Journal

Exhortations, meditations, and encouragement from and for Cities Church

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Exhortation David Mathis Exhortation David Mathis

Think It Not Strange

It’s not lost on the leadership here at Cities Church that as we plant this new church in 2015, we do so in a dramatically more post-Christian day than we were born into in the 80s.

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Exhortation Joe Rigney Exhortation Joe Rigney

Be a Person of the Book

We want to encourage you to become whole counsel of God people by developing a deep familiarity with the Scriptures. I like that word—familiarity. Like family. I want the Bible to be like family to me.

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Exhortation Jonathan Parnell Exhortation Jonathan Parnell

We’re Planting Trees

I love Psalm 92:12–15 because of how it demands that we as Christians think so differently from how others might think. So many of us live inside this strange cultural pressure to always be productive and always on the go

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Exhortation Joe Rigney Exhortation Joe Rigney

Are Our Hearts Far from Him?

Thinking about the mechanics of worship is a good reminder that it is possible to honor God with our lips and our liturgy, and yet for our hearts to remain far from him. And this reminds us of our need to confess our sins.

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Exhortation Jonathan Parnell Exhortation Jonathan Parnell

Are We Looking?

Is there something right now that we aren’t looking at because we don’t want the clarity that leads to confidence that demands action?

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