City Church Memphis: Sermon Audio Podcast

Freedom, bravery, and a chance to reflect on the opportunities before each of us in our beautiful country. Note: Watch the full service, with special dramatic elements, on our YouTube channel. [recorded at service on 6/5/2026]

Culture says manhood is toxic. Scripture says manhood is necessary. This Father's Day, Dr. Foster helps us discover God's blueprint for biblical masculinity. Men, it's time to get back to your post. Be watchful. Stand firm. Act like men. Be strong. And do everything in love. The enemy is after your family, your faith, and your future, but God is still looking for men who will stand whe...

For eleven weeks, we've watched David chase God's purpose through giants, caves, battles, and brokenness. But this week, everything changes. David wants to build a house for God, yet God reveals He's been building something far greater all along. A promise. A kingdom. A bloodline that would lead to the Messiah. Discover the covenant that connects Eden, David, and Jesus—and what it reve...

This week in The Life of David, the giant is gone, the kingdom is established, and for the first time David is living in peace. But sometimes your greatest battle isn't in front of you—it's within you. Why did a man die simply for touching the Ark of God? What happens when we try to do God's work our way instead of His way? And what made David dance so wildly that people thought he had...

What if the cave wasn't a setback—but a setup? This week, Dr. Foster helps us discover how David went from the cave to the crown after 15 years of waiting. Forgotten, flouted, fleeing, and fortified in obscurity, David learned that God's promises don't need human manipulation. If you're waiting on God, facing opposition, or fighting discouragement, this message is for you. Don'...

Have you ever felt hidden, hunted, or trapped in a dark season? This week in The Life of David, discover how God built David’s kingdom in a cave, not a castle. From assassins and enemy territory to the cave of Adullam, we’ll uncover how God uses darkness for development, pressure for preparation, and broken people for powerful purpose. Don’t miss this life-changing message: Grow in the Dark. [reco...

This Sunday at City Church Memphis… the battle may be over, but the war has just begun. David killed the giant… and became an overnight hero. But what happens when applause turns into envy…when songs turn into spears…and the same king who promoted you now wants to kill you? In Week 6 of The Life of David, Dr. Foster helps us discover how to survive jealousy, betrayal, and spiritual attacks… and wh...

Welcome to week five of the Life of David. What if the giant in front of you… isn’t there to destroy you but to define you? Fear has been threatening for 40 days…but this week, we’re learning how to run toward what everyone else is running from. Dr. Foster will help you discover why you can’t win in someone else’s armor, how to speak God’s promises over your problems, and how one stone in the hand...

What if the biggest battle in your life… isn’t in front of you—but in your mind? For 40 days, a giant shouted lies, And an entire nation believed them. But one shepherd boy refused to negotiate with fear. This week at City Church, Dr. Foster leads us into The Life of David: Week 4 — Where you’ll learn how to silence the voice of the enemy, break generational strongholds, and step into a confidence...

What if everything you thought was the end… wasn’t the end at all? What if your past didn’t get the final word, your pain didn’t define you, and your story isn’t over? Today, Dr. Foster and City Creative help you discover how one empty tomb changed everything—your freedom, your purpose, your future. Because if Jesus got up… you can get up too. [recorded at service on 4/5/2026]

This Sunday at City Church we step into a moment that looked like a victory parade—but was really a rescue mission. The crowds shouted “Hosanna!”… but days later, those same voices would cry “Crucify Him.” Because Jesus didn’t ride into Jerusalem to take a crown—He rode in to take your place. Every miracle, every moment, every move of heaven was leading to this… a King who came not to be served, b...

When God’s presence lifts… what fills the space? This week King Saul is tormented… and a shepherd boy steps into the palace. Before David ever fought a giant, he learned how to fight in worship. Before the palace, there was preparation. Before the spotlight, there was obscurity. What if your breakthrough isn’t about opportunity… but preparation? This Sunday Dr. Foster helps us discover how God tur...

What if the greatest king in Israel’s history started out as the most forgotten kid in his own family? Last week we saw tragedy turn into triumph as Ruth’s grief became part of a king’s genealogy. But this week… Israel demands a king because they want to be like everyone else. So God gives them Saul — a king who looked perfect on the outside… but slowly drifted from obedience on the inside. While...

Before there was a crown… there was a famine. Before there was a king… there was a widow. Before David ever faced a giant… God was already writing his story. This Sunday we begin an 11-week journey through caves and crowns, battles and betrayals, identity and legacy. You’ll discover this: Your greatest battle isn’t Goliath — it’s your identity. Your hardest season isn’t punishment — it’s preparati...

Last year… we tore down walls. We launched a campus. We made room for more people to meet Jesus. But we’re not finished. At City Church, vision isn’t a slogan —it’s a pathway:Know God. Find Freedom. Discover Purpose. Make a Difference. The harvest is here. Now it’s time to build the barns. Vision Sunday 2026 — The future is calling. [recorded at service on 2/22/26]

What if the greatest intimacy manual ever written is already sitting on your coffee table… and you’ve been highlighting everything except that part? This week on Friends with Benefits, Dr. Chris Foster goes where culture has twisted it and the church has tiptoed around it. Sex didn’t start in Hollywood. It started in the mind of God. If you’re married, what happens inside the bedroom affects every...

You were wired for emotion—but you were never meant to be driven by it. Emotions make great indicators—but terrible drivers. Peace doesn’t erase emotion. Peace stands guard over it. In week four of Life Hacks, Dr. Foster helps us to discover how the Holy Spirit brings order to emotional chaos, how to stop letting feelings run your life, and how regulated emotions produce spiritual stability. Becau...

Most people don’t wake up planning to wreck their life…we drift there—one habit at a time. You don’t fall off a spiritual cliff…you stroll off it while scrolling. This week, Dr. Foster exposes a terrifying truth:you are your habits. Why impulse wins, why willpower fails,and how God gives you life hacks to interrupt the loopbefore your habits take control of you. Life Hacks – Week Three. Change you...

The Bible is packed with life hacks—Kingdom cheat codes for living a blessed, victorious life. This week, Dr. Foster exposes one of the most dangerous patterns of the human mind: avoidance. Avoidance doesn’t stop you—it distracts you. It feels like relief, but it quietly hands fear the steering wheel. God never calls His people to avoid. He calls them to advance. Because what you avoid doesn’t dis...

What if the biggest problem in your life… is the voice in your head? This week, Dr. Foster kicks off Life Hacks with a truth you didn’t expect: your brain lies to you constantly. God's word is full of Life Hacks. The Holy Spirit shows us how to battle stink'n think'n. Fear, insecurity, worst-case scenarios—most of them are just trailers your mind created. But God’s Word gives you a bet...

Join us as we enter the greatest story ever told — small and humble beginnings, with a world-changing ending.

Today’s message is about breaking free from everything the enemy tried to strap onto your life — fear, shame, labels, limitations. It’s about discovering that you were born to run the race God marked out for you. And to help us see it clearly, we’re stepping into a scene from one of the most iconic films ever made, where a boy in leg braces learns that breakthrough doesn’t start with strength… It...

Welcome back to At the Movies! Today’s Dr. Foster Drops the flag on another modern-day parable. Heart-pounding action meets purpose and speed meets the soul. Sonny Hayes was a legend… until a crash derailed his destiny. Decades later, he discovers what every believer must learn: you can’t win the race of life without the right pit stops and the right race line. Because Scripture says you’re not ru...

We’re stepping into a world trembling on its axis, where shadows rise, hope fades, and a hero emerges. Not a myth. Not a memory. But a reminder. Because the story of Superman isn’t just about a man in a cape, it’s a mirror of a greater truth: you were sent from another Kingdom, adopted by a greater Father, and called to carry a power not of this world. This week Dr. Foster takes us faster than a s...

This weekend at City Church, we’re taking flight with Top Gun: Maverick. It’s more than jets and adrenaline — it’s a story of calling, courage, and learning to let go of the past that tries to clip your wings. Like Maverick, we’ve all carried regrets, guilt, and questions. But God says your past may explain you it does not define you. Purpose doesn’t expire. Grace doesn’t retire. And your mission...