Elevate City Church

There is this enthrall and intrigue in our culture with royalty. Show after show, movie after movie is made to satisfy our fascination with kings. There is a longing in the human heart for a king. We search high and low to crown some one or some thing king over our life but the problem is that often we pick the wrong one. Only Jesus, will be a true King that will satisfy every desire of your heart...

Central to the Christmas Story is the arrival of the Munus Triplex, a theological term referring to Jesus's three roles: The Prophet who reveals, The Priest who reconciles, King who reigns. Having this view of Jesus changes everything for how we see the Christmas Story. In this sermon, Pastor Joe Baker unpacks the compassion, love, shepherd Heard of our Holy Priest forever -- Jesus. Not only i...

This year at Advent, we're looking at the arrival of what the theologians call the munis triplex -- the long awaited, highly anticipated, eagerly longed for prophet, priest and King. In this season. I want for you to see that Jesus, the prophet, priest, and king, makes the whole of scripture and life clear. He is what you've been waiting for and didn't even know you're waiting for....

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We are shattering the stereotype that church is supposed to be boring. We are defiantly opposed to a form of religion that is exhausting. We are creating a culture where we understand the father heart of God, where we have childlike faith, think fun is fun, a middle laugh till it hurts, adventure into the unknown, rest well, become cheerful givers and see it as the great joy of our life. Many of u...

Young people are not just the Church of tomorrow, they are the Church of Today. In today's message, Pastor Joey McLaughlin preaches about the importance of the "now generation" -- how young people are not just the next generation of Church leaders and disciples, but now. Jesus used 11 young men to flip the world upside down, scripture after scripture tell of young people who were ava...

Our church is the kind of community whose aim is to see it in Atlanta as it is in Heaven. So what does that mean? How? How are we going to get heaven here and now? Ipon a thorough examination of the scriptures, that ideology does not seem to be the main message of Jesus. It does not seem to be the vision of the Bible. More than Jesus wants to get us to heaven He wants to get heaven into us. God wa...

For most people in Christian circles, "discipleship" becomes a junk drawer word that is used to describe almost anything that happens in the Christian life, or going deeper in Christian education, or just doing life together. So what really is discipleship? What does it mean to be a disciple, who makes disciples? "What I want to show you today that will hopefully blow up all of your...

God dwells with his people. We'd love for you to subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications to get updates on our latest content and resources that will help more people know Jesus and people know Jesus more. GIVE : We believe that generosity is golden. Freely we have received and so freely we give back to God. If you would like to give to support the work Jesus is doing here please vi...

We are people of the Book. Our understanding of God, life, sex, truth, family, philosophy, politics, marriage, and humanity is not shaped primarily by experience, tradition, popular opinion, culture, or what we're comfortable with. Our understanding of God is shaped first and foremost by the word of God. It is our first source, final authority, the greatest love story ever written, and we real...

I wonder what's your definition for eternal life? How would you define it? What is it? This is a question that is fascinated and captivated human since the very beginning of time. Jesus defines eternal life in John 17:3, "And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent." Eternal life is not just a destination, it starts with an int...

Contrary to most people's popular opinion, Jesus didn't come to just get you into heaven when you die, Jesus came to get heaven into you. You see, the book of Acts begins with Jesus -- the suffering servant, now the resurrected King of the universe -- speaking about the Kingdom of God. He is there first, being the first witness to bear witness by showing his proof and his nail scarred hand...

How do we turn the world upside down? Jesus is the only answer! We do no one a favor by giving people a fuzzy gospel. We do no one a favor by disguising the gospel by giving people niceties that distract. The goal is that we would be conformed into the image of Jesus! We preach this on repeat not because we have nothing else to say, but because the gospel is the point. The gospel draws the line in...

If everyone in our church, churched like you, what kind of church would our church be? If everyone served like you, if everyone invited like you, if everyone shared the gospel like you, if everyone cared about the nations and the Muslim world like you, if everyone prayed like you pray, if everyone gave financially like you give -- Would the Church multiply? If God's own people don't take h...

Evangelize is a big word. We call ourselves evangelicals in the Christian faith, but only three times does it occur on the pages of Scripture. Interestingly, Philip is the only person, the one and only person, who gets the unique designation of evangelist. Philip, because of his willingness to the spirit, because of his boldness for the gospel, because of his love for people, he is used by God for...

What marked some of the greatest movements of the early Church? It was normal, everyday, ordinary people who position their lives and say, "here I am, my yes is on the table. I want to be a part of the revolution. I want to be a part of the story that God is writing." In this Sermon Pastor Thomas studies what marked 3 of the greatest christian movements in history. How all three movement...

What makes a multiplicative movement? We can't start a church and play church because in one generation's time, this thing is going to die out. Most Christians or most people, they don't see like Jesus. His kingdom is the answer to all your questions, all your needs, all your hopes, and everything that you long for. 4 Again he began to teach beside the sea. And a very large crowd gathe...

Instead of asking, why did they experience the consequences of God so fast, maybe we should ask, why do we experience the consequences of God so slow? One of the greatest threats, if not the greatest threat to the Church in this generation is not open rebellion, It is quiet deception. As you study outsiders looking in on the movement of Jesus, you notice that one of the primary things that always...

How does the gospel start to cause ruckus and riots in cities? How does it start to frustrate and confound religious leaders? What happened in Jerusalem that didn't stay in Jerusalem? What caused early Christianity to become a movement? It's really one word. It's one word that you start to see these Christians be marked by. This word is the thing that causes Christianity to make it out...

If you consider for a second about every time the world has ever changed, every revolution that has ever turned the world upside down, it's always been fueled by some sort of power. If we're going to see an unstoppable revolution of the Christian Faith and the Church, then what we have to do cannot be done by us. We cannot organize into it happening. We cannot conjure it up. We must get desperate...

Do you think church is fundamentally a place to do Bible study about what people used to experience a long time ago, or do you think that church is an invitation for the things that happened a long time ago in the Bible to be experienced again today? What would it look like to truly know... To you know who you're singing to? To know what God's capable of? To know what has been purchased? T...

The question of how to forgive someone -- is not a question of many times, what happens if they do it again, or the logic of forgiveness. The question of how to truly forgive someone is a question of love. What Jesus uses is love. Jesus chooses to forgive because He knows that he who forgives little, loves little, but he who forgives much, loves much. Is love in you and running through you, as you...

Can you imagine what it would be like if the local church was known again for its radical love and friendship for all people? If it makes some movies worth watching, novels like Lord of the rings worth reading, and songs worth listening, how much more do real friendships make life worth living. In this sermon are 7 steps to making real, authentic, life-giving and world changing friendships. We&#39...

God hates pride. According to the biblical narrative, if you're looking for the answer for how to get yourself kicked out of heaven -- pride is place to start. The the birth of sin in the universe starts with pride. Pride is the blueprint of hell's rebellion. The culture that we live in today will use your pride and your selfish ambition to find yourself at the gates of hell. Our culture t...

In the Church, We are not spiritual consumers. We are Kingdom contributors. You may not feel it. You may not see it. But God has put something unique inside of you: it’s a spiritual gift, a divine deposit. And this gift you did not earn, but you have received thru faith in Jesus. We pray that you would see that you were created for more than just yourself and that there is no greater place on the...