2 Cities Church Podcast

John 5:1-16 Big Idea: Jesus is more ______! 1. ...than your health problems John 5: 1-6 After this, a Jewish festival took place, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. By the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem there is a pool, called Bethesda in Aramaic, which has five colonnades. Within these lay a large number of the disabled—blind, lame, and paralyzed. One man was there who had been disabled for thirty-eight ye...

John 4:43-54 Big Idea: Faith is the lens that lets you look directly at the Son. 1. Farsighted faith John 4:43-54  After two days he left there for Galilee. (Jesus himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.) When they entered Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him because they had seen everything he did in Jerusalem during the festival. 2. Faith brings life into focus...

John 4:27-42 Big Idea: Turn your past mistakes into a powerful story of God’s love. 1. Let ‘em talk. John 4:27 Just then his disciples arrived, and they were amazed that he was talking with a woman. Yet no one said, “What do you want?” or “Why are you talking with her?” 2. Don’t be embarrassed by your past. John 4:28-38 Then the woman left her water jar, went into town, and told the people, “Come,...

John 4:1-26 Big Idea: Only a Gospel with no boundaries can set your soul free! 1. The Gospel crosses all cultural boundaries John 4:1-9 When Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard he was making and baptizing more disciples than John (though Jesus himself was not baptizing, but his disciples were), he left Judea and went again to Galilee. He had to travel through Samaria; so he came to a town o...

John 3:31-36 Big Idea: 3 reasons the King gives his servants freedom 1. Authority without limit  John 3:31 The one who comes from above is above all. The one who is from the earth is earthly and speaks in earthly terms. The one who comes from heaven is above all. 2. Love without measure   John 3:32-35 He testifies to what he has seen and heard, and yet no one accepts his testimony....

Jesus IRL John 3:22-30 Big idea: Someone is always getting in the way of your success! 1. Stop fighting for control of your life v.22-27 John 3:22-37 After this, Jesus and his disciples went to the Judean countryside, where he spent time with them and baptized. 23 John also was baptizing in Aenon near Salim, because there was plenty of water there. People were coming and being baptized,...

John 3:1-21 Big Idea: The biggest jump you’ll ever make is the leap between your head and heart! 1. Setting up the jump (v.1-2) There was a man from the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to him at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God, for no one could perform these signs you do unless God were with him.” 2. The short run up  ...

John 2:13-25 Big Idea: Jesus claims total authority “While it looks like things are out of control, behind the scenes there is a GOD who hasn’t surrendered His authority.” A.W. Tozer 1. Authority over the Temple v. 13-17 13 The Jewish Passover was near, and so Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 In the temple he found people selling oxen, sheep, and doves, and he also found the money changers sitting t...

John 2:1-12 Big Idea: Don’t picnic under exit signs! John 2:1-12 On the third day a wedding took place in Cana of Galilee. Jesus’s mother was there, and Jesus and his disciples were invited to the wedding as well. When the wine ran out, Jesus’s mother told him, “They don’t have any wine.” “What has this concern of yours to do with me, woman?” Jesus asked. “My hour has not yet come.” “Do whatever h...

John 1:40-51 Big Idea: Becoming a leader is a 1-step journey! 1. Andrew was waiting   v. 40-42 Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard John and followed him. He first found his own brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated “the Christ”), and he brought Simon to Jesus. 2. Simon was busy  v. 42-43 When Jesus saw him, he said, “You...

John 1:29-39 Big Idea: Without direction in life, every road leads nowhere. 1. You don’t need to hold the map. V. 29-34 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! This is the one I told you about: ‘After me comes a man who ranks ahead of me, because he existed before me.’ I didn’t know him, but I came baptizing with water so...

Big Idea: The 3 parts of an epic testimony John 1:19-27 This was John’s testimony when the Jews from Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, “Who are you?” He didn’t deny it but confessed, “I am not the Messiah.” “What then?” they asked him. “Are you Elijah?” “I am not,” he said. “Are you the Prophet?” “No,” he answered. “Who are you, then?” they asked. “We need to give an answer to th...

Happy Mother's Day! Big Idea: Grace gives you the strength to get out of bed, and glory gives you a goal to chase every day. 1.Glory that lights the darkest path John 1:6-9 There was a man sent from God whose name was John. He came as a witness to testify about the light, so that all might believe through him. He was not the light, but he came to testify about the light. The true light that gives...

Big Idea: We live fearlessly, because darkness dies in the light. John 1:1-5 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. All things were created through him, and apart from him not one thing was created that has been created. In him was life, and that life was the light of men. That light shines in the darkness, and yet the dark...

Write This Down: 2 Cities Church exists to turn followers into leaders! 2 Cor 2:15-17 For to God we are the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing. To some we are an aroma of death leading to death, but to others, an aroma of life leading to life. Who is adequate for these things? For we do not market the word of God for profit like so many. On the co...

This week, Pastor Jeff talks specifically about reaching people in your family. How to speak to people close to you but far from Jesus John 7:1-9 After this, Jesus traveled in Galilee, since he did not want to travel in Judea because the Jews were trying to kill him. The Jewish Festival of Shelters was near. So his brothers said to him, “Leave here and go to Judea so that your disciples can see yo...

This week, Pastor Troy Singleton starts off our new sermon series about "finding your ONE" in 2021.  Write This Down: Ask Jesus to help you find one person this year to bring to Christ. John 4:4-6 (NLT) he had to go through Samaria on the way. Eventually he came to the Samaritan village of Sychar, near the field that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. He Jacobs well was there and Jesus, tired from...

Easter is the day when Power and Grace collide Acts 4:33 With great power the apostles were giving testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was on all of them. Easter signals God’s power in you Easter shows God’s power through you Easter showers God’s grace on you Next Steps: I need King Jesus to resurrect my dead soul I will live by the power of the Holy Spirit this w...

In this short, special broadcast, Pastor Jeff reflects on the Last Supper, crucifixion, and burial of Jesus Christ.  There is a time for Communion. If you choose to participate, you can use bread, crackers, juice, or wine purchased from the store. We've also included a few beautiful songs, sung by DeWayne and Octavia Greer. Follow along with these lyrics: Nothing but the Blood of Jesus Robert...

Amos Chapter 9 Gathering without masks has always been a problem for the church. 1. Get candid with Jesus     V. 1-6 I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and he said: Strike the capitals of the pillars so that the thresholds shake; knock them down on the heads of all the people. Then I will kill the rest of them with the sword. None of those who flee will get away; none of...

Amos Chapter 8 Write this down: Nothing speaks louder about a relationship than silence! Amos 8:11 Look, the days are coming— this is the declaration of the Lord God— when I will send a famine through the land: not a famine of bread or a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord. 1. Get honest V. 1-6 The Lord God showed me this: a basket of summer fruit. He asked me, “What do you see,...

AMOS: A voice that can’t be silenced Amos 7 James 5:16  (NLT) Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results. Write this down: Evil is helpless where the power of God and the prayers of his children collide.    Prayer has the power to… 1. …touch the heart of Je...

Write this down: One step forward makes a world of difference! Amos 6:12 Do horses gallop on the cliffs? Does anyone plow there with oxen? 1. Not me!  It’s not my problem.   V. 1-7 Woe to those who are at ease in Zion and to those who feel secure on the hill of Samaria— the notable people in this first of the nations, those the house of Israel comes to. Cross over to Calneh and...

Justice - Jesus = Junk Amos 5:24  But let justice flow like water, and righteousness, like an unfailing stream. 1. We are helpless without Jesus V. 1-3 Listen to this message that I am singing for you, a lament, house of Israel: She has fallen; Virgin Israel will never rise again. She lies abandoned on her land with no one to raise her up. For the Lord God says: The city that marches out a t...

Sermon Notes: Amos 4:4 Come to Bethel and rebel; rebel even more at Gilgal! 1. Go ahead. I dare you!   V. 1-5 Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan who are on the hill of Samaria, women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to their husbands, “Bring us something to drink.” The Lord God has sworn by his holiness: Look, the days are coming when you will be taken aw...