Grace Capital City Podcast

What is the relationship between the Kingdom and the Church? Living in an age where church is often seen as just an optional extra to our faith, Pastor Chris explores how critical the role of the church is in the coming and establishment of God’s Kingdom on the earth. GRACE CAPITAL CITY: "Reaching, raising, and releasing disciples for the glory of the King and the coming of His Kingdom."...

Holy Spirit houses and enables God's rule and reign in us, here on earth. Every day. So, what does it mean to live in and be under the Kingdom of God - what is The Way of the Kingdom? In this message, Pastor Holly gives us a framework for learning The Way (hint: Jesus) and walks us through a teaching of Jesus to learn more about the King. GRACE CAPITAL CITY: "Reaching, raising, and relea...

In 1 Corinthians Paul declares that this is ’not a Kingdom of talk, but of Power’. For many of us even the word power can feel uncomfortable. We’ve seen power abused, misused and it’s hard to open ourselves up to what Kingdom power might be about. In this message Pastor Chris takes us on a deep dive into the word power, the nature of Kingdom power and why it is distinct and unique from our earthly...

In this message Pastor Chris takes us on a journey through scripture exploring how we see the reality of the Kingdom lived out and how this reveals to us God’s ultimate purposes and mission on the earth. GRACE CAPITAL CITY: "Reaching, raising, and releasing disciples for the glory of the King and the coming of His Kingdom." www.gracecapitalcity.com | @gracecapitalcity Sunday Gatherings a...

As we begin our new series exploring the reality of the Kingdom of God and its implications for our lives, Pastor Chris answers the most important and fundamental question; what is it? As Christians it’s easy for us to use the word Kingdom a lot and yet fail to feel like we have a comfortable grasp of what we mean when we talk about it. So what is the Kingdom of God? And why is it so important to...

In this message, Pastor Holly finishes off our series with the letter to Laodicea. In this letter, Jesus tells the Laodicean congregation that they have gone too far away from the source. What does this mean for their church and for Grace Capital City? GRACE CAPITAL CITY: "Reaching, raising, and releasing disciples for the glory of the King and the coming of His Kingdom." www.gracecapita...

In this message, Olu takes us through the letter to the church of Philadelphia to highlight how worship changes our endurance. How are we like the church of Philadelphia in our weakness and waiting? GRACE CAPITAL CITY: "Reaching, raising, and releasing disciples for the glory of the King and the coming of His Kingdom." www.gracecapitalcity.com | @gracecapitalcity Sunday Gatherings at 10...

In this message from Pastor Holly, we dive deep into the letter to the church at Thyatira and in it we see how Jesus draws a line in the sand for his followers - they were once being deceived, but now, they know the Truth. God is using accountability to reveal His great love for us and now we have a decision to make - to obey or not? GRACE CAPITAL CITY: "Reaching, raising, and releasing disci...

Buddy Hoffman Foundation Director Matt Reynolds takes us on a look back to the foundations of Grace Capital City and then leads us through the letter to the church of Ephasus and calls us to not get lost in our work and ways but return to our love of the Lord. GRACE CAPITAL CITY: "Reaching, raising, and releasing disciples for the glory of the King and the coming of His Kingdom." www.gra...

In this message Pastor Chris explores the letter to the church in Sardis, a church with an issue that was holding them back from taking hold of the promises of God in their lives; complacency. The church was spiritually dead and Jesus had a harsh rebuke for them. Complacency is something that can be issue for all of us at some stage, how do we work against it? How can we ensure we’re officially li...

Pergamum was a big, educated, cosmopolitan city, where everyone and everything was accepted, as long as, you bowed the knee to Caesar. The pressure on the Christians to compromise and conform was real and costly a pressure we find ourselves walking in even today. How do we walk as followers of Jesus when everything in culture and society invites us to compromise and conform? GRACE CAPITAL CITY: &q...

As we start our summer series exploring the 7 letters in the book of Revelation, we begin with John’s letter to the Church in Smyrna. A body of believers suffering persecution and poverty, a church pushed to the margins of society and seeking to hold on. The topic of persecution is not always a fun one to discuss, but one that is important for anyone seeking to remain faithful to following Jesus i...

Throughout 1 & 2 Kings, we've consistently seen that the king, no matter how strong, wise, rich or powerful, was never enough to cover the cost Israel traded to have a king - in fact, most often, besides a few good ones (we pause to highlight King Josiah), it was the kings that led them further away from God. In this series finale, Pastor Holly takes us through the end of 2 Kings and we&a...

On Pentecost we remember two pivotal moments of the Christian faith. The giving of the Holy Spirit and the birthing of the church. The truth is, neither could operate in their fullest without the other. We exist to be a spirit filled, spirit led, spirit empowered church and in this message Pastor Chris unpacks some of how see that revelation unfold in the book of Acts. GRACE CAPITAL CITY: "Re...

In 2 Kings 18 we read about how King Hezekiah destroyed the Bronze Snake that Israel had turned into an idol. The Bronze Snake had represented an important move of God the nation had experienced, but rather them letting it propel them into the future, it had kept them stuck in the past. It is so easy for us to do the same. So rather then finding ourselves looking backwards out of fear, how do we a...

In this message Pastor Chris teaches from 2 Kings 17 where we encounter a community of people who repeat the worshipping practices of their fathers and mothers. The decisions of these parents to blend their worship of God with worship of idols has descendants that impact generations to come. How do we steward our responsibility to reach and disciple the next generation? How does this get lived out...

In the 2 Kings 15 and 2 Chronicles 26 we read the story of King Uzziah, a King of Judah who had incredible success, power and fame, but ultimately experienced a significant downfall. The success of his reign was a trigger for his fall, just like success can so often be for us. In this message Pastor Chris explores how we navigate the pitfalls of pride, and teaches us on how to cultivate and live i...

In this message out of 2 Kings 13, we read about a king going to the prophet Elisha for wisdom in an upcoming battle. Elisha directs him to shoot the arrows available, and the king shoots three but leaves some arrows left unused. Freddy Washington discusses the arrows available to us (it's at least seven!) and encourages us not to leave any unused. GRACE CAPITAL CITY: "Reaching, raising,...

In 2 Kings Chapter 8, we see the woman from Shunem coming back to the king, after being gone for seven years, to request her home and land be restored to. Pastor Holly walks us through this woman's story and we see how, on the way to restoration, important listening and letting go are and how what we think maybe the end, may actually not be in the Kingdom. GRACE CAPITAL CITY: "Reaching,...

In this message from our very own Jenny Browne, she not only leads us through the different seasons she has experienced while living here in DC (times we can all relate to), but acknowledges the lies we can so easily pick up in these seasons and encourages us with the truths we need to replace them with. GRACE CAPITAL CITY: "Reaching, raising, and releasing disciples for the glory of the King...

In John 20 as we read about the dawn of the resurrection of Jesus but we also read the story of two different Tombs. The obvious tomb is the tomb of the resurrection, the tomb where the stone is removed and Jesus steps out into glorious new life. The other tomb is less talked about, but in someways even more familiar, a tomb the disciples make for themselves and a tomb we so often also create for...

In 2 Kings 6, we see a beautiful vignette in the life of Elisha. This story is unlike many other stories in the Old Testament. So often we come across account after account of violence, murder, and war; however in this text, in the middle of conflict and war, Elisha reveals an alternative, prophetic way, and the repercussions are huge. GRACE CAPITAL CITY: "Reaching, raising, and releasing dis...

In chapter 5 of 2 Kings, we’re introduced to a military ruler named Naaman, a man with great power who also carries the affliction of Leprosy. His journey of healing with Elisha the prophet is a fascinating one and exposes not only the motives of Naaman’s heart, but also teaches us God’s heart for Naaman, and ultimately God’s heart for each of us. Everyone of us is on a journey towards full and co...

Signs are meant to get our attention and give us information to help us on our journey to our destination. In this message, Pastor Holly walks us through what may at first seem like a story of Elisha healing food, but we see through the servant and prophets involved that there’s so much more God is revealing about the Body of Christ - here are four signs of the Kingdom that we cannot miss on our j...

In this message Pastor Chris explores the story of the raising of the Shunnamite son. Elisha performs an incredible miracle here, but how the miracle comes about is just as profound as the fact it occurs at all. There is an important challenge for us in this story about how we approach our relationship with the Lord and an encouragement to continue pressing in to greater intimacy and depth. GRACE...