Christ City Church Memphis

In these epic scenes in the Old Testament and New Testament we encounter one of life's fundamental questions. Listen in and take some time to reflect so that you might live life more fully and deeply.

Have you ever thought, “One day I’ll be full enough of- comfort, information, experience, prestige, safety, and rightness ? Then I’ll be okay. Then I’ll be safe, whole and right”? Did it ever happen? What if filling yourself up isn’t the solution, but you can find what you need by emptying yourself. Listen in to learn more.

What you are experiencing right now will soon be the past. As individuals, and collectively, our past can bind us or lead us into a future of freedom and hope. Christ City Church has experienced ten years of triumph and defeat, pain and glory, sadness, and joy. Join us as we explore what it means to celebrate and grieve the past so we can live in the present and imagine a new future.

The story of a missionary kid growing up on the US, Mexico border where language strains to connect and the fringes hold undiscovered possibilities of a God who speaks. Special Guest Stacie Martin

In this final episode, the conversation concludes with a discussion on the permeation of white supremacy and privilege and a foundation for allyship.

How do you handle conflict? -Political, religious, personal, online, in-person? Are there relationships that you’ve lost over a single argument that got out of hand? Jesus knew arguments, grievances, and hurt were inevitabilities in every person’s life, and he gave the church wisdom to navigate it. If you could benefit from tools to work through conflict with others, this message is for you.

As the conversation continues Robbyn and Jamin discuss the narrative context for protest and the exclusion of blackness.

Choosing presence often begins with curiosity that leads to courage. Curiosity beckons us to be open past what we have been taught and experienced. This curiosity leads to courage enabling us to engage beyond the milieu. This kind of engagement changes our recognition of ourselves, God, and others. Join us as we explore presence through Moses’ example.

Join Robbyn Abedi as he interviews Jamin Carter on growing up biracial and the journey to becoming a black pastor and activist.

The Hospitable Mind : a journey toward a Christianity grounded in relationship and dignity.  Join us as pastor Jamin interviews one of CCC’s elders Rachel Remington as they discuss life, work, faith and a vision for the future of our church.

Do our actions matter? Is everything predetermined? How do I judge and interpret things like accidents and natural disasters? Does God prefer to use bad things to accomplish good? Join us as we wrestle through these timeless questions.

Faith is risky and requires vulnerability. This can feel strange to some of us that have grown up with a “faith” used mainly as a tool to produce religious conformity. A faith that is neither risky nor vulnerable. Explore with us a gospel story that can give inspiration and hope to practice faith in an uncertain world.

Being sincere is not the same as being right. Being right doesn’t make someone else wrong. Having convictions about what you believe about Jesus and God can bring division where you’d hope to find unity. How do we respond?

Have you ever tried for something really big or hard to get? Maybe a job or a relationship or a body image or an item that you felt was something meant for you, but to go for it would cost you more than you were comfortable giving up? In these parables, Jesus gives us a hint of what it means to go for a life and reality that is beyond belief or is reasonable to others...and perhaps even ourselves....

Everyone wants to belong. We find groups, religions, political parties, ideologies and teams in a quest to get that elusive sense that we do [belong]. But for some reason few of us end up with a secure sense of true acceptance. How do we hope for something more

As the pandemic continues, many of us may find ourselves physically, emotionally, and spiritually digressing. These are difficult times, and it’s easy to resort to simply surviving. Listen in as we discuss Jesus’s parable about the sower and the seed, and seek to discover what it means to thrive in times like this.

There are so many ways to become imprisoned in our world: You can commit, or be accused of a crime, you can lose yourself in an addiction or anxiety, you can be born in the wrong place with a certain color of skin, you can lose the mobility of your body. But what does it mean to be a prisoner of hope? Is it a good thing? Listen in as we discuss this important idea.

Letting our views and understanding of God evolve can be scary waters to navigate. To do that, we have to be willing to put so many things under the microscope, and then let go of what doesn’t line up to the deep truths we know within ourselves. This is a journey not only we as 21st-century people are on, but even people like Abraham who lived over 4,000 years ago. Listen in as we unpack what it m...

Doing the right thing at the right time is hard. But doing the right thing in hard times is even harder. Listen in as we look at Jeremiah and his unquenchable spirit to say the hard things even when he knew no one wanted to hear it, and how we can learn from him during these historically difficult times.

Matthew 9:35-10:8

Christian protest in a time of crisis.

Hurt, fear, and anger make forgiveness difficult. As we examine Jesus' words "Receive the Holy Spirit" and "If you forgive anyone's sins, their sins are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven," we learn the importance of self in the process of healing as well as knowing how to extend to others.

Humility tells us to be “right-sized.” Anxiety tells us “we can control this.” In the passage, we see a people going through incredibly hard circumstances. In turn, they are given a word of admonishing to stay right-sized, wait it out, and let God handle the outcome. A timely word for us today, as well. Listen in as we unpack what it means to live in the midst of tension and create space for God t...

What do you feel like gives you value as a person? What are the ideas or activities you rely on to reassure yourself of your worth? The life and teachings of Jesus offers us a fresh perspective on our internal struggles with these questions. Listen in as we open ourselves up to new answers.

Can you be demanding with God? Like, really demanding? The psalmist, David, felt like he could when penning his heart to paper (parchment...papyrus?) thousands of years ago, and so can we. Join us as we ask questions around this and more.