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What keeps you from peace?
In week 9 of our series on James, we arrive at one of the most confrontational passages in the New Testament. James asks, "What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you?" His answer is not about the other person, the circumstances, or even the truth — it is about the war within us: frustrated desire met with twisted passion.
This sermon moves through James 4:1-12, confronting the way we ask God without submitting to Him, the way we pursue lesser loves as if they were ends, and the way we treat God as a genie or a distant power instead of the One who longs for us in covenant.
James accuses us of adultery — not first against ourselves or others, but against the One faithful to us. And yet even there, grace is greater. At the heart of the work of faith is a humility that does not think less of ourselves, but thinks of ourselves less — so that we find ourselves totally infatuated and consumed by the One who gives all to us.
Questions for Reflection:
- Who am I devoted to? Myself? God? Someone/thing else?
- In what ways does my faith lead to my humility, and therefore, to grace?
- What would tomorrow look like if I responded devotedly to faith at work within me?
Scripture References: James 4:1-12, James 1:3-4, James 1:9, James 1:17, James 1:19-20, James 3:13-18, James 3:14, Hebrews 11:1, Matthew 5:21-22, Matthew 11:28-29, Psalm 24:1-6
Voices/Quotes: Douglas Moo, TPNT Commentary on James
Sermon Notes & Liturgy | James: Faith at Work
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How do you know if you are living wisely?
James does not ask for your credentials. He asks for evidence. "Who is wise and understanding among you?" is not a question looking for a particular set of ideas or even beliefs — it is a question looking for a particular way of life. In James 3:13-18 there are two kinds of wisdom. One is earthly and unspiritual, carrying bitter jealousy and self-interested rivalry underneath it. It can be factually accurate and still be false to the truth. The other comes down from above: pure, peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere. If our seeing and reacting produces disorder in our relationships with God, others, the earth, and ourselves, we are building on sand. Where a life sows peace, a harvest of righteousness follows. The test is not how much we know. It is whether our lives author peace, manifest righteousness (right-relationships), and embody the Kingdom of Heaven.
Questions for Reflection:
- Where do envy and self-interest exist within my heart?
- Am I authoring peace in my roles, responsibilities, and relationships? How, or why not?
- What would tomorrow look like if I responded wisely to faith at work within me?
Scripture References: James 3:13-18, James 1:5, James 1:8, James 1:15, James 1:17-22, James 2:1-13, James 3:9-12, James 4:4-7, James 5:7-8, Psalm 37:1-11, Matthew 7:24-27.
Sermon Notes & Liturgy | James: Faith at Work
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What if the problem with our words is deeper than just saying the wrong thing?
In James 3:1-12, we are invited to feel the weight of the tongue. Our words matter in our journey of faith, our work, and our community. They can bless God while wounding people made in his likeness. They can become a fire that divides, or they can participate in the healing work of the Word made flesh.
This sermon traces James’ warning against using words for our own elevation, his call to be quick to listen and slow to speak, and his deeper invitation: not the suppression of words, but the transformation of character. We cannot tame our tongues through technique. Instead, we bring our divided hearts, humbly and honestly to God and depend on Jesus, the Word of truth, to transform us.
Questions for Reflection:
- What do my words reveal about myself?
- How do my words bless other people?
- What would tomorrow look like if I grounded my words in listening to Jesus?
Scripture References: James 3:1-12, James 1:18-19, James 1:26-27, Genesis 1:1-3, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 2:19, John 1:1-3, Acts 2:2-4, Revelation 12:9-10, Psalm 119:105-112, Philippians 2:12-16.
Sermon Notes & Liturgy | James: Faith at Work
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What if faith was never meant to be a private belief you keep separate from the rest of your life?
In week 5 of James: Faith At Work, we sit with one of the more difficult and controversial passages in the New Testament: James 2:14-26. James asks, to paraphrase, "What good is a claim of faith while ignoring a brother or sister in need?" He presses against a faith that separates us from our neighbors, from ourselves, and from God--faith that merely confesses the truth, all while leaving daily life untouched.
This teaching reflects on James' warning about dead faith, his examples of Abraham and Rahab, and the deeper beauty underneath the warning: living faith is not performance. It is not self-justification. It is the whole person moving toward Christ. Faith is brought to fullness as the implanted word works through us in love, mercy, provision, and ordinary obedience.
Questions for Reflection:
- What areas of my life have I separated from my faith?
- How is my faith at work in my daily life and community?
- What would tomorrow look like if I responded to faith at work within me?
Scripture References: James 2:14-26, James 1:18, James 1:21, James 1:27, Matthew 25:34-40, John 13:35, Genesis 15:6, Genesis 22, Romans 3:28, Deuteronomy 6:4, Philippians 2:12-13, Psalm 107:1-9
Voices/Quotes: Douglas J. Moo, The Letter of James; Dallas Willard, The Divine Conspiracy; Eugene Peterson, The Message and A Long Obedience in the Same Direction; Martin Luther; The BibleProject; Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals
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Many of our churches ignore our tendencies towards partiality, justify our favoritism, and excuse our cliquish exclusivity, labeling it 'fellowship.' But what if this is an afront to God, who, after all, "shows no partiality" (Rom. 2:11)? What if communities filled with partiality actually betray their professed faith in Jesus Christ, the Lord of Glory?
In week 4 of our summer series, James: Faith At Work, we sit with James 2:1-13 and the uncomfortable mirror it holds up to the church. This teaching begins by drawing our attention to the Greek word for partiality in verse 1, which carries the idea of "receiving the face" - judging a person by their visible surface, social status, usefulness, wealth, poverty, polish, burden, or perceived return. But faith is supposed to retrain our sight so that we no longer see the other person--rich or poor--as a category to manage, a resource to exploit, or an inconvenience to avoid. Faith at work sees beyond mere appearance, beyond the sur-face, and recognizes the face of the other as a summons to love.
This message walks verse by verse through James' warning against favoritism, the royal law to "love your neighbor as yourself," and the law of liberty that frees us from the old economy of fear, status, and self-protection, and arrives at the fundamental Gospel truth that mercy triumphs over judgement. Lest we mistakenly think mercy is mere sentiment, we are reminded that mercy is love becoming visible, love made manifestly present, in the face of suffering--like Jesus, who was the vehicle of God's mercy.
Questions for Reflection:
- Whose presence makes me feel important, and whose presence makes me feel burdened? Why?
- Do I see by the worldly facade, or by the divine Glory?
- Has the mercy I have received become visible over judgment?
- How am I responding to the faith at work within me?
Scripture References: James 2:1-13, Psalm 25:1-10, Matthew 5:3, Matthew 22:34-40, Deuteronomy 6:4-5, 2 Corinthians 5:16-21
Voices/Quotes: Emmanuel Levinas, Totality and Infinity; Douglas J. Moo, TNTC James; Craig L. Blomberg and Mariam J. Kamell, Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on James; Google DeepMind, "A Pragmatic View of AI Personhood"
From the series James: Faith at Work
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A plant grown without wind grows weak. James says your faith is no different — the friction of an ordinary week may be the very thing God is using to strengthen and mature both you and your faith.
In week 2 of our look at James we walk through James 1:19-27: How do we move from merely agreeing with our faith to participating in it fully? We consider the work of faith and faith at work, as we grow up into Christ-likeness — not as performance, but for maturation.
Questions for Reflection:
- How am I responding to faith? Am I quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger?
- Do I live true to myself in Christ, participating with him in the labors of my day — free to be self-giving and free from all that binds?
- What would tomorrow look like if I responded to faith, and lived true?
Scripture References: James 1:19-27, James 1:4, James 5:7-8, Psalm 37:1-11, Romans 3:28, Philippians 2:13, Matthew 11:25-30, Matthew 13:1-23, Acts 2
Voices/Quotes: Martin Luther (on the placement of James in the canon); Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals (communion liturgy)
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Sheltered, undisturbed plants may grow fast and even tall, but the result is a weak, fragile, and easily uprooted plant. By contrast, plants exposed to rain, wind, and the occasional disturbance grow strong, stable, and sturdy.
Your soul works the same way.
In this opening sermon of our summer series through the letter of James, we walk through James 1:1–18 and the old wisdom he himself leans into: that the trials we face are not meant to destroy us, but to activate and strengthen what has been given to us. We consider why the testing of faith produces steadfastness, what it means to ask God for wisdom without a divided soul, why the life resourced by appearances withers like grass, and the crucial difference between a trial and a temptation — one external, one a heart unsubmitted. Faith does its work not in one dramatic moment but over many ordinary ones, completing us — maturing us toward our purposed end — because what God starts in history and in us, he finishes in history through us.
Questions for Reflection:
- James contends that the disturbances of life help ensure our maturation and completion. Where in your daily relations and responsibilities might God be activating and purifying your faith right now?
- When something hard hits, is your first instinct to face it as a trial that strengthens, or to read it as God against you? What would it look like to "count it all joy"?
- Where are you living divided — "double-souled" — tossed between believing and not believing? What wisdom do you need to ask God for, without doubting?
Scripture References: James 1:1–18; Psalm 63:1–8; Proverbs 24:16; Acts 2:36; 1 Thessalonians 4:11–12; Psalm 1:3
Voices/Quotes: Douglas Moo Commentary on James; John Calvin Commentary on the Catholic Epistles; Keith McCurdy Raising Sturdy Kids; Jonathan Haidt The Anxious Generation
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Christ City Church gathers every Sunday at 10:10 AM at 642 Brookhurst Dr., Dallas, TX 75218; in the chapel at LHB.
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What if work was never the thing to survive on the way to your real life — but the very medium through which you offer yourself to God?
In the finale of our "Get(ing) Out of Work" series we consider a few of the ancient, yet ever new, practices that the church has used to help God's people stay in step with the Spirit during the daily rhythms of work and rest, rest and work.
Drawing on Irenaeus and Hans Urs von Balthasar, the message recovers an old picture of the human being: not merely shaped clay, body and soul, but body and soul and spirit together — the complete person, bearing not just the image but the likeness of God (Genesis 1:26). To be spiritual is "by definition to be moved by the Spirit of the Logos," Christ our Beginning, our Salvation, our End.
This reframes work entirely. With Dorothy Sayers, work is "not primarily a thing one does to live, but the thing one lives to do… the medium in which one offers oneself to God." We do not offer our work to God; following Paul in Romans 12, we offer our whole selves — as a living sacrifice — through it. So we stop striving to get out of work the identity, prosperity, and purpose it was never meant to supply, and instead receive from it the life we're made for: the good work God "got ready for us to do" (Ephesians 2:10).
Then the practical question: how? The answer is ancient and unglamorous — habits. As Annie Dillard wrote, "How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives… A schedule defends from chaos and whim. They are a net for catching days." Three habits to structure an ordinary day:
- Enter the day with the Lord's Prayer for Work — before the phone, before the lunches, perhaps before you're out of bed: "I give my whole self to you through the work you have given me this day."
- Recollect yourself midday with a centering prayer from Psalm 139 — breathing in, "I am…"; breathing out, "…still with you."
- Exit the day through the Examen — asking the Spirit where your work was out of step with Jesus, where it was in rhythm, and letting him lead you into rest.
How we start matters. How we stay centered matters. And how we exit our labors into the rest of the night, made new, matters just as much.
Reflection: Where was your work out of step with Jesus today, and where was it in rhythm with him?
Scripture: Acts 2:1-3, 38-39 · Psalm 104:23-30 · Genesis 1:26 · Romans 12:1 · Ephesians 2:9-10 · 1 Thessalonians 5:23
Voices/Quotes: Annie Dillard, The Writing Life · Dorothy Sayers · Tom Nelson, Work Matters · Irenaeus of Lyons · Hans Urs von Balthasar
Christ City Church is a small faith family following Jesus together in east Dallas. We gather Sundays at 10:10 AM at 642 Brookhurst Dr., Dallas, TX 75218, in the chapel @ LHB.
What if the burden of your work isn't that there's too much to do — but that there's an anxiousness in your soul that no productivity system can fix?
This Sunday we looked at Matthew 11:25-30, sitting with the weight of Jesus' invitation to all who are "heavy laden." The Greek word for burden, notably, carries with it not just the image of an animal loaded past its capacity — but the idea of spiritual anxiety, an unsettledness beneath the labor. The problem isn't the workload. It's the heart beneath it.
The sermon names what modern marketing has always known: the heart is the most manipulable part of the soul. It longs, aspires, loves — and in a world of unlimited options, it is constantly being pulled toward someone else's end. We pile on not just more work, but more expectations, more routines, more rituals, more rumors of wisdom. We have become a society of excess baggage. And so the work that was meant to free us buries us instead.
The answer, Jesus says, is not less work. It's a different heart. "Take my yoke upon you… for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls." The yoke is a joining — two laboring together. Not handing off, but sharing.
Thus, when our hearts are shaped by and fused with Christ's, the work doesn't merely become easier — it becomes transfigured as rest-full. Work, then, properly received, is itself a way to rest. Spiritual, mental, and bodily satisfaction — not in spite of the labor, but through it.
Reflection Questions
- What labor and loads have you taken on that are not shared with Christ?
- Conversely, what labor and loads have you tried to give up that were yours to carry in Christ?
- In what labor and loads has your soul experienced rest?
Scripture: Matthew 11:25-30; Psalm 40:1-8; Romans 12:1-2; John 14:31; Colossians 3:23
Voices:
- Dorothy Sayers, Leading Lives That Matter: what we should do and who we should be
- Tom Nelson, Work Matters: connecting Sunday worship to Monday work
- Sirach 6:24-31 (NRSV)
- Leon Morris, The Gospel according to Matthew, TPNT
Sermon Notes & Liturgy
We take a month or so every year to consider, together, the rhythm of creation according to God's design: Sabbath & Work
Christ City Church is a small faith family following Jesus together in east Dallas. We gather Sundays at 10:10 AM at the Chapel at Lake Highlands Baptist Church, 642 Brookhurst Dr., Dallas, TX 75218.Learn more at christcity.life
What would change tomorrow if you forgot about serving others — and simply served the work?
In Week 5 of our post-Easter series, we learn that for work to become a delight and fulfillment, it has to become something we submit to — not a means of getting something, but the medium through which we offer our whole selves to God. And in one of the most counterintuitive moves in the series: serving the work — not the people — is actually the only way to truly serve the people.
Reflection Questions:
- What would be different if I "forgot the community and served the work" tomorrow?
- Where have I experienced the goodness of someone who was truly "serving the work"?
Scripture: Colossians 3:15-24, Proverbs 3:6, Romans 12:1, John 6:38, Matthew 6:8-10
Voices:
Dorothy Sayers, Why Work? (1942)
Julian of Norwich, Revelations of Divine Love
Sermon Notes & Liturgy
We take a month or so every year to consider, together, the rhythm of creation according to God's design: Sabbath & Work
Christ City Church is a small faith family following Jesus together in east Dallas. We gather Sundays at 10:10 AM at the Chapel at Lake Highlands Baptist Church, 642 Brookhurst Dr., Dallas, TX 75218.
Learn more at christcity.life
What if the good life isn't getting out of work — but getting the good out of work?
A common narrative today is one that says the good life is what waits on the other side of our labor, that progress always means doing less, working less, and somehow still getting more, and that the human ideal is a consumer at leisure. It's a compelling story. And it's one most of us have swallowed whole. But is this really what it means to get the good out of work?
In Week 4 of our post-Easter series, Get(ting) Out of Work, we look at Ephesians 2:1-10, sitting with Paul's quiet but weighty claim that we are "created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them." We explore what it means to stop bargaining with work and start serving it — and why that small reorientation might be the difference between a diminished life and a flourishing one, with Jesus.
Questions for Reflection
- Do you believe this? What keeps you from believing that work is the thing you live to do — not just something you do to live?
- What would be different tomorrow if you entered your work not as something done to make a living, but as something you are living to do?
- Where have you seen the goodness of someone "serving" work rather than "bargaining" with it?
Scripture: Ephesians 2:1-10; Psalm 27:4-6, 13-14; Psalm 92:13-14; 1 Thessalonians 4:11-12
Voices/Quotes:
- Dorothy Sayers, Why Work?
- Annie Dillard, The Writing Life
Sermon Notes & Liturgy
We take a month or so every year to consider, together, the rhythm of creation according to God's design: Sabbath & Work
Christ City Church is a small faith family following Jesus together in east Dallas. We gather Sundays at 10:10 AM in the Chapel at LHBC.
642 Brookhurst Dr., Dallas, TX 75218.
Learn more at christcity.life
Sabbath isn't a reward for a productive week. It's a declaration that you're already free.
In week three of Get(ing) Out of Work, we turn to Deuteronomy 5 — where Moses restates the Sabbath command and adds something Exodus doesn't: a reason. Not creation, but liberation. God commands rest because he already got you out. To Sabbath is to remember who freed you, and to refuse — again — the identity of a slave. Sabbathing, it turns out, is a defiant act of freedom.
Questions for Reflection:
- What does your relationship with rest reveal about what you believe God requires of you?
- In what ways does the culture around you function like Egypt — demanding your productivity, time, and identity? How does Sabbath resist that?
Scripture References: Genesis 2:2–3; Exodus 20:8–11; Deuteronomy 5:12–15; Mark 2:27
Voices/Quotes: Eugene Peterson, Tell It Slant
Sermon Notes & Liturgy
We take a month or so every year to consider, together, the rhythm of creation according to God's design: Sabbath & Work This sermonette was a recorded during one of our regular Sabbath meals, where we gather together, around a table, to rest in Jesus,
Christ City Church gathers every Sunday at 10:10 AM at 642 Brookhurst Dr., Dallas, TX 75218; in the chapel at LHB.
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Work isn't what's broken. We are. And that changes everything about how we show up on Monday.
Tracing the Genesis narrative through the Fall, Noah, and the Noahic covenant, Pastor Jeremy Pace shows that the pain and struggle we experience in work stem from twisted human hearts, not from work itself. Work is our good, not merely a means to good things — it is our specific human contribution to God's ongoing creation and to the common good. The antidote to mis-loving work is Love itself: only when love is put on as our essential nature, not as a feeling or an outcome, can we "work from the soul, as for the Lord."
Questions for Reflection:
What are we missing in our love(lessness) of work?
Where — and from whom — have you witnessed love at work, work from the soul?
Scripture References:
Psalm 90:14–17
Genesis 2:1–3, 15; 3:17–19; 4:22–23; 5:28–29; 6:5–18; 8:20–22; 9:1–17, 20–25
Colossians 3:10, 14, 17, 23
Voices/Quotes: Irenaeus, Augustine, Julian of Norwich, NT Wright, Dorothy Sayers, Tom Nelson
Sermon Notes & Liturgy | Get(ting) Out of Work
We take a month or so every year to consider, together, the rhythm of creation according to God's design: Sabbath & Work
Christ City Church gathers every Sunday at 10:10 AM at 642 Brookhurst Dr., Dallas, TX 75218; in the chapel at LHB.
Come rest in Jesus. Learn more at christcity.life
Genesis 2:15; 3:17-19; 5:28-29
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From the series Get(ing) Out of Work
Sunday April 12th, 2026
We take a month or so every year to consider, together, the rhythm of creation according to God's design: Sabbath & Work
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Matthew 28:1-10 | Isaiah 54:4-5,9-10 | John 17:20-26
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From our Easter Sunday gathering.
Sunday April 5th, 2026
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2 Peter 1:3-8
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From this year's Lent series, The Story of Sin
Sunday March 22nd, 2026
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2 Peter 2:12-22
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From this year's Lent series, The Story of Sin
Sunday March 15th, 2026
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Genesis 6-11
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From this year's Lent series, The Story of Sin
Sunday March 8th, 2026
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Genesis 4
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From this year's Lent series, The Story of Sin
Sunday March 1st, 2026
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Genesis 1-3
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From this year's Lent series, The Story of Sin
Sunday February 22nd, 2026
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Matthew 25:31-46
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Preparing for Lent
Sunday February 8th, 2026
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Matthew 25:14-30
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From our annual Kingdom Epiphanies
Sunday February 1st, 2026
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Matthew 4:26-32
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Kingdom Epiphanies
Sunday January 18th 2026
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Matthew 2
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From Christmas to Epiphany
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*During Advent, our gatherings look a bit different and feature more music, readings, and other seasonal liturgies, with shortened 'sermonettes.'
Isaiah 40
From our annual Advent series.
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Sunday December 21st, 2025
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*During Advent, our gatherings look a bit different and feature more music, readings, and other seasonal liturgies, with shortened 'sermonettes.'
Isaiah 12:1-6
From our annual Advent series.
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Sunday December 14th, 2025
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*During Advent, our gatherings look a bit different and feature more music, readings, and other seasonal liturgies, with shortened 'sermonettes.'
Luke 2:30-55
From our annual Advent series.
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Sunday December 7th, 2025
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*During Advent, our gatherings look a bit different and feature more music, readings, and other seasonal liturgies, with shortened 'sermonettes.'
Luke 2:22-38
From our annual Advent series.
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Sunday November 30th, 2025
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Ezekiel & Isaiah
From the series Jesus Awaited
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Sunday November 23rd, 2025
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2 Samuel 5 & 7, Psalm 20, 24, 72, 89, 110,
From the series Jesus Awaited
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Sunday November 16th, 2025
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Psalm 45, Genesis 3-11
The Bible Project video referenced in this talk can be found here.
From the series Jesus Awaited
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Sunday November 9th, 2025
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Hebrews, Psalm 2, Psalm 45
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From the series Jesus Ascended
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Sunday November 2nd, 2025
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Hebrews 12, 13
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From the series Jesus Ascended
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Sunday October 26th, 2025
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Hebrews 11:1-49
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From the series Jesus Ascended
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Sunday October 19th, 2025
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Hebrews 10:19-39
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From the series Jesus Ascended
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Sunday October 12th, 2025
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During one of our occasional Sunday family meals.
The painting referenced in this talk is "The Meeting of Abraham and Melchizedek" by Sir Peter Paul Rubens (c. 1626) and can be found here.
From the series Jesus Ascended
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Sunday October 5th, 2025
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Hebrews 10:1-8
From the series Jesus Ascended
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Sunday September 28th, 2025
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Hebrews 7:1-10, Psalm 110
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Sunday September 21st, 2025
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Hebrews 4:14-16; 9:1-14;13:20-21
From the series Jesus Ascended
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Sunday September 14th, 2025
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Introduction to the series Jesus Ascended
Hebrews 1:1-4, 2, 13:20-21
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Sunday September 8th, 2025
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Psalms 134
From the Psalms of Ascent, Ascending with Christ.
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August 31st, 2025
Psalms 133
From the Psalms of Ascent, Ascending with Christ.
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August 24th, 2025
Psalms 131 and 132.
From the Psalms of Ascent, Ascending with Christ.
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August 17th, 2025
Psalms 129 and 130.
From the Psalms of Ascent, Ascending with Christ.
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August 10th, 2025
Psalm 127
From the Psalms of Ascent, Ascending with Christ.
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July 27th, 2025
Psalm 126
From the Psalms of Ascent, Ascending with Christ.
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Christ City Church, Dallas, Texas
July 20th, 2025
Psalms 124 & 125 from the Psalms of Ascent, Ascending with Christ.
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July 13th, 2025
Psalms 120 & 121 from the Psalms of Ascent, Ascending with Christ.
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Christ City Church, Dallas, Texas
June 22nd, 2025
Introductory sermon for our summer series in the Psalms of Ascent, Ascending with Christ.
Acts 1: 3-12
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From the series Sabbath & Work.
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Sunday June 8th, 2025
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From the series Sabbath & Work.
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Sunday June 1st, 2025
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From the series Sabbath & Work.
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Sunday May 25th, 2025
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From the series Sabbath & Work.
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Sunday May 18th, 2025
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From the series Sabbath & Work.
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Sunday May 11th, 2025
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Introduction to the series Sabbath & Work.
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April 27th, 2025
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Psalm 143 as we turn from the Psalms of Lent to the glory of Easter.
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April 20th, 2025
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Psalm 102 from our Psalms of Lent series.
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April 6th, 2025
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Psalm 51 from our Psalms of Lent series.
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March 30th, 2025
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Psalm 38 from our Psalms of Lent series.
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March 23rd, 2025
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Psalm 32 from our Psalms of Lent series.
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March 16th, 2025
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Sunday March 9th, 2025.
Psalm 6 | Psalms of Lent
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Lenten Rhythms | Resources
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Sunday February 23rd, 2025.
Luke 19 | Preparing for Lent
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The seventh Sunday in our annual Kingdom Epiphanies series.
From John 11
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Sunday, February 16th, 2025
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The sixth Sunday in our annual Kingdom Epiphanies series.
From John 10 (Part 2)
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Sunday, February 9th, 2025
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The fifth Sunday in our annual Kingdom Epiphanies series.
From John 10 (Part 1)
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Sunday, February 2nd, 2025
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The fourth Sunday in our annual Kingdom Epiphanies series.
From John 15
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Sunday, January 26th 2025
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The third Sunday in our annual Kingdom Epiphanies series.
From John 14
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Sunday, January 19th 2025
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The second Sunday in our annual Kingdom Epiphanies series.
From John 8 & 9
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Sunday, January 12th 2025
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*We have truncated the audio during moments of quiet reflection and silent prayer.
The first Sunday in from our annual Kingdom Epiphanies series.
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Sunday, January 5th 2025
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Advent Week 4 : Love
During the season of Advent our gatherings look a bit different. Thus, this audio has been edited accordingly and may include odd breaks and awkward transitions.
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Sunday December 22nd, 2024
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Advent Week 3 : Joy
During the season of Advent our gatherings look a bit different. Thus, this audio has been edited accordingly and may include odd breaks and awkward transitions.
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Sunday December 15th, 2024
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Advent Week 2 : Peace
During the season of Advent our gatherings look a bit different. Thus, this audio has been edited accordingly and may include odd breaks and awkward transitions.
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Sunday December 8th, 2024
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Advent Week 1 : Hope
During the season of Advent our gatherings look a bit different. Thus, this audio has been edited accordingly and may include odd breaks and awkward transitions.
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Sunday December 1st, 2024
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Sunday November 24th, 2024
From the series All About Jesus
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Sunday November 17th, 2024
From the series All About Jesus
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Sunday November 10th, 2024
From the series All About Jesus
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Sunday November 3rd, 2024
From the series All About Jesus
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Sunday October 27th, 2024
From the series All About Jesus
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Sunday October 20th, 2024
From the series All About Jesus
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Sunday October 13th, 2024
From the series All About Jesus
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Sunday October 6th, 2024
From the series All About Jesus
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Sunday September 29th, 2024
From the series All About Jesus
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Sunday September 22nd, 2024
From the series All About Jesus
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Matthew 28:1-10, 16-20
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Sunday September 15th, 2024
From the series All About Jesus
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Mark 13:1-13 | From the series All About Jesus
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Sunday September 8th, 2024
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Romans 11:33-36
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Sunday, September 1st, 2024
Postscript for Acts: The End of the Church as You Know It
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Acts 28:16, 23-31
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Sunday, August 25th, 2024
From the series Acts: The End of the Church as You Know It
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Acts 19 & 20
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Sunday, August 18th, 2024
From the series Acts: The End of the Church as You Know It
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Acts 17:16-34
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Sunday, August 11th, 2024
From the series Acts: The End of the Church as You Know It
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Sunday July 28th, 2024
From the series Acts: The End of the Church as You Know It
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Sunday July 21st, 2024
From the series Acts: The End of the Church as You Know It
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Sunday July 14th, 2024
From the series Acts: The End of the Church as You Know It
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Acts 8:1-25
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Sunday June 30th, 2024
From the series Acts: The End of the Church as You Know It
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Sunday June 23rd, 2024
From the series Acts: The End of the Church as You Know It
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Sunday June 9th, 2024
From the series Acts: The End of the Church as You Know It
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Sunday June 2th, 2024
From the series Acts: The End of the Church as You Know It
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Sunday May 26th, 2024
From the series Acts: The End of the Church as You Know It
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From the series Sabbath & Work: Making Life Good.
May 19th, 2024
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From the series Sabbath & Work: Making Life Good.
May 12th, 2024
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From the series Sabbath & Work: Making Life Good.
May 5th, 2024
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From the series Sabbath & Work: Making Life, Good
Sunday, April 28th, 2024
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From the series Sabbath & Work: Making Life, Good
Sunday, April 21st, 2024
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From the series Sabbath & Work: Making Life, Good.
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Sunday, April 14th, 2024
From the series Sabbath & Work: Making Life, Good.
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Sunday, April 7th, 2024
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Easter Sunday, March 31, 2024.
A final message from the series The Letters of Lent: Listening to Live with Jesus
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From the series The Letters of Lent: Listening to Live with Jesus
Sunday March 24th, 2024
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Sunday, March 17th, 2024
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From the Lent series Letters of Lent: Listening to Live With Jesus
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Sunday March 10th, 2024 | From our Lent series, The Letters of Lent: Listening to Live With Jesus
** This gathering did not include a sermon, but instead featured an extended time of guided scripture reading, prayer, song, and reflection followed by group discussion in response to the reading of God’s Word. As such, the audio has been edited to accommodate the podcast format.
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Sunday March 3rd, 2024
From the Lent series, The Letters of Lent: Listening to Live with Jesus
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Revelation 1:9-20; 2:1-7
Sunday, February 25th, 2024. From this year's series The Letters of Lent: Listening to Live with Jesus
Sermon Notes & Liturgy | Lenten Journey
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Sunday February 18th, 2024
From the series Parables to Person: Preparing for Lent.
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From the series From Parables to Person: Preparing for Lent.
Sunday February 11th, 2024
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Sunday February 4th, 2024.
From the series From Parables to Persons: Preparing for Lent.
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Sunday January 28th, 2024
From our annual series Kingdom Epiphanies.
Sermon Notes & Liturgy | Practicing Parables
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Sunday, January 21st, 2024. From the annual series Kingdom Epiphanies.
Sermon Notes & Liturgy | Practicing Parables
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From our annual Kingdom Epiphanies series. Sunday January 14th, 2024
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Practicing Parables
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The introductory sermon for our annual series, Kingdom Epiphanies, recorded January 7th, 2024.
Sermon Notes & Liturgy | Practicing Parables
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Our Christmas Eve Gathering: an abbreviated 'whole family' service held December 24th, 2023. From our annual Advent series.
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Sunday December 17th, 2023
From our annual Advent Series.
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Because our Advent gatherings have a distinct flow & feel, this recording has been edited/trimmed/cropped to accommodate podcasting, so there may be odd transitions where music and other elements have been removed.
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Sunday December 10th, 2023. From our annual Advent series.
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- Because our Advent gatherings have a distinct flow & feel, this recording has been edited/trimmed/cropped to accommodate podcasting, so there may be odd transitions where music and other elements have been removed.
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Sunday December 3rd, 2023. From our annual Advent series.
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- Because our Advent gatherings have a distinct flow & feel, this recording has been edited/trimmed/cropped to accommodate podcasting, so there may be odd transitions where music and other elements have been removed.
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An abbreviated gathering from our annual Advent series.
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Sunday November 26th, 2023
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Recorded Sunday November 19th, 2023, from the series Orbiting Jesu Together.
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Sunday November 12th, 2023
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From the series Orbiting Jesus Together.
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First sermon in our Orbiting Jesus Together series.
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Sunday, November 5th, 2023
Sunday, October 15th, 2023.
Sermon Notes and Liturgy | Paying Attention Practice
From the series Simply to Flourish.
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Sunday October 9th, 2023
Sermon Notes and Liturgy | Quieted Soul Practice
From the series Simply to Flourish
Sunday October 1st, 2023
Sermon Notes and Liturgy | Weekly Practice
From the series Simply to Flourish.
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Beatitude Practice
Sunday September 17th, 2023
From the series Simply to Flourish.
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From the series Simply to Flourish: The Sermon on the Mount.
Sunday September 10th, 2023
Sermon Notes and Liturgy | Awareness Practice
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Sunday September 3rd, 2023
The final 'word' from our summer series on the Ten Commandments: Keeping It Simple, Loving God and Loving Others,
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Sunday August 27th, 2023
From the series Keeping It Simple
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Sunday, June 18th, 2023
From the series Keeping It Simple | Loving God and Loving Others.
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The 'concluding' message from our series on Sabbath and Work.
June 11th, 2023
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A brief liturgy for a church family Sabbath meal.
From the series Sabbath and Work.
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Sunday, April 16th, 2023
An introductory sermon on the series Sabbath and Work: Living Whole and Holy Lives
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Easter Sunday, April 9th, 2023
The conclusion of the series Psalms of Lent as we celebrate Easter.
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Sunday February 26th, 2023
From the series Lent, Turning to Believe the Good News.
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Sunday, February 20th, 2023
From the series Lent: Turning to Believe the Good News
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Sunday February 12th, 2023
From the annual series Kingdom Epiphanies
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Sunday February 5th, 2023
From the annual series Kingdom Epiphanies.
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Sunday January 29th, 2023
From the annual series Kingdom Epiphanies.
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From the annual series Kingdom Epiphanies.
Sunday January 22nd, 2023
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Sunday January 15th, 2023.
From the annual series Kingdom Epiphanies.
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From our annual series, Kingdom Epiphanies.
Sunday, January 8th, 2023
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Sunday October 20th, 2022
From the series The Committed Life of Joy.
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Sunday October 23rd, 2022
From the series The Committed Life of Joy.
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Sunday October 16th, 2022
From the series The Committed Life of Joy.
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From the series, The Committed Life of Joy.
Sunday October 9th, 2022.
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From the series, The Committed Life of Joy.
Sunday October 2nd, 2022
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From the series The Committed Life of Joy.
Sunday September 25th, 2022
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From the series The Committed Life of Joy.
Sunday September 25th, 2022
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Sunday September 18th, 2022
From the series The Committed Life of Joy.
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Sunday September 18th, 2022
From the series The Committed Life of Joy.
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This Sunday's gathering was a prelude to a new series we are beginning this September called The Committed Life of Joy.
Sunday September 4th, 2022.
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Part two of a conversation with Dana, Kyler, and Ryan on Speaking of Jesus.
Music by Young Oceans.
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This is part one of a two part conversation where Dana, Kyler, Ryan and Chaz sit down to discuss themes relating to our current sermon series, Speaking of Jesus.
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Music by Young Oceans.
Sunday April 24th, 2022
The final sermon in the series Psalms of Lent.
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On this episode of the Christ City (Community) Cast we sat down with Eric P. and discussed moving with and for community, coming to faith, and marriage that is sometimes comedy!
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Music by Young Oceans.
Today's episode is a conversation with Rori S. about growing up in small towns, community, and Capernaum, a Young Life ministry serving teens and young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
North Texas Capernaum Young Life
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Music by Young Oceans
The first message in the series Orbiting Jesus.
Sunday February 6th, 2022
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Sunday January 20th, 2022
From the annual series Kingdom Epiphanies.
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On this episode of the Christ City Cast, Chaz, Rori, and Scott sat down to talk about community, intro/extroversion, hospitality, and how the Lord frees us from patterns of self isolation.
Music by Young Oceans.
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Sunday January 23rd, 2022
Fourth in our annual series Kingdom Epiphanies.
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Third in our annual Kingdom Epiphanies series.
Sunday January 16th, 2022
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This week on the Christ City Cast: Chaz and Christine sat down with Laura R. to discuss a unique experience while visiting churches, walking through difficulty as a family, and the joy of parenting.
Music by Young Oceans
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The second sermon in our annual Kingdom Epiphanies series.
Sunday, January 9th, 2022
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Sunday January 1, 2021
The first in our annual Kingdom Epiphanies series.
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On this episode of the Christ City Cast: Rori and Chaz sat down with Bethany P to discuss God's providence in the big and small decisions that make up our lives, from our choice of jobs, to the places we live, and the friends we keep! Bethany helps us see how beautiful our lives can be if we open our eyes to see God's love and care along the way.
Music provided by Young Oceans.
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Rori and Chaz sat down with Dana H. to talk about the difference between choosing a church and committing to one, finding our identity in Jesus, and navigating the tension of law and grace in the minefield that is motherhood.
Music by Young Oceans.
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Luke 9:10-17
Sunday August 29th, 2021
From the series Embodying the Kingdom at Any Table
Do What Jesus Did
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Luke 10:38-42
From the series Embodying the Kingdom at Any Table
August 22nd, 2021
Do What Jesus Did
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Luke 7:36-50
From the series Embodying the Kingdom at Any Table
August 8th, 2021
Do What Jesus Did
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From the series Embodying the Kingdom at Any Table
August 1st, 2021
Do What Jesus Did
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On this episode Chaz and Christine sat down with Kyler to talk about his work and ministry in Vickery Meadows and some new projects he is involved in at Christ City Church.
Details for Vickery Prayer and Adoration Nights can be found here.
Vickery Prayer: Monday mornings @ 6AM
Adoration Nights: Monday evenings at 6:30PM
Music by Young Oceans.
On this episode of the Christ City (Community) Cast, Christine and Chaz sat down with Jesse B. and talked about Catholicism, the unexpected and surprising grace of Jesus, the importance of intimacy in Christian community, and the changes that come with having children.
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Music by Young Oceans.
On this episode of the Christ City (Community) Cast Christine and Chaz sat down with Ally L to discuss DNA groups, racial reconciliation, and overcoming fear.
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Music by Young Oceans.
This week we met up (virtually of course) to talk about the life of faith during a global pandemic.
- Does it challenge our faith in any way?
- Are there questions without clear answers?
- What has this time of quarantine exposed in us?
- How are we praying differently?
A conversation around the idea of "false gospels." From Galatians chapter 1.
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A quick update on how life will be different at Christ City Church over the coming weeks.
Monday Psalms | Galatians | Pastoral Notes | Collective Prayer
An introduction to Paul's letter to the church at Galatia.
Galatians | Christ City Church
We are beginning a season of looking at Paul's letter to the Galatians, so we sat down to have a very broad conversation about this important letter. Surprises, confusions, and comforts, and a surprise guest!
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How does Sabbath interrupt our rhythms of consumerism? Is Sabbath just a synonym for self-care? Are we lazy? Is it "to sabbath," or "sabbathing?"
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The first of three messages considering the practice of Sabbath as a way to Be With Jesus.
The video we watched that preceded this message was The Bible Project's Sabbath video.
Sabbath
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