Grace Capital City Podcast

In this message, Justice and Operations Director Hannah Martha Cohen Banks leads us in discovering Jesus' identity as the light to the nations. Using the prophecies of Isaiah, the story of Hanukkah, and Jesus' own self-declarations in John, she asserts that Jesus is the light that shines forever and through Jesus all are invited into the Kingdom of God. GRACE CAPITAL CITY: "Reaching...

The revelation of God in Jesus was not what any of us could have expected. Jesus came as a King and reigns still as King, but not like the Kings of our world, in the Kingship of Jesus we learn what true heavenly power can look like as its lived out in weakness and suffering. Pastor Chris leads us in this teaching as we continue our Prophecy Fulfilled series. GRACE CAPITAL CITY: "Reaching, rai...

This Advent, we begin a new series, Prophecy Fulfilled, exploring how Jesus perfectly completes the Old Testament’s promises. In this message, Pastor Olu focuses on Isaiah’s prophecy of a coming King and its fulfillment in Luke’s announcement of Jesus’ eternal reign. Where human rulers fail, Jesus—the humble, obedient, and sovereign King—alone carries the weight of our lives and the cosmos. His re...

As we conclude this series Pastor Chris unpacks one of the most asked and pondered questions of all human history; what happens when we die? The Bible has much to say about this, and the promise of Jesus that death is not the end is one of the core truths upon which we can build our faith. GRACE CAPITAL CITY: "Reaching, raising, and releasing disciples for the glory of the King and the coming...

Continuing our series,  This Much I Know , we explore a foundational question: "Does the Church still matter?" In a moment marked by collapse, disconnection, trauma, and burnout, what does Jesus say about the future of His Church? Preaching from Matthew 16:13-19, Pastor Olu names today's crises while lifting our eyes to Christ's promise that "the gates of Hades will not ov...

A message from Pastor Holly, continuing our series looking at pillars of our faith and the questions that often arise around them. 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 am | Miracle Theater | 535 8th St SE, Washington, DC  

In this message, Pastor Chris explores the central claim of the Christian faith that Jesus rose from the dead. He unpacks why this pillar is so important to our faith and teaches on both its truth and its power. 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 Gath...

This Sunday, guest speaker Pastor Bruce Goodwin from Light City Church continues our series, This Much I Know , exploring a foundational question of our faith: What is the Gospel? Through the story of Nicodemus in John 3, Pastor Bruce reminds us that Jesus's saving message not only attracts crowds but also reaches individuals. The Gospel, plain and simple, is this: Christ lived, died, and ros...

After answering the question; is there a God? We now come to the question; ‘Why this God?’ Why the God revealed to us in the Bible? Why the God revealed to us in the person of Jesus Christ? In this message Pastor Chris explores the central tenants of the Christian faith and why these are an invitation to each of us to truly know the creator of the Universe. GRACE CAPITAL CITY: "Reaching, rais...

This week we're addressing the question: Is there a God? Justice and Operations Director Hannah Martha Cohen Banks uses a multi-disciplinary approach to argue for the existence of God. Ultimately, though, she challenges us to pray a courageous prayer and ask God to reveal God's self to us! GRACE CAPITAL CITY: "Reaching, raising, and releasing disciples for the glory of the King and...

As we kick off our new series, Pastor Chris asks the question: How do we build our lives on a foundation of truth? Looking at the parable of the Wise and Foolish Builder, this message explores the nature of truth, our prayers for this coming series and what it means to be a people not rocked by the storms of this life. GRACE CAPITAL CITY: "Reaching, raising, and releasing disciples for the gl...

In the concluding message of the Living Stones series, Pastor Chris dives into what it means to be a Kingdom Adventurer. He reminds us that "success" in the Kingdom is us continuously becoming more like Jesus, demonstrating the Kingdom of God here on earth - the greatest adventure we will ever be a part of.  GRACE CAPITAL CITY: "Reaching, raising, and releasing disciples for the glo...

As part of our Living Stones series, Pastor Olu explores the story of the Good Samaritan and what it teaches us about becoming Compassionate Neighbors. Genuine spiritual growth isn’t about busyness or religious checklists—it’s about having a tender heart, taking action when others are in need, and making space in our lives for those on the margins. Ultimately, the story points us to Jesus, the Goo...

Did you know the concept of “Home” and “Making” has existed before the world began? In this message, Pastor Holly dives deep into our second Living Stone, Courageous Homemaker, challenging us to broaden our view of “homemaker”, a mostly American term and largely defined by culture. She defines who is a Kingdom Homemaker (everyone), why we all need courage to step into our roles as homemakers, and...

In this message Pastor Chris begins our new series exploring the calling on our House to raise and release disciples, or ‘Living Stones’. Each week we’ll be looking at one of the unique areas God is raising up ‘Living Stones’ in our House and what it means to live into that.  So what is a relentless worshipper? Unpacking Luke 7, the story of Jesus being anointed by the sinful woman gives us a visi...

In this week’s sermon, we explore Isaiah 61:1-4, unpacking how the Spirit’s anointing empowers ordinary people for extraordinary mission—binding up the brokenhearted, lifting the afflicted, and rebuilding ruined cities.  The invitation is the same now as then: not just to know about God’s hand, but to experience it. Because when God touches us, transformed people transform society. GRACE CAPITAL C...

How do we live holy lives regardless of the season we find ourselves in? How should we live if we believe that Jesus is better? College Director, Faith Anderson, teaches through Hebrews 13 that our lives are meant to be in response to the excellence of Jesus.  GRACE CAPITAL CITY: "Reaching, raising, and releasing disciples for the glory of the King and the coming of His Kingdom." www.gra...

What do we mean when we talk about the discipline of God? What role does it play in our lives, and how is God using it? In this message Pastor Chris unpacks Hebrews chapter 12 and this very important topic of God’s discipline.  GRACE CAPITAL CITY: "Reaching, raising, and releasing disciples for the glory of the King and the coming of His Kingdom." www.gracecapitalcity.com | @gracecapital...

In this week's message Katelyn Curran challenges us from Hebrews 11 to be faithful stewards for the generations to come as we live "by faith" here and now. 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 am | Miracle Theater | 535 8...

In this message Pastor Chris explores the power availability to us through the blood of Jesus. It is so easy for us to fall into the trap of our own self sufficiency and miss the glorious invitation to be a people who are not only in need of a Savior, but are truly saved in Christ.   GRACE CAPITAL CITY: "Reaching, raising, and releasing disciples for the glory of the King and the coming of Hi...

Whether it’s advertising, news, social media, or people we know, there are many voices that try to say, “This is better!” or “No, this is better!” In this message from Pastor Holly, we focus on who we let define “better” and the things that often distract us from it. She dives into Hebrews 7 & 8 exploring how Jesus has a better priesthood, makes a better covenant, and offers a better hope.  GR...

In Hebrews 6 the writer describes the hope we have in God as an Anchor for our Souls. In the midst of so much uncertainty, change and turmoil in our world, it is so important to be continually reminded of how God’s promises can be the anchor that keeps us grounded and hopeful for our future in Him. GRACE CAPITAL CITY: "Reaching, raising, and releasing disciples for the glory of the King and t...

What does it mean to grow up? It seems that the writer of Hebrews has some frustrations with this community around the fact that they haven’t really matured or grown spiritually. Why is that? Whats going on here? And what does it mean for us to grow in spiritual maturity? In this message Pastor Chris explores the nature of Spiritual Maturity and a key component to our growth that is so easy to mis...

Throughout history God has made a way to draw closer and closer to his people. But when facing adversity the temptation for us to turn to other things besides Jesus is real. In this message, Pastor Holly shows how Jesus as our perfect High Priest is better than anything else and how the role God gives us all changes everything. GRACE CAPITAL CITY: "Reaching, raising, and releasing disciples f...

At Pentecost we celebrate two important events; the pouring out of the Spirit to all believers and the birthing of God’s Church. Both are so important and both are critical to the other. In this message Pastor Chris explores the commission of the early church in Acts and how essential the Holy Spirit was to them and to us still as we seek to follow Jesus.  GRACE CAPITAL CITY: "Reaching, raisi...