Episodes

  • Luke 18 - Cultivating Generosity: Becoming a Jubilee Community

    Luke 18 - Cultivating Generosity: Becoming a Jubilee Community
    Mar 22 2026
    “It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.”

    The kingdom - and the value of being generous - does not ‘pay dividends’ after you die. It sometimes starts immediately.

    Explore with us again the upside-down kingdom of God, what it means to receive the kingdom like a child, and who your neighbor is.
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  • Cultivating Generosity: Becoming a Jubilee Community

    Cultivating Generosity: Becoming a Jubilee Community
    Mar 15 2026
    Join us as we explore Luke 16 and how to be a radically generous culture.
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  • What is Quietly Forming You?

    What is Quietly Forming You?
    Mar 8 2026
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  • How Do We Become a Jubilee Community?

    How Do We Become a Jubilee Community?
    Mar 1 2026
    Most of us don’t reject generosity outright. We just want guarantees first.

    In Luke 9, Jesus sends His disciples out with no provisions and teaches them a powerful lesson: if you don’t believe the Father will feed you, you’ll never feed others freely.

    Then He says something even more challenging: “Take up your cross and follow Me.”

    What does that mean for ordinary disciples like us — people who want to be wise, responsible, and faithful?

    Join us as we continue our series Cultivating Generosity and discover how freedom from fear opens the door to real, cross-shaped generosity.



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  • Will We Rise or Will We Fall?

    Will We Rise or Will We Fall?
    Feb 22 2026
    When Joseph and Mary brought Jesus to the temple to consecrate Him to the Lord, they run into a man named Simeon. After giving thanks for Jesus, Simeon tells them, “This child is destined to cause the falling and rising of many in Israel… 35 so that the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed” (Luke 2:34-35 NIV).

    Our text this Sunday (Luke 4-6 but esp. 4:14-30) is about one community that fell when they encountered Jesus. In fact, they wanted to kill Him. To be sure, His message that day was astonishingly good — and deeply disruptive. They responded poorly.

    This text is about an event 2,000 years and some 6,500 miles away. Despite the time and distance between it and us, it carries penetrating questions for us. It still begs the question of whether we will fall or rise.
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  • The Game of Cosmic Hide and Seek

    The Game of Cosmic Hide and Seek
    Feb 15 2026
    "Everything happens for a reason."
    "It was meant to be."
    "Don't tempt fate."

    Even in a secular age, we speak as if there's more going on than we can see.
    - We long for life to make sense.
    - We feel the weight of right and wrong.
    - We cry out when the world is broken.
    - We hunger for something beyond ourselves.
    - We worry that our lives are not entirely our own.
    - And we ache to know what we do actually matters.

    Why?

    In this message we explore six deep instincts that surface - across cultures, across religions, and even among those who claim not to believe at all.

    Are these longings just evolutionary leftovers? Cultural habits? Psychological coping mechanisms? Or are they clues?

    In this message we continue "Revealing Christ: Beauty, Goodness, and Truth in a Disenchanted World" - and consider how the gospel speaks to the questions we can't seem to stop asking.
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  • Is Christianity True?

    Is Christianity True?
    Feb 8 2026
    How do we reveal the truth of Jesus in a world of relativism?
    We live in a world that increasingly doubts whether any truth can really be known.
    Truth feels fragile.
    Claims to truth feel suspect.
    And certainty is often confused with arrogance.

    So how can Christians make truth claims in such a world?
    And how can we do so in a way that is actually heard by our neighbors?

    In our series Revealing Christ: Beauty, Goodness, and Truth for a Disenchanted World, we’ll wrestle with the question: Is Christianity True? We will explore the truth Jesus reveals: how it is meant to be known, and how it is meant to be made known.

    What did Jesus mean when He said that He was the way, the truth, and the life? Does it speak of abstract philosophy or concrete life?

    Join us as we consider what it might mean for truth to be revealed, not merely asserted.
    Series: Revealing Christ: Beauty, Goodness, and Truth for a Disenchanted World
    Speaker: Jerry Cisar

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    555 76th Avenue North Saint Petersburg FL
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  • Is Christianity Beautiful? Psalm 19:1-14

    Is Christianity Beautiful? Psalm 19:1-14
    Feb 1 2026
    Beauty has a way of drawing us in.
    A sunrise doesn’t argue. It invites. A storm doesn’t persuade. It overwhelms. Psalm 19 tells us that the heavens speak without words, quietly declaring the glory of God to the whole world.

    And yet, while many of us still sense beauty in creation, far fewer are convinced that Christianity or the church shares that same beauty.

    In this sermon, we explore what Scripture means when it speaks of God as glorious, radiant, and even sweet like honey. We reflect on the beauty of God’s character, the surprising beauty revealed in Jesus Christ, and the fragile, imperfect beauty of a church shaped by redemption rather than perfection.

    If your faith has felt more dry than delightful, or if you have sensed God’s beauty but struggled to put words to it, this message invites you to see again. To listen. And to discover what might be called sublime grace.



    Title: Is Christianity Beautiful?
    Main Scripture: Psalm 19:1-14
    Series: Revealing Christ: Beauty, Goodness, and Truth for a Disenchanted World
    Speaker: Jerry Cisar

    📍 Gulf Coast Community Church
    555 76th Avenue North Saint Petersburg FL
    gulfcoast.community

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