Genesis
Authority Created
We all know authority is often abused, but was it always this way? There is actually a proper claim and use of authority, and it begins with God.
Citylight Center City | January 30, 2022 from Citylight Church on Vimeo.
God on Trial
How do we live with the fact that we aren’t God? We’re prone to resist it, and the Devil wants us to do just that. He tries to get us to resist it by saying God is not good, but because God is good, we should trust and obey God’s Word, not the Devil’s.
Citylight Center City | June 6, 2021 from Citylight Church on Vimeo.
Christmas Eve 2020 – Who is the King of Glory?
Who is the King of Glory? The service that is the culmination of our Advent series looks at the answer to this question from the beginning of the Bible to the end. Throughout, we learn and re-learn the true message of Christmas. The hope of the world has arrived and we need not fear any longer.
Citylight Church Christmas Eve Service | December 24, 2020 from Citylight Church on Vimeo.
Easter Reveals Our Hope
Unprecedented times. A phrase I’m sure we’ve heard 1000 times over the past month. I understand why. In many ways, we have never experienced anything like this. In one sense, this really is a unique time in history. But I find myself thinking about how, in another sense, it’s not all that different after all; …
Why We’re Waiting
Advent is a season of waiting, but why do we have to wait? Because we need a Savior to come for us.
Finishing Well
As the book of Genesis comes to a close, we see the book that began with life ending in death. Yet with death comes a hope beyond death that enables us to finish well.
Kingdom Coming
As we come near the close of Genesis, our eyes are drawn to the future, where God’s kingdom will come under the reign of His chosen King.
God is With You to Bless the Nations Through You
Jacob is now getting ready to head to Egypt, but is afraid to leave the promised land. God assures him and us that He is with us and will use us wherever He sends us to bless the nations through us.
Reconciliation
After much brokenness and trauma in Joseph’s life, in these chapters we read of the incredible story of reconciliation between Joseph and his brothers, one that calls all of us to be reconciled to one another.
Humility before Exaltation
God has told Joseph that one day he will be exalted, but in order for his exaltation (and ours) to serve the glory of God and others rather than self, he (and we) must be humbled first.
God Will Stop at Nothing to Redeem Us
A look at the ways God’s redemptive plan is shown in Genesis 37-38
Not Home Yet
Though Jacob was on his way home, he stopped along the way. Our reality is we aren’t at our final home, and therefore we experience the ruinous effects of sin in heinous ways. But, there is hope.