Sacred City Life Podcast

In this second session from this year's Resolve Men's event, Pastor Rob talks through what it looks like for godly men to cultivate a godly environment in his work, his family and himself.

In this first session from this year's Resolve Men's event, Pastor Rob talks through Man's call from God to be lords over all the earth and to have dominion over that which God has given him.

With 2023 right around the corner, many of us start looking at how to set reasonable, sustainable and God-honoring goals for the new year. On today's episode, the guys discuss how to set goals and where the proper motivation for your goals should come from in order to achieve those goals. We pray you find this discussion fruitful.

The Bible contains words and things that can feel hard to the everyday listener, but how are Christians to engage these hard words? Should we ignore them and pretend that they aren't there? Should we apologize for them? On today's episode, the guys discuss the purpose and grace of hard sayings in Scripture and the role that they play in the mission of God.

Is Cremation Biblical? Does Scripture allow Christians to burn their dead? In today's podcast, the guys look at the biblical and historical context of Christian burial and seek to answer how Scripture provides guidance on how we look at funeral practices. We pray this conversation is beneficial.

On today's episode Pastor Justin talks through two of his favorite advent movies; The Road and Children of Men. Throughout the conversation he defines the markers of an advent movie and how themes like hope in the face of a hopeless world are reflected and fulfilled in Christ's Incarnation. We pray the conversation is fruitful.

On this episode, the guys discuss a doctrinal statement put out by the ELCA church a couple of years ago called, "Faith, Sexism and Justice: A Call to Action" in which they deny several foundational aspects of Scripture such as inerrancy, infallibility and sufficiency. In today's episode the guys dig into different aspects of this document to highlight the slippery slope to liberalism so many churches find themselves on today.

This year Christmas falls on the Lord's Day. In today's podcast, the guys discuss why Sacred City is holding a worship service on Christmas Day this year, what it will look like and why you and your families should join us for this joyful service celebrating the arrival of our Lord.

Link to Article: https://www.firstthings.com/article/2022/02/the-three-worlds-of-evangelicalism The guys talk through an article from First Things titles, "The Three Worlds of Evangelicalism" that describes Christianity's movement in the eyes of the culture from a positive good for culture to a neutral religion and finally into the negative view that many outside the Church - and some within the Church - hold it to be today.

How should Christians be thinking through gambling and games of chance? Does the Bible speak to the issue of gambling? On today's episode, the guys dig into a few Biblical principles to help you, the listener, engage the issue of gambling wisely.

In today's episode, Pastor Justin is joined by his wife Amanda Dean to talk through their family's holiday rhythms and to discuss the blessings of worshipping Christ intentionally through the holiday season. We hope you enjoy!

In today's episode the guys round out the five lies Christian parents often believe with lie number five: The Lie of the Noble Savage. This lie suggests that what children need most in their lives is for their parents to get out of their way and approve of everything that they do so that the child can manifest their perfect inner being. If this lie sounds like Secular Humanism to you, you're not far off! Join us as we discuss how Scripture informs how parents are called to view their task.

In this episode the guys confront the parenting lie that our children cannot do hard things. Too often parents want to lower the standard of parenting from God's Word to their own standard. In today's episode we confront this lie and offer a Biblical reorientation for parents.

What is the primary goal of parenting? Often times, Christian parents emphasize perfectly obedient behavior instead of teaching their children intentionally to behold the glory of the Lord and to be intentionally conformed to His perfect image. In...

In this episode, the guys dig deeper into the practical implications of Christian education. Specifically they look at three of the main options to Christian parents: Secular School with a lot of supplemental work, Private Christian School and...

The guys are back and tackling the second lie that Christian parents believe; that education is an open-handed issue. How should Christian parents look at and engage the issue of education according to the Bible? Tune in and find out!

Today the guys are kicking off a series of podcasts discussing five lies that Christian parents tend to believe in raising their children. This episode covers lie number: That a child's salvation is up to chance. In our discussion, we talk...