The Spirit on Mission
Our relationship with the Holy Spirit is a lifelong posture of dependence. The Holy Spirit sends, strengthens, saves and sustains us as we live on mission in God's world.
Mar 06, 2023•37 min•Ep. 191
Citizens Church Sermons
Our Mission: Citizens of heaven Enjoy God. Love people. Make disciples. We are people saved through faith by grace, and that grace compels us to live out our mission to make disciples who are defined by life in Him.
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Wisdom for Envy & Jealousy
Proverbs warns that envy deteriorates and jealousy destroys. This week we learn what wisdom has to say about how to turn away from envy and jealousy.
Feb 21, 2023•42 min•Ep. 190
Wisdom’s Aim
Wisdom’s aim is that God might be glorified to the ends of the earth. More fully, Wisdom’s aim is that all nations would know, love, trust, and obey Jesus Christ, who alone is the wisdom of God, the glory of God, and the power of God.
Feb 13, 2023•32 min•Ep. 189
The Wise Spirit
Of all the topics the wisdom books address, one of the most convicting pertains to the spirit. The wise in spirit are slow to anger, hard to offend and quick to bring peace.
Feb 12, 2023•48 min•Ep. 188
Growing in Wisdom
As we pause and look back at the slow pace of wisdom and in the person of Jesus Christ, we see a pattern of lowering ourselves in humility. The more we trust in Christ, and God’s wisdom, the more we know how little we know. Proverbs help us see how deeply we need God and it shows us our need to grow in dependence on Christ, not on our own strength.
Jan 30, 2023•29 min•Ep. 187
Wisdom & Justice
Wisdom is living in God's world, God's way. Throughout His word, God talks about the weak and the vulnerable. Justice is at part of God's way. We should care about the weak and vulnerable because God cares about the weak and vulnerable.
Jan 22, 2023•41 min•Ep. 186
Wisdom & Words
Proverbs tells us both life and death are in the power of the tongue. In this sermon, we consider what life-giving words sound like, and the wisdom God offers.
Jan 18, 2023•38 min•Ep. 185
Wisdom & Death
Over and again, Ecclesiastes reminds us that life is short and death is the end that all humanity shares. Ecclesiastes 7 teaches us how the wise can live well in this brief life.
Jan 10, 2023•39 min•Ep. 184
The Second Advent
This week, we close out Advent Season looking at 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11, which teaches us how to have hearts that are ready for the return of Jesus.
Jan 03, 2023•25 min•Ep. 183
Advent | Peace
In this series, we are looking at what it looks like to live between the two Advents—first coming of Christ and awaiting his return—and what a Christian posture looks like in the waiting. What does grace, worship and love look like in the waiting? This week we look at the topic of Peace, both the promise Christ makes his followers and what it looks like to live with Christ's peace.
Dec 19, 2022•35 min•Ep. 182
Advent | Love
The Advent season is marked by longing and waiting in the hope of Jesus' return. In this season, the love of Christ is a gift to believers between the advents. To be a waiting people is to be a loved people, and to be a loved people is to be a loving people.
Dec 12, 2022•37 min•Ep. 181
Advent | Worship
Advent reminds us that we as Christians are marked by certain distinct characteristics. Last we looked at what it looks like to be marked by Grace. This week we reflect on the characteristic of Worship—what it looks like to sing to the Lord even in the face of suffering.
Dec 05, 2022•40 min•Ep. 180
Advent | Grace
The season of Advent reminds us that even on this side of the cross, we, like the Israelites, await Jesus' return with hope and longing. This week we reflect on the concept of “Grace.” Just as we can receive Jesus dying for our sins as grace upon grace, we can draw near to God, live with joy, and offer comfort and grace to others.
Nov 28, 2022•49 min•Ep. 179
Wisdom & Friendship
If wisdom is a journey, no one travels alone. In Proverbs, we see how wise friendships are essential to living in God's world, God's way.
Nov 23, 2022•46 min•Ep. 178
A Compassionate Father
This week, guest preacher Josh Patterson is in Luke 15. The Parable of the Prodigal Son is a story of two sons, one near and one far away, with the same compassionate father. As believers, regardless of life's circumstances, God is our compassionate father. This story is an invitation to those near and far from God to come home.
Nov 14, 2022•46 min•Ep. 177
Discipline & Delight
This week we finish looking at what wisdom Proverbs has for parenting. Wise parents fill the life of their children with discipline and delight.
Nov 07, 2022•44 min•Ep. 176
Godly Parenting
Good parenting is built on a godly character. Good parents are first godly people. Godly parents handle faith honestly and handle words carefully.
Oct 31, 2022•47 min•Ep. 175
Wise Parenting
Wisdom is living in God's world, God's way. This week we look at how we apply God's wisdom to the way we disciple our children, and how we cannot parent apart from God's grace.
Oct 25, 2022•43 min•Ep. 174
Wisdom & Marriage Part 3
The book of Proverbs teaches us that marriage is a God-given, covenant-keeping, intimate friendship. This week we learn how intimate friendship in a marriage means that I am with you and for you.
Oct 10, 2022•48 min•Ep. 173
Wisdom & Marriage Part 2
The book of Proverbs teaches us that marriage is a God-given, covenant-keeping, intimate friendship. We learn what it means to extend covenant-keeping love by first receiving and being transformed by God’s covenant-keeping love for us.
Oct 03, 2022•40 min•Ep. 172
Wisdom & Marriage
Proverbs teaches us that marriage is a God-given, covenant-keeping, intimate friendship. This week, we consider what it means that marriage is God-given.
Sep 27, 2022•40 min•Ep. 171
Family & Fear
This week, we continue looking with wisdom at our family of origin. The beginning of wisdom is the fear of the Lord. The place we should begin to learn wisdom is the home, which is also often where we learned what to fear. This week we ask; what did your family fear?
Sep 19, 2022•41 min•Ep. 170
Wisdom & Family of Origin
Throughout Proverbs, we hear the voice of parents teaching wisdom to their children. God's design is that children would learn to live in God's ways in the home where they were raised. In this sermon, we are invited to reflect on our family of origin and consider whether our home was wise, confused, or foolish.
Sep 12, 2022•40 min•Ep. 169
Life is a Gift Part 3
The book of Ecclesiastes accuses life of being blindingly brief and tragically out of our control. The only way to live wisely is to receive this brief, complicated life as a gift. Ecclesiastes 7:1-14 contributes to that message.
Sep 06, 2022•42 min•Ep. 168
A Return to Wisdom and Wonder
Wisdom is living in God’s world, God’s way. This week we revisit what we covered in the spring by looking at the posture of the wise, the posture of the foolish, and some of the major themes of the Book of Proverbs. This will help establish the foundation for where we will be going for the remainder of the series.
Aug 31, 2022•43 min•Ep. 167
The Engagement at the Well
Jesus’ encounter with the Samaritan woman demonstrates God’s love and grace for his church and expands our vision of the family of God. Scripture: John 4:7-14
Aug 22, 2022•44 min•Ep. 166
How to Talk to God When I Don’t Desire God
The Psalms teach us how to talk to God about the things that are hard to talk to God about. This week, Psalm 27 teaches us how to talk to God when we don't desire God.
Aug 15, 2022•38 min•Ep. 165
We Believe: Citizens of Heaven
Being citizens of heaven means we are part of a better story and possess a beautiful identity. That is the heart and hope of Citizens Church.
Aug 08, 2022•41 min•Ep. 164
We Believe: The Church
God, by His Word and Spirit, creates the Church, calling sinful humanity into the fellowship of Christ’s body. As the church, we live as God's people, in God's presence and we live out God's purpose.
Aug 01, 2022•44 min•Ep. 163
We Believe: The Return of Jesus
One day Jesus will return and make all things right. On that day, Christians are loved, perfected, and comforted by Jesus. This is the Christian hope.
Jul 25, 2022•44 min•Ep. 162
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