City Light Bible Church Sermons

We took a break from our Romans series to study Psalm 63 with one of our ministry team leaders, Corbin Harris. In this Psalm, we see David acknowledging his need for God, preaching truth to himself about God’s steadfast love, and ultimately trusting in God’s protection and victory over his enemies. Listen as Corbin shows us how to face our own difficult circumstances by following David’s example o...

This week we studied Romans 5:6-8, examining God’s love through the lens of salvation as a gift, measuring its greatness by the desperate need it meets, the ultimate price Christ paid, and the unworthiness of those who received it. Listen while Pastor Chris unpacks why God’s love is in a class all by itself.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Romans 5:1-5 explores how God’s grace in salvation doesn’t stop at forgiveness but provides additional benefits, bringing peace with God, open access to Him, and a guaranteed future glory. Even our deepest suffering is not wasted, but is God’s very tool to build in us endurance, character, and deeper hope. Listen as Pastor Chris shows us how every benefit we have flows from our justification by fa...

We took a break from Romans this week to study 1 John 2:15-17, exploring how to overcome worldliness. This passage emphasizes that believers belong to God rather than the world, which is under Satan’s influence. Listen as elder Rick Maples encourages us to avoid being conformed to worldly patterns and instead fix our eyes on Jesus Christ, knowing that temporary worldly pursuits will fade away but...

Romans 4:18-25 examines Abraham’s faith as a model for Christian salvation. Salvation is not a “do-it-yourself” project but requires trusting God to accomplish what we cannot do for ourselves. Listen as Pastor Chris unpacks eight marks of authentic Christian faith and encourages us to grab onto the true and trustworthy God who saves.

Romans 4:9-17 explores the nature of true saving faith and how salvation is obtained. In this passage, we see through Abraham’s example that salvation comes not through religious rituals or good works, but solely through faith in God’s promise. Listen as Pastor Chris explains why faith itself is a gift from God and how believers can find rest in His guaranteed promise of salvation.

In Romans 4:1-8, the apostle Paul uses Abraham and David as examples to demonstrate that salvation comes through faith, not works, which eliminates all human boasting and pride before God. When Abraham believed God’s promise, God credited righteousness to his account as a gift rather than as wages earned through good deeds, a principle confirmed by David’s celebration of having sins forgiven and c...

In Romans 3:27-31 we see how the Gospel creates ripples that transform our understanding of salvation, pride, and God’s law. This passage examines how justification by faith eliminates human boasting, confirms God’s salvation extends to all people equally, and reveals the law’s true purpose as a mirror showing our need for a Savior rather than a ladder to earn salvation. Listen as Pastor Chris unp...

We’re back to our Romans series this week, exploring Romans 3:25-26 and examining why the Gospel is such remarkably good news. This passage breaks down three key aspects of this good news: how Jesus serves as our propitiation and absorbed God’s wrath through his shed blood, how salvation requires only faith rather than works, and how Christ’s sacrifice demonstrates God’s perfect righteousness and...

As we enter a new year, we took a moment to explore 1 John 3:1-2, two profound verses that show God’s love for Christians is uniquely demonstrated in three places: the past (Christ’s rejection and crucifixion), the present (believer’s current status as God’s children), and the future (the promise of Christ’s return when believers will be transformed to be like Him). While New Year’s resolutions of...

This week we explored Genesis 6-9, emphasizing God’s faithfulness to His promises even in judgment and salvation. These chapters trace how God punished humanity’s pervasive evil with the flood, preserved Noah and his family through the ark, and established an everlasting covenant pointing toward Jesus Christ as the ultimate Deliverer from sin and death. Listen as elder Elliot Kang unpacks how Noah...

As we finished up our Christmas sermon series this week, we explored the often-overlooked figure of Simeon from Luke 2:25-35, who waited his entire life to see the promised Messiah. Simeon’s story and prophetic words over baby Jesus reveal four key truths about the Christmas message: Jesus comforts those who are weary, Jesus has come as the long-awaited anointed One, Jesus saves all people, and Je...

This week we continued our Cast of Christmas series, examining Joseph’s faithful response to the birth of Jesus. Despite facing the difficult situation of Mary’s pregnancy outside of marriage, Joseph obeyed God’s command to marry her and thus became the adopted father of Jesus Christ. Listen as elder Rick Maples explores Joseph’s example and challenges us to respond with similar obedience to God’s...

We’re taking a break from Romans this December to delve into the Cast of Christmas. This week we examined three contrasting responses to Jesus’ birth found in Matthew 2:1-12: King Herod’s hostility driven by his desire to maintain power, the religious leaders’ apathetic indifference, and the wise men’s joyful, humble, and sacrificial worship. Listen as Pastor Chris encourages us to identify which...

Romans 3:21–24 reveals that though all humanity is hopelessly sinful and unable to achieve righteousness through the law, God has provided a perfect righteousness through Jesus Christ. This righteousness is received not by works but by faith, as God justifies sinners by His grace as a free and costly gift purchased through Christ’s redeeming sacrifice. Listen as Pastor Chris shares the hope of the...