Text: Nehemiah 1-2 | Listen to Message We say we want to see God move in our generation like He has in times past, bringing the fresh wind and fresh fire of spiritual renewal to our churches and cities, but how often do we live as if these are anything other than just words? More and […]

Text: Ezra 9:1-10:3 | Listen to Message 8 Traits of Genuine Repentance In Part I, which you can read here, we shared “10 Traits of Counterfeit Repentance.” Now – for the positive side – here are 8 traits of what genuine, Gospel-motivated, Gospel-celebrating repentance looks like: 1. Name your specific sin. It’s a lot easier for […]

Text: Ezra 9:1-10:3 | Listen to Message 10 Traits of Counterfeit Repentance Repentance is one of the keystone *behaviors of the Christian faith, and yet so often Christians respond to their sin with anything but godly repentance. See how many of these signs of counterfeit repentance you recognize in your own life. 1. Deny your sin. […]

Text: Jeremiah 29:1-7; 1 Peter 2:11-12 | Listen to Message By Easter 2019, Grace City will be a thriving, Gospel-driven Church that embodies and shares the heart of Christ in the heart of downtown Denver. Between now and then, we will continue to worship, grow, and serve as a Church – while being strategic and intentional […]

Text: Esther 5-6 | Listen to Message Sometimes obeying God just doesn’t seem to pay off. You know the feeling, right? You decide to take your faith seriously, so you read your Bible, go to church, and try to live an obedient life . . . and things go worse for you than before! Worse yet, […]

Text: Ezra 4:1-23 | Listen to Message Fighting for Hope I don’t mean to be a downer, but if you’re not discouraged about something right now, you’re probably in the minority. Discouragement is that common. And it requires no definition or explanation – you know it when you feel it. Discouragement is also self-perpetuating in that […]

Text: Ezra 3:1-13 | Listen to Message Fear That Conquers Fear One of Bible’s most important lessons on worship is also one of its most overlooked. Ezra 3:2-3 says of the Jews returning from exile, “They built the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings on it, as it is written in the […]

Text: Ezra 1:1-2:70 | Listen to Message Stirring The Heart of A King In 586 B.C., God stirred the heart of the Persian king Cyrus to let the Jews return to their homeland and rebuild their temple in Jerusalem. Even more remarkably, he commanded his other subjects to financially support this endeavor. It’s especially remarkable because […]

Text: Esther | Listen to Message God, Are You There? The name of the LORD is nowhere to be found in the book of Esther. The situation – namely, a king’s decree to annihilate all the Jews – seems to indicate that God himself is absent altogether. Sometimes life feels like that. The early chapters of […]

Text: Ezra 1:1-3; 8:22 | Listen to Message Someone Is Shaping History Let’s imagine you’re a genuine truth seeker and you’re trying to discern whether or not the Bible is trustworthy. Is it really the Word of God – as it claims – or is it merely the product of man? Let’s imagine, too, that you’ve […]