City Beautiful Church : Audio

02/16/25 The syntax of the kingdom invites us to shift from “how am I supposed to behave?” to “who am I becoming?" If we want to learn the language of the Kingdom, we have to stop thinking in bare-minimum obedience and turn to aspirational faithfulness.

02/09/2025 The syntax of the kingdom reveals that God’s heart is to bless all the “wrong” people in the eyes of the world.

02/02/2025 The Good News is a declaration of what God is really like, and an invitation to become truly human in God’s family.

01/26/25 The Christian life is not a bookshelf to be curated, but a garden to be cultivated. Blog & Rule of Life

1/20/25 We take by faith that God desires to speak to each of us, and we are capable of learning to listen.

01/12/2025 The invitation in the present moment is to repent, be refreshed, and anticipate restoration of all things.

01/05/2025 In an era of Herodian power-grabbing and religious lethargy, we have an opportunity to reclaim the joy and awe of those who move towards Jesus in humble worship.

12/29/24 Divine revelation breaks into our supposedly “normal” lives, inviting us to witness the arrival of the Messiah. What we experience is made real when we share what we have seen and glorify God.

12/22/2024 The light of Love has dawned on us in the coming of the Messiah, piercing the darkness of sin and death.

12/15/2024 Our joy increases as we travel the Highway of God, seeing God’s splendor in the Messiah, and witnessing new life spring forth in the desert of meaninglessness.

12/08/24 The peace offered in the Messiah is the antidote to a world that insists on violence, oppression, and neglect as the status quo.

12/01/24 We begin Advent by waiting in darkness, because real Hope is birthed only when we are at our wits’ end.

11/24/24 The Kingdom comes through patient endurance in the shadow of Empire, if we stay true to the Voice Who guides us.

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11/10/24 The Spirit binds us together as the new family of God; but we cannot take advantage of this precious gift. We train our hearts and minds to move in the same direction towards King Jesus.

11/03/24 Wisdom contends with the goodness and brokenness of life, helping us discern what is ours to do and what is out of our hands.

10/27/24 Despite our trepidations, God—Trinity—tenderly breathes into us Himself, desiring always to share life with humanity.

10/20/24 As we mature in God’s sacrificial love, we cling less tightly to the wisdom of the world and find our home in the wisdom of the Spirit.

10/13/24 Being delivered from our Old Names is not a passive endeavor. We must persevere and wrestle with God until daybreak to lay claim to who God says we are.

10/06/24 When we embrace the reality that we have been adopted into Abba’s family, the Spirit can set us free from the unhealthy patterns of our earthly families.