Midweek Podcast | Faithfulness is Getting Back Up

This week we’re with pastor Ant Frederick to talk more about this week’s sermon.

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Philippians | Surpassing Worth | June 27

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Sermon by Michael Bailey for June 27, 2021.

In Philippians 3:1-11, we’ll see what really pushes us toward being Jesus-centered by reminding of us of how good Jesus truly is.

Midweek Podcast | Friendships and Ministry Relationships

This week we’re with pastor Brandon Clements to talk more about this week’s sermon.

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Philippians | Gospel Friendships and Gospel Goodbyes | June 20

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Sermon by Brandon Clements on June 20.

In Philippians 2:19-30, we see a “gospel goodbye" that Paul didn't necessarily want to have but he did. And in the process, he was able to spread his Kingdom joy to others.

Midweek Podcast | Ministry is Sacrifice

This week we’re joined by lead pastor of Citizens Church Tim Olson!

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Philippians | Joy in Our Perseverance | June 13

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Sermon by Jacob Kirby on June 13.

In this passage, Paul shows us how our obedience leads to joy. Rather than viewing God as restrictive, when we obey God we grow in His joy towards us, the world’s joy, our leaders’ joy, and our joy.

Midweek Podcast | Good Theology, Bad Math

This week we’re with pastor Jon Ludovina to talk more about this week’s sermon.

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"Humility' is the most difficult of all virtues to achieve; nothing dies harder than the desire to think well of oneself."- T.S Eliot

"Nothing sets a person so much out of the devil's reach as humility." - Jonathan Edwards

"God created the world out of nothing, and as long as we are nothing, He can make something out of us." - Martin Luther

"Just as water seeks and fills the lowest place, so the moment God finds the creature empty, His glory and power flow in to exalt and bless." - Andrew Murray

"The only hope of decreasing self is an increasing Christ." - F.B. Meyer

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Philippians | The Way of Jesus vs. The Way of Caesar | June 6

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Sermon by Jake Blair on June 6.

In our previous teaching, we learned that unity is one of the distinct markers of being citizens of Jesus’ kingdom. But we are a diverse people, so how do we practically live that out? How is it possible to be a church family? In today’s teaching, Paul answers this by offering some of the densest theology on Jesus found in the New Testament.

Midweek Podcast | “Are you going to follow your king?"

This week we’re with Pastor Ryan Rike as we discuss the sermon from Sunday.

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Philippians | Live as Citizens of the Gospel | May 30

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Sermon by Brandon Clements on May 30.

While the church in Philippi lived in a different context than us, the call is still the same. We are to live as citizens of the gospel of the King. In this week’s teaching, we'll unpack three ways in which we can live out our Kingdom citizenship.

Midweek Podcast | Tertullian, Ted Lasso, and the Gift of Suffering

We’re back this week to talk more about the sermon with…take a guess. We’ll wait.

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“The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church”

-Tertullian

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Philippians | Joy in Life or Death | May 23

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Sermon by Adam Gibson on May 23.

Paul, who started this church, is now in prison and in a season of suffering. Yet in this letter, Paul writes some of the most famously joyful, grateful verses in the whole Bible. How is he able to do this? What can we learn from Paul about joy and gratitude that can carry us even on our worst days?

Today's passage gives us more insight into the answer: The pain of life, when we are with Jesus, becomes like birth pain.

Midweek Podcast | "Someone has to go first"

We’re back this week to talk to Pastor Ant Frederick about this Sunday’s sermon.

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“The first great and primary business to which I ought to attend every day is to have my soul happy in the Lord.”
― George Mueller

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Philippians | The Unstoppable Kingdom | May 16

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Sermon by Ant Frederick for May 16, 2021.

In this passage, Paul’s proper view of Jesus and His mission empowers him to view his entire life through making much of Him. The same is true for us. Valuing Jesus as our greatest treasure allows us to keep the "main thing" the "main thing," even through immense pain.

Midweek Podcast | New Series + What's Coming Up

We’re back this week to talk about our new sermon series. And guess who’s back? Back again?

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Midweek Podcast | The Waters We're Swimming In

We’re back this week to talk about the sermon from this week.

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Midweek Podcast | Not the Way It's Supposed to Be

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We’re back this week with Pastor Michael Bailey to talk more about this week’s sermon.

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“Self-denial” must never be confused with self-rejection; nor is it to be thought of as a painful and strenuous act, perhaps repeated from time to time against great internal resistance. It is, rather, an overall, settled condition of life in the kingdom of God, better described as “death to self.” In this and in this alone lies the key to the soul’s restoration. Christian spiritual formation rests on this indispensable foundation of death to self and cannot proceed except insofar as that foundation is being firmly laid and sustained.

- Dallas Willard, Renovation of the Heart

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