The Table NYC Podcast

Teaching: Pastor Macho Lara This week in Dangerous Prayers , we pray a simple but costly prayer: “Send me.” After asking God to search us and break us, this message turns outward  . At some point, formation must lead to response. The question is no longer whether God is speaking, but whether we are willing to participate. Through the stories of Jonah, Moses, and Isaiah, we see three responses to G...

Teaching: Pastor Erica Lara This teaching continues the Dangerous Prayers series by inviting us into one of the most unsettling prayers we can offer: “Break me.” Rather than asking God to keep life comfortable or predictable, this prayer opens us to the kind of formation that only comes through surrender, hardship, and trust. Drawing from James 1:2–4, we are reminded that God often uses trials not...

Teaching: Pastor Macho Lara This teaching opens the Dangerous Prayers series by inviting us to move beyond safe prayers and into honest ones that allow God to work beneath the surface. Drawing from Psalm 139:23–24, we reflect on David’s bold request: “Search me, God,” a prayer that asks for truth rather than control. We are reminded that self-awareness is limited and that the heart often hides wha...

Teaching: Pastor Erica Lara In this teaching, Pastor Erica wraps up our 'Near' sermon series with an invitation into what it looks like to live a life of pursuit and being near to God.

Teaching: Pastor Macho Lara What does it mean to remain present with God in a world that rewards urgency, productivity, and constant motion? This teaching invites us to consider presence not as a feeling we wait for, but as a posture we choose. Drawing from Luke 10:38–42, we are led into the familiar story of Mary and Martha and invited to examine where we place our bodies, our attention, and our...

Teaching: Pastor Erica Lara What does it mean to live near to God in a world that constantly pulls us toward speed, productivity, and distraction? This teaching invites us to rediscover prayer not as performance or pressure, but as relationship that begins with desire. Drawing from the Psalms and the Gospel of John, we are invited to examine what we truly long for and where we are directing our at...

Teaching: Pastor Macho Lara What does it mean to experience joy in a season that still feels unresolved? This teaching invites us to rediscover Advent joy not as a fleeting emotion, but as a response to God drawing near. Through Luke’s Gospel, we see that joy appears before circumstances change, often in the middle of uncertainty, disruption, and waiting. From the shepherds who receive good news i...

Teaching: Pastor Erica Lara What does it mean to encounter the peace of Jesus in a world filled with pressure, noise, and uncertainty? Today’s message reminds us that peace is not the absence of trouble. Peace is the presence of Christ. From the storm in Mark 4 to the promise of John 14 and the reconciliation of Ephesians 2, we see that Jesus brings peace to every place we feel shaken, anxious, or...

Teaching: Pastor Macho Lara What does a faithful Christian life look like when the world feels chaotic and rushed? In this message, Pastor Macho teaches from 1 Thessalonians and shows how Paul celebrates a church that had no platform, little influence, and constant pressure, yet carried a steady and credible witness. Their faith produced action, their love cost something, and their hope kept them...

Teaching: Pastor Macho Lara What holds the Church together when the world feels divided? In this message, Pastor Macho continues A Better Witness through Romans 15, where Paul invites believers to live as a community shaped by endurance, encouragement, and hope. Jesus’ prayer for unity in John 17 becomes the backdrop for this call—a reminder that our unity is not for comfort, but for credibility....

Teaching: Pastor Erica Lara What holds your life together when everything feels like it’s falling apart? In this message, Pastor Erica continues A Better Witness by turning to Colossians and reminding us that only Christ, not culture, can truly be the center that sustains us. Using the image of a Jenga tower, she invites us to consider what happens when the pieces of our lives begin to shift. When...

Teaching: Pastor Macho Lara What if the places we see as weakness are actually where the power of Christ becomes visible? In this message, Pastor Macho continues our A Better Witness series through Paul’s words in 2 Corinthians. We discover that faith shaped by Jesus doesn’t hide its cracks—it lets the light shine through them. When Paul writes that “we have this treasure in jars of clay,” he remi...

Teaching: Pastor Erica Lara What does unity look like when it’s shaped by the Spirit of Christ? In this message, Pastor Erica continues our series A Better Witness by exploring Paul’s words in 1 Corinthians about a community learning to love across differences. We discover that unity in Christ is not about sameness or avoiding tension, but about choosing connection over correction. Through small a...

Teaching: Pastor Erica Lara What does freedom look like when it’s shaped by love? In this message, Pastor Erica continues our series A Better Witness by exploring Paul’s words in Galatians about life in the Spirit. We discover that freedom in Christ is not a license for self-focus but an invitation to love and serve others. Through the fruits of the Spirit—love, joy, peace, and gentleness—we see h...

Teaching: Pastor Macho Lara What does it mean to live worthy of the gospel? In this message, Pastor Macho unpacks Paul’s call in Philippians to integrity, unity, and humility. We see how credibility is not earned through louder slogans or sharper defenses, but through lives that reflect the pattern of Christ. Discover how ordinary faithfulness, encouragement over complaint, and shining as lights i...

Teaching: Pastor Macho Lara What does it really mean to pray like Jesus? In this message, Pastor Macho unpacks the rhythms of Christ’s prayer life... His regular time with the Father, His use of Scripture, His honesty in Gethsemane, and His intercession for others. Discover how prayer was not just a practice for Jesus, but the very river that carried His life and ministry. This teaching invites us...

Teaching: Pastor Macho Lara

Teaching: Pastor Macho Lara

Teaching: Pastor Macho Lara

Teaching: Pastor Erica Lara

Teaching: Pastor Macho Lara

Teaching: Pastor Macho

Teaching: Pastor Erica Lara

Teaching: Pastor Erica Lara

Teaching: Pastor Macho Lara