Seven Cities Church Podcast

Join us as during this Thanksgiving season as we kick of this 3-part series, Enough is Enough, learning about the art of gratitude and contentment. We are starting by learning what contentment really is and answering the question, "Am I truly content?"

Is God real? Do I really matter to him? Can I have a real relationship with him? Have you ever wrestled with those questions? Join us as we close out our series, Living the Journey, learning how to be a disciple in the Seven Cities. We are going to answer those questions and learn how they are not just good news for us, but how they can also help us take the good news to others.

Do you know what it means to have compassion? Not sympathy, but true, biblical compassion. Join us as Pastor Jay teaches us about biblical compassion and challenges us to be moved with the compassion as Jesus was moved with compassion.

What does it mean to live a surrendered life? We often avoid the thought of surrender because we equate surrender with losing. What if we told you that the only way you can find true victory is through surrender to Christ. Join us as Pastor Jay teaches us about our next mark of a disciple, living a surrendered life, as we continue our series, Living the Journey: Being a Disciple of Jesus in the Se...

Join as we celebrate our 4th birthday and hear a special message from Pastor Jay on who we are as a church and where we are headed in 2025. 

Do you feel like you are always in a rush? Like nothing ever happens fast enough for you. What causes us to live so hurried? Join us as we learn how to be still and  live more like Jesus lived, unhurried. 

Join us as we finish up the mark of a disciple, living in obedience to Christ. Last week we learned the technical side of how to study the Bible. This week, Pastor Jay answers the questions we submitted and teaches us the relational side of studying the Bible. If you are unsure of how to study Scripture and why we need to do it, this is the message for you. If you would like to receive any of the...

Living in obedience to Christ requires us faithfully following all that Christ commanded, but how do we do that? It starts by being able to understand and apply all he taught us in His Word. Join us in the classroom today as we learn how to study the Bible in a way that helps us understand and apply the words of Jesus. This is part 1 of a 2 part message.  If you would like to receive any of the re...

We were designed for relationship, but not just any relationships; we were designed for life-giving relationships. Join us as we talk about our next characteristic of a Christ-follower, being in life-giving relationships. We are learning what makes a relationship life-giving and how we can ensure we bring life to the relationships we are in.

What does it mean to be a disciple of Jesus in our cultural context? Join us as we kick off a new series, Living the Journey. We will explore what it looks like to be a Christ-follower where we are as we seek to become more like Jesus. We start by learning how to grow in receiving grace from God and showing grace to others.

We can get so focused on the things we want but don't have that we miss the true blessing we have in Jesus. Join us as Caleb Berryman, our Student Minister, teaches us how to be content in Christ and see Jesus as the true prize, our eternal reward.

How is your prayer life? That is the question of the day as we discuss Jesus' parable of The Friend at Midnight. Pastor Brian teaches us about the importance of praying boldly and trusting in God as our good Father.

We are in Luke 16 in a parable that has caused a lot of questions over the years. What is it that Jesus is teaching us through this parable about a conversation between a man in eternal torment and father Abraham. Join us as Pastor Jay gives us two truths that Jesus is teaching through this parable and dispels one lie we often believe.

Grace and forgiveness are the theme of the parable of the Unforgiving Servant, but what do they look like in our lives. Join us as we learn about God's grace and forgiveness, and how they should cause us to show grace and forgiveness to others.

Jesus teaches us about the invitation to celebrate with Him through the parable of the Marriage Feast, but we have to accept it. Join us as Pastor Brian explains this parable to us and challenges us to accept Christ's invitation and to invite others.

Jesus gives the Parable of the Sower to talk about 4 different types of soil that seed can fall on. The seed represents the Word in our lives and the soil our hearts. Join us as Pastor Jay walks us through the story Jesus told to illustrate how the condition of our soil determines the outcome of the seed planted in us.

One day, we all will stand before Jesus and hear, "Well done, good and faithful servant," or "Depart from Me, I never knew you." Are you ready for that day? Join us this week as Pastor Jay walks us through the parable of the talents (Matthew 25:14-30) and teaches us how to be prepared for Jesus' return. 

Jesus tells this parable to a crowd of people who thought pretty highly of themselves. They were under the impression that they could earn their way to God. Maybe you live under the heavy burden of trying to earn God's favor. The good news of the Gospel of Jesus is that we don't have to earn God's favor. He has freely given us all good things in Christ. Join us as Pastor Jay teaches...

Jesus tells the parable of the Good Samaritan in response to a questions intended to trick Him. The trick didn't work! Instead, it provided Jesus an opportunity to teach us a powerful lesson about being a neighbor and what true love looks like. Join us as Pastor Jay walks us through this parable and helps us realize that we cannot love others truly until we realize how truly loved we are by G...

Do you celebrate what God celebrates? It starts by valuing what God values. Join us as Pastor Brian shows us what God values and celebrates - finding His lost children - through Jesus' parables of the lost coin and the lost sheep.

Jesus is coming back again! He's coming back for His bride, the Church. The question for all of us is, "Am I ready for His return?" Join us as Pastor Brian walks us through the parable of the Ten Virgins (also known as the Ten Bridesmaids) and challenges us to answer the question, "Am I prepared for Christ's return?"

Join us as we kick off our new series, Stories Jesus Told. We are learning about the parables of Jesus. Pastor Brian starts us off with Jesus' parable of the Prodigal Son on Father's Day. 

Join us as Pastor Brian closes out our series, You Asked For It, by sharing a biblical perspective on the tough topics of forgiving yourself and forgiving others.

What does the Bible have to say about marriage and how can we apply that to our lives? Join us as Pastor Brian teaches us how to have a biblical marriage as we continue our series, You Asked For It.

Our world is so divided. How can we, the family of God, bring unity to a world divided on a myriad of topics? Join us as Pastor Jay teaches us how we can have unity in the midst of division and how we can show the world what it means to be one.