City Chapel NYC

Abundance in a World of Scarcity - Gen. 3.17-19, Leviticus 25 // How the World Is Pulled Apart - Jeremiah Lepasana 30.03.2025 36:12 ↓

For the summary for this sermon and others - click here! In Genesis 3.17-19, we see a fourth layer of alienation w/ nature, “cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life” It is an unraveling that impacts that sits at the intersection of how we worship (Lord), how we work (labor), and how we live in God’s creation (land). Our post-fall predicament is th...

Potent Spirituality In a World of Conflict - Isaiah 58 // How the World Is Pulled Apart - Jeremiah Lepasana 23.03.2025 41:00 ↓

For the summary for this sermon and others - click here! In Genesis 3 and 4, we see the third layer of alienation—a social alienation that pulls us apart from each other. This alienation and unraveling leads to the active conflict we observe in our world, as well as the apathy we can possess towards the material needs of those around us. In response to the widening dysfunction and violence multipl...

Shame & The Things We Trust - Genesis 2.25, Psalm 25.1-3 // How the World Is Pulled Apart - Jeremiah Lepasana 16.03.2025 31:05 ↓

For the summary for this sermon and others - click here! In Scripture, shame has both an passive and and an active component. The passive component is what we are familiar with — the visceral reactions we’ve experienced that stem from feeling exposed and insufficient. Genesis 3 explains that it is our human way of experiencing the world now that we have experienced the disconnection from God once...

Diagnosing Our Lack of Peace - Psalm 16 // Psalms - Jeremiah Lepasana 14.07.2024 28:34 ↓

The psalmist, in the face of threat, finds peace by declaring: "my God is good" "my God gives good" "my God will be good" What in our story keeps us from believing the same?

On Expectancy, A Conversation with Cindy Halsted 09.06.2024 39:51 ↓

A few years ago Cindy, Founder of We Want More, shared with Jeremiah that deep-life transformation occurs in environments that are 1) safe, 2) vulnerable, 3) expectant and 4) Spirit-empowered. On Sunday, we double-clicked on "expectancy," asking Cindy to share from her journey with God on the importance of "expectancy" and how God's goodness and character forms the basis o...