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City Beautiful Church


    • May 25, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    THE ONLY NECESSARY THING: Praying the Psalms

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2025 59:05


    05/25/25 The psalms are the prayers of the exiled people of God, confessing in faith that the LORD reigns in the midst of history's afflictions.

    THE ONLY NECESSARY THING: Little Prayers

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2025 56:28


    05/18/2025 A single word uttered from an open heart can do more for us than any amount of anxious babbling.

    THE ONLY NECESSARY THING: Liturgy

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2025 43:42


    05/11/2025 A rich prayer life connects us to God from the inside-out, and from the outside-in.

    THE ONLY NECESSARY THING: Series Introduction

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2025 47:33


    05/04/2025 Everything about our faith flows first from sharing in divine love with Jesus through prayer.

    EASTER PT. 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2025 38:56


    04/27/25 Jesus meets them in their fear and faithlessness and, gives them direction. He doesn't give them the whole picture but he promises to ALWAYS be with them.

    EASTER SUNDAY 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2025 48:28


    04/20/2025 The resurrection, as the central event of history, gathers all human experience into itself and sets us on a new trajectory.

    PALM SUNDAY 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2025 43:50


    4/13/25 The Salvation of the World does not parade in the front door with power and prestige, but enters in with humility and sacrificial love.

    SYNTAX OF THE KINGDOM: Wise & Foolish Builders

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2025 50:42


    04/06/2025 Jesus is not an accessory to our modern lives, but the foundation upon which we build everything.

    SYNTAX OF THE KINGDOM: Narrow & Wide Gates

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2025 49:54


    03/30/25 The Narrow & Wide Gates are not so much about a heaven/hell afterlife, as the way in which we embark on the journey to find God. Are we cultivating an interior posture of humility, or performing popular spirituality?

    SYNTAX OF THE KINGDOM: Judging Others

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2025 36:42


    03/23/25 It is vital to become fluent in self-examination before judging others, to foster accountability and holiness with humility and grace.

    SYNTAX OF THE KINGDOM: Moths, Thieves, Sparrows & Lilies

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2025 41:36


    03/16/25 Do we believe that God is actually good, that God will protect us and will provide what we need day by day?

    SYNTAX OF THE KINGDOM: God Is His Own Reward

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2025 52:37


    03/09/25 The reward for our spiritual practices is to know and be known by God. Anything else is either secondary or a distraction.

    SYNTAX OF THE KINGDOM: Enemy Love

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2025 61:29


    03/02/25 We are called to be peaceable; not because it makes the world a less violent place, but because that is what God is like.

    SYNTAX OF THE KINGDOM - Love & Lust

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2025 51:26


    02/23/25 The syntax of the Kingdom invites us to keep our hearts tender and have a high vision of love.

    SYNTAX OF THE KINGDOM: From Law to Virtue

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2025 30:38


    02/16/25 The syntax of the kingdom invites us to shift from “how am I supposed to behave?” to “who am I becoming?" If we want to learn the language of the Kingdom, we have to stop thinking in bare-minimum obedience and turn to aspirational faithfulness.

    SYNTAX OF THE KINGDOM: The Beatitudes, Salt & Light

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2025 55:51


    02/09/2025 The syntax of the kingdom reveals that God's heart is to bless all the “wrong” people in the eyes of the world.

    SYNTAX OF THE KINGDOM: Series Introduction

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2025 46:30


    02/02/2025 The Good News is a declaration of what God is really like, and an invitation to become truly human in God's family.

    PRAXIS SPRING 2025: Tending the Garden of Your Soul

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2025 52:39


    01/26/25 The Christian life is not a bookshelf to be curated, but a garden to be cultivated. Blog & Rule of Life

    PERSONAL VISION 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2025 48:06


    1/20/25 We take by faith that God desires to speak to each of us, and we are capable of learning to listen.

    YEARLY VISION 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2025 40:22


    01/12/2025 The invitation in the present moment is to repent, be refreshed, and anticipate restoration of all things.

    EPIPHANY 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2025 46:29


    01/05/2025 In an era of Herodian power-grabbing and religious lethargy, we have an opportunity to reclaim the joy and awe of those who move towards Jesus in humble worship.

    TESTIMONY SUNDAY 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2024 60:46


    12/29/24 Divine revelation breaks into our supposedly “normal” lives, inviting us to witness the arrival of the Messiah. What we experience is made real when we share what we have seen and glorify God.

    ADVENT 2024: LOVE

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2024 43:53


    12/22/2024 The light of Love has dawned on us in the coming of the Messiah, piercing the darkness of sin and death.

    ADVENT 2024: JOY

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2024 47:22


    12/15/2024 Our joy increases as we travel the Highway of God, seeing God's splendor in the Messiah, and witnessing new life spring forth in the desert of meaninglessness.

    ADVENT 2024: PEACE

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2024 49:23


    12/08/24 The peace offered in the Messiah is the antidote to a world that insists on violence, oppression, and neglect as the status quo.

    ADVENT 2024: HOPE

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2024 42:19


    12/01/24 We begin Advent by waiting in darkness, because real Hope is birthed only when we are at our wits' end.

    CHRIST THE KING SUNDAY 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2024 37:00


    11/24/24 The Kingdom comes through patient endurance in the shadow of Empire, if we stay true to the Voice Who guides us.

    FLIGHT OF THE WILD GOOSE: Spiritual Warfare

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2024 43:17


    FLIGHT OF THE WILD GOOSE: One in Spirit

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2024 53:03


    11/10/24 The Spirit binds us together as the new family of God; but we cannot take advantage of this precious gift. We train our hearts and minds to move in the same direction towards King Jesus.

    FLIGHT OF THE WILD GOOSE: The Serenity Prayer

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2024 43:05


    11/03/24 Wisdom contends with the goodness and brokenness of life, helping us discern what is ours to do and what is out of our hands.

    FLIGHT OF THE WILD GOOSE: The Spirit that Breathes

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2024 48:28


    10/27/24 Despite our trepidations, God—Trinity—tenderly breathes into us Himself, desiring always to share life with humanity.

    FLIGHT OF THE WILD GOOSE: Spirit Wisdom of the Age to Come

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2024 48:07


    10/20/24 As we mature in God's sacrificial love, we cling less tightly to the wisdom of the world and find our home in the wisdom of the Spirit.

    FLIGHT OF THE WILD GOOSE: Old Names

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2024 48:43


    10/13/24 Being delivered from our Old Names is not a passive endeavor. We must persevere and wrestle with God until daybreak to lay claim to who God says we are.

    FLIGHT OF THE WILD GOOSE: Generational Curses

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2024 41:48


    10/06/24 When we embrace the reality that we have been adopted into Abba's family, the Spirit can set us free from the unhealthy patterns of our earthly families.

    FLIGHT OF THE WILD GOOSE: Glimpses of Healing

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2024 36:43


    09/29/24 Healing, like the other spiritual gifts, is a glimpse now of what is to come fully in the New Heavens and New Earth.

    FLIGHT OF THE WILD GOOSE: Fresh Words

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2024 44:14


    09/22/24 Prophecy is a gift meant to encourage the church by speaking a fresh word of God to one another that is framed in love and points to hope.

    PRAXIS: Garden of Refuge

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2024 46:50


    09/15/24 This garden is where God is our safe refuge. Christ inaugurated the eco-system, the Spirit helps us follow in His footsteps, by building each other up to be a foretaste of the coming Kingdom.

    FLIGHT OF THE WILD GOOSE: Spiritual Gifts & "Doing the Stuff"

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2024 56:56


    09/08/24 The spiritual gifts are different expressions of God's singular love, creating a beautiful diversity-in-unity.

    FLIGHT OF THE WILD GOOSE: Conviction & Confession

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2024 43:22


    09/01/24 The Holy Spirit advocates and convicts; the spirit of the satan accuses and condemns.

    FLIGHT OF THE WILD GOOSE: Spirit-Filled Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2024 45:04


    The spirit-filled life is more wholistic and robust than many of us have grown up learning or participating in.

    FLIGHT OF THE WILD GOOSE: Total Life of the Spirit

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2024 51:19


    08/18/24 A total life of the Spirit marries the contemplative and the charismatic; the inner transformation with the outer demonstration.

    FLIGHT OF THE WILD GOOSE: Series Introduction

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2024 46:54


    08/11/24 The Christian life is one in which we follow in the tailwind of the Wild Goose, knowing he will lead us to ever greater freedom.

    ABBA FATHER: Worship & Prayer

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2024 23:13


    8/04/24 What have I learned about my attachment to Abba in this series? What is the invitation for me in the next season to grow in love and secure attachment?

    ABBA FATHER: Love With All Your Heart

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2024 46:21


    07/28/24 To love God with our hearts is to leave behind the illusion of self-sufficiency and risk desire and affection for God.

    ABBA FATHER: Love With All Your Strength

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2024 51:50


    7/21/24 Rather than exhausting ourselves with frenetic activity or falling prey to sloth, Jesus invites us to right action as a sign of tangible love for him.

    ABBA FATHER: Love With All Your Mind

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2024 51:20


    07/14/24 Contemplative thinking enables us to to lean in and listen for the heartbeat of God.

    ABBA FATHER: Secure Attachment

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2024 55:27


    07/07/24 We need a vision of what secure attachment to God looks and feels like in order to know where we're headed.

    ABBA FATHER: Welcome the Little Children

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2024 34:58


    06/30/24 To become like children is to return to a place where we can learn who we are in Abba's eyes.

    ABBA FATHER: Shame-Filled Attachment

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2024 56:22


    06/23/24 When we're shamefully attached to God, we may accept that God loves us because God has to, but we don't believe God like us very much.

    ABBA FATHER: Avoidant Attachment

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2024 49:17


    06/16/24 When we're avoidantly attached to God, we choose to go it alone rather than to offer our needs and feelings to our Abba.

    ABBA FATHER: Anxious Attachment

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2024 54:57


    06/09/24 When we're anxiously attached to God, we constantly worry that we are never doing enough to earn God's favor.

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