FOLLOW | Healing - Dr. Ron Walborn

Mon, 27 Jul 2026 20:07:00 +0000

This Sunday, Dr. Ron Walborn continued our Follow series with a teaching on healing from Matthew 8:1–4. He began with the character of Jesus. Before healing a man with leprosy, Jesus reaches out and touches him first. It's a small gesture that reveals a God who moves toward people with compassion, not distance. From there, Dr. Ron explored both the posture of the man seeking healing and Jesus' example for those who minister to others, reminding us that healing is never an end in itself but an invitation into the life God has for us. Holding together both faith and mystery, he encouraged the church to pray boldly because God is a healing God, while recognizing that His healing is fully real now, even as we wait for the day when sickness and death are no more. His closing invitation was simple: the healing ministry of Jesus belongs to the whole Church.

FOLLOW | Obedience - Dr. Wanda Walborn

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 19:47:00 +0000

This Sunday, guest preacher Dr. Wanda Walborn continued our FOLLOW series with a teaching on obedience from Matthew 7:21-27.

Obedience is not an inspiring word for many of us. We want Jesus' love, His forgiveness, His grace, but we hesitate at obedience because we have seen the word distorted. Scripture presents it differently—not the loss of freedom, but the way we learn to trust a good Father.

In the parable of the wise and foolish builders, both houses faced the same storm. The difference was the foundation, quietly formed long before the rain, built with integrity, consistent sowing, and grit. The habits formed in the calm show up in the storm.

The application from this sermon was to ask the Lord for one habit to practice this week. Write it down. Tell someone. The small decisions you make each day become the foundation you stand on tomorrow.

FOLLOW | Seeking - Ralph Castillo

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 19:17:00 +0000

This week, Pastor Ralph continued our FOLLOW series with a teaching on Jesus' command to "seek first the kingdom of God." He began with a simple observation—everyone is seeking something. The real question is what sits at the center of our lives.

Working through Matthew's Gospel, Pastor Ralph showed that before Jesus ever calls people to seek the Kingdom, He reveals the King.

Pastor Ralph quoted "the only way to dispossess the heart of an old affection is by the expulsive power of a new one." Lasting change comes less from trying harder than from discovering a greater love. As Jesus becomes the center, everything else begins to find its proper place.

FOLLOW | Resist - Raegan Griffith

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 17:51:00 +0000

This week, Pastor Raegan continued our FOLLOW series by teaching from Jesus' temptation in the wilderness in Matt. 4:1–11. If apprenticeship to Jesus means learning His way of life, then it also means learning how to resist what pulls us away from Him. Looking at Jesus' three temptations in the wilderness, Pastor Raegan explored the ways the enemy still works today—drawing us toward comfort over dependence on God, cynicism over trust, and God's gifts apart from God Himself. At the heart of the message was the question, What is your ultimate prize? If anything other than intimacy with God becomes our highest pursuit, temptation will always have something to offer us. But when God Himself is the prize, even the wilderness can become a place where our faith is refined and our love for Him grows deeper.

FOLLOW | Apprenticeship - Keithen Schwahn

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 19:59:00 +0000

This week, Pastor Keithen opened our FOLLOW series with a question that kicks off the heart of the series, "Is it possible to be a Christian and not a disciple of Jesus?"

Teaching from Matthew 4:18–22, he argued that discipleship is not simply about believing Jesus' teaching but apprenticing under His way of life. Looking at Jesus' first call of the fishermen, Pastor Keithen showed that Jesus' invitation comes before anyone has proven themselves, calling ordinary people into a life of presence, formation, and mission. In a culture where "follow" has become little more than a social media gesture, he recovered its original meaning: to walk closely with Jesus until His life becomes evident in our own.

FREED | Oppression - Sam Gibson

Mon, 22 Jun 2026 21:22:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Sam Gibson concluded our FREED series with a teaching on freedom from spiritual oppression. Teaching from Colossians 1 and 2, he argued that how we understand spiritual warfare depends on how we understand the Gospel. The Gospel is not only the message that our sins can be forgiven. It is also the announcement that Jesus is King. The powers of darkness have been defeated, His kingdom has arrived, and believers now live under His authority.

In the teaching, Pastor Sam offered practical guidance for navigating spiritual opposition. One of the enemy's great aims is to steal our song—our wonder, our confidence, our worship. Yet throughout Scripture, God's people continue singing in prisons, in exile, and in suffering. Their songs are acts of remembrance, resistance, and hope, and we can live with that same posture today.

FREED | Fear - Luke Lefevre

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 17:15:00 +0000

This week, guest teacher Luke LeFevre continued our FREED series with a sermon on fear, exploring how fear can quietly lead us into self-preservation rather than faithful stewardship. Drawing from Matthew 25, Luke unpacked Jesus' parable of the talents, challenged the comparison that keeps many of us from embracing our God-given assignment, and called us to live with an eternal perspective. The invitation was simple but costly: freedom from fear is not waiting until fear disappears, but choosing to trust and obey Jesus anyway.

Freed | Unforgiveness - Tim Brown

Mon, 08 Jun 2026 18:32:00 +0000

This week, Pastor Tim Brown continued our FREED series with a sermon on unforgiveness—what he called one of the most ignored sources of bondage in the Church today. Drawing from Matthew 18, Pastor Tim explored why forgiveness is so difficult, how bitterness quietly takes root in our lives, and why Jesus speaks about forgiveness with such urgency. Through the parable of the unforgiving servant, he showed that forgiveness is not minimizing an offense, but absorbing the debt, humanizing the offender, and releasing them. The invitation of Jesus is clear: unforgiveness imprisons us, but forgiveness opens the door to freedom.

Freed | Rejection - Sam Gibson

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 19:40:00 +0000

This week, Pastor Sam Gibson continued our FREED series with a sermon on rejection—opening by admitting he couldn't promise freedom from it. Rejection is inevitable. The real question is whether it will deform you or transform you. Pastor Sam unpacked the snare of recognition as rejection's dangerous shadow side, walked through the Greco-Roman context of adoption in Romans 8, and landed on this: in Christ, we are not rescued strays but chosen heirs—named, inheritance transferred, legally irrevocable. That is the spirit of adoption available to us, and it is what sets us free.

Freed | Shame - Jon Tyson

Mon, 25 May 2026 20:39:00 +0000

This week, Pastor Jon preached from John 7:53–8:11, using the story of the woman caught in adultery and dragged into the temple courts before a crowd with stones as his text for the freedom Jesus offers us from shame. He pushed back on the typical cultural responses to shame—the "you're worthy" or "do better" responses. Neither reaches the place where shame actually lives. He walked through the honor-shame architecture of first-century Jewish culture to show what Jesus was subverting every time He ate with tax collectors, touched lepers, and stopped for the people everyone else walked past. Jesus coming to deal with our shame was a central theme to His ministry. From the animal skins God fashioned for Adam and Eve to the white robes of the saints in Revelation, Scripture traces an important story—God clothing the naked and the shamed in righteousness and glory. That is what Jesus came to do. That freedom is available today.

FREED | Anxiety - Raegan Griffith

Mon, 18 May 2026 15:42:00 +0000

This Sunday Pastor Reagan Griffith continues our FREED series with a teaching on freedom from anxiety. Drawing from Matthew 6:25-34 and Philippians 4:6-7, Reagan identifies the roots of anxiety within lies and the cycle this creates. As New Yorkers we may feel exempt from this freedom, but God calls us to be free and empowers us to "not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God." By embracing this truth that anxiety has no place in our lives, as followers of Jesus, "the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Freed | Idolatry - Ralph Castillo

Mon, 11 May 2026 19:06:00 +0000

This week, Pastor Ralph Castillo continued the FREED series with a teaching on freedom from idolatry. Drawing from Jeremiah 2, Pastor Ralph traces God's grief over a people who abandoned Him for lesser things. The passage is startling in its intimacy. God isn't issuing a legal verdict, He's asking a relational question. "What happened between us?" He speaks in the language of a wounded covenant, the devotion of youth, the love of a bride. Idolatry, in God's framing, isn't just disobedience, it's betrayal. The quickest route into it is simply forgetting who God is and what He's done.

The text calls us to respond to idolatry the way God does, appalled, heartbroken, undone. Jeremiah 2:13 gives us the clearest picture of why. God is a fountain of living water, and our idols are cracked cisterns that can barely hold what they promise.

The sermon concludes by saying that in God's wrath, He remembers mercy. Like the father in Luke 15, He doesn't wait for us to close the whole distance, He runs.

Freed | Lies - Tim Brown

Mon, 04 May 2026 19:41:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Tim continued our FREED series with a teaching on freedom from lies, drawing from John 8:31–47. He opened with a confession that many of us could relate to: New York has trained us to believe that freedom is always one system away, and if we are not careful, that same restless optimization spills into our spiritual lives too. Pastor Tim argued that the problem is not that we haven't tried hard enough. It's that beneath every sin pattern is a lie we have been carrying so long it feels inseparable from who we are, and no amount of effort will ever reach it. Jesus does not come to help us manage that lie. He comes to replace it with something stronger: Himself, the truth that became a person, who walks up to the lie that has been running your life and extinguishes it. The condition He places on that freedom is not more effort but abiding, remaining in His word long enough for the truth to do its deep work underneath.

Freed | Sin - Sam Gibson

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:22:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Sam continued our FREED series with a teaching on freedom from sin, drawing from 1 John 1:5–10, 2:1–2. He opened by naming what sin actually does to us: it separates, stains, sensitizes, steals, and spreads. The heart of the message, though, was not diagnosis. It was invitation. Through the lens of both guilt-innocence and honor-shame frameworks, Pastor Sam showed that Jesus doesn't just declare us innocent; He restores the relationship. Through the practice of honest, specific, and confident confession, we can walk out of the shadows and into the freedom that is already our inheritance in Christ.

FREED | Past - Jon Tyson

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 20:14:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon continued the FREED series with one of the most personal questions it will raise: can you actually be free from your past?

He opened with a number—nine out of ten—his and Christy's combined score on the Adverse Childhood Experiences assessment. The score wasn't shared for sympathy, it was shared to make the question real. As James Baldwin wrote, "people are trapped in history, and history is trapped in them."

Sin works the same way. It exerts power by keeping you in what has already happened, but the antidote isn't denial. Pastor Jon called the answer, "eschatological realism" — a clear, inhabitable sense of the future God has for you. When you're living from that future, what the present holds over you loses its grip.

Paul is the guide. In Philippians 3, a man with a past that could have defined him entirely writes about forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead. Biblical forgetting isn't numbing, rather it's the intentional release of failure, guilt, and the pride that can calcify even around our wounds. In Christ, we've been given an identity more defining than anything we've been through. Scripture gives us a redemptive orientation toward time: a past that has been redeemed, a present marked by wonder, and a future held open by hope.

FREED | The Call to Freedom - Jon Tyson

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:20:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon opened the new series "FREED" by putting our cultural moment under pressure. We are the freest people in history, and among the most anxious. The freedom we've been promised has not delivered the peace it advertised. What we got instead was exhaustion, comparison, and a quiet sense of fragmentation.

The Bible's definition of freedom is entirely different. The question is not whether you're free to do whatever you want. It's whether you're free to become who you were made to be. Paul, writing to the Galatians, doesn't treat freedom as a footnote to the Gospel, he puts it at the center. From there, Pastor Jon traced what Christ sets us free from: condemnation, religious performance, the pull toward lawlessness, and what we're freed into: a new identity as sons and daughters, the Spirit, a community where we actually belong. Freedom, in this reading, has a direction and a destination.

The invitation of this series is honest work: name what has you bound, reject the lies that sustain it, receive the grace of Jesus, and learn to walk in step with the Spirit alongside people telling the truth.

Easter | Resurrecting Hope - Jon Tyson

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 13:02:00 +0000

This Resurrection Sunday, Pastor Jon asked a question most of us don't say out loud: what happens to hope when it dies? He opened with the concept of "hope theory" — the idea that hope requires a vision, a pathway, and a sense that you can actually get there — and traced what happens when that vision collapses. The disciples on the road to Emmaus knew that feeling. They had built everything around Jesus, and then watched Him die. Walking away from Jerusalem, they said the most honest thing in the passage, "we had hoped..." Into that exact moment, Jesus shows up, not to people with their lives together, but to two people walking in the wrong direction. His next move of opening the Scriptures, sitting down at the table, breaking bread is less a lesson in theology, than an invitation back to life. All the information in the world doesn't close that gap. What changes everything is relationship with the risen Savior.

Come to Me | Rest For Your Soul - Jon Tyson

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 20:26:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon concluded the "Come to Me" series by asking a question worth sitting with: why Jesus?

He pointed to a cultural moment where confident secularism is losing its footing, and the Christianity quietly growing is not the therapeutic, accommodating kind — it's the traditional, committed, and costly one. From there, Pastor Jon offered three reasons to come to Jesus: longing, forgiveness, and rest. He challenged us with the idea of "miswanting": the gap between what we think will satisfy us and what actually does, and made the case that Jesus doesn't shame us for our desires, but wants to save us from the lesser loves we've been chasing. Jesus's invitation in Matthew 11 is not to a system or a philosophy. it's to a person. One you come to, and keep coming to.

Come to Me | Resurrection - Keithen Schwahn

Mon, 23 Mar 2026 21:57:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Keithen taught from John 11 and made the case that most of us, have gotten the story badly wrong. He opened with a telling moment from an "Ask the Pastor" session at a high school on the Upper East Side. Every question the students asked him was about who gets into heaven. Not one was about Jesus. From there, he traced the two answers to eternity we've inherited — secularism, which says death is just the end, and a kind of religious gnosticism, which says the physical world is bad and the goal of faith is to escape it. Pastor Keithen argued that neither is what Jesus actually taught. In John 11, standing outside the tomb of his dead friend Lazarus, Jesus doesn't offer Martha a better destination. He weeps. He raises Lazarus bodily from the dead. And before he does, he says the most staggering thing anyone in that world had ever heard: I am the resurrection and the life. He wasn't pointing her toward a place she'd go one day. He was telling her the hope she'd been waiting for was standing right in front of her. Our eternal destiny isn't something transactional, it's relational. And because resurrection is true, it changes how we live right now, not just what happens after.

Come to Me | I am the Way, the Truth, the Life

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 21:34:00 +0000

This week, Pastor Tim Brown unpacks one of Jesus' most profound declarations — Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life — and gets to the heart of what it means to follow Him. The Christian life is not a transaction with God, a performance for His approval, or a checklist of spiritual obligations. It's a relationship, and there's a sobering difference between knowing about God and truly knowing Him.

If you want to know what God is truly like, look at Jesus. His weeping at the tomb of His friend, His washing a betrayer's feet, His forgiving the condemned. He is a compassionate Father worth following, and worth knowing. Pastor Tim concluded with the most invitation to follow Jesus. In Him is life.

Come to Me | Shepherd - Jon Tyson

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 20:26:00 +0000

This week Pastor Jon taught from John 10:11-21, where Jesus declares "I am the good shepherd" and asked a question that cuts straight to the heart of modern life: who is actually forming you?

From global trust collapsing in institutions to Jesus exposing the Pharisees in John 9, the cycle of bad shepherding is always the same, they scatter when the cost gets real.

Jesus differentiates Himself from these poor leaders, and proves to be the ultimate Good Shepherd. He is the shepherd who laid His life down by choice His sheep. Pastor Jon encouraged us to choose wisely who shepherds us, and invited us to Christ's abundant path.

Come to Me | Door - Jon Tyson

Mon, 02 Mar 2026 20:35:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon taught from John 10:1–10, where Jesus declares "I am the door," and meets us in one of our most quietly carried human aches -- our desire to belong.

When the world offers an exclusive inclusivity, "you're welcome in, as long as you conform," mentality, Jesus offers the inverse. His door is open to anyone, and through His door isn't merely entry, but protection, freedom, and abundance.

Come to Me | I Am the Vine - Jon Tyson

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:30:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon taught from John 15 and offered a different diagnosis for burnout. While our instinct is often to assume we've simply given too much, he challenged us with another possibility: the problem isn't output but source. We haven't been drawing from the right one. When Jesus calls himself the True Vine, it's one of the most sweeping claims He ever makes. From that foundation, Pastor Jon walked through what abiding actually looks like. It's not about a longer quiet time or more spiritual disciplines, it's about a relationship. Using his own early days dating his now-wife, Christy, as an illustration, he reminded us that abiding is less about effort and more about the security and overflow of a relationship you're already in. That's the kind of intimacy Jesus is inviting us into, and for those who remain in His love and rely on the Spirit's power, the promise is fruit that lasts.

Come to Me | I Am the Light of the World - Jon Tyson

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 14:39:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon continued our Come to Me series with a teaching on Jesus' declaration in John 8:12: "I am the light of the world." Jesus' radical claim has both personal and universal implications for us today. Our human tendency may be to impute goodness to ourselves and attribute darkness to others, but the reality is that each of us have darkness in our own hearts that must be dealt with. Jesus leaves all of us with the compelling invitation is to join Him in the light.

Come to Me | I Am the Bread of Life - Suzy Silk

Mon, 09 Feb 2026 18:12:00 +0000

This week, Pastor Suzy continued our "Come to Me" series exploring Jesus as the bread of life. She challenged us to consider what's really satisfying us, recognizing things that often comes to mind (kids, relationships, work) often fade, leaving a deeper longing only God can fill. In John 6, Jesus declares "I am the Bread of life," positioning himself as the true bread from heaven who meets our deepest hungers.

Pastor Suzy outlined four movements to receive Jesus as the bread of life: invitation, dependence, communion, and feasting. Like the Israelites collecting manna daily, we need to keep coming back to Jesus.

The invitation is to see our longings not as problems to solve, but as hunger pointing us toward God. Jesus doesn't just want to sustain us, He wants to be with us. Our unfulfilled desires aren't a sign that something is wrong; rather they're meant to create hunger for the one who made us. Jesus invites us to come to Him daily.

Come to Me | Who is Jesus? - Jon Tyson

Mon, 02 Feb 2026 22:55:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon kicked off our new series on the "I Am" statements in the Gospel of John with three words that help us make sense of history and our own lives: Messiah, Church, and Kingdom. Jesus is the Messiah, the relationship we were made for. In the midst of our shame, weariness, and brokenness, He invites us to find true rest in Him. Jesus forms the Church, a counter-cultural community that embodies humility, gentleness, and love. And Jesus invites us into the Kingdom, a cause worth giving our lives to, restoring what is broken and giving dignity to the overlooked. Like the woman at the well, our response is to invite others: "Come and see." Over the next eight weeks, this series will equip us to share this hope with the people around us and our city.

God Comes Where He's Wanted | The Altar of the Region - Jon Tyson and Sam Gibson

Sun, 25 Jan 2026 16:00:00 +0000

What happens when God's presence comes into a city?
In this conversation, Pastor Jon and Pastor Sam close out our "God Comes Where He's Wanted" series by teaching on the altar of the region. After exploring the altars of the heart, church, and family, we now address what can seem most daunting, moving from personal peace to embracing God's heart for an entire region.

Only when we are heartbroken over our city and places will we begin to prayerfully build the altar of our region. We have to keep contending for our region in faith, declaring that we want Him here until He comes.

Bonus Episode | Jon Tyson interviews his Dad on Prayer

Thu, 22 Jan 2026 14:09:00 +0000

A special podcast episode featuring a conversation between Pastor Jon and his dad on multigenerational faithfulness and prayer.

God Comes Where He's Wanted | The Altar of the Church - Jon Tyson

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 02:37:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon continued our God Comes Where He's Wanted series with a teaching on the altar of the church, teaching from Acts 6:1–7. He reminded us that the church is meant to be the place where God dwells, yet we often miss His presence not through rejection, but through neglect. When we fill our lives, hunger for God can quietly fade. Drawing from Scripture, Pastor Jon highlighted prayer and the Word as the foundations that sustain God's presence among His people. Prayer restores our identity, sharpens discernment, and releases freedom, while the Word is living and active, releasing promises and shaping the future God has prepared for us. This teaching calls us back to devotion, inviting us to open our hearts again and allow God to rekindle what may have grown cold.

God Comes Where He's Wanted | The Altar of the Home - Keithen Schwahn

Mon, 12 Jan 2026 20:33:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Keithen Schwahn continued our sermon series, God Comes Where He's Wanted, with a teaching on the altar of the home, drawing from the story of Gideon in Judges 6 and the words of Jesus in Matthew 18. We need to confront the brokenness of the altar of the home in our culture and take responsibility for the next generation. In Judges 6, we see the great danger of generational drift when vision is not matched with action, reminding us that renewal begins with tearing down the idols that compete for our devotion. As God restores Gideon's identity and calls him into partnership, we are urged to pursue fully integrated lives marked by obedience and faithfulness to remove idols. In Matthew 18, we are reminded of Jesus' deep care for children, and we are all invited to fight for the future of the church by blessing young people, breaking generational cycles, and intentionally passing on faith.

God Comes Where He's Wanted | The Altar of the Heart

Mon, 05 Jan 2026 16:55:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Sam Gibson kicked off our January series, God Comes Where He's Wanted, with a teaching on the central importance of the altar of the heart. Scripture and revival history remind us that God moves where He is deeply desired, and that hunger for His presence is the true catalyst for renewal. While we cannot control when or how God moves, we are invited to cultivate hearts that welcome Him. Though our hearts are often damaged by this world and can become dull or divided, as we yield to God's healing and return to daily dependence on the Gospel and God's Word, we make room for the Holy Spirit to renew us and allow God's life to flow through us once again.

Advent 2025: He Shall Be | Savior

Mon, 22 Dec 2025 21:25:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon Tyson continued our Advent series, He Shall Be, with a teaching about the good news of Jesus as Savior. In a world marked by exhaustion, violence, and brokenness, the sentimentality of Christmas is not enough for our weary hearts. Scripture tells us that the world became so fractured that God Himself came to save us, out of His deep love for us. Jesus is the true leader our hearts long for—reshaping the world through dignity, mercy, and grace. Advent points us to a God who is truly with us, meeting our sin, shame, and weariness with restoration, hope, and the gift of salvation to all who receive Him.

Advent 2025: He Shall Be | Messiah - Suzy Silk

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 17:35:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Suzy Silk continued our Advent series, He Shall Be, with a teaching on the significance of Jesus as the Messiah, reminding us how Advent and Hanukkah point us back to God's faithfulness and His promise-keeping nature, even in fearful and anxious times. Jesus is the Messiah whom God had long promised, perfectly accomplishing what no earthly king could and fulfilling dozens of specific Old Testament prophecies. Because God is the Lord of history and has proven Himself faithful time and time again, we can trust Him with our futures. Pastor Suzy invited us to lift our eyes above the chaos into a long-term perspective focused on God's faithfulness and to remember that the antidote to anxiety is not answers but the person of Jesus—resting in the certainty that the Messiah has come and will come again.

Advent 2025: He Shall Be | Great - Jon Tyson

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 02:24:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon continued our Advent series, He Shall Be, with a teaching on Jesus' greatness and how He redefined what greatness means in the Kingdom of God. He contrasted our culture's pursuit of success, status, and recognition with the way of Jesus, whose greatness is revealed in humility, dependence, and self-giving love. In a world obsessed with achievement, Jesus' greatness is found in His descent; he had everything but became a child for our sake. And when we follow Jesus' example and rest in the Father's secure love, we are freed to serve others without fear. The path to true greatness is not a life shaped not by recognition, but by humility and Christlike love.

Advent 2025: He Shall Be | God with Us - Ralph Castillo

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 16:25:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Ralph Castillo kicked off our new sermon series during the Advent season, He Shall Be, with a teaching on Jesus as Immanuel, or "God with us". Pastor Ralph posed two questions for us to consider during this Advent season: How is the coming of Jesus at Christmas good news? And how does He meet the core longings that surface most intensely during this Advent season? Pastor Ralph explained that this is why we celebrate Christmas: because God came. He answered our loneliness and grief with Himself, and Pastor Ralph invited us to consider that the best Christmas present of all is Jesus' tangible presence with us.

Making Sense of Church | The Body - Sam Gibson

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 17:13:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Sam Gibson concluded our series on Making Sense of Church with a teaching on the Body of Christ, from 1 Corinthians 12. The Body is filled with people who are baptized by the same Holy Spirit, no matter our gender, culture, race, or any other identifiers, but we all play a part in either defiling or restoring the Body. The Spirit's primary role is to reveal Jesus and align us under His headship, and it is by this same Spirit that we are refreshed and renewed, freed and transformed, and made each day to look even more like Christ.

Center for Vocational Mission | The Role of Prayer and the Workplace

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 21:05:00 +0000

On Saturday, we hosted our first Vocational Mission Forum. In this recording, Pastor Sam Gibson interviews three young leaders on prayer and the workplace.
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Making Sense of Church | The New Humanity - Jon Tyson

Mon, 17 Nov 2025 16:24:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon Tyson continued our series Making Sense of Church with a teaching from Ephesians 2:14–18, focusing on Paul's vision of the Church as the "the new humanity." In a society marked by polarization, contempt, and hostility, Pastor Jon reminded us that Jesus Himself is our peace—the One who tears down dividing walls and creates a radically new kind of community. In Adam, the "old humanity" is marked by blame, fear, hiding, violence, and retaliation, but in Christ, we are brought into a kainos humanity—new in kind, not just in time. Through the cross, Jesus forms a people defined by grace, love, and unity.

Living The Liturgy 2025 | Thank You for the Arts

Wed, 12 Nov 2025 12:00:00 +0000

This month, we want to take a look back at the remarkable things God has been able to release in our church through the generosity of our community. In 2022, we committed part of our Living the Liturgy Offering to becoming a church that could serve as a patron of the arts and cultivate a community of redemptive artists. We invite you to check out the impact your giving has had over the last few years in the recording.
Through your generosity, forty artists have been commissioned to create new work to bless our church and this city in just two years. We are so grateful for the generosity of this community, and we want to say thank you to everyone who has given through the years; this is your fruit! You can learn more about Living the Liturgy, and how to give today at church.nyc/give.

Making Sense of Church | The City on a Hill - Guy Mason

Mon, 10 Nov 2025 22:19:00 +0000

This Sunday, guest Pastor Guy Mason continued our sermon series, Making Sense of the Church, with a teaching on the Church as the City on a Hill. Anchored in Jesus' teaching in Matthew 5 commissioning His people to be the light of the world and a city set on a hill, we are reminded of our calling to pursue a life of undivided worship and Christ-centered holiness as a witness to the world. As we become a people set apart and built together in love to push back darkness with light, we can rest in the knowledge that this calling is simply a continuation of the perfect work Jesus began in and for us.

Living The Liturgy 2025 | Thank You for the Next Generation

Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:53:00 +0000

This month, we want to take a look back at the remarkable things God has been able to release in our church through the generosity of our community. In 2021, we committed to investing a significant portion of this offering to building out our Next Gen Ministry, and we invite you to listen to the impact your giving has had over the last few years in the recording.
Through your generosity, our Next Gen Ministry has not only radically blessed our own church, but is becoming a blessing to the city. We are so grateful for the generosity of this community that is for the Next Generation. We want to say thank you to everyone who has given through the years; this is your fruit! You can learn more about Living the Liturgy, and how to give today at church.nyc/give.

Making Sense of Church | The Army - Suzy Silk

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 17:33:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Suzy Silk continued our sermon series, Making Sense of the Church, with a teaching on the Church as an Army. In the book of Ephesians, Paul describes a spiritual battle believers are engaged in and how God has prepared us to fight together for the expansion of His Kingdom. On the cross, Jesus defeated Satan, sin, death, and hell and has sent out His disciples in His authority to declare His victory. In light of this, we are able to stand firm in the faith, knowing that He has rescued us, brought us into His kingdom, and we await the day He will return in His full glory.

Making Sense of Church | The Priesthood - Suzy Silk

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 15:43:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Suzy Silk continued our "Making Sense of Church" Series by calling us to take up our roles as priests in the Kingdom of God. Like the priesthood of ancient Israel, we are called to stand apart in the world as examples of God's holy love and goodness. As priests under the New Covenant, we should be living in such a way that compels people to ask questions, and actively join Jesus in expanding the priesthood by sharing about God's story and His Kingdom to people who do not yet know Him.

Making Sense of Church | The Temple - Jon Tyson

Thu, 23 Oct 2025 16:58:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon Tyson continued our sermon series, Making Sense of the Church, with a teaching on the Church becoming the Temple of God. From cover to cover, the Bible is a story about God's desire to be with His people. God isn't out there somewhere far away, only found in the big and spectacular, or even only reserved for certain pockets of our lives. Instead, God has placed His very Spirit in us, and desires for us to live attuned to His presence so that we may extend the temple and bring Eden to earth.

Gentle + Humble | John Mark Comer

Mon, 13 Oct 2025 16:49:00 +0000

This Sunday, guest Pastor John Mark Comer brought a timely word about receiving true rest in the gentle and humble heart of Jesus Christ when He reveals the Father to those who believe. As folowers of Jesus, we too must be in pursuit of becoming both gentle and humble. When we actively meditate on the heart of Jesus, we can receive the true rest that comes through confidence in who Jesus is instead of our own striving to manage and manipulate the outcomes of the world, and be more deeply formed into His image.

Making Sense of Church | The People - Jon Tyson

Mon, 06 Oct 2025 18:34:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon continued our Fall Sermon Series, Making Sense of the Church with a message on what it means to be God's people and citizens of Jesus' Kingdom. The role of the Church is to take people from hostile and divided backgrounds and form them into a new community of love. In Ephesians 2, the Apostle Paul unpacks how followers of Jesus can build a community like this because Jesus offers a better sense of identity, status, and belonging than anything that the world can give.

Making Sense of Church | The Family - Suzy Silk

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 17:45:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Suzy Silk continued our sermon series, Making Sense of the Church, by unpacking the metaphor of the Church as the Family of God. Throughout the Bible, we see God making a way for mankind to be restored to relationship with Him, and that His pursuit is driven by a desire for a unified family of believers that will live in perfect union with Him and each other. All people have been created in God's image and are able to enter into God's family. The Church is called and enabled to function as a family by God's choice, Jesus' sacrifice, and the Holy Spirit's power, and should be ready and willing to receive anyone and everyone who accepts God's invitation to become His child.

Making Sense of Church | The Bride - Jon Tyson

Mon, 22 Sep 2025 16:07:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon continued our sermon series, Making Sense of the Church, by examining the Church as the Bride of Christ, reminding us that the Bible is, at its core, a great love story. Beneath all the striving and ambition of New York City lies a deep-rooted desire of wanting to be loved. While culture tells us we must earn love through achievement, Scripture tells a different story about how our truest identity is found in being loved by God. The invitation is to surrender to this love story, to build our lives on the truth that we are the beloved of Jesus, and to live as His radiant Bride, preparing for the joy that is to come.

Making Sense of Church | The Flock - Jon Tyson

Mon, 15 Sep 2025 16:19:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon continued our Fall Sermon Series, Making Sense of Church, by addressing the crisis of trust in our culture when it comes to leadership with a teaching on Jesus as the Good Shepherd and the Church as the Flock. In critiquing the religious leaders of His day, Jesus clearly lays out His vision for leadership in the Church through the relationship between a shepherd and their flock, or those under their care. Pastor Jon called us to consider Jesus' standards for leaders and followers in the Church, and allow Him to inform how we both lead and follow in our church communities today.

Making Sense of Church | Why Bother with the Church? - Jon Tyson

Mon, 08 Sep 2025 17:59:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon kicked off our Fall Sermon Series, Making Sense of Church, by asking the question: Why do we still bother with the Church? The reality is that the Church is a dysfunctional family, but it is still key to the mission of Jesus being carried out in the world, and it cannot be disregarded. We cannot make excuses for the failures of the Church, but also cannot deny the beauty and redemption it has brought; the only question that remains is which future of the Church will you tell with your life? The Church is God's idea, and it has endured through every time and place since its inception. You need the Church for your growth, and the Church needs you, faithfully living as Jesus' hands and feet in your context, believing this can be the Church's finest hour, not its greatest failure.

The Fifth Act | Finish Well - Ralph Castillo

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 15:51:00 +0000

This week, Pastor Ralph Castillo closed out our Summer sermon series, The Fifth Act, with an in depth look on the Apostle Paul's final remarks to the Ephesian Elders in Acts and a call to finish well. Throughout his ministry, Paul endured great suffering for the sake of Christ, undergoing intense persecution and opposition nearly everywhere he went. However, at the end of his life, he was able to confidently say that he finished the work set out for him. Paul's life challenges us to focus on finishing well, not in our own strength, but by anchoring ourselves in Christ, committing to submit to the Holy Spirit, and by loving what Jesus loves, His Church.

The Fifth Act | Spiritual Multiplication - Suzy Silk

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 12:12:00 +0000

This week, Pastor Suzy Silk continued our Summer sermon series, The Fifth Act, with a sermon on Acts 18 and the ministry of Priscilla and Aquila in the Early Church. By studying their twenty year ministry journey with Paul and other disciples, God shows us that we are not meant to do life or ministry alone. We must ask God to help us be fruitful disciples that lay down our lives to see Him glorified, and faithfully carry the Gospel wherever we go.

The Fifth Act | Cultural Impact in Ephesus - Ben Stuart

Mon, 18 Aug 2025 20:24:00 +0000

This week, guest pastor, Ben Stuart, continued our sermon series on The Fifth Act by preaching on Acts 19 and the impact of Paul's ministry in Ephesus. Paul's time in Ephesus invites us to ask: how does the Gospel take root and expand in a powerful and influential city—and how can we mirror that in New York? When we give God our unrivaled affections, His Gospel goes out in power. Pastor Ben encouraged us to release idols we cling to for comfort and control through confession and repentance, and allow our delight in God to transform our lives and impact the world around us.

The Fifth Act | The Gospel for the City - Tim Brown

Mon, 11 Aug 2025 17:54:00 +0000

This week, Pastor Tim Brown continued our series in the Book of Acts with a look at Paul's time in Athens and exploring what it means to engage a culture like ours with the Gospel in 2025. In many ways, Athens mirrors New York City today: a place of great beauty and creativity, but also deep brokenness, competing worldviews, and misplaced worship. Pastor Tim challenged us to follow Paul's example, seeing our city through God's eyes, feeling His heart for the lost, and stepping into both familiar and unfamiliar spaces to reason, build relationships, and proclaim the Gospel, the only message that can truly transform lives.

The Fifth Act | One "Yes" at a Time - Ralph Castillo

Mon, 04 Aug 2025 20:14:38 +0000

This week, Pastor Ralph Castillo continued our series in the Book of Acts, The Fifth Act, with an exploration of Acts 16 and the diverse group of people God welcomes into His unfolding story. As the Gospel spreads beyond Jerusalem, we meet Timothy, Lydia, a slave girl, and a Roman jailer. Each person came from a vastly different background, displaying the power and reach of God's redemptive work, and that the Holy Spirit guides, frees, and saves all kinds of people who say "yes" to His leading. Whether God is calling us to a consecrated life, to open our hearts to Him, to surrender sin, or to trust Him in difficult circumstances, every "yes" helps close the gap between what we read in Scripture and what we experience in our world today.

The Fifth Act | Living in the Final Act - Suzy Silk

Mon, 28 Jul 2025 11:50:00 +0000

This week, Pastor Suzy Silk continued our series through the Book of Acts, The Fifth Act, by teaching on Act 15 and the critical role it can play in defining the time in history we are currently living in. The Early Church was still a primarily Jewish community, and as the Gentiles began to be integrated in, it disrupts their normal practices, despite Gentiles receiving the same gift of the Holy Spirit in Acts 10. A council of elders and leaders is called in Jerusalem to discuss how they should handle the influx of Gentile brothers and sisters, and the conclusion they came to should shape how we see people becoming Christians today: salvation is given by grace through faith in Jesus the Messiah—there is no other requirement.

The Fifth Act | The Church at Antioch - Jon Tyson

Mon, 21 Jul 2025 21:05:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon Tyson continued our series through the Book of Acts, The Fifth Act, with teaching on the history altering birth of the church at Antioch in Acts 11-13 and the roles Barnabas and Saul played in expanding the Kingdom from there. Following the rise of persecution in Jerusalem, followers of Jesus not only began to go to the ends of the earth, but to try and make disciples of all nations as Jesus commanded them, now that the Holy Spirit had been given to the Gentiles. Antioch marks the first place that the Gospel was actively being shared beyond the Jewish community, and it led to a radical move of God that transformed a nearly godless city to the place where believers were called "Christians" for the first time.

the Fifth Act | The Shocking Gift of the Spirit - Suzy Silk

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 14:51:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Suzy Silk continued our series through the Book of Acts, The Fifth Act, with a message from Acts 10 and 11 on the radical, history-altering gift of the Holy Spirit for all believers. In one of the most pivotal moments in the Early Church, we witness the Spirit of God falling not only on the Jewish believers, but also on Gentiles, revealing that salvation through Jesus is truly available to all. We are living in the fulfillment of what generations of believers only hoped for: the Spirit poured out on all flesh, making the unclean clean, and drawing people from every nation into the household of God.

The Fifth Act | Risk + Reputation - Keithen Schwahn

Mon, 07 Jul 2025 20:51:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Keithen Schwahn continued our series through the Book of Acts, The Fifth Act, with a teaching from Acts 9:36-43, the story of Peter taking a risk of faith that resulted in raising Tabitha, a faithful disciple of Jesus also known as Dorcas, from the dead. The early disciples were not motivated by reputation but by a desire to imitate Jesus, and the same Spirit that empowered Jesus and the Early Church is available to us today.

The Fifth Act | The Conversion of Saul - Tim Brown

Mon, 30 Jun 2025 15:35:00 +0000

This week, Pastor Tim Brown continued our sermon series, The Fifth Act, with a teaching on Acts 9:1-22, which recounts the miraculous conversion of Saul. Before he became the Apostle Paul—God's chosen instrument to proclaim the Gospel of Christ—he was Saul—a devout Pharisee and zealous prosecutor of Christians. Still, the Son of Man came to seek and save Saul, as He did for all those who are lost.

The Fifth Act | The Ministry of Philip - Suzy Silk

Mon, 23 Jun 2025 15:25:00 +0000

This week, Pastor Suzy Silk continued our sermon series through the Fifth Act, with a teaching on Acts 8:26-40, in which Philip follows a prompting of the Spirit, meets an Ethiopian eunuch, explains the Scriptures to him, and baptizes him in the name of Jesus. This story highlights a key transition in Acts from a focus on the ministry of the apostles to the lives of individuals who came to faith after Jesus' death and resurrection or even after Pentecost. These accounts show regular, ordinary disciples being moved by the Holy Spirit, explaining the Scriptures, and even performing miracles, and Pastor Suzy encouraged us that through the empowerment of the Holy Spirit, we can be Jesus' witnesses in the same ways.

Psalm 126 | Like Those Who Dreamed - Jon Tyson

Mon, 16 Jun 2025 19:53:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon Tyson brought a report from a recent trip to the Hebrides in Scotland and an impartation from Psalm 126, calling the Church to restored hope for God's restoration to come not only on a personal level but also communally and nationally. He emphasized the deeply rooted, biblical importance of longing and praying for renewal, and invited us into a new season of hope.

The Fifth Act | Reputation. Spirit. Wisdom. - Annie F. Downs

Mon, 09 Jun 2025 20:00:00 +0000

This Sunday, guest teacher, Annie F. Downs continued our sermon series through the Book of Acts, The Fifth Act, with a teaching from Acts 6:1–7, a passage centered around a pivotal moment in the Early Church when administrative changes were needed to keep up with the rapidly growing needs of the community. She noted that the men chosen to serve in this moment were known first and foremost by the presence of the Spirit in their lives and their wisdom. Their lives bore the fruit of the Spirit—a sign of maturity that every believer is called to pursue no matter how or where they are serving in the Body.

The Fifth Act | We Are Witnesses - Suzy Silk

Mon, 02 Jun 2025 22:50:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Suzy Silk continued our sermon series through the Book of Acts, The Fifth Act, with a teaching on the early believers living primarily as witnesses of the Gospel. Acts 5 reveals that the disciples had an internal operating system that enabled them to be witnesses of Christ no matter the circumstances they faced. In considering the decision-making framework of our own lives, Pastor Suzy urged us to evaluate what is driving our instinctive decisions: the pursuit of comfort and a good life, or being witnesses for Jesus.

The Fifth Act | The Threat to Revival - Keithen Schwahn

Tue, 27 May 2025 13:36:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Keithen Schwahn continued our series through the Book of Acts, The Fifth Act, by sharing a teaching on the story of Ananias and Sapphira from Acts 4:32--5:11 to illustrate how God is willing to dismantle anything in His Church that claims His name but misrepresents His character. The invitation to the Church today is to believe again that Jesus' vision for community--marked by worship, learning, love, generosity, and multiplication--is possible, and that confession and full surrender to the Holy Spirit will bring about this necessary revival.

The Fifth Act | Responding to Resistance - Jon Tyson

Mon, 19 May 2025 20:58:18 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon Tyson continued our series through the Book of Acts, The Fifth Act, with a powerful message from Acts 4:18–31 on how the Early Church responded to resistance with unified prayer. In this passage, we see Peter and John boldly proclaiming the name of Jesus in the face of commands, threats, and pressure to conform. Today, we are also called to respond to resistance by choosing faithfulness over fear, and pressing in with prayer instead of retreating.

The Fifth Act | Unschooled, Ordinary Men - Suzy Silk

Mon, 12 May 2025 21:18:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Suzy Silk continued our sermon series through the Book of Acts, The Fifth Act, with a teaching on how Peter, empowered by the Holy Spirit, healed a lame man and faced the persecution from religious leaders by continuing to boldly proclaim the good news of Jesus as Lord. Like Peter and John, we are called us to prioritize being with Jesus, and from this place, boldly proclaim the Gospel wherever we go—not because of our qualifications, but because of God's power.

The Fifth Act | Peter's Bold Proclamation - Jon Tyson

Mon, 05 May 2025 13:31:00 +0000

This week, Pastor Jon Tyson continued our sermon series through the book of Acts, The Fifth Act, with a teaching through Peter's bold sermon after Pentecost that launched the Early Church. Through this passage, Peter explains not only how belief in Jesus is possible, but what has been driving the Church forward for the past 2,000 years.

The Fifth Act | The Holy Spirit - Jon Tyson

Mon, 28 Apr 2025 22:45:00 +0000

This week, Pastor Jon Tyson kicked off our new sermon series through the book of Acts, The Fifth Act, with a teaching on the Holy Spirit's ability to empower believers to be witnesses for Jesus to the ends of the earth. Before Jesus ascended into Heaven after His resurrection, He instructed the disciples to wait in Jerusalem until the Holy Spirit came to them. Like the first disciples, we cannot be effective witnesses of Jesus on our own; we need the power of the Holy Spirit.

Easter Sunday | God Conscious - Jon Tyson

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 15:07:00 +0000

This Easter Sunday, Pastor Jon addressed our need to become "God conscious" and receive the hope and life found in Jesus' resurrection. John's gospel account includes Mary Magdalene's discovery of Jesus' empty tomb and resurrected body, and this story displays how a personal encounter with the living God sparked a movement of hope that is still going forth today. Pastor Jon encouraged those grieving the brokenness of the world and seeking hope to investigate the state of their hearts and consider pursuing a life that is "God-conscious."

Missional Formation | Come and Die - Jon Tyson

Mon, 14 Apr 2025 14:51:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon Tyson closed out our Missional Formation series with a call to follow Jesus' lead in making discipleship the heart of our mission. Throughout this series, we have established a radical minimum standard through what Church of the City believes are the nine core competencies of being disciples in the Kingdom of Heaven. While God has done remarkable things in this season, Pastor Jon led us back to the question that began this series: Is our plan for discipleship working?

Missional Formation | Vocational Mission - Jon Tyson

Mon, 07 Apr 2025 18:40:00 +0000

This week, Pastor Jon continued our Missional Formation series with a teaching on vocational mission and workplace prayer, addressing the tensions many Christians face in bringing these areas together. Since God created humankind for the purpose of work, and we will spend at least one third of our lives at work, it's crucial that we examine how work fits into our discipleship. Pastor Jon exhorted us to imagine the history shaping impact of a community of people living on vocational mission by committing to lives of contending prayer and redemptive work, and invited us to be a part of it.

Missional Formation | The Redemptive Edge - Ashley Anderson

Mon, 31 Mar 2025 14:26:05 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Ashley Anderson continued our Missional Formation series, where we are exploring what we believe are the "core competencies" of living life on mission with Jesus. This week we learned about the distinctive of The Redemptive Edge and the discipline of blessing beyond barriers. In His final few moments with His disciples in Matthew 25, Jesus prepared them for His death, resurrection, ascension, and future return. He spoke explicitly on the coming day of the Lord, where He will return in the fullness of His glory with all the angels, and the nations will be gathered before Him as He judges them according to their treatment of the poor and oppressed. Pastor Ashley called us to reevaluate our posture towards the poor against the heart Jesus clearly holds for the marginalized and oppressed.

Missional Formation | Disciple Making - Jon Tyson

Mon, 24 Mar 2025 14:30:43 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon Tyson continued Missional Formation, where we are exploring what we believe are the "core competencies" of living life on mission with Jesus. We began our final three weeks of this series on Sacrificial Mission by looking at the distinctive of Disciple Making. The vision of our church is that everyone in our church is sharing the Gospel, seeing people come to Christ, and discipling them into the Kingdom of God. Discipleship, particularly in the West, has become associated feelings of frustration, over dependence on programs, and general confusion around what it actually means to both be discipled and disciple others. In light of this, we have to recover a Biblical standard for discipleship, and receive a fresh vision for multi-generational discipling like we see modeled by Paul in 2 Timothy 2:1-2.

Missional Formation | Crucified and Consecrated - Sam Gibson

Mon, 17 Mar 2025 13:03:12 +0000

This Sunday in our Missional Formation series, Pastor Sam Gibson spoke on the distinctive of Crucified and Consecrated, focusing on the discipline of fasting. Living a crucified and consecrated life allows believers to put to death their fleshly desires and makes space for Jesus to resurrect His desires in us. Building a lifestyle of fasting is one of the most effective and powerful practices that brings about this transformation in our lives. Yet, while many Christians know they should fast, they often don't understand why or how best to approach this discipline. More than just abstaining from eating, fasting is an intentional act of surrender that positions us to receive more of God.

Missional Formation | Communitas - Jon Tyson

Mon, 10 Mar 2025 17:14:35 +0000

This week, Pastor Jon Tyson continued our sermon series on Missional Formation by teaching on the distinctive of Communitas and the discipline of core accountability through Romans 16:1-16, which uncovers the communal structure of the Early Church and challenges us to rethink community in light of God's Kingdom. Jesus' vision for the Church is more than just a group of people who are formed by their own preferences and opinions, but a people unified by shared mission.

Missional Formation | Disciple the Deficits - Suzy Silk

Mon, 03 Mar 2025 17:00:00 +0000

This week, Pastor Suzy Silk continued our sermon series on Missional Formation by focusing on the distinctive of Discipling the Deficits and the discipline of confessing sin as keys to being counter-formed from the ways of the world into the ways of Jesus. Pastor Suzy called us to walk in freedom by regularly inviting the Holy Spirit to search our hearts, confessing specific sins regularly, and committing to accountability in a trusted group. Confession and obedience lead to greater freedom, intimacy with God, and the increased ability to reflect His image in the world.

Missional Formation | Space + Risk - Al Gordon

Mon, 24 Feb 2025 17:38:25 +0000

This week, Pastor Al Gordon from Saint Church in London continued our Missional Formation series with a word on Space and Risk. As followers of Jesus, it is mission critical for us to be filled with the Holy Spirit. As God's work continues to accelerate on the earth, we must be a people who are willing to not only make space for the Holy Spirit's leading, but take hold of every risk He puts in front of us both as individuals and as a body of believers.

Missional Formation | Radical Daily Pursuit - Suzy Silk

Mon, 17 Feb 2025 15:39:33 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Suzy continued our Missional Formation series by unpacking the distinctive of Radical Daily Pursuit through the discipline of feasting on the Word. Often without meaning to, we can lose sight of why God wants us to spend time reading the Bible. This discipline is not meant to be driven by doing things for God so that He will be pleased with us, but out of a desire to commune with the God who desires to commune with us.

Missional Formation | Revival + Awakening - Jon Tyson

Mon, 10 Feb 2025 15:55:50 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon continued our Missional Formation series with a teaching on the first of nine distinctives and corresponding disciplines of Church of the City's radical minimum standard for discipleship. We believe compelling missional disciples are marked by three things — tangible presence, counter formation, and sacrificial mission — and the distinctives and disciplines we will be diving into this season make up how to practically live these out in our day to day lives. The first distinctive, sitting under tangible presence, is Revival and Awakening, and the discipline is contending prayer.

Missional Formation | Radical Minimum Standard - Jon Tyson

Tue, 04 Feb 2025 01:37:17 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon kicked off our new sermon series on Missional Formation with a teaching on setting a new radical minimum standard for discipleship. He challenged us with a powerful reminder: the true measure of a church isn't found in its programs or teachings, but in the hearts of its disciples and their commitment to obeying Jesus' great commission. Pastor Jon called us to elevate our expectations for discipleship, and approach it as a response to God's love for us, instead of using willpower or performance. As we experience His love, we are transformed and empowered to love Him back.

God Comes Where He's Wanted | The Region - Zach Meerkreebs

Mon, 27 Jan 2025 17:54:20 +0000

This Sunday, we closed out our God Comes Where He's Wanted Series with guest preacher and friend, Zach Meerkreebs, with a teaching on cultivating the altar of the region. Only when we are heartbroken over our region, as Jesus was heartbroken over Jerusalem, will we begin to prayerfully build the altar of our region through Christlike confrontation, conscreted confidence, and faithful contending.

God Comes Where He's Wanted | The Church - Sam Gibson

Mon, 20 Jan 2025 15:22:10 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Sam Gibson continued our God Comes Where He's Wanted series with a message on cultivating the altar of the Church. Pastor Sam acknowledged there is often pain and hopelessness tied to conversations about the Church today, while offering a hopeful vision of restoring corporate spaces of seeking God through tearing down false altars, building up spaces for God's presence, and tending to those spaces as unified bodies of believers.

God Comes Where He's Wanted | The Home - Jon Tyson

Mon, 13 Jan 2025 15:45:21 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon continued our sermon series "God Comes Where He's Wanted" with a teaching on how to intentionally cultivate Godly homes and prioritize the next generation. The Bible focuses on families and households in the context of tribes, nations, and communities at large, extending beyond our modern understanding of families. With this in mind, Pastor Jon called us to commit together, whether married, divorced, single, or currently raising children, to invest in the next generation, however we can, so that they can inherit a legacy of faith and be blessed.

God Comes Where He's Wanted | The Heart - Jon Tyson

Mon, 06 Jan 2025 17:00:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon kicked off our January sermon series, God Comes Where He's Wanted. There is one thing we can be certain of throughout the Scriptures and stories of Church history: God comes where He's wanted. Hunger for the Lord's presence is the true secret to revival, but before we can ask Jesus to come to our homes, church, or city, we have to want Him in our hearts, and become ourselves, a place where He's wanted. We want to be a people committed to a culture of wanting God, filled with wonder, driven by desperation, committed to celebration, and overflowing with devotion to Him.

Advent Devotional: The Supremacy of the Son

Mon, 30 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000

Welcome to Church of the City New York's Advent Devotionals.

Jesus was good news in the first century, and He is still good news today.

One of the most iconic passages read during the Advent season comes from Isaiah 9, where the Prophet proclaims the light has dawned for those living in darkness, a child will be born, and a son will be given, the Messiah, who will bring peace with God and with mankind by ruling on David's throne. We hope that during this season everyone listening will gain a renewed desire to walk in intimacy with Jesus and to boldly proclaim the story of God's Son to others.

Song Credits: Isle'r

Written By: Church of the City New York Editorial Team

Advent Devotional: The Victorious Son

Sun, 29 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000

Welcome to Church of the City New York's Advent Devotionals.

Jesus was good news in the first century, and He is still good news today.

Song Credits: Emily Lindquist

Written By: Church of the City New York Editorial Team

Advent Devotional: The Obedient Son

Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000

Welcome to Church of the City New York's Advent Devotionals.

Jesus was good news in the first century, and He is still good news today.

Song Credits: Emily Lindquist

Written By: Church of the City New York Editorial Team

Advent Devotional: A Son for All of Us

Wed, 25 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000

Welcome to Church of the City New York's Advent Devotionals.

Jesus was good news in the first century, and He is still good news today.

Song Credits: Lindsey Arcaro

Written By: Church of the City New York Editorial Team

Christmas 2024: Celebrate & Remember

Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:23:52 +0000

This week we took time to celebrate and remember all God has done in and through our church during 2024, and heard a timely message from Pastor Jon Tyson about the heart transforming power of Christ, and the gift of peace He offers this Christmas. We are so thankful for our community in New York and beyond and hope to see you in the New Year!

Advent Devotional: The Son We Need

Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000

Welcome to Church of the City New York's Advent Devotionals.

Jesus was good news in the first century, and He is still good news today.

Song Credits: Lindsey Arcaro

Written By: Church of the City New York Editorial Team

Advent Devotional: Authority of the Son

Fri, 20 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000

Welcome to Church of the City New York's Advent Devotionals.

Jesus was good news in the first century, and He is still good news today.

Song Credits: Emily Lindquist

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Advent Devotional: God with Us

Wed, 18 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000

Welcome to Church of the City New York's Advent Devotionals.

Jesus was good news in the first century, and He is still good news today.

Song Credits: Lindsey Arcaro

Written By: Church of the City New York Editorial Team

To Us a Son is Given | Son of God - Jon Tyson

Mon, 16 Dec 2024 18:00:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon Tyson closed out our Advent series, To Us a Son is Given, with a teaching on Jesus as the Son of God and the true story of Christmas. Jesus' life fulfilled the prophecies about the Messiah, His ministry was marked by power and the miraculous, and even His suffering on the cross revealed His divine nature. This is the cornerstone of the Christmas story, that God's one and only Son took on flesh and came to earth to be with His people.

Advent Devotional: Divinity of the Son

Mon, 16 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000

Welcome to Church of the City New York's Advent Devotionals.

Jesus was good news in the first century, and He is still good news today.

Song Credits: Emily Lindquist

Written By: Church of the City New York Editorial Team

Advent Devotional: Exaltation of the Son

Fri, 13 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000

Welcome to Church of the City New York's Advent Devotionals.

Jesus was good news in the first century, and He is still good news today.

Song Credits: Emily Lindquist

Written By: Church of the City New York Editorial Team

Advent Devotional: Suffering of the Son

Wed, 11 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000

Welcome to Church of the City New York's Advent Devotionals.

Jesus was good news in the first century, and He is still good news today.

Song Credits: Isle'r

Written By: Church of the City New York Editorial Team

To Us a Son is Given | Son of Man - Jon Tyson

Mon, 09 Dec 2024 18:00:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon Tyson continued our Advent Series with a teaching on Jesus as the Son of Man. During the Christmas season, we often tell stories of hearts changing for the better, but what does it take for a heart to truly change? In our teaching text from Matthew's gospel, two disciples' mother ask Jesus to grant them seats of honor in His kingdom, but Jesus disrupts their understanding of greatness, servanthood, and sacrifice by showing them the path to true greatness—through hearts that are changed through humility.

Advent Devotional: Humanity of the Son

Mon, 09 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000

Welcome to Church of the City New York's Advent Devotionals.

Jesus was good news in the first century, and He is still good news today.

Song Credits: Isle'r

Written By: Church of the City New York Editorial Team

Advent Devotional: King of Mercy

Fri, 06 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000

Welcome to Church of the City New York's Advent Devotionals.

Jesus was good news in the first century, and He is still good news today.

Song Credits: Emily Lindquist

Written By: Church of the City New York Editorial Team

Advent Devotional: Jesus, Son of David

Wed, 04 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000

Welcome to Church of the City New York's Advent Devotionals.

Jesus was good news in the first century, and He is still good news today.

Song Credits: Lindsey Arcaro

Written By: Church of the City New York Editorial Team

To Us a Son is Given | Son of David - Suzy Silk

Mon, 02 Dec 2024 20:00:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Suzy Silk kicked off our Advent series, "To Us a Son is Given" by calling us to reflect on two questions over the next few weeks leading up to Christmas Day: What kind of Son has been given to us? What is His name? Pastor Suzy invited us to consider one of Jesus' prophetic names, the "Son of David," and how it highlights Jesus' ministry of mercy.

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Advent Devotional: Messianic King

Mon, 02 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000

Welcome to Church of the City New York's Advent Devotionals.

Jesus was good news in the first century, and He is still good news today.

Song Credits: Isle'r

Written By: Church of the City New York Editorial Team

Formed: Multiplication - Tim Brown

Tue, 26 Nov 2024 12:40:02 +0000

This week, pastor Tim Brown closed out our Formed series with a message on the importance of multiplication laid out in the Great Commission (Matthew 28), in which Jesus tells His disciples to go and make more disciples, baptizing them in His name, and teaching them to obey His Word. This encompasses Jesus' plan for His Gospel spreading on the earth, and is a call to action for all believers still today.

Formed: Participation - Jon Tyson

Mon, 18 Nov 2024 17:09:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon Tyson continued our Formed series with a teaching on participation, challenging us to move beyond head knowledge and into the active, daily practice of discipleship. It is only through proactive participation in our discipleship that we can overcome the massive gap between mere resonance towards teaching and active obedience. By living with intentionality—abiding with God, joining in His work, and contending for His will on earth— we can find true rest, health for our souls, and an eternal identity.

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Formed: Vivification - Jon Tyson

Mon, 11 Nov 2024 16:31:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon Tyson continued our Formed series with a teaching on vivification. Vivification is the process by which the Holy Spirit imparts new spiritual life to a believer, animating them with the life of Christ and empowering them to live in obedience, faith, and love. It's the positive aspect of sanctification, where the individual is not only turning away from sin (mortification) but is also being energized and renewed to live a life of righteousness and holiness. As Christians, we want to build an inner world that can handle the pressure of anything happening in the outer world.

Formed: Mortification - Jon Tyson

Mon, 04 Nov 2024 17:21:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon continued our Formed series with a teaching on mortification, the practice of subduing one's sinful impulses, desires, and passions to grow closer to God and lead a life of holiness. Mortifying our sin is not self-hatred, but rather an embrace of God's love that purges impurity through the conscious denial of sin, the deliberate restraint of the flesh, and the nurturing of one's spirit to align more closely with the will of God.

Formed: Affliction - Suzy Silk

Mon, 28 Oct 2024 15:05:00 +0000

This week, Pastor Suzy Silk continued our series on being Formed into the image of Christ with a teaching on affliction. Affliction is suffering that we undergo, often not of our own volition, but that the Holy Spirit can use to further His purposes in this world. The Bible tells us that while suffering is an inevitable part of this life, Jesus also suffered greatly for us so that we would not have to suffer forever. The goal of this life is to be transformed into the image of Jesus, the Suffering Servant, we need to understand not only the concept of affliction, but how to respond to it.

Formed: Sanctification - Jon Tyson

Mon, 21 Oct 2024 15:41:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon Tyson continued our Fall sermon series, Formed, with a teaching on the doctrine of sanctification. Sanctification is the ongoing process by which believers, through the work of the Holy Spirit, are progressively transformed into the likeness of Christ (Titus 2:11-12). God faithfully sanctifies His people because He wants us to reach our full potential in Jesus.

Formed: Regeneration - Guy Mason

Mon, 14 Oct 2024 19:30:00 +0000

This Sunday, guest teacher, Pastor Guy Mason from City on a Hill church in Australia, continued our Fall sermon series, Formed, and explored the doctrine of regeneration as outlined in Ephesians 2. By believing in Jesus, we are made alive through Him; the Holy Spirit takes what is decaying and breathes new life into our spiritual deadness. This renewal fulfills our deep hunger for true life—significance, peace, and belonging—which can only be satisfied in Christ.

Formed: Justification - Suzy Silk

Mon, 07 Oct 2024 19:45:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Suzy Silk continued our Fall sermon series, Formed, with a teaching on the doctrine of justification and being made righteous before God. The reality is that there is nothing we can do to justify ourselves or make ourselves holy. We are unable to perfectly follow the law, and therefore unable to earn our own righteousness. Only by faith in Jesus Christ can we receive the righteousness He won for us, and freely come before the Father.

Formed: Salvation - Jon Tyson

Mon, 30 Sep 2024 16:09:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon Tyson continued our Fall sermon series, Formed, with a teaching on how the act of confessing Jesus is Lord and believing in His resurrection in our hearts forms the foundation of salvation for Christians. Pastor Jon unpacked the heart of the Gospel story and its profound implications for our lives today. The Gospel reconnects us with the God we were made for, explains the beauty and brokenness of the human story, deals with the deep problems of sin that we cannot solve ourselves, and gives us hope for the future. Our salvation allows us to be formed in Christ's image, and live our lives in a way that brings the Kingdom of God into this world.

Mark Sayers: From Platforms to Pillars

Mon, 23 Sep 2024 16:17:00 +0000

This Sunday, we had the opportunity to hear from guest teacher, Mark Sayers, with a teaching out of Revelation 3 on how to become a pillar for God despite living in a "platform society", and our culture's need for spiritual revival.

Formed: Election - Tim Brown

Mon, 16 Sep 2024 16:55:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Tim Brown continued our Fall sermon series, Formed, an exploration of the key doctrines surrounding a believer's transformation from being dead in sin to being alive and formed in the image of Christ, with a teaching on election. This has been considered one of the most controversial and unsettling doctrines of the Christian faith, but Pastor Tim's goal was to present the Scriptures with clarity, and allow his teaching to orient us around what God says instead of human opinion. Being rooted in truth, he encouraged us to go forth and seek God on this topic for more understanding.

Formed: Into His Image - Jon Tyson

Mon, 09 Sep 2024 16:48:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon Tyson kicked off our Fall sermon series, Formed, where we will be journeying through the key stages of a believer's transformation process from dead in their sin to being formed into the image of Christ and sent out as His image-bearers. We are all being formed in one way or another into someone, and Pastor Jon called us to begin this season by leaning into intentional, not accidental, formation in the way of Jesus. Out of His love for us, Christ invites us into a life long journey of being transformed into His image by His power, not our own.

Come & See: Come to Me - Jon Tyson

Mon, 02 Sep 2024 15:56:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon Tyson closed out our Come & See series with Jesus' invitation in Matthew 11 to come to Him. After spending a whole Summer unpacking the seven I AM statements of Jesus and the signs He performed to back up His claims in the Gospel of John, Pastor Jon extended Jesus' call to come and receive everything our souls need in Him. In a world full of pressure and exhaustion, Jesus is the only one who truly cares for our souls, offering us true rest and satisfaction at His table of grace and mercy.

Come & See: Resurrection of Jesus - Suzy Silk

Mon, 26 Aug 2024 14:25:00 +0000

This Sunday Pastor Suzy Silk continued our Summer sermon series on the words and deeds of Jesus in John's Gospel with a teaching on the ultimate sign Jesus preformed, His Resurrection. In John 2, Jesus declares that He is the new temple, meaning He is the new primary way for people to access God. It is only through belief in His words and following Him that we can have a relationship with God and spend eternity with Him. Through His death and resurrection, Jesus demonstrates that He has full authority over life and death and is the only way to true, eternal life.

Come & See: Resurrecting Lazarus - Suzy Silk

Tue, 20 Aug 2024 12:45:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Suzy Silk continued our Come & See sermon series with a teaching from John 11 on Jesus' sixth miraculous sign — raising Lazarus from the dead. Similar to Lazarus' story, we are deeply loved by Jesus, but spiritually dead and unable to save ourselves. Yet, Jesus was willing to die for us and save us from our sins and transgressions. By hearing and receiving the good news of salvation, we, as children of God, are brought back to life in Christ. Just like Lazarus, our new lives in Christ become our defining characteristic and should ultimately point to glorifying God. When troubles arise in the world we live in, we can rest in Jesus' loving presence, knowing that we are deeply loved by the God of all creation who has conquered the grave.

Come & See: Healing a Blind Man - Jon Tyson

Mon, 12 Aug 2024 16:18:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon continued our Come & See series by teaching through the healing of the man born blind in John 9. We live in a world obsessed with trying to see things rightly. From identity and sexuality, to justice and sustainability, humanity has looked to all forms of science, religion, and psychology to explain the world around us and the longings inside us, but everything seems to come up short. In this story, we see Jesus claim to be the light of the world, the only one able to give the sight we are longing for.

Come & See: Feeding the 5,000 - Tim Brown

Mon, 05 Aug 2024 18:25:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Tim Brown continued our Come & See series with a teaching on Jesus' feeding of the 5,000 in John 6. This sign concludes with Jesus declaring, "I am the bread of life," emphasizing that Jesus does not only provide physical nourishment, but offers eternal, spiritual sustenance. While all other sources of fulfillment will ultimately fail, His true bread provides lasting satisfaction.

Come & See: Healing the Nobleman's Son - Ralph Castillo

Mon, 29 Jul 2024 15:15:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Ralph Castillo continued our Come & See sermon series with a teaching on Jesus' healing of a nobleman's son in John 4. The story of this sign hinges on steps of faith taken by a desperate father as he moves from despair to hope, seeking a sign to seeking Jesus, and finally from unbelief to belief. Breaking down the nobleman's journey, Pastor Ralph encouraged us that no matter the circumstances we find ourselves in, there is always an invitation before us to take a step of faith.

Come & See: Healing at the Pool - Jon Tyson

Mon, 22 Jul 2024 14:19:00 +0000

This week, Pastor Jon Tyson continued our Come & See series by teaching on John 5:1-18, where Jesus heals a man at the pool of Bethesda. This controversial sign is still relevant in our world today, and calls us to ask the question, who has the authority and the ability to bring healing to humanity? Whether it's physical healing, healing of our hearts, or healing in the world around us, we don't have to earn it on our own strength or efforts. Jesus calls us to surrender to Him, receive His healing, and join in His mission to restore the broken world.

Come & See: Water to Wine - Keithen Schwahn

Mon, 15 Jul 2024 13:31:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Keithen Schwahn brought us into part two of our "Come & See" sermon series with a teaching from John 2:1-12 on Jesus' first miraculous sign—turning water into wine. Reinforcing the first half of the "Come & See" series, anchored in what Jesus said about Himself through His seven "I am" statements, the second half of this series focuses on what Jesus did by considering His seven miraculous signs as recorded in the Book of John. Though the hour of His death had not yet come, Pastor Keithen called us to consider that Jesus was looking beyond the present moment to His own wedding in eternity, and the price that would have to be paid for that celebration to come to pass. Jesus gives this sign to give a glimpse of the joy, union, and abundance offered to all who will believe in Him.

Come & See: I Am the Vine - Ashley Anderson

Mon, 08 Jul 2024 13:59:00 +0000

What if there is more to life with God than we expect? This Sunday, Pastor Ashley Anderson continued our "Come and See" sermon series with a teaching from John 15 on Jesus' statement: "I am the true vine." Jesus expects His disciples to walk in the same power and do the same works that He did. We bear fruit like Jesus did by abiding in His love; and we remain in Jesus' love by obeying His commands to love each other as He has loved us, and to lay down our lives for our friends.

Come & See: I Am the Way, the Truth, and the Life - Sam Gibson

Mon, 01 Jul 2024 18:08:00 +0000

This week, Pastor Sam Gibson continued our "Come & See" series with a sermon on Jesus's statement found in John 14:1-14, "I am the way, the truth, and the life." Pastor Sam began by addressing the common feeling of being lost, which often manifested as a lack of purpose and direction. This state of confusion is an indication that it is time to recalibrate the internal state of one's soul back to who Christ says He is.

Come & See: I Am the the Resurrection - Jon Tyson

Mon, 24 Jun 2024 19:07:00 +0000

This Sunday morning, Pastor Jon Tyson continued our "Come and See" sermon series with a teaching out of John 11 on Jesus' declaration, "I am the Resurrection and the Life." As Christians, we can stand firm on this central claim of the Christian faith, knowing that we no longer have to fear judgment because judgment already happened on the cross. We don't have to fear death because of Christ's resurrection. We can experience a taste of the life and peace that Jesus promises us now, and join God in the renewal and healing of shalom in the world today.

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Come & See: I Am the Good Shepherd - Suzy Silk

Mon, 17 Jun 2024 15:38:00 +0000

This week, Pastor Suzy Silk continued our "Come and See" sermon series by teaching on Jesus as the Good Shepherd out of John 10:1-42. With this statement, Jesus directly references the prophecy that there will be a coming Messiah who will lead God's people and that God Himself will shepherd them. In doing so, Jesus not only claims to be the best leader, but God Himself, demanding a response to either reject Him as a crazy man or follow Him as a sheep into the fold of God.

Come & See: I Am the Door - Ashley Anderson

Mon, 10 Jun 2024 14:23:00 +0000

This week, Pastor Ashley Anderson continued our "Come and See" sermon series by teaching on Jesus as the door in John 10:1-10. Jesus makes a radical claim to be the only entry point through which all people can access God and experience abundant life through Him.

Come & See: I Am the Light of the World - Suzy Silk

Mon, 03 Jun 2024 16:42:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Suzy Silk continued our Come & See sermon Series with a teaching on Jesus' I AM statement, "I am the light of the world" out of John 7 and 8. Each of Jesus' I AM claims were incredibly radical for the original audience, and because we live in a world where light is a resource readily available to us, we can easily miss the weight Jesus' words should still carry for us today. Jesus calls us to believe that He is the true source of light and to follow Him into whole life discipleship. When we walk in step with Jesus, we are able to possess His light, be transformed into children of light, and share in being the light of the world with our Savior.

Come & See: I Am the Bread of Life - Jon Tyson

Mon, 27 May 2024 15:46:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon continued our new Come & See series with a teaching on Jesus' first "I AM" statement, "I am the bread of life." Jesus has shaped history and radically transformed lives, but our modern understanding of Him often leaves us bored and disinterested. The Christian religion has been reduced to following rules and restraining desire, but following Jesus is meant to be a life of passion, freedom, and deep satisfaction.

Come & See: The Simple Gospel - Tim Brown

Mon, 20 May 2024 13:52:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Tim Brown kicked off our new series, Come & See, an in depth study in the Gospel of John of Jesus' words about Himself and the deeds He performed to prove these words. Pastor Tim began towards the end of John's Gospel, where he states his reason for writing was that people might believe in the good news of Christ being the true Messiah who offers us new life in His name.

Controversial Faith: Q&A Panel

Mon, 13 May 2024 20:46:00 +0000

This week, Pastor Jon Tyson and Pastor Suzy Silk wrapped up our sermon series on Controversial Faith with a Q&A to answer some of the common questions and objections skeptics and seekers have regarding Jesus, the Scriptures, and living as a Christian in our modern world. Pastor Jon framed this time with 1 Peter 3:15-16, and claimed it is more important than ever for Christians to deal with their controversial faith.

Controversial Faith: Why Does God Care About My Sexuality? - Jon Tyson

Mon, 06 May 2024 14:35:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon continued our Controversial Faith series with a teaching on Biblical sexuality. We live in sexually confusing and chaotic times, and as we begin to examine the effects the secular sexual ethic has on individuals and our culture at large, instead of flourishing, we find decay, pain, and brokenness. However, we are called to honor God with our bodies by faithfully stewarding our sexuality, because we were bought with a price, and one day we will be with Christ forever in a soul satisfying union that is a fulfillment of every desire we've ever had.

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Making Sense of the Church: Marriage - Jon Tyson

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The Controversial Jesus: Sexual Formation - Jon Tyson

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The Controversial Jesus: Jesus and the Gay Community - Jon Tyson

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The Controversial Jesus: Jesus, Gender, and the Trans Community - Jon Tyson

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Controversial Faith: How can a Good God Allow Evil and Suffering? - Suzy Silk

Mon, 29 Apr 2024 13:43:00 +0000

This Sunday Pastor Suzy Silk continued our Controversial Faith series by asking the question: How can a good God allow evil and suffering in the world? The tension between the sovereignty of God and the realities of suffering often hold people back from experiencing and accepting the person of Jesus, or eventually drive people away from Him. In an effort to address this problem of pain, Pastor Suzy laid out five reasons not to turn away from Jesus when faced with evil and suffering.

Controversial Faith: The Church and Politics - Jon Tyson

Mon, 22 Apr 2024 18:50:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon Tyson continued our series on Controversial Faith with a message on how we, as Christians, should engage with politics. As people of God, we can participate in politics with eschatological hope and humble conviction instead of despair. Ultimately, we pray, vote, protest, and practice principled pluralism because we know the solution to the problem of politics in our modern world: declaring Jesus is Lord.

Controversial Faith: Why Can We Trust the Bible? - Suzy Silk

Mon, 15 Apr 2024 17:24:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Suzy Silk continued our series on Controversial Faith with a teaching on why we can trust the Bible. Translated into 698 languages, the Bible is the best-selling and most influential book in world history, and is worth reading based on these merits alone. Pastor Suzy then provided context on why the Bible is different from all other books through analyzing the genre and style, the authorship and preservation, and how we should respond to reading the text as followers of Jesus.

Controversial Faith: The Exclusivity of Jesus - Jon Tyson

Mon, 08 Apr 2024 14:23:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon kicked off our new series on Controversial Faith by addressing Jesus' scandalous exclusivity. The claim, "Jesus is Lord", has been highly contested throughout history, and it is no different today. However, as His followers, we must acknowledge our own sinfulness, lead with with gentleness and respect when sharing our beliefs, and be willing to be misunderstood as we publicly witness about Jesus Christ, the only name that can save.

Easter Sunday 2024 - Jon Tyson

Mon, 01 Apr 2024 16:35:00 +0000

This Easter Sunday, Pastor Jon taught about how we come to believe in the resurrection from the story of the two disciples on the road to Emmaus from Luke 24. Believing in the resurrection of Jesus is a key belief for salvation, and the Apostle Paul goes so far as to say that if Christ has not been raised from the dead, then our faith is useless and futile. Pastor Jon laid out the three things it takes to believe in Jesus' resurrection: evaluating the historical facts, gaining a theological understanding, and having a personal encounter with the person of Christ.

Seven Deadly Sins: Envy - Suzy Silk

Mon, 25 Mar 2024 13:57:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Suzy Silk closed out our sermon series on the Seven Deadly Sins with a teaching on envy. A prohibition against coveting, or envy, is included in the Ten Commandments, because it is a slippery slope that begins in our thoughts and quickly leads to death. Holy Week reminds us that Jesus Himself demonstrated costly trust and costly obedience in the Father's plans for Him, and costly love towards even those who took part in His death. We can choose to turn away from envy because we have the better thing—the presence of Jesus, now and forever.

Seven Deadly Sins: Pride - Ralph Castillo

Mon, 18 Mar 2024 19:36:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Ralph Castillo continued our Lenten series on the Seven Deadly Sins with a teaching on pride. Our current culture has a way of turning vices into virtues and praising disordered loves, making it difficult to identify pride, and can result in practicing righteousness as a way of being seen and honored by others. However, when we choose the way of humility, and practice our righteousness in secret, we recieve the better reward because the Father Himself is rewarding us.

Seven Deadly Sins: Sloth - Jon Tyson

Mon, 11 Mar 2024 14:38:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon Tyson continued our Lenten series over the Seven Deadly Sins by exploring the often unnoticed dangers of sloth. Originally, the Desert Father's understanding of sloth was less akin to laziness and more in line with acedia: spiritual resistance to spiritual progress. As followers of Jesus, we must push back against the spirit of acedia through the power we have received in the Holy Spirit and make every effort to persevere in our faith.

Seven Deadly Sins: Wrath - Tim Brown

Mon, 04 Mar 2024 19:37:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Tim Brown unpacked the destructive power of wrath as part of our Lenten series on the Seven Deadly Sins. Anger often signals us to something that is wrong or unjust, but when we express our anger through violence or scorn, we lose God's heart for ourselves and for others, and allow wrath to rage in our lives. However, Jesus calls us to confess anger like the sin that it is, and follow Him in the way of mercy, that freely forgives.

Seven Deadly Sins: Lust - Jon Tyson

Mon, 26 Feb 2024 16:43:00 +0000

This week, Pastor Jon Tyson continued our sermons series on the Seven Deadly Sins with a teaching on the destructive power of lust, and how Jesus calls us to become people of love and integrity in Him. Although we can lust over things like money and power, in Matthew 5, Jesus addresses lust in the context of strong sexual desire. Pastor Jon urged us to consider that walking in the way of Jesus includes pursuing a counter-cultural sexual formation.

Seven Deadly Sins: Gluttony - Suzy Silk

Mon, 19 Feb 2024 16:53:00 +0000

This week, Pastor Suzy Silk continued our sermon series on the Seven Deadly Sins with a teaching on gluttony versus living a Spirit-filled life. We often end up over-consuming when we seek comfort and pleasure outside of intimacy with God. However, the Lord longs to satisfy our deepest desires with Himself, and calls us to a life full of His Spirit.

Seven Deadly Sins: Greed - Jon Tyson

Mon, 12 Feb 2024 15:19:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon Tyson kicked off our Lent series focused on the Seven Deadly Sins, starting with greed. Scripture addresses greed with striking frequency, and Jesus warns us to watch out for the ways greed will destroy our spiritual lives. Greed is ultimately the opposite of Godly contentment: it's centered around possession, hoarding, covetousness, and comparison. True freedom — to love, give, serve, and seek the Kingdom first — is true wealth.

Leverage: Money - Jon Tyson

Tue, 06 Feb 2024 12:12:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon Tyson closed out our Leverage series with a teaching on leveraging our money for the Kingdom and how we should have a vision for giving. Developing a vision and theology of giving is essential to our spiritual maturity and discipleship. We need a Godward view of giving, remembering that all we have has been given to us by God and is His to do with as He pleases.

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Leverage: Love - Jon Tyson

Mon, 29 Jan 2024 18:06:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon Tyson continued our Leverage series with a teaching on leveraging our love and the importance of an "undivided heart" from Psalm 86. There will always be a temptation to withhold part of our heart from God, but we were created to remain in His love. When we humble ourselves to learn how to fear His name and rely on His faithfulness, God promises to change our hearts to bear enduring fruit connected to Christ.

Leverage: Time - Jon Tyson

Mon, 22 Jan 2024 21:25:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon Tyson continued our January sermon series, Leverage, with a teaching on how we can leverage our time for the glory of God. While the modern world is riddled with deceptive mindsets and mechanisms created to steal and waste our time, God calls us to be conscious stewards of our time, and aim to live in our current seasons with the knowledge and hope of our future in eternity with Him.

Leverage: Gifts - Suzy Silk

Mon, 15 Jan 2024 15:56:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Suzy Silk continued our January teaching series, Leverage, with a teaching on leveraging our spiritual gifts for the Kingdom of God. We are each given one life, but often don't know how to live in ways that are honoring to God. We might end up wasting, or wrongly using our lives, but as followers of Jesus, we can actually live a life fully pleasing to the Lord.

Leverage: Life Without Regret - Jon Tyson

Mon, 08 Jan 2024 17:30:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon kicked off our January sermon series, Leverage, which is centered on the idea of living a life free of regret and fully leveraged for the Kingdom of God. Regret is a distinctly human feeling, and Pastor Jon laid out how regret happens, the real life consequences that cause regret, how we can avoid regret, and how regret can be redeemed as we move into 2024.

Advent Devotional: The Angel's Song & The First Noel

Mon, 25 Dec 2023 10:45:00 +0000

Welcome to Church of the City New York's Advent Devotionals.

Jesus was good news in the First Century, and He is still good news today. In the Christmas stories recounted in Scripture, people always responded to Jesus with amazement and praise. This response came from deep longings and heartbreak being met with God breaking in to fulfill His promises, offer His forgiveness, bring His justice and peace, and extend His love.

This Christmas, we hope you will have your own encounter with the person of Jesus and the good news of His birth, and like those of old, let your song of praise resound to the world around you.

Song Credits: Isle'r

Written By: Church of the City New York Editorial Team

Advent Devotional: The Shepherds' Proclamation & Advent Hymn

Fri, 22 Dec 2023 10:45:00 +0000

Welcome to Church of the City New York's Advent Devotionals.

This Christmas, we hope you will have your own encounter with the person of Jesus and the good news of His birth, and like those of old, let your song of praise resound to the world around you.

Song Credits: Lindsey Arcaro

Written By: Church of the City New York Editorial Team

Advent Devotional: The Earth's New Song & O Come All Ye Faithful

Wed, 20 Dec 2023 10:45:00 +0000

Welcome to Church of the City New York's Advent Devotionals.

This Christmas, we hope you will have your own encounter with the person of Jesus and the good news of His birth, and like those of old, let your song of praise resound to the world around you.

Song Credits: Isle'r

Written By: Church of the City New York Editorial Team

Resound (Advent 2023): Mary's Song - Suzy Silk

Mon, 18 Dec 2023 16:47:00 +0000

This week, Pastor Suzy Silk continued our Advent series, Resound, with a teaching on Mary's Song recorded in Luke. The accounts of the Christmas story given in Luke's Gospel are intentionally noted as eye witness accounts, establishing the story of Jesus' birth as historical fact, not fable or fiction. His approach invites us to receive the Good News of the birth of the Messiah, as true, and respond as Mary did, with great joy.

We invite you to prayerfully consider practicing the way of generosity through financial giving to the Living the Liturgy offering at church.nyc/give.

Advent Devotional: Mary's Song & Magnificat

Mon, 18 Dec 2023 10:45:00 +0000

Welcome to Church of the City New York's Advent Devotionals.

This Christmas, we hope you will have your own encounter with the person of Jesus and the good news of His birth, and like those of old, let your song of praise resound to the world around you.

Song Credits: Emily Lindquist

Written By: Church of the City New York Editorial Team

Advent Devotional: Elizabeth's Blessing & Angels We Have Heard On High

Fri, 15 Dec 2023 10:45:00 +0000

Welcome to Church of the City New York's Advent Devotionals.

This Christmas, we hope you will have your own encounter with the person of Jesus and the good news of His birth, and like those of old, let your song of praise resound to the world around you.

Song Credits: Isle'r

Written By: Church of the City New York Editorial Team

Advent Devotional: The Nation's Song & Silent Night

Wed, 13 Dec 2023 10:45:00 +0000

Welcome to Church of the City New York's Advent Devotionals.

This Christmas, we hope you will have your own encounter with the person of Jesus and the good news of His birth, and like those of old, let your song of praise resound to the world around you.

Song Credits: Isle'r

Written By: Church of the City New York Editorial Team

Resound (Advent 2023): Zechariah's Song - Jon Tyson

Mon, 11 Dec 2023 16:00:00 +0000

In this week's message, Pastor Jon Tyson led us through Zechariah's song, found in Luke 1:57-80, that broke forth after Zechariah and Elizabeth received their promised, long awaited son. Zechariah and Elizabeth serve as examples of waiting well, a discipline that receives little regard in our world of instant gratification. By attuning our thoughts to the Lord, worshiping Him together with preemptive praise, and spending time in the promises of His Word, we can follow their example of waiting with hope.

We invite you to prayerfully consider practicing the way of generosity through financial giving to the Living the Liturgy offering at church.nyc/give.

Advent Devotional: Zechariah's Song & Behold

Mon, 11 Dec 2023 10:45:00 +0000

Welcome to Church of the City New York's Advent Devotionals.

This Christmas, we hope you will have your own encounter with the person of Jesus and the good news of His birth, and like those of old, let your song of praise resound to the world around you.

Song Credits: Emily Lindquist

Written By: Church of the City New York Editorial Team

Advent Devotional: Anna's Proclamation & Advent Hymn

Fri, 08 Dec 2023 10:45:00 +0000

Welcome to Church of the City New York's Advent Devotionals.

This Christmas, we hope you will have your own encounter with the person of Jesus and the good news of His birth, and like those of old, let your song of praise resound to the world around you.

Song Credits: Emily Lindquist

Written By: Church of the City New York Editorial Team

Advent Devotional: Isaiah's Song & Come Up Here (Let Us Adore Him)

Wed, 06 Dec 2023 10:45:00 +0000

Welcome to Church of the City New York's Advent Devotionals.

This Christmas, we hope you will have your own encounter with the person of Jesus and the good news of His birth, and like those of old, let your song of praise resound to the world around you.

Song Credits: Emily Lindquist

Written By: Church of the City New York Editorial Team

Resound (Advent 2023): Simeon's Song - Suzy Silk

Mon, 04 Dec 2023 18:06:00 +0000

This week, Pastor Suzy Silk began our Advent series with a message from Luke 2:25-35, which recounts Simeon's encounter with baby Jesus in the temple. Through his faithfulness to the Lord, despite so many years of waiting, Simeon was finally able to see not only his personal prayers answered, but also recognize the greater picture of God's redemption of the world through Jesus.

We invite you to prayerfully consider practicing the way of generosity through financial giving to the Living the Liturgy offering at church.nyc/give.

Advent Devotional: Simeon's Song & O Come O Come Emmanuel

Mon, 04 Dec 2023 10:45:00 +0000

Welcome to Church of the City New York's Advent Devotionals.

This Christmas, we hope you will have your own encounter with the person of Jesus and the good news of His birth, and like those of old, let your song of praise resound to the world around you.

Song Credits: Lindsey Arcaro

Written By: Church of the City New York Editorial Team

Compelling Missional Disciples: Reaching People with the Gospel - Tim Brown

Mon, 27 Nov 2023 17:30:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Tim Brown closed out our Compelling Missional Disciples series with a teaching on Jesus' missional call to believers to share the Gospel with all people. Evangelism is often misunderstood and neglected in the Western church, but the reality is we must embrace this practice to fully live into the identity Jesus won for us on the cross and become His ambassadors on the earth.

We invite you to prayerfully consider practicing the way of generosity through financial giving to the Living the Liturgy offering at church.nyc/give.

Compelling Missional Disciples: Missional Work - Jon Tyson

Mon, 20 Nov 2023 18:02:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon Tyson followed up on last week's sermon on cultural renewal with a part two on the theology of work and calling, reminding us that a call to redemptive work is part of our God-given identity. When we do this, our vocation becomes a place where God can use our sacrifice to bring glory to Himself and re-enchant a broken world.

We invite you to prayerfully consider practicing the way of generosity through financial giving to the Living the Liturgy offering at church.nyc/give.

Compelling Missional Disciples: Cultural Renewal - Jon Tyson

Mon, 13 Nov 2023 17:32:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon Tyson continued our Compelling Missional Disciples series by surveying the current cultural landscape, and pointing us to the Biblical mandate God has given us to create and steward a culture that glorifies Him. As the only creatures with the distinct ability to acknowledge what is beyond ourselves, Pastor Jon invited us to live with God's vision of cultural renewal in our time, brought about by our intentional stewardship of God's gifts to us.

We invite you to prayerfully consider practicing the way of generosity through financial giving at church.nyc/give.

Compelling Missional Disciples: Crystallization of Discontent - Keithen Schwahn

Mon, 06 Nov 2023 17:05:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Keithen Schwahn continued our Compelling Missional Disciples series by unpacking the pessimism and passivity that has invaded the American church and tend to drive its view on the next generation. As we continue to develop as compelling missional disciples, we must embrace the mission to reverse the narrative that young people are a lost cause in the Western church, and dedicate ourselves to being a part of raising up the next generation.

Compelling Missional Disciples: Filling Formational Gaps - Jon Tyson

Mon, 30 Oct 2023 16:39:00 +0000

This week, Pastor Jon Tyson continued our sermon series on Compelling Missional Disciples with a teaching on how to become fully trained. As maturing disciples, our goal is to become like Jesus, our master, unwilling to settle for anything less than all that He offers us. So in order to level up our training, Pastor Jon gave us three shifts to help fill our "formation gaps."

Compelling Missional Disciples: Intentional Formation - Jon Tyson

Mon, 23 Oct 2023 18:56:00 +0000

This week, Pastor Jon Tyson continued our Compelling Missional Disciples series with a teaching on the importance of being intentional in our formation. By asking who we are becoming by what we are doing, committing to go to the depths with God and our community, and listening daily for the truth God is speaking over us, rather than the pressures of the world, we will be increasingly formed in the way of Jesus.

We invite you to join us for the Altars Conference this coming January. To register and learn more visit altars.nyc.

Compelling Missional Disciples: Identity Formation - Ashley Anderson

Mon, 16 Oct 2023 16:48:00 +0000

This week, Pastor Ashley Anderson continued our Compelling Missional Disciples sermon series with a message on the role of identity formation in becoming a compelling missional disciple. We must consider what we have falsely believed about ourselves, and then ask God to reveal our true selves and invite us into our purpose.

We are looking for people to join our team! Visit church.nyc/staff to read descriptions and apply.

Compelling Missional Disciples: God's Presence is Everything - Darren Rouanzoin

Mon, 09 Oct 2023 15:30:00 +0000

This Sunday, guest teacher, Pastor Darren Rouanzoin, continued our Fall sermon series, Compelling Missional Disciples, focusing on one major point: God's presence is everything. As followers of Jesus, we are called to seek the things of the Kingdom instead of the things of the world, make space in our hearts for God, humbly ask for more of His presence, and continually be filled with His power for the expansion of His Kingdom here on earth.

We are looking for people to join our team! Visit church.nyc/staff to read descriptions and apply.

Church of the City New York Announcements - Jon Tyson

Wed, 04 Oct 2023 15:24:00 +0000

In place of this week's podcast we have a few special announcements from Pastor Jon.

We are looking for people to join our team! Visit church.nyc/staff to read descriptions and apply.

Sanctuary is an original song, written within our community, and reflects the desire of our church to be a people who close the gap between knowing God and experiencing what He offers. Captured at a Break the Soil worship night earlier this year, Sanctuary (Live) is available now anywhere you stream music! We invite you to download, share, and listen to Sanctuary (Live) here, today.

We would like to invite you to join us at the Altars Conference this upcoming January. For early bird pricing and more information you can visit altars.nyc.

We hope you can join us this upcoming Sunday in person or online. All of our gathering information can be found at church.nyc/services.

You can find all of this information and more at church.nyc.

Compelling Missional Disciples: The Knowledge of God - Sam Gibson

Mon, 25 Sep 2023 14:59:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Sam continued our Fall sermon series, Compelling Missional Disciples, with a teaching on the importance of devotedly pursuing the knowledge of God, because having a proper view of God will determine everything else in our lives. The more we recalibrate our lives to the radical pursuit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of God, the more of His splendor can be released on the earth through our lives.

We are looking for people to join our team! Visit church.nyc/staff to read descriptions and apply.

Compelling Missional Disciples: Living An Attentive Life - Jon Tyson

Mon, 18 Sep 2023 17:41:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon continued our Fall sermon series, Compelling Missional Disciples, with a teaching on living a life that is attentive to the presence of God through the story of Mary and Martha. Being attentive to the presence of God is not just about big, dramatic encounters with Him, but about cultivating an awareness of Him in every area of our lives. We have been given access to live in full awareness of His presence, so let us not be a people who are pulled apart or dragged away from the invitation of Jesus to come and sit at His feet.

We are looking for people to join our team! Visit church.nyc/staff to read descriptions and apply.

Compelling Missional Disciples: Overview - Jon Tyson

Mon, 11 Sep 2023 15:20:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon kicked off our Fall sermon series, Compelling Missional Disciples, with an overview of Church of the City's vision for discipleship. As a church community, we must resolve to close the gap between what we are experiencing in our culture and what Jesus actually offers through discipleship to Him. Saying 'yes' to Jesus is surrendering to the best love we will ever know. Jesus is worthy of giving up everything to be wholeheartedly devoted to Him and His invitation to walk in the fullness of life.

We are looking for people to join our team! Visit church.nyc/staff to read descriptions and apply.

Rediscovering Church: The Commitment - Sam Gibson

Mon, 04 Sep 2023 13:39:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Sam Gibson finished out our Rediscovering Church series with a teaching from 1 Thessalonians 5:12-28 on Jesus and His Church. As we look to and learn from the early church, we must be careful not to elevate them above the person of Jesus. The Church throughout time has always experienced difficult relational dynamics, because humans, in all of their brokenness, are involved. However, as the Bride of Christ, the Church is still called to operate in a different way. We must gather as the Body to exalt Jesus in the present, establish His Kingdom where we are, and look together toward our eternal future.

Rediscovering Church: Between the Resurrection and the Return - Matt Ro

Mon, 28 Aug 2023 15:59:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Matt Ro continued our Rediscovering Church series with a teaching on how we ought to live between Jesus' resurrection and His promised return. The reality of His return is imminent, and should be both the anchor and driving force of our hope. As followers of Jesus, we are meant to be a community marked by faith, hope, and love, that anxiously awaits His return and His Kingdom being fully realized on the earth.

Rediscovering Church: Sexual Formation in the Way of Jesus - Jon Tyson

Mon, 21 Aug 2023 13:16:00 +0000

This week, Pastor Jon continued our Rediscovering Church series with a teaching out of 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8 on sexual formation in the way of Jesus. The stories that the world sells about sexuality lead to disillusionment, disappointment, and fear. They drive us into false fulfillment or cycles of shame and guilt, but God's vision for sex is one that leads to transformation and joy, and ultimately points us back to the greatest love story in all of history: the union of Christ and His Church. As followers of Jesus, we must chose to live out of this sacred story, both as individuals and as a community, and offer our world a credible and compelling alternative to human flourishing.

Sowing for Awakening - David Thomas

Mon, 14 Aug 2023 16:03:00 +0000

This weekend, guest teacher David Thomas joined us to share a word on sowing for awakening through travailing prayer. David shares in our desire to see the fame and deeds of God renewed and known in our time, and was able to help steward the outpouring that happened earlier this year at Asbury. Experiencing this move of God first hand confirmed David's convictions that our prayer life is the most important thing about us and that we must press further into prayer as individuals and as the Church.

Rediscovering Church: Letter From the Persecuted Church - Ashley Anderson

Mon, 07 Aug 2023 15:21:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Ashley continued our Rediscovering Church series with a teaching on Christian persecution and the appropriate response of the Western Church. While it may appear that persecution is a burden of the past that only the early Church faced, the reality is that one in seven Christians today are facing persecution because of their faith. In light of this realtiy, perhaps the most significant thing we can do with our lives is to live beautiful and compelling lives of faith that echo back to those suffering for their faith that Jesus is indeed worthy.

Rediscovering Church: Strengthen and Encourage - Sam Gibson

Mon, 31 Jul 2023 15:22:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Sam continued our Rediscovering Church series with a teaching on Paul's encouragement to the Thessalonians about suffering well. At this time, the Thessalonians were undergoing severe suffering for their beliefs, and Paul knew the importance of having an established faith in order to endure through trials, and the same is true for us today. As we experience moments of disappointment and doubt in seasons of suffering, grief, and pain, we must be continually rooted in Truth, and welcome the support of the Holy Spirit and community.

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Rediscovering Church: The Word of God - Suzy Silk

Mon, 24 Jul 2023 15:23:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Suzy continued our Rediscovering Church series with a teaching on the importance of understanding and receiving "the word of God" in all its forms; the Scriptures, the person of Jesus, The Holy Spirit, and the Gospel message. The Word of God is living and active, God-breathed, sharper than any double-edged sword. It is time that we invite God back into our understanding of His Word and give it the rightful place of authority in our lives it was always meant to have.

Rediscovering Church: Restoring Leadership Credibility to a Scandalized Church - Jon Tyson

Mon, 17 Jul 2023 17:13:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon continued the "Rediscovering Church" series, teaching on restoring leadership credibility to a scandalized church with 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12 and laying out a guide for Godly leadership rooted in Jesus centered motives, methods, and mission.

Rediscovering Church: The Model Church - Suzy Silk

Mon, 10 Jul 2023 15:20:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Suzy continued our sermon series, Rediscovering Church, with an exploration of the Thessalonians as the model church: what set them apart, what sustained them, and how we can learn from their example to bear fruit that lasts in the church today. As a church in a diverse and bustling city, we have influence in how the gospel is shared and lived out. It is our responsibility to present a beautiful model of following Jesus with deep, theological conviction, and to develop faith in our community that can withstand cultural pressure.

Rediscovering Church: The Invitation - Keithen Schwahn

Mon, 03 Jul 2023 15:09:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Keithen Schwahn kicked off our Summer sermon series, Rediscovering Church, a study through 1 Thessalonians, with an overview of the book and an invitation to the church. As the leader of our growing Youth and College ministries, Pastor Keithen holds a unique perspective on what is happening in the next generation, and challenged us to rediscover the church of Jesus now, so that Gen Z can discover it for the first time.

We Want You Here: Consecration in a Time of Compromise - Jon Tyson

Mon, 26 Jun 2023 14:26:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon closed out our "We Want You Here" series with a call to consecration. In a time of theological compromise and the normalization of godlessness, God is calling us to devote ourselves to a Person, to a purpose, and to power through sacrifcal devotion and consecration.

We Want You Here: The God Who Seeks and Saves - Ashley Anderson

Mon, 19 Jun 2023 00:46:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Ashley Anderson continued our "We Want You Here" series with a message on joining God on His mission to seek and save the lost through prayer. As God's image bearers, Jesus declared that every person has incredible value to Him whether they turn to Him or not. As followers of Jesus, we are called to pray for the lost because we know what it was to be lost, and the great joy of being found.

Compassion Sunday - Jon Tyson

Mon, 12 Jun 2023 20:04:00 +0000

This Sunday, we were joined by Compassion International, and Pastor Jon preached a special sermon on Biblical justice. When we love someone, we want to delight them, and this is what delights God: steadfast love, righteousness, and justice (Jeremiah 9:23-24). Compassion alum, Keewani Cook, was also able to share her powerful testimony about her own impoverished childhood, recieving sponsorship through Compassion, and learning that poverty was not her destiny. God provided a way for Keewani to go to school and start a career, and she ultimately learned—through another's compassion—that nothing is impossible for the Lord. Through stories like Keewani's, we see that what we do for the least of these, we do for Jesus.

If you would like to join Compassion International on mission through the sponsorship of a child we invite you to head over to compassion.com/churchofthecity to see children still in need of sponsors.

We Want You Here: Joining the Chorus - Suzy Silk

Mon, 05 Jun 2023 14:59:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Suzy continued our series "We Want You Here" with a teaching on joining in creation's chorus of praise through Psalm 148. Today, we are invited to join the chorus of praise that is happening right now in heaven and in creation. Praise unhindered by circumstances and feelings puts us in the right position before God, and allows us to live out our true purpose as His beloved creation.

We Want You Here: Praying Through Tears - Jon Tyson

Mon, 29 May 2023 00:37:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon continued our "We Want You Here" series with a teaching on prayer through tears. Our world is a fallen place, and it has become the cultural norm to be cynical and numb to the pain, injustice, and sin that surrounds us. However, not only has God never gone numb to the world, He invites us to weep our way back to the tenderness of His heart.

We Want You Here: How We Fight Our Battles - Ralph Castillo

Mon, 22 May 2023 16:26:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Ralph Castillo continued our "We Want You Here" series with his sermon, "This is How We Fight Our Battles." Learning from the story of the Israelites' victory over the Amalekites in Exodus, we observe three key ways that we, as believers, should fight our battles: (1) We fight for people who are in a fight, (2) We fight together for people who are in a fight, and (3) We celebrate the victory–God's way. As believers, we can be confident that when we fight, we do not fight for victory, that instead, we fight from victory because we serve a victorious God.

We Want You Here: Resisting Temptation - Jon Tyson

Mon, 08 May 2023 16:59:00 +0000

Pastor Jon continued our current sermon series 'We Want You Here' with a deep dive into our human struggle with temptation. As we resist temptation and actively confess by bringing things into the light, shame melts away under the power of the cross. God rewards us with a new name in Christ, the affirmation of heaven, and the increased ability to walk into our purpose on earth with with freedom and authority.

We Want You Here: Prayer, Grief, & Lament - Suzy Silk

Mon, 01 May 2023 15:16:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Suzy continued our "We Want You Here" series by discussing prayer, grief, and lament through the prayer of the prophet Habakkuk. We join God in the restoration of the world when we enter into the brokenness in our own lives, the lives of other, and in our world. God does not always remove the mountains of grief and hardship, but instead gives us the ability to scale them, allowing them to become ebenezers of His faithfulness, places where we can make our homes.

We Want You Here: Praying The Word - Sam Gibson

Mon, 24 Apr 2023 14:19:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Sam continued our "We Want You Here" sermon series by encouraging us to spend time in the Bible and pray Scripture back to God to move us toward a confident assurance about His character. We are able to rest in God when we have clarity and confidence about who He is, which comes from studying the Bible with the help of the Holy Spirit.

We Want You Here: Growing in Love - Jon Tyson

Tue, 18 Apr 2023 15:25:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon kicked off our Eastertide sermon series, "We Want You Here," with a discussion of how we can grow in love. He broke down the four stages of Christian love described by medieval theologian Bernard of Clairvaux, and summarized them as "me, my, you, and us." As we move through these stages, the goal is to grow in deeper union with our Father.

Easter Sunday 2023 - Jon Tyson

Mon, 10 Apr 2023 14:43:00 +0000

This Easter Sunday, Pastor Jon preached on how the resurrection of Jesus proves that death is not the end. Ultimately, the resurrection is the most credible, surprising explanation for what happened to Jesus and the resulting spread of Christianity, and it requires a response from us. The Christian life is about readjusting our entire selves around Jesus. Despite the rise and fall of empires and ideologies, the story of Jesus is still, and always will be, breathtakingly credible and satisfying.

God Comes Where He's Wanted 2.0: Palm Sunday - Suzy Silk

Mon, 03 Apr 2023 15:11:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Suzy closed out our series, "God Comes Where He's Wanted 2.0" by teaching on the collision of kingdoms Jesus' entrance into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday caused in the hearts of all who gathered to welcome Him. As we remember Jesus' sacrifice during Holy Week, we are called to head His cries and seek His Kingdom first, laying down short-sighted satisfaction for eternal peace and the opportunity to see His Kingdom come.

God Comes Where He's Wanted 2.0: Forgiveness - Jon Tyson

Mon, 27 Mar 2023 15:12:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon continued the "God Comes Where He's Wanted 2.0" series by teaching on the Lord's Prayer, focusing on the context of forgiveness it is presented in, reminding us that a life of forgiveness is an absolute necessity for followers of Jesus.

God Comes Where He's Wanted 2.0: The Lord's Prayer - Jon Tyson

Mon, 20 Mar 2023 15:14:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon continued the "God Comes Where He's Wanted 2.0" series through teaching on the Lord's Prayer - our "secret weapon" in the faith. Over time, Western Christianity has trivialized the Lord's Prayer, diminishing its true value and power in our lives. Now more than ever, we need to reclaim the power of the Lord's Prayer because it teaches us how to pray, orients our discipleship, frees us from the vanity and futility of self, and unleashes defiant hope.

God Comes Where He's Wanted 2.0: Ask, Seek, Knock - Ashley Anderson

Mon, 13 Mar 2023 15:17:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Ashley continued our "God Comes Where He's Wanted 2.0" series by taking a closer look at Luke 11 where Jesus exhorts us to ask, seek, and knock. Prayer has less to do with technique, and more to do with who is listening. When we pray, we must remember who we're talking to: God, who is readily available, accessible, and can be "interrupted" at any time.

God Comes Where He's Wanted 2.0: Asking for a Friend - Suzy Silk

Mon, 06 Mar 2023 16:12:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Suzy continued our "God Comes Where He's Wanted 2.0" series by taking a closer look at how Jesus calls us to pray in Luke 11. After He prays the Lord's prayer as a model, Jesus teaches that the posture we should pray from is one of shameless confidence for others and ourselves.

God Comes Where He's Wanted 2.0: Cultivating Revival - Jon Tyson

Mon, 27 Feb 2023 23:18:00 +0000

This Sunday, fueled by the urgent movement of God at Asbury University and elsewhere, Pastor Jon dug into the spiritual roots of revival as part of our extended series, "God Comes Where He's Wanted." Pointing to King Josiah's story from 2 Kings and 2 Chronicles as an example, Pastor Jon emphasized our need to repent and draw near to God, tear out sin by the roots, recover the heart of worship and understanding of scripture, and restore redemptive spiritual practices to usher in revival.

God Comes Where He's Wanted 2.0: Asbury Outpouring - Jon Tyson

Mon, 20 Feb 2023 14:57:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon taught from his reflections on his time at Asbury University last week. The outpouring of the Holy Spirit in Asbury is a clue that God is doing something, and He is asking us to pay attention. It's time to lean in with increased devotion, preparing our hearts, and strengthening the walls of our souls to carry the coming glory of revival. We must remember that as God is drawing near to us, He's inviting us to continue to draw near to Him.

God Comes Where He's Wanted: The Cry of the Lord - Suzy Silk

Mon, 13 Feb 2023 16:18:00 +0000

In our final week of 'God Comes Where He's Wanted' Pastor Suzy emphasized the importance of understanding God's cry for our vital consecration and purity, as we desire and call upon our Holy God in our hearts, homes, church, and region. As King of the universe, we need to seek Him based on His terms, not our own, and we must consecrate our hearts and bodies to His holiness so that the cry of our heart, home, church, and region ushers in the revival we long for.

God Comes Where He's Wanted: The Cry of the Region - Sam Gibson

Wed, 08 Feb 2023 20:59:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Sam continued our teaching series, "God Comes Where He's Wanted" by unpacking the cry for the region through Isaiah 64. He offered three invitations to help us move from complacency, to concern, to crying our for God to intervene and reveal Himself in our region based on the pattern evident in Scripture. We must discern the season we are in, and develop a desperation for God to come have His way in every area of the world around us.

God Comes Where He's Wanted: The Cry of the Church - Lee Cummings

Mon, 30 Jan 2023 03:03:00 +0000

This Sunday, guest Pastor Lee Cummings continued our teaching series, "God Comes Where He's Wanted" by teaching on the importance of building altars through our lives. Through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus, God allows His people to be living temples of the Holy Spirit, invites us to walk in holy confidence, and equips us to invade the darkness of our world with His glory.

Our Living the Liturgy campaign is still open for giving through the end of January. We encourage you to prayerfully consider joining us in giving to our Living the Liturgy campaign at church.nyc/give.

Click here to listen to Heart on Fire by Emily Lindquist, a song inspired by what God is doing in our community at Church of the City New York.

Elder Installment

Sun, 29 Jan 2023 01:11:00 +0000

Sunday was a historic day in the life of Church of the City as we installed the men and women of our first Elder Cohort as official Elders in our church. After a year long process, the Elders were commissioned at all four of our Sunday Services. We are so excited they have each joined this office of leadership, and look forward to the care, guidance, and wisdom they will provide as they shepherd our community.

God Comes Where He's Wanted: The Cry of the Home - Jon Tyson

Mon, 23 Jan 2023 02:07:00 +0000

This Sunday Pastor Jon Tyson continued our teaching series "God Comes Where He's Wanted" with a teaching on cultivating the cry of our homes. Whether we are parents, married, or single, we can make the cry of our homes, "God I want you here," and be a part of raising up the next generation in faith. We are being called to embrace this heart of prayer, and take up responsibility for the transfer faith to the generation to come.

Click here to listen to Heart on Fire by Emily Lindquist, a song inspired by what God is doing in our community at Church of the City New York.

God Comes Where He's Wanted: The Cry of the Heart - Jon Tyson

Mon, 16 Jan 2023 01:59:00 +0000

This Sunday Pastor Jon Tyson continued our teaching series "God Comes Where He's Wanted" by diving into the practice of cultivating our hearts in such a way that they would be a place God delights to dwell.

Click here to listen to Heart on Fire by Emily Lindquist, a song inspired by what God is doing in our community at Church of the City New York.

God Comes Where He's Wanted - Jon Tyson

Tue, 10 Jan 2023 17:37:00 +0000

This Sunday Pastor Jon Tyson began our first teaching series of the New Year, "God Comes Where He's Wanted", that will focus on cultivating the altars of our hearts, homes, church, and city in hopes of ushering revival through an outpouring of the Holy Spirit.

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Advent Week IV: Lessons & Carols - Jon Tyson

Mon, 19 Dec 2022 15:45:00 +0000

This Sunday, we celebrated the birth of Jesus with our annual Lessons & Carols service, an ancient church tradition of proclaiming the story of Jesus' first Advent through hymns and the reading of Scripture. The songs and stories of Christmas that we know so well have toppled kingdoms, delivered people, and transformed history. However, it's so easy for us to hear them year after year, and yet still miss the things that God is doing in our midst. As His people, we must be hungry for the hope and glory Christmas holds for the world, and celebrate Jesus' coming with wonder and amazement.

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Advent Week III: There is a Way - Jon Tyson

Mon, 12 Dec 2022 21:12:00 +0000

This Sunday Pastor Jon Tyson continued our Advent series with a teaching from John 14:1-10 about Jesus coming to make a way out of darkness for us. It is through His first advent that we see the mission of God to come and get humanity and lead us back to Himself. We need Christmas, because despite all of the evil in the world and ourselves, Jesus makes a way for us when we are lost, reveals truth in a world of lies, and gives us life in a world of death.

Click here to listen to Sanctuary by Emily Lindquist, a song inspired by what God is doing in our community at Church of the City New York.

Advent Week II: There is a Darkness - Jon Tyson

Mon, 05 Dec 2022 02:58:00 +0000

This Sunday Pastor Jon Tyson continued our Advent series with a teaching from John 3:16-21 about the darkness that exists within the world and within us. Advent makes room for us to face the darkness Jesus rescues us from, and invites us to ask Him to lead us into the freedom of His marvelous light forever. It is out of this truth that we can offer a "Merry Christmas" out of a place of deep joy to everyone we meet, knowing that our darkness has been conquered by His light.

Click here to listen to Sanctuary by Emily Lindquist, a song inspired by what God is doing in our community at Church of the City New York.

Advent Week I: There is a Light - Suzy Silk

Mon, 28 Nov 2022 16:12:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Suzy began our Advent series with a teaching from John 1 about the Light of God coming into the world through the person of Jesus. Jesus has overcome all darkness, but we must receive Him as the Light in the beginning, the Light of the World, and that He will be the Light of His people in the age to come. When we believe and receive Jesus' Light, we are freed from having to illuminate ourselves, given the ability to wholly live in His presence, and called to be witnesses to His Light for all the world to see.

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The Jesus Stuff: Truth - Ashley Anderson

Mon, 21 Nov 2022 16:41:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Ashley concluded our Fall sermon series, The Jesus Stuff, with a teaching on truth, not as an ideological framework, but as the person of Jesus. Jesus promises that when we abide in God's Word, we will know His truth, and His truth will set us free.

The Jesus Stuff: God's Love - David Bennett

Mon, 07 Nov 2022 18:49:00 +0000

This Sunday, guest teacher David Bennett continued our Fall sermon series, The Jesus Stuff, with a teaching on the radical and mysterious love of God. Framed under the idea that God has a love that is unique for every person, David shared his testimony of moving from an atheistic, gay activist, to becoming a follower of Jesus, who now advocates for a positive moral vision of biblical sexuality and discipleship.

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Making Sense of the Church: Marriage - Jon Tyson

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The Controversial Jesus: Sexual Formation - Jon Tyson

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The Controversial Jesus: Jesus and the Gay Community - Jon Tyson

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The Controversial Jesus: Jesus, Gender, and the Trans Community - Jon Tyson

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The Jesus Stuff: Justice Margin - Suzy Silk

Mon, 31 Oct 2022 19:51:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Suzy continued our Fall sermon series, The Jesus Stuff, with a teaching on the way Jesus used His margin to do justice and love mercy as He walked with God. Jesus went above and beyond in His care for people to the point that He poured out His whole life, and He calls us to do the same.

The Jesus Stuff: The Table - Jon Tyson

Mon, 24 Oct 2022 16:08:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon continued our Fall sermon series, The Jesus Stuff, by digging into the most controversial aspect of Jesus's ministry: who He ate with. Jesus created space for people to encounter the Father's scandalous grace.

The Jesus Stuff: The Secret Place - Jon Tyson

Mon, 17 Oct 2022 16:02:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon continued our Fall sermon series, The Jesus Stuff, by taking a deeper look at the importance of communion with God in the secret place. The source of flourishing in Jesus' ministry was His consistent time withdrawing to the secret place to pray and spend time with His Father, and through His death and resurrection we also have access to this source of life.

The Jesus Stuff: Dependence - Suzy Silk

Mon, 10 Oct 2022 15:42:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Suzy continued our Fall sermon series, The Jesus Stuff, by diving into the importance of being dependent on the Holy Spirit and interdependent on the body of Christ.

The Jesus Stuff: Healing - Darren Rouanzoin

Mon, 03 Oct 2022 15:24:00 +0000

This Sunday, guest Pastor Darren Rouanzoin continued our Fall sermon series, The Jesus Stuff, with a powerful and practical teaching on healing. When we look at the ministry of Jesus, it is clear that He prioritized preaching the Kingdom, healing the sick, and casting out demons, and as His followers, we are called to continue this ministry here on earth through the power of the Holy Spirit.

The Jesus Stuff: The Kingdom - Jon Tyson

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 21:31:58 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon continued our Fall sermon series, The Jesus Stuff, with a clarifying teaching on the what the Kingdom of God actually is and what it looks like to seek it first in our world today. The Kingdom of God is the reality of God bringing about His will on earth. The gospel of the Kingdom is a threat, and pursing it will bring resistance into our lives, but we cannot do The Jesus Stuff without the Kingdom stuff.

The Jesus Stuff: Radical Obedience - Jon Tyson

Mon, 19 Sep 2022 16:13:35 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon continued our Fall sermon series, The Jesus Stuff, by posing three questions we can ask before we walk into any situation that will help lead us to live as Jesus did, not just manage our sin. As we pursue The Jesus Stuff, we must have faith that God is moving so we can join Him, listen for His promptings so we can hear His whispers of where to go, and move in obedience towards where He leads no matter the cost.

The Jesus Stuff - Jon Tyson

Mon, 12 Sep 2022 16:35:13 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon kicked off our Fall sermon series, The Jesus Stuff, where we will examine the kind of disciples Jesus calls us to be by taking a deeper look at how He lived His life. When we obey what Jesus calls us to do, resolving to not only learn from Him but act like Him, we move from participating in generic faith to living explicitly for Jesus. The Gospel is our invitation to burn with passion for the person of Jesus, and our call to the missionary adventure of reminding people of the beauty of the Jesus Stuff.

Defiant Joy: The Anatomy of a Movement - Jon Tyson

Mon, 05 Sep 2022 14:03:11 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon wrapped up our Summer sermon series, Defiant Joy: A Study Through Philippians, with Paul's closing message to the church at Philippi. When we study Paul's life and church history, it is evident that the Gospel is always moving along relational lines. Through Paul's relationship with the Philippians we see the Gospel being carried out because of their sacrificial commitment to Jesus and His Kingdom, long, loyal relationships to one another, and generous partnerships to promote the movement. Paul's life of mission was a response to the love that saved him, and he calls us to respond in the same way, giving everything we have for the sake of the Gospel.

Defiant Joy: The Peace of God - Ashley Anderson

Mon, 29 Aug 2022 13:53:33 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Ashley, continued our Summer sermon series, Defiant Joy: A Study Through Philippians, by focusing on Paul's insight into the peace of God and the God of peace being available to us. Paul's message is not meant to dismiss anxiety, but to reveal our access to peace in the midst of distress. Pastor Ashley taught that Paul first calls us to rejoice in the Lord and what He's done, to be gentle with one another, and finally to not be anxious about anything. The order of these exhortations tell us that peace is not found in the absence of anxiety, but in the reorientation of every circumstance in the presence of Jesus.

Defiant Joy: Unity in the Lord - Darren Whitehead

Mon, 22 Aug 2022 14:58:20 +0000

This Sunday, guest Pastor, Darren Whitehead, continued our Summer sermon series, Defiant Joy: A Study Through Philippians, and focused in on Paul's call to unity in the church. These verses reveal a conflict between two women in the church at Philippi, but Paul pleads with them to have the same mind in the Lord. This points us to the truth that the beauty of unity is rooted in God's ability to transform our desires towards His. Community is not an absence of conflict, but the presence of God's reconciling Spirit. However, there are cultural challenges that try to stand in the way unity. The church today faces political, racial, generational, and economic divides, but in the Lord there can be a unity in the body that crosses all of these lines. As believers, our loyalty to Jesus should be greater than our loyalty to any political party, we should identify first and foremost as a follower of Jesus, we should honor the generation before us and not look down on the generation after but build them up, and we should extend care within the church regardless of financial standing. These counter-cultural postures foster unity in the church and creates access to new authority. Pastor Darren referenced Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit fell on followers of Jesus, and before the Spirit came, it is said that the believers were 'all of one accord in one place.' It was after unity was already happening that God poured out His Spirit, and the early church was born. Unity is so important to God that He commands a blessing where His people live in unity with one another. We each have the ability to disrupt unity, but we also have the ability to repair it, and this is God's call to us today.

Defiant Joy: Live Up to Your Citizenship - Suzy Silk

Mon, 15 Aug 2022 14:20:02 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Suzy continued our Summer sermon series, Defiant Joy: A Study Through Philippians, by teaching on Paul's call for us to live into our heavenly citizenship. Believers have been given the benefits of being co-heirs with Christ because of His sacrifice on the cross, but we must live up to what we have attained through Him. This passage tells us that we are citizens of heaven, but that we are called to live up to that truth in this life.

Defiant Joy: Thoroughly Converted - Jon Tyson

Mon, 08 Aug 2022 15:54:42 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon continued our Summer sermon series, Defiant Joy: A Study Through Philippians, by unpacking the beginning of Chapter 3. Here, Paul delivers insight into his own transformation of faith and highlights how we can follow his example of being thoroughly converted. Being thoroughly converted calls us to take all of our broken pieces and direct them towards the person of Jesus, trusting that in Him we will one day be made whole.

Defiant Joy: The Concerns of Christ - Suzy Silk

Thu, 04 Aug 2022 17:42:14 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Suzy continued our Summer sermon series, Defiant Joy: A Study Through Philippians by teaching on the last section of Chapter 2. Here, Paul commends Timothy and Epaphroditus as men who care deeply about the church and the gospel. Paul makes a connection between the Philippians church, the proclamation of the gospel, and the interests of Christ.

Defiant Joy: Complain or Contribute

Tue, 26 Jul 2022 00:13:44 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Keithen continued our Summer sermon series, Defiant Joy: A Study Through Philippians by preaching on Paul's encouragement in Philippians 2 to live as the people of God in the world. Paul wrote to the church of Philippi, whose people were the new Israel. Ultimately, as we live as true disciples of Jesus, joy becomes the mark of our spiritual authority in the world.

Defiant Joy: Grasping or Giving: Community in the way of Jesus - Jon Tyson

Mon, 18 Jul 2022 18:45:17 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon continued our Summer sermon series, Defiant Joy: A Study Through Philippians by taking a practical look at what it means to love people like Jesus did. Loving others can seem increasingly difficult in today's world, but this passage urges us to have the same, loving mindset as Christ in our relationships. Jesus loved us in an unreasonable way, and calls us to be like Him, finding joy in someone else's prospering, even when it is at our own expense.

Defiant Joy: Unity & Division - Jon Tyson

Mon, 11 Jul 2022 20:37:30 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon continued our Summer sermon series, Defiant Joy: A Study Through Philippians by examining Paul's call to the church to be a place of defiant unity in the face of the narcissism, contempt, and division in our current culture. Pastor Jon reminded us that while we can love God on our own, we cannot be the people of God on our own. Jesus calls us to value others above ourselves and sacrifice our preferences to become a compelling, alternative community of love and unity for our world.

Defiant Joy: No Matter What - Matt Ro

Wed, 06 Jul 2022 13:36:54 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Matthew Ro continued our Summer sermon series, Defiant Joy: A Study Through Philippians by looking at Paul's mission statement, "For to me to live is Christ and to die is gain," and how it enabled him to have defiant joy no matter what. Paul knew everything Jesus endured was for us, so we have the ability to endure anything for His sake, and our earthly realities can become second by the beauty and glory of Jesus breaking through.

Defiant Joy: Proclamation of the Gospel - Suzy Silk

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 04:33:29 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Suzy continued our new sermon series, Defiant Joy: A Study Through Philippians by looking at Paul's prioritization of the proclamation of the gospel. We find Paul rejoicing at the end of this text because the gospel message was still being advanced even while he was in prison. Paul's letter should not only encourage us to reassess and reorder our own priorities around the glorification of Christ, but also strengthen our courage and resolve to share the gospel in every circumstance.

Above All Else - Banning Liebscher

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 04:04:58 +0000

Guest Pastor Banning Liebscher gave a word about the importance of guarding our hearts against the lies of the enemy. Jesus came to connect us to truth and bring us freedom and abundant life, so the enemy's main strategy against us is to disconnect us from truth through lies and lead us into a life of bondage. By keeping a vigilant watch over our hearts, meditating strategically on God's Truth, praying consistently, and liberally casting our cares and burdens on the Lord, we can disrupt the enemy's schemes to keep us from the life freedom Jesus has for us.

Defiant Joy: The Work of God - Suzy Silk

Tue, 14 Jun 2022 03:58:31 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Suzy continued our new sermon series, Defiant Joy: A Study Through Philippians by looking at the Work of God. As we continue in Paul's letter to the Philippians, we quickly see that, even though he is in prison, he is still able to rejoice. Paul's source of defiant joy was in the work of the everlasting God, not in the work of any one man. As believers, we can share in this confidence and this joy, that God is always working in us, through us, and around us to bring forth the Good News of the Gospel.

Defiant Joy: A Study Through Philippians - Jon Tyson

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 18:42:18 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon kicked off our Summer series, Defiant Joy: A Study Through Philippians. The apostle Paul is writing to the church he planted at Philippi, a community dear to his heart, and through the themes spiritual mentoring through his own life's examples, defiant joy unshaken by circumstances, steadfast unity in the Spirit, and a reorientation around the worth of the person of Jesus, Paul reveals the secrets of the art of living a life of flourishing.

Seizing Divine Moments - Guy Wasko

Tue, 31 May 2022 12:50:16 +0000

This Sunday guest Pastor Guy Wasko gave a teaching on the importance of Seizing Divine Moments. Through part of Jonathan's story in 1 Samuel, we learn that sometimes God is asking us to just show up with nothing but an expectation that He will move.

Seeing Jesus: Through Despair - Suzy Silk

Mon, 23 May 2022 15:13:15 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Suzy continued our 'Seeing Jesus' series with the story of Mary Magdalene's encounter with the risen Jesus outside of His tomb, and revealed how we can see Jesus through our despair. We meet Mary in the depths of her grief, distressed from the loss of Jesus, and find she is on the edge of giving up hope. Through her encounter with Jesus, we are reminded grief in this life is temporary, because Jesus has defeated death and made our hope secure in Him.

Seeing Jesus Through Denying Faith - Jon Tyson

Tue, 17 May 2022 19:25:13 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon taught on "Seeing Jesus Through Denying Faith" by taking a closer look at Judas' betrayal and denial of Jesus. While Pastor Jon reminded us that while we cannot lose our salvation, we can deny our faith. It is confusing and painful to examine why faith fails, but it is increasingly necessary in our culture where people are rapidly turning away from faith. Judas' story invites us to examine our motives for believing in Jesus.

Seeing Jesus: Through Doubt - Jon Tyson

Tue, 10 May 2022 15:46:00 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon taught on "Seeing Jesus Through Doubt" with the story of Thomas' reaction to the news of Jesus' resurrection. After missing Jesus' first appearance to His disciples after His resurrection, Thomas begins to wrestle through his doubts around who Jesus is and what He came to do. Thomas' story is not meant to be a cautionary tale for believers today, but display the encouraging truth that facing down our doubts will deepen our faith.

Seeing Jesus: Through Disappointment - Suzy Silk

Tue, 03 May 2022 17:10:18 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Suzy continued our Seeing Jesus series with "Seeing Jesus Through Disappointment" by walking through Jesus' post-resurrection encounter with two of His disheartened disciples on their journey to Emmaus. By viewing this account like a miniature play, she broke this story down into three acts and an epilogue that reflect a journey we can still relate to today.

Seeing Jesus: When Your Faith Fails - Jon Tyson

Wed, 27 Apr 2022 01:05:46 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon began a series called Seeing Jesus, focused on different post-ressurection accounts of Jesus and the impact they had on the faith of His followers. Through Peter, Pastor Jon pointed out three things that the can enemy use to block our view of the mercy and hope that we have been given through Jesus. However Jesus calls us back to Himself like He called Peter; to return to Him and strengthen others.

Easter Sunday: Seeing Jesus - Jon Tyson

Tue, 19 Apr 2022 01:57:32 +0000

For Easter Sunday this year, Pastor Jon focused on "seeing Jesus" in John's gospel account of the resurrection. Through using three different Greek words for sight/seeing, John lays out the different ways Jesus is viewed in our world today. The invitation of Easter is to "come and see" Jesus for yourself, and find that through faith in Him and His story, all questions of origin, meaning, morality, and identity are answered, and that He alone can satisfy all your needs.

Converting the Church: Resisting Mercy - Jon Tyson

Tue, 12 Apr 2022 16:51:15 +0000

In this week's sermon, Pastor Jon Tyson concluded Jesus' prophetic woes to the Pharisees by providing the cultural and historical context with which He made His triumphant entrance into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. Jesus' rebuke of the Pharissee's ends with a final, heartbreaking plea to repent and recieve the mercy of God, and the same call is presented to us today.

Converting the Church: Kill the Prophets - Suzy Silk

Tue, 05 Apr 2022 01:13:27 +0000

This week, Pastor Suzy taught on the last woe Jesus gave the Pharisees in Matthew 23. The Pharisees knew their own history and had the witness of Scripture, but still repeated the sins of their fathers. This was Jesus's last call to them for repentance, and He longed to show them mercy. Even up until his final days, Jesus calls them to turn back from their hypocrisy and toward him as their Savior. Jesus extends the same invitation to us, offering his blood on our behalf and a new heart.

Converting the Church: Whitewashed Tombs - Jon Tyson

Tue, 29 Mar 2022 19:15:10 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon continued our Converting the Church series by teaching us about the sixth woe Jesus gave the Pharisees when He called out their pointless practices that defiled people instead of cleansing them. God is so committed to our freedom, that anything we cover instead of confess, will be brought into the light of day.

Converting the Church: Inside vs. Outside - Ashley Anderson

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 13:26:21 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Ashley continued our Converting the Church sermon series by encouraging us to receive God's grace and truly believe the love He has for us. In Matthew 23, Jesus uses the imagery of a dirty cup to teach the Pharisees that they are striving for external cleanliness, when really it's the heart that should first be made clean.

Converting the Church: Weightier Things - Jon Tyson

Mon, 14 Mar 2022 16:32:59 +0000

This Sunday, our Converting the Church series continued as Pastor Jon called us to focus on the major parts of our faith over the minor details which can easily cloud our vision. To be disciples of Jesus, we need to be like Him and weigh with the actions of our lives and our motivations against His words, and make sure we can see clearly, discern, and practice the things that truly matter to the heart of God.

Converting the Church: False Promises - Suzy Silk

Mon, 07 Mar 2022 13:15:10 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Suzy continued our Converting the Church series by unpacking Jesus's third woe to the Pharisees regarding promise-breaking and promise-keeping. As followers of Jesus, we must become a community whose "yes" means "yes," and "no" means "no." In keeping our word, we reflect our promise-keeping God, and can offer the stability we have recived from His unfailing faithfulness to the people around us.

Converting the Church: Converts of Hell - Jon Tyson

Tue, 01 Mar 2022 17:01:04 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon unpacked Jesus' second 'woe' to the Pharisees in Matthew 23, where He called out their toxic evangelism converting people into children of hell instead of children of Heaven. We are challenged to reflect on how we can bring the good news of Jesus to people without the coercion and cultural baggage that seems to do so much damage. Jesus promises that if He is lifted up, He will draw all people to Himself and satisfy them. All we are called to do is present the free gospel to the thirsty world, and it will bring the Kingdom of Heaven and turn people into children of God.

Converting the Church: Shutting Doors in People's Faces - Ralph Castillo

Mon, 21 Feb 2022 22:28:30 +0000

This Sunday, guest Pastor Ralph Castillo delved Jesus' first of the seven woes to the Pharisees, that they shut the door of the Kingdom in people's faces through their hypocratic practices and selfish stewardship of the ways to connect to God. Jesus came to be the true door to the Kingdom of Heaven, and like the Pharisees, it seems the modern day church has similarly gotten in the way of people coming to Him. This woe calls us to remember God's desire to gather us to Himself, repent of our stubborness, and instead become a pleasing aroma that points people to the satisfying substance of Christ.

Converting the Church: Everything for Show - Jon Tyson

Tue, 15 Feb 2022 04:23:08 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon continued our Converting the Church series by unpacking Jesus' critique of the Pharisees' performative religion and revealing how the same self-seeking spirit has crept into today's church, disappointing and disillusioning people seeking truth. Only by being secure in our identity as God's Beloved, as Jesus was, can we recognize the true greatness of a life spent poured out on behalf of others in sacrificial servanthood, and then actually live in a way that walks into a room and says "there you are," instead of "here I am."

Converting the Church: Heavy Burdens - Jon Tyson

Mon, 07 Feb 2022 23:18:11 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon kicked off our new sermon series centered on Jesus' seven woes to the Pharisees in Matthew 23 called Converting the Church. This series will invite us to examine our own ways and beliefs, and create opportunities for us as individuals and a church to repent for the ways we have tried to add to God's law or avoid parts of it. Jesus began His public rebuke of the religion of His day by warning His disciples and the crowds that while the Pharisees' tradition was rooted in truth, their practices were not. The modern, evangelical church must also heed the warning of Jesus to convert religious burdens into freeing grace so that it properly reflects the live giving Good News of His Gospel.

SEEKING GOD: Advocates - Suzy Silk

Tue, 01 Feb 2022 04:52:06 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Suzy finished our "Seeking God" series by preaching from Ezekiel 22 about the importance of the Advocate. In the face of sin, God in His holiness must bring about justice, yet He longs to show mercy, and looks for people to repair the broken walls and stand in the breach to advocate for mankind. As believers, we are empowered by the blood and intercession of Jesus, and are called to become God's advocates by repenting for our own sins and contributions to the corruption of our generation; live righteously, disciple others, and work to rebuild society; and become people of prayer who choose to serve our city.

SEEKING GOD: Worshipers - Jon Tyson

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 02:24:36 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon continued our Seeking God series with a teaching on the Worshiper. Through the story of the woman at the well in the gospel of John, we find God's passion for worship, and the lengths He will go to draw worship out of the human heart. Jesus' interactions with this woman reveal the Father's determination to satisfy our deepest desires by thrilling us with Himself; telling us everything we've ever done, and still offering us His endless love and living water.

SEEKING GOD: Intercessors - Corey Russell

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 06:29:41 +0000

This Sunday, guest pastor Corey Russell continued our Seeking God series by teaching on the Intercessor. Anchoring his teaching in Isaiah 59, Pastor Corey pointed out that God is deeply and emotionally invested in the state of humanity, and in His longing for justice, sought out a human intercessor to stand in the gap for the purpose our reconciliation to Him. Intercessors are living proof of God's love for humanity, emerging for the purpose of salvation, and when God could not find an intercessor on earth, He stretched out His own arm towards us, becoming fully human in Christ Jesus, so that He could be our intercessor.

SEEKING GOD: The Lost - Jon Tyson

Mon, 10 Jan 2022 18:23:53 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon continued our January sermon series, "Seeking God," by examining the story of Zacchaeus and the lengths that God will go to seek to save the lost. Jesus' Great Commission at the end of Matthew's gospel commands His followers to "go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit," establishing that the priority of Heaven is bringing the lost home, and forcing us to ask, "Is it also ours?" For the Gospel of Jesus is the only message in the world that acknowledges both the beauty of the human soul and the brokenness of it, and still says it is worth saving. The church of Christ was made to continue His mission to seek and save the lost, meeting them with the unexpected, life-altering, grace of the Gospel.

SEEKING GOD: Surrendered Hearts - Jon Tyson

Mon, 03 Jan 2022 18:54:36 +0000

SEEKING GOD: SURRENDERED HEARTS — This Sunday, we began our January sermon series, "Seeking God." Pastor Jon pointed out that though we know God is a "seeking" God, we rarely consider who or what He is seeking. This week we saw that God is seeking surrendered hearts, wholly devoted to Him, by looking at the life of King Asa in 2 Chronicles. Asa's reign over Judah displays both whole-hearted devotion and the tragedy of half-heartedness. Pastor Jon exhorted us to resolve to diligently seek God, identify and renounce any division in our hearts (not managing idols but destroying them), and reignite our passion for seeking God. A half-hearted response is inappropriate towards a whole-hearted God who loves us and spared no expense to save us.

Advent: Lessons & Carols - Suzy Silk

Mon, 20 Dec 2021 20:50:29 +0000

This Advent Season, we have been exploring Christmas through different characters in the story of Jesus' birth, and this week, Pastor Suzy took a closer look at Mary in her sermonette for Lessons & Carols. Through Mary, we see a beautiful picture of what happens when the deep longings of both a people, and an individual, are fulfilled. The core longing of each person is to be loved, and at the end of the day, the Christmas story is a love story that we are invited to recognize, respond to, participate in, and witness about to the all the world.

Advent: The Curiosity of Christmas - Jon Tyson

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 04:34:24 +0000

This past Sunday, Pastor Jon explored the curiosity Christmas stirs up in the human heart through the story of the Wise Men in Matthew's gospel. In their journey we see the importance of humbly seeking answers beyond ourselves and actively evaluating and deciding what is worth our whole life devotion.

Advent: Longing Contested - Jon Tyson

Tue, 07 Dec 2021 03:56:11 +0000

This past Sunday, Pastor Jon continued our Advent series by examining the story of Joseph and what he teaches us about embracing a spirit of peace in contested spaces. Pastor Jon explained that peace that relies on perfect circumstances is actually no peace at all. Instead, Joseph's life shows us that true peace is disruptive and anti-fragile, is found in the miraculous ordinary, and comes through costly obedience.

Advent: Longing Deferred - Olivia Munn-Shirsath

Tue, 30 Nov 2021 03:11:28 +0000

This past Sunday, Pastor Olivia kicked off our Advent sermon series with a message on deferred longing being an invitation to hope. Jesus knows that desires lurk within us, both pure and unpure, and that it is much safer to open up these desires in His presence. Once we acknowledge these longings, we are inevitably led into the reality of waiting and hoping for these longings to be fulfilled.

The Way of Jesus: The Way of Justice - Ashley Anderson

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 20:20:16 +0000

This week, Pastor Ashley concluded our "The Way of Jesus" series with "The Way of Justice." When Jesus inaugurated His ministry, He announced Himself as the same God of the Old Testament who defended the fatherless, the widowed, the poor, and the oppressed. Ultimately, she taught that Jesus' biblical justice requires us to sacrifice privilege with suspended judgment for the restoration of others.

The Way of Jesus: The Way of Gratitude - Suzy Silk

Thu, 18 Nov 2021 02:53:20 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Suzy continued in our "The Way of Jesus" series by teaching through "The Way of Gratitude." She focused on a story in Luke's gospel of Jesus healing ten men with leprosy, only to have one of them return and thank Him, and pointed out that we often suffer from a similar lack of gratitude when it comes to Jesus. She encouraged us to create rhythms of gratitude, so that we will be able to give thanks in all circumstances and not forget who God is and what He has done for us.

The Way of Jesus: The Way of Encounter - Jon Tyson

Wed, 10 Nov 2021 03:06:48 +0000

This past Sunday, Pastor Jon preached about the personal and intentional steps he routinely practices to encounter the Lord. He used the acronym of T.I.M.E to explain his process which consists of identifying Truth, asking for Insight, going on Mission, and the resulting experience of true Encounter. Through the devotion of our time, patience, and obedience we continue forward on our journey into understanding and the living out of the depths of joy and freedom our heavenly Father has to offer us.

The Way of Jesus: The Way of Prayer - Jon Tyson

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 20:35:55 +0000

This week, Pastor Jon continued our Fall series with "The Way of Prayer" by preaching about how to become a people of peace in the midst of anxiety. When we look to the example of Jesus, we see that He pursued the promised peace of God by committing to a life of consistent prayer.

The Way of Jesus: The Way of Mercy - Ralph Castillo

Thu, 28 Oct 2021 03:11:46 +0000

This past Sunday, guest speaker Pastor Ralph Castillo preached on "The Way of Mercy," showing us from the story of Jonah how God orchestrates moments of mercy in our lives to draw us closer to Him. Though we may often believe our way is better than His, God reminds us through his kindness that His ways are higher than our ways, and no matter how far we stray, He is always able to redeem our lives and use them for His glory.

The Way of Jesus: The Way of Dependance - Ashley Anderson

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 01:50:36 +0000

This past Sunday, Pastor Ashley continued in our The Way of Jesus series by examining "The Way of Dependence." She broke down how we define abiding, how we know if we're abiding, and why the invitation to abide is good news.

The Way of Jesus: The Way of Remembrance - Jon Tyson

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 17:58:52 +0000

This past Sunday, Pastor Jon continued our The Way of Jesus series with "The Way of Remembrance." He taught that remembering who God is and what He has done is one of the most important parts of our discipleship, while one of the enemy's greatest schemes to destroy our faith is to have us forget. Pastor Jon urged us to remember Jesus, our salvation, and our mission as believers by setting the Lord before us in every moment, always thinking of Him, just as He is always thinking of us.

The Way of Jesus: The Way of Confrontation - Jon Tyson

Mon, 04 Oct 2021 15:57:23 +0000

This past Sunday, Pastor Jon continued our "The Way of Jesus" series with "The Way of Confrontation." The work of God's formation in us unsurprisingly takes place at the points where we are not yet formed in Christ's image. One of the first steps in formation is that of confrontation: a challenge and call to come out of our brokenness and into the fullness of Christ.

The Way of Jesus: The Way of Devotion - Suzy Silk

Tue, 28 Sep 2021 17:43:47 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Suzy continued "The Way of Jesus" series with "The Way of Devotion." She pointed us to two of Jesus' parables about the Kingdom of God being a treasure of immeasurable value that is worth sacrificing for. When Jesus calls us to follow Him, He requires us to give our whole selves, just as He joyfully did for us, to live a life devoted to His Kingdom cause.

The Way of Jesus: Self-Denial - Jon Tyson

Tue, 21 Sep 2021 19:48:57 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon continued our "The Way of Jesus" series with "The Way of Self-Denial." The greatest challenge to our discipleship is the centrality of our self and our desires. Jesus extends us an invitation for a transformed life by denying ourselves, taking up our cross, and following Him. We must not soften sin to the point of pain management, but rather kill it completely in our pursuit of Jesus. Only His love breaks the spell of our own self.

The Way of Jesus: Introduction - Jon Tyson

Wed, 15 Sep 2021 04:40:07 +0000

This past Sunday, Pastor Jon kicked off a new sermon series called "The Way of Jesus." He warned us against the ways our fallen world can trap and form our hearts through lusts, pride, and toxic religion, and instead spurred us to follow in the way of Jesus so that we can be formed, transformed, and conformed to His likeness. We were created to enjoy God and walk with Him, imaging our Creator, and living in the way of Jesus fulfills our ultimate destiny of experiencing the our fully formed selves living with Christ in us.

Colossians: The Movement You Long For - Suzy Silk

Mon, 06 Sep 2021 17:37:32 +0000

This past Sunday, Pastor Suzy finished out our Summer Colossians series by teaching about the "Movement You Long For." She reminded us that, as believers, we have all been called into the God's movement to bring His Kingdom by spreading the good news of the gospel and making disciples.

Colossians: The Mission You Long For - Adam Durso

Mon, 30 Aug 2021 20:19:42 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Adam Durso continued our series through Colossians by diving into "The Mission You Long For." He broke down Paul's exhortation for the church to be devoted to prayer, watchfulness, and thankfulness as the starting point for living on mission in our daily lives. He pointed out that this heart posture brings an awareness of where God wants us to partner with Him, and that often times our mission field is at the intersection of our pain and in the comfort of the Gospel. It is out of the overflow of how God comforts us, that we can begin to comfort others.

Colossians: The Family You Long for - Olivia Munn-Shirsath

Mon, 23 Aug 2021 14:57:45 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Olivia continued our Summer series by breaking down the relationships in the home mentioned in Colossians with "The Family You Long For." She reminded us that we are called to live like Jesus, who came "not to be served, but to serve," and by taking this posture into our familial relationships, we can present a redemptive vision of families to the world.

Colossians: The Peace You Long For - Ralph Castillo

Mon, 16 Aug 2021 16:31:33 +0000

THE PEACE YOU LONG FOR: This Sunday we continued our journey through the book of Colossians with "The Peace You Long For" from guest Pastor Ralph Castillo, who implored us to let Jesus and the peace only He can provide reign supremely in our hearts.

Colossians: The Transformation You Long For - Ashley Anderson

Mon, 09 Aug 2021 20:40:36 +0000

This past Sunday, Pastor Ashley continued our Colossians series with "The Transformation You Long For." When Paul wrote his letter to the church at Colossae, he urged them to stay true to the Christian story, which starts with a funeral and ends with a wedding. The path to true transformation only comes through death, resurrection, and return.

Colossians: The Freedom You Long For - Suzy Silk

Mon, 02 Aug 2021 15:17:37 +0000

This past Sunday, Pastor Suzy continued our Colossians series by preaching about the freedom we long for. Culture tells us that freedom is found in expressing ourselves and satisfying our cravings, but the scriptures reveal living this way actually enslaves us to addiction and sin. Instead, freedom can only be found in Jesus by accepting His death for our sins and receiving a new Spirit that will allow us to walk in true freedom in His love.

Colossians: The Victory You Long For - Phil Manginelli

Mon, 26 Jul 2021 16:35:21 +0000

This past Sunday, Pastor Phil Manginelli from The Square Church in Atlanta continued our Colossians series with "The Victory You Long For." There is an inevitable human ache within all of us for victory. When victory is pending, we have to figure out which voice we're going to trust and whose call we're going to respond to. Victory is in Jesus's essence, and He's the only one who can get us through sin and death.

Colossians: The Stability You Long For - Suzy Silk

Mon, 19 Jul 2021 15:47:11 +0000

THE STABILITY YOU LONG FOR - This Sunday, Pastor Suzy continued our Summer series on Colossians by preaching about "The Stability You Long For." Often, we look for stability in a multitude of places so that we can feel free and self-actualized. In reality, we only find true security in the person and promise of Jesus Christ, our hope of glory.

Colossians: The Maturity You Long For - Jon Tyson

Mon, 12 Jul 2021 16:08:09 +0000

This past Sunday, Pastor Jon continued our Colossians series with "The Maturity You Long For." He addressed the tragedy of rampant immaturity in the culture and the church, and revealed that God wants to show us a better way by developing spiritual maturity.

Colossians: The Holiness You Long For - Jon Tyson

Tue, 06 Jul 2021 13:36:58 +0000

This Sunday, we continued our summer series on Colossians with "The Holiness You Long For." Pastor Jon broke down last week's meta-level teaching on our beautiful salvation with a more practical understanding of what salvation means for us in our culture today.

Colossians: The Savior You Long For - Olivia Munn-Shirsath

Mon, 28 Jun 2021 21:23:33 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Olivia continued our summer series on Colossians by preaching about "The Savior You Long For." She dove into the importance of knowing who Jesus really is and having an accurate theology of Him so that we can have a true understanding of the Gospel message.

Colossians: The Power You Long For - Ralph Castillo

Mon, 21 Jun 2021 15:05:27 +0000

This Sunday we heard from guest Pastor Ralph Castillo, who admonished us to root God's power in our hearts through patience, long-suffering, and joy as we continue our series in Colossians with "The Power You Long For." If we earnestly seek His power, we can praise the Lord in the midst of any trial, because we will be able to see His fruit in our lives; His kingdom, our redemption, and the forgiveness of all our sins.

Colossians: The Good News You Long For - Jon Tyson

Tue, 15 Jun 2021 01:28:23 +0000

This past Sunday, Pastor Jon continued our Summer sermon series on Colossians with "The Good News You Long For." The gospel of Jesus still holds power in our time because it's a message that explains our current reality and condition and transforms our lives, addressing profound questions about the world and ourselves. We as the church are called to build an authentic community of love that bears good fruit and sees the story of Jesus spread throughout the world.

Colossians: The Life You Long For - Jon Tyson

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 17:20:03 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon kicked off our Summer sermon series called "The Life You Long For". Pastor Jon set up the context of the book of Colossians and revealed that Paul wrote it with the purpose of reminding and encouraging the church at Colossae that they need to be faithful to Jesus above all else, because He is the only one who can bring true freedom, maturity, and community.

Unexpected Jesus: Unexpected Change - Jon Tyson

Mon, 31 May 2021 18:12:32 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon closed out our Unexpected Jesus Series by teaching on the unexpected change we can experience when we encounter Jesus. By laying down the pursuit of external righteousness, and instead going to Jesus with a broken spirit and contrite heart, the grace of God can render deep, noticeable change in our hearts and our lives.

Unexpected Jesus: Unexpected Inclusion - Ashley Anderson

Mon, 24 May 2021 17:34:24 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Ashley took an in depth look of Jesus' encounter with the woman at the well, and revealed how His example of unexpected inclusion led to intimate revelation of the gospel and widespread revival.

Unexpected Jesus: Unexpected Faithfulness - Jon Tyson

Mon, 17 May 2021 18:59:05 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor Jon pointed us to Jesus' unexpected faithfulness in the face of criticism, cultural pressures, disappointments, and suffering. He reminded us that as Jesus' disciples we must follow His lead, not losing the nerve to stand apart or hearts that freely love through seasons of hardship.

Unexpected Jesus: Unexpected Peace - Suzy Silk

Mon, 10 May 2021 17:39:15 +0000

UNEXPECTED PEACE - This Sunday, Pastor SUZY preached through the story of Jesus calming the storm and ushering in unexpected peace in the midst of fear. She encouraged us to learn from the disciples, and instead look to Jesus with eyes of faith, trusting that He is who He says He is, and that His heat and plan are always good.

Unexpected Jesus : Unexpected Visitation - Pastor Rafael Castillo

Mon, 03 May 2021 16:49:54 +0000

UNEXPECTED VISITATION - This past Sunday, guest Pastor Rafael Castillo preached about the power behind the resurrected Jesus' encounter with the disciples on the road to Emmaus. He taught that, like He did for these disciples, Jesus can defy our expectations, bring revelation, inspire a spirit of hospitality, and set a fresh fire in our hearts.

Unexpected Jesus: No Quid Pro Quo - Dr. Bryan Loritts

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 15:51:26 +0000

NO QUID PRO QUO - This Sunday Pastor Dr. Bryan Loritts, called on us to follow the command of Jesus to give up our rights, love our enemies, and be reconciled to each other.

Unexpected Jesus: Unexpected Extravagance - Olivia Munn-Shirsath

Mon, 19 Apr 2021 16:15:31 +0000

UNEXPECTED EXTRAVAGANCE - This past Sunday, Pastor OLIVIA preached about Mary of Bethany pouring out a year's worth of wages onto Jesus' s feet. Just like King David before her, Mary became undignified before the Lord, washing His feet with her hair and sitting on the floor to listen to Him speak, all because she was able to recognize the presence of God and the beautiful opportunity she had to worship Him.

Unexpected Jesus: Unexpected Kingdom - Jon Tyson

Mon, 12 Apr 2021 18:16:44 +0000

UNEXPECTED KINGDOM: This past Sunday, Pastor Jon Tyson kicked off the Unexpected Jesus series by exploring Jesus as an unexpected king bringing about a new kingdom, and challenged us to reorient ourselves toward the true Gospel.

Sin: Falling Short - Suzy Silk

Mon, 29 Mar 2021 17:28:45 +0000

SIN: FALLING SHORT - This Sunday, as we enter into Holy Week, Pastor Suzy preached on sin as falling short of God's perfection, by reflecting on Jesus's suffering in the garden of Gethsemane the night before his crucifixion. While many of us may want to skip from Palm Sunday straight to the victory of Easter, Holy Week is an invitation for us to look at our sin, recognize everything it cost Jesus to forgive and to redeem us, and enter into his suffering with him.

Sin: Lawlessness - Jon Tyson

Mon, 22 Mar 2021 18:05:48 +0000

This past Sunday, Pastor Jon preached about lawlessness — an utter disregard for God and his laws. Lawlessness manifests as rebellion and causes devastation, not fulfillment, keeping us from being apostles of love and instead dragging us into the world's toxic, selfish culture.

Sin: Adultery - Ashley Anderson

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 16:52:06 +0000

SIN: ADULTERY - This past Sunday, Pastor Ashley preached on sin as adultery. Adultery can be defined as not only violating a law, but also as breaching our relationship with the God who loves us enough to tolerate no other lovers in our lives. Just like the Israelites, we can fall into the sin of adultery in three ways: 1) distrusting God; 2) not sharing in God's purpose; and 3) forgetting God's faithfulness. Even though we still break His covenant today, God has paved a path of mercy and restoration for us through the life of Jesus and the price He paid on the cross.

Sin: Idolatry - Olivia Munn-Shirsath

Mon, 08 Mar 2021 19:31:49 +0000

SIN: IDOLATRY - This past Sunday, Pastor Olivia preached on how idolatry can creep deep into our hearts without us even knowing something has become an idol until we actually sin. If we are not careful to guard and examine our hearts, our impatience with the Lord can lead us into idolatry, which can then lead to immorality and consequently, independence from God.

Sin: Rebellion - Jon Tyson

Sat, 06 Mar 2021 00:45:50 +0000

SIN AS REBELLION: This past Sunday, Pastor Jon continued our sin series, defining sin as rebellion against God and as sovereignty of the self. The same lies that Adam and Eve believed in Genesis 3 still haunt us today, but God pursues, covers, and restores us, just as He did for them. It is only through His divine mercy and Jesus's death and resurrection that we can be more than conquerors of sin.

Sin: An Overview - Suzy Silk

Wed, 03 Mar 2021 15:15:17 +0000

SIN: AN OVERVIEW - This past Sunday, Pastor Suzy dove into the topic of sin, how it affects us, and why it's so insidious. Identifying sin is the first step in understanding the gravity of Jesus's sacrifice.

A Creative Minority: Participation - Jon Tyson

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 16:58:59 +0000

CREATIVE MINORITY: PARTICIPATION - This past Sunday, Pastor Jon preached about the importance of the way we as Christians participate in our culture. We must show up in hard places with the presence of Jesus Christ and welcome the vulnerable to push against the darkness with light and faith.

A Creative Minority: Authority - Suzy Silk

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 17:11:14 +0000

This past Sunday, Pastor Suzy challenged us to ponder what we do when our narratives, ethics and practices as Christ-followers come into conflict with the many authorities of the world. She exhorted us to remember that as Christ-followers, our one true allegiance is to God, and when we live as a creative minority and choose to be exiles, we can be light in dark places, in the world but not of it.

A Creative Minority: Practices - Jon Tyson

Mon, 01 Feb 2021 18:00:21 +0000

This past Sunday, Pastor Jon preached about examining our own tangible practices as we continue to develop into the likeness of Jesus. We can continue to form as disciples by developing our practices of abiding in Jesus, discerning where He wants us to move, and interceding on behalf of others privately and publicly.

A Creative Minority: Ethics - Olivia Munn-Shirsath

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 16:52:30 +0000

This past Sunday, we continued our Creative Minority series, and Pastor Olivia challenged us to consider ethics and how we make decisions in our lives. Christian ethics must be a response from our hearts to the grace, character, and love of God, putting a spotlight on our Savior, and forming us in a way counter to our culture, especially in the areas of money, sex, and power. As Christians, we must ask ourselves: how can I love generously, faithfully, sacrificially, and humbly so that the world is enticed to ask follow-up questions for which the gospel is the answer? Ultimately, the Christian ethic is love from beginning to end.

A Creative Minority: Narrative - Jon Tyson

Mon, 18 Jan 2021 15:24:56 +0000

This past Sunday, Pastor Jon continued our Creative Minority series by talking about the importance of the stories we believe in. Living in a time of warring narratives, we must deeply root ourselves in the one, true narrative that Jesus Christ is Lord. By routing our actions, thoughts, and expectations through the person of Jesus, our lives will become compelling stories that display the Gospel, and shake the world from spiritual sleep.

A Creative Minority: Covenant - Jon Tyson

Sun, 10 Jan 2021 19:14:28 +0000

This past Sunday, Pastor Jon launched our new sermon series, A Creative Minority, and laid the groundwork for how we can begin to grow a new kind of community in our current moment. If we build a web of stubbornly loyal relationships, we can then knit them together in a living network of persons who are committed to practicing the way of Jesus for the renewal of the world. Communities built on covenantal relationships like this can create nets that have the power to capture the hearts of those around us and reveal Jesus like never before.

Vision Sunday: Cause for Confidence - Jon Tyson

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 20:24:03 +0000

This past Sunday, Pastor Jon cast a vision for where our church's confidence needs to be rooted going into the new year. When we go beyond stating our belief in God and place our trust in Him, we develop an unshakeable confidence in His divine ability. Setting our hearts rightly before God, and prioritizing His presence in our habits, will allow us to attain a hidden source of life that will enable us to flourish no matter our circumstances.

A Year for the Books - Jon Tyson

Tue, 29 Dec 2020 21:58:10 +0000

For the last Sunday of 2020, Pastor Jon walked us back through this year that has been full of disruption and division, and revealed that our current world mirrors the one Jesus was born into. He pointed us to Mary who, despite her difficult circumstances, pondered the work of God around her and in her, and treasured these things up in her heart. Pastor Jon encouraged us to finish the year like Mary by taking time to remember God's faithfulness in our church, our city, and our lives, and store these things up in our hearts as we prepare for the new year.

A Defiant Christmas: Defiant Love - Jon Tyson

Tue, 22 Dec 2020 14:38:21 +0000

This Past Sunday, Pastor Jon wrapped up our Advent series by talking about the defiant love of God that is manifested in Jesus the Messiah. By looking at Isaiah 61, we learn that Jesus is the prophesied Servant of the Lord who would come to restore the world and usher in a celebration of redemption. Pastor Jon reminded us that once we receive the renewing love of Jesus, we are called to join Him on mission, and be the ministers of His scandalous, radical, love here on earth.

A Defiant Christmas: Defiant Joy - Suzy Silk

Mon, 14 Dec 2020 18:17:02 +0000

This Past Sunday, Pastor Susy brought good news in her message in the midst of our Advent series, talking about the great joy that is available to us all through Jesus Christ. After such a difficult year, and an uncertain future ahead of us, it is more important than ever for us to find the source of a lasting, defiant Joy. Proverbs 13:12 defines joy as the fulfillment of a longing, stating, "Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life."

A Defiant Christmas: Defiant Peace - Jon Tyson

Mon, 07 Dec 2020 02:32:33 +0000

This Sunday, Pastor John continued our advent series by talking about having defiant peace. When we look to our own selves or earthly systems for peace, we will be met with darkness and despair. But God shines light in the most surprising places. Ultimately, we have defiant peace inside us because we have the Prince of Peace inside us.

A Defiant Christmas: Defiant Hope - Suzy Silk

Mon, 30 Nov 2020 14:14:50 +0000

Pastor Suzy kicked off our Advent series this past Sunday, preaching on what it means to have defiant hope in a year like 2020.

Over two thousand years ago, God gave a message of hope and deliverance to King Ahaz of Judah: a baby would be born as a sign of God's presence in the besieged city. Today, this baby, Emmanuel, is a sign that God is with us in the midst of our suffering and sin, and the reason we can have defiant hope for a better future.

Disruptive Discipleship: City on a Hill - Jon Tyson

Mon, 23 Nov 2020 20:32:21 +0000

Disruptive Discipleship: Blessed are the Persecuted - Jon Tyson

Mon, 16 Nov 2020 18:13:44 +0000

This past Sunday, Pastor Jon taught on Christ's words of blessing over those who are persecuted and His calling to rejoice in the midst of it. In a world that is offended by righteousness and claims of Christ's exclusivity as the way to freedom, our efforts to follow Jesus and cling to His words will increasingly set us against the current of our culture. Yet in this we rejoice, remembering that we are exiles in this world and following Christ's example of enduring persecution with joy and humility.

Disruptive Discipleship: Calling All Peacemakers - Jon Tyson

Sun, 08 Nov 2020 22:12:10 +0000

This past Sunday, Pastor Jon Tyson preached about Jesus' call to be peacemakers (Matthew 5:9). At a time when the world thought leadership meant violence and military prowess, Jesus declared that peacemakers were the children of God.

Disruptive Discipleship: The Pure in Heart - Ashley Anderson

Mon, 02 Nov 2020 14:30:06 +0000

BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART- This past Sunday, Pastor Ashley Anderson preached about how to cultivate a pure heart. Purity is leveraging all desires for God's kingdom's purpose, allowing his will on earth to be the single driving force of every decision that we make. We cultivate pure hearts by aching for encounters with God, fleeing from sin, and embracing confession.

Disruptive Discipleship: Blessed are the Merciful - Dr. Derwin Gray

Tue, 27 Oct 2020 14:47:49 +0000

This past Sunday, Dr. Derwin Gray, lead pastor of Transformation Church in South Carolina, preached on the fifth beatitude: "Blessed are the merciful for they will be shown mercy." In the divisive times we are living in, he encourages us to take up a mantle of mercy, and through the parable of the Good Samaritan, shares with us how to truly love our neighbors as ourselves.

Disruptive Discipleship: Those Who Hunger and Thirst - Jon Tyson

Tue, 20 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000

This past Sunday, Pastor Jon examined the fourth beatitude and its vision for righteousness as both personal holiness and social justice. In the midst of our current cultural decline, he exhorts us to become people who are desperate to see biblical righteousness break into our world today.

Disruptive Discipleship: Blessed Are The Meek - Suzy Silk

Tue, 13 Oct 2020 14:18:55 +0000

This past Sunday, Pastor Suzy illuminated the third beatitude in Jesus's Sermon on the Mount, blessed are the meek, and walked us through how to become more like Jesus by posturing ourselves toward meekness so that we can inherit the New Jerusalem.

Disruptive Discipleship: Those Who Mourn - Olivia Munn-Shirsath

Mon, 05 Oct 2020 16:24:49 +0000

This past Sunday, Pastor Olivia, our new pastor of discipleship and formation, shed light on Christ's blessing and invitation to enter into redemptive mourning. As we mourn the brokenness of this world, as well as our individual and collective experiences of it, we are comforted by the promise and hope of Christ's resurrection life.

Disruptive Discipleship: The Poor in Spirit - Jon Tyson

Mon, 28 Sep 2020 16:08:42 +0000

This past Sunday, Pastor Jon reminded us of the importance of maintaining our relationship with God by recognizing our spiritual bankruptcy. Being welcomed into the kingdom of God requires us to relinquish our pride and choose humility, else we are blind to what is above us.

Disruptive Discipleship: The Beatitudes - Jon Tyson

Mon, 21 Sep 2020 16:45:13 +0000

This week, Pastor Jon set the foundation for our season-long study of Jesus' teaching of the Beatitudes. In the face of the crises around us, we need to be rooted more deeply than ever in the core teachings of Jesus about discipleship and the Kingdom of God.

Fall Vision Sunday - Jon Tyson

Mon, 14 Sep 2020 16:40:18 +0000

This week, Pastor Jon cast a vision for our church as we head into the fall season. We are tired, but resolved to regroup and rebuild through pressing deeper into our core values--Presence, Formation, and Mission. However, in this season, we are taking these values to a deeper level. We are pursuing the tangible presence of God, understanding that no human solutions can rescue us from our cultural trauma; we are committed to counter formation, recognizing that there is no neutral ground and fighting against culture's attempting to pull us away from becoming like Jesus; and we are pursuing sacrificial mission, adopting the "I sacrifice, we win" mentality of Christ and embracing the high cost of living for the good of this city. New York needs a community of champions, and now is not the time to shrink back but to rise up.

Crying Out: A Cry for the Harvest - Suzy Silk

Mon, 07 Sep 2020 13:00:00 +0000

This past Sunday, Pastor Suzy preached about what it looks like to prayerfully join Jesus in his mission to seek and save those who are far from God. Luke 10:1-4 tells us that we are to: look, ask, go, and sacrifice — to see with compassion the harvest, to ask the Lord to raise workers up, and to go ourselves willingly, knowing that Jesus sends us to where He is already going.

Crying Out: Prioritizing Prayer - Dimas Salaberrios

Mon, 31 Aug 2020 22:45:35 +0000

This past Sunday, Pastor Dimas Salaberrios preached a powerful word about prioritizing prayer. As humans, we were built to need constant communication with God and to flourish in intimacy with him. In Daniel 6:1-11, Daniel distinguished himself in Babylon by consistently tapping into the spirit of God, and by prioritizing God over man's decree. Prioritizing prayer is hard work, and at times, can feel like fighting a brick wall, but the results are astounding. Church, may we seek the face of the Lord, trust him in prayer, and be patient.

Crying Out: A Cry for Repentance - Jon Tyson

Mon, 24 Aug 2020 15:31:55 +0000

In this past Sunday's sermon, Pastor Jon discussed the importance of repentance in following God. The full journey of repentance begins with the radical pursuit of God, followed by total annihilation of idolatry, the repair and rebuild of the ruins, and finally ruthless obedience to the Word.

Crying Out: A Cry for Intervention - Jon Tyson

Mon, 17 Aug 2020 21:33:30 +0000

This past Sunday, Pastor Jon preached about the opportunity for divine intervention through intense, persistent, and united prayers. It is only through prayer that we can shape our communities, church, and city, and ensure 2020 ends differently than how it started.

Crying Out: A Cry for Wisdom - Suzy Silk

Mon, 10 Aug 2020 12:00:00 +0000

This past Sunday, Pastor Suzy Silk shared with us how God's wisdom is far better than the wisdom of this world. Through scripture, we see that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, wisdom comes from and is given by the Holy Spirit, the path of wisdom is in obedience to God's laws, the wisdom of God is worth seeking, and most importantly, godly wisdom is available to every believer.

Crying Out: The Cry of the Poor in Spirit - Dr. Bryan Loritts

Mon, 03 Aug 2020 12:00:00 +0000

Dr. Bryan Loritts teaches about Christ's exhortation and example of humility. As we look at Jesus' words from the Sermon on the Mount, "blessed are the poor in spirit," we see God's invitation to posture our hearts in humble acceptance of His grace and extend that grace unto others.

Crying Out: A Cry for Encouragement Part 2 - Jon Tyson

Mon, 27 Jul 2020 12:25:01 +0000

Pastor Jon teaches about three encouraging exhortations from Hebrews 10:19-25: the encouragement to draw near to God, the encouragement to remain faithful, and the encouragement to love and good deeds. As we spur each other on, God can release the full potential of what He wants to do through us and make us into a community of hope.

Crying Out: A Cry for Encouragement - Jon Tyson

Mon, 20 Jul 2020 12:56:39 +0000

Pastor Jon teaches about the power of encouragement. In a culture of criticism, cynicism, and attack, the Church is called to build a counterculture of encouragement and speak life into people's hearts. In doing so, we live out the ministry of the Holy Trinity, who is the source of all encouragement and who can use our simple words to shape a life in powerful ways.

Crying Out: Prayer in a Time of Fruitlessness - Suzy Silk

Mon, 13 Jul 2020 12:16:05 +0000

Pastor Suzy Silk teaches about what it looks like to continue on in hope and prayer through seasons of fruitlessness, instead of asking that they immediately end. Throughout the Bible, we see God's faithful ones crying out to Him in seasons of despair, remembering that God comes for His people and choosing to rejoice and be obedient. Like those before us, we can rest in the conclusion that God will strengthen us, transform us, and enable us to tread in the high places.

Crying Out: A Cry For Others - Jon Tyson

Mon, 06 Jul 2020 12:00:00 +0000

Pastor Jon Tyson teaches about sacrificially living for others. As the body of Christ, we can flip our current cultural narrative from "I win, you lose" to "I sacrifice, we win" and mimic Jesus by taking on the position of a humbled servant who gives from the heart. Regularly stewarding our resources and living in the way of the cross holds real power to change the world.

Crying Out: Coaching Tips to Bridge Racial Barriers - Dr. David Ireland

Mon, 29 Jun 2020 12:00:00 +0000

Guest pastor of Christ Church, Dr. David Ireland, preached about what it means to be more a multiethnic church, providing us with three coaching tips to bridge racial barriers based on how Paul coached Peter in Galatians 2:11-14: welcome confrontation, face the challenge and accept the coaching.

Crying Out: A Cry for Breakthrough - Jon Tyson

Mon, 22 Jun 2020 13:28:23 +0000

Pastor Jon Tyson teaches about intercessory prayer and the spiritual authority this kind of prayer gives us. Exemplifying the ultimate spiritual power in Jesus, God calls us to identify with the brokenness of the world, enter into an agony deeper than empathy, and move through the world with spiritual authority (Isaiah 53:12).

Crying Out: The Cry of the Heart - David Bailey

Mon, 15 Jun 2020 12:00:00 +0000

This past Sunday, Pastor David Bailey preached on the long history of racial injustice in America, and how our hearts may cry out in response with grief, anger, fear, and shame. God gave us the language to express these emotions through the Psalms, as a balm for our souls. Through the resurrection of Jesus, we have hope that God is doing the work of reconciliation and restoration in our time. Pastor David Bailey teaches on the long history of racial injustice in America, and how our hearts may cry out in response with grief, anger, fear, and shame. God gave us the language to express these emotions through the Psalms, as a balm for our souls. Through the resurrection of Jesus, we have hope that God is doing the work of reconciliation and restoration in our time.

Crying Out: Prophetic Lament - Suzy Silk

Mon, 08 Jun 2020 12:00:00 +0000

Pastor Suzy teaches about the elements of prophetic lament in Scripture and what it means to weep with those who weep. Through the example of Jesus, God invites us to courageously enter into the pain of others and to bear the mark of lamenters (Ezekiel 9:4). We do this by looking closely at the sin in our hearts and communities, by learning our history of oppression, by listening to God's voice and asking Him what grieves His heart, and by lamenting in a way that produces lasting change.

Crying Out: That You May Pray - Jon Tyson

Mon, 01 Jun 2020 12:00:00 +0000

Pastor Jon introduces a vision for our church this summer: learning to pray in this time of crisis with an eternal perspective. During this season, we have the opportunity to pray like we never have before, to cry out to God with urgency and fervence, knowing the end of all things is near. We've changed our plans and practices because of COVID-19.

Teaching Text: 1 Peter 4:7 "The end of all things is near. Therefore be alert and of sober mind so that you may pray." This is the Word of the Lord."

Self-Control in a Time of Self-Fulfillment: Devotional 2

Wed, 27 May 2020 17:07:05 +0000

Following along with our current sermon series on fruit of the Spirit, this is a devotional to help you reflect on how the Spirit is moving in your life. This one focuses on self-denial and satisfaction.

Self-Control in a Time of Self-Fulfillment: Devotional 1

Wed, 27 May 2020 00:34:54 +0000

Following along with our current sermon series on fruit of the Spirit, this is a devotional to help you reflect on how the Spirit is moving in your life. This one focuses on moving from temptation to testimony.

Church in a time of Crisis: Self-Control in a Time of Self-Fulfillment - Jon Tyson

Mon, 25 May 2020 12:00:00 +0000

Pastor Jon teaches about self-control, wrapping up our series on the Fruit of the Spirit in a Time of the Flesh. Biblical self-control, at its core, is about cultivating a sacrificial stewardship of the self for the sake of others and redirecting our desires for Kingdom purposes.

Gentleness in a Time of Roughness: Devotional 5

Sat, 23 May 2020 12:00:00 +0000

Following along with our current sermon series on fruit of the Spirit, this is a devotional to help you reflect on how the Spirit is moving in your life. This one focuses on our gentle king.

Gentleness in a Time of Roughness: Devotional 4

Fri, 22 May 2020 12:00:00 +0000

Following along with our current sermon series on fruit of the Spirit, this is a devotional to help you reflect on how the Spirit is moving in your life. This one focuses on enemy love.

Gentlessness in a Time of Roughness: Devotional 3

Thu, 21 May 2020 12:00:00 +0000

Following along with our current sermon series on fruit of the Spirit, this is a devotional to help you reflect on how the Spirit is moving in your life. This one focuses on restoration.

Gentleness in a Time of Roughness: Devotional 2

Wed, 20 May 2020 12:00:00 +0000

Following along with our current sermon series on fruit of the Spirit, this is a devotional to help you reflect on how the Spirit is moving in your life. This one focuses on gentle touch.

Gentleness in a Time of Roughness: Devotional 1

Tue, 19 May 2020 12:00:00 +0000

Following along with our current sermon series on fruit of the Spirit, this is a devotional to help you reflect on how the Spirit is moving in your life. This one focuses on listening.

The Church in A Time of Crisis: Gentleness in a Time of Roughness - Suzy Silk

Mon, 18 May 2020 12:00:00 +0000

Pastor Suzy reminds us to exercise gentleness during these difficult times, as Jesus exemplified throughout his life. In a time where self-confidence is valued over meekness, it's important to learn from and turn our hearts to Jesus, our gentle King.

Faithfulness in a Time of Compromise: Devotional 5

Sat, 16 May 2020 12:00:00 +0000

Following along with our current sermon series on fruit of the Spirit, this is a devotional to help you reflect on how the Spirit is moving in your life. This one focuses on faithfulness in exile.

Faithfulness in a Time of Compromise: Devotional 4

Fri, 15 May 2020 12:00:00 +0000

Following along with our current sermon series on fruit of the Spirit, this is a devotional to help you reflect on how the Spirit is moving in your life. This one focuses on conviction and compassion.

Faithfulness in a Time of Compromise: Devotional 3

Thu, 14 May 2020 12:00:00 +0000

Following along with our current sermon series on fruit of the Spirit, this is a devotional to help you reflect on how the Spirit is moving in your life. This one focuses on being faithful to God's word.

Faithfulness in a Time of Compromise: Devotional 2

Wed, 13 May 2020 12:00:00 +0000

Following along with our current sermon series on fruit of the Spirit, this is a devotional to help you reflect on how the Spirit is moving in your life. This one focuses on functional trust.

Race, Class, Reconciliation and the Kingdom of God: A Conversation with David Bailey

Tue, 12 May 2020 21:57:15 +0000

Jon Tyson sat down with David Bailey, Executive Director of Arrabon, an organization that believes the Church should be a foretaste of a reconciled heaven to our divided world. They have a conversation about race and reconciliation in the kingdom of God, especially in light of Ahmaud Arbery's death.

Here you can find the link that David talks about, where you can find the tools to understand, discuss, and do something about the divisions you experience.

Faithfulness in a Time of Compromise: Devotional 1

Tue, 12 May 2020 13:28:21 +0000

Following along with our current sermon series on fruit of the Spirit, this is a devotional to help you reflect on how the Spirit is moving in your life. This one focuses on faithfulness, spiritual adultery and restoration.

Church in a Time of Crisis: Faithfulness in a Time of Compromise - Jon Tyson

Mon, 11 May 2020 12:53:09 +0000

We continue our study of the fruit of the Spirit as Pastor Jon teaches about choosing faithfulness in a time of compromise. At a time when the loyalty of God's people is being tested, we are called to be faithful to him, knowing that our own faithfulness is not rooted in human willpower but in God's faithfulness to us.

Restorative Goodness in a Time of Brokenness: Devotional 4

Fri, 08 May 2020 12:00:00 +0000

Following along with our current sermon series on fruit of the Spirit, this is a devotional to help you reflect on how the Spirit is moving in your life. This one is on bathing your heart in beautiful goodness.

Restorative Goodness in a Time of Brokenness: Devotional 3

Thu, 07 May 2020 18:30:06 +0000

Following along with our current sermon series on fruit of the Spirit, this is a devotional to help you reflect on how the Spirit is moving in your life. This one focuses on goodness and resistance.

Restorative Goodness in a Time of Brokenness: Devotional 2

Wed, 06 May 2020 12:00:00 +0000

Following along with our current sermon series on fruit of the Spirit, this is a devotional to help you reflect on how the Spirit is moving in your life. This one focuses on remembering God's goodness.

Restorative Goodness in a Time of Brokenness: Devotional 1

Tue, 05 May 2020 12:00:00 +0000

Following along with our current sermon series on fruit of the Spirit, this is a devotional to help you reflect on how the Spirit is moving in your life. This one focuses on how God is good.

Church In A Time of Crisis: Restorative Goodness in a Time of Brokenness - Jon Tyson

Mon, 04 May 2020 17:46:40 +0000

Pastor Jon Tyson teaches about the redemptive, beautiful, and confrontational nature of biblical goodness. With the Holy Spirit producing the fruit of goodness within us, we have the power to redeem, to bring beauty, and to overcome evil with good.

Kindness in a Time of Harshness: Devotional 2

Wed, 29 Apr 2020 14:16:52 +0000

Following along with our current sermon series on fruit of the Spirit, this is a devotional to help you reflect on how the Spirit is moving in your life. This one focuses on kingdom kindness.

Kindness in a Time of Harshness: Devotional 1

Tue, 28 Apr 2020 13:51:04 +0000

Following along with our current sermon series on fruit of the Spirit, this is a devotional to help you reflect on how the Spirit is moving in your life. This one focuses on truly believing that God is kind.

Church In A Time of Crisis: Kindness in a Time of Harshness - Jon Tyson

Mon, 27 Apr 2020 15:50:10 +0000

Pastor Jon teaches about having a spirit of kindness during a time of harshness. Through the Holy Spirit, we are called to manifest God's kindness that is compassionate and others-directed.

Patient Endurance in a Time of Stress: Devotional 5

Sat, 25 Apr 2020 12:00:00 +0000

Following along with our current sermon series on fruit of the Spirit, this is a devotional to help you reflect on how the Spirit is moving in your life. This one focuses on perseverance through suffering.

Patient Endurance in a Time of Stress: Devotional 4

Fri, 24 Apr 2020 12:00:00 +0000

Following along with our current sermon series on fruit of the Spirit, this is a devotional to help you reflect on how the Spirit is moving in your life. This one focuses on persistence and Moses.

Patient Endurance in a Time of Stress: Devotional 3

Thu, 23 Apr 2020 12:00:00 +0000

Following along with our current sermon series on fruit of the Spirit, this is a devotional to help you reflect on how the Spirit is moving in your life. This one focuses on persistence and Abraham.

Patient Endurance in a Time of Stress: Devotional 2

Wed, 22 Apr 2020 12:00:00 +0000

Following along with our current sermon series on fruit of the Spirit, this is a devotional to help you reflect on how the Spirit is moving in your life. This one focuses on the patience we find in Matthew.

Patient Endurance in a Time of Stress: Devotional 1

Tue, 21 Apr 2020 13:29:51 +0000

Patient Endurance in a Time of Stress - Suzy Silk

Mon, 20 Apr 2020 13:48:23 +0000

We continue in our study of the fruit if the Spirit as Pastor Suzy teaches about patience that endures. Through the power of the Holy Spirit and persistence in prayer, we are able to persevere in our suffering and meet others with a patience that imitates the Father's.

Transcendent Peace in a Time of Anxiety: Devotional 4

Fri, 17 Apr 2020 12:00:00 +0000

Following along with our current sermon series on fruit of the Spirit, this is a devotional to help you reflect on how the Spirit is moving in your life. This one focuses on the beauty of peace with God.

Transcendent Peace in a Time of Anxiety: Devotional 3

Thu, 16 Apr 2020 13:37:11 +0000

Following along with our current sermon series on fruit of the Spirit, this is a devotional to help you reflect on how the Spirit is moving in your life. This one focuses on peace in the midst of chaos.

Transcendent Peace in a Time of Anxiety: Devotional 2

Wed, 15 Apr 2020 14:23:18 +0000

Following along with our current sermon series on fruit of the Spirit, this is a devotional to help you reflect on how the Spirit is moving in your life. This one focuses on peace and purpose.

Transcendent Peace in a Time of Anxiety: Devotional 1

Tue, 14 Apr 2020 14:37:16 +0000

Following along with our current sermon series on fruit of the Spirit, this is a devotional to help you reflect on how the Spirit is moving in your life. This one focuses on guarding the peace of your heart.

Church In A Time of Crisis: Transcendent Peace in a Time of Anxiety - Jon Tyson

Mon, 13 Apr 2020 20:47:22 +0000

This Easter Sunday, Pastor Jon preached about the good news of Jesus's resurrection and the peace God offers to our collective anxiety and fear. Through Jesus, we can receive the peace of His presence, the peace of purpose, and the peace of His power. Jesus sends His Holy Spirit into our hearts so we can live with peace, have communion with God, and carry His gospel to the world.

Defiant Joy in a Time of Despair: Devotional 4

Fri, 10 Apr 2020 13:58:28 +0000

Following along with our current sermon series on fruit of the Spirit, this is a devotional to help you reflect on how the Spirit is moving in your life. This one focuses on courageous joy.

Defiant Joy in a Time of Despair: Devotional 3

Thu, 09 Apr 2020 13:39:20 +0000

Following along with our current sermon series on fruit of the Spirit, this is a devotional to help you reflect on how the Spirit is moving in your life. This one focuses on gratitude and joy.

Defiant Joy in a Time of Despair: Devotional 2

Wed, 08 Apr 2020 18:30:23 +0000

Following along with our current sermon series on fruit of the Spirit, this is a devotional to help you reflect on how the Spirit is moving in your life. This one focuses on choosing joy.

Defiant Joy in a Time of Despair: Devotional 1

Tue, 07 Apr 2020 13:29:55 +0000

Following along with our current sermon series on fruit of the Spirit, this is a devotional to help you reflect on how the Spirit is moving in your life. This one focuses on Psalm 73.

Church In A Time of Crisis: Defiant Joy in a Time of Despair - Jon Tyson

Mon, 06 Apr 2020 14:59:59 +0000

Pastor Jon teaches about defiant joy as as an internal reality, produced by the Holy Spirit, that sees the beauty in the Word and the world, enables a different response, and anticipates a glorious future. Especially in a time of despair, we must live out of the joy that comes from the Holy Spirit -- a generator of life that lets us operate in a different way than the world around us.

Love In A Time of Selfishness: Devotional 3

Wed, 01 Apr 2020 12:00:00 +0000

Following along with our current sermon series on fruit of the Spirit, this is a devotional to help you reflect on how the Spirit is moving in your life. This is about love and forgiveness.

Church in a Time of Crisis: Love In A time of Selfishness - Jon Tyson

Tue, 31 Mar 2020 13:31:29 +0000

We continue in our study of the the fruit of the Spirit as Pastor Jon shared a message about what it looks like to love in a time of selfishness. When we root ourselves in the love of God through Christ, we are able to bear the fruit of that love, turn away from oursleves, and let if flow freely to those around us.

Love In A Time of Selfishness: Devotional 2

Tue, 31 Mar 2020 12:19:34 +0000

Following along with our current sermon series on fruit of the Spirit, this is a devotional to help you reflect on how the Spirit is moving in your life. This is about love in secrecy.

Love In A Time of Selfishness: Devotional 1

Mon, 30 Mar 2020 15:56:55 +0000

Following along with our current sermon series on fruit of the Spirit, this is a devotional to help you reflect on how the Spirit is moving in your life. This is about 1 Corinthians 13.

Fruit of the Spirit in a Time of the Flesh: Devotional 4

Fri, 27 Mar 2020 14:00:00 +0000

Following along with our current sermon series on fruit of the Spirit, this is a devotional to help you reflect on how the Spirit is moving in your life. This is the fourth one of the week.

Fruit of the Spirit in a Time of the Flesh: Devotional 3

Thu, 26 Mar 2020 17:37:20 +0000

Following along with our current sermon series on fruit of the Spirit, this is a devotional to help you reflect on how the Spirit is moving in your life. This is the third one of the week.

Fruit of the Spirit in a Time of the Flesh: Devotional 2

Wed, 25 Mar 2020 15:18:07 +0000

Following along with our current sermon series on fruit of the Spirit, this is a devotional to help you reflect on how the Spirit is moving in your life. This is the second one of the week.

Fruit of the Spirit in a Time of the Flesh: Devotional 1

Tue, 24 Mar 2020 18:13:34 +0000

Following along with our current sermon series on fruit of the Spirit, this is a devotional to help you reflect on how the Spirit is moving in your life. This is the first one of this week.

Church in A Time of Crisis: Fruit of the Spirit in a Time of the Flesh - Jon Tyson

Tue, 24 Mar 2020 18:09:21 +0000

Pastor Jon preaches about choosing a Spirit-led life over one driven by the flesh, which is any independent coping mechanism for life apart from God. The flesh uses and destroys, the law judges and excludes, but the Spirit transforms and loves.

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The Church in a Time of Crisis - Jon Tyson

Wed, 18 Mar 2020 22:09:09 +0000

This past Sunday, Pastor Jon Tyson shared a special message about how the Church has a chance to respond in the wake of this public health crisis. He urged us to use this time as an opportunity to grow deeper in our faith and move towards those around us with compassion. This has not taken God by surprise, and with our hope in Him, this could be the Church's finest hour.

Sin: An Overview - Suzy Silk

Wed, 04 Mar 2020 14:55:42 +0000

Pastor Suzy Silk teaches about why sin is a "big deal" and why we will be studying it during this season of Lent. Sin is the opposite of God's original design for our world and is what separates us from Him, ourselves, and those around us. We cannot save ourselves, but we are ultimately freed from our sin through Jesus' sacrifice on the cross and the resurrection on Easter.

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Altars: The Region - Jon Tyson

Wed, 26 Feb 2020 14:57:47 +0000

Pastor Jon preached about the city of New York as an altar, calling for the people of God to come together in one heart and one mind, in order to seek the Lord, fast, and pray for our hearts to turn back to God.

Altars: The Church - Suzy Silk

Wed, 19 Feb 2020 15:16:38 +0000

In this episode, Pastor Suzy taught us about the importance of maintaining a communal altar of sacrifce and praise as a church, calling us to remember our first love, Christ, and cultivate a heart for Jesus together.

Altars: The Home - Jon Tyson

Tue, 11 Feb 2020 16:17:54 +0000

Pastor Jon talks about building altars in our home that pass on a spiritual inheritance to future generations. In Deuteronomy 6, God lays a clear pathway for how to develop resilient disciples. Specifically, He calls us to break off destructive generational patterns of spiritual complacency and worldliness, and to build a compelling vision of Himself, an ecosystem of discipleship, and a vision of spiritual legacy. This happens by creating environments where we're always informing and discussing things of faith: at home, while we're commuting, in daily transitions, when we leave and enter our home—every moment is an opportunity for discipleship.
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Altars: The Heart - Jon Tyson

Tue, 04 Feb 2020 16:35:15 +0000

In this episode, we start a new series called Altars. Pastor Jon encouraged us to remember that through Jesus, we no longer have to offer sacrifices to enter into God's presence, but we are called to create new altars of prayer, praise, and encounter in our hearts.

CHURCH.NYC: An Overcoming Spirit - Jon Tyson

Sat, 01 Feb 2020 17:53:33 +0000

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CHURCH.NYC: Culture of Honor - Suzy Silk

Wed, 22 Jan 2020 05:41:35 +0000

This past Sunday, Pastor Suzy Silk preached about creating a culture of honor that springs out of honoring Christ first. In turn, we receive honor from each other as we see each other's story, calling, sacrifice, gifts, authority, and future.

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CHURCH.NYC: A Holy Ambition - Jon Tyson

Mon, 13 Jan 2020 22:33:57 +0000

This past Sunday, Pastor @jontyson taught us that ambition is a good thing and a gift from God, when we can reframe it to have a holy ambition. We can do this through having kingdom vision, a crystallization of discontent and radical sacrificial action. A holy ambitions leads to divine accelerations.⁠

CHURCH.NYC: The Jesus Stuff - Jon Tyson

Mon, 06 Jan 2020 20:57:53 +0000

In this episode, Pastor Jon Tyson introduces our new series called CHURCH.NYC, discussing all the essential "Jesus stuff": the miracles, the message, and the mercy of Jesus. // 2020-01-05

Emmanuel: Us - Jon Tyson

Mon, 16 Dec 2019 21:45:04 +0000

In the third week of Advent, Pastor Jon Tyson reminds us that the incarnation was God chosing to make Himself known to us through Jesus Christ. Jesus showed up in the midist of scandal and obscurity, not to power over us, but draw us to Him, inviting all who believe to become children of God. // 2019-12-15

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. There was a man sent from God whose name was John. He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe. He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light. The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God. The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. (John testified concerning him. He cried out, saying, "This is the one I spoke about when I said, 'He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.'") Out of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.

John 1:1-18

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Emmanuel: With - Jon Tyson

Mon, 09 Dec 2019 18:57:12 +0000

In the second week of Advent, Jon Tyson reminds us that from Genesis to Relevation, God's desire is to be with His people. Throughout all the joys and all the sorrows of this season, God promises that He is with us and that we carry the gift of His presence with us wherever we go. // 2019-12-08

She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins. All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him "Immanuel" (which means "God with us"). - Matthew 1:21-23

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Emmanuel: Who is God - Suzy Silk

Mon, 02 Dec 2019 15:18:29 +0000

This week, Suzy Silk kicks off our series by giving a word on who the God of the Bible is. God is infinite, yet personal; just, yet merciful; Holy, and yet incarnate. We can respond to His coming with fear(lessness), joy, and adoration. //2019-12-01

Mary's Song:

"And Mary said:

My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has been mindful of the humble state of his servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed, for the Mighty One has done great things for me— holy is his name. His mercy extends to those who fear him, from generation to generation. He has performed mighty deeds with his arm; he has scattered those who are proud in their inmost thoughts. He has brought down rulers from their thrones but has lifted up the humble. He has filled the hungry with good things but has sent the rich away empty. He has helped his servant Israel, remembering to be merciful to Abraham and his descendants forever, just as he promised our ancestors."

-Luke 1:46-55

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Fall Vision Day 2019: Culture - Jon Tyson

Mon, 09 Sep 2019 02:52:39 +0000

In this episode, Pastor Jon Tyson ends Fall Vision Day 2019 with three stories from members of our community: Laura, Peter, and Alicia. They share their experiences concerning Holy ambition, culture of honor, and an overcoming spirit. // 2019-08-24

"Lord, I have heard of your fame; I stand in awe of your deeds, Lord. Repeat them in our day, in our time make them known; in wrath remember mercy."

Habakkuk 3:2

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Citizens: Lead with Hope – Suzy Silk

Wed, 04 Sep 2019 21:48:57 +0000

In this episode, Pastor Suzy Silk continues our 1 Peter sermon series, Citizens, by examining the apostle Peter's exhortations to the church regarding Godly leadership, which starts with being a witness to Christ. Also included in this episode is one of the new worship songs written by our community, New Name. // 2019-09-01

"Humble yourselves therefore under God's mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all of your anxiety on him because he cares for you."

1 Peter 5:6,7

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Citizens: A Patient Hope – Jon Tyson

Wed, 28 Aug 2019 20:45:27 +0000

In this episode, Pastor Jon continues our 1 Peter sermon series, Citizens, by examining the apostle Peter's exhortations to the church in the midst of suffering. Pastor Jon in turn offers his exhortation to our church today in the midst of secularism. Also included in this episode is one of the first worship songs written by our community, We Behold. // 2019-08-25

"But rejoice inasmuch as you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed."

1 Peter 4: 13

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Citizens: A Counter-Culture of Hope - Jon Tyson

Wed, 21 Aug 2019 14:37:25 +0000

Pastor Jon continues through Citizens, our summer sermon series in 1 Peter. As an old man reflecting on the highs and lows of his life as a disciple, Peter is urgent about how believers should live counter to their surrounding culture. Also included in this episode is a new worship song written by our community called We Tremble. // 2019-08-18

"The end of all things is near. Therefore be alert and of sober mind so that you may pray."

1 Peter 4: 7

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Citizens: Eager Hope - Suzy Silk

Fri, 16 Aug 2019 16:00:41 +0000

Pastor Suzy continues our summer sermon series through 1 Peter, Citizens. Citizens of the Kingdom of God are eager to do good, even in extenuating circumstances, because of the hope they have in Christ. // 2019-08-11

"But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander.For it is better, if it is God's will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil. For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God."

1 Peter 3: 15-18a

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Citizens: Hope Under Pressure - Jon Tyson

Tue, 06 Aug 2019 19:41:20 +0000

Pastor Jon leads us through this week's teaching text, 1 Peter 2: 13-25 and 1 Peter 3: 1-7, continuing our summer sermon series, Citizens. Despite our best attempts to avoid suffering, we may still suffer in this life. Yet, because the Spirit empowers us to fear God above any other circumstance, we can still suffer well like Jesus did. // 2019-08-04

"To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps."

1 Peter 2: 21

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Citizens: A Beautiful Hope - Jon Tyson

Tue, 30 Jul 2019 18:09:08 +0000

Pastor Jon dives into 1 Peter 2: 11-12, continuing our summer sermon series, Citizens. As followers of Jesus, the Holy Spirit becomes the governing reality of our hearts, reforming our desires so as to make a marked impression on those around us. // 2019-07-28

"Dear friends, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul.Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.

1 Peter 2: 11-12

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Citizens: Community of Hope - Jon Tyson

Tue, 23 Jul 2019 17:36:22 +0000

This week, with the return of Pastor Jon from sabbatical, we continue our 1 Peter sermon series, Citizens. We want our identity as God's chosen, royal priesthood to be the truest thing about us. // 2019-07-21

"As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him— you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ."

1 Peter 2: 4-5

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Citizens: Fix Your Hope - Tyler Prieb

Tue, 16 Jul 2019 17:01:37 +0000

What we think about the future affects the way we live in the present. This week, we continue our 1 Peter sermon series, Citizens, with a word from teacher Tyler Prieb, about how we can live with hope in a culture of despair. // 2019-07-14

"Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming."

1 Peter 1: 13

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Citizens: Living Hope - Suzy Silk

Tue, 09 Jul 2019 19:55:59 +0000

We are walking through a study of 1 Peter this summer, learning from the early church how they loved as a counter culture for the common good in their day.

Pastor Suzy launches this series, Citizens, with a word from 1 Peter 1:1-12 about the Living Hope we have in Jesus, a hope we can experience even in the midst of suffering.

"Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To God's elect, strangers in the world, scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia, who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by his blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance. Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead."

1 Peter 1: 1-3

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Revival: Simple Prayers - Dimetra Barrios

Tue, 02 Jul 2019 13:33:57 +0000

Concluding our summer sermon series on revival, visiting teacher and native New Yorker Dimetra Barrios delivers a powerful word from Matthew 10 about the power of simple prayers from disciples who believe God will do what He promised to do—through them. // 2019-06-30

"As you go, proclaim this message, 'The kingdom of heaven has come near.'" Matthew 10:7

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Revival: From Proficiency to Spiritual Power - Mark Sayers

Fri, 28 Jun 2019 00:09:33 +0000

Continuing our summer sermon series on revival, visiting teacher Mark Sayers exhorts us to move beyond proficiency and competence to humility, hunger, and spiritual power. // 2019-06-23

"For the Kingdom of God is not a matter of talk, but of Power."

1 Corinthians 4:20

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Revival: Revival of the Heart - Stephanie London

Thu, 20 Jun 2019 02:02:54 +0000

Continuing our summer sermon series on revival, visiting teacher Stephanie London explains how revival begins in the heart with a word from 1 Peter. // 2019-06-16

"Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you, who through faith are shielded by God's power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. ⁷These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy..."

1 Peter 1:3-8

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Revival: Small Beginnings - Suzy Silk

Thu, 20 Jun 2019 01:56:20 +0000

Teaching pastor, Suzy Silk, continues our summer sermon series on revival with a word from Matthew 13 on how revival takes root with small beginnings. // 2019-06-16

"He told them another parable: 'The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field.Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches.'

He told them still another parable: 'The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about sixty pounds^a]">[a] of flour until it worked all through the dough.'"

Matthew 13:31-33

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Revival: Surrender - Adam Durso

Fri, 14 Jun 2019 17:10:08 +0000

On Pentecost Sunday, visiting pastor Adam Durso continues our summer sermon series on Revival with a word from Ezekiel's vision of the River from the Temple. // 2019-06-09

"As the man went eastward with a measuring line in his hand, he measured off a thousand cubits and then led me through water that was ankle-deep. He measured off another thousand cubits and led me through water that was knee-deep. He measured off another thousand and led me through water that was up to the waist. He measured off another thousand, but now it was a river that I could not cross, because the water had risen and was deep enough to swim in—a river that no one could cross. He asked me, 'Son of man, do you see this?'"

Ezekiel 47:3-6

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Revival: Prayer - Cory Russell

Fri, 14 Jun 2019 16:46:12 +0000

Visiting pastor Cory Russell launches our summer sermon series on Revival with a word about prayer and the third person of the Trinity, the Holy Spirit. // 2019-06-02

"Most of us want the perfect Christian life without the invasion of the third preson of the Trinity. You cannot love Jesus or become more like Jesus without the Holy Spirit."

–Cory Russell

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Spiritual Maturity and Community - Banning Liebscher

Sun, 09 Jun 2019 15:32:08 +0000

In this bonus episode, pastor Banning Liebscher, from Jesus Culture, gifts our church with two talks on the nature and purpose of true Community to mature us. We've included both his talks in this podcast. // 2019-05-05

"We don't even know it, but we approach church in different ways, and many times, we do not approach it as a family. It is the family structure that is built to mature people. The natural flow of family is sons and daughters who have matured until they become parents."

Banning Liebscher

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Kingdom Values: Power - Suzy Silk

Thu, 30 May 2019 22:49:33 +0000

In this episode, pastor Suzy Silk concludes our sermon series on Kingdom Values by examining the Power of God, the Holy Spirit, who empowers us to live out the other values. // 2019-05-26

"For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline. So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me his prisoner. Rather, join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the power of God."

2 Timothy 1: 6-8

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Kingdom Values: Mission - Tyler Prieb

Tue, 21 May 2019 11:39:09 +0000

In this episode, Tyler Prieb continues our sermon series on Kingdom Values by examining the Mission of God, which is to rescue humanity, renew all things, out of His love, in order to reign with and live among his global family. // 2019-05-19

"We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be reconciled to God. God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God."

– 2 Corinthians 5:20-22

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Kingdom Values: Community - Jon Tyson

Tue, 14 May 2019 13:05:26 +0000

After Easter, Jesus spent 40 days with his followers talking to them about the kingdom of God. In this episode, pastor Jon Tyson continues our sermon series on Kingdom Values by examining radical New Testament Community from Acts 2. // 2019-05-12

"They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. All the believers were together and had everything in common. They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved."

– Acts 2:42-47

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Kingdom Values: Identity - Suzy Silk

Mon, 13 May 2019 00:09:41 +0000

After Easter, Jesus spent 40 days with his followers talking to them about the kingdom of God. In this episode, pastor Suzy Silk continues our sermon series on Kingdom Values by examining our Identity, and the significance that God is the one who names us. // 2019-05-05

"But now, this is what the Lord says—
    he who created you, Jacob,
    he who formed you, Israel:
'Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;
    I have summoned you by name; you are mine.' "

– Isaiah 43: 1

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Kingdom Values: Gospel - Jon Tyson

Tue, 30 Apr 2019 14:10:13 +0000

After Easter, Jesus spent 40 days with his followers talking to them about the kingdom of God. In this episode, pastor Jon Tyson opens our new sermon series on Kingdom Values by examining the first priority of the Kingdom of Heaven, the announcement of the Gospel, the good news of salvation. // 2019-04-28

"For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile. For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed— a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: 'The righteous will live by faith.'" Romans 1:16-17

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Words from the Cross: It Is Finished - Jon Tyson

Tue, 23 Apr 2019 12:54:08 +0000

In this episode, pastor Jon Tyson concludes our Lenten sermon series on Easter Sunday, examining Jesus' final word from the cross, "It is finished." // 2019-04-21

"Jesus didn't rise from the dead and go to the centers of power; he showed up to his friends so they would understand his love. Jesus is the answer to our despair." - Jon Tyson

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Words from the Cross: Trust - Jon Tyson

Wed, 17 Apr 2019 00:09:35 +0000

In this episode, pastor Jon Tyson continues our Lenten sermon series, examining Jesus' final words from the cross. Jesus' ultimate surrender to the Father stands in stark contrast to the spirit of control that so dominates our lives today. // 2019-04-14

It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon,for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. Jesus called out with a loud voice, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit." When he had said this, he breathed his last.

Luke 23: 44-49

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Words from the Cross: Adoption - Jon Tyson

Tue, 09 Apr 2019 21:07:54 +0000

In this episode, pastor Jon Tyson continues our Lenten sermon series, examining Jesus' final words from the cross. Jesus voluntarily offered Himself to be forsaken by His Father, so that we so that we can experience adoption as God's children. // 2019-04-07

At noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. And at three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?" (which means "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?").

Mark 15: 33-34

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Words from the Cross: Deliverance - Jon Tyson

Tue, 02 Apr 2019 15:02:33 +0000

In this episode, pastor Jon Tyson continues our Lenten sermon series, examining Jesus' final words from the cross. Jesus' thirst shows not only his human vulnerability, but his divine provision for our deliverance. // 2019-03-31

Later, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, "I am thirsty." A jar of vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on the stalk of a hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus' lips. When he had received the drink he said, "It is finished." With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.

John 19: 28-30

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Words from the Cross: Salvation - Suzy Silk

Tue, 26 Mar 2019 13:12:51 +0000

In this episode, pastor Suzy Silk continues our Lenten sermon series, examining Jesus' final words from the cross. Through Jesus' death, we find ultimate salvation. // 2019-03-24

"Two other men, both criminals, were also led out with him to be executed. When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him there, along with the criminals—one on his right, the other on his left. Jesus said, "Father,forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." And they divided up his clothes by casting lots.The people stood watching, and the rulers even sneered at him. They said, "He saved others; let him save himself if he is God's Messiah, the Chosen One." The soldiers also came up and mocked him. They offered him wine vinegar and said, "If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself." There was a written notice above him, which read: this is the king of the jews. One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: "Aren't you the Messiah? Save yourself and us!" But the other criminal rebuked him. "Don't you fear God," he said, "since you are under the same sentence? We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong." Then he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom." Jesus answered him, "Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise."

Luke 23:32-43

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Words from the Cross: Relationship - Suzy Silk

Tue, 19 Mar 2019 20:06:54 +0000

In this episode, pastor Suzy Silk continues our Lenten sermon series, examining Jesus' final words from the cross. Jesus created a new definition for family and how to take each other as our own. // 2019-03-17

"When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes, dividing them into four shares, one for each of them, with the undergarment remaining. This garment was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom. "Let's not tear it," they said to one another. "Let's decide by lot who will get it." This happened that the scripture might be fulfilled that said, "They divided my clothes among them and cast lots for my garment." So this is what the soldiers did. Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to her, "Woman, here is your son," and to the disciple, "Here is your mother." From that time on, this disciple took her into his home."

John 19: 23-27

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Words from the Cross: Forgiveness - Jon Tyson

Tue, 12 Mar 2019 17:35:35 +0000

In this episode, pastor Jon Tyson begins our Lenten sermon series, examining Jesus' final words from the cross. Jesus' forgiveness of His enemies is what needs to define our Christian identity today. // 2019-03-10

" When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him there, along with the criminals—one on his right, the other on his left. Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." And they divided up his clothes by casting lots. "

Luke 23: 33-34

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I AM: The Vine - Jon Tyson

Wed, 06 Mar 2019 16:25:04 +0000

In this episode, pastor Jon Tyson wraps up the sermon series, I AM Statements of Jesus, and examines Jesus' claim as being the source of true power and fruit for our lives. // 2019-03-03

"Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me."

John 15:4

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I AM: The Way, Truth, Life - Suzy Silk

Tue, 26 Feb 2019 20:52:37 +0000

In this episode, pastor Suzy Silk continues in the sermon series, I AM Statements of Jesus, and dissects the exclusivity of Jesus' claim as the Way, Truth and Life. // 2019-02-24

"My Father's house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am."

John 13:36-14:10a

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I AM: The Door - Jon Tyson

Tue, 19 Feb 2019 16:29:36 +0000

In this episode, pastor Jon Tyson continues in the sermon series, I AM Statements of Jesus. Jesus is the door, the way through which we come in and find life. // 2019-02-17

"I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. They will come in and go out, and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. "

John 10:9-10

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I AM: The Good Shepherd (part 2) - Jon Tyson

Tue, 12 Feb 2019 15:29:30 +0000

In this episode, pastor Jon Tyson continues in the sermon series, I AM Statements of Jesus. Jesus is the Good Shepherd, driven by love to leave the ninety-nine to find the lost one. // 2019-02-10

"Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn't he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it?"

Luke 15:4

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I AM: The Good Shepherd - Jon Tyson

Tue, 05 Feb 2019 18:02:23 +0000

In this episode, pastor Jon Tyson continues the sermon series, I AM Statements, where Jesus calls Himself the Good Shepherd, meeting the core human desire for leadership. // 2019-02-03

"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep."

John 10: 11

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I AM: The Light of the World - Suzy Silk

Tue, 29 Jan 2019 16:18:38 +0000

In this episode, pastor Suzy Silk continues the sermon series, I AM Statements, where Jesus calls Himself the light of the world, bringing revelation into our lives with His presence. // 2019-01-27

" When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, 'I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.' "

John 8: 12

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I AM: The Bread of Life - Jon Tyson

Tue, 22 Jan 2019 14:24:38 +0000

In this episode, pastor Jon Tyson launches us into a new sermon series during Epiphany, the I AM statements of Jesus. Here, Jesus calls Himself the bread of life, providing for our deepest desires of being known, valued and included. // 2019-01-20

" Then Jesus declared, 'I am the bread of life.Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.' "

John 6: 35

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Prioritizing the Presence of God - Pete Grieg

Tue, 15 Jan 2019 15:53:38 +0000

In this episode, pastor Pete Grieg, from the 24-7 Prayer Movement, encourages us to pursue the presence of God with a teaching from Exodus 33: 1-18. // 2019-01-13

" The Lord would speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend. "

Exodus 33: 11a

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Creating a Culture of Honor - Jon Tyson

Tue, 08 Jan 2019 16:18:39 +0000

In this episode, pastor Jon Tyson sets our vision for the New Year with a teaching from Romans 12: 10 on how God's operating system is honor. // 2019-01-06

"Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. "

Romans 12: 10

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Good News Great Joy All People - Jon Tyson

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 15:15:39 +0000

In this episode, pastor Jon Tyson teaches from Luke 2: 8-15 on the implications of the message the shepherds received from the angels, as we observe the third week of Advent. // 2018-12-16

" But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. "

Luke 2: 10-11

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Advent: The Promise of Peace - Suzy Silk

Tue, 11 Dec 2018 22:11:57 +0000

In this episode, pastor Suzy Silk teaches from Isaiah 9: 2-7 on the impossible promise of Peace, made possible only through the blood of Jesus, as we observe the second week of Advent. // 2018-12-09

"For to us a child is born,
    to us a son is given,
    and the government will be on his shoulders.
And he will be called
    Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
    Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Of the greatness of his government and peace
    there will be no end." Isaiah 9: 6-7a

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Advent: The Threat Of Hope - Jon Tyson

Tue, 04 Dec 2018 19:28:48 +0000

In this episode, pastor Jon Tyson teaches from Matthew 2: 1-18 on the subversive threat of Hope, as we observe the first week of Advent. // 2018-12-02

" 'But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
are by no means least among the rulers of Judah;
for out of you will come a ruler
who will shepherd my people Israel.' " Matthew 2: 6

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Secrecy Must Be Stronger Than Applause - Suzy Silk

Tue, 27 Nov 2018 15:00:15 +0000

In this episode, pastor Suzy Silk teaches from Matthew 6: 1-6, 16-21 on why secrecy must be stronger than applause, in the last sermon of the This Must Be Stronger Than That series // 2018-11-25

"But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you." Matthew 6: 3-4

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Grieving Must Be Stronger Than Dismissing - Suzy Silk

Tue, 06 Nov 2018 18:21:39 +0000

In this episode, pastor Suzy Silk teaches from John 11: 35 on why grieving and lamenting, which keeps us human, must be stronger than dismissing, as part of the This Must Be Stronger Than That series // 2018-11-04

"Jesus wept." John 11: 35

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Commitment Must Be Stronger Than Preference - Suzy Silk

Tue, 16 Oct 2018 14:18:36 +0000

In this episode, pastor Suzy Silk teaches from Jeremiah 31: 31-34 on why commitment must be stronger than preference, as part of the This Must Be Stronger Than That series // 2018-10-14

"This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel
    after that time," declares the Lord.
"I will put my law in their minds
    and write it on their hearts.
I will be their God,
    and they will be my people." Jeremiah 31:32

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Truth Must Be Stronger Than Lies - Suzy Silk

Tue, 25 Sep 2018 15:22:09 +0000

In this episode, pastor Suzy Silk teaches from Romans 11:33-12:2 on why truth must be stronger than lies in our hearts and minds, as part of the This Must Be Stronger Than That series // 2018-09-23

"Do not be conformed to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is–his good, pleasing and perfect will." - Romans 12:2

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Worship Must Be Stronger Than Idolatry - Jon Tyson

Tue, 18 Sep 2018 15:23:34 +0000

In this episode, pastor Jon Tyson teaches from Romans 1 on why worship must be stronger than idolatry in the church, as part of the This Must Be Stronger Than That series // 2018-09-16

"They exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and worshipped and served created things rather than the Creator..." - Romans 1:25

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This Must Be Stronger Than That - Jon Tyson

Mon, 10 Sep 2018 23:20:41 +0000

In this episode, pastor Jon Tyson teaches from Ephesians 3 on God's plan for the church, as part of the This Must Be Stronger Than That series // 2018-09-09

"His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known..." - Ephesians 3:10

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Teach Us To Pray - Week 11 - Missional Prayer

Mon, 03 Sep 2018 00:16:25 +0000

In this episode, pastor Suzy Silk teaches from Luke 10 on how we play into the plan of Jesus' strategy to reach the lost, as part of Teach Us To Pray series // 2018-09-02

"Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field. Go! I am sending you out ..." - Luke 10:2b-3a

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Fall Vision Day 2018 - Here For This

Tue, 28 Aug 2018 19:12:25 +0000

In this talk from our Fall Vision Conference, Chief of Staff Tyler Prieb outlines our key ministry priorities for our church community as a whole, highlighting some of the key initiatives and events coming in the months ahead. // 2018-08-25

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Fall Vision Day 2018 - The Kind Of Leaders We're Looking For

Tue, 28 Aug 2018 19:09:43 +0000

In this talk from our Fall Vision Conference, Pastor Jon Tyson delivers a sermon from 2nd Timothy, discussing the types of people Paul instructs Timothy to entrust with leadership in the church at Ephesus, and the implications for our church in New York City. // 2018-08-25

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Teach Us To Pray - Week 10 - Prayer For Spiritual Awakening

Mon, 27 Aug 2018 14:55:52 +0000

In this episode, pastor Jon Tyson teaches from Habakkuk 3 on seeking God intently in prayer for spiritual awakening, as part of Teach Us To Pray series // 2018-08-26

"For ten or eleven years I prayed for revival. I spent whole nights reading accounts of revivals or talking about them. It was the Spirit who in this way was driving me to think about revivals" - Evan Roberts

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Teach Us To Pray - Week 9 - Divine Intercession

Tue, 21 Aug 2018 13:13:36 +0000

In this episode, guest pastor Rich Villodas teaches from Acts 12 on the power of intercessory prayer, as part of Teach Us To Pray series // 2018-08-19

"Intercession is a form of hospitality because we welcome others into our inmost sanctuary of compassion" - Marjorie Thompson

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Teach Us To Pray - Week 8 - Can't Stop, Won't Stop

Tue, 14 Aug 2018 12:56:42 +0000

In this episode, guest pastor Ralph Castillo teaches from 2 Kings on the need to pray without ceasing, as part of Teach Us To Pray series // 2018-08-12

"Elisha said to the king of Israel, "Strike the ground!" So he struck the ground three times and stopped. But the man of God was angry with him and said, "You should have struck the ground five or six times." - 2 Kings 13:18b-19a

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Teach Us To Pray - Week 7 - The Art of Contemplation

Tue, 07 Aug 2018 03:23:21 +0000

In this episode, pastor Suzy Silk teaches from Genesis 16 and the core longing to see and be seen, as part of Teach Us To Pray series // 2018-08-05

"The upright shall behold the Lord's face" - Psalm 11:7

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Teach Us To Pray - Week 6 - Prayer Of Relinquishment

Tue, 31 Jul 2018 12:56:24 +0000

In this episode, pastor Jon Tyson teaches from Luke 22, on the stages of prayer that lead to a relinquishing of our desires from self to God's will, as part of Teach Us To Pray series // 2018-07-29

"Father, not my will, but yours be done" - Jesus

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Teach Us To Pray - Week 5 - Stand Up

Tue, 24 Jul 2018 13:10:49 +0000

In this episode, guest speaker pastor Adam Durso teaches from 1 Samuel, on choosing to stand up and believe in the power of God again, as part of Teach Us To Pray series // 2018-07-22

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Teach Us To Pray - Week 4 - Experience Glory

Mon, 16 Jul 2018 21:50:50 +0000

In this episode, pastor Suzy Silk teaches from Ezekiel 1, on why we need God to reveal his Glory, as part of Teach Us To Pray series // 2018-07-15

"Christ is you, the hope of glory" - Colossians 1:27

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Teach Us To Pray - Week 3 - Passionate Prayer Pursues

Tue, 10 Jul 2018 14:52:27 +0000

In this episode, pastor Suzy Silk teaches from Song of Songs 3, on why we should long for and pursue daily encounters with God's presence, as part of Teach Us To Pray series // 2018-07-08

"You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart" - Jeremiah 29:13

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Teach Us To Pray - Week 2 - Attention Leads To Adoration

Tue, 03 Jul 2018 19:59:36 +0000

In this episode, pastor Jon Tyson teaches from Psalm 73, where we explore the activities that take our attention away from our adoration towards God, as part of Teach Us To Pray series // 2018-07-01

"Attention is the beginning of devotion" - Mary Oliver

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Teach Us To Pray - Week 1 - Pray What You've Got

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 21:36:11 +0000

In this episode, pastor Jon Tyson teaches from Philippians 4, where we explore the obstacles that hinder us from a strong prayer life , as part of Teach Us To Pray series // 2018-06-24

"Pray as you can, not as you can't" - John Chapmen

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The Controversial Jesus - The Controversial Disciple

Tue, 19 Jun 2018 15:33:29 +0000

In this episode, pastor Jon Tyson teaches from Mark 8, where we examine how Jesus challenges his disciples to live a controversial life, as part of The Controversial Jesus series // 2018-06-17

"I didn't go to religion to make me happy. I always knew a bottle of Port would do that. If you want a religion to make you feel really comfortable, I certainly don't recommend Christianity." - C.S. Lewis

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The Controversial Jesus - Jesus and Mammon

Tue, 12 Jun 2018 14:06:09 +0000

In this episode, pastor Jon Tyson teaches from Matthew 6, where we examine the effect of mammon in our culture and our counter Kingdom story response, as part of The Controversial Jesus series // 2018-06-10

"Every time I give, I declare that money does not control me. Perpetual generosity is a perpetual de-deification of money" - Kent Hughes

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The Controversial Jesus - Jesus and Violence

Tue, 05 Jun 2018 17:18:15 +0000

In this episode, pastor Suzy Silk teaches from Matthew 5, where we examine the question: Does scripture hold a thoroughly peaceful ethic?, as part of The Controversial Jesus series // 2018-06-03

"I do not recognize the empire of this world. I acknowledge my Lord who is the emperor of kings and of all nations" - Speratus (180AD, Rome)

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The Controversial Jesus - Jesus and Politics

Tue, 29 May 2018 13:55:51 +0000

In this episode, pastor Jon Tyson teaches from Mark 12, where we examine what our role and participation should look like in our current political climate, as part of The Controversial Jesus series // 2018-05-27

"When those in power made Christianity the state religion, the church began its decline toward irrelevance" - Scott Sauls

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The Controversial Jesus - Jesus, Women, and Leadership

Tue, 22 May 2018 02:44:37 +0000

In this episode, pastor Suzy Silk teaches from Acts 2, where we examine Jesus' teaching and example around Women in leadership and explore how that relates to our current moment in the world, as part of The Controversial Jesus series // 2018-05-20

"Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy." - Acts 2

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The Controversial Jesus - Jesus and Privilege

Tue, 15 May 2018 13:21:18 +0000

In this episode, pastor Jon Tyson teaches from Philippians 2, where Jesus demonstrates how to leverage one's privilege on behalf of others, as part of The Controversial Jesus series // 2018-05-13

"The most transformative acts of our lives are likely to be the moments when we radically empty ourselves, in the very settings where we would normally be expected to exercise authority." - Andy Crouch

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The Controversial Jesus - Jesus, Gender, and the Trans Community

Tue, 08 May 2018 19:54:58 +0000

In this episode, pastor Jon Tyson teaches from Genesis 1 & Matthew 19, on the Compassion of Jesus, Gender, and the Trans Community, as part of The Controversial Jesus series // 2018-05-06

"Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ" - Galatians 6:2

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The Controversial Jesus - Jesus and the Gay Community

Tue, 01 May 2018 17:51:22 +0000

In this episode, pastor Jon Tyson teaches from 1 Corinthians, on the Compassion of Jesus, the Church, and the Gay community, as part of The Controversial Jesus series // 2018-04-29

"And that is what some of your were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God " - 1 Corinthians 6:11

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The Controversial Jesus - Sexual Formation

Mon, 23 Apr 2018 17:00:54 +0000

In this episode, pastor Jon Tyson teaches from Matthew 5, on how does sexuality relate to discipleship and are we forming or deforming our hearts through how we use our bodies, as part of The Controversial Jesus series // 2018-04-22

"We all have to choose between two ways of being crazy, the foolishness of the Gospel and the non-sense of the values of our world" - Jean Venier

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The Controversial Jesus - Controversial Singleness

Tue, 17 Apr 2018 13:08:53 +0000

In this episode, pastor Jon Tyson teaches from Matthew 19, on the rise of singleness in our culture and the opportunity to move forward the kingdom as a single person, as part of The Controversial Jesus series // 2018-04-15

"Scripture says fulfillment (sexual, or otherwise) does not come by marriage. Fulfillment comes by Christ and His Body, and our dependent participation and thus transformation, waiting, watching and abiding in relentless love herein." - Abbie Smith

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The Controversial Jesus - Controversial Compassion

Tue, 10 Apr 2018 12:22:34 +0000

In this episode, pastor Jon Tyson teaches from Luke 7, on how Jesus provides a middle way for us, with compassion and clarity , as part of The Controversial Jesus series // 2018-04-08

"Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you,: therefore he will rise up to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of Justice. Blessed are all who wait for him" - Isaiah 30:18

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Easter Sunday - Resurrection of Jesus

Tue, 03 Apr 2018 12:45:06 +0000

In this episode, pastor Jon Tyson teaches on the importance of the resurrection and the restoration, life, relationship it brings // 2018-04-01

"In many respects I find an unresurrected Jesus easier to accept. Easter makes him dangerous. Because of Easter I have to listen to his extravagant claims and can no longer pick and choose from his sayings. Moreover, Easter means he must be loose out there somewhere" - Phillip Yancey

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The Prodigal Church Series - A Model Church

Tue, 27 Mar 2018 12:40:32 +0000

In this episode, pastor Jon Tyson teaches from 1 Thessalonians, on what a model church should be, as part of The Prodigal Church series // 2018-03-25

"Because we loved you so much, we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God but our lives as well" - 1 Thessalonians 2:8

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The Prodigal Church Series - Laodicea

Mon, 19 Mar 2018 23:48:41 +0000

In this episode, pastor Suzy Silk teaches from Revelations 3, on Laodicea, as part of The Prodigal Church series // 2018-03-18

"If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me. To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I was victorious and sat down with my Father on his throne." - Revelation 3:20-21

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The Prodigal Church Series - Sardis

Tue, 13 Mar 2018 12:54:10 +0000

In this episode, pastor Jon Tyson teaches from Revelations 3, on Sardis, as part of The Prodigal Church series // 2018-03-11

"All of the church's man-made programs can never bring life, any more than a circus can resurrect a corpse" - Warren Wiersbe

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The Prodigal Church Series - Thyatira

Tue, 06 Mar 2018 14:28:20 +0000

In this episode, pastor Jon Tyson teaches from Revelations 2, on Thyatira, as part of The Prodigal Church series // 2018-03-04

"Nothing can be more cruel than the leniency which abandons others to their sin. Nothing can be more compassionate than the severe reprimand which calls another Christian in one's community back from the path of sin" - Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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Revelation of Jesus Christ - Corey Russell

Mon, 26 Feb 2018 17:45:30 +0000

In this bonus episode, IHOP's Corey Russell teaches on the unveiling and unfolding of the revelation of Jesus Christ // 2018-02-25

"Have you ever been undone by the revelation of Jesus Christ? ... Where Bible and Holy Spirt met and Jesus came alive to you" - Corey Russell

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Releasing the Spirit of Prayer - Corey Russell

Mon, 26 Feb 2018 16:58:19 +0000

In this bonus episode, IHOP's Corey Russell teaches on releasing the spirit of prayer in our people, church, and our city // 2018-02-25

"Wherever you're at in your journey of prayer, it's the power of intimacy with His heart and the power of seeing Him break in on your behalf. He's the God who rules through intercession, He rules through asking" - Corey Russell

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The Prodigal Church Series - Pergamum

Mon, 26 Feb 2018 15:53:46 +0000

In this episode, pastor Suzy Silk teaches from Revelations 2, on Pergamum, as part of The Prodigal Church series // 2018-02-25

"Since in the ancient courts of justice the accused were condemned by black pebbles and acquitted by white, and a man on his acquittal was spoken of as (victor, conqueror) ... Christ promises that to the one who has gained eternal life by coming off conqueror over temptation he will give (white stone)" - Strong's

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The Prodigal Church Series - Ephesus

Tue, 20 Feb 2018 03:39:59 +0000

In this episode, pastor Jon Tyson teaches from Revelations 2, on Ephesus, as part of The Prodigal Church series // 2018-02-18

"Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God"

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The Way of Jesus Series - Cultural Renewal

Tue, 13 Feb 2018 13:56:17 +0000

In this episode, pastor Jon Tyson teaches from Colossians 1, on cultural renewal, as part of The Way of Jesus series // 2018-02-11

"A creative minority is a Christian Community in a web of stubbornly loyal relationships, knotted together in a living network of persons, who are committed to practicing the way of Jesus for the renewal of the world."

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The Way of Jesus Series - Social Renewal

Tue, 06 Feb 2018 01:20:26 +0000

In this episode, pastor Suzy Silk teaches from Ephesians 2, on social renewal, as part of The Way of Jesus series // 2018-02-04

"And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions. Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days. ... And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved" - Joel 2

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The Way of Jesus Series - Spiritual Renewal

Tue, 30 Jan 2018 14:02:52 +0000

In this episode, pastor Jon Tyson teaches from John 3, on spiritual renewal, as part of The Way of Jesus series // 2018-01-28

"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God's one and only Son." - John 3:16-18

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The Way of Jesus Series - The Way of Practice

Tue, 23 Jan 2018 13:49:46 +0000

In this episode, pastor Jon Tyson teaches from Matthew 7, on the way of practice, as part of The Way of Jesus series // 2018-01-21

"The world can no longer be left to mere diplomats, politicians, and business leaders. They have done the best they could do, no doubt. But this is an age for spiritual heroes - a time for men and women to be heroic on their faith and in spiritual character and power. The greatest danger to the Christian church today is that of pitching its message to low." - Dallas Willard

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The Way of Jesus Series - The Way of Formation

Tue, 16 Jan 2018 17:48:58 +0000

In this episode, pastor Jon Tyson teaches from Mark 12, on the way of formation, as part of The Way of Jesus series // 2018-01-14

"The intellectual, emotional, volitional, and physical elements of personhood are all involved in loving God. Genuine love for God is an intelligent love, an emotional love, a willing love, and an active love. In short, it is a comprehensive, all-consuming love and singular admiration. God's wholehearted love believers must not be reciprocated with halfhearted devotion" - John Macarthur

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The Way of Jesus Series - The Way of Vision

Tue, 09 Jan 2018 13:27:43 +0000

In this episode, pastor Jon Tyson teaches from Mark 1, on the way of vision, as part of The Way of Jesus series // 2018-01-07

"The really good news for humanity is that Jesus is now taking students in the master class of life" - Dallas Willard

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Christmas Eve - The Word Became Flesh

Wed, 27 Dec 2017 23:34:23 +0000

Church of the City New York - COTCNYC - Jon Tyson
John 1 - 2017-12-24

White As Snow

Sun, 24 Dec 2017 02:25:39 +0000

We just celebrated baptisms in our community, and the day we did them it snowed. In the middle of a backyard, with a metaphor of forgiveness brought to life, we baptized 5 people as a public declaration of their faith in Christ. This is one of those stories.

Advent Series - A Joyful God

Tue, 19 Dec 2017 13:27:26 +0000

Church of the City New York - COTCNYC - Jon Tyson
Isaiah 61 - 2017-12-17

A Year of Answered Prayers

Thu, 14 Dec 2017 22:08:25 +0000

Did God ever answer those prayers we prayed at that all night prayer meeting for 2017?

In this end of year update Pastor Jon Tyson gives us a recap of all that God has done in our church over the past year. This will inspire and encourage you to press in for 2018.

Mission. Justice. Future.

Thu, 14 Dec 2017 16:52:35 +0000

Pastor Jon Tyson gives an important update about new initiatives and opportunities for our church next year.

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Advent Series - A Righteous King

Tue, 12 Dec 2017 15:38:05 +0000

Church of the City New York - COTCNYC - Suzy Silk
Isaiah 11 - 2017-12-10

Advent Series - The Government Of God

Tue, 05 Dec 2017 15:19:19 +0000

Church of the City New York - COTCNYC - Jon Tyson
Isaiah 8-9 - 2017-12-03

Advent Series - Intro - The God You Long For

Tue, 28 Nov 2017 14:56:00 +0000

Church of the City New York - COTCNYC - Suzy Silk
Isaiah 7 - 2017-11-26

Holy Ambition Series - Holy Celebration

Wed, 22 Nov 2017 13:10:56 +0000

Church of the City New York - COTCNYC - Jon Tyson
Nehemiah 12 - 2017-11-19

Holy Ambition Series - Holy Culture

Tue, 14 Nov 2017 15:17:05 +0000

Church of the City New York - COTCNYC - Jon Tyson
Nehemiah 10 - 2017-11-12

Holy Ambition Series - Holy Response

Mon, 06 Nov 2017 13:33:02 +0000

Church of the City New York - COTCNYC - Jon Tyson
Nehemiah 8 - 2017-11-05

Holy Ambition Series - Holy Integrity

Tue, 31 Oct 2017 02:55:36 +0000

Church of the City New York - COTCNYC - Suzy Silk
Nehemiah 6 & 7 - 2017-10-29

Holy Ambition Series - Holy Confrontation

Mon, 23 Oct 2017 19:58:25 +0000

Church of the City New York - COTCNYC - Jon Tyson
Nehemiah 5 - 2017-10-22

Holy Ambition Series - Holy Resistance

Tue, 17 Oct 2017 14:06:01 +0000

Church of the City New York - COTCNYC - Jon Tyson
Nehemiah 4 - 2017-10-15

The Father's Love - Dr. Rob Reimer

Tue, 10 Oct 2017 12:39:42 +0000

Church of the City New York - COTCNYC - Dr. Rob Reimer
Guest Speaker - 2017-10-08

Holy Ambition Series - Here's What's Possible

Tue, 03 Oct 2017 04:10:01 +0000

Church of the City New York - COTCNYC - Jon Tyson
Nehemiah 2:11-20 - 2017-10-01

Holy Ambition Series - Longing for the Right Place

Tue, 26 Sep 2017 00:33:51 +0000

Church of the City New York - COTCNYC - Suzy Silk
Nehemiah 2:1-10 - 2017-09-24

Holy Ambition Series - Life of Consequence

Tue, 19 Sep 2017 02:10:59 +0000

Church of the City New York - COTCNYC - Jon Tyson
Nehemiah 1 - 2017-09-17

COTCNYC Official Launch - 5 Declarations

Wed, 13 Sep 2017 15:34:05 +0000

Church of the City New York - COTCNYC - Jon Tyson
Launch Sunday - 2017-09-10

Making Sense of Church - Ephesians - Week 20

Wed, 06 Sep 2017 14:45:23 +0000

Church of the City New York - COTCNYC - Suzy Silk
Ephesians 6 v10-20 - 2017-09-03

Making Sense of Church - Ephesians - Week 19

Tue, 29 Aug 2017 00:57:08 +0000

Church of the City New York - COTCNYC - Jon Tyson
Ephesians 6 v5-9 - 2017-08-27

Making Sense of Church - Ephesians - Week 18

Mon, 21 Aug 2017 21:44:23 +0000

Church of the City New York - COTCNYC - Jon Tyson
Ephesians 6 v1-4 - 2017-08-20

Making Sense of Church - Ephesians - Week 17

Wed, 16 Aug 2017 12:46:25 +0000

Church of the City New York - COTCNYC - Jon Tyson
Ephesians 5 v21-33 - 2017-08-13

Making Sense of Church - Ephesians - Week 16

Tue, 08 Aug 2017 16:25:34 +0000

Church of the City New York - COTCNYC - Jon Tyson
Ephesians 5 v15-20 - 2017-08-06

Making Sense of Church - Ephesians - Week 15

Tue, 01 Aug 2017 16:47:05 +0000

Church of the City New York - COTCNYC - Dr. Rob Reimer
Ephesians 5 v8-14 - 2017-07-30

Making Sense of Church - Ephesians - Week 14

Mon, 24 Jul 2017 22:50:59 +0000

Church of the City New York - COTCNYC - Suzy Silk
Ephesians 5 v1-14 - 2017-07-23

Making Sense of Church - Ephesians - Week 13

Tue, 18 Jul 2017 03:57:39 +0000

Church of the City New York - COTCNYC - Jon Tyson
Ephesians 4 v17-32 - 2017-07-16

Making Sense of Church - Ephesians - Week 12

Tue, 11 Jul 2017 03:10:25 +0000

Church of the City New York - COTCNYC - Jon Tyson
Ephesians 4 v1-16 - 2017-07-09

Making Sense of Church - Ephesians - Week 11

Mon, 03 Jul 2017 20:22:00 +0000

Church of the City New York - COTCNYC - Suzy Silk
Ephesians 3 v14-21 - 2017-07-02

Making Sense of Church - Ephesians - Week 10

Mon, 26 Jun 2017 14:42:40 +0000

Church of the City New York - COTCNYC - Suzy Silk
Ephesians 3 v1-13 - 2017-06-25

Making Sense of Church - Ephesians - Week 9

Tue, 20 Jun 2017 12:54:13 +0000

Church of the City New York - COTCNYC - Jon Tyson
Ephesians 2 v11-22 - 2017-06-18

Making Sense of Church - Ephesians - Week 8

Wed, 14 Jun 2017 13:09:37 +0000

Church of the City New York - COTCNYC - Jon Tyson
Ephesians 2 v1-10 - 2017-06-11

Making Sense of Church - Ephesians - Week 7

Tue, 06 Jun 2017 18:35:19 +0000

Church of the City New York - COTCNYC - Corey Russell
Ephesians 1 v15-23 - 2017-06-04

Making Sense of Church - Ephesians - Week 6

Tue, 06 Jun 2017 18:00:29 +0000

Church of the City New York - COTCNYC - Jon Tyson
Ephesians 1 v11-14 - 2017-05-28

Making Sense of Church - Ephesians - Week 5

Tue, 06 Jun 2017 17:56:32 +0000

Church of the City New York - COTCNYC - Suzy Silk
Ephesians 1 v6-12 - 2017-05-21

Making Sense of Church - Ephesians - Week 4

Tue, 06 Jun 2017 17:54:11 +0000

Church of the City New York - COTCNYC - Jon Tyson
Ephesians 1 v3-6 - 2017-05-14

Making Sense of Church - Ephesians - Week 3

Tue, 06 Jun 2017 17:48:50 +0000

Church of the City New York - COTCNYC - Jon Tyson
Ephesians 1 v1-2 - 2017-05-07

Making Sense of Church - Ephesians - Week 2

Tue, 06 Jun 2017 17:44:27 +0000

Church of the City New York - COTCNYC - Jon Tyson
Acts 19 v23-40 - 2017-04-30

Making Sense of Church - Ephesians - Week 1

Tue, 06 Jun 2017 17:39:33 +0000

Church of the City New York - COTCNYC - Jon Tyson
Acts 19 v1-20 - 2017-04-23