City Church Memphis: Sermon Audio Podcast

We live in a world that seeks to elevate everything over Christ the creator. Today Dr. Foster will dive into one of the most rich passages in the New Testament about the person and preeminence of Christ. Get ready to take some notes as we go Straight Outta Colossians.

Summer is a good time for a road trip. Today we kick off an epic journey to the ancient City of Colossae. Dr. Foster was there last year, and he brings us fresh insights from God’s word that will help guard and guide your life to God’s best destination for you.

[from the vault, available for the first time on audio podcast] Have you ever noticed sometimes God calms the storm around us and sometimes He calms the storm in us? The storms of persecution were raging against the church in Smyrna. Jesus wrote a letter to speak peace to them in the midst of their storm. Fresh back from his study in Turkey, today Dr. Foster leads us on a journey through time and...

God loves to give nicknames. Jesus called two of his disciples “Sons of Thunder”. While we will learn they live up to that name, they also got close enough to the one who changed them to be changed by him. Today, Dr. Foster will unpack the perfectly imperfect lives of the Sons of Thunder as we seek to understand the power of sanctification.

[From the vault, available for the first time on audio podcast] Sometimes we can get so busy doing the work of the Lord that we forget the Lord of the work, that was the case for the church in Ephesus. Dr. Foster traveled to Ephesus to help us gain a full understanding of what Jesus was saying in His letter to the church of Ephesus and what Jesus is saying to us today. Journey with us to the other...

[from the vault, available for the first time on audio podcast] Imagine opening a letter from Jesus to you. What would He say, how would you respond? Today Dr. Foster kicks off an eight week series titled “On Location from the Seven Churches of Revelation”. Fresh back from his exploration in Turkey Dr. Foster will unpack the seven letters to the seven churches so that we may have ears to hear what...

The movie is the modern-day parable. Today, Dr. Foster springboards off of an iconic superhero to discover the real power of God's word being fulfilled in your life.

We are in week two of At the Movies. Today, Dr. Foster leans on the modern-day parable of Batman to guide our Biblical discussion. From Riddler to Two-face, Batman had his fair share of villain opposition. But we will discover today through the Bible how your villains can make you great.

Jesus almost exclusively used parables when He taught. A parable is a timely story with a timeless truth. Did you know, the word treasure is found over 100 times in your Bible? Today we are going to discover what it takes to find and keep the treasure God has for us.

We invite you to watch the entire service on YouTube or our website, to fully experience this creative illustrated sermon that utilizes visual artistry and music to portray the story of Resurrection Sunday. ••• In this 10-minute sermonette, you’ll hear practical and powerful teaching about Easter from Dr. Chris Foster that will equip you to live from a place of victory throughout your week.

We invite you to watch the entire service on YouTube or our website, to fully experience this creative illustrated sermon that utilizes visual artistry and music to portray the story of the final week of Jesus starting with Palm Sunday. ••• In this 15-minute sermonette, you’ll hear teaching from Dr. Chris Foster about communion and the Passover Festival, inspired by recent travels to the Holy Land...

Have you ever felt like we should have had the victory by now? We should have been in our own home by now, you should have been healed by now, you should have been free by now. Teams that win in overtime train for overtime. Today, through scripture, Dr. Foster is going to train us to win in overtime.

One of the most effective defensive strategies in basketball is the “full court press”. Today, Dr. Foster is going to coach us on how to apply this to our enemy and put up points for God.

In the game of basketball, players practice taking the impossible long shots. Today, Dr. Foster is going to teach us how to practice the impossible. As you get in God's word, God's word gets in you. God's word is living, it is active and when His word gets in you, it brings the Kingdom of God onto the fabric of the now, it pulls the eternal into the temporal, it pulls His ability into your ldentit...

Life is what happens after you miss the shot. Even the highest paid basketball players in the world miss almost as many shots as they take. God wants to instill within us a rebounder spirit. Today, Dr. Foster kicks off a new series titled March Madness and coaches us on how to become a rebounder.

Have you ever wanted to change but couldn't seem to make it happen? Have you ever set goals but just couldn't reach them? Today, Dr. Foster is going to teach us that we don't rise to the level of our goals, we fall to the level of our habits. We are going to discover God's secrets to breaking bad habits and building holy habits that put our life on a trajectory to the Next Level.

God has been challenging us to conspire against complacency, to move beyond the mundane, to navigate beyond the normal and inspirational, and take it to the next level. Today, Dr. Foster brings part five of Next Level as we learn how to take our finances to the Next Level.

You will never get to the next level without changing your mindset. Today, Dr. Foster is going to take us through scripture to discover how God changed Joshua and Gideon's mindsets. If they had not changed their mindsets, they never would have changed history. Today you will destroy the maps that have taken you off course and rewrite your story to fulfill God's purpose for you.

God does not want you to grow accustomed to complacency. God does not want you to barely get by on barely get-a-long. Scripture says He leads us from Glory to Glory. God wants growth for you not guilt for you He desires for you to go to the Next Level. Today Dr. Foster brings part three of Next level as we understand how God turns our mistakes into miracles.

God does not want you to be mired in mediocrity He does not want you to have a legacy of lethargy, He does not want you defined by decline, God wants to take you to the Next Level. Today, Dr. Foster dives deep into keys that will cause radical transformation in your life for your family, and for your future.

Do you want to be the same person with the same challenges and struggles as you had last year or do you want to take your life, your spiritual journey, your relationships to the next level? Today, Dr. Foster kicks off our brand new series titled Next Level as we discover how to experience life on a totally different level.