
Bright City Church
Welcome to the podcast of Bright City Church, a community of faith in Raleigh-Durham, NC. If you would like to learn more about Bright City, or about how you can get involved, visit us at brightcitychurch.com
Latest episodes

Jul 15, 2025 • 32min
When You Don’t Have Much to Offer
What do you do when it feels like you have nothing worth giving? In this message from John 6, Pastor Sharon Miller unpacks the miracle of the loaves and fishes to reveal the heart of a God who is already enough, who multiplies what we offer, and who remains the same yesterday, today, and forever. Discover how even the smallest act of trust can invite God’s abundance into your life.

Jul 1, 2025 • 23min
How Jesus Affirms Our Infinite Worth
What gives us our worth and who has the power to define it? In this message, Pastor Ike Miller looks at Jesus' encounter with the man at the pool of Bethesda to show how Christ affirms our infinite value. Discover how being seen, respected, and invited into healing reveals the heart of God toward each of us.

Jun 24, 2025 • 32min
3 Keys to Growing Your Faith
What does it really mean to grow in your faith? In this message, Pastor Sharon Miller shares three biblical keys to spiritual formation. Learn how practices like prayer, study, fellowship, and service shape us into the likeness of Christ.

Jun 17, 2025 • 31min
How Jesus Meets Us
In this message, Pastor Ike Miller walks through Jesus’ late-night encounter with Nicodemus to show how Christ meets us exactly where–and how–we need him. From seeker to supporter, Nicodemus’s journey reveals that receiving Jesus means starting life anew and trusting his love, even when it’s hard to understand.

Jun 10, 2025 • 30min
Extravagant Encounters with Jesus
Guest speaker Chad Wenger explores how encounters with Jesus inspire extravagant trust, value, and belief. Through the stories of Mary, the servants at Cana, and the disciples, we see how Jesus reveals His glory in deeply personal ways. These moments are written so that we may believe that He is the Messiah and find life in His name.

Jun 3, 2025 • 37min
Who does John say Jesus is?
Who does John say Jesus is? In this message, Pastor Ike Miller walks through John 1 to reveal Jesus as the Word, the Life, the Light, the Lamb of God, and the very presence of God dwelling with us. Discover how John’s Gospel invites us to see and know the true nature of God through Jesus.

May 27, 2025 • 29min
The Relationship Superpower
In the final message of our Pain Points series, Pastor Ike Miller explores how emotional and spiritual maturity go hand in hand. Through Jesus’ vulnerability in John 20, we discover that healing relationships requires compassion, courage, and the willingness to be emotionally honest—with ourselves, with others, and with God.

May 21, 2025 • 36min
How To Speak Truth To Lies
What if the lies the Enemy tells us aren’t even about us at all? This week, Pastor Sharon unpacks how the narratives that negatively affect us aren’t lies about us, but lies about God’s character - and the ways we can combat them.

May 12, 2025 • 35min
God Does Not Waste Your Suffering
What do we do when we find ourselves in a barren season - a time of grief, sorrow, and pain? In our Mother’s Day sermon, guest speaker Molly Stillman explores how to plant our sorrows with God - and the way he can give beauty for ashes.

May 8, 2025 • 32min
The Power of Humility
In our second week of the series “Pain Points,” Pastor Ike explores how biblical humility - complete and utter self-reliance on God - can be our path to true freedom.