City Life Church San Diego
Welcome to the City Life Church Podcast, where faith meets action in the heart of Mt. Hope. We are a diverse family of God, united by Jesus, led by Scripture, and empowered by the Holy Spirit, we are committed to caring for both the spiritual and tangible needs of the lost and hurting. Through inspiring messages and practical lessons, we seek to equip and encourage you to live out God’s calling in everyday life. Join us as we grow in faith, serve our community, and share the hope of the Gospel with the world.
Episodes
74 episodes
Acts 18: What If The Person You Avoid Is Your Assignment
We walk through Acts 18 to understand why Corinth is so divided and why a truly diverse church will always feel different. We learn how God keeps His people faithful by sending us to unexpected neighbors and shaping us through humble leadership...
Matthew 7:21-27 Built On The Rock
A lie can feel like a life raft right up until the storm shows up. We start with a haunting modern example, the rise of AI “ghosts” and the way we’ll do almost anything to avoid grief, discomfort, and goodbye, then we connect it to a deeper spi...
Matthew 7: Good Leaders Bear Good Fruit
We use the sweetness of good fruit and the shock of the “little apple of death” to talk about discernment and why some voices that look safe can still poison your life. We lay out three simple guides for trust in Jesus and a practical way to me...
Anxiety Is A Signal
Anxiety doesn’t always show up as a panic attack. Sometimes it looks like perfectionism, procrastination, people pleasing, or checking your bank account over and over just to feel steady for five seconds. We sit with that reality and bring it t...
Matthew 6: What Does It Mean To Live The Good Life?
We wrestle with why “the good life” so often feels like anxiety, hustle, and never enough, then let Jesus redefine security through Matthew 6:19–24. We talk honestly about misplaced treasure, blurred spiritual vision, and the surprising freedom...
Matthew 6:5-8 Who Is Your Audience
If you’ve ever “switched up” when someone important walked into the room, you already understand the pressure behind Matthew 6. We’re talking about the hidden temptation to turn prayer, fasting, and worship into a performance, and the simple qu...
Matthew 6:1 Give Without Being Seen
If you’ve ever felt the itch to be noticed for doing the right thing, Jesus has a word for you and it’s both unsettling and freeing. Matthew 6:1-4 confronts our attention economy: don’t practice righteousness “to be seen.” That’s no...
Matthew 5:33-37: Give Your Enemies Waffles
We wrestle with Jesus’ hardest commands in Matthew 5 and how they expose the loopholes we use to dodge honesty, retaliate when we feel shamed, and grade ourselves on a curve. We trace the good news that God’s perfect standard reveals ou...
Matthew 5: The Hidden Cost Of Lust
Jesus doesn’t just forbid adultery, he goes after the source. We sit with Matthew 5:27-32 as Pastor Dale pushes past the comfortable “line in the sand” approach to Christian ethics and asks what our desires reveal about our worship. When we kee...
Matthew 5:21 What If God Posted Everything You Said?
Anger can feel amazing for a moment and then cost you everything. The chemical rush of outrage, the false sense of control it gives, and the quiet way it turns into bitterness that hardens your soul and damages your closest relationships.
Matthew 5:17-20 From Animal Sacrifices To Jesus
A lot of people love Jesus until they hear what he actually asks for. When the Sermon on the Mount hits perfection, purity, enemies, anxiety, and integrity, it can feel unrealistic or even harsh. We lean into that discomfort and ask the questio...
Matthew 5: Pickles, Manure, And The Smell Of Faith
Getting mocked for your faith feels like failure, but Jesus calls it blessing. We open Matthew 5 and sit with one of the most confrontational lines in the Beatitudes: persecution for righteousness. Along the way, we name a hard reality most of ...
Matthew 5: Jesus Heals Us When We Stop Pretending
The Sermon on the Mount doesn’t let us stay comfortable. Jesus looks straight at our self-protection, our need to be right, and our habit of performing, then he calls us into a life that’s honestly better and honestly harder.We open Mat...
Matthew 5:1-5 Jesus Calls The Spiritually Bankrupt Blessed
Greatness is easy to talk about and hard to define, until Jesus sits down on the mountain and calls the unlikely people “blessed.” We walk through the opening Beatitudes and get uncomfortably honest about what they demand: self-awareness, repen...
The Demands Of Discipleship: 1 Kings:19:19-21, 2 Kings 2:1-15
Something is discipling you right now. If it is not Jesus, it is still shaping your instincts, your attention, your fears, and what you think is normal. We wrestle with that reality and then turn to a vivid discipleship story in 1 Kings 19 and ...
1kings 19: What If God Speaks Softer Than You Expect
Fear has a way of turning the volume up on everything, and that’s exactly where Elijah finds himself in 1 Kings 19: exhausted, hiding, and convinced he’s the only one left. We walk through the cave scene where God isn’t in the wind, the earthqu...
1 Kings 19:1-10 When You Are Tired Enough To Quit
One day you’re brave, clear, and full of faith. The next day, one text, one threat, one setback, and you’re whispering, “I’m done.” That swing is exactly where 1 Kings 19 takes us, and it’s exactly where God meets Elijah, not with disgust or di...
1 King 18: There are no other Gods
One man stands on a mountain and asks a question that still exposes us: how long will you keep wavering between God and whatever else you’re trusting? We walk through 1 Kings 18 at Mount Carmel, where Elijah faces 450 prophets of Baal and sets ...
1 kings 18: Faithful Under Fire
Fear doesn’t disqualify you from obedience. We open in 1 Kings 18 with Elijah walking straight toward King Ahab, the man trying to kill him, while famine and failed leadership choke the land. The pressure is real, the stakes are high, and the t...
1 Kings:17-24 When Life Gets Worse After The Miracle
Life has a way of pulling the rug out right after a breakthrough. You finally kick the habit, rebuild the relationship, or see God provide what you thought you would never have, and then something else hits. That whiplash can make you wonder wh...
John 21:1-14 Why Do We Keep Looking For Life In Dead Places
Peter had already seen the resurrected Jesus and still defaulted to the old script: “I’m going fishing.” We get it. When shame sticks, when hope feels abstract, when rent is due and relationships are messy, we reach for whatever used to numb th...
Matthew 21:1-13 What If The Savior You Want Is Not The Savior You Need
A cheering crowd. Palm branches on the road. A humble donkey. Then, almost immediately, an uproar in the city and a confrontation in the temple. Palm Sunday is not a soft-focus Bible moment for us; it’s a test of what we really want from Jesus....
1 Kings 17 God Often Leads With The Next Right Step
Your “next step” might feel too small to matter, but that’s often where God starts. We open 1 Kings 17 and follow Elijah into a season where the water literally runs dry, the easy provision ends, and God doesn’t hand him a five-year plan. Inste...
1 Kings 16 Your Real Enemy Is Not People
Ahab looks powerful on the outside, but 1 Kings paints a different picture: spiritual compromise, idol worship, and leadership choices that poison a whole nation. We start there because many of us know what it feels like to live under pressure,...
2 Peter 3:14-18 Don’t Miss Your Number At In-N-Out: Stay Ready For God
We unpack 2 Peter 3:14–18 to show why Christian waiting is active, attentive, and hopeful. We call our church to chase holiness, introduce friends to Jesus, and keep growing in grace while guarding against destructive teaching.• making ...