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Renewing Houston by bringing the beauty of Christ into broken places. To learn more visit www.citychurch.org.

City Church - Leo Schuster


    • Jul 21, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
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    Faith & Science

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2024 31:44


    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.

    Faith & Science

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2024 31:44


    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.

    Faith & Vocation

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2024 29:18


    Faith & Vocation

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2024 29:18


    Faith & Courage

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2024 29:57


    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. 

    Faith & Courage

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2024 29:57


    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. 

    Faith & Pain

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2024 33:08


    Trust God in your pain while waiting for him to deliver you from your pain.

    Faith & Pain

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2024 33:08


    Trust God in your pain while waiting for him to deliver you from your pain.

    Faith & Justice

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2024 33:43


    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.

    Faith & The Bible

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2024 29:08


    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? 

    Faith & The Bible

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2024 29:08


    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? 

    Faith & Justice

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2024 33:43


    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.

    Faith & Hypocrisy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2024 29:11


    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.

    Faith & Hypocrisy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2024 29:11


    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.

    Faith & Loneliness

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2024 25:45


    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.

    Faith & Loneliness

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2024 25:45


    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.

    Faith & Art

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2024 27:44


    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.

    Faith & Art

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2024 27:44


    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.

    Faith & Church

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2024 22:32


    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.

    Faith & Church

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2024 22:32


    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.

    Faith & Purpose

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2024 31:55


    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?

    Faith & Purpose

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2024 31:55


    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?

    Faith & Emotions

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2024 30:28


    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.

    Faith & Emotions

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2024 30:28


    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.

    reNEW: The Opportunity

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2024 16:20


    What can shape us into people who are open-handed and big-hearted? The answer is found in this stirring and stretching ancient prayer.

    reNEW: The Opportunity

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2024 16:20


    What can shape us into people who are open-handed and big-hearted? The answer is found in this stirring and stretching ancient prayer.

    reNEW: The Sacrifice

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2024 25:02


    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.

    reNEW: The Sacrifice

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2024 25:02


    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.

    reNEW: The Investment

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2024 28:57


    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.

    reNEW: The Investment

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2024 28:57


    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.

    reNEW: The Vision

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2024 22:37


    What biblical themes animate City Church's vision to renew Houston? How might this kind of church address cultural trends?

    reNEW: The Vision

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2024 22:37


    What biblical themes animate City Church's vision to renew Houston? How might this kind of church address cultural trends?

    A Curious Easter Case Study

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2024 19:28


    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. 

    A Curious Easter Case Study

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2024 19:28


    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. 

    More than Conquerors

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2024 22:14


    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.

    More than Conquerors

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2024 22:14


    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.

    Suffering and Glory

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2024 33:48


    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.

    Suffering and Glory

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2024 33:48


    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.

    Love Without Exceptions

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2024 39:45


    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.

    Love Without Exceptions

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2024 39:45


    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.

    The War Within

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2024 28:16


    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. 

    The War Within

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2024 28:16


    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. 

    The Grace of Freedom

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2024 18:13


    Grace is a radical concept. If it grabs hold of us, it will absolutely change us--not making us different versions of ourselves, but new people altogether. This new identity means we're no longer struggling to be free, but free to struggle.

    The Grace of Freedom

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2024 18:13


    Grace is a radical concept. If it grabs hold of us, it will absolutely change us--not making us different versions of ourselves, but new people altogether. This new identity means we're no longer struggling to be free, but free to struggle.

    Dead or Alive?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2024 25:44


    While suffering is often listed as the reason why people struggle to believe or disbelieve in God, it's curious that for the Apostle Paul it is central to spiritual growth and what it means to flourish in life.

    Dead or Alive?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2024 25:44


    While suffering is often listed as the reason why people struggle to believe or disbelieve in God, it's curious that for the Apostle Paul it is central to spiritual growth and what it means to flourish in life.

    Blind Faith

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2024 31:08


    Jesus came to serve not the religious, but the relegated, not those in possession of might, but those in want of mercy. The figure "Blind Bartimaeus" provides us a model for how realizing our need for Christ's mercy lies at the very root of our faith transformation.

    Blind Faith

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2024 31:08


    Jesus came to serve not the religious, but the relegated, not those in possession of might, but those in want of mercy. The figure "Blind Bartimaeus" provides us a model for how realizing our need for Christ's mercy lies at the very root of our faith transformation.

    How to be Truly Great

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2024 28:27


    How do we know if we can trust our desires and ambitions? How should we think about power? Here Jesus paints a counterintuitive and countercultural vision for dealing with these important dynamics.

    How to be Truly Great

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2024 28:27


    How do we know if we can trust our desires and ambitions? How should we think about power? Here Jesus paints a counterintuitive and countercultural vision for dealing with these important dynamics.

    Impossibility of Belief

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2024 16:23


    Jesus' famous encounter with a rich young ruler teaches us important lessons about our relationship to money.

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