Christ City Cast

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...

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 se...

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...

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...

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...

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 capaci...

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...

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 wh...

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 — aga...

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'...

Genesis 2:15; 3:17-19; 5:28-29 Sermon Notes and Liturgy 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 Christ City Church

Matthew 28:1-10 | Isaiah 54:4-5,9-10 | John 17:20-26 Sermon Notes and Liturgy From our Easter Sunday gathering. Sunday April 5th, 2026 Christ City Church

2 Peter 1:3-8 Sermon Notes and Liturgy From this year's Lent series,  The Story of Sin Sunday March 22nd, 2026 Christ City Church

2 Peter 2:12-22 Sermon Notes and Liturgy From this year's Lent series,  The Story of Sin Sunday March 15th, 2026 Christ City Church

Genesis 6-11 Sermon Notes and Liturgy From this year's Lent series,  The Story of Sin Sunday March 8th, 2026 Christ City Church

Genesis 4 Sermon Notes and Liturgy From this year's Lent series,  The Story of Sin Sunday March 1st, 2026 Christ City Church  

Genesis 1-3 Sermon Notes & Liturgy From this year's Lent series, The Story of Sin Sunday February 22nd, 2026 Christ City Church

Matthew 25:31-46 Sermon Notes & Liturgy Preparing for Lent Sunday February 8th, 2026 Christ City Church

Matthew 25:14-30 Sermon Notes & Liturgy From our annual Kingdom Epiphanies Sunday February 1st, 2026 Christ City Church

Matthew 4:26-32 Sermon Notes & Liturgy Kingdom Epiphanies Sunday January 18th 2026 Christ City Church

Matthew 2 Sermon Notes & Liturgy From Christmas to Epiphany Sunday January 4th 2026 Christ City Church

*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. Sermon Notes & Liturgy Sunday December 21st, 2025 Christ City Church

*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. Sermon Notes & Liturgy Sunday December 14th, 2025 Christ City Church

*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. Sermon Notes & Liturgy Sunday December 7th, 2025 Christ City Church

*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. Sermon Notes & Liturgy Sunday November 30th, 2025 Christ City Church