Life on Life at City Church: Deep and Wholehearted City Church

Join us as we embark on a journey of exploring together what it means to be a real-life apprentice of Jesus, learning from Him how to live in the Kingdom of God today. In this pilot episode, we look at Jesus's most famous story, the so called "Parable of the Prodigal Son." But we see that it is really a story about two sons, two different ways of being "lost" what it means to be "found" and what it looks like to live as a forgiven, beloved child of the welcoming Father. All discipleship, a li...

Life with Jesus begins and always goes back to one foundational posture: humility. Humility is reality. It is a right estimation of who we truly are before God. Humility does not consist in hanging our heads or wearing raggedly clothes. It consists in being grounded, grounded in reality, namely, that we are dearly loved beggars, who live in constant need of God's grace and mercy. It is only through utter defeat, one writer says, that we take the first steps toward liberation and strength. It ...

Jesus never used the word Christian. He simply said, “Follow Me.” That was the first thing he said to Peter, when he called him, “Follow me.” Matthew 4, verse 19. Jesus preferred method to describe those who followed him was “disciple.” In Luke 14 v 27, Jesus says, “Whoever does not bear his own cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.” In the NT, followers of Jesus are called Christians 3x, believers 15x But disciples? 235x. Jesus’ call was not to invite him into your heart OR say the sinn...

In our discipleship vision, the center of the target we are aiming for is deep wholehearted discipleship – men and women who love the Lord our God with all our heart, all our soul, all our mind and all our strength. We aim to become mature and maturing disciples of Jesus who want to see every part of our lives conformed to Christ’s life.

Union with Christ is the very heart of the gospel. Nothing is more central or more basic than union with Christ. It is the central truth of the whole doctrine of salvation. To be saved means to be united to the Savior, and unless we are united to Him, all that He has done for us remains useless and of no value to us.

You can’t understand the gospel without understanding justification. Here is the way a child’s catechism from the 17th century defines it: Question: What is Justification? Answer: Justification is an act of God’s free grace, wherein He pardons all our sins, and accepts us as righteous in His sight, only for the righteousness of Christ imputed to us, and received by faith alone.