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Midweek Podcast | Gratitude, Contentment, and Being in the Mission Together

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This week we’re with pastor Kent Bateman from City Church (citychurchknox.com) to talk more about this week’s sermon.

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Philippians | How To Be Content | July 25

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Sermon by Kent Bateman on July 25, 2021.

In Philippians 4:10-20, Paul concludes his letter with gratitude to the Philippian church. They came to his aid when he needed it the most. As he wraps up, two themes rise to the top: the secret of contentment and the blessing of giving.

Midweek Podcast | Resources on Neuroplasticity + New Segment!

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This week we’re with pastor Brandon Clements to talk more about this week’s sermon.

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The mind can descend far lower than the body, for in it there are bottomless pits. The flesh can bear only a certain number of wounds and no more, but the soul can bleed in ten thousand ways, and die over and over again each hour.

-Charles Spurgeon

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Philippians | The Skillful Management of Attention | July 18

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Sermon by Jake Blair for July 18, 2021.

While we aren’t in total control of our circumstance, we have within us the ability to cultivate the type of people we want to become. So how do we do that? In Philippians 4:8-9, Paul shows us in practical ways how we can anchor joy down into our bones.

Midweek Podcast | Doomscrolling, Self-Help, and the Buoyancy of Joy

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This week we’re with Andrew Flowers to talk more about this week’s sermon.

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Philippians | An Unsinkable Joy | July 11

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Sermon by Allen Tipping for July 11, 2021.

Philippians 4:6-7 states to "Rejoice always. Don’t be anxious about anything." A verse like this oftentimes is posted to social media feeds in an artsy graphic as it seems like good advice for our virtual world. Yet beyond the screen, applying this scripture to the realities of life can sometimes seem impossible or at least incredibly difficult. In today's sermon, we learn how to put this into practice and make it possible to live by.

Midweek Podcast | Jesus is The Gaines

This week we’re with pastor Allen Tipping to talk more about this week’s sermon.

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"The cross of Christ is sometimes put in Scripture for the life which is the result of faith in Christ. What kind of life should that be? Well, first, a life of self-denial. No man who is the friend of the cross of Christ will give license to his passions, or indulgence to his appetites. If he does so, he proves that he is the enemy of the cross of Christ.”

-Charles Spurgeon

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Philippians | You Got to Hold On | July 4

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Sermon by Allen Tipping for July 4, 2021.

Following after Jesus can be hard. It takes work. No one stumbles into godliness, but it is a disciplined pursuit often full of sacrifice and suffering. In today’s passage, we'll see why we need to hold on to Christ, how we need to hold on to Christ and examples of what it looks like to hold on to Christ.

Midweek Podcast | Faithfulness is Getting Back Up

This week we’re with pastor Ant Frederick to talk more about this week’s sermon.

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Philippians | Delighting In The Surpassing Worth Of Christ | June 27

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Sermon by Ant Frederick for June 27, 2021.

In Philippians 3:1-11, we’ll see what really pushes us toward being Jesus-centered by reminding of us of how good Jesus truly is.

Midweek Podcast | Friendships and Ministry Relationships

This week we’re with pastor Brandon Clements to talk more about this week’s sermon.

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Philippians | Gospel Friendships and Gospel Goodbyes | June 20

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Sermon by Ryan Rike for June 20, 2021.

In Philippians 2:19-30, we see a “gospel goodbye" that Paul didn't necessarily want to have but he did. And in the process, he was able to spread his Kingdom joy to others.

Midweek Podcast | Ministry is Sacrifice

This week we’re joined by lead pastor of Citizens Church Tim Olson!

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Philippians | Joy in Our Perseverance | June 13

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Sermon by Tim Olson for June 13, 2021.

In this passage, Paul shows us how our obedience leads to joy. Rather than viewing God as restrictive, when we obey God we grow in His joy towards us, the world’s joy, our leaders’ joy, and our joy.

Midweek Podcast | Good Theology, Bad Math

This week we’re with pastor Jon Ludovina to talk more about this week’s sermon.

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"Humility' is the most difficult of all virtues to achieve; nothing dies harder than the desire to think well of oneself."- T.S Eliot

"Nothing sets a person so much out of the devil's reach as humility." - Jonathan Edwards

"God created the world out of nothing, and as long as we are nothing, He can make something out of us." - Martin Luther

"Just as water seeks and fills the lowest place, so the moment God finds the creature empty, His glory and power flow in to exalt and bless." - Andrew Murray

"The only hope of decreasing self is an increasing Christ." - F.B. Meyer

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Philippians | The Way of Jesus vs. The Way of Caesar | June 6

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Sermon by Jon Ludovina for June 6, 2021.

In our previous teaching, we learned that unity is one of the distinct markers of being citizens of Jesus’ kingdom. But we are a diverse people, so how do we practically live that out? How is it possible to be a church family? In today’s teaching, Paul answers this by offering some of the densest theology on Jesus found in the New Testament.

Midweek Podcast | “Are you going to follow your king?"

This week we’re with Pastor Ryan Rike as we discuss the sermon from Sunday.

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Philippians | Live as Citizens of the Gospel | May 30

Sermon by Ryan Rike for May 30, 2021.

While the church in Philippi lived in a different context than us, the call is still the same. We are to live as citizens of the gospel of the King. In this week’s teaching, we'll unpack three ways in which we can live out our Kingdom citizenship.

Midweek Podcast | Tertullian, Ted Lasso, and the Gift of Suffering

We’re back this week to talk more about the sermon with…take a guess. We’ll wait.

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“The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church”

-Tertullian

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Philippians | Joy in Life or Death | May 23

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Sermon by Michael Bailey for May 23, 2021.

Paul, who started this church, is now in prison and in a season of suffering. Yet in this letter, Paul writes some of the most famously joyful, grateful verses in the whole Bible. How does he do this? What can we learn from Paul about joy and gratitude that can carry us even on our worst days?

Today's passage gives us more insight into the answer: The pain of life, when we are with Jesus, becomes like birth pain.