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
66 episodes
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 ...
2 Peter:1-13 Why God’s “Delay” Is Mercy And How To Live While You Wait
What if God’s “delay” isn’t delay at all, but mercy with your name on it? We open 2 Peter 3:1–13 and wrestle with a hope that doesn’t wilt under headlines, mockery, or unmet timelines. From the tender way Peter addresses “dear friends” to his u...
2 Peter 2:1-18: Guarding Your Heart From False Teachers
Evil rarely kicks down the door; it smiles, flatters, and asks for your ear. We walk through 2 Peter 2 to expose how false teachers operate, why their promises feel so good, and what it takes to stay anchored in Jesus when every feed and microp...
Ash Wednesday: Psalm 13:1-6 How Long, O Lord
Hope doesn’t begin where pain ends; it begins where honesty does. For our special Ash Wednesday Service, We open the door on weariness from a broken world, and let Psalm 13 teach us how to bring unfiltered grief to God without losing our grip o...
2 Peter 1:16 Why Peter Staked His Life On Jesus
Myths are fun until they ask for nothing and change no one. We’re taking a hard look at why Peter refused to call Jesus a legend, staking his life on what he heard and saw: the transfiguration’s blinding light, a voice from heaven, a crucified ...
Holiness And Justice Belong Together Or Both Fail
Outrage is easy. Obedience is hard. We open the gap between those two with a candid look at why God rejects empty worship and how real justice begins with small, faithful acts right where we live. Anchored in Jeremiah 7 and Amos 5, we wrestle w...
2 Peter 1:1-15 Tools For Godly Living
God has given us everything required for life and godliness, and the difference between drift and growth is whether we pick up those tools.Humility anchors it all. If Peter can call our faith equal to his, the ground truly is level at th...
Acts 2 Why A Healthy Church Feels Like Home
What if church felt less like a weekly lecture and more like a living room where people actually carry your burdens, share your meals, and fight for your hope when your arms get tired? We dive into Acts 2 to rediscover koinonia—real fellowship ...
1 Corinthians 9:19 Winning Hearts By Meeting People Where They Are
Truth that can’t be heard won’t heal, so we get practical about how to make good news sound like good news. We open with honest stories about miscommunication that land laughs and lessons, then move into Paul’s charge in 1 Corinthians 9: become...