Citylight South

Pastor Ricky continues our Family Matters series by answering the question "what do we mean when we say we're a 'family to belong to?'" Reading from Philippians 1:3-11 we'll see the kind of affection the family of Christ creates, the basis for belonging, and the actions produced in belonging. Thanks for listening!

Pastor Ricky closes up our Light and Life series on Christmas Eve by talking through John 1 and what it means when it says Jesus gives us the right to be called children of God. Thanks for joining us over our Christmas celebration and thanks for listening!

Pastor Alex is kicking off our core values series that will walk us through what it means to be a family to belong to, a family to grow with, and a family to go with. So the first thing we need to know is, why be a family? Where does that come from? That's what we'll be talking through today! So grab a Bible and thanks for listening!

David Miller, our Middle School Director, is taking this week to walk us through Romans 5:6-11. He's giving the bad news first, but the bad news makes the good news so much more amazing! Who we were, and who we are in Christ, it's the simple gospel. Thanks for listening!

Pastor Alex walks us through the next section of John 1 which talks about John the Baptist and his calling to be a witness to the light, drawing out the beauty of the gospel through his life and his mission to point to Jesus, the true light, in everything he did. Thanks for listening!

Pastor Ricky takes us through the next several verses in John 1, answering the question "who is Jesus?" And leading us to the questions, "are you alive?" And "if you are, are you experiencing His life?" Thanks for listening!

Guest Pastor Chuck from Citylight West Council Bluffs opens up our new series Light and Life which is going to be taking us through John 1:1-18. Chuck is inviting us to consider three things, who Jesus was, who He is, and if we will believe. Thanks so much for listening!

Pastor Ricky wraps up this portion of Acts by walking us through the story of Herod ( a god in his own mind) vs Peter's God (the actual all-powerful One). This is such a critical part of the story and really opens us up to some of the biggest questions we face as we encounter a sinful world, following a Holy God. How does God work in it all? Thanks for listening!

Pastor Alex brings us to a beautiful moment in Acts where the church explodes in Antioch...where the Church is called "Christians" for the first time. Why were they called Christians? And what was it that the gospel was producing for them that made them fit that description? Thanks for listening!

Pastor Ricky gets to share the amazing story of Peter and Cornelius. It's a story of deep wrestling, but God demonstrates the faithfulness of the Gospel and how it overcomes even our deepest presumptions. Thanks for listening!

Pastor Alex picks up the story of Acts 9, talking over two amazing stories where Jesus heals people through Peter, even raising one from the dead. But what does that have to do with us? Thanks for listening!

Pastor Ricky gets the special opportunity of sharing about how Jesus stepped in front of Paul on his way, persecuting the church, to save him to Himself. Jesus is doing the same thing to us today, poking and prodding for us to turn to Him. So thanks for listening!

"It's remembering the joy that we have in Christ that encourages us to go forward and share  with others so that they might have the same joy we do." Pastor Alex brings us back to Acts as we pick up the story with Philip being moved by the Spirit to do something bold! Thanks for listening!

Pastor Ricky wraps up the series over work by, well, talking about rest actually. We're designed for a rhythm of work and rest, so how do we look to Jesus in our rest? That's what Ricky will walk us through as we close this chapter! Thanks for listening.

Pastor Ricky preaches about how the Word encourages us to see work as worship to God, but warns that work can be easily be made into an idol in our lives, something that takes God's place as the provider for our lives. Thanks for listening!

Pastor Alex brings us in to send us out in our work this week, proclaiming the truth that our work is not only worship to God, but a blessing to others when we give our whole heart to serve God in it. Thanks for listening!

Ricky will begin a new mini-series about that thing we spend almost all of our time doing...working. Is it a means to an end? Or is there something more sacred about what we do? Thanks for listening!

Ricky and Alex keep to casual attire and team-teach this final section of Acts 8 together over Zoom! Our church body really enjoyed this change of pace and we think you will too, so thanks for listening!

Pastor Ricky launches us into the next section of Acts where we see the Church begin to scatter out from Jerusalem because of persecution Saul is bringing upon them after Stephen was put to death. But what is God up to in the midst of all of that, and how does this story help us see our own lives? Thanks for listening.

Guest Pastor Elvin from Citylight Benson takes a long, long, long section of Acts that includes the epic sermon Stephen gives before his martyrdom. So, what do we do with such a long section of scripture? We get a tutorial on how to lose friends and infuriate people...biblically. Thanks for listening!

Pastor Ricky closes out this section of Acts by talking through a struggle the early church had that called the Disciples to act wisely and delegate some authority. What happens as a result? Thanks for listening!

Pastor Alex keeps us rollin' through Acts in chapter 5 by examining the way that Jesus forces people to count the cost of following Him. His unique way of breaking down this passage allows us to look at 4 reactions people have to Jesus, and begs the question for ourselves today. Thanks for listening!

Ricky opens us up to one of those strange stories of the Bible that picks up the story of Acts in chapter 5. But first, we'll finish chapter 4 and allow that to inform the story that follows; but not without setting the scene in the world of the upside down. Thanks for listening!

Pastor Alex opens us again this week with an overview of the story of Acts so far before picking up in Acts 4, the story of Peter and John's boldness that leads to a penalty, but then a prayer for even more boldness! It's a great story and we're so thankful you're here to listen to it again!

Guest Pastor Kent Sovine brings it this week as we get into chapter three of Acts. This epic story tells us so much about what it means to be a witness to Jesus in a broken world and Pastor Kent offers some great challenges to go along with this amazing text. Thanks for listening!