City Chapel NYC

citychapel.nycCity Chapel exists to see and spread the full measure of the Spirit empowered renewal promised by Jesus that brings personal conversion & deep-life transformation, wholehearted community, social justice, and cultural beauty to New York City and Northern Jersey, and through here, the world.

City Chapel NYC is a religion podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 192 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Unknown Host hosts City Chapel NYC, a religion show with 192 episodes published.

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  1 Corinthians 7.17-24, 32-35 - Free to Be Claimed // God and Singleness, God and Marriage - Jeremiah Lepasana

  Sep 27, 202631 min

  Full Summary and Reflection Questions Most of us can spot the flaws in the cultures we left. It's much harder to see the one we stepped into. The pursuit of self-expression and authenticity—what philosopher Charles Taylor calls "expressive individualism"—reoriented life from how do I live up to the ideals of my community to how do I live as my most authentic self. And for many of us, that's the water we're swimming in without realizing it. The problem is what happens when self-cultivation becomes the goal. The life you want has to be "spiritually fulfilling, socially constructive, experientially diverse, emotionally enriching, self-esteem boosting, perpetually challenging, and eternally edifying." Feel the weight of that. We took an old law of traditionalism and, without knowing it, accepted a new one—just as heavy, maybe even more so. At least under the old law we carried the weight together. The early church's answer is startling. Paul tells those who are legally free that they are bond servants too. Someone has authority over your life—and he presents that as good news. Because the freedom Jesus offers isn't one thing. He frees us from condemnation—including the whisper of the feed that you're not where you should be—and he frees us to live under the right authority. The healthiest thing for you is someone who won't be negligent with you, who understands your value, and who binds himself to you. That's what bought with a price means. Before you ever make a claim on Jesus, he makes a claim on you—enters the limits of this broken world and shows you your value by giving himself completely. Is the water you're swimming in working for you? Or has it led to deeper chains, insecurity, and loneliness?

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  1 Corinthians 7:8, 17-24 - Is Singleness Good? // God and Singleness, God and Marriage - Jeremiah Lepasana and Paul Lee

  Sep 20, 202646 min

  Full Summary and Reflection Questions Is singleness good? It's a disarmingly simple question—and for many of us, the answer depends entirely on which culture is doing the talking. A traditional culture says no: singleness is a stage to be gotten through. A modern culture says yes: no one has a claim on you and you're free to pursue your own fulfillment. On the surface, that sounds like Paul's answer too. But the engine underneath is completely different—and a freedom with no one holding a claim on you can just as easily become a lonely, untethered existence. Paul writes plainly: it is good to remain single. This was a genuine innovation. Greco-Roman culture saw singleness as illegitimate. The early church legitimized it as an equally faithful way to live in the kingdom. Paul's reasoning rests on a change in how we experience time—because of Jesus's death and resurrection, the future has begun overlapping with the present. What people seek in marriage is real, but its fullness is coming, and more of it is available now than we tend to see. Paul doesn't pretend this is easy. The circumstances we find ourselves in feel weighty because they're rarely just about the circumstance—they're a proxy for deeper questions about who we are, whether we belong, and whether we're missing out on God's blessing. The invitation isn't to stop longing. It's to lay the longing on the table and respond with open hands, trusting God with however he chooses to answer.

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  Luke 14:12-24 - How to Be a Better Host // Tables of Jesus - Jeremiah Lepasana

  Aug 16, 202635 min

  Full Summary and Reflection Questions Throughout Luke, Jesus uses the table as a mirror. The way we build a guest list reflects the way we live our entire lives. And at this dinner party, he names what everyone has taken for granted: the logic of reciprocity. You invite people who can invite you back. You give to those who can give in return. The problem with that system is twofold. It's self-serving—hospitality motivated by expected return isn't really generosity at all. And it's exclusionary—it quietly locks out anyone who has nothing to offer. Jesus isn't just critiquing a dinner party. He's offering a new logic for how we relate to people, because the old one keeps the needy permanently on the outside. The alternative is intentional, sacrificial, and eschatological. Intentional, because we naturally drift toward the familiar and safe—without real effort, our circles quietly entrench the very biases Jesus came to dismantle. Sacrificial, because every invitation extended to someone who can't reciprocate is one that won't come back to you. And eschatological, because the repayment Jesus promises isn't immediate—it comes later, at the resurrection. He's asking us to trust his math over ours. The best hosts are the best guests. And being a great guest in Jesus' kingdom means showing up knowing you have nothing to offer—and coming anyway. When we know what it feels like to be an outsider who's been welcomed in, we become people who naturally look for the outsiders around us. The great host has one desire: that his house be full. Our calling is to join him in filling it.

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  Luke 10:38–42 - Kingdom Hospitality // Tables of Jesus - Jeremiah Lepasana

  Aug 9, 202632 min

  Full Summary and Reflection Questions The table is still the place where we make real contact with others. And what Jesus does at the table is describe a new order entirely—a new way for relationships, a new way for power structures. Kingdom hospitality doesn't just turn strangers into guests. It turns enemies into family. Just before the story of Mary and Martha, Jesus tells the parable of the Good Samaritan. The context matters: kingdom hospitality exists because the world is hostile and people arrive wounded. The call is to slow down, to stop, to give someone your full attention—to treat people as human beings rather than interruptions. So why is it so hard to live out? Jesus answers through Martha. She's doing everything expected of a good host, and yet he says: Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things. Anxious points to a deeper fear beneath every surface worry—what if things fall apart? Troubled carries the image of noise, a volume that won't quiet down. When we're full of that kind of noise, we have nothing left to give others. Mary has chosen the one thing that is necessary. The good portion—a phrase rooted in inheritance and in food—the richest, most sustaining part. The part that actually keeps you alive. When we sit with Jesus and let his words settle into the deepest parts of us, the noise begins to quiet. And from that place of rest, we become people who can offer others the full attention he has always given us.

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  Luke 5:27-32 - Where does Jesus want you? // Tables of Jesus - Jeremiah Lepasana

  Aug 2, 202636 min

  Full Summary and Reflection Questions Where does Jesus want us? Close. He invites himself into the lives of seemingly all the wrong people, and what he offers them is not a program or a prescription—it is his presence. The table picture he gives us emphasizes friendship, conversation, curiosity, hospitality, and ordinary everyday connection. There is a physical intimacy to sharing a meal with someone. You sit face to face, the meal takes time, and you linger. This is the kind of spiritual leader Jesus is—not a drill sergeant, not a detached monk, but someone who pulls up a chair and stays.

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