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City Church Houston
Renewing Houston by bringing the beauty of Christ into broken places. To learn more visit www.citychurch.org.
Episodes
City Church HoustonSong of Reunion
We're built to enjoy life with others, to thrive in thick relationships. But life, especially the last two years, has a way of resisting that. This ancient…
City Church HoustonSong of Relief
This song of ascent is a song of security. As we journey through life, no matter how we walk or what we encounter, we are protected by God; and he never sleeps…
City Church HoustonSong of Renewal
What do we do when we don't know what to do with our pain, spiritual distress, or uncertainty in life? This ancient song invites us into a journey of emotional…
City Church HoustonUnder the Plant
How do we deal with anger? Where do you go when we've hit a wall spiritually? This climactic conclusion to Jonah shows us where relief can be found.
City Church HoustonTo the City
What happens when Jonah, the reluctant prophet, finally delivers God's message to the Ninevites? Both their response and God's are stunning.
City Church HoustonFrom the Depths
That Jonah's outlandish circumstances are hard to imagine is actually what the story hopes to accomplish, because in forcing us to expand our sense of what's…
City Church HoustonOn the Run
Harrowing surprise, spiritual humor, and God's heart for the city spill off the page of the opening to this timelessly relatable story about a reluctant…
City Church HoustonThe Enduring Life
Jesus, speaking with the authority of the son of God, invites us to build our lives on him, the Rock who will not fail.
City Church HoustonWarnings for the Watchful
A good friend won't just tell you what you want to hear. Because they care about you and want your very best, they might occasionally share tough truth with…
City Church HoustonThe Gracious One and Golden Rule
When life feels overwhelming and religion confusing, how do we boil things down in a way that's actually helpful to us? Jesus does that here in a climactic…
City Church HoustonHow Not to be Judgmental
Don't you hate it when you feel judged, especially by religious people? Here Jesus us shows us how to be known as people of empathy and grace.
City Church HoustonThe Home of the Lord
While we all must face exile in our life, the story of the Bible is a homebound journey toward the house of the Lord, where fear will flee from the face of our…
City Church HoustonThe Glory of the Lord
Advent signals comfort is on the way. Relief won't ultimately come from others, who’s faithfulness is fragile like flowers of the field, but through God’s Word…
City Church HoustonThe Knowledge of the Lord
Christianity meets us in our distress, but leads us to hope found in knowing God.
City Church HoustonThe Mountain of the Lord
Reaching the mountaintop of the Lord is not a solo endeavor but a communal one.
City Church HoustonThe Heart of Treasure
What do you treasure in life? Here Jesus shows us how money is a lens through which we come to see what we really love in life and what really controls us.
City Church HoustonHow to Pray
Sometimes we think of formulas as restrictive, but Jesus’s formula for prayer is actually freeing; it frees us from our tendency to perform. Instead, we can…
City Church HoustonHow Not to be a Hypocrite
The reward of hypocrisy is given by man but the reward of authenticity is given by God.
City Church HoustonRadical Love
What do you think the most powerful force on earth is? Jesus said it’s how we treat people who’ve injured us. Instead of rejecting them, retaliating or taking…
City Church HoustonHow to Talk
In relationships, don't you think one of the most important filters we have is whether or not we can trust that person, depend on them. People say things, but…
City Church HoustonMarriage, Divorce, and Singleness
The pandemic has been an isolating pressure cooker both for married and single people. Jesus' words that may strike our modern sensibilities as shocking, are a…
City Church HoustonThe Design for Passion
In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus invites us to experience the transformation of his love through our senses, encountering the sound of the Law, the vision of…
City Church HoustonHealing Relationships
Though anger has tremendous potential to destroy relationships, peacemaking has tremendous potential to save them.
City Church HoustonHow to Read the Bible
Finding our way in life is like finding our way through the Bible: both can feel overwhelming. Jesus shows us how to navigate both and and discover enduring…
City Church HoustonA Lifeline of Restoration
When life goes from bad to worse, put your hope in God’s promise.
City Church HoustonIdentity and Influence
Jesus casts a captivating and refreshing vision of who his followers are and who they're called to be in the world.
City Church HoustonA New Humanity
Regarded by many as the greatest words ever spoken, the Sermon on the Mount showcases Jesus' countercultural vision for a new way of being human.
City Church HoustonAn Overture of Re-Creation
In this overture to the Bible, God's re-creative word transforms darkness into the light of an ordered, peace, and magnficently beautiful world. This becomes a…
City Church HoustonAll Things New
This breathtaking vision at the end of the Bible is what we need most now. It'll build in us a resilient hope and give us renewed purpose to join God in his…
City Church HoustonThe Secret of Contentment
Life circumstances don’t determine your joy, the God who promises to meet all of your needs does.
City Church HoustonJoy and Anxiety
Life's anxieties are overcome by repairing broken relationships, rejoicing in all circumstances, and receiving the grace of Christ, through whom all our joys…
City Church HoustonMaturity and Mixed Messages
Maturity begins with what you think, then moves to how you live, and ends in transformation
City Church HoustonJoy and Community
A life of honorable gospel service requires a love for Jesus’ church that knows no limits.
City Church HoustonThe Power of Knowing Christ
True power and true joy are found in knowing Christ, a knowledge that involves our body, mind, and soul.
City Church HoustonShining Like Stars
When we're struggling with joy-killers like grumbling and arguing how do we deal with it? We need a spiritual framework so we can understand their root causes…
City Church HoustonUpside-down Relationships
Paul's famous "Christ Hymn" reveals that confession is a keystone to our joy, entrusting our broken ambitions and desires to the care of our risen King, Jesus…
City Church HoustonThe Joy of Selflessness
Humility is the key that unlocks the chains of selfishness and leads to live of love towards God and service towards one another.
City Church HoustonWhat it Means to Live
What do you live for? When Christ is our life purpose and passion we can find joy regardless of the hardships we face.
City Church HoustonChained But Joyful
How do we find joy when we're stuck in difficult circumstances? Paul here shows us by example. Stuck in prison for his faith, he finds joy because, even in the…
City Church HoustonIntroduction to Joy
In this introduction to Philippians we'll discover how to deal with life's circumstances that steal our joy.
City Church HoustonPeter's Re-Conversion
God gave Peter corrective lenses, of sorts, which corrected Peter’s understanding of God’s heart and plan for humanity, and the way Peter related with others…
City Church HoustonPeter's First Sermon (Pentecost)
On Pentecost Peter preached to a large gathering of people who didn't believe. By the end of this first sermon Peter ever delivered, over 3,000 people had…
City Church HoustonAsleep in the Garden
A life of surrender is not easy and is often costly, but its reward bears fruit for a lifetime.
City Church HoustonBedrock or Stumbling Rock?
In this poignant passage we see Peter at his best and worst, at once a bedrock of a person and a stumbling rock. Do you see yourself in him?
City Church HoustonDoubting Faith
When we step out in faith, God's presence is promised but our worldly sense of comfort is not. In the face of life's most fearsome storms is a far stronger…
City Church HoustonDirty Feet
When Jesus suffered, he didn't become self-consumed, but showed us the way by humbly serving and loving even those who would hurt him.
City Church HoustonBeyond Denial
Where do we go once we've failed badly? The answer lies here in one of the most spectacular interchanges in history, between Jesus and one of the most…
City Church HoustonThe Stranger on the Road (Easter Sunday)
How do we find hope on the road of life when there's so much that can lead to discouragement?
City Church HoustonTragedy and Triumph (Palm Sunday)
Why does Jesus weep when his journey finally culminate in his arrival to Jerusalem? Learn how the answer to this helps us make sense of our own journey in life.
