A faithful presence of love in the absences of our city.
February 24, 2022 by Justin Edgar
"We fail to remember that God is as the Psalmist describes: an abundant fountain, a river of delights, a full house, a radiant light. The Psalmist knows God never operates out of scarcity. Where we must begin with Deeper is recognizing the ever flowing depths of the fountain of God. He is living water, because it is always abundant and always flowing. Scarcity mindset keeps us from going deeper, because we are afraid the safety net either isn’t there or doesn’t go deep enough. We won’t risk, because we can’t. We can’t possibly risk such things. There might not be anything left. There might not be any left for me. We are all like Goldilocks lamenting lost porridge, broken chairs, and occupied beds. But God always has room and always makes room. He is an overflowing fountain."...
February 17, 2022 by Emily Spare
Abiding through the fall at City Pres meant holding on for dear life to your life preserver ring hoping the other side of the rope is attached to the rescue boat, continually clinging, continually waiting. But abiding in the new year at City Pres is what I think we’re being called into: “Deeper.” ...
November 26, 2020 by Bronwyn Siebert | Category: Sermon Reflection
"Thank God he understands this above anyone else. God who did not spare his favorite Son, but sent him to die for us. He knows what sacrifice for the sake of reconciliation means. Cast yourself upon Him friends, trust his goodness, make the sacrifice. This year especially, may we all sing with assurance, “Thy mercy, my God is the theme of my song”....
Keep ReadingNovember 18, 2020 by Luke Yeager | Category: Sermon Reflection
"But is Christianity’s main aim to help you feel better? The good news is no it is not! Praise God that Christianity is objective before it ever addresses the subjective experience. Our faith trusts in a savior who accomplished something in objective history. This good news is unchanging and complete, regardless of how you might feel on any given day. You are free from t...
Keep ReadingNovember 12, 2020 by | Category: Sermon Reflection
"This is what Jesus does. He is a gracious ruler that has stored up for us in our years of famine. Our famine is here; our famine is caused by our sin. And 2020 seems to reveal that famine all the more. But our Ruler provides ration after ration no matter how long the famine lasts. And in His gracious ruling, He rescues. He gives us a double rescue; he rescues us from deat...
Keep ReadingNovember 4, 2020 by Philip Noell | Category: Sermon Reflection
"Friends and a church that has regularly reminded us in the past few months to look to Christ. Only He is enough. So as we look forward and, unlike Joseph, don’t know how much longer restrictions will continue, what can we hope in? What will give us purpose? As all of Joseph’s story teaches, Christ is with us and he will always be sufficient." ...
Keep ReadingOctober 22, 2020 by Jeremy Warren | Category: Sermon Reflection
"If anything, the world of 2020 proves to us again and again that we are a fallen mankind in a broken world desperate for the presence of God in our midst as He was in the Garden of Eden. He walked among Adam and Eve, He conversed with them and walked with them. He taught and instructed and communed with them. This is our hope. We hear the groans of the world around us dai...
Keep ReadingOctober 15, 2020 by Chelsea Warren | Category: Sermon Reflection
"What I challenge you with, though, is to look at this season in the bigger picture, as a part of God’s story. We might not know what the future will look like and how this season will ultimately shape us as individuals and the world collectively, but we can hold on to the hope that this wasn’t a mistake and that God is using this season to show us more of Himself." ...
Keep ReadingSeptember 30, 2020 by Alyson Noell | Category: Sermon Reflection
“No, the Bible isn’t a book of rules, or a book of heroes. The Bible is most of all a Story. It’s an adventure story about a young Hero who comes from a far country to win back his lost treasure. It’s a love story about a brave Prince who leaves his palace, his throne - everything - to rescue the one he loves. It’s like the most wonderful of fairy tales that has ...
Keep ReadingSeptember 23, 2020 by Luke Yeager | Category: Sermon Reflection
"Friends, we are citizens of that Kingdom of heaven right now. We are not saved by the outcome of this election or a particular party; but by the eternal lion of the tribe of Judah. While awaiting our heavenly homecoming, we are now pilgrims and sojourners in this world. We don’t hasten the coming of our ideal political kingdom. Instead, we live quietly and mind our own ...
Keep ReadingSeptember 10, 2020 by Jeremy Warren | Category: Sermon Reflection
"How can I allow my job or vocation to be a beacon of light to the world as opposed to an idol in my life? How can I create space in my day to refocus and recenter my purpose and my calling?"...
Keep ReadingSeptember 3, 2020 by | Category: Sermon Reflection
"Adorning the Gospel looks like uncommon faithfulness. In the midst of changing dirty diapers, or running another budget report, or caring for your elderly parent, or grocery shopping in the middle of a pandemic, adorning the Gospel looks like faithfulness in abiding. It’s the constant reflection and admission of the power of the Gospel in us to complete anything resulti...
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