Making Sense of Church | The Priesthood - Suzy Silk
This Sunday, Pastor Suzy Silk continued our "Making Sense of Church" Series by calling us to take up our roles as priests in the Kingdom of God. Like the priesthood of ancient Israel, we are called to stand apart in the world as examples of God's holy love and goodness. As priests under the New Covenant, we should be living in such a way that compels people to ask questions, and actively join Jesus in expanding the priesthood by sharing about God's story and His Kingdom to people who do not yet know Him.
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Making Sense of Church | The Temple - Jon Tyson
This Sunday, Pastor Jon Tyson continued our sermon series, Making Sense of the Church, with a teaching on the Church becoming the Temple of God. From cover to cover, the Bible is a story about God's desire to be with His people. God isn't out there somewhere far away, only found in the big and spectacular, or even only reserved for certain pockets of our lives. Instead, God has placed His very Spirit in us, and desires for us to live attuned to His presence so that we may extend the temple and bring Eden to earth.
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Gentle + Humble | John Mark Comer
This Sunday, guest Pastor John Mark Comer brought a timely word about receiving true rest in the gentle and humble heart of Jesus Christ when He reveals the Father to those who believe. As folowers of Jesus, we too must be in pursuit of becoming both gentle and humble. When we actively meditate on the heart of Jesus, we can receive the true rest that comes through confidence in who Jesus is instead of our own striving to manage and manipulate the outcomes of the world, and be more deeply formed into His image.
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Making Sense of Church | The People - Jon Tyson
This Sunday, Pastor Jon continued our Fall Sermon Series, Making Sense of the Church with a message on what it means to be God's people and citizens of Jesus' Kingdom. The role of the Church is to take people from hostile and divided backgrounds and form them into a new community of love. In Ephesians 2, the Apostle Paul unpacks how followers of Jesus can build a community like this because Jesus offers a better sense of identity, status, and belonging than anything that the world can give.
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Making Sense of Church | The Family - Suzy Silk
This Sunday, Pastor Suzy Silk continued our sermon series, Making Sense of the Church, by unpacking the metaphor of the Church as the Family of God. Throughout the Bible, we see God making a way for mankind to be restored to relationship with Him, and that His pursuit is driven by a desire for a unified family of believers that will live in perfect union with Him and each other. All people have been created in God's image and are able to enter into God's family. The Church is called and enabled to function as a family by God's choice, Jesus' sacrifice, and the Holy Spirit's power, and should be ready and willing to receive anyone and everyone who accepts God's invitation to become His child.
Welcome to the Church of the City Podcast.
Church of the City New York is a church community passionate about making disciples who "practice the way of Jesus together for the renewal of the city." We believe in the authority and power of the scriptures to shape our communal life and practice, as we seek to teach God's word with clarity and conviction.
Most of the teaching in our community is done by Pastor Jon Tyson and our teaching team. We have both morning and evening services and meet in the heart of Manhattan.
For more information visit: churchofthecitynyc.com