Cities Church Sermons

In this sermon, Pastor David Mathis expounds upon John 19:1-16 by asking three rhetorical questions about Jesus as he is delivered over to be crucified. This passage includes a horrific miscarriage of justice, shocking evil from the Jewish leaders, fickleness of the crowds, and the gutlessness of Pilate. Above all though, John tells us that he wrote this so that you may believe that Jesus is the C...

In this sermon, Pastor Jonathan Parnell expounds upon John 18:28-40 where Pilate questions Jesus on the accusation that he is claiming to be the King, and finds no guilt in him. Yet, the people still choose to release the guilty man named Barabbas instead, putting Jesus in the place of the guilty.

In this sermon, Pastor Jonathan Parnell bridges our series on How God Changes a Life with our series on the gospel of John by sharing John’s story, the “disciple whom God loved.” Looking at many writings of the apostle John, we see the fruit of his transformed life.

In this sermon, Pastor David Mathis shares the story of how God changed the life of Charles Spurgeon.

In this sermon, Pastor Jonathan Parnell shares about the journey of John Bunyan coming to faith and how God used many passages over years to transform Bunyan from being the most ungodliest fellow into a Baptist preacher who was imprisoned for preaching God’s Word.

In this sermon, Pastor Jonathan Parnell shares the story of Martin Luther’s “extremely disturbed conscience” and how he came to faith after being angry with God by finally understanding the righteousness of God by faith alone in Romans 1:17.

In this sermon, Pastor Jonathan Parnell begins a new series on conversion stories from people throughout church history. First, we see how God used Romans 13:11-14 and a devoted mother’s prayers to transform the heart of Augustine of Hippo.

In this sermon, Church Planter Will Stueve concludes our eighth summer in the psalms by expounding upon Psalm 111 which answers the question: “What makes God’s works so great?” and leads us to then ask of ourselves: “What would it look like to remember the realness of Jesus in all of life?”

In this sermon, Pastor David Mathis expounds upon Psalm 110 which is the most complete and abundant prophecy of Christ in the book of Psalms. This psalm has four sights of the majesty of Jesus, full of comfort for Cities Church.

In this sermon, Pastor Jonathan Parnell expounds upon Psalm 109 by looking at four facts about Christian warfare in the psalm that reveals to us who the enemies are, what they are doing, how God responds to them, and how God saves his people from them.

In this sermon, Pastor Marshall Segal expounds upon Psalm 108 where David is feeling the pain of the curse again. David’s battling enemies and pleading with God for relief and deliverance. As he pleads, he takes five big steps: groaning, praising, asking, trusting, and prevailing.

In this sermon, Pastor Jonathan Parnell expounds Psalm 107. What does it mean to be redeemed and where do the redeemed come from? What trouble has the redeemer delivered them from? And, how do the redeemed respond?

In this sermon, Pastor Max Kozak expounds upon Psalm 106 which recounts moments of rebellion from Israel’s history to reveal the countermelody of God’s mercy to us despite our own sin.

In this sermon, Pastor Sam Choi of All Peoples Church returns to us as a guest preacher to expound upon Psalm 105 where David exhorts God’s people to remember God, give thanks and share personal stories of God’s faithfulness with others so that they might praise him too. Remember what God has done, who he is, and who he is for us.

In this sermon, Ryan Griffith expounds upon Psalm 104 which is a poem with vivid, worship-evoking imagery that retells the important story of Genesis 1-3. It calls us to bless the Lord and fuels the consummation of that praise.

In this sermon, Pastor Jonathan Parnell expounds upon Psalm 103 by answering the question: How can we bless God? Learn Jesus, and remember him.

In this sermon, Pastor Jonathan Parnell expounds upon the prayer of one afflicted in Psalm 102. And just as the psalmist recorded truth for us, here’s three truths about God that we want to record for future generations facing troubled-heart situations.

In this sermon, Pastor Jonathan Parnell expounds upon Psalm 101 which gives us a window into the commitments of Jesus when he reigns over the New Jerusalem.

In this sermon, Pastor Jonathan Parnell expounds upon Psalm 100 which helps us understand what we are doing when we worship – the most important action we ever do as humans.

In this sermon, Church Planter Will Stueve expounds upon Psalm 99 by looking at three different angles of the indescribable holiness of God’s character. Each being a call to worship the holy King of the universe, to sing along with the angels, “holy, holy, holy.”

In this sermon, Pastor Marshall Segal expounds upon Psalm 98 which is about making a joyful noise before the King, the LORD! God gave us singing because there’s a joy greater than words.

To begin our eighth Summer of Psalms, Pastor Jonathan Parnell expounds upon Psalm 97 which is about the world’s end. Christ will come again and every person will respond with either shame or joy. But for the church, we must ask: How do God’s people live in the meantime?

In this stand-alone sermon on Pentecost Sunday, Pastor Jonathan Parnell preaches from Acts 1:1-11 and Acts 2:1-4 while addressing our church’s current moment as we live in the ‘promised age of the Spirit.’

In this sermon, Pastor David Mathis expounds upon John 18:12-27 by following the arc of Peter’s fall and its contrast to the stunning glory of Jesus. Peter’s fall gives us four lessons to learn.

In this sermon, Pastor Jonathan Parnell expounds upon John 18:1-11 where there’s chaos in the garden as the Roman soldiers, Jewish officials, and Judas come to arrest Jesus. But rather than a haphazard collapse into chaos, it is a controlled descent. John’s main idea here is that Jesus is in control and he makes it clear in three ways.