Journal
Exhortations, meditations, and encouragement from and for Cities Church
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Why Worship Is Essential
Jesus came not just to rescue us from our sin, but to rescue us to a relationship.
Everybody Wants to Be Like Somebody Else
God has made us to be imitative creatures. We imitate those that we admire. We become like those that we like.
Why We Do Child Dedications
Three straightforward reasons why Cities Church has child dedication ceremonies.
Everything Is Changed
Everything about ourselves is changed because now we know that there’s nothing about ourselves that we can view as outside of the saving power of Jesus.
Make the Most of Holy Week
Celebrating Holy Week is not an obligation — however, it is an opportunity.
Secure Enough for Understatement
We live in a day in which understatement is hard to find. We have no shortage of embellishment and exaggeration.
Love Is Popular and Confusing
In America, there is an increase in the popularity of love, and a simultaneous increase in the confusion of what love is.
How We Preach Colossians
The Colossians series will be a little different from the other series we've done...
We Sing Together
One of my goals is to help our church have a robust understanding of the role and purpose of corporate worship has knowing and loving Jesus.
Listen for the Word in the Word
When we read the Bible, let us listen for Jesus, in the message of the gospel, in the written word of the Scriptures.
What to Remember When You Read the Bible
When I come to the Bible, my mind is going everywhere. There’s so much to think about. So I need something to call me back to the moment I’m in.
Doing Personal Inventory
The last days of December are a great time for us to step back and think about the entire year, and try in some way, to gauge our “spiritual progress.”