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Church of the City New York

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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

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Seven Deadly Sins: Envy - Suzy Silk

March 25, 2024 13:57 - 47 minutes - 109 MB

This Sunday, Pastor Suzy Silk closed out our sermon series on the Seven Deadly Sins with a teaching on envy. A prohibition against coveting, or envy, is included in the Ten Commandments, because it is a slippery slope that begins in our thoughts and quickly leads to death. Holy Week reminds us that Jesus Himself demonstrated costly trust and costly obedience in the Father’s plans for Him, and costly love towards even those who took part in His death. We can choose to turn away from envy bec...

Seven Deadly Sins: Pride - Ralph Castillo

March 18, 2024 19:36 - 41 minutes - 95.9 MB

This Sunday, Pastor Ralph Castillo continued our Lenten series on the Seven Deadly Sins with a teaching on pride. Our current culture has a way of turning vices into virtues and praising disordered loves, making it difficult to identify pride, and can result in practicing righteousness as a way of being seen and honored by others. However, when we choose the way of humility, and practice our righteousness in secret, we recieve the better reward because the Father Himself is rewarding us.

Seven Deadly Sins: Sloth - Jon Tyson

March 11, 2024 14:38 - 1 hour - 155 MB

This Sunday, Pastor Jon Tyson continued our Lenten series over the Seven Deadly Sins by exploring the often unnoticed dangers of sloth. Originally, the Desert Father’s understanding of sloth was less akin to laziness and more in line with acedia: spiritual resistance to spiritual progress. As followers of Jesus, we must push back against the spirit of acedia through the power we have received in the Holy Spirit and make every effort to persevere in our faith.

Seven Deadly Sins: Wrath - Tim Brown

March 04, 2024 19:37 - 49 minutes - 114 MB

This Sunday, Pastor Tim Brown unpacked the destructive power of wrath as part of our Lenten series on the Seven Deadly Sins. Anger often signals us to something that is wrong or unjust, but when we express our anger through violence or scorn, we lose God’s heart for ourselves and for others, and allow wrath to rage in our lives. However, Jesus calls us to confess anger like the sin that it is, and follow Him in the way of mercy, that freely forgives.

Seven Deadly Sins: Lust - Jon Tyson

February 26, 2024 16:43 - 1 hour - 160 MB

This week, Pastor Jon Tyson continued our sermons series on the Seven Deadly Sins with a teaching on the destructive power of lust, and how Jesus calls us to become people of love and integrity in Him. Although we can lust over things like money and power, in Matthew 5, Jesus addresses lust in the context of strong sexual desire. Pastor Jon urged us to consider that walking in the way of Jesus includes pursuing a counter-cultural sexual formation.

Seven Deadly Sins: Gluttony - Suzy Silk

February 19, 2024 16:53 - 47 minutes - 108 MB

This week, Pastor Suzy Silk continued our sermon series on the Seven Deadly Sins with a teaching on gluttony versus living a Spirit-filled life. We often end up over-consuming when we seek comfort and pleasure outside of intimacy with God. However, the Lord longs to satisfy our deepest desires with Himself, and calls us to a life full of His Spirit.

Seven Deadly Sins: Greed - Jon Tyson

February 12, 2024 15:19 - 1 hour - 141 MB

This Sunday, Pastor Jon Tyson kicked off our Lent series focused on the Seven Deadly Sins, starting with greed. Scripture addresses greed with striking frequency, and Jesus warns us to watch out for the ways greed will destroy our spiritual lives. Greed is ultimately the opposite of Godly contentment: it's centered around possession, hoarding, covetousness, and comparison. True freedom — to love, give, serve, and seek the Kingdom first — is true wealth.

Leverage: Money - Jon Tyson

February 06, 2024 12:12 - 1 hour - 148 MB

This Sunday, Pastor Jon Tyson closed out our Leverage series with a teaching on leveraging our money for the Kingdom and how we should have a vision for giving. Developing a vision and theology of giving is essential to our spiritual maturity and discipleship. We need a Godward view of giving, remembering that all we have has been given to us by God and is His to do with as He pleases. If you want to get in touch with Pastor Jon to learn more about being a Gospel patron, please reach out...

Leverage: Love - Jon Tyson

January 29, 2024 18:06 - 57 minutes - 131 MB

This Sunday, Pastor Jon Tyson continued our Leverage series with a teaching on leveraging our love and the importance of an “undivided heart” from Psalm 86. There will always be a temptation to withhold part of our heart from God, but we were created to remain in His love. When we humble ourselves to learn how to fear His name and rely on His faithfulness, God promises to change our hearts to bear enduring fruit connected to Christ. 

Leverage: Time - Jon Tyson

January 22, 2024 21:25 - 52 minutes - 120 MB

This Sunday, Pastor Jon Tyson continued our January sermon series, Leverage, with a teaching on how we can leverage our time for the glory of God. While the modern world is riddled with deceptive mindsets and mechanisms created to steal and waste our time, God calls us to be conscious stewards of our time, and aim to live in our current seasons with the knowledge and hope of our future in eternity with Him.

Leverage: Gifts - Suzy Silk

January 15, 2024 15:56 - 50 minutes - 117 MB

This Sunday, Pastor Suzy Silk continued our January teaching series, Leverage, with a teaching on leveraging our spiritual gifts for the Kingdom of God. We are each given one life, but often don’t know how to live in ways that are honoring to God. We might end up wasting, or wrongly using our lives, but as followers of Jesus, we can actually live a life fully pleasing to the Lord.

Leverage: Life Without Regret - Jon Tyson

January 08, 2024 17:30 - 1 hour - 142 MB

This Sunday, Pastor Jon kicked off our January sermon series, Leverage, which is centered on the idea of living a life free of regret and fully leveraged for the Kingdom of God. Regret is a distinctly human feeling, and Pastor Jon laid out how regret happens, the real life consequences that cause regret, how we can avoid regret, and how regret can be redeemed as we move into 2024.

Advent Devotional: The Angel's Song & The First Noel

December 25, 2023 10:45 - 7 minutes - 16 MB

Welcome to Church of the City New York’s Advent Devotionals.  Jesus was good news in the First Century, and He is still good news today. In the Christmas stories recounted in Scripture, people always responded to Jesus with amazement and praise. This response came from deep longings and heartbreak being met with God breaking in to fulfill His promises, offer His forgiveness, bring His justice and peace, and extend His love. This Christmas, we hope you will have your own encounter with th...

Advent Devotional: The Shepherds' Proclamation & Advent Hymn

December 22, 2023 10:45 - 5 minutes - 13.2 MB

Welcome to Church of the City New York’s Advent Devotionals.  Jesus was good news in the First Century, and He is still good news today. In the Christmas stories recounted in Scripture, people always responded to Jesus with amazement and praise. This response came from deep longings and heartbreak being met with God breaking in to fulfill His promises, offer His forgiveness, bring His justice and peace, and extend His love. This Christmas, we hope you will have your own encounter with th...

Advent Devotional: The Earth's New Song & O Come All Ye Faithful

December 20, 2023 10:45 - 8 minutes - 18.8 MB

Welcome to Church of the City New York’s Advent Devotionals.  Jesus was good news in the First Century, and He is still good news today. In the Christmas stories recounted in Scripture, people always responded to Jesus with amazement and praise. This response came from deep longings and heartbreak being met with God breaking in to fulfill His promises, offer His forgiveness, bring His justice and peace, and extend His love. This Christmas, we hope you will have your own encounter with th...

Resound (Advent 2023): Mary's Song - Suzy Silk

December 18, 2023 16:47 - 36 minutes - 83 MB

This week, Pastor Suzy Silk continued our Advent series, Resound, with a teaching on Mary’s Song recorded in Luke. The accounts of the Christmas story given in Luke’s Gospel are intentionally noted as eye witness accounts, establishing the story of Jesus’ birth as historical fact, not fable or fiction. His approach invites us to receive the Good News of the birth of the Messiah, as true, and respond as Mary did, with great joy.   We invite you to prayerfully consider practicing the way ...

Advent Devotional: Mary's Song & Magnificat

December 18, 2023 10:45 - 7 minutes - 16 MB

Welcome to Church of the City New York’s Advent Devotionals.  Jesus was good news in the First Century, and He is still good news today. In the Christmas stories recounted in Scripture, people always responded to Jesus with amazement and praise. This response came from deep longings and heartbreak being met with God breaking in to fulfill His promises, offer His forgiveness, bring His justice and peace, and extend His love. This Christmas, we hope you will have your own encounter with th...

Advent Devotional: Elizabeth's Blessing & Angels We Have Heard On High

December 15, 2023 10:45 - 6 minutes - 15 MB

Welcome to Church of the City New York’s Advent Devotionals.  Jesus was good news in the First Century, and He is still good news today. In the Christmas stories recounted in Scripture, people always responded to Jesus with amazement and praise. This response came from deep longings and heartbreak being met with God breaking in to fulfill His promises, offer His forgiveness, bring His justice and peace, and extend His love. This Christmas, we hope you will have your own encounter with th...

Advent Devotional: The Nation's Song & Silent Night

December 13, 2023 10:45 - 6 minutes - 15.8 MB

Welcome to Church of the City New York’s Advent Devotionals.  Jesus was good news in the First Century, and He is still good news today. In the Christmas stories recounted in Scripture, people always responded to Jesus with amazement and praise. This response came from deep longings and heartbreak being met with God breaking in to fulfill His promises, offer His forgiveness, bring His justice and peace, and extend His love. This Christmas, we hope you will have your own encounter with th...

Resound (Advent 2023): Zechariah’s Song - Jon Tyson

December 11, 2023 16:00 - 49 minutes - 113 MB

In this week’s message, Pastor Jon Tyson led us through Zechariah’s song, found in Luke 1:57-80, that broke forth after Zechariah and Elizabeth received their promised, long awaited son. Zechariah and Elizabeth serve as examples of waiting well, a discipline that receives little regard in our world of instant gratification. By attuning our thoughts to the Lord, worshiping Him together with preemptive praise, and spending time in the promises of His Word, we can follow their example of waiti...

Advent Devotional: Zechariah's Song & Behold

December 11, 2023 10:45 - 7 minutes - 16.8 MB

Welcome to Church of the City New York’s Advent Devotionals.  Jesus was good news in the First Century, and He is still good news today. In the Christmas stories recounted in Scripture, people always responded to Jesus with amazement and praise. This response came from deep longings and heartbreak being met with God breaking in to fulfill His promises, offer His forgiveness, bring His justice and peace, and extend His love. This Christmas, we hope you will have your own encounter with th...

Advent Devotional: Anna's Proclamation & Advent Hymn

December 08, 2023 10:45 - 6 minutes - 15.3 MB

Welcome to Church of the City New York’s Advent Devotionals.  Jesus was good news in the First Century, and He is still good news today. In the Christmas stories recounted in Scripture, people always responded to Jesus with amazement and praise. This response came from deep longings and heartbreak being met with God breaking in to fulfill His promises, offer His forgiveness, bring His justice and peace, and extend His love. This Christmas, we hope you will have your own encounter with th...

Advent Devotional: Isaiah's Song & Come Up Here (Let Us Adore Him)

December 06, 2023 10:45 - 7 minutes - 17.3 MB

Welcome to Church of the City New York’s Advent Devotionals.  Jesus was good news in the First Century, and He is still good news today. In the Christmas stories recounted in Scripture, people always responded to Jesus with amazement and praise. This response came from deep longings and heartbreak being met with God breaking in to fulfill His promises, offer His forgiveness, bring His justice and peace, and extend His love. This Christmas, we hope you will have your own encounter with th...

Resound (Advent 2023): Simeon's Song - Suzy Silk

December 04, 2023 18:06 - 39 minutes - 91.4 MB

This week, Pastor Suzy Silk began our Advent series with a message from Luke 2:25-35, which recounts Simeon’s encounter with baby Jesus in the temple. Through his faithfulness to the Lord, despite so many years of waiting, Simeon was finally able to see not only his personal prayers answered, but also recognize the greater picture of God’s redemption of the world through Jesus.   We invite you to prayerfully consider practicing the way of generosity through financial giving to the Livi...

Advent Devotional: Simeon’s Song & O Come O Come Emmanuel

December 04, 2023 10:45 - 8 minutes - 18.7 MB

Welcome to Church of the City New York’s Advent Devotionals.  Jesus was good news in the First Century, and He is still good news today. In the Christmas stories recounted in Scripture, people always responded to Jesus with amazement and praise. This response came from deep longings and heartbreak being met with God breaking in to fulfill His promises, offer His forgiveness, bring His justice and peace, and extend His love. This Christmas, we hope you will have your own encounter with th...

Compelling Missional Disciples: Reaching People with the Gospel - Tim Brown

November 27, 2023 17:30 - 55 minutes - 126 MB

This Sunday, Pastor Tim Brown closed out our Compelling Missional Disciples series with a teaching on Jesus’ missional call to believers to share the Gospel with all people. Evangelism is often misunderstood and neglected in the Western church, but the reality is we must embrace this practice to fully live into the identity Jesus won for us on the cross and become His ambassadors on the earth.   We invite you to prayerfully consider practicing the way of generosity through financial giv...

Compelling Missional Disciples: Missional Work - Jon Tyson

November 20, 2023 18:02 - 51 minutes - 119 MB

This Sunday, Pastor Jon Tyson followed up on last week's sermon on cultural renewal with a part two on the theology of work and calling, reminding us that a call to redemptive work is part of our God-given identity. When we do this, our vocation becomes a place where God can use our sacrifice to bring glory to Himself and re-enchant a broken world.   We invite you to prayerfully consider practicing the way of generosity through financial giving to the Living the Liturgy offering at chur...

Compelling Missional Disciples: Cultural Renewal - Jon Tyson

November 13, 2023 17:32 - 1 hour - 138 MB

This Sunday, Pastor Jon Tyson continued our Compelling Missional Disciples series by surveying the current cultural landscape, and pointing us to the Biblical mandate God has given us to create and steward a culture that glorifies Him. As the only creatures with the distinct ability to acknowledge what is beyond ourselves, Pastor Jon invited us to live with God’s vision of cultural renewal in our time, brought about by our intentional stewardship of God’s gifts to us.   We invite you to ...

Compelling Missional Disciples: Crystallization of Discontent - Keithen Schwahn

November 06, 2023 17:05 - 1 hour - 162 MB

This Sunday, Pastor Keithen Schwahn continued our Compelling Missional Disciples series by unpacking the pessimism and passivity that has invaded the American church and tend to drive its view on the next generation. As we continue to develop as compelling missional disciples, we must embrace the mission to reverse the narrative that young people are a lost cause in the Western church, and dedicate ourselves to being a part of raising up the next generation.

Compelling Missional Disciples: Filling Formational Gaps - Jon Tyson

October 30, 2023 16:39 - 58 minutes - 134 MB

This week, Pastor Jon Tyson continued our sermon series on Compelling Missional Disciples with a teaching on how to become fully trained. As maturing disciples, our goal is to become like Jesus, our master, unwilling to settle for anything less than all that He offers us. So in order to level up our training, Pastor Jon gave us three shifts to help fill our “formation gaps.”

Compelling Missional Disciples: Intentional Formation - Jon Tyson

October 23, 2023 18:56 - 51 minutes - 118 MB

This week, Pastor Jon Tyson continued our Compelling Missional Disciples series with a teaching on the importance of being intentional in our formation. By asking who we are becoming by what we are doing, committing to go to the depths with God and our community, and listening daily for the truth God is speaking over us, rather than the pressures of the world, we will be increasingly formed in the way of Jesus.  We invite you to join us for the Altars Conference this coming January. To re...

Compelling Missional Disciples: Identity Formation - Ashley Anderson

October 16, 2023 16:48 - 57 minutes - 131 MB

This week, Pastor Ashley Anderson continued our Compelling Missional Disciples sermon series with a message on the role of identity formation in becoming a compelling missional disciple. We must consider what we have falsely believed about ourselves, and then ask God to reveal our true selves and invite us into our purpose.   We are looking for people to join our team! Visit church.nyc/staff to read descriptions and apply.

Compelling Missional Disciples: God's Presence is Everything - Darren Rouanzoin

October 09, 2023 15:30 - 51 minutes - 117 MB

This Sunday, guest teacher, Pastor Darren Rouanzoin, continued our Fall sermon series, Compelling Missional Disciples, focusing on one major point: God’s presence is everything. As followers of Jesus, we are called to seek the things of the Kingdom instead of the things of the world, make space in our hearts for God, humbly ask for more of His presence, and continually be filled with His power for the expansion of His Kingdom here on earth. We are looking for people to join our team! Vis...

Church of the City New York Announcements - Jon Tyson

October 04, 2023 15:24 - 4 minutes - 9.59 MB

In place of this week's podcast we have a few special announcements from Pastor Jon.  We are looking for people to join our team! Visit church.nyc/staff to read descriptions and apply. Sanctuary is an original song, written within our community, and reflects the desire of our church to be a people who close the gap between knowing God and experiencing what He offers. Captured at a Break the Soil worship night earlier this year, Sanctuary (Live) is available now anywhere you stream music...

Compelling Missional Disciples: The Knowledge of God - Sam Gibson

September 25, 2023 14:59 - 47 minutes - 108 MB

This Sunday, Pastor Sam continued our Fall sermon series, Compelling Missional Disciples, with a teaching on the importance of devotedly pursuing the knowledge of God, because having a proper view of God will determine everything else in our lives. The more we recalibrate our lives to the radical pursuit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of God, the more of His splendor can be released on the earth through our lives.   We are looking for people to join our team! Visit church.nyc/...

Compelling Missional Disciples: Living An Attentive Life - Jon Tyson

September 18, 2023 17:41 - 56 minutes - 129 MB

This Sunday, Pastor Jon continued our Fall sermon series, Compelling Missional Disciples, with a teaching on living a life that is attentive to the presence of God through the story of Mary and Martha. Being attentive to the presence of God is not just about big, dramatic encounters with Him, but about cultivating an awareness of Him in every area of our lives. We have been given access to live in full awareness of His presence, so let us not be a people who are pulled apart or dragged away...

Compelling Missional Disciples: Overview - Jon Tyson

September 11, 2023 15:20 - 55 minutes - 127 MB

This Sunday, Pastor Jon kicked off our Fall sermon series, Compelling Missional Disciples, with an overview of Church of the City’s vision for discipleship. As a church community, we must resolve to close the gap between what we are experiencing in our culture and what Jesus actually offers through discipleship to Him. Saying ‘yes’ to Jesus is surrendering to the best love we will ever know. Jesus is worthy of giving up everything to be wholeheartedly devoted to Him and His invitation to wa...

Rediscovering Church: The Commitment - Sam Gibson

September 04, 2023 13:39 - 49 minutes - 113 MB

This Sunday, Pastor Sam Gibson finished out our Rediscovering Church series with a teaching from 1 Thessalonians 5:12-28 on Jesus and His Church. As we look to and learn from the early church, we must be careful not to elevate them above the person of Jesus. The Church throughout time has always experienced difficult relational dynamics, because humans, in all of their brokenness, are involved. However, as the Bride of Christ, the Church is still called to operate in a different way. We mus...

Rediscovering Church: Between the Resurrection and the Return - Matt Ro

August 28, 2023 15:59 - 47 minutes - 109 MB

This Sunday, Pastor Matt Ro continued our Rediscovering Church series with a teaching on how we ought to live between Jesus’ resurrection and His promised return. The reality of His return is imminent, and should be both the anchor and driving force of our hope. As followers of Jesus, we are meant to be a community marked by faith, hope, and love, that anxiously awaits His return and His Kingdom being fully realized on the earth.

Rediscovering Church: Sexual Formation in the Way of Jesus - Jon Tyson

August 21, 2023 13:16 - 1 hour - 169 MB

This week, Pastor Jon continued our Rediscovering Church series with a teaching out of 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8 on sexual formation in the way of Jesus. The stories that the world sells about sexuality lead to disillusionment, disappointment, and fear. They drive us into false fulfillment or cycles of shame and guilt, but God’s vision for sex is one that leads to transformation and joy, and ultimately points us back to the greatest love story in all of history: the union of Christ and His Chur...

Sowing for Awakening - David Thomas

August 14, 2023 16:03 - 1 hour - 157 MB

This weekend, guest teacher David Thomas joined us to share a word on sowing for awakening through travailing prayer. David shares in our desire to see the fame and deeds of God renewed and known in our time, and was able to help steward the outpouring that happened earlier this year at Asbury. Experiencing this move of God first hand confirmed David’s convictions that our prayer life is the most important thing about us and that we must press further into prayer as individuals and as the C...

Rediscovering Church: Letter From the Persecuted Church - Ashley Anderson

August 07, 2023 15:21 - 52 minutes - 121 MB

This Sunday, Pastor Ashley continued our Rediscovering Church series with a teaching on Christian persecution and the appropriate response of the Western Church. While it may appear that persecution is a burden of the past that only the early Church faced, the reality is that one in seven Christians today are facing persecution because of their faith. In light of this realtiy, perhaps the most significant thing we can do with our lives is to live beautiful and compelling lives of faith that...

Rediscovering Church: Strengthen and Encourage - Sam Gibson

July 31, 2023 15:22 - 52 minutes - 121 MB

This Sunday, Pastor Sam continued our Rediscovering Church series with a teaching on Paul’s encouragement to the Thessalonians about suffering well. At this time, the Thessalonians were undergoing severe suffering for their beliefs, and Paul knew the importance of having an established faith in order to endure through trials, and the same is true for us today. As we experience moments of disappointment and doubt in seasons of suffering, grief, and pain, we must be continually rooted in Trut...

Rediscovering Church: The Word of God - Suzy Silk

July 24, 2023 15:23 - 53 minutes - 123 MB

This Sunday, Pastor Suzy continued our Rediscovering Church series with a teaching on the importance of understanding and receiving “the word of God” in all its forms; the Scriptures, the person of Jesus, The Holy Spirit, and the Gospel message. The Word of God is living and active, God-breathed, sharper than any double-edged sword. It is time that we invite God back into our understanding of His Word and give it the rightful place of authority in our lives it was always meant to have.

Rediscovering Church: Restoring Leadership Credibility to a Scandalized Church - Jon Tyson

July 17, 2023 17:13 - 1 hour - 143 MB

This Sunday, Pastor Jon continued the “Rediscovering Church” series, teaching on restoring leadership credibility to a scandalized church with 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12 and laying out a guide for Godly leadership rooted in Jesus centered motives, methods, and mission.

Rediscovering Church: The Model Church - Suzy Silk

July 10, 2023 15:20 - 55 minutes - 127 MB

This Sunday, Pastor Suzy continued our sermon series, Rediscovering Church, with an exploration of the Thessalonians as the model church: what set them apart, what sustained them, and how we can learn from their example to bear fruit that lasts in the church today. As a church in a diverse and bustling city, we have influence in how the gospel is shared and lived out. It is our responsibility to present a beautiful model of following Jesus with deep, theological conviction, and to develop f...

Rediscovering Church: The Invitation - Keithen Schwahn

July 03, 2023 15:09 - 1 hour - 139 MB

This Sunday, Pastor Keithen Schwahn kicked off our Summer sermon series, Rediscovering Church, a study through 1 Thessalonians, with an overview of the book and an invitation to the church. As the leader of our growing Youth and College ministries, Pastor Keithen holds a unique perspective on what is happening in the next generation, and challenged us to rediscover the church of Jesus now, so that Gen Z can discover it for the first time.

We Want You Here: Consecration in a Time of Compromise - Jon Tyson

June 26, 2023 14:26 - 1 hour - 149 MB

This Sunday, Pastor Jon closed out our “We Want You Here” series with a call to consecration. In a time of theological compromise and the normalization of godlessness, God is calling us to devote ourselves to a Person, to a purpose, and to power through sacrifcal devotion and consecration.

We Want You Here: The God Who Seeks and Saves - Ashley Anderson

June 19, 2023 00:46 - 48 minutes - 110 MB

This Sunday, Pastor Ashley Anderson continued our “We Want You Here” series with a message on joining God on His mission to seek and save the lost through prayer. As God’s image bearers, Jesus declared that every person has incredible value to Him whether they turn to Him or not. As followers of Jesus, we are called to pray for the lost because we know what it was to be lost, and the great joy of being found.

Compassion Sunday - Jon Tyson

June 12, 2023 20:04 - 58 minutes - 134 MB

This Sunday, we were joined by Compassion International, and Pastor Jon preached a special sermon on Biblical justice. When we love someone, we want to delight them, and this is what delights God: steadfast love, righteousness, and justice (Jeremiah 9:23-24). Compassion alum, Keewani Cook, was also able to share her powerful testimony about her own impoverished childhood, recieving sponsorship through Compassion, and learning that poverty was not her destiny. God provided a way for Keewani ...