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Delivered live in the park, at Capital City Church, in St. Paul, MN
by Kenny King 09/10/2023
Delivered live in the park, at Capital City Church, in St. Paul, MN
by Kirsten King 08/23/2023
Delivered live, at Capital City Church in St. Paul, MN by Esther Baumgartner
08/06/2023
We wrap up the Saint Paul in St. Paul series.
Delivered live, at Capital City Church in St. Paul, MN by Jordan Monson
07/16/2023
We understand so much less than we think we do about the man Paul. We may think we know his teachings—which really just means we know Romans—but there's so much more to Paul, the Jewish Pharisee turned missionary apostle, than what we reduce him to.
Delivered live in the park, at Capital City Church, in St. Paul, MN
by Jordan Monson 07/09/2023
After 10 years of obscurity, we meet Paul again. The early church has a major race and theology problem, and only that persecutor turned proclaimer in Tarsus seems capable of solving it. Join us tomorrow as Barnabas snatches Paul back into the story of the early church.
Delivered live in the park, at Capital City Church, in St. Paul, MN
by Jordan Monson 07/02/2023
Many Christians don't know this, but there's a missing period of Paul's life. From about 36AD when he meets Jesus to about 46AD when he goes to Antioch to help, teach, and begin writing, we know almost nothing.
But he gives us some clues. What was he up to? Join us for the next sermon in our Saint Paul in St. Paul series.
Delivered live, at Capital City Church in St. Paul, MN
by Jordan Monson 06/25/2023
Delivered live in the park, at Capital City Church, in St. Paul, MN
by Ben Robison 06/11/2023
We understand so much less than we think we do about the man Paul. We may think we know his teachings—which really just means we know Romans—but there's so much more to Paul, the Jewish Pharisee turned missionary apostle, than what we reduce him to.Delivered live, at Capital City Church in St. Paul, MNby Jordan Monson05/28/2023
We understand so much less than we think we do about the man Paul. We may think we know his teachings—which really just means we know Romans—but there's so much more to Paul, the Jewish Pharisee turned missionary apostle, than what we reduce him to.Delivered live, at Capital City Church in St. Paul, MNby Jordan Monson05/21/2023
May be the only "new" thing I've ever said before at the pulpit from the point of scholarship.We understand so much less than we think we do about the man Paul. We may think we know his teachings—which really just means we know Romans—but there's so much more to Paul, the Jewish Pharisee turned missionary apostle, than what we reduce him to.Delivered live, at Capital City Church in St. Paul, MNby Jordan Monson05/14/2023
We understand so much less than we think we do about the man Paul. We may think we know his teachings—which really just means we know Romans—but there's so much more to Paul, the Jewish Pharisee turned missionary apostle, than what we reduce him to.Delivered live, at Capital City Church in St. Paul, MNby Jordan Monson05/07/2023
Did you know that Jesus did not choose palms as the symbol of his triumphal entry? He chose a donkey. The people chose palms, and they did so for a reason. Join us tomorrow as we talk about Judah the Hammer and Jesus on a donkey.Delivered live, at Capital City Church in St. Paul, MNby Jordan Monson04/02/2023
Delivered live, at Capital City Church in St. Paul, MNby Kenny and Kirsten King03/26/2023
Part 2Where do we stand on women in church leadership? If you allow the partisan folks with hemmed-in positions to decide for you, you do yourself a disservice. The New Testament, as it often does, challenges us all to consider the issue from the ground up. Delivered live, at Capital City Church in St. Paul, MNby Jordan Monson03/19/2023
Where do we stand on women in church leadership? If you allow the partisan folks with hemmed-in positions to decide for you, you do yourself a disservice. The New Testament, as it often does, challenges us all to consider the issue from the ground up. Delivered live, at Capital City Church in St. Paul, MNby Jordan Monson03/23/2023
The world's second largest religion—Islam. We'll take 2 weeks on Islam because there's so much to cover.Delivered live, at Capital City Church in St. Paul, MNby Jordan Monson20/11/2022
Chris Morbitzer leading us in our Jesus among the world religions series. He'll be tackling a fairly new phenomenon—historically speaking. "The Influence of Secular Humanism."
Delivered live, at Capital City Church in St. Paul, MN
by Chris Morbitzer 06/11/2022
Many don't know that Buddhism is actually a branch off of Hinduism. Its founder was deeply troubled by Hinduism, but also retained many of its tenets.
We'll dive into the story and core beliefs of Buddhism. We'll discuss how we can benefit from a dialogue with Buddhism, and where ultimately, our hope in the good news of Jesus outshines it.
Delivered live, at Capital City Church in St. Paul, MN
by Jordan Monson 23/10/2022
The second and final week of Hinduism in our "Jesus among the World Religions" series. We'll be looking specifically at the Bhagavad Gita as our starting point as we compare it with Scripture.
The Bhagavad Gita is easily the favorite in the Hindu canon and may take the cake for the most interesting reading when surveying world religions. We'll dive into the story and show what we can learn, but ultimately, how we have a better hope in the good news of Jesus.
Delivered live, at Capital City Church in St. Paul, MN
by Jordan Monson 16/10/2022
We begin our Jesus Among the World Religions series with Hinduism, one of the oldest faiths in the world.
Delivered live, at Capital City Church in St. Paul, MN
by Jordan Monson 09/10/2022
Week 2 of our membership process where we go through our bylaws. (Feel free to skip this one if you're not a local attender)
We're beginning church membership! Join us this first of two weeks as we prepare to establish church membership. Next week, we get into the nitty-gritty, but this week we look at the statement of faith for all members. What is our statement of faith and what does each point mean?
by Jordan Monson 10/31/2021
Why do bad things happen to good people? What does the Bible have to say about it?
10/4/20
We’ve been getting communion wrong for 700 years. What was Paul really warning the church about? *Audio pops a bit for a minute and then clears up.
Delivered 3/28/2021 Jordan Monson
Join us for one of the most epic storylines in the Bible!
Sermon by Jordan Monson Delivered 9.20.2020
Why do bad things happen to good people? Join us for one of the most epic storylines in the entire Bible.
By Jordan Monson Delivered 9/13/2020
One of the most eerie texts in the Bible. Jacob wrestles with God for more than a name. What on earth?
Delivered 9/6/2020
What does the Bible say about Christians' role in government and politics? What does it not say?
Delivered August 16, 2020
There are times in life when sorrow and anger leave us unsure of the words we want to say to God and each other.
Sometimes, we are left without words to say at all. Thankfully, the book of Psalms meets us in this very human places and helps us to process these feelings and circumstances with God and each other.
Delivered Jun 14, 2020
What’s the real story behind the famous photograph of the old praying man? What does it have to say about grace in a disenchanted age?
Delivered May 31, 2020
The idealized Proverbs 31 woman is often used to bolster up a certain view of womanhood and gender roles. But what does the Bible actually say in that proverb?
Delivered May 17th, 2020 *Cover art produced for this sermon. Thanks to Jeannine Pringle!
In the late 2000s, the most famous violinist in the world went busking in the DC subway. What happens when great seed falls on hard packed soil?
In Jesus's famous parable of the sower of seeds, what type of soil are you?
Delivered May 10, 2020
How do we reconcile Easter Sunday with COVID Monday?
Psalm 126 Delivered April 19, 2020
When you think of Judas, who do you think of? But there was another Judas. He's remembered for only one episode, but there's a larger story outside the pages of Scripture. And more than anybody except Peter, he shows what an amazing turning point that remarkable Sunday morning was.
Zoom service Easter Sunday, 4/12/2020
Join us for a short message and then a panel with medical professionals from Capital City Church. They cover the novel Coronavirus, what to look for, how we can help and serve others, and how to think about this as Christians.
Panel members: Dave Haglund - MD Josiah Allen - Genomics Researcher and Pharmacy student Aubrey Monson - RN and Nurse Midwifery graduate student.
What did systems of slavery look like in different eras? How does prayer prepare and urges us to engage injustice in our era as believers?
Delivered 3/20/2020
Some aspiring to serve in ministry call themselves a servant. But are offended when they’re treated like one. Humbleness in leadership is an essential element to reconciliation and unity in the church. But can be a tough lesson to learn along the way.
Delivered 2/23/2020
Pastor Joseph Webb IV from The Way joins us tonight to share some of his experiences and to talk about what it looks like to come together in the Gospel.
Delivered 2/16/2020
The gospel doesn’t just offer us salvation. It offers us transformation from the inside out. Our view of God changes, but our view of other people changes. Ephesians 2:11-22 shows how the gospel changes the way we view race and offers hope in how we can address systemic racism.
Delivered 2/9/2020
Does systemic injustice still exist today? What's the church's role in combatting oppression and bringing justice?
Delivered Feb 2nd, 2020
Genesis 17 is the great reveal for how God plans to fulfill his promise to Abraham. It's also the first appearance of circumcision. What's the significance of circumcision and how does it connect to the thread of covenant that runs throughout all of Scripture?
Of all the subjects within Scripture, Americans might misunderstand suffering the most. Our guest and good friend Jim Schofield speaks today on the Christian's response to suffering.
Delivered January 12th, 2020
Pastor Joseph Webb from The Way preaches for Capital City tonight on Lazarus and the new life we have in Christ
One of the greatest gems (and most devastating burns) in Jesus's teaching often goes completely unnoticed. What is the image of Caesar? What is the Image of God?
Luke 20:20-26 Delivered on 11/24/2019
When God makes great promises, we all too often try to wrench his blessings from him with our bare hands. In Genesis 16, Abram does just this. And we are introduced to Hagar.
Delivered 11/3/2019
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Delivered 11/17/2019
The Bible has 4 major plot points. And 2 of them happen in the first few chapters. The 3rd begins with Abram (later named Abraham) and carries us most of the way through. Here is the beginning of redemption.
text: Genesis 12
Delivered 10/6/2019
How was Abram considered righteous before God? It's often said that the Apostle Paul invented the idea that we're justified by faith. Yet, sitting comfortably in the beginnings of the Bible, we see that God operated this way long before the law was introduced.
-Delivered 10/27/2019
How do we reach our friends and neighbors with the good news of the gospel? Well, today we look at how the early church stumbled, quite accidentally, upon revival.
Delivered 9/8/2019
Most people miss the biggest plot point in Ruth. It happens at the end. It's what she planned all along, and what it took to redeem Naomi.
Delivered 9/1/2019
We begin our Ruth series in Ruth 1. Enter the story of famine, fleeing, and death, which cues up the central dilemma of the story.
Delivered 8/11/2019
Joshua Barta kicks off our Ruth series with a spoken word poem he wrote.
Delivered 8/11/2019
What do Michael Jordan and Dennis Rodman have to do with the Pharisee and the Tax Collector?
Delivered 7/28/2019
"Slow Burn" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) CC BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)
We live in an age of noise. Last week, we looked at following Jesus's example in his outer ministry of teaching and preaching and healing. This week, we learn how to follow Jesus in his inner life of prayer.
Delivered 6/30/2019
In this sermon, Josiah discusses the story of Jonah, focusing on the last chapter (you know, the chapter we don't like to talk about). When God's sovereignty and mercy collides with our anger and pettiness, we - just like Jonah - have a choice to make.
Delivered 6/16/19
The King of Babylon dreams a dream he knows is an omen. He commands his wise men not just to interpret the dream, but tell him what the dream was. They say "there's not a man on earth who can do that." Enter Daniel.
Delivered May 19th, 2019
The most written about night in ancient history. In this sermon, Jordan stitches together ancient historians' accounts of the Babylonians and Persians on that fateful night. The Bible focuses on Daniel and the royal court. All the stories meet together in that royal court on the most documented night in ancient history.
Delivered on June 2nd, 2019
Did you know that women and mothers have been the primary bearers and spreaders of the faith?
Delivered 5/12/2019
Primary source -- Rodney Stark. The Rise of Christianity: How the Obscure, Marginal Jesus Movement Became the Dominant Religious Force in the Western World in a Few Centuries.
Bryan Lair from Trinity City Church preached for us on what he's learned in 10 years of Church planting.
Delivered May 5th, 2019
Jesus's disciples ask Jesus if a man was blind because of his own sin, or the sin of his parents. We do the same thing today. Why does pain exist? Is it the individual's fault, or the fault of others? But Jesus has a much better answer.
Delivered March 31st, 2019
On its surface, the story of Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch seems uneventful, but if you dig a bit deeper, its revolutionary. Hear about the first non-Jewish follower ofJesus ever recorded. He was neither Greek nor Roman, but Ethiopian. This was the beginning of a global expansion unlike the world has ever seen.
Delivered 3/24/2019
If you were going to make up a resurrection story to begin a false religion, this is the last story you'd make up.
Delivered 4/21/2019
In one of the most fascinating episodes of the New Testament, the Apostle Paul finds himself sharing the message of Christ with the Athenian philosophers. He stands on the Areopagus, the same hill on which Socrates made his famous last defense—only to be executed.
Socrates was executed for "corrupting the minds of the youth" by rejecting the Greek gods and being something like a monotheist. Paul also rejects the Greek gods. He's also a monotheist. And he's asked to give a defense for his faith. What does he say?
In one of the most brilliant speeches in the Bible, Paul contextualizes the Christian faith not only to Athens, but to that very hill, from an event 600 years earlier.
Delivered April 28th, 2019
Why did the people worship Jesus and then call for his execution just 5 days later?
In this message, we dive into the backgrounds of the expectations the people had for Jesus—like, what's the deal with the palm branches? The donkey? How does Rome fit into all this?
Delivered April 14th, 2019