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Church of the City New YorkMaking Sense of Church | The Flock - Jon TysonThis Sunday, Pastor Jon continued our Fall Sermon Series, Making Sense of Church, by addressing the crisis of trust in our culture when it comes to leadership with a teaching on Jesus as the Good Shepherd and the Church as the Flock. In critiquing the religious leaders of His day, Jesus clearly lays out His vision for leadership in the Church through the relationship between a shepherd and their flock, or those under their care. Pastor Jon called us to consider Jesus’ standards for leaders and followers in the Church, and allow Him to inform how we both lead an...
2025-09-151h 09Church of the City New YorkThe Fifth Act | The Church at Antioch - Jon TysonThis Sunday, Pastor Jon Tyson continued our series through the Book of Acts, The Fifth Act, with teaching on the history altering birth of the church at Antioch in Acts 11-13 and the roles Barnabas and Saul played in expanding the Kingdom from there. Following the rise of persecution in Jerusalem, followers of Jesus not only began to go to the ends of the earth, but to try and make disciples of all nations as Jesus commanded them, now that the Holy Spirit had been given to the Gentiles. Antioch marks the first place that the Gospel was actively...
2025-07-211h 02Church of the City New YorkPsalm 126 | Like Those Who Dreamed - Jon TysonThis Sunday, Pastor Jon Tyson brought a report from a recent trip to the Hebrides in Scotland and an impartation from Psalm 126, calling the Church to restored hope for God’s restoration to come not only on a personal level but also communally and nationally. He emphasized the deeply rooted, biblical importance of longing and praying for renewal, and invited us into a new season of hope.
2025-06-1651 minChurch of the City New YorkThe Fifth Act | Responding to Resistance - Jon TysonThis Sunday, Pastor Jon Tyson continued our series through the Book of Acts, The Fifth Act, with a powerful message from Acts 4:18–31 on how the Early Church responded to resistance with unified prayer. In this passage, we see Peter and John boldly proclaiming the name of Jesus in the face of commands, threats, and pressure to conform. Today, we are also called to respond to resistance by choosing faithfulness over fear, and pressing in with prayer instead of retreating.
2025-05-1958 minChurch of the City New YorkThe Fifth Act | Peter's Bold Proclamation - Jon TysonThis week, Pastor Jon Tyson continued our sermon series through the book of Acts, The Fifth Act, with a teaching through Peter’s bold sermon after Pentecost that launched the Early Church. Through this passage, Peter explains not only how belief in Jesus is possible, but what has been driving the Church forward for the past 2,000 years.
2025-05-0555 minChurch of the City New YorkThe Fifth Act | The Holy Spirit - Jon TysonThis week, Pastor Jon Tyson kicked off our new sermon series through the book of Acts, The Fifth Act, with a teaching on the Holy Spirit’s ability to empower believers to be witnesses for Jesus to the ends of the earth. Before Jesus ascended into Heaven after His resurrection, He instructed the disciples to wait in Jerusalem until the Holy Spirit came to them. Like the first disciples, we cannot be effective witnesses of Jesus on our own; we need the power of the Holy Spirit.
2025-04-2956 minChurch of the City New YorkEaster Sunday | God Conscious - Jon TysonThis Easter Sunday, Pastor Jon addressed our need to become “God conscious” and receive the hope and life found in Jesus’ resurrection. John’s gospel account includes Mary Magdalene’s discovery of Jesus’ empty tomb and resurrected body, and this story displays how a personal encounter with the living God sparked a movement of hope that is still going forth today. Pastor Jon encouraged those grieving the brokenness of the world and seeking hope to investigate the state of their hearts and consider pursuing a life that is “God-conscious."
2025-04-2149 minChurch of the City New YorkMissional Formation | Come and Die - Jon TysonThis Sunday, Pastor Jon Tyson closed out our Missional Formation series with a call to follow Jesus’ lead in making discipleship the heart of our mission. Throughout this series, we have established a radical minimum standard through what Church of the City believes are the nine core competencies of being disciples in the Kingdom of Heaven. While God has done remarkable things in this season, Pastor Jon led us back to the question that began this series: Is our plan for discipleship working?
2025-04-141h 03Church of the City New YorkMissional Formation | Vocational Mission - Jon TysonThis week, Pastor Jon continued our Missional Formation series with a teaching on vocational mission and workplace prayer, addressing the tensions many Christians face in bringing these areas together. Since God created humankind for the purpose of work, and we will spend at least one third of our lives at work, it’s crucial that we examine how work fits into our discipleship. Pastor Jon exhorted us to imagine the history shaping impact of a community of people living on vocational mission by committing to lives of contending prayer and redemptive work, and invited us to be a part of...
2025-04-071h 05Church of the City New YorkMissional Formation | Disciple Making - Jon TysonThis Sunday, Pastor Jon Tyson continued Missional Formation, where we are exploring what we believe are the “core competencies” of living life on mission with Jesus. We began our final three weeks of this series on Sacrificial Mission by looking at the distinctive of Disciple Making. The vision of our church is that everyone in our church is sharing the Gospel, seeing people come to Christ, and discipling them into the Kingdom of God. Discipleship, particularly in the West, has become associated feelings of frustration, over dependence on programs, and general confusion around what it actually means to both be d...
2025-03-241h 03Church of the City New YorkMissional Formation | Communitas - Jon TysonThis week, Pastor Jon Tyson continued our sermon series on Missional Formation by teaching on the distinctive of Communitas and the discipline of core accountability through Romans 16:1-16, which uncovers the communal structure of the Early Church and challenges us to rethink community in light of God’s Kingdom. Jesus’ vision for the Church is more than just a group of people who are formed by their own preferences and opinions, but a people unified by shared mission.
2025-03-1058 minChurch of the City New YorkMissional Formation | Radical Minimum Standard - Jon TysonThis Sunday, Pastor Jon kicked off our new sermon series on Missional Formation with a teaching on setting a new radical minimum standard for discipleship. He challenged us with a powerful reminder: the true measure of a church isn’t found in its programs or teachings, but in the hearts of its disciples and their commitment to obeying Jesus’ great commission. Pastor Jon called us to elevate our expectations for discipleship, and approach it as a response to God’s love for us, instead of using willpower or performance. As we experience His love, we are transformed and empowered to lov...
2025-02-0456 minChurch of the City New YorkGod Comes Where He's Wanted | The Home - Jon TysonThis Sunday, Pastor Jon continued our sermon series “God Comes Where He’s Wanted” with a teaching on how to intentionally cultivate Godly homes and prioritize the next generation. The Bible focuses on families and households in the context of tribes, nations, and communities at large, extending beyond our modern understanding of families. With this in mind, Pastor Jon called us to commit together, whether married, divorced, single, or currently raising children, to invest in the next generation, however we can, so that they can inherit a legacy of faith and be blessed.
2025-01-1358 minChurch of the City New YorkTo Us a Son is Given | Son of Man - Jon TysonThis Sunday, Pastor Jon Tyson continued our Advent Series with a teaching on Jesus as the Son of Man. During the Christmas season, we often tell stories of hearts changing for the better, but what does it take for a heart to truly change? In our teaching text from Matthew’s gospel, two disciples’ mother ask Jesus to grant them seats of honor in His kingdom, but Jesus disrupts their understanding of greatness, servanthood, and sacrifice by showing them the path to true greatness—through hearts that are changed through humility.
2024-12-0946 minChurch of the City New YorkFormed: Participation - Jon TysonThis Sunday, Pastor Jon Tyson continued our Formed series with a teaching on participation, challenging us to move beyond head knowledge and into the active, daily practice of discipleship. It is only through proactive participation in our discipleship that we can overcome the massive gap between mere resonance towards teaching and active obedience. By living with intentionality—abiding with God, joining in His work, and contending for His will on earth— we can find true rest, health for our souls, and an eternal identity. Click here if you would like to partner with us and give...
2024-11-181h 08Church of the City New YorkFormed: Vivification - Jon TysonThis Sunday, Pastor Jon Tyson continued our Formed series with a teaching on vivification. Vivification is the process by which the Holy Spirit imparts new spiritual life to a believer, animating them with the life of Christ and empowering them to live in obedience, faith, and love. It's the positive aspect of sanctification, where the individual is not only turning away from sin (mortification) but is also being energized and renewed to live a life of righteousness and holiness. As Christians, we want to build an inner world that can handle the pressure of anything happening in the outer...
2024-11-1158 minChurch of the City New YorkFormed: Sanctification - Jon TysonThis Sunday, Pastor Jon Tyson continued our Fall sermon series, Formed, with a teaching on the doctrine of sanctification. Sanctification is the ongoing process by which believers, through the work of the Holy Spirit, are progressively transformed into the likeness of Christ (Titus 2:11-12). God faithfully sanctifies His people because He wants us to reach our full potential in Jesus.
2024-10-211h 01Church of the City New YorkFormed: Salvation - Jon TysonThis Sunday, Pastor Jon Tyson continued our Fall sermon series, Formed, with a teaching on how the act of confessing Jesus is Lord and believing in His resurrection in our hearts forms the foundation of salvation for Christians. Pastor Jon unpacked the heart of the Gospel story and its profound implications for our lives today. The Gospel reconnects us with the God we were made for, explains the beauty and brokenness of the human story, deals with the deep problems of sin that we cannot solve ourselves, and gives us hope for the future. Our salvation allows us to...
2024-09-301h 06Church of the City New YorkFormed: Into His Image - Jon TysonThis Sunday, Pastor Jon Tyson kicked off our Fall sermon series, Formed, where we will be journeying through the key stages of a believer’s transformation process from dead in their sin to being formed into the image of Christ and sent out as His image-bearers. We are all being formed in one way or another into someone, and Pastor Jon called us to begin this season by leaning into intentional, not accidental, formation in the way of Jesus. Out of His love for us, Christ invites us into a life long journey of being transformed into His image by...
2024-09-091h 03Church of the City New YorkCome & See: Come to Me - Jon TysonThis Sunday, Pastor Jon Tyson closed out our Come & See series with Jesus’ invitation in Matthew 11 to come to Him. After spending a whole Summer unpacking the seven I AM statements of Jesus and the signs He performed to back up His claims in the Gospel of John, Pastor Jon extended Jesus’ call to come and receive everything our souls need in Him. In a world full of pressure and exhaustion, Jesus is the only one who truly cares for our souls, offering us true rest and satisfaction at His table of grace and mercy.
2024-09-0250 minChurch of the City New YorkCome & See: Healing at the Pool - Jon Tyson This week, Pastor Jon Tyson continued our Come & See series by teaching on John 5:1-18, where Jesus heals a man at the pool of Bethesda. This controversial sign is still relevant in our world today, and calls us to ask the question, who has the authority and the ability to bring healing to humanity? Whether it’s physical healing, healing of our hearts, or healing in the world around us, we don’t have to earn it on our own strength or efforts. Jesus calls us to surrender to Him, receive His healing, and join in His mission to rest...
2024-07-2255 minChurch of the City New YorkCome & See: I Am the the Resurrection - Jon Tyson This Sunday morning, Pastor Jon Tyson continued our “Come and See” sermon series with a teaching out of John 11 on Jesus’ declaration, “I am the Resurrection and the Life.” As Christians, we can stand firm on this central claim of the Christian faith, knowing that we no longer have to fear judgment because judgment already happened on the cross. We don’t have to fear death because of Christ’s resurrection. We can experience a taste of the life and peace that Jesus promises us now, and join God in the renewal and healing of shalom in the world today. ...
2024-06-2451 minChurch of the City New YorkControversial Faith: Why Does God Care About My Sexuality? - Jon Tyson This Sunday, Pastor Jon continued our Controversial Faith series with a teaching on Biblical sexuality. We live in sexually confusing and chaotic times, and as we begin to examine the effects the secular sexual ethic has on individuals and our culture at large, instead of flourishing, we find decay, pain, and brokenness. However, we are called to honor God with our bodies by faithfully stewarding our sexuality, because we were bought with a price, and one day we will be with Christ forever in a soul satisfying union that is a fulfillment of every desire we’ve ever had....
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Ideas Have ConsequencesFighting Shadows with Jon TysonToday, as men, we need to do more than understand the largely lost concept of biblical masculinity. We need freedom. Most men are trapped by "shadows" or lies and have a difficult time expressing vulnerability, making us familiar with the grip of isolation and loneliness. This is not the life God intended. Today, we had the honor of sitting down with author and pastor Jon Tyson to hear about his upcoming book, Fighting Shadows: Overcoming 7 Lies that Keep Men from Becoming Fully Alive, which he co-authored with Jeff Bethke. This discussion will touch everyone...
2024-04-241h 04Church of the City New YorkControversial Faith: The Church and Politics - Jon Tyson This Sunday, Pastor Jon Tyson continued our series on Controversial Faith with a message on how we, as Christians, should engage with politics. As people of God, we can participate in politics with eschatological hope and humble conviction instead of despair. Ultimately, we pray, vote, protest, and practice principled pluralism because we know the solution to the problem of politics in our modern world: declaring Jesus is Lord.
2024-04-221h 09Church of the City New YorkEaster Sunday 2024 - Jon Tyson This Easter Sunday, Pastor Jon taught about how we come to believe in the resurrection from the story of the two disciples on the road to Emmaus from Luke 24. Believing in the resurrection of Jesus is a key belief for salvation, and the Apostle Paul goes so far as to say that if Christ has not been raised from the dead, then our faith is useless and futile. Pastor Jon laid out the three things it takes to believe in Jesus’ resurrection: evaluating the historical facts, gaining a theological understanding, and having a personal encounter with the person of Ch...
2024-04-011h 00Church of the City New YorkSeven Deadly Sins: Sloth - Jon Tyson This Sunday, Pastor Jon Tyson continued our Lenten series over the Seven Deadly Sins by exploring the often unnoticed dangers of sloth. Originally, the Desert Father’s understanding of sloth was less akin to laziness and more in line with acedia: spiritual resistance to spiritual progress. As followers of Jesus, we must push back against the spirit of acedia through the power we have received in the Holy Spirit and make every effort to persevere in our faith.
2024-03-111h 07Church of the City New YorkSeven Deadly Sins: Lust - Jon Tyson This week, Pastor Jon Tyson continued our sermons series on the Seven Deadly Sins with a teaching on the destructive power of lust, and how Jesus calls us to become people of love and integrity in Him. Although we can lust over things like money and power, in Matthew 5, Jesus addresses lust in the context of strong sexual desire. Pastor Jon urged us to consider that walking in the way of Jesus includes pursuing a counter-cultural sexual formation.
2024-02-261h 092024-02-121h 01Church of the City New YorkLeverage: Money - Jon Tyson This Sunday, Pastor Jon Tyson closed out our Leverage series with a teaching on leveraging our money for the Kingdom and how we should have a vision for giving. Developing a vision and theology of giving is essential to our spiritual maturity and discipleship. We need a Godward view of giving, remembering that all we have has been given to us by God and is His to do with as He pleases. If you want to get in touch with Pastor Jon to learn more about being a Gospel patron, please reach out at hello@church.nyc.
2024-02-061h 04Church of the City New YorkLeverage: Love - Jon Tyson This Sunday, Pastor Jon Tyson continued our Leverage series with a teaching on leveraging our love and the importance of an “undivided heart” from Psalm 86. There will always be a temptation to withhold part of our heart from God, but we were created to remain in His love. When we humble ourselves to learn how to fear His name and rely on His faithfulness, God promises to change our hearts to bear enduring fruit connected to Christ.
2024-01-2957 minChurch of the City New YorkLeverage: Time - Jon Tyson This Sunday, Pastor Jon Tyson continued our January sermon series, Leverage, with a teaching on how we can leverage our time for the glory of God. While the modern world is riddled with deceptive mindsets and mechanisms created to steal and waste our time, God calls us to be conscious stewards of our time, and aim to live in our current seasons with the knowledge and hope of our future in eternity with Him.
2024-01-2252 minChurch of the City New YorkLeverage: Life Without Regret - Jon Tyson This Sunday, Pastor Jon kicked off our January sermon series, Leverage, which is centered on the idea of living a life free of regret and fully leveraged for the Kingdom of God. Regret is a distinctly human feeling, and Pastor Jon laid out how regret happens, the real life consequences that cause regret, how we can avoid regret, and how regret can be redeemed as we move into 2024.
2024-01-081h 01Church of the City New YorkResound (Advent 2023): Zechariah’s Song - Jon Tyson In this week’s message, Pastor Jon Tyson led us through Zechariah’s song, found in Luke 1:57-80, that broke forth after Zechariah and Elizabeth received their promised, long awaited son. Zechariah and Elizabeth serve as examples of waiting well, a discipline that receives little regard in our world of instant gratification. By attuning our thoughts to the Lord, worshiping Him together with preemptive praise, and spending time in the promises of His Word, we can follow their example of waiting with hope. We invite you to prayerfully consider practicing the way of generosity through finan...
2023-12-1149 min2023-11-2051 minChurch of the City New YorkCompelling Missional Disciples: Cultural Renewal - Jon Tyson This Sunday, Pastor Jon Tyson continued our Compelling Missional Disciples series by surveying the current cultural landscape, and pointing us to the Biblical mandate God has given us to create and steward a culture that glorifies Him. As the only creatures with the distinct ability to acknowledge what is beyond ourselves, Pastor Jon invited us to live with God’s vision of cultural renewal in our time, brought about by our intentional stewardship of God’s gifts to us. We invite you to prayerfully consider practicing the way of generosity through financial giving at churc...
2023-11-131h 00Church of the City New YorkCompelling Missional Disciples: Filling Formational Gaps - Jon Tyson This week, Pastor Jon Tyson continued our sermon series on Compelling Missional Disciples with a teaching on how to become fully trained. As maturing disciples, our goal is to become like Jesus, our master, unwilling to settle for anything less than all that He offers us. So in order to level up our training, Pastor Jon gave us three shifts to help fill our “formation gaps.”
2023-10-3058 minChurch of the City New YorkCompelling Missional Disciples: Intentional Formation - Jon Tyson This week, Pastor Jon Tyson continued our Compelling Missional Disciples series with a teaching on the importance of being intentional in our formation. By asking who we are becoming by what we are doing, committing to go to the depths with God and our community, and listening daily for the truth God is speaking over us, rather than the pressures of the world, we will be increasingly formed in the way of Jesus. We invite you to join us for the Altars Conference this coming January. To register and learn more visit altars.nyc.
2023-10-2351 min
Awaken NetworkThe God of RevivalIn this episode, Jon, Sam and Chad unpack the new generation of leaders God is rising up with a cry like David, “we’ve got to get the presence of God back” There is a massive difference in Saul’s leadership vision and King David’s vision.
We’re moving from kingdoms without presence (Saul) to the days of David where David goes and gets the presence. Jon unpacks the dynamics found in the ark of the covenant narrative (1 Chronicles) with key themes of how to “go after the presence” in a way that honors the Lord’s...
2023-09-1827 minAwaken NetworkWelcome to the Awaken NetworkIn this episode Jon Tyson, Sam Gibson and Chad Bohi share how they came to have a heart for Jesus, His church and his kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven.
God brought each of these guys together with a unified cry to see another spiritual awakening in our time. We believe an integral part towards this great endeavor is building praying churches that raise the intercessory cry, "we want you here Lord Jesus!"
For more info go to awakennetwork.com
2023-09-1125 minChurch of the City New YorkGod Comes Where He's Wanted 2.0: Cultivating Revival - Jon Tyson This Sunday, fueled by the urgent movement of God at Asbury University and elsewhere, Pastor Jon dug into the spiritual roots of revival as part of our extended series, “God Comes Where He’s Wanted.” Pointing to King Josiah’s story from 2 Kings and 2 Chronicles as an example, Pastor Jon emphasized our need to repent and draw near to God, tear out sin by the roots, recover the heart of worship and understanding of scripture, and restore redemptive spiritual practices to usher in revival.
2023-02-2854 minChurch of the City New YorkGod Comes Where He's Wanted: The Cry of the Home - Jon Tyson This Sunday Pastor Jon Tyson continued our teaching series “God Comes Where He’s Wanted” with a teaching on cultivating the cry of our homes. Whether we are parents, married, or single, we can make the cry of our homes, “God I want you here,” and be a part of raising up the next generation in faith. We are being called to embrace this heart of prayer, and take up responsibility for the transfer faith to the generation to come. Our Living the Liturgy campaign is still open for giving through the end of January. We encourag...
2023-01-2359 minChurch of the City New YorkGod Comes Where He's Wanted: The Cry of the Heart - Jon Tyson This Sunday Pastor Jon Tyson continued our teaching series “God Comes Where He’s Wanted” by diving into the practice of cultivating our hearts in such a way that they would be a place God delights to dwell. Our Living the Liturgy campaign is still open for giving through the end of January. We encourage you to prayerfully consider joining us in giving to our Living the Liturgy campaign at church.nyc/give. Click here to listen to Heart on Fire by Emily Lindquist, a song inspired by what God is doing in...
2023-01-1652 minChurch of the City New YorkGod Comes Where He's Wanted - Jon Tyson This Sunday Pastor Jon Tyson began our first teaching series of the New Year, “God Comes Where He’s Wanted”, that will focus on cultivating the altars of our hearts, homes, church, and city in hopes of ushering revival through an outpouring of the Holy Spirit. Our Living the Liturgy campaign is still open for giving through the end of January. We enoucourage you to prayerfully consider joining us in giving to our Living the Liturgy campaign at church.nyc/give. Click here to listen to Sanctuary by Emily Lindquist, a song ins...
2023-01-1059 minChurch of the City New YorkAdvent Week III: There is a Way - Jon Tyson This Sunday Pastor Jon Tyson continued our Advent series with a teaching from John 14:1-10 about Jesus coming to make a way out of darkness for us. It is through His first advent that we see the mission of God to come and get humanity and lead us back to Himself. We need Christmas, because despite all of the evil in the world and ourselves, Jesus makes a way for us when we are lost, reveals truth in a world of lies, and gives us life in a world of death. Click here to l...
2022-12-1245 minChurch of the City New YorkAdvent Week II: There is a Darkness - Jon Tyson This Sunday Pastor Jon Tyson continued our Advent series with a teaching from John 3:16-21 about the darkness that exists within the world and within us. Advent makes room for us to face the darkness Jesus rescues us from, and invites us to ask Him to lead us into the freedom of His marvelous light forever. It is out of this truth that we can offer a “Merry Christmas” out of a place of deep joy to everyone we meet, knowing that our darkness has been conquered by His light. Click here to listen to Sanctuary by E...
2022-12-0542 minChurch of the City New YorkDefiant Joy: Unity & Division - Jon Tyson This Sunday, Pastor Jon continued our Summer sermon series, Defiant Joy: A Study Through Philippians by examining Paul’s call to the church to be a place of defiant unity in the face of the narcissism, contempt, and division in our current culture. Pastor Jon reminded us that while we can love God on our own, we cannot be the people of God on our own. Jesus calls us to value others above ourselves and sacrifice our preferences to become a compelling, alternative community of love and unity for our world.
2022-07-1149 minChurch of the City New YorkSeeing Jesus Through Denying Faith - Jon Tyson This Sunday, Pastor Jon taught on “Seeing Jesus Through Denying Faith” by taking a closer look at Judas’ betrayal and denial of Jesus. While Pastor Jon reminded us that while we cannot lose our salvation, we can deny our faith. It is confusing and painful to examine why faith fails, but it is increasingly necessary in our culture where people are rapidly turning away from faith. Judas’ story invites us to examine our motives for believing in Jesus.
2022-05-1753 minChurch of the City New YorkSeeing Jesus: When Your Faith Fails - Jon Tyson This Sunday, Pastor Jon began a series called Seeing Jesus, focused on different post-ressurection accounts of Jesus and the impact they had on the faith of His followers. Through Peter, Pastor Jon pointed out three things that the can enemy use to block our view of the mercy and hope that we have been given through Jesus. However Jesus calls us back to Himself like He called Peter; to return to Him and strengthen others.
2022-04-2740 minChurch of the City New YorkConverting the Church: Resisting Mercy - Jon Tyson In this week's sermon, Pastor Jon Tyson concluded Jesus' prophetic woes to the Pharisees by providing the cultural and historical context with which He made His triumphant entrance into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. Jesus' rebuke of the Pharissee's ends with a final, heartbreaking plea to repent and recieve the mercy of God, and the same call is presented to us today.
2022-04-1248 minChurch of the City New YorkSEEKING GOD: Surrendered Hearts - Jon TysonSEEKING GOD: SURRENDERED HEARTS — This Sunday, we began our January sermon series, “Seeking God.” Pastor Jon pointed out that though we know God is a “seeking” God, we rarely consider who or what He is seeking. This week we saw that God is seeking surrendered hearts, wholly devoted to Him, by looking at the life of King Asa in 2 Chronicles. Asa’s reign over Judah displays both whole-hearted devotion and the tragedy of half-heartedness. Pastor Jon exhorted us to resolve to diligently seek God, identify and renounce any division in our hearts (not managing idols but destroying them), and reignite our...
2022-01-0350 minChurch of the City New YorkAdvent: Longing Contested - Jon TysonThis past Sunday, Pastor Jon continued our Advent series by examining the story of Joseph and what he teaches us about embracing a spirit of peace in contested spaces. Pastor Jon explained that peace that relies on perfect circumstances is actually no peace at all. Instead, Joseph’s life shows us that true peace is disruptive and anti-fragile, is found in the miraculous ordinary, and comes through costly obedience.
2021-12-0743 minChurch of the City New YorkThe Way of Jesus: The Way of Remembrance - Jon TysonThis past Sunday, Pastor Jon continued our The Way of Jesus series with "The Way of Remembrance." He taught that remembering who God is and what He has done is one of the most important parts of our discipleship, while one of the enemy's greatest schemes to destroy our faith is to have us forget. Pastor Jon urged us to remember Jesus, our salvation, and our mission as believers by setting the Lord before us in every moment, always thinking of Him, just as He is always thinking of us.
2021-10-1158 minChurch of the City New YorkColossians: The Life You Long For - Jon TysonThis Sunday, Pastor Jon kicked off our Summer sermon series called “The Life You Long For”. Pastor Jon set up the context of the book of Colossians and revealed that Paul wrote it with the purpose of reminding and encouraging the church at Colossae that they need to be faithful to Jesus above all else, because He is the only one who can bring true freedom, maturity, and community.
2021-06-0733 minChurch of the City New YorkUnexpected Jesus: Unexpected Kingdom - Jon TysonUNEXPECTED KINGDOM: This past Sunday, Pastor Jon Tyson kicked off the Unexpected Jesus series by exploring Jesus as an unexpected king bringing about a new kingdom, and challenged us to reorient ourselves toward the true Gospel.
2021-04-1243 minChurch of the City New YorkA Year for the Books - Jon TysonFor the last Sunday of 2020, Pastor Jon walked us back through this year that has been full of disruption and division, and revealed that our current world mirrors the one Jesus was born into. He pointed us to Mary who, despite her difficult circumstances, pondered the work of God around her and in her, and treasured these things up in her heart. Pastor Jon encouraged us to finish the year like Mary by taking time to remember God's faithfulness in our church, our city, and our lives, and store these things up in our hearts as we prepare for the new...
2020-12-2913 minChurch of the City New YorkA Defiant Christmas: Defiant Love - Jon TysonThis Past Sunday, Pastor Jon wrapped up our Advent series by talking about the defiant love of God that is manifested in Jesus the Messiah. By looking at Isaiah 61, we learn that Jesus is the prophesied Servant of the Lord who would come to restore the world and usher in a celebration of redemption. Pastor Jon reminded us that once we receive the renewing love of Jesus, we are called to join Him on mission, and be the ministers of His scandalous, radical, love here on earth.
2020-12-2224 min
Church of the City New YorkDisruptive Discipleship: City on a Hill - Jon Tyson To wrap up our series on disruptive discipleship, Pastor Jon preached on Jesus's closing metaphor for the Beatitudes: that those who embody Jesus's kingdom are the salt and light of the world. To be salt is to be radically devoted to Jesus and His teachings in a culture of compromises. To be light is to engage in boundary-crossing missions into dark places that Jesus calls us to. In being salt and light with purity and integrity, we can become potent disciples of our times, that our cities and communities need.
2020-11-2339 min
Church of the City New YorkDisruptive Discipleship: Blessed are the Persecuted - Jon Tyson This past Sunday, Pastor Jon taught on Christ’s words of blessing over those who are persecuted and His calling to rejoice in the midst of it. In a world that is offended by righteousness and claims of Christ’s exclusivity as the way to freedom, our efforts to follow Jesus and cling to His words will increasingly set us against the current of our culture. Yet in this we rejoice, remembering that we are exiles in this world and following Christ’s example of enduring persecution with joy and humility.
2020-11-1649 min
Church of the City New YorkDisruptive Discipleship: Calling All Peacemakers - Jon TysonThis past Sunday, Pastor Jon Tyson preached about Jesus’ call to be peacemakers (Matthew 5:9). At a time when the world thought leadership meant violence and military prowess, Jesus declared that peacemakers were the children of God.
2020-11-0840 min
Church of the City New YorkDisruptive Discipleship: Those Who Hunger and Thirst - Jon TysonThis past Sunday, Pastor Jon examined the fourth beatitude and its vision for righteousness as both personal holiness and social justice. In the midst of our current cultural decline, he exhorts us to become people who are desperate to see biblical righteousness break into our world today.
2020-10-2043 min
Church of the City New YorkDisruptive Discipleship: The Poor in Spirit - Jon TysonThis past Sunday, Pastor Jon reminded us of the importance of maintaining our relationship with God by recognizing our spiritual bankruptcy. Being welcomed into the kingdom of God requires us to relinquish our pride and choose humility, else we are blind to what is above us.
2020-09-2851 min
Church of the City New YorkDisruptive Discipleship: The Beatitudes - Jon TysonThis week, Pastor Jon set the foundation for our season-long study of Jesus’ teaching of the Beatitudes. In the face of the crises around us, we need to be rooted more deeply than ever in the core teachings of Jesus about discipleship and the Kingdom of God.
2020-09-2135 min
Church of the City New YorkFall Vision Sunday - Jon TysonThis week, Pastor Jon cast a vision for our church as we head into the fall season. We are tired, but resolved to regroup and rebuild through pressing deeper into our core values--Presence, Formation, and Mission. However, in this season, we are taking these values to a deeper level. We are pursuing the tangible presence of God, understanding that no human solutions can rescue us from our cultural trauma; we are committed to counter formation, recognizing that there is no neutral ground and fighting against culture's attempting to pull us away from becoming like Jesus; and we are pursuing...
2020-09-1453 min
Church of the City New YorkCrying Out: A Cry for Repentance - Jon TysonIn this past Sunday's sermon, Pastor Jon discussed the importance of repentance in following God. The full journey of repentance begins with the radical pursuit of God, followed by total annihilation of idolatry, the repair and rebuild of the ruins, and finally ruthless obedience to the Word.
2020-08-2449 min
Church of the City New YorkCrying Out: A Cry for Intervention - Jon TysonThis past Sunday, Pastor Jon preached about the opportunity for divine intervention through intense, persistent, and united prayers. It is only through prayer that we can shape our communities, church, and city, and ensure 2020 ends differently than how it started.
2020-08-1742 min
Church of the City New YorkCrying Out: A Cry for Encouragement Part 2 - Jon Tyson Pastor Jon teaches about three encouraging exhortations from Hebrews 10:19-25: the encouragement to draw near to God, the encouragement to remain faithful, and the encouragement to love and good deeds. As we spur each other on, God can release the full potential of what He wants to do through us and make us into a community of hope.
2020-07-2735 min
2020-07-2036 min
Church of the City New YorkCrying Out: Crying Out For Others - Jon Tyson Pastor Jon Tyson teaches about sacrificially living for others. As the body of Christ, we can flip our current cultural narrative from "I win, you lose" to "I sacrifice, we win" and mimic Jesus by taking on the position of a humbled servant who gives from the heart. Regularly stewarding our resources and living in the way of the cross holds real power to change the world.
2020-07-0636 min
Church of the City New YorkCrying Out: A Cry for Breakthrough - Jon Tyson Pastor Jon Tyson teaches about intercessory prayer and the spiritual authority this kind of prayer gives us. Exemplifying the ultimate spiritual power in Jesus, God calls us to identify with the brokenness of the world, enter into an agony deeper than empathy, and move through the world with spiritual authority (Isaiah 53:12).
2020-06-2242 min
2020-06-0158 min
Church of the City New YorkChurch in a time of Crisis: Self-Control in a Time of Self-Fulfillment - Jon Tyson Pastor Jon teaches about self-control, wrapping up our series on the Fruit of the Spirit in a Time of the Flesh. Biblical self-control, at its core, is about cultivating a sacrificial stewardship of the self for the sake of others and redirecting our desires for Kingdom purposes.
2020-05-2542 min
Church of the City New YorkChurch in a Time of Crisis: Faithfulness in a Time of Compromise - Jon Tyson We continue our study of the fruit of the Spirit as Pastor Jon teaches about choosing faithfulness in a time of compromise. At a time when the loyalty of God's people is being tested, we are called to be faithful to him, knowing that our own faithfulness is not rooted in human willpower but in God's faithfulness to us.
2020-05-1137 min
Church of the City New YorkChurch In A Time of Crisis: Restorative Goodness in a Time of Brokenness - Jon Tyson Pastor Jon Tyson teaches about the redemptive, beautiful, and confrontational nature of biblical goodness. With the Holy Spirit producing the fruit of goodness within us, we have the power to redeem, to bring beauty, and to overcome evil with good.
2020-05-0442 min
Church of the City New YorkThe Church in a Time of Crisis - Jon TysonThis past Sunday, Pastor Jon Tyson shared a special message about how the Church has a chance to respond in the wake of this public health crisis. He urged us to use this time as an opportunity to grow deeper in our faith and move towards those around us with compassion. This has not taken God by surprise, and with our hope in Him, this could be the Church's finest hour.
2020-03-1837 min
Front Row Dads with Jon VromanRites of Passage for Boys with Jon TysonJon Tyson is a Pastor and Church Planter in New York City. Originally from Adelaide Australia, Jon moved to the United States over 2 decades ago with a passion to seek and cultivate renewal in the Western Church. He is the author of Sacred Roots, A Creative Minority and The Burden is Light. Jon lives in the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan with his wife and two children. He serves as the Lead Pastor of Church of the City New York. In this episode, Jon discusses his program “Primal Path”, a right of passage. He shares...
2020-03-0347 min
Church of the City New YorkCHURCH.NYC: The Jesus Stuff - Jon TysonIn this episode, Pastor Jon Tyson introduces our new series called CHURCH.NYC, discussing all the essential "Jesus stuff": the miracles, the message, and the mercy of Jesus. // 2020-01-05
2020-01-0648 min
Church of the City New YorkEmmanuel: Us - Jon TysonIn the third week of Advent, Pastor Jon Tyson reminds us that the incarnation was God chosing to make Himself known to us through Jesus Christ. Jesus showed up in the midist of scandal and obscurity, not to power over us, but draw us to Him, inviting all who believe to become children of God. // 2019-12-15 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been m...
2019-12-1639 min
Church of the City New YorkEmmanuel: With - Jon TysonIn the second week of Advent, Jon Tyson reminds us that from Genesis to Relevation, God's desire is to be with His people. Throughout all the joys and all the sorrows of this season, God promises that He is with us and that we carry the gift of His presence with us wherever we go. // 2019-12-08 She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins. All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the p...
2019-12-0944 min
Church of the City New YorkFall Vision Day 2019: Culture - Jon TysonIn this episode, Pastor Jon Tyson ends Fall Vision Day 2019 with three stories from members of our community: Laura, Peter, and Alicia. They share their experiences concerning Holy ambition, culture of honor, and an overcoming spirit. // 2019-08-24 "Lord, I have heard of your fame; I stand in awe of your deeds, Lord. Repeat them in our day, in our time make them known; in wrath remember mercy." Habakkuk 3:2 Church of the City New York https://church.nyc | @COTCNYC
2019-09-0945 min
Church of the City New YorkCitizens: A Patient Hope – Jon TysonIn this episode, Pastor Jon continues our 1 Peter sermon series, Citizens, by examining the apostle Peter's exhortations to the church in the midst of suffering. Pastor Jon in turn offers his exhortation to our church today in the midst of secularism. Also included in this episode is one of the first worship songs written by our community, We Behold. // 2019-08-25 "But rejoice inasmuch as you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed." 1 Peter 4: 13 Church of the City New York
2019-08-281h 00
The Primal PathIn the final episode of season 1, Jon gives advice for those wanting insights on walking the CaminoPractical advice and spiritual insights from the Camino and the Primal Path
2019-07-2334 minThe Primal PathOn the final night of the Camino, we hear from Nate Tyson about the Primal Path, Camino, gap year.The Camino is coming to a close, so I interview Nate about the Primal Path from his perspective, his take on the Camino and some lessons from his gap year. We also answer some questions from some listeners.
2019-07-1335 min
Church of the City New YorkKingdom Values: Community - Jon TysonAfter Easter, Jesus spent 40 days with his followers talking to them about the kingdom of God. In this episode, pastor Jon Tyson continues our sermon series on Kingdom Values by examining radical New Testament Community from Acts 2. // 2019-05-12 "They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. All the believers were together and had everything in common. They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. Every day they...
2019-05-1452 min
Church of the City New YorkThe Gospel - Kingdom Values: Week 1 - Jon TysonAfter Easter, Jesus spent 40 days with his followers talking to them about the kingdom of God. In this episode, pastor Jon Tyson opens our new sermon series on Kingdom Values by examining the first priority of the Kingdom of Heaven, the announcement of the Gospel, the good news of salvation. // 2019-04-28 "For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile. For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed— a righteousness that is...
2019-04-3056 min
Church of the City New YorkWords from the Cross: It Is Finished - Jon TysonIn this episode, pastor Jon Tyson concludes our Lenten sermon series on Easter Sunday, examining Jesus' final word from the cross, "It is finished." // 2019-04-21 "Jesus didn't rise from the dead and go to the centers of power; he showed up to his friends so they would understand his love. Jesus is the answer to our despair." - Jon Tyson Church of the City New York https://church.nyc | @COTCNYC
2019-04-2341 min
Church of the City New YorkWords from the Cross: Trust - Jon TysonIn this episode, pastor Jon Tyson continues our Lenten sermon series, examining Jesus' final words from the cross. Jesus' ultimate surrender to the Father stands in stark contrast to the spirit of control that so dominates our lives today. // 2019-04-14 It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon, for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.” When he had said this, he breathed his las...
2019-04-1739 min
Church of the City New YorkWords from the Cross: Adoption - Jon TysonIn this episode, pastor Jon Tyson continues our Lenten sermon series, examining Jesus' final words from the cross. Jesus voluntarily offered Himself to be forsaken by His Father, so that we so that we can experience adoption as God's children. // 2019-04-07 At noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. And at three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”). Mark 15: 33-34 Church of the City New York
2019-04-0950 min
Church of the City New YorkWords from the Cross: Deliverance - Jon TysonIn this episode, pastor Jon Tyson continues our Lenten sermon series, examining Jesus' final words from the cross. Jesus' thirst shows not only his human vulnerability, but his divine provision for our deliverance. // 2019-03-31 Later, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, "I am thirsty." A jar of vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on the stalk of a hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus' lips. When he had received the drink he said, "It is...
2019-04-0239 min
Church of the City New YorkWords from the Cross: Forgiveness - Jon TysonIn this episode, pastor Jon Tyson begins our Lenten sermon series, examining Jesus' final words from the cross. Jesus' forgiveness of His enemies is what needs to define our Christian identity today. // 2019-03-10 " When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him there, along with the criminals—one on his right, the other on his left. Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided up his clothes by casting lots. " Luke 23: 33-34 Church of the City Ne...
2019-03-1246 min
Church of the City New YorkI AM: The Vine - Jon TysonIn this episode, pastor Jon Tyson wraps up the sermon series, I AM Statements of Jesus, and examines Jesus' claim as being the source of true power and fruit for our lives. // 2019-03-03 "Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me." John 15:4 Church of the City New York https://church.nyc | @COTCNYC
2019-03-0651 min
Church of the City New YorkI AM: The Door - Jon TysonIn this episode, pastor Jon Tyson continues in the sermon series, I AM Statements of Jesus. Jesus is the door, the way through which we come in and find life. // 2019-02-17 " I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. They will come in and go out, and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. " John 10:9-10 Church of the City New York https://church.nyc | @COTCNYC
2019-02-1946 min
Church of the City New YorkI AM: The Good Shepherd (part 2) - Jon TysonIn this episode, pastor Jon Tyson continues in the sermon series, I AM Statements of Jesus. Jesus is the Good Shepherd, driven by love to leave the ninety-nine to find the lost one. // 2019-02-10 “Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it?" Luke 15:4 Church of the City New York https://church.nyc | @COTCNYC
2019-02-1241 min
Church of the City New YorkI AM: The Good Shepherd - Jon TysonIn this episode, pastor Jon Tyson continues the sermon series, I AM Statements, where Jesus calls Himself the Good Shepherd, meeting the core human desire for leadership. // 2019-02-03 "I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep." John 10: 11 Church of the City New York https://church.nyc | @COTCNYC
2019-02-0540 min
Church of the City New YorkI AM: The Bread of Life - Jon TysonIn this episode, pastor Jon Tyson launches us into a new sermon series during Epiphany, the I AM statements of Jesus. Here, Jesus calls Himself the bread of life, providing for our deepest desires of being known, valued and included. // 2019-01-20 " Then Jesus declared, 'I am the bread of life.Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.' " John 6: 35 Church of the City New York http://churchofthecity.nyc | @COTCNYC
2019-01-2250 min
Church of the City New YorkCreating a Culture of Honor - Jon TysonIn this episode, pastor Jon Tyson sets our vision for the New Year with a teaching from Romans 12: 10 on how God's operating system is honor. // 2019-01-06 " Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. " Romans 12: 10 Church of the City New York http://churchofthecity.nyc | @COTCNYC
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Church of the City New YorkGood News Great Joy All People - Jon TysonIn this episode, pastor Jon Tyson teaches from Luke 2: 8-15 on the implications of the message the shepherds received from the angels, as we observe the third week of Advent. // 2018-12-16 " But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. " Luke 2: 10-11 Church of the City New York http://churchofthecity.nyc | @COTCNYC
2018-12-1834 min