City Beautiful Church : Audio

01/28/24 We believe God has gifted us to one another in this church, so that we become more together than what we are apart.

01/21/24 We have been gifted the Holy Spirit to keep us connected to God and give us direction.

1/14/24 What we believe about God, and how we attach to God, shapes our understanding of everything around us and within us.

01/07/24 In an era of Herodian power-grabbing and Religious lethargy, we have an opportunity to reclaim the joy and awe of those who move towards Jesus in humble worship.

12/31/23 The foundation of the spiritual life is to see ourselves in the arms of a loving God.

12/17/23 The Anointed Shepherd King of Bethlehem is the only one who can rule the world as God intends.

12/10/23 In the advent of the Messiah, we receive God-With-Us, who liberates us from bondage to freedom.

12/3/23 In the advent of the Messiah, the serpent’s head is crushed, sin and death are destroyed, and the children of Adam are gifted new life.

11/26/23 Christ the King of the cosmos is the culmination of all time and space. Every story and experience; past, present, and future; even death and life find their completion in him.

To live “in the name of Jesus” is to testify with our lives to the reign of the king in his new heavenly world.

11/12/23 There is a kind of hope that removes us from the action, and a kind of hope that gives us courage to stay faithful to the good work of the Kingdom.

11/05/23 If the light of Christ is at the heart of all life, and we are the part of creation tasked to see life flourish, we read creation to find God and do all we can to care for it.

10/29/23 The biblical vision for God’s justice and righteousness insists there is enough for everyone.

10/22/23 For us, being “in Christ” becomes the foundational identity through which all other identity markers are redeemed.

10/15/23 To love our neighbors as Jesus commands is to let ourselves be affected on the heart level, for our benefit and theirs.

10/08/23 Christians are called to faithfully work for “the common good” as resident aliens in a foreign land.

10/01/23 Freedom is not a wide-open ocean we tread indefinitely; it is a river we cross to begin our moral formation in the name of Jesus.

09/24/23 To live in the name of Jesus is to develop the courage and imagination to live peaceably in a violent world.

09/17/23 Living “in the name of Jesus” begins with commitment to him and his new heavenly family called the Church.

09/10/23 It is our willingness to put our hand to the plough that speaks to our relationship with Christ.

09/03/2023 Our joy is made complete when we participate in the revelation of Jesus together.

8/27/23 To live “in the name of Jesus” is to testify with our lives to the reign of the king in his new heavenly world.

08/20/23 To be “in the world but not of it” means that we are to live from a different starting point than the world into which we were first born.

08/13/23 To be willing to say, “here I am” when the Lord calls us is to embark on a grand adventure that can only be fueled by Grace.

08/06/23 Gifts are the realm of the Spirit, who equips each of us to love the world back into relationship with God. https://www.citybeautiful.ch/gifts