Cities Church Sermons Cities Church

In this sermon on Philippians 4:8-9, Pastor Mike Schumann expounds upon Paul’s exhortation to think about the things that are worthy of praise. In a world that gets it backwards, we should think about these things because setting our minds upon these things will build our character and, like Paul, our identity will be as Jesus worshippers, joyful servants, generous disciplers, and welcoming witnesses.

In this sermon, Pastor Jonathan Parnell expounds upon Philippians 4:4-7 in which Paul exhorts us with three character qualities – joy, gentleness, and peace. We want to be a people growing in spiritual joy, obvious gentleness, and an inner peace. And it’s because of Christ Jesus that we are able to do so. It’s because of God’s love that he is still working on us.

In this sermon on Philippians 4:2-3, Pastor Jonathan Parnell highlights three observations in these verses that are relevant for our life together as a local church. With the disagreement between Euodia and Syntyche, Paul teaches us that local church unity really matters, it is owned by everyone, and local church members’ names are written in the book of life.

In this sermon on Philippians 3:20-4:1, Pastor David Mathis expounds upon Paul’s contrast between enemies of the cross (v.19) and those who are friends of the cross and citizens of heaven. As Christians, our true place of belonging is in heaven and it is real, right now. We marvel at the power of our king, anticipate the spectacular upgrade of our bodies, and wait eagerly to see Jesus face to face.

In this sermon, Pastor Mike Schumann expounds upon Philippians 3:15-19 in which Paul entreats the Philippians to think in a way that says: ‘I’m a member of God’s true people, because of Christ, who is my treasure. And I’m not there yet, but I am pressing on.’ A mature Christian thinks this way. Paul entreats us to imitate those who have walked the Christian life well.

In this sermon, Pastor Jonathan Parnell expounds upon Philippians 3:12-14. There are three things here that the Christian should remember as we progress and mature in our journey of the Christian life. Let’s press on to lay hold of Jesus Christ.