Capital City Christian Church | Podcast
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Capital City Christian Church is a non-denominational, independent Christian church in Frankfort, Kentucky. We're committed to being a place where God is building Christ-Driven, 24/7 Jesus followers. A place of 100% truth and 100% grace.
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Trail of Grace: Abraham
July 23, 2023 15:56 - 69.5 MB"Okay, I am going to preach this sermon in two different parts this morning. And just in case you get lost, let me tell you what the two big ideas are. The bottom line, guys, is that it’s not about you. It’s not about how good you are or how bad you are. It’s not about what you think of yourself or what other people think of you. It’s about God. #1: It’s His grace that gets you in. and #2: It’s His grace that keeps you in. Now, that’s easy to say, but it’s hard to accept up here (intellectu...
Trail of Grace: Fall of Man
July 16, 2023 14:47 - 72 MB"We're tracing this "Trail of Grace" through the Old Testament because some of you probably still think grace isn't shown until Jesus. But the Old Testament drips with grace... if you look for it. And this story of the Fall drips with grace. Have you noticed that before? And it's not just the story of Adam and Eve; it's my story, and your story... a story of both the gravity of sin and the immensity of grace."
Trail of Grace: Creation
July 09, 2023 14:14 - 73.2 MB"Why does God create anything? Here’s a big philosophical question: Why is there something instead of nothing? Why is there existence as opposed to nothingness? Weird questions, right? But seriously, why did God create anything? Why is it that when God created, he created with an unnecessary diversity? Why is it that he created such a high level of extravagance? I mean, we did this video before with the tour of the pools, and we're rating them on a scale of 1 to 10 on functionality and ...
Trail of Grace
July 02, 2023 14:25 - 85 MBWhat if, in humility, we rightly see ourselves as deserving nothing from God? And what if we shifted our thinking away from what we do or didn't deserve and looked at the beginning part of that definition? What if we begin to look at everything we've received from God as being a way that God has graced us?
Remastered: Humility
June 25, 2023 13:17 - 71.8 MB"Humility is about getting honest with ourselves, and honest with God, and honest with those we do life with. Humility is about embracing reality, instead of the fantasy worlds we tend to live in. Humility is about taking my eyes off of me and focusing on God... which can be a real pride killer."
Remastered: Gentleness
June 18, 2023 14:39 - 78.8 MBThe apostle Paul says, “The Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.” (Galatians 5.22-23) … Here’s what he’s talking about. When we become Jesus followers, the Spirit of God- the Holy Spirit- makes a home inside us. He’s always on the outside, working on us, but it’s kind of like we invited him in, and he goes to work on us from the inside. And what he tries to do, in every single one of...
Remastered: Faitfulness
June 11, 2023 19:58 - 74.9 MB"But I think there's one fruit of the spirit where our standard matches God's. God expects that we will be 100% faithful. If you knew someone who was 90% faithful, you would think that isn't good enough. No wife would be appreciative of a 90% faithful husband; she expects that her husband would be faithful 100% of the time. No employer would appreciate a 90% faithful employee; they expect that you would be faithful 100% of the time. You wouldn't be satisfied with an employee who shows up...
Remastered: Goodness
June 04, 2023 15:25 - 67.5 MBHave you ever thought about why we like to be at least a little bit bad sometimes? We’re drawn to sin, right? As much as we hate it … I hope … we kind of like sin, too, don’t we? “Sinners have more fun,” right? Craig Groeschel, a really good pastor in Oklahoma, puts it like this. He says, “If sin isn’t fun, you’re not doing it right!” We enjoy the thrill of tasting the forbidden fruit. It’s exciting. Maybe because there is this rebellious streak in all of us, there is this “self” in all of us...
Remastered: Patience
May 28, 2023 18:00 - 83.6 MBBelieve it or not, I am way more patient now than I used to be. The Spirit of God had a whole lot of work to do on me. Because this patience is a big deal. It’s one of the “fruit of the Spirit” that we have been talking about in this “Remastered” series. It’s one of those pieces of the “image of God” that God’s Spirit is trying to cultivate in every one of us Jesus followers. And it’s hard, because … Well, we live in a world that does not revolve around us. And more than that, we live in...
Remastered: Self-Control
May 21, 2023 14:51 - 63 MBBottom line … how many of you guys … let’s see hands this time … be honest … How many of you struggle with some self-control issue? If your hand wasn’t up, I suspect you have one of 3 problems. #1: You are in denial. #2: Or you’re lying like a dog. Or #3: you have a problem with pride. Because self-control is a battle for all of us … isn’t it? Now, I’m going to be an absolute hypocrite this morning. I have a bunch of self-control issues, even though I’ve been a Jesus follower for a long time...
Remastered: Hope
May 14, 2023 17:05 - 69.9 MB"We've been walking through the fruit of the spirit for the last few weeks and talking about love, joy, and peace. We've talked about the definition of each fruit and worked through what the counterfeit version of that fruit is. We've even talked about what the opposite of that fruit is. So let's start real briefly with the definition of hope. I think hope is an optimistic anticipation in the person and the promises of Jesus. It’s an optimistic anticipation – meaning it's looking forwa...
Remastered: Peace
May 07, 2023 14:41 - 62.3 MB"'Then' you will experience … God’s peace, he says. What would that feel like? God’s peace. Any of you need some of that? I’ll bet some of you guys need a boatload of it. Because a lot of you guys have a PhD in worry, right? You could teach classes on it! How many of you guys struggle with worry, anxiety, stress? Health issues, and you are scared to death. Money issues, and you can’t sleep. Your marriage is struggling, or your kids are a mess, and it's sucking the life out of life. Troubl...
Praying for the Church
April 30, 2023 23:19 - 73.7 MBBob Russell discusses the importance of praying for the church during the end of days.
Remastered: Joy
April 23, 2023 21:34 - 73.5 MBSee, I think having joy includes feelings of good cheer and a vibrant happiness. But joy, in its fuller, even spiritual meaning involves way more. It is a deep-rooted, inspired happiness. It’s a feeling, but it’s also a choice. It’s a lasting emotion that comes from a choice. Joy endures through difficult moments. Happiness isn’t joy. Happiness is fleeting, not long-lasting. It’s dependent on people making you happy or something good happening or something going your way. Pleasure is...
Remastered: Love
April 16, 2023 13:23 - 80.1 MB"This is a really big deal … if you are a Jesus follower. A God kind of love is #1 in the apostle Paul’s list of the fruit of the Spirit … for a reason. It all starts here, guys. Jesus identified a God kind of love as priorities # 1 and 2 for a Jesus follower. He says, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.” (Matthew 22.37-39) And guys,...
Mount Calvary: It Is Finished
April 09, 2023 13:14 - 73.5 MB"So, Jesus’ enemies have finally got him exactly where they want him. They had had him arrested on trumped up charges, they had put him through a farce of a trial, they had beaten him nearly to death with a whip, then stripped him naked and nailed his hands and feet to a cross … and he was hanging there … right on the edge of dying. One of his disciples was dead, 10 were in hiding, and only one dared watch. Their hopes that Jesus might be their messiah, their inklings that he might actuall...
Mount of Transfiguration
April 02, 2023 16:57 - 71.7 MB"There are moments when Jesus looks very normal – and moments when he looks supernatural. There are moments when he sounds very human – and moments when he sounds like he has a supernatural authority. Which are you more comfortable with? Do you like Jesus as God? Or do you prefer Jesus, the man? And if you see him as God, is he a good God? Is he a failure? If he’s a man, do you see him as a winner? A loser? Pitiful? Fool? I want us to see Jesus in the moment today. I want us to ap...
Mount of Temptation
March 26, 2023 17:11 - 71.1 MBSome of the stories in the Bible sound weird. Now, if you’ve grown up in the church as I have, you forget how weird they sound to people who haven’t heard them a few dozen times. And this is one of the weird ones. It’s a wild, weird story … to people who aren’t used to the wild, weird stories of the Bible. And they read it, and they’re like … “Really?! Do you actually think that happened … literally? Do you actually think it happened … that way? I mean, there are so many head-scratchers...
Mount of Beatitudes
March 19, 2023 14:13 - 68.8 MBWe're going start unpacking some of the most famous verses in the Bible ... deservedly so ... and I think all of us need to lean in. Because they are not only some of the most famous verses in the Bible, but they are also, I think, some of the most misunderstood. And if you actually listen to what Jesus was actually saying this is really, really important stuff. So, if you want to follow along, open your Bible or your Bible app to Matthew chapter 5. The verses will be on screen as well. Th...
Skill Set: Sharing Your Faith
March 12, 2023 14:42 - 74.4 MB"If you have submitted yourself to Jesus, and if you are a part of this family here, you are now an ambassador to God’s brand. What you do and say reflects the perceived values of CapCity. And of God himself. Again, you don’t have to agree with me. You don’t have to like this news. This isn’t information just for Jesus followers. But it is true. It’s true for all people in all circumstances. What you do and say is constantly telling others something about who you are and who you rep...
Skill Set: Time
March 05, 2023 13:42 - 93.8 MBIt's easy to complain. It's easy to diss and mock and attack. What's harder is to show them something better. Which is kind of our job, right? as Jesus-Followers? To show them something better? And we don't think that it is better because we are smarter than they are. We don't think it is better because we think our ideas are superior to their ideas. We think it is better because we are trying to live out God's ideas...we think. And we think God, our Creator God, is way smarter and way better...
Skill Set: Resources
February 26, 2023 18:25 - 74.7 MBWell, this morning I am going to unpack these ideas in the context of money. Now, if you’ve been around CapCity for a while you know that I’m not much of a preacher, I’m more of a teacher. And this morning I’m going to teach. In fact, it may feel like trying to drink from a firehouse. But in this series we are in … “Skill Set” … the stuff we do as Jesus followers, I’ve got one week to talk about how we view and handle our money … as Jesus followers. So here goes …
Skill Set: Spiritual Gifts
February 19, 2023 23:43 - 77.1 MBNow, I’m actually going to give you one “long” sermon in three parts. Part one today, and part two next week, and part three the week after that. But they are all connected; they all flow out of the same big ideas. Four big ideas. Here they are: • Big idea #1: God owns it all. It’s all his. Everything we have, everything we can do, how we live, what we live for … it’s all his. We think it’s ours, when, in reality, it’s all his … whether we acknowledge it or not. Because he is God, righ...
Skill Set: Community
February 12, 2023 13:51 - 36 MBThere is something true and the physical, mental, and emotional state of man in this statement: “It is not good for the man to be alone.” It isn’t good physically, mentally, or emotionally. That is what these studies have shown. But most importantly, it isn’t good spiritually. In the last couple of weeks, Doc has made this point: Spiritual health is more important than physical health. And, potentially, the greatest area of health that suffers when we are isolated and lonely is our spir...
Skill Set: Sacrifice
February 05, 2023 18:58 - 76.8 MB"Now, if you are a mature Jesus follower, there’s a good chance that what I’m going to talk about this morning will make you pretty uncomfortable … it does me! And, if you are not a mature Jesus follower, there’s a good chance you’re going to hate it. In fact, you’ll might think something like, “If he’s right, I’m not even sure I like God much.” And if you are not a Jesus follower at all, this stuff is probably going to sound flat out weird to you, and you may be tempted to push this God e...
Skill Set: Single Mindedness
January 29, 2023 16:16 - 68.5 MB"A lifetime ago, when I was a professor at Kentucky Christian, one of my colleagues, my pastor at the time, and our basketball coach for a time … he drilled this into his players. Over and over, Dick said: Remember who you are and what you stand for. It makes a difference: Remember who you are and what you stand for. And guys, I think it will make a difference for you. If you are a Jesus follower, remember who you are and what you stand for … every day. This series is all about some of th...
Skill Set: Bible Study
January 22, 2023 14:59 - 93.3 MB"But listen, guys; God doesn’t just want you to “believe” in Jesus; he wants you to “follow” him. It’s easy to “believe” it takes guys to “follow.” Do you know where’s he leading you? How do you know? So, to help us get it right, God inspired this book, this guidebook, this instruction manual. Have you ever tried to put something together without reading the instructions? You can do it with simple things, maybe. But with really, really complex things … good luck. Well, into which categor...
Skill Set: Prayer
January 15, 2023 18:45 - 58.7 MB"And if you’re a Christian, prayer isn’t an optional skill that you can choose to learn. It’s not like riding a bike in that sense. Some of you may not know how to ride a bike because you never desired to learn. Prayer isn’t that way for Jesus' followers. Like what we saw last week with worship when prayer is mentioned in the Bible, it is often communicated as a command. Colossians 4:2 says, “Devote yourselves to prayer.” No invitation there. Just a straight demand. In Luke 18, Jesus ...
Skill Set: Worship
January 08, 2023 15:15 - 74.2 MBwe’re going to kick off this new “Skill Set” series this morning by talking about worship … which is the most important thing we do as Jesus' followers. Do you buy that? We do. And we think it’s about way more than just sitting in this room for an hour on Sunday morning observing. Listen: We are here to worship our God because he’s worth it.
2023 Vision Casting
January 01, 2023 16:02 - 66.4 MB"We’ve got a vision, and we’ve got a mission. It’s bigger than any one of us, but if we all work together, we can see it come to reality." - Jon Sutphin, Executive Minister.
On Time: Arrival
December 25, 2022 23:39 - 84.4 MBJoin us as Doc discusses the myths about Christmas and shows the real reason for the season.
On Time Series: Waiting
December 18, 2022 15:05 - 68.1 MB"Waiting is hard. Waiting on God is harder. But it’s an opportunity to be faithful and see something better than you could ever imagine."
Unfiltered: Eternity
December 11, 2022 16:35 - 63.8 MB"In the end, we have only two options. We can either say to God, "Thy will be done," or God will say to us, "Then, thy will be done." If we insist, God will grant us what we think we want - to be separated from Him...forever." - Stephen "Doc" Pattison Reference: Frazee, Randy. "Believe: Living the Story of the Bible to Become Like Jesus." Zondervan, 2015.
Unfiltered: Stewardship
December 04, 2022 15:15 - 72.3 MBWhat if it’s not your body? What if you are just flat-out wrong? It may be your choice, but what if it’s not your body? Wouldn’t that mean that whatever choice you make matters to the one who actually owns your body? And … what if … what if it’s not your life. That’s kind of offensive to say, right? But what if it is … not. Your. Life? So … what if, in reality, you are not the boss of you. You think you are. But what if that is an illusion, or maybe, a delusion? And … what if there are ...
Unfiltered: Compassion
November 27, 2022 16:03 - 67.6 MB"Sometimes we have to move past our childish ideas, or they will mess us up. In fact, that’s why some people don’t like God. They have these childish ideas about God, and because their ideas about God are messed up, they don’t like … their imaginary God. I heard one guy say one time: “If I believed about God what you believe about God, I wouldn’t like him either.” But what if your ideas about God are wrong?" Reference: Frazee, Randy. "Believe: Living the Story of the Bible to Become Like ...
Unfiltered: Humanity
November 20, 2022 15:17 - 67.2 MB"What if we really believed that all people are loved by God? What if we really saw all people as made in the image of God? All people?" #believe #whatwebelieve Reference: Frazee, Randy. "Believe: Living the Story of the Bible to Become Like Jesus." Zondervan, 2015.
Unfiltered: Church
November 13, 2022 13:46 - 80.6 MBIn this video, Stephen "Doc" Pattison, a well-known church leader and pastor, shares his insights about the church. If you're a churchgoer or don't have much exposure to the church, this video is a great opportunity to learn about the church. Doc shares his thoughts on the church and its role in today's society. "But “church” is about way more than just worship, isn’t it? Here at CapCity, we talk about more than just worshipping together. We talk about connecting, growing, and serving tog...
Unfiltered: Identity in Christ
November 06, 2022 17:26 - 72.5 MB"Guys, this stuff is not optional for a Jesus follower. You were created in the image of God. To be fully human, you need to be like him. You’ll never be a “god,” but you can be “godly” for the very best life possible. For the very best life possible for you and to give those following in your footsteps the best chance you can give them." Reference: Frazee, Randy. "Believe: Living the Story of the Bible to Become Like Jesus." Zondervan, 2015.
Unfiltered: Bible
October 30, 2022 14:25 - 69.1 MB"Bottom line … if this is the Word of God, if this really is the story of the Word of God, God revealing himself to us culminating in Jesus … the craziest thing in the world would be to sit in on a shelf and ignore it. Why do so many reject it? Because, bottom line, they want to be the boss. But guys, we’re Jesus followers …, and when God talks, we listen. All of us want to live a life that matters. All of us want the strength necessary when times get tough. All of us want the best life ...
Unfiltered: Series
October 30, 2022 14:25 - 69.1 MB"Bottom line … if this is the Word of God, if this really is the story of the Word of God, God revealing himself to us culminating in Jesus … the craziest thing in the world would be to sit in on a shelf and ignore it. Why do so many reject it? Because, bottom line, they want to be the boss. But guys, we’re Jesus followers …, and when God talks, we listen. All of us want to live a life that matters. All of us want the strength necessary when times get tough. All of us want the b...
Unfiltered: Salvation
October 23, 2022 15:02 - 65.2 MB"What if there was a great story, a story that is so good that it would change your life? What if there was a story with you as one of the main characters? A story of conflict and resolution? I believe there is a great story that you will find only gets better the more you hear it, especially when you find yourself in the story. It’s the story God tells..." #believe #whatwebelieve Reference: Frazee, Randy. "Believe: Living the Story of the Bible to Become Like Jesus." Zondervan, 2015.
Unfiltered: Personal God
October 16, 2022 14:14 - 72.9 MBHere it is: The Bible says that God made us in his image. So we twist it around and figure that means God must be something like us. We’re like, “If we are God’s selfies, doesn’t that mean God is kind of like us, on steroids maybe?” Well … No! Heck no! That would make him a pretty puny God, wouldn’t it? And the real God is not … puny! Frazee, Randy. "Believe: Living the Story of the Bible to Become Like Jesus." Zondervan, 2015.
Unfiltered: God
October 09, 2022 17:09 - 76.4 MB"Bottom line, our ideas about God are all over the map. And … I don’t know if you’ll buy this … yet … Listen, guys, if you believe in some kind of make-believe God, if it’s not the real thing, it’s not going to help you. It’s just going to mess you up. And people believe the weirdest things about God." #capcity #capitalcitychristianchurch #unfiltered #raw #real #authentic #God #whoisGod Reference: Frazee, Randy. Believe: Living the Story of the Bible to Become Like Jesus. Zondervan, 2015...
Being the Bad Guys: The City Within the City
September 25, 2022 14:57 - 80 MB"I love the line from The Chosen that we started with. “Get used to different.” Jesus’ disciples had the same expectations that everyone else had. They thought the Messiah would be this great leader, a spiritually intelligent man who would be a conquering king and lead the Jews out of their oppression. But he was different. He broke expectations all the time and rarely fit in anyone’s mold. And even better, he embraced it. Most leaders of rebellions and wanna-be messiahs would hide i...
Being the Bad Guys: Renovate the Right House
September 18, 2022 17:41 - 70.1 MBWe’re in this series we’re calling “Being the Bad Guys.” Because … we used to be the good guys, right? Christians were pretty much respected, and our values were pretty much accepted … we were the good guys. But our culture is shifting. And more and more often, we are not the answer; we’re the problem. What we believe is … mocked; what we value is rejected. Some of those out there think that trying to do life with God, for God, God’s way, can hold you back. Now, there is a pretty easy wa...
Being the Bad Guys: Koinonia
September 11, 2022 13:34 - 66 MBOkay, here’s kind of the big idea … the big idea I’ll be unpacking this morning. Here it is: “If God is your Father, you must be my brother.” Or, if you’re a girl, “If God is your Father, you must be my sister.” How cool is that! Or, if you want to be a little more redneck: “If God is your daddy, you must be kin!” Look around, guys … It works for most everybody in this room. Everybody eventually, I hope. We’re kind of a weird family, but we are family. Do you buy that?
Being the Bad Guys: The Weird Winning Formula
August 28, 2022 21:06 - 74.3 MBNext message in our Being the Bad Guy Series.
Being the Bad Guys: Rival Strategies
August 21, 2022 13:09 - 63.6 MBEven though Jesus knew it’d be tough, he gave us a job to do. He says, “You guys … you Jesus followers … you are the salt of the earth.” And then he says, “You guys … you Jesus followers … are the light of the world.” (Matthew 5.13, 14) You are the salt of the earth, you are the light of the world. And when the world accepts us, that’s pretty easy. When it doesn’t … well, then we have some options. Four options, I think, and only one of them … is God-honoring.
Being the Bad Guys: Rival Gospels
August 14, 2022 17:00 - 73.8 MBBottom line, our world is different … dramatically different. (white hat off) And in this world it is not clear that I am one of the good guys. In fact, in this world the majority would probably see me as one of the bad guys, as part of the problem, not the solution. (Black hat on) So … this is my hat now. And, if you guys are anything like me, you are probably bad guys now, too. Looks like we need some hats, right? In the eyes of many in our world, guys like me … old, white, middle-cla...
Blood Stained Pews: Going on the Offensive
August 07, 2022 14:03 - 70.4 MBThere's been many divisions and many conflicts throughout history that have torn and ripped and pulled apart the church, and yet the church still stands. We are evidence of it right now in this moment. In fact, if you look globally, the church continues to grow and expand significantly, and right now it is growing incredibly fast in South America and Africa. It may not feel like the church is exploding forward in America…but The church continues to grow no matter what Satan does. I've alw...