Mission City Church | NYC

Christianity always disrupts the status quo.

We often overestimate what we can do in one year, but underestimate what we can do in ten.

Often imitated. Never duplicated.

Some parts of the Christian mission are standard for everyone.

Why do we keep going when it looks like God is losing?

God is already pursuing people. Evangelism is just partnering with his pursuit.

How do you determine when something is true?

Some battles can't be detected with the senses.

Even after a surprise separation, God has fresh vision on the other side.

Manmade systems should never make God inaccessible.

Why is it so easy to meet people but so hard to settle into friendship?

Toxic traits can be close to home.

Because darkening another person's day isn't worth it.

The Gentiles had a Pentecost, too.

Faith can encourage healing... but can faith guarantee it?

The most famous conversion in history wasn't a one-off.

Some parts of the mission just can't be sacrificed.

God has cures for what seem like lost causes.

It's a powerful story about the power of story.

The early church didn't make it far without real racial tension.

Why is the story of Jesus still told and believed all over the world?

Lying is an expensive lifestyle.

Human bosses aren't unlimited.

Some things only exist to point us to something else.

How do you want your days to be summed up?

Easter is more than meets the eye. 

When Jesus entered Jerusalem, his character couldn't have been more different than that of his enemies. 

A church marked by hearts that can't help but praise.

How can we represent Jesus in a way that doesn't make us cringe later?

The church had quite a first day.

How did the post-Judas church keep going?

A faith that expands - to the ends of the earth.

A new faith is about to be born.

"Mission exists because worship does not." - John Piper

Solo worship isn't always enough.

Real worship doesn't need fair weather.

If it's unspiritual or untrue, it's not worship.

Christmas wasn't meant to get a small reaction.

God chose here. God chose us.

Crazy uncles and all.

There's room for everyone.

Divine moments are bigger than you.

It grows. We don't know how.

Even when we're faithless, he's faithful.

God is a better architect for your life than you are.

Why is the urge to find a group so powerful?

We can´t go anywhere without each other.

Some things should make you pause.

If you can't name the problem in a relationship, you can't fix it.

Are you living well, or just living?

Year four was special.