CityRise Sermon Conversations

Welcome to Sermon Conversations! 🎙️ In this episode, the teaching pastors of CityRise Church shift gears to kick off our Advent series, "Highlighting the King." We dive into the profound prophecy of Isaiah Chapter 9, verses 1-7, a passage central to the Christmas story that doesn't grow old. We unpack the dramatic imagery of light shining in the darkness (Galilee, Zebulun, and Naphtali) and explor...

Join the teaching pastors of CityRise church for the final episode in our Exodus sermon series, focusing on Exodus Chapter 16. This week, we discuss the Israelites' journey into the wilderness, where they face adversity just three days after worshipping God's glory at the Red Sea. The conversation centers on three key moments in the narrative: the adversity the people face, their reaction (grumbli...

Welcome to Sermon Conversations! 🎙️ In this episode, the teaching pastors dive into the incredible, life-altering events of Exodus Chapter 14, verses 10-31. Having just left Egypt after the plagues, the Israelites are trapped—Pharaoh's army behind them, the Red Sea ahead. It's a "dead end situation" that forces them to ask: "Lord, what are you going to do now?" We explore how this moment—the parti...

Welcome to Sermon Conversations! 🎙️ In this episode, the teaching pastors of CityRise Church gather to discuss the Scripture focus for the upcoming sermon: Exodus Chapter 7, verses 1-24. This critical passage sets the stage for the plagues, as Moses and Aaron return to Pharaoh with God's message. The core theological question we unpack is: "Who is your god?". Through this conversation, we explore...

Join the teaching pastors of CBS church as they dive deep into Exodus 5:1-23 and the challenging experience of Moses and Aaron's first encounter with Pharaoh. This pivotal moment, where their obedience to God is immediately met with increased suffering and opposition, offers powerful insights for believers today. In this Sermon Conversation, we discuss: The Shock of Resistance: Why is it that step...

In this deep-dive sermon conversation on Exodus 4:18-31, the teaching pastors unpack Moses' pivotal first step back to Egypt. We explore key lessons for every believer facing a major decision, including how to overcome fear, doubt, and "analysis paralysis"1111. Key Topics Covered: Wise Counsel: Why Moses sought the blessing and counsel of his father-in-law, Jethro, and the importance of having a "...

Is your faith being tested? 🙏 Dive into the CityRise Sermon Conversations Podcast as our teaching pastors discuss Moses' crisis of belief at the burning bush in Exodus 4. This week, we're picking up where Moses says, "Lord, send someone else" (Exodus 4:13), moving past his excuses to a moment of decision: a crisis of belief. Key Discussion Points: Anticipatory Anxiety: The shift from the paralyzi...

In this week's pastoral discussion, we continue our series on the encounters of Moses at the Burning Bush from the book of Exodus (primarily Exodus 4). Moses is full of excuses and questions—not about Pharaoh and the Egyptians, but about his own people, the Hebrews: "What if they don't believe me?" The conversation focuses on Moses's crisis of identity and how God answers his self-doubt not with a...

The CityRise Church teaching pastors gather this week for a Sermon Conversation to dive into Week 5 of the "Can I Still Experience God?" series, focusing on Moses' encounter with God at the burning bush in Exodus 3. The main idea for this discussion is clear: God doesn't play hide and seek; He longs to reveal Himself to us. The pastors discuss the profound meaning and power of God's proper name, Y...

In this powerful episode, we're talking about a timeless question: How does God speak? Using the rich, dramatic story of Moses at the burning bush in Exodus 3:1-10, we uncover the principles of divine revelation and the nature of our response. We discuss how God's silence in the Old Testament sets the stage for a watershed moment where He speaks directly, fulfilling ancient promises to Abraham, Is...