Renewing Houston by bringing the beauty of Christ into broken places. To learn more visit www.citychurch.org.
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We are so happy that you have visited our Vida City Church Houston Podcast! Our hope is that you will become a part of what God is doing in the lives of people here. We know that our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ came to give us abundant life and our desire for you is that you will experience the real life that is found only in Christ Jesus.
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How do we avoid burnout and find true rest amidst the exhaustion and stress of modern life?Por City Church Houston
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Apocalyptic literature can fire up the praying imagination when the beasts of life come at us and when we see the beasts in our own heart. There is a God who is in control. In destabilizing times, where are your eyes fixed? Jesus takes the fire and faces the beast for us.Por Leo Schuster
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What makes for a truly great life? In the intriguing figure of John the Baptist we have a compelling portrait of someone Jesus himself held up as a singularly great human being.Por City Church Houston
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What leads Jesus to be amazed at one man's faith in the face of suffering? Discover a different definition of faith than you may have heard before.Por City Church Houston
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Jesus cast a vision for the flourishing life by emphasizing inner character and interpersonal compassion. While this life is attractive, it can feel elusive. How do we realize it?
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How do we build a truly great life? What makes for an enjoyable and meaningful life, and one that withstands the storms encountered along the way? Jesus answered that by comparing life to building a home, highlighting the importance of a strong foundation. Leo Schuster | Lead PastorPor City Church Houston
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Our “character,” meaning our integrity and personhood, exists because we are created in the image of God; through His redeeming work on our behalf, our characters can be transformed to reflect His.Por City Church Houston
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One of the truest challenges of faith is trying to comprehend the timeless God from within our time-bound existence. What can help us glimpse the eternity he promises? Join us this Sunday for a message on "Faith & Time."Por City Church Houston
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The treasure of your heart will determine the trajectory of your life.Por City Church Houston
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When we seek the deep answers of science, and use our God-given intellects to discern the laws of the universe, we are exploring the very nature and fingerprints of God, the supreme, creative force of all life. Faith and science are not opposed; they are engaged in an involved and intricate dance.Por Clint Wilson
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All of us struggle at times mustering the courage we need in life. God's instructions to Joshua when he was called to succeed Moses give us timeless truths to help us deal with debilitating fear and discouragement.Por Leo Schuster
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Trust God in your pain while waiting for him to deliver you from your pain.Por Ayo Omopariola
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Paul's only strictly personal letter, Philemon, tells us about not only his heart for justice, but also the gospel's heart for justice. Our faith must arc, like the Bible itself, ever toward a more radical ethic of freedom and love for the other.Por Clint Wilson
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What's the role of the Bible for Christians or people curious about faith? Can we rely on it? How do we make sense of it? And how can it help us improve our lives?Por Leo Schuster
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Faith is found at an intersection where we learn to set aside our sometimes hypocritical performances of self and embrace our true selves—more broken than we like to admit but more loved than we could ever imagine.Por Clint Wilson
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In our fast-paced, hyper-online world, loneliness poses a growing challenge to human flourishing. Whatever new form this ancient problem takes, this psalm reminds us that we are ever held in God's hands.Por Anna Russell Thornton
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In our fast-paced, hyper-online world, loneliness poses a growing challenge to human flourishing. Whatever new form this ancient problem takes, this psalm reminds us that we are ever held in God's hands.Por Anna Russell Thornton
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Are art and faith compatible or in conflict? Why do artists often feel disenfranchised by the church? How can art help us understand ourselves? How might art actually be an alternative window into the world of faith? In this message we'll consider these and other questions as we explore a biblical theology of art.…
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Many today are disillusioned with the church or just disinterested in it. This message will take modern concerns seriously and reflect on a passage that offers a refreshing vision for the church.Por Leo Schuster
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Not only does having a sense of purpose infuse meaning in our life, research suggests it is linked to a number of positive health outcomes. So why is it so elusive? What spiritual steps can we take to discover it and build our life around it?Por Leo Schuster
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The shortest verse in the Bible is by no means short on significance. When Jesus weeps over the loss of his friend, he reminds us that emotions are a vital part of our human lives, deserving of both our attention and our understanding.Por Clint Wilson
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What can shape us into people who are open-handed and big-hearted? The answer is found in this stirring and stretching ancient prayer.Por Leo Schuster
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Can you imagine sacrificial generosity in the midst of extreme suffering giving rise to overwhelming joy? While this may surprise us, it's exactly what we find in a moving story about an ancient community of faith. This beautiful example has the power to renew our modern sensibilities about the meaning of life.…
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Generosity is found less by facing greed than by facing fear, which is the root of greed. Sobering as it may sound, Jesus tells us that the path to overcoming our worldly worry is to accept that much of what we treasure will be lost. Only his Kingdom is eternal.Por Clint Wilson
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What biblical themes animate City Church's vision to renew Houston? How might this kind of church address cultural trends?Por Leo Schuster
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The New Testament author, Luke, was so taken with the story of Saul of Tarsus that he couldn't stop telling it. It's a curious case study of the power of Easter to change a person's life.Por Leo Schuster
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When we're struggling, what do we really need? In these concluding words from Romans 8, a high-water mark in the entire Bible, Paul shares words that can lift us and lead through even the most challenging of circumstances.Por Leo Schuster
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Though far from comfortable, true spiritual growth leads us into the heart of suffering, so that we may taste more fully the goodness of the hope of Christ—who was himself no stranger to pain and loss.Por Clint Wilson
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Essential to spiritual growth is going out of our way to care for the practical needs people face. We can sacrificially enter in to other people's suffering because Jesus did so for us at great cost.Por Dr. Matt Lee
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How do we change? What do we do with competing desires within us? Here we'll consider different paradigms for spiritual growth and what a healthy and hopeful way forward might be.Por Leo Schuster
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