City Church Long Beach Sermons

Let's Talk About Sex: Sex, Power, and Pleasure - 2 Samuel 11:1-5 – October 4, 2026 Sex, Power and Pleasure - seems like the title of this week’s sermon was predestined for this cultural moment. We’ll talk frankly about David’s r*pe of Bathsheba, but we’ll focus more on the positive aspects of consent, mutuality, and pleasure that we see modeled in scripture.

When it comes to our sexual histories and identities, we all have lots of stories - the ones we've told ourselves about who we are and the ones other people have told about us. Some of these stories have been helpful, healthy, healing... others have hurt, sometimes deeply. Join us this Sunday as we explore the different ways Rahab's story has been told, even in Scripture, and how God might be invi...

Let's Talk About Sex: Thinking about Sex Ed with Tamar City Church of Long Beach

Radical Rhythms: Moving with the Rhythms of Work & Rest - Genesis 8-22 – September 13, 2026 Is work-life balance really a thing? And has anyone ever managed it? This Sunday we're talking about how moving with the rhythms of work and rest can be a spiritual practice.

Radical Rhythms: Glimmers of Holiness in the Everyday Grind City Church of Long Beach

Radical Rest City Church of Long Beach

Blessing Summer: Blessed are the Merciful City Church of Long Beach

Blessing Summer: Blessed are Those Who Hunger & Thirst for Righteousness – Matthew 5:6 – August 9, 2026 Simone Weil once wrote: “The danger is not lest the soul should doubt whether there is any bread, but lest, by a lie, it should persuade itself that it is not hungry.” This Sunday join us for an honest conversation about the way Jesus blesses those who hunger and thirst for righteousness (someti...

One of our favorite questions to ask when folks gather around City Church is: what version of you is showing up today? Sometimes people answer happy, energized, focused, grateful. And sometimes people answer sad, discouraged, exhausted, anxious. Is there room in the life of faith for all of ourselves, for the broken or tired parts as well as the strong and beautiful? Come explore with us this Sund...

Blessing Summer: Blessed are the Persecuted City Church of Long Beach

Blessing Summer: The Meek – Matthew 5:5 – July 19, 2026 We have the privilege of having Brandi Miller, host of the Reclaiming My Theology podcast, preach this Sunday with her wife Allison Sanders on Blessed are the Meek. Listen, learn, and grow in the ways of Jesus with us!

Therapists teach that those who avoid their grief inevitably shut down other emotions as well. Those who grieve expand their hearts in so many ways, connecting with themselves, increasing their own capacity for healthy relationships, and being in touch with Jesus who was known as “a man of sorrows.” 

Blessing Summer: A Blessing for the Pure in Heart – Matthew 5:8 – June 28, 2026 Jesus doesn’t tell us to try to be pure in heart. Instead, Jesus blesses the pure in heart. He sees those moments in each of our lives and calls them out, highlights them, and assures us that we are indeed seen and honored. Come, join us this sunday, and be seen and honored.

Blessing Summer: Peacemakers City Church of Long Beach

Blessed are the Question Askers: What Do I Do With My Money? City Church of Long Beach

What about other religions? This question comes up all the time amongst Christians. What do we think of the other world religions and how should we treat the billions of people who follow them? Not to mention the non-religious folks in our lives! Join us Sunday for a refreshingly honest and direct conversation about how to think about and relate to other religions.

Blessed are the Question Askers: Why Does God Allow Suffering? – Psalm 13:1-3 – May 31, 2026 If God is good, why is there suffering? And if we are honest, why am I suffering?! These questions have haunted people, religious and not, for millennia. On Sunday we’ll look at the suffering we cause, the suffering others cause us, and the suffering out in the world, which sometimes seems to come out of n...

Is Hell Real? City Church of Long Beach

Matt 5:44 – May 10, 2026

How Do We Read the Bible? City Church of Long Beach

Blessed are the Question Askers: – Deut. 32:11-12 – April 26, 2026 When you pray to God, what do you call Her? And how did you feel when you read that feminine pronoun just now? While using non-masculine language for God is empowering - even essential - for some, for others it's off-putting or even offensive. This Sunday let's explore where some of these big emotions come from and what living in f...

Blessed are the Question Askers: How can you read the Bible as LGBTQ affirming? City Church of Long Beach

Blessed are the Question Askers City Church of Long Beach

The Spiritual Art of Taking Risks – Acts 2:42-47 – April 5, 2026 For those curious about the ways of Jesus, what might it look like to live out what he taught? And how does the Easter story impact how we think of this new life we’re invited to live in Christ? Join us as we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus and the resurrection of the church.

The Spiritual Art of Taking Risks: Risking Community – John 13:1-7 – March 29, 2026