Capital City Christian Church | Podcast

How big is your faith? How big are your PRAYERS? Join us for the second week of our bigCHURCH series.

The church's foundation is Jesus Christ. Do you know what the "church" is supposed to be? What it is supposed to do? Join us as we look into what it means to be the church.

Our final sermon in "The Way Out" series. Jesus is the way out of a dead end life. He has promised to return at some point. Our job isn't to predict the day, just to be ready for it. What does that look like?

The world tells us there are many ways to God. But Jesus himself said there is only one way. He is the way, the truth and the life.

Doc and our executive minister, Jon, tackle this important question in our "Way Out" series. As always, it's not WHAT you know, but WHO you know. All of history revolves around what Jesus did for us. We celebrate his death, burial and resurrection with our daily lives. There better be some pretty outstanding evidence to hinge everything upon. The fact is: there is!

Why did he have to die? The idea of a sacrifice doesn't sit well with us. But that is what atonement is all about. It is hard to fathom a God loving us so much that He'd go to extremes to make sure we were a part of His family. But that is exactly what He did.

Ever wonder what Jesus was really like? People in the Bible were drawn to him. They just couldn't get enough of him. He was able to see them EXACTLY as they were, and he loved them anyway. He had an uncanny knack for unmasking people and showing them grace.

Questions, questions, questions. In this series, entitled, "The Way Out," we ask questions about Jesus. This week, Doc asks, "Why Did He Come?"

We started a new series today entitled, "The Way Out." Those who have an intimate relationship with Jesus know that He is the way out. Out of their past. Out of their struggles. Out of their addictions. He is the one who gives freedom. The message today focused on getting to know the Jesus from the Bible. Why should you care about Him?

OK, that may be overstating it a bit. But James Driver preaches on baptism. Why is it so important? This is the full worship service from September 6, 2020.

"Love your neighbor as yourself." Yeah, but what if he's a real jerk??? Doc Pattison preaches on loving the unlovable in the final installment of our Faith vs. Politics series.

The full worship service from August 23, 2020. Doc Pattison continues the Talking Points series (Faith v. Politics) and discusses unity in the church. His primary text was from John 17.

We started a new series today! Navigating some difficult waters, our senior minister discusses a Christian's take on politics. If you're asking questions, we want to do our best to answer from God's word.

Last message in the "Things that Made Jesus Mad" series. This is the full worship service from August 9, 2020.

Full service from August 2, 2020.

In a world becoming increasingly polarized and judgmental, how desperately we need to see Jesus’ response to a woman so harshly judged by religious people like us.

Jesus got angry whenever someone put an obstacle between some person and God’s grace. And that includes anything or anyone who would put an obstacle between some child and God.

When Jesus talked to the Samaritan woman at the well, all the disciples were away for a time. Perhaps that was Jesus’ intent, as their prejudices might have hindered God’s grace…as ours often do.

We kick off a series on things that made Jesus mad, with a focus on the cleansing of the temple. We will discover that what angered Jesus most was whenever insiders blocked access to the Father’s love.

What does a good dad look like? We can sometimes struggle with the examples of father figures in our own lives. But Jesus tells a story in the Bible that illustrates what a great dad does.

Some believe in God, but don’t act on that believe at all. Others make a commitment to do life with God, but don’t go all in. Our experience of God, though is shaped by how much we trust him. Habakkuk 3.17-19 is one of the most trust-filled passages in all the Bible!

Our nation is going through an extraordinarily troubled time. God’s judgments on Babylon in Habakkuk 2 seem eerily pertinent. And the hope God reveals in that same chapter is the same hope we desperately need!

Sometimes as Jesus-followers we have to “wait on God.” What does that mean? And do you know the difference between just waiting impatiently, and waiting faithfully?

Where is God? It’s a question asked by young kids wanting to know where God lives…and by adults who feel like God doesn’t exist. If God is here, why did ____ happen? This new series in the seldom opened book of Habakkuk may help us.

Last week we talked about our earthly mothers - the ones who brought us into the world and those who raised us. This week, we’re talking about the mother who birthed us and raised us in our spiritual lives - the Church.

We all have moms. Everyone was born to a biological mother who was either a good mom, bad mom, mom who wasn’t there or something in between. And some of us have been blessed with non-bio moms who have been rich blessings in our lives. No matter where our moms fall on the spectrum - we’re called to love and honor our moms.

What’s your life story? It may have a pleasant beginning or it might’ve started out pretty rough. In the middle, it probably has some high points, surely some low points. But what will the rest of your story hold? As long as you’re alive, there’s still more to your story.

Have you ever felt like you needed to get out of a hole? Maybe you feel stuck in life or you might feel like you’re stuck in a self destructive cycle. No matter what hole you’re in, or how you got there, God can help you out.

Are you tired and worn out? Has your spiritual passion faded and been replaced by depression or sadness? Does it feel like your spiritual heart is broken? God can help turn that heartbreak into heartburn.

When asked for a sign to prove himself, Jesus tells them the only sign he will give them is the “sign of Jonah.” We will explore what that sign is all about – the resurrection itself, the transformation of those who respond, and the amazing substitutionary love of our God.

Jonah is furious with God’s grace on the Ninevites, so God has to teach Jonah about the kind of God he is...the kind of God we need.

Jonah 3 begins Jonah’s “do over.” He warns to repent or die, and for some reason, they repent. The story shows God’s grace for even the worst of the worst.

It took the belly of a whale to break Jonah’s blindness to God’s grace. It takes a recognition of our sin, a recognition of our inability to fix ourselves, and a sense of what our salvation cost God to give us a sense of how amazing grace is!

The coronavirus is a big deal in the world right now. Here’s our response to the fear of a global pandemic.

In these verses we see three patterns of love: the quite inadequate love of Jonah, the stronger love of the sailors, and the perfect love of our wild and uncivilized God. Don’t miss the Jonah story as a love story!

Jonah’s antipathy towards both the Ninevites and the sailors can be traced to an identity based on his race, rather than his God. What comes first in our lives is our “god.” Anything we put in that first place other than God will skew both our view of our selves, and others.

The sailors on Jonah’s boat showed way more virtue than Jonah, the prophet of God. We will talk about Common Grace, and God’s desire we be committed to the Common Good – towards all who bear the image of God.

Not every storm is a result of sin, but every sin brings a storm. But God is neither inattentive, or passive. See how God works in the storms.

Although we come up with so many excuses, at heart sin is a refusal to trust God. Sin really starts with an assassination of God’s character. Will you trust him?

Jonah is way more than a “fish story.” It’s a story about a very flawed man, a very bad people, an extraordinarily good and gracious God and it’s a story about you and me.

This sermon wraps up our 2020 Vision series. We talk about what it means to be a Christian Church, especially in the “unity movement.”

In this sermon we lay out our strategy for growing Christ-Driven 24-7 Christians. We also discover that how we pursue life with God forms the foundation for how we “drag those we love” towards Jesus.

In this sermon we unpack the reasons for, our convictions about, and our strategies for evangelism.

Every church tends to drift from mission to tradition. So periodically we have to remember our “why,” and allow that to measure our “what” and our “how.” Are we, CapCity, on mission?

We wrap up the 2010s by refocusing on why we do church.

We close the serious with a closer look at the Magi. Bottom line, Jesus was the most offensive, and the most wonderful gift ever. The gift he came to give was not primarily peace on earth, but peace with God.

Christmas is supposed to be one of the most warm, familial holidays - but for so many, it can be very isolating. What do we do with the bitterness and loneliness that can come with Christmas?

What does a Jesus follower do when his WAS (his dream) turns into a BUT (a mess)? Whatever the confusion, just do what you know God wants you to do, and trust him.

It’s not about how you start with God, it’s about how you finish. Do live in such a way that you are always ready?

There is something in us that compels us to try to rescue a stranger. Perhaps that is a reflection of the image of God in us. And the nobility we feel when we try to rescue some stranger physically pales compared to rescuing some stranger spiritually. Jesus’ call for us to be his witnesses may be his greatest gift to us.