Christ City Church Memphis

What does prayer look like? Depending on who you ask you can get a very different picture. Listen in as we explore images of prayer that can inspire, challenge and comfort us as we seek connection with the Divine.

Jesus talks about the kingdom of God more than anything else. And as we uncover two essential elements of this kingdom, we discover that it's something all of us are really longing for, deep down. So how do we respond? What does this fascinating story about Naaman in this ancient book have to teach us today? Listen in as we discover a rich invitation!

Have you ever had to wait for God to show up? Maybe for an answered prayer, or a broken relationship, or a healing in your life? The answer is probably “yes.” If we can’t control when God will answer, how do we live in the space between a request and a desired result? Listen in as we unpack this longing we all have, and seek to discover how we live in the space between.

We are all looking for help in times of trouble. We are all looking for comfort in times of despair. Listen in as we talk through a Psalm that speaks to these needs and how we can know that God is with us, even when we doubt it the most.

Psalm 113 If you live your faith out long enough, you might find yourself coming to a place of complacency and being disgruntled, mumbling internally, "what does it matter?" What does it matter to pray? What does it matter to reach out to God in my distress? What does it matter.... Yet, there's always more -- more life, more healing, more love to receive from God and give to others. There's a "yes...

John 11:1-6, 32-44 We all long for refreshment. Some people respond to life in such a way that their very presence brings refreshment to those around them. What qualities does this type of person possess? Listen in as we immerse ourselves in a gospel story where the shape and color of a refreshing life becomes clear. To learn more about our Vision & Mission please visit christcity.org/vision-m...

Mark 4:30-32 & Ephesians 4:11-16 Purpose. It's something every person in every generation searches for. Does what I'm doing really matter? Do I really matter? At Christ City, reimagining your purpose is central to who we are. But it's a weird concept: "reimagine your purpose." Listen in as we unpack this strange but rich invitation to a more robust purpose and ultimately a deeper and more sati...

Mark 10:46-52 This week we look at the first part of our mission at Christ City Church: recover your life. We believe, just like the blind man Bartimaeus, Jesus wants the deep and true things we desire for ourselves — to recover our sight, to recover our lives. But it takes neediness, and that’s something few of us truly ever get to. Listen in as we unpack the neediness of this blind man, and how...

Colossians 1:15-29 There is a yearning in us to know where we come from. We want to know if there is a caring being responsible for us and our world. We wonder, “If God exists, is it possible to know One who seems so mysterious and unreachable?”. Even if we accept that Jesus is the incarnation of God, is reading about someone in a book the same as knowing them? Join us as we find encouragement and...

Galatians 5:1-6 Have you ever stopped and asked yourself, “where is all this headed?” Maybe about your life, or career, or a relationship? It’s important for us to be honest about where we are and where we want to be, and that’s the conversation we want to start with this series on the vision and mission of Christ City Church. To learn more about our Vision & Mission and to watch “The Pendulum...

Acts 27:1-26, 37 As we come to our final sermon of an year long journey through the book of Acts, we come to Paul sailing to Rome. Met with violent storms and on a boat with people who’ve seemingly been his enemies, we find Paul and company learning to trust in one another and God. Listen in as we unpack what it means to do life together not only with those who we find commonality and comfort with...

Acts 26:1-32 Have you ever found yourself in a season of life where you just felt stuck? Maybe you were trying to make good, godly life decisions but found it only lead to more misery.  If so, you can relate to Paul. Listen in as we unpack what it was like for Paul to be in prison, and how God used him for great things in the midst of hard times.

Acts 22:22-29 Paul does something very interesting in this week's text: he acknowledges and even uses to his advantage his privilege as a Roman citizen. This story presents an opportunity for us to take a larger cultural conversation about privilege a step further. Listen in as we unpack privilege and look to Paul and Jesus as guides to help us reflect on this important question: what do you do wi...

Acts 21:26-36 As we continue our series called “Facing Life,” we follow Paul back to Jerusalem where he’s faced with the religiosity he once championed: a harsh system that decided who was in and who was out. For anyone who grew up in church, the chances of us relating to that kind of religious system is more common than we may realize.  Listen in as we unpack the difference between having re...

Acts 21:1-14 We live in a culture that tells us we can do anything and have anything. This message, and its effects, are counter to the Kingdom of God and practical reality. All of our decisions have consequences and we are, in truth, a small part of a greater whole. When we cultivate a sober understanding of our limitations we have a shot of achieving the potential God has for us. Listen in as we...

John 15:1-9 Jesus’ invitation to us is to learn from him how to live life. Listen in as we discuss what is meant by rest and responsibility. We’ll see how these two work together to make us fruitful, which Jesus says is how we know that we’re his disciples.

Acts 20:7-12 This week we encounter a bizarre story! In the midst of Paul preaching a long sermon (very long!), a young man named Eutychus (which means "lucky," by the way) dozes off and falls from a third-story window to his death only to be restored to life by Paul a few moments later. It's a fascinating (and mildly comical!) story, but is there anything that it has to say to us today? You'd be...

Acts 19:20-41 Things are heating up for Paul and the other early followers of Jesus as the story of Acts progresses. This week we encounter a dangerous riot opposing the message and activity of Paul and his friends. We learn an important reality: the kingdom of God necessarily confronts and challenges kingdoms of this world. But the way that confrontation and challenge happens with Paul and other...

Acts 19:1-20 Many people claim Jesus is the source of their actions, successes and even failures. How can we know if it’s true? Can we? Listen in as we discuss the workings of the Divine in our lives.

Acts 20:17-38 (MSG) As we recognize and install new elders this Sunday at Christ City Church, we look to the pattern that Paul had set for the Elders of Ephesus. The life Paul lived and calls these elders into is a life of vulnerability, a life of heartache and hardship, and a life of care for self and others. Listen in as we look at this and more, and continue in our series on GodSpeak pt2.

Acts 18:18-28 Sometimes it can be hard to know when to give and when to receive. In fact many of us have been taught that it is a virtue to give all of ourselves away and then end up burnt out and resentful. Others of us expect (often unconsciously) to constantly receive- judging everything by how much it entertains us or reaffirms what we already think. What if neither position is a mature respon...

Acts 18:1-17 Have you ever felt done ? Like, you try and keep trying, but feel life is against you and NOTHING works out?  Probably so.  In this passage, we find Paul in a similar spot. He has stepped out on faith to follow God and preach the good news of the Christ, but everywhere he turns he encounters backlash, hardships, and simply "life not working." But there's a deeper truth God h...

Acts 17:16-34 Have you ever experienced something that so dramatically shifted your perspective about life that it made it difficult to relate to the people around you? The apostle Paul did. As we continue to explore Paul's encounter with Athenian thinkers we find the meeting of two different world views- Is the divine a separate and abstract idea or has it walked among us, spoken and acted? In es...

Acts 17:16-34 This week we encounter Paul as a tourist in Athens right before his famous Mars Hill sermon. But Paul isn't on vacation, checked out and taking it easy. Instead, he's dialed in, choosing presence and engaging culture. Listen in as we seek  to learn from the Apostle Paul about how we as modern people can live as followers of Jesus in our complex cultural landscape.

Acts 17:10-15 You ever hear something that sounds so good you just can't help but believe it without checking up on the sources? Of course! Haven't we all? But when Paul and his crew encounter a group of Jews called the Bereans he finds they have a more thoughtful approach to his good sounding news. They receive Paul's messages about Jesus the Christ with eagerness but they also look to the script...