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Jesus received his identity from his father and lived from that identity. He invites us to do the same. When you know who you are and whose you are, you know how to live - how to really live.
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Lean in as we hear from our Director of Operations, Michelle Hessler, from Matthew 3.
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Everyone loves a good origin story. Matthew takes us back in the story of Jesus, not just for background context, but because the more we understand Jesus, the more we understand ourselves
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Jesus. How do you capture the magnitude of this name? The simplicity? The beauty? The weight? The grace? The wisdom? The power? The love? The sacrifice? John, one of Jesus’ closest friends and disciples tried to sum it up at the end of his account this way: “Jesus did many other things…and if every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written.” Wow what an ending! On the other hand, Matthew, one of Jesus’ other disciples decides to intro his account with this zinger: “This is the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah…” Hang on tight. This is going to be good.
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We wrap up our series “Essentials” by reviewing our 9 practices and how they work together in the life of this family as we practice the way of Jesus, together, in Boulder.
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Community: an idea familiar to the culture we live in, but experientially it often seems a far cry from what Jesus had in mind. What makes community in the way of Jesus different, more formational, and more impactful than the versions the world has to offer?
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Humility is a part of someone’s character that is typically admired (at least from the perspective of an obituary), but how do you grow in it? How do you become a humble person? Richard Foster says, “More than any other single way, the grace of humility is worked into our lives through the discipline of service.”
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Jesus said, “come to me…and I will give you rest”, but most of us don’t have time for that do we? Even if we did, what does it mean to truly rest? We’ve definitely mastered entertainment, but we probably wouldn’t relate our latest Netflix binge to Jesus’ invitation here, would we? (Wait does “The Chosen” count??) Dallas Willard once said, “hurry is the great enemy of spiritual life in our day.” What would it look like to lean in and learn together from our “never-in-a-hurry” rabbi?
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As we gather to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus, we will consider how the accounts of the resurrection are, to quote Tim Keller, “intensely rational, merciful, personal, and wonderful,” and too good not to look into for ourselves
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Fasting is perhaps one of the most disconnected practices from our modern day experience of following Jesus. It is difficult to understand, post-enlightenment, how anything spiritual can be connected to our stomachs. What role can “not eating” possibly play in empowering me to follow Jesus
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Many Jesus followers have a sincere desire to obey Jesus in the area of making disciples, but for a variety of reasons, they struggle to see their lives produce this kind of fruit. What if you could become the kind of person that partners with God in such a way, that you look up before the end of this year and you’re baptizing someone with your own hands that you’ve introduced to Jesus? What if that’s only the beginning? What if that was God’s plan for you all along?
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Hear from Craig Alsup as he shares about our partnership with and God’s activity in and through Manna Worldwide.
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In a culture saturated in consumerism, materialism, and hedonism (the idea that pleasure and experience are "the highest human good"), is it possible there's a better way? A more joyful way? A deep seated contentment available through practice in the way of Jesus?
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In a world of hurry and noise, what does it look like to follow Jesus into the practice of silence and solitude? What do we gain if we do? What do we lose if we don’t?
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In a culture of ideological compromise, what does it look like to carry an honest and courageous commitment to orthodoxy as we practice the way of Jesus together in Boulder?
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We start our journey of taking up the easy yoke of Jesus through the central practice of prayer. Richard Foster says “Of all spiritual disciplines, prayer is the most central because it ushers us into perpetual communion with the Father.” In other words, prayer is how we learn to “be with Jesus.” But it doesn’t stop there.
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“My Yoke is Easy; Burden is Light” - how do we carry the invitation and way of Jesus into our whole lives? How do we move increasingly from information to transformation? How do we experience as Dallas Willard notes “the effective and full enjoyment of active love of God and humankind in all the daily rounds of normal existence where we are placed” both now and over the long haul? Welcome to “The Essentials.”
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As we wrap up this series, we will take a simple look at the consistent effort we must make to live as whole-hearted apprentices under Jesus.
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Howard Dayton says “Giving is not God’s way of raising money, it’s God’s way of raising people into the likeness of His Son.” As followers of Jesus, our desire is to become like Him in every aspect of our lives. As a result, the practice of generosity is central to our spiritual formation.
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When we look at our lives with the end in mind, most, if not all of us, want to minimize regret and enjoy life to the full. We all want to make the most of our time—we all want our lives to matter. But how do know that we’re giving ourselves to the right things? As followers of Jesus, we acknowledge that God has given us this one life to live, and in and of itself, it’s a sheer, amazing gift. But there’s more… we’re also gifted - why?
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We are the most time-aware generation in human history. We have found ways to make every second of life as efficient as possible. We are simultaneously the most time-poor generation in human history. We live with an attention deficit currently losing to the attention span of a goldfish. As followers of Jesus, how should we respond?
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CS Lewis says “God finds our desires not too strong, but too weak.” It’s so easy to settle for far less than what is available to us in Jesus - life to the full; a life saturated with what is good, beautiful, and true. How do we cultivate a hunger for God and not settle for less?
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An essential distinctive for this trip around the sun is that as followers of Jesus, we must practice the way together. As we step into this new year, we will leverage the practice of fasting together for our formation.
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It’s so easy to lose sight of the gravity of opportunity surrounding the beginning of a new year, the opportunity to evaluate our last steps and our next steps, our dreams and our goals, our ambitions and destinations; to take stock of our lives and to see where we’re going and who we’re becoming along the way. Lean in for the kick off of our new series, “A Trip Around the Sun.”
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We will wrap up the year by sitting in awe and wonder at who Jesus claims to be and how His life of compassion and humility reinforces those claims. From that space of awe and wonder, we will consider our only appropriate response.
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We are all invited to follow Jesus; to come and count ourselves among the faithful. But what does that look like exactly
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Open your eyes in wonder as we practice the way of Jesus, together, in Boulder.
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Lean in as Madi Kester continues our series on “The New Family of Jesus” through the expressions of church and vulnerability.
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As we continue in this series, we take a look at the role, development, and value of friendship alongside the larger expressions of community.
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The invitation from Jesus to “follow me” is also met with the command to “go and tell.” What does it look like for us to live as witnesses, together, in the new family of Jesus?
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As we practice the way of Jesus together in Boulder, we must think deeply and live wholly into the role community plays in our spiritual formation. In addition, we have ideas of formation and ideals of community we must be honest about in order to participate more fully into all that God has for us. What might surprise us is that through the more or less ordinary and non-glamorous aspects of community can come some of our most significant long-term formation.
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Community as followers of Jesus is often seen as a gift; especially when it’s life-giving and there’s some form of mutual benefit. But what about when it gets stale or boring? What about when it’s hard? What about when it’s painful? What about when it’s disappointing? What about when the benefits seem completely absent? Can it still be a gift?
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Lean in as we look at Jesus radical claims around the new family he was starting and how his words would have made his first-century listeners cringe, yet are often lost on our modern ears.
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As we wrap up our series in 1 Thessalonians, Paul encourages us to lean into our relationship with the Holy Spirit and the essential role of prophecy within the church.
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There are many things in our life that are nonstop, and for many of them we wish that wasn’t the case- that there was an off button. But as followers of Jesus there are a few things that should be nonstop that are probably easily lost in our busy-ness. Lean in as we walk through Paul’s simple commands this week.
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Lean in as Madi Lester walks us through 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24.
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Lean in as we do a Q & A with our very first missionaries sent out of the family of City Church to Central Asia!
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Following Jesus is all about relationships: our relationship with God, his family, and the world (those not yet in his family.) It’s in the context of community that we learn to work out what it means to put into practice the way of Jesus. As Paul continues to wrap up his letter, he gives the Thessalonians instructions on how to live within the arena of four different relationships.
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Lean in for this timely stand alone message around generosity and this unique and exciting season for our church family.
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The stats are in and they are staggering: 10 out of 10 people will eventually die. We have a funny relationship with our mortality. We live as if it’s not a reality for as long as we can and then when it’s staring us in the face and we have to stare back, we often don’t cope well. But what if as Jesus followers there’s a better way? Jesus himself modeled and invites us into that better way; a way with permission to grieve well and maintain hope while simultaneously living fully engaged and alive in the life God has called us to.
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All of us want to change; most of us struggle to know how. All of us want our lives to be connected to a larger purpose; many of us struggle to figure out what that purpose is. All of us have an ideal of community; many of us struggle to embrace wholly the one right in front of us. Lean in as Paul helps us address these issues in 1 Thessalonians 4.
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As we continue through 1 Thessalonians, Paul has three areas of concern he begins to address in order to see people continue to thrive in the way of Jesus. The first of those three is the issue of sexual formation. How do we navigate these same issues in our current cultural moment as we practice the way of Jesus together in Boulder?
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Lean in as Stuart Sharpe helps us wrap up chapter 3 on our series through 1 Thessalonians!
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This week we continue through 1 Thessalonians and take a look at 3 themes from the life of Paul that we need to integrate into our own lives as we follow Jesus.
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When you hear the word influencer, it probably brings to mind a specific idea or person. The way our current culture talks about influence can make the way we think about our own influence challenging. But what if you’re made to be an influencer? Paul and the Thessalonians help us consider how we’re influenced and how we can be used by God to influence others as we apprentice our lives under Jesus.
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For most of us, a model is helpful. It’s a pattern to lean into, learn from, and put into practice. It’s one thing to have a model to follow, but it’s another thing to want it. A healthy vision cultivates desire and Jesus gives us both!
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Guest speaker Bryson Mcguire walks us through 1 Thessalonians 1:2-3 and invites us to consider what it means to faithfully follow Jesus.
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What does it mean to trust in Jesus as Lord? What kind of risk is associated with such a claim? What would cause individuals and entire communities to willingly and joyfully endure hardship from external and internal pressures for such a claim?
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We kick off the letter of 1 Thessalonians with an overview of the letter and the direction we’re taking for the summer as we practice the way of Jesus together in Boulder.
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As we wrap up this series, we’re taking a look at the already-not-yet reality of the Kingdom of God and the invitation to both participate and hope now, and forever.
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The perceived gap between promise and experience in the way of Jesus can sometimes be so pervasive we lose hope, anticipation, and expectation. What does it look like to step into the promises of Jesus as the lived, normal experience of the Christian life? What does it take to pull the stories and promises we have from Jesus and the early church off the pages of scripture and into our daily lives?
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Lean in as our very own Madi Kester continues our series on the Holy Spirit, introducing our last metaphor of the Holy Spirit as a “Dove”.
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Lean in as one of our church planting partners, Bryson McGuire, continues our series on the Holy Spirit.
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“In the beginning”, God speaks (Gen. 1) but does God still speak today? Lean in as we continue our conversation around the Spirit’s work in our lives, specifically through the gift of prophecy.
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When God speaks he creates; he brings life. When God filled humanity with his breath, he told them to partner with him and go on doing the same thing: create. But when tempted to trust in themselves rather than God and rely on their own breath rather than God’s, Adam and Eve reached for what seemed like freedom, only to find it to be slavery. That reality continues to hum along in the human condition, but God is relentless in bringing life back and his breath back to the ones who walked away - to breathe life in us and through us.
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There’s a few primary metaphors we see in scripture to describe the Holy Spirit: one is water. With this metaphor comes the reality of God’s presence through the Spirit intersecting the familiar brokenness of the human condition bringing wholeness, healing, and life.
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Jesus said that it was actually better for us as followers that He would go away because in leaving, He was sending the Holy Spirit (John 16). Really? That’s better? Because if we’re being honest, given the chance to exchange our current experience up to this point of following Jesus with a face to face moment with Him—which one would most people likely lean toward? There seems to be a gap between many of Jesus’ promises and many people’s actual experience as they follow Him. Is this it? Or is there more?
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We’re wrapping up our series with the reminder that to go forward, sometimes we have to go back. The reality is that there are some patterns of thinking and behavior that we’ve carried on from our past that are unhealthy and out of line with the way of Jesus, and we need to break them in order to move forward. But there are also things from our past we need to identify and celebrate. What does it look like to pass those things on as we follow Jesus?
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Join us as we celebrate Easter at City Church!
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Everyone loves a good story. It could also be argued that everyone is living into and from a story—the kicker is if we can attach that little word “good” to ours…but that’s the hope right? Bobette Buster argues that we are “narrative animals’, that we are hard-wired to look and live from meaning. The problem is that sometimes we attach our stories to false narratives that deeply impact how we relate to God, ourselves, and others. The bigger problem is that we’re often unaware of that reality. But as we follow Jesus, we connect our story to a bigger story: His story, and learn to live more fully into what is good, true and beautiful.
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The desire to change some of our default ways of relating is a pretty common and shared experience, however many of us have tried to change through conscious effort and will power again and again, only to end up with similar results. So what’s the way forward? Through self-clarity, knowing our story and where we come from and sharing our story with others, all in relationship with God, the One who is completely trustworthy, we can experience transformation.
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As we organize our lives around following Jesus, part of the intentional work around “who we are becoming” is directly linked to our ability to understand where we come from. Our present is shaped by our past; and it’s really difficult to deal with, grow through, and allow God to change what you can’t see.
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As City Church turns 5, we celebrate all that God has done over the last 5 years and dream about what's to come.
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As we continue our series, “Life Beneath The Surface”, we’re taking a look at how following Jesus can intersect a common struggle across the human condition; a struggle that can show up in a multitude of expressions and come from a variety of sources: anxiety.
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As we continue the journey of digging into life beneath the surface, we come up against the struggle around forgiveness; giving it, receiving it, and being formed by it.
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As we learn to more fully apprentice under Jesus, we must learn to integrate our whole lives, including some of the harder to name and possibly intentionally untouched stuff. This week, we have Dr. Tamara Powell from CU Denver joining us to talk about grief as we continue our series, “Life Beneath the Surface.”
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As we continue on this journey of life beneath the surface, we look to Jesus both for the invitation into life WITH him but also the model on how to become LIKE Him. We looked at the daily practice of silence and solitude last week. This week, we will look at the weekly practice of Sabbath.
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The desire to change… it’s in all of us to varying degrees. But actually changing… that’s a whole other matter entirely. Dallas Willard says “If we are to be transformed, the body must be transformed, and that is not accomplished by talking at it.” But how often has that been the strategy? The consistent conclusion both from the life of Jesus as well as two millennia of church history is that among the spiritual disciplines, there is one in particular that could be labeled “the most important” of all the disciplines in helping us on our journey of apprenticing under Jesus.
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The invitation from Jesus to “follow me” was not only an invitation to be with Him, but to “follow Jesus together”. Becoming like Jesus and doing what He did are both deeply tied to the practices we adopt and the community we practice alongside.
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“New Year, New Me.” It’s a bit cliche; maybe a bit outdated; and it’s almost biblical. We are all becoming someone; whether who we are becoming is intentional or not cannot be left to wishful thinking or assumption. Our character arc over the course of a year is probably anything but “up and to the right” when left unattended. There’s definitely a “new me” as we step into 2024, but what if it’s not the “me” you wanted to be? Jesus cares deeply about who we are becoming, but He is not forcing formation, He’s inviting us into the process WITH Him.
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We’re kicking off the new year with one of our church planting partners, Bryson McGuire, sharing a helpful message of approach and posture| as we consider practicing the way of Jesus together in Boulder on this new trip around the sun.
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Maybe you’re in a place where a longing is developing inside of you this advent season. Maybe there’s something inside you that would say, “I want to see, and hear, and know God more deeply.” Maybe not. Maybe you WISH that was the longing inside you, but if you were to be honest… it’s just not. Whichever side of the longing equation you fall on, there’s a question we can ask, maybe that we must ask in response: “WHAT SHOULD WE DO?”
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As we continue on this Advent journey, we look at John, the cousin of Jesus, and how he invites us to respond to the arrival of Jesus.
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Advent literally means “arrival” - the season of advent is one where we create space to reflect on the arrival of Jesus and one where we allow that reflection to uniquely shape us as Jesus followers. On that first Christmas night, the most important thing to ever happen in human history was happening. Simultaneously, the world kept turning and most people totally missed it. Advent is an opportunity for us to slow down, notice, and receive the gift of “God with us;” but if we don’t slow down, we might miss the most important thing to ever happen in human history… and the most important thing to ever happen in us.
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Life is made up of a series of interruptions and invitations. Some of those interruptions and invitations are simple and seemingly non-consequential; others are life-altering. As we wrap up our series, “The Good Book”, there’s an invitation knocking…how will we respond?
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We’ve spent the last few weeks talking about what the scriptures are, where they came from, and how we can trust them as an act of trust in God. Now we’re taking a big picture look at what the Bible is FOR. Lean in as Guest Speaker Madi Kester teaches on the practical side of the Bible and spiritual formation.
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**Authority. A word many people have an allergic reaction to. This week, we will take a look at Jesus, his relationship to the scriptures, and what means for the Bible to function as authority in our lives.
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What does it mean to believe that the Bible is a divine word to God’s people? Does it require a belief that the book fell from heaven or that its origins are less than human? In this teaching we take time to explore why we can trust the Bible by looking at where it comes from, the story it tells, and the story we’re invited into.
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What is the Bible? If we misunderstand what the Bible is, we could turn it into something it’s not. The misuse of the Bible has unfortunately been a source of pain for many people in many different ways. You might be one of them, or you might know someone. In this teaching, our desire is to clarify our working definition of the Bible in order to more fully equip us in our approach to the scriptures as we practice the way of Jesus together in Boulder.
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As we seek to apprentice under Jesus, few would argue that there’s a central role that the Bible plays in that journey. However, while acknowledging that there’s a place for the Bible as we follow Jesus, many people struggle with what that place looks like simultaneously. What role does it play? Can we trust the Bible? What about the hard and confusing stuff? What about the stuff out of alignment with the cultural values in the world around us? What about the stuff we simply don’t like? We’re kicking off this series hoping to answer many of these questions and more. But first, we’re starting with “why” the Bible in the first place?
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As we learn to pray, we are also learning to listen. Jesus said "my sheep hear my voice....and they follow me." But what does that look like? And how do we know it's God speaking and not just the tacos we had for dinner last night? How can we have confidence in hearing from God?
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This week we take a look at possibly the hardest and simultaneously most audacious line of the entire “Our Father”. This section can feel like someone did brake check in the middle of an otherwise inspiring and enjoyable Sunday drive. However, in this line, Jesus intentionally brings us back to a reality we need to be reminded of over and over again: our greatest need and God’s greatest gift are the same thing.
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The invitation to pray for the reality and resources of heaven to come to earth is amazing; maybe even at times, overwhelming? But then right up against the magnitude of that permission, Jesus teaches us to pray for our daily bread. Going from the magnitude of prayers around “Heaven to Earth” to the mundane of “this afternoon's lunch” might feel a little strange… maybe even out of place? But that’s what Jesus is after. For you and I to know the God who cares just as much about heaven to earth prayers as He does daily bread prayers.
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Praying for others… It’s not uncommon, but does it work? A quick look at the content of our prayers would likely reveal that for the majority of us, we’re not too sure. But maybe that could change… and maybe that could change everything.
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Lean in for Week 3 as one our church planters, Bryson McGuire, brings us back to a potentially familiar yet massively essential part of our journey in prayer if we are to thrive in apprenticing under Jesus.
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Lean in as Madi Kester takes us through week 2 of our new series, “Teach us to pray.” Prayer… it’s such a huge yet simple invitation. Maybe you want to grow in the practice of prayer but don’t know where to start? Jesus gives us the starting place.
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As a church family, we are spending the next 7 weeks diving into the invitation and practice of prayer. Lean in for Week One as we start with an invitation into extraordinary prayer.
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In our last week in the book of Philippians, we see a glimpse into the massively human elements that God uses to see His kingdom expand in the hearts and lives of those who don’t know Him yet.
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Anxiety is a common human experience and the sources of that anxiety can vary drastically from person to person. Regardless of the source, no one enjoys it. In fact, alongside the common experience is the common effort spent trying to resolve anxiety. So with all our efforts, why do they rarely, if ever work? Lean in as we look to Philippians 4:4-9 for some much needed clarity.
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Lean in as we hear from Guest Speaker Michael “Fitz” Fitzpatrick on reconciliation from Philippians 4:1-3.
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Lean in for Week 10 of “Summer Joy Ride” as we walk through Philippians 3:15-21.
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Lean in as we hear from our very own Will Johnson on Philippians 3:1-14.
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We might not say the words out loud, but there's a constant internal pull to evaluate our lives by looking out for numero uno- "what's in it for me?" Jesus presents a better way. Lean in as we walk through Philippians 2:19-30.
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This week we get to hear from Lisa Robinson as she shares her incredible story in tandem with Philippians 2:12-18.
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Lean in this week as Bryson McGuire, one of our church planters in Denver with Rock City Church, walks us through Philippians 2:5-11!
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In our current cultural moment, specifically within the United States, finding and feeling a sense of “us” can feel a lot like you’re in search of a unicorn. The dominant stories perpetuated in the world around us reflect a nation that looks with suspicion at their “neighbor” and makes decisions through the lens of selfishness. In the middle of these challenges, how can we possibly build a counter-cultural Christian community?
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Jesus invites us to trust Him and to embrace His new Kingdom, but what does that look like? Surely this invitation involves more than simply embracing a set of theological beliefs (a kingdom of the mind) or a hope in life after death right? While not absent of those realities, where does following Jesus intersect with “real life?” in Philippians 1:27-29, Paul gives us a picture of how our identity as “Citizens of Heaven” is intended to inform not only how we think but how we live.
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Lean in for Week 3 of “Summer Joy Ride” as Madi Kester walks us through Philippians 1:12-26!
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Lean in for Week 2 of "Summer Joy Ride" as David Yirdaw, Pastor of Anchor Church in Denver, walks us through Philippians 1:3-11!
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Philippians 1:1-2: Lean in as we kick off with the intro to our new series through the book of Philippians! In the first two verses, we learn some foundational keys to joy and Jesus' vision for the good life.
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For Jesus, His community was His family. Rather than letting our own ideas and experiences around this concept inform how we do community, we have the privilege of allowing Jesus and the authors of scripture cast a vision around life within the family of God.
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The call to live on mission with Jesus was never intended to be carried out apart from intimacy with Jesus and His family. As we wrap up our series “Witness”, we will spend our final two weeks focusing on two of Jesus radical teachings: God as Father and others as brother and sister.
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Lean in this week as Joe Stewart explains how anyone can make disciples.
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The invitation to follow Jesus includes life to the full and picking up a cross. There is a cost to following Jesus. He asks us to count it. Jesus knows that what we gain will far outweigh all that we lose. Many in the early church and throughout church history have come to trust Jesus in that exchange. Have we?
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It’s one thing to want to be a witness of God’s goodness to the world around us; it’s another thing to actually do it. Lean in as we process living life on mission individually and as a community.
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When Jesus invites us to pray for God’s rule and reign to be on earth as it is in heaven, He’s inviting us to partner with God in bringing His way into every broken, disordered, and pain-filled part of the world we see around us. Richard Foster said, “if we truly love people, we will desire for them far more than is within our power to give them, and this will lead us to prayer.” If there’s so much potential and power wrapped up in prayer, then why, for most people, does it feel less like sharing in God’s rule to bring heaven to earth and more like eating celery?
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Join us as we celebrate Easter and the historical reality that gives us confidence that something happened that changed everything for everyone!
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Lean in for Week 2 of our series through “Witness” as we hear from Craig Alsup, one of our global partners from Manna Worldwide.
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Jesus calls his followers to be His witnesses to the world. But witnesses of what exactly? Lean in for Week 1 of our new series as we clarify our calling.
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The conversations around identity and calling up to this point in our series have been crafted for the purpose of introducing us to the journey of self-discovery. As a result, this is still only the beginning; like an iceberg, there is so much more under the surface of our lives that Jesus invites us to discover and transform with Him. But if this journey is to continue, there’s one key invitation from Jesus we can’t afford to miss. Lean in for our last week on “Identity, Calling, and Community.”
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If we want to become like Jesus; if we want to become deeply transformed into the image of Jesus and as a result our true selves, we must adopt the way of Jesus. The way of Jesus is exactly that; a way of life. To put it another way, John Mark Comer said “we can’t experience the life of Jesus without adopting the lifestyle of Jesus.” This week, we address the principles around intention spiritual formation; this is how we change.
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All of us are being formed; all of us are disciples of something or someone; so the question remains - who are you becoming? The process of “unintentional” spiritual formation is not something you have to work hard after - in fact, all you have to do is wake up tomorrow and the stories we believe, the habits we live into, and the relationships we’re connected to will do the forming for us. Is it possible Jesus has something better for us?
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For Jesus, there was no secular/sacred divide. The western approach to a spiritual life has left many of us compartmentalizing our lives into spiritual and… well, just “normal” life, right? Jesus didn’t have a “spiritual life,” he would have just called it “LIFE”… and Jesus saw every square inch of life as important to God. What would would change if you and I to were to adopt Jesus’ theology on work, rest, and what it means to be fully human?
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The journey of self-discovery around our identity and calling requires us to deal with the reality of our brokenness - or what the scriptures call our sin. The beauty of this journey is that when we invite Jesus into our brokenness, he brings forgiveness, healing, and new life.
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It’s easy to be on autopilot when it comes to the foundations of our identities; we find significance and self worth most easily in the things we do, the things we accumulate, and what others think of us. Jesus offers us a new vision around identity and calling as we learn to trust in Him and his work of helping us become our true selves.
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St. Teresa of Avila wrote in The Way of Perfection: “Almost all problems in the spiritual life stem from a lack of self-knowledge.” While many of us have been conditioned to be unaware of, or simply to ignore this reality, self-awareness and spiritual formation are uniquely working together on the journey of who we are becoming. This week, we introduce this journey into discovering our identity and calling.
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Life is a series of invitations. Some invitations seem insignificant while others can vbe literally life-altering. What would it look like to respond to the invitation of Jesus individually and as a community? What would it look like to press more deeply and practically into practicing the way of Jesus, together, in Boulder in 2023?
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“Jesus is the reason for the season…” have you heard that before? While both the statement and sentiment are true, what if there’s actually a different “reason for the season?”
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Lean in as Michael Fitzpatrick kicks off the new year and our new series on “Practice, community, and the way of Jesus.”
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“Jesus is the reason for the season…” have you heard that before? While both the statement and sentiment are true, what if there’s actually a different “reason for the season?”
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In our final message on the Holy Spirit, we’re reminded that God is a giver and He wants His kids to grow up to be like Him.
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For Jesus, there is a devil and his demons. For post-enlightenment westerners, there seem to be a couple of alternate and unhealthy ideologies: on one side we might see paranoia and superstition played out to ridiculous extremes (like your car battery died and it must be a demon) and on the other we see a complete dismissal or volitional ignorance toward any kind of spiritual evil at work in the world. While we have nothing to fear, as Jesus followers we are called to be alert and aware of this enemy’s schemes. Is it possible that Jesus knew the true nature of reality better than we do and that He empowers us not only to walk in it but to share that same freedom with others?
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We ask the question often at City Church: “Who are you becoming?” It’s an important question. It’s important because it so easily moves outside the space of awareness and priority. We are all becoming. We are all being formed. The question is, into what? And by whom? While massively important, maybe we should take a step and ask a deeper question; a question that presses on the motive. “Who should we be becoming?” If we get that question wrong, we might just miss it all.
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Lean in as we hear from City Church staff member, Madi Kester on the kind of fruit the Holy Spirit wants to produce in our lives and how we get it!
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Most followers of Jesus believe God can heal. But that’s about where it stops. We start to divide over what we really believe after that. However, in a situation where doctors and medicine can’t do the trick, most if not all of us are willing to ask God for help and healing, even if we’re not sure what we believe about what we’re asking for, right? Jesus seemed to have a little more clarity around this conversation than we do, so lean in as we continue to talk about “the stuff the Spirit does.”
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One of the manifestations of the Spirit of God that we see throughout the New Testament scriptures and the early church is the phenomenon of speaking in tongues (literally translated languages). This is one of those topics that swings the spectrum from abuse to ambiguity. Lean in for this week’s teaching as we seek clarity from the scriptures on “the stuff the Spirit does,” specifically concerning the gift of tongues.
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Most Jesus followers believe God speaks, but in what ways? What does it look like to hear from God? Lean in as we add clarity to a topic we see all over the scriptures, yet we are often not equipped to understand and press into.
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Lean in as we hear from Guest Speaker Pastor Jay Singh on life in the Spirit.
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We kicked off our Holy Spirit series talking about who the Spirit is; now we’re transitioning into conversations around all the stuff the Spirit does and wants to do in and through us as followers of Jesus.
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God with us. It’s what we were made for. It’s what’s been lost. It’s what Jesus came to restore. Intellectually, most American Jesus followers agree here. But experientially, there seems to be a gap. I mean, yeah, He’s “with us,” but what does that actually mean? Lean in for Week 3 of “Holy Spirit.”
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Have you ever felt a disconnect between your experience as a Jesus follower and what you read in the scriptures? Most Jesus followers would cognitively acknowledge that there’s power found in a relationship with God, but many would also say they don’t feel or experience that power in their own lives. What’s up with that? Lean in for Week 2 of “Holy Spirit.”
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Most if not all followers of Jesus would acknowledge the gap between what we read in the scriptures and our daily experience. It’s not that our lives are completely lacking in power, transformation, etc… but there’s this nagging sense that God has more for us than an encouraging message and some great worship songs on the weekends. Lean in to the kick off of our new series, “Holy Spirit” as we set the tone for the next couple of months together as a church.
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Lean in for Week 4 of our series “Generosity” as we hear from guest speaker, Bryson McGuire from Rock City Church. Because of your radical generosity, we’re able to invest in Rock City Church through prayer, continued relationship, and financial investment as they plant a new, life-giving church in the Denver metro area.
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Lean in for Week 3 of our series “Generosity” as we hear from guest speaker, Chris Griffith from Rhythm Church. Because of your radical generosity, we’re able to invest in Rhythm Church through prayer, continued relationship, and financial investment as they continue to plant a life-giving church in Chicago.
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With the desire of the human heart never satisfied, and the compelling calls of the American dream toward accumulation, success, and excess, is it any wonder why we live scattered, restless, and discontented lives? Jesus was familiar with the condition of human heart far before modern marketing set it’s target on our desire for more. Is there a practice from the way of Jesus to help us find contentment, margin, and life that is truly life? Lean in for Week 2 of “Generosity.”
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Jesus is famous for taking our vision of the good life and turning it on its head; that includes our relationship with money and stuff. The good news is his vision seems to always turn out better than our own. Lean in for the kick off our new series, ”Generosity.”
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After Jesus’ resurrection, He spent 40 days talking about one thing…Lean in for the close of our Nehemiah series and the answer to that one thing from guest speaker, Will Johnson.
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Joy. It’s great when you have it, but when you lose it, it can be frustrating. Frustrating sometimes for you, and always for those around you! Lean in for Ch. 12 of Nehemiah as we hear from Guest Speaker, Fitz Fitzpatrick, on how to find and keep your joy.
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We all feel the pull-that tension and desire between wanting to change and actually experiencing change. Nehemiah’s crew was no different. Lean in for Chapter 9 as we walk through what it takes to see and experience real change.
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What if we lived our lives in such a way that people could still be skeptical of our beliefs, but they would be blown away by our love? Lean in for Ch. 8 of Nehemiah.
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David Yirdaw is the Pastor of Anchor Church in Denver. City Church has a desire to help people find their way to God from where they are in Boulder, the West, and the World. Anchor Church is a strategic partner in that vision. Lean in to hear David’s story and all that God is doing in and through Anchor Church.
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There are plenty of obstacles to living a life of vision and you and I are no strangers to the reality of distractions and their role of undermining the things that matter most. The problem with distractions are… well… they’re distracting. Lean in for Chapter 6 of our summer series through the book of Nehemiah.
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Lean in for Chapter 5 of Nehemiah as we hear from our very own Madi Kester!
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Lean in for Chapter 2 of Nehemiah as we hear from one of our very own: Billy Hohreiter!
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Our very own Isaac McCarty is bringing us a message from Nehemiah chapter 4 on the secret formula to conflict resolution! Lean in!
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In Nehemiah chapter 3, we see a massive list of people who caught the vision and joined in the good work. In the same way, God invites us to join him in his mission.
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Everyone ends up somewhere in life. A few people end up somewhere on purpose. That’s where vision comes in; a vision of what could be; a vision of what should be. God has a plan and purpose for your life that connects to his bigger story. But how do we discover it? Lean in for chapter one of our summer series through Nehemiah.
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As much as our hearts long for it, life is not a marvel movie. Life is hard, tragedy strikes, suffering shows up at our door, and at times we’re left wanting. The kick off of our summer series through Nehemiah meets us in this familiar space, connects with our stories, and points us to a bigger one.
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What if living life on mission with Jesus wasn’t weird, but radically ordinary? Lean in for our last week in this series as we walk through the HOW of living on mission.
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We see Jesus prioritize 3 primary relationships over and over again throughout his life: his relationship with God; his relationship with his disciples; and his relationship with the lost - a word he used to describe those not in the family of God yet. What does it look like to make Jesus’ priorities our own?
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Authority… it’s one of those words we seem to have an allergic reaction to every time it shows up. What is it? Why do we resist it in general? What does it mean to say specifically that the Bible is authoritative? How can a story be authoritative? Lean in for week 3 as we learn to trust more deeply in Jesus.
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We all love a good story. We also love to live out a good story. Most if not all of us are wrestling with or have wrestled with the big questions of life: Who are we? Why are we here? What’s wrong? How do we fix it? The Bible meets us in our stories, offers an alternative story, and connects us with a larger, unified story that leads us to Jesus.
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We kick off this new series approaching the Bible not as critics and defenders, but as apprentices of Jesus. Together, we will learn from Jesus' approach and posture toward the scriptures.
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When Jesus died, hope died with him. But then...(spoiler alert) something happened!
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If we’re not careful, discipleship to Jesus can feel like another weight we’re stacking on top of our already busy, hurried, and stressed out lives. As we wrap up this series, we will lean back into the invitation from Jesus to match our pace of life to His.
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At the center of the invitation to follow Jesus is a symbol. Much of the weight of this symbol is lost on our modern minds, but for Jesus 1st century followers, the call was clear. The cross is an invitation of self-denial. Jesus invites us to die to ourselves, so that we might truly live.
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We all want to see change in our lives, but many of us get stuck on the how… because, it’s not like we haven’t tried and failed, right? If deep transformation is possible, what’s it look like? What’s our role? Is it all on us? Is it all on God? Is it somewhere in between?
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When it comes to conflict in community, it’s not IF but WHEN. When we choose to commit to community, the only way we get through disillusionment and into acceptance is learning how to have healthy conflict and confrontation - everyone’s absolute favorite thing ever. Who’s ready?
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Community is challenging. Many of us have been broken by community. Many us have also been the breakers of community. Is there a way forward? You and I are invited to trust in and journey with Jesus in restoring community.
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On this unique Sunday, we have the privilege of celebrating City Church turning 3 years old AND diving into the value of community and how it’s essential in our transformation.
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Spiritual Disciplines (or practices) are how we posture our heart and mind to be and become like Jesus as we access the power and presence of the Holy Spirit in our lives. This week, we dive deeper into the role of practices and how to experience the life Jesus invites us into.
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Most if not all of us recognize the disconnect in who we are and who we want to be. The WANT to change is not really the problem. The question is, how? This week we begin looking at the “how” of transformation.
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We’ve been working through what it means to fully respond to and form our lives around the invitation of Jesus. Being with Jesus? Check. Becoming like Jesus? Check… well… more like under construction. But do what He did? Is that even possible? Lean in for Week 4 of Follower(s).
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The invitation to be with Jesus is incredible (and maybe simultaneously a bit challenging), but still like really, really incredible. The invitation to become LIKE Jesus though, is hard; like really, really, hard. And maybe a little discouraging… because we’ve all tried to change, right? Yet in that effort, sometimes (maybe more times than we’d like to admit), we come up with nothing to show for it. Maybe our biggest problem is not so much a lack of desire to change, but that we don’t know how to change. Is change possible? Yes. Let’s find out how.
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Last week, we discovered what Jesus meant in his invitation to follow Him. It’s one thing to understand his invitation, it’s another thing to respond. How do we actually respond to the invitation to “BE with Jesus?” Lean in for Week 2 of “Follower(s).”
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What does it mean to follow Jesus? When Jesus extended the invitation in the 1st century, his listeners knew exactly what he meant. Sadly, much of the clarity that came with that invitation is lost on our modern, western, distracted, compartmentalized lives. In this new series, we will clarify the invitation from Jesus and find excitement and anticipation around the direction God is taking us as a church in the new year.
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Silence and solitude give us space to be alone with ourselves and God. When we allow ourselves to be in the presence of God, we begin to see things as they really are, and that includes us.
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As we press into the practices of silence and solitude and we truly begin to slow down, to be present with ourselves and God, we can begin to feel all sorts of emotions. This might be one of the reasons we avoid this space altogether.
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While there are many practices connected to the life of a Jesus follower, and ALL of them are life-giving, there is ONE practice that Jesus and 2 millennia of church history would highlight as the most important. Don’t miss the kick off of 2022 as we dive into the practice of “Silence and Solitude.”
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Message Title: Good News The birth of Jesus was introduced as good news of great joy for all people. But it’s worth asking…was it really? IS it really? Is it true? Maybe more important… is it good? And if so, why aren’t more people leaning in? Why have many walked away? Join us for this special Christmas Eve message as we weigh our experiences up against the original good news.
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Christmas was the introduction of much more than baby Jesus, meek and mild. It was the introduction of a new king and a new kingdom, an others-first kingdom, an upside-down kingdom; a kingdom not of this world, but most certainly FOR this world.
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We’ve all found ourselves at the intersection of pain and time - the experience of pain and the frustration of pain sticking around for longer than a millisecond pushes us to places of frustration, deep struggle and maybe even a desire to give up. In our culture of short attention spans, chasing the next best thing, and instant gratification, we resist pain; especially when it appears to be making plans to stay a while. So, is there anything to help us hold on when things get hard? Lean in for week 2 of “The Gift.”
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We’ve all experienced the pain of waiting. Doubt, fear, insecurity, frustration… it all starts to creep in. So what do we do? The story of Christmas reminds us that our waiting isn’t wasted. Lean in for week one of, “The Gift.”
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Gratitude goes farther than we think and does more for us and others than we realize. While having a holiday to celebrate around this idea is helpful, it probably doesn’t carry us over for another year. What if a lack of expressed gratitude is costing us more than we realize both in our relationship with God and others? What would it look like if we turned up the gratitude?
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Lean in for Week 2 of “The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry” as we walk through more life-giving practices to battle hurry and embrace the life that is truly life.
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We live in a world that’s screaming “what you don’t have is what you need;” where the pursuit and desire for more never ends; where our ability to be present with what really matters is constantly challenged. While we might be aware of the struggle, we don’t seem to be winning. What if there was a practice from the way of Jesus that could set us free from all of this? What if there was a way to find contentment, margin, and life that is truly life?
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If you’re considering, wrestling with, or have embraced the Christian faith, there’s something super important that happened (and is actually still happening) that you need to know about. It’s something that is difficult to explain unless we consider the possibility of Jesus being who He said He was and doing what He said He would do. This something comes with an invitation we should all consider - so lean in to the last week of “Starting Point.”
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The ability to believe is powerful. Human belief has changed the world over and over again. But when conversations around belief shift into the religious sphere, things can start to get confusing. What is the role of belief (or faith) in terms of religion and what, if anything, makes Christianity any different from other forms of belief? Is it possible religion in general and Christianity specifically is just for the naive and weak-minded who just need something to hope and believe in? Or could it be better than that?
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For many, religion has communicated that God wants something from us; that if we play our cards just right, we can get in good with the “big guy upstairs.” Or at least that’s how it can feel, right? But what if God’s not into negotiating? What if God doesn’t want something FROM us? What if God wants something FOR us?
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We all have stuff that we’ve done and/or stuff that has been done to us we wish we could go back and erase. Sometimes, we can do a pretty good job of burying it and moving on. And sometimes it comes back up. Can we ever get away from some of the guilt and shame that follow us around? Is there anything that can wash that “stuff” away?
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One of the big hang-ups many people struggle with when it comes to conversations around faith is the role of rules. We know they’re there, but what do they mean? It can be confusing, frustrating, inconsistent, and altogether unclear at times. Lean in for Week 4 of Starting Point as we discover “the role of rules” when it comes to having a relationship with God.
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Most of us struggle with or have struggled with this tension: "If there is a God, where do I stand with Him? How do I know? Can I ever know?" Not only does faith have a starting point, but the story of faith has a starting point, and that starting point can carry some encouragement and insight into that tension.
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While “the Bible says,” is not an adequate starting point for faith for many adults as we discussed in Week 1, it’s not the only challenge we wrestle with. Lean in for Week 2 as we walk through a struggle you’re probably familiar with regardless of your faith background and new starting point to consider as a result.
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Everything has a starting point. Even faith has a starting point. But for many, there is an increasing gap between their faith and their experiences. Or maybe that’s the reason they stayed away from faith altogether. They made the decision to never have a starting point. But what if we could hit the restart button? What if we had reason to start at all? Maybe we need a new starting point.
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We’re so grateful to have an outwardly focused and radically generous church. As a result we have the privilege of investing financially and through prayer in new churches like The Brook in Denver! This week, we have Pastor Tim speaking at City Church to share about God’s activity in and through their new community and remind us that we’re a part of something much bigger than ourselves.
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As John wraps everything up, he circles back around to leave us with the same big idea he’s been communicating throughout the entire letter: it’s all about Jesus. John repeating himself could be humorously blamed on his age, but the reality is you and I are pretty good at forgetting things, and we could use the reminder.
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Our view of God dictates how we relate to Him. So what’s your view? How was it shaped? Who and what influenced it? What if there were someone who could give you an undiluted view of God? An accurate view of God? A helpful view of God? Our author, John, happens to know a guy.
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You and I are constantly in positions and circumstances connected to our relationships that put us at a crossroads: we can choose to withhold, withdraw, and be selfish or, we can choose to love, serve, and be selfless. Most of the time, the latter tends to serve us and others better in the long run; but what happens when you just don't have anything left to give? What do you do when you're running on empty? This week, John points us back to the source.
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When it comes to following Jesus, everyone encounters at least a “few" pressure points; it’s not an issue of IF but WHEN. What would it look like if we took more time to consider where that pressure points?
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As we continue through our series in 1 John, John shifts into some practical advice concerning the expression of our faith in the way we handle our relationships. Lean in as our very own Charley Vlietstra walks us through it!
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There’s a lot of life that leaves us feeling beat up and run down. Unfortunately, for many, sources like the church and religion have left us feeling much of the same. Lucky for us, Jesus has a better way; so lean in as our very own Madi Surrency brings us some good news for beat up christians.
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Do you ever feel like you’re taking one step forward and two steps back? Like the progress you’d like to see is slower than you thought it would be? Whether its in relationship to your character, your life-stage, your career, your relationships, your finances, or life in general, you’re not alone in the struggle. The good news is… well... you’re not alone. Lean in for this weeks message as John teaches us to trust in the slow work of God in our lives.
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Who is Jesus? There have been more books written about Jesus than any other figure in the history of the world… and they don’t all agree.That’s true today and it was true as John writes this letter. So, who is Jesus to John? Who is Jesus to you?
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Lean in as we hear from guest speaker, Lisa Robinson, as she shares her amazing story of faith, struggle, and the goodness of God.
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As an older man, John is familiar with that chase of the human heart to find fulfillment and satisfaction with whatever is in front of us; he’s also familiar with the big gaps we’re left with when we finally “get” whatever it is we’re after. With experience in hand and love in his heart, John encourages and directs us to a better path.
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As we walk into week 3 of 1 John, we’re reminded as followers of Jesus that we don’t work FOR our identity but FROM our identity. As a result, it’s FROM our identity we can receive instruction not as confrontation, but as an invitation; and that invitation is to continue to walk with Jesus.
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Have you ever heard the phrase, “let’s shed some light on the situation?” As we move into week 2 of this book study, John is going to remind us of something he heard Jesus teach and demonstrate often, that Jesus was “the light of the world” and that he came to do what light does- Heal and Reveal.
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Odds are, one of the best ways to get to know you other than spending time with you, is getting to know the people closest to you. The same can be said of Jesus. In addition to looking at the life of Jesus, we’re going to be spending the next 13 weeks with Jesus’ best and closest friend, John. So lean in for week one as we get to know John a little better, and in turn get to know Jesus a little better.
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Lean in for the last week of “The Sauce” as Jason Soderstrom, from The Brook Church in Denver, brings an incredible challenge concerning living life on mission.
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Lean in for Week 3 of our message series “The Sauce” as we hear from one of our very own church planters, Brady Wright from Fresh Hope Church!
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Lean in as Guest Speaker Pastor Luke Humbrecht speaks into the WHY behind the spiritual disciplines of prayer and fasting.
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Are you tired? Burnt out? Ready for that next vacation? Scraping through each day? Running on fumes? What if there were a rhythm from the life of Jesus that re-oriented the way we work and play? What if hurry and restlessness didn’t have to be our default disposition? Lean in to the kick off of our new series and dig into the gift of sabbath.
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Have you ever had your mind start racing? To find yourself overwhelmed with fears, anxieties, and what ifs? Lean in as we wrestle with what it takes to make it stop!
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Have you ever found yourself stuck in a negative mindset, when in reality things are actually going pretty good? You’re not alone. Lean in for Week 3 of “Winning The War In Your Mind” as we learn how to reframe our negative mindsets.
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Our lives are moving in the direction of our strongest thoughts. Are you excited about where you thoughts are taking you? Learn how to start taking back your mind, and your life back as we learn to think about what we’re thinking about.
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Guest Speaker Dr. Tamara Powell talks to us about mental, emotional, and spiritual health and practical ways we can help ourselves when we are overwhelmed.
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On Easter Sunday something happened. Something happened that changed everything. Something happened that changed everything for everyone. And that something might be more relevant now than ever.
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As we walk through a week of tragedy here in Boulder, CO, we gather with community and around the hope we have in Jesus.
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One of the greatest barriers to loving others like Jesus is busyness; this constant tension between the tyranny of the urgent and the value of the important. Lean in for week 2 as we talk about creating margin.
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Jesus said to love our neighbors... what if that wasn’t meant to stay in a metaphorical realm? What if we took Jesus seriously and literally at this command?
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In John 4, we see Jesus showing up to an appointment the other party was unaware was even scheduled; Jesus addresses in this story a core need for every single one of us. The good news? He’s still making one-on-one appointments today!
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One of the most radical realities of the Christian faith is God coming to serve and ultimately die for humanity. One of the most radical invitations? That we would serve others in the same manner. Lean in for week 7 of "Love First" as we unpack this invitation.
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Are you feeling the weight of hurry on your soul? Are you missing the important over the urgent? Are you seeking a deeper rest than the number of hours you clocked on your pillow? You’re not alone. Lean in for week 6 as we look to Jesus for the “secret sauce” to a life full of all the right things.
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Did you know Jesus never called anyone a Christian? He was very specific about His invitation… it just wasn’t… that. Lean in for the REAL invitation.
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What is the one thing Jesus invited the church to carry out that stands out as truly remarkable? Imagine a world that could be critical of our beliefs but envious of our love.
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Motives are tricky… and they are operating behind the scenes of most if not all of our decision making. What if our motives, left unchecked, are robbing us of a truly life-giving relationship with Jesus? Lean in this week as Pastor Drake helps us evaluate our motives around following Jesus.
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All of the best intentions and desire in the world won't get us to our desired destination if we don’t know know where we’re going and how to get there. Lean in as we look at the very first invitation from Jesus and clarify EXACTLY what we’re being invited into.
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On this trip around the sun, what is the MOST IMPORTANT THING we need to realize? Lean in as we kick off our new series “Love First.”
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You and I just kicked off a new 365 day trip around the sun! This trip carries incredible potential and there’s one essential you want to make sure you bring with you. Tune in to this stand alone New Year's message as we move into 2021 together.
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This week, guest speaker and local pastor, Matt Patrick, breathes some life and encouragement into all that God will do in and through this season and the people at City Church.
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If we hope that good news is true when we hear it, why aren't more people leaning in to the "good news" of Jesus?
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We are all looking to find an increasing amount of comfort and ease, and what we're really looking for is peace. The problem is where do we find it and how do we keep it? Stick around for our last installment of Chasing Carrots.
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The pursuit for approval and significance seems to never end. Lean in to Week 3 of "Chasing Carrots" as we talk about how to see significant change in this struggle.
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Whether you're hard on yourself, hard on others, or a little bit of both, all of us feel the pressure of performance and perfectionism. Lean into week 2 of "Chasing Carrots" as we talk about the secret to taking off the pressure!
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If you’ve ever found yourself stuck in the tension of “what I don’t have is what I need,” you’re not alone! While we’re bombarded with this lie consistently, there’s a better way as we lean into a fresh perspective from Week 1 of “Chasing Carrots.”
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Have you ever said or done something you wish you could undo or redo? You’re not alone, and the good news is there’s a safe place to take our shame and regret. Lean in for our last week of “You’re Not Far.”
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Have you ever noticed that faith often deteriorates as circumstances deteriorate? What are our options when God does NOT seem near? Lean in as we wrestle through week 6 of “You’re Not Far."
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When 2020 is just a story we tell, are we going to wish we would have written a different narrative, or will our stories be stories worth telling?
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Have you ever been stuck in a conflict or disagreement and ended up saying or doing something unloving? Lean in as Pastor Drake invites us to avoid the loopholes we create in loving others.
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Do you know anyone who’s not a fan of “organized religion?” Maybe you fall into that category? Well, you’re not alone and you just might be surprised by the reaction of Jesus to similar issues. Lean in for Week 3 of “You’re Not Far."
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Have you ever noticed or come up against what seem like unnecessary barriers around faith and Jesus? To quote the greater theologian Miley Cyrus, Jesus “came in like a wrecking ball” and broke down some significant barriers. Lean in as Pastor Drake brings us into week 2 of “You’re Not Far.”
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Jesus consistently talked about what he came to do as “good news,” yet there are probably times you and I have come up against experiences and conversations that felt like less than good news right? Is it possible we’ve run into a different version of what Jesus came to introduce? Let’s lean in to the kick off of this new series and find out.
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There’s a huge difference in starting a good habit and stopping a bad one. Lean in as Pastor Drake unpacks the strategy of stopping bad habits as we continue to answer the question, “Who do you want to become?”
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Did you know that 40% of our daily actions are the results of habits? Did you know most of them are unconscious?! Lean in as Pastor Drake helps us understand how to hack our habits and see BIG change from small disciplines.
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Have you ever noticed how many of us can have very similar goals in life around relationships, health, finances, etc, yet we can have dramatically different results? What makes the difference? Stick around as Pastor Drake unpacks week one of Habits!
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Do you have kids? Are you around kids? Do you know people with kids? Do you have parents?! This message is for you!
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This week, Seth Kester talks about one primary obstacle we all face in our jobs and our ability to change and control it to give us more joy, passion, and drive in the workplace.
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If you were going to answer the question… “life is all about______?”, how do you think you would answer? Pastor Drake wraps up our Colossians series with a helpful reminder of the investments we won’t regret we made.
Have you ever found yourself in argument about something with your spouse or someone you care about and you realize that the original issue is no longer the issue? So what is the issue when the issue isn’t the issue? Pastor Drake walks us through two simple verses that give us some helpful tools and encouragement for diffusing conflict and making positive deposits into those around us.
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Have you ever had relational conflict? Yeah neither have we...but we’ve heard of people who have. Join Pastor Drake as we have the conversation around other people’s conflict. Who knows, maybe there’s something helpful for us too! Just kidding :)
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Have you ever felt stuck between the person you want to be and the person you are? You’re not alone! Today Pastor Drake gives us some practical steps into seeing real and lasting life change.
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This week our church planting resident, Seth Kester gives us a message about the reality of Kingdom of God that Jesus consistently talked about and how some of our perspective is inconsistent or incomplete when it comes to the life we live, the things we value, and the ways we think.
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Have you ever been frustrated when someone or something over-promises and under-delivers? In the same way, there are 3 counterfeits to Christianity we need to be aware of and avoid as we follow Jesus.
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This week, Pastor Drake helps embrace what it means to walk with Jesus in the middle cultural tensions.
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Have you ever found yourself distracted and unable to give the best of your time, energy, and attention to the things that matter most? This week Pastor Drake unpacks one simple idea to help us change this struggle.
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Have you ever found yourself in the middle of suffering or walking alongside someone suffering wondering what to do, how to respond, and if anything good can come of it? This week Pastor Drake unpacks this for us in a new and helpful light.
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Our church planting resident, Seth Kester, talks about some big truth about a big Jesus. What keeps you going in life? What is the fuel that motivates you and gives you the energy to get up and get at it everyday? If you want to know what fuel is gonna be best for your tank, check out this weeks message as we see what Paul has to say about the premium fuel we need to live a better life.
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Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you don’t know what to say, what to do, how to respond, or what your next step needs to be? Lean in as Pastor Drake invites us to embrace the one thing that has the power to change everything.
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Pastor Drake opens our new series by inviting us to embrace 4 ways to check the alignment and overall direction of our lives.
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Pastor Drake closes out our series, “Who Needs God,” by inviting us to crack the door on being honest with ourselves and our motives when it comes to belief in God.
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If you’ve ever walked away or stayed away from faith because of an inability to reconcile pain and suffering in the world with the existence of a good, just, and loving God… you’re not alone - and you might have walked away or stayed away unnecessarily. Lean in as Pastor Drake helps us wrestle through the tension in week 5 of “Who Needs God?"
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This week, Pastor Drake takes us past the false versions that have caused barriers and burnout and introduces us to the God of Jesus. If Jesus turned out to be trustworthy, then maybe what He said about God can be trusted too.
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If you’ve walked away or have stayed away from Christianity because of something you read in the Bible or something you heard about the Bible... you may have done so unnecessarily. Lean in for week 3 of “who needs God?”
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This week Pastor Drake invites us to embrace the tension between despair and doubt and look at the versions of God we’ve been presented with or grew up with that we should walk away from... there is a God who exists, but these 6 miss the mark.
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In the kick off of this new series, Pastor Drake invites us to wrestle through the reasons behind the cultural shifts we’ve seen away from religion and away from Christianity.
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