Passion City Church DC Podcast

The poor choices of the aging king lead to catastrophic consequences within his family. How does the story of one of David's lowest moments shed light on the corrosive effects of sin in our lives? As we continue in our series, Kings & Kingdoms, Pastor Ben takes us through the tragic story of King David and his son Absalom. Sin can often pass down and amplify through generations, but we have hope because God is in the business of bringing beauty from our ashes. Key Verses // 2 Samuel 13-19—Do you feel frustrated by a pattern of personal failures, overwhelmed by a chaotic culture, or disillusioned by a lack of meaning in everyday life? Your struggles do not mean you’re doomed. They’re actually a sign that you are alive. Now it’s a question of whether you will struggle well. Pastor Ben's new book, Rest & War, is a field guide designed to equip you to walk elegantly through the battlefield of life. Rest & War will be released on January 25, 2022. Pre-order your copy today! https://www.restandwar.com/—Give towards what God is doing through Passion City Church: https://passioncitychurch.com/give-online—With Passion City Online you can join us every Sunday for gatherings at 9:30a + 11:30a! Join us at https://passioncitychurch.com/dcSubscribe to our Youtube channel to see more messages https://www.youtube.com/passioncitychurchdc—At Passion City Church, we believe that because God has displayed the ultimate sacrifice in Jesus, our response to that in worship must be extravagant. It is our privilege, and our created purpose, to reflect God’s Glory to Him through our praise, our sacrifice, and our song. Follow Passion City Church: https://www.instagram.com/passioncitydc/Follow Ben Stuart: https://www.instagram.com/ben_stuart_/Passion City Church is a Jesus church with locations in Atlanta and Washington D.C.  More info on Passion: https://passioncitychurch.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

What can we learn from King David's greatest failure to help prevent our own downfalls? As we continue in our series, Pastor Ben walks us through David's affair with Bathsheba and shows us how sin always starts with a series of small choices that take us down the wrong path. What guard-rails can we put into our lives to help us to not compromise our character? Key Verses // 2 Samuel 11-12—Do you feel frustrated by a pattern of personal failures, overwhelmed by a chaotic culture, or disillusioned by a lack of meaning in everyday life? Your struggles do not mean you’re doomed. They’re actually a sign that you are alive. Now it’s a question of whether you will struggle well. Pastor Ben's new book, Rest & War, is a field guide designed to equip you to walk elegantly through the battlefield of life. Rest & War will be released on January 25, 2022. Pre-order your copy today! https://www.restandwar.com/—Give towards what God is doing through Passion City Church: https://passioncitychurch.com/give-online—With Passion City Online you can join us every Sunday for gatherings at 9:30a + 11:30a! Join us at https://passioncitychurch.com/dc Subscribe to our Youtube channel to see more messages https://www.youtube.com/passioncitychurchdc—At Passion City Church, we believe that because God has displayed the ultimate sacrifice in Jesus, our response to that in worship must be extravagant. It is our privilege, and our created purpose, to reflect God’s Glory to Him through our praise, our sacrifice, and our song. Follow Passion City Church: https://www.instagram.com/passioncitydc/Follow Ben Stuart: https://www.instagram.com/ben_stuart_/Passion City Church is a Jesus church with locations in Atlanta and Washington D.C.  More info on Passion: https://passioncitychurch.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

What does it look like for us to build friendships that are honoring to God and help us to flourish? This week in our series Kings & Kingdoms, we are joined by our friend Pastor Gregg Matte, Lead Pastor of Houston's First Baptist Church! Pastor Gregg highlights four times in David's life when he demonstrated how to be a God-honoring friend, and how the friendship we have in Jesus helps us to become a good friend to someone else. Key Verses // 1 Samuel 18:1–4, 2 Samuel 9 —Give towards what God is doing through Passion City Church: https://passioncitychurch.com/give-online—With Passion City Online you can join us every Sunday for gatherings at 10a + 1p! Join us at https://passioncitychurch.com/dc—Subscribe to our channel to see more messages from Passion City Church: https://www.youtube.com/passioncitychurchdc—Looking for content for your Kids? Subscribe to our BRAND NEW Passion Kids Channel:https://passion.link/passionkidsonline—At Passion City Church, we believe that because God has displayed the ultimate sacrifice in Jesus, our response to that in worship must be extravagant. It is our privilege, and our created purpose, to reflect God’s Glory to Him through our praise, our sacrifice, and our song. Follow Passion City Church: https://www.instagram.com/passioncitydc/Follow Ben Stuart: https://www.instagram.com/ben_stuart_/Passion City Church is a Jesus church with locations in Atlanta and Washington D.C.  More info on Passion: https://passioncitychurch.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

We all have plans for our life. But how do we respond when God’s plans are different than ours? Continuing on our “Kings & Kingdoms” series, Pastor Ben Stuart takes us through 2 Samuel 7 and reminds us that while our plans may not pan out in the way we think they will, we have confidence in knowing that God’s plan will be for His glory and our good. We are called to excel at the revealed things and leave the rest up to Him. Key Verses // 2 Samuel 7—Give towards what God is doing through Passion City Church: https://passioncitychurch.com/give-online—With Passion City Online you can join us every Sunday for gatherings at 10a + 1p! Join us at https://passioncitychurch.com/dc—Subscribe to our channel to see more messages from Passion City Church: https://www.youtube.com/passioncitychurchdc—Looking for content for your Kids? Subscribe to our BRAND NEW Passion Kids Channel:https://passion.link/passionkidsonline—At Passion City Church, we believe that because God has displayed the ultimate sacrifice in Jesus, our response to that in worship must be extravagant. It is our privilege, and our created purpose, to reflect God’s Glory to Him through our praise, our sacrifice, and our song. Follow Passion City Church: https://www.instagram.com/passioncitydc/Follow Ben Stuart: https://www.instagram.com/ben_stuart_/Passion City Church is a Jesus church with locations in Atlanta and Washington D.C.  More info on Passion: https://passioncitychurch.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

God is on the move towards the broken and lost in the world, and He invites us to move with Him. This week in our series Kings & Kingdoms, we are joined by our friend Mike Distefano, Director of Faith and Justice Initiatives at Amirah! Mike walks us through one of the Psalms of Ascent explains how true worship leads to action. As people rescued and redeemed by God, we are called to play a part in God's redeeming work in the world. Key Verses // Psalm 124—Give towards what God is doing through Passion City Church: https://passioncitychurch.com/give-online—With Passion City Online you can join us every Sunday for gatherings at 10a + 1p! Join us at https://passioncitychurch.com/dc—Subscribe to our channel to see more messages from Passion City Church: https://www.youtube.com/passioncitychurchdc—Looking for content for your Kids? Subscribe to our BRAND NEW Passion Kids Channel:https://passion.link/passionkidsonline—At Passion City Church, we believe that because God has displayed the ultimate sacrifice in Jesus, our response to that in worship must be extravagant. It is our privilege, and our created purpose, to reflect God’s Glory to Him through our praise, our sacrifice, and our song. Follow Passion City Church: https://www.instagram.com/passioncitydc/Follow Ben Stuart: https://www.instagram.com/ben_stuart_/Passion City Church is a Jesus church with locations in Atlanta and Washington D.C.  More info on Passion: https://passioncitychurch.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

God uses the wilderness to forge a kingly character in David, and He can do the same for us today. As we continue in our series, Kings & Kingdoms, Pastor Ben walks us through some of the stories of David on the run from Saul and challenges us not to choose expedience over obedience. When we find ourselves in difficult seasons, do we try to find the easy way out or do we let God work on us in the wilderness? Key Verses // 1 Samuel 22-26—Give towards what God is doing through Passion City Church: https://passioncitychurch.com/give-online—With Passion City Online you can join us every Sunday for gatherings at 10a + 1p! Join us at https://passioncitychurch.com/dc—Subscribe to our channel to see more messages from Passion City Church: https://www.youtube.com/passioncitychurchdc—Looking for content for your Kids? Subscribe to our BRAND NEW Passion Kids Channel:https://passion.link/passionkidsonline—At Passion City Church, we believe that because God has displayed the ultimate sacrifice in Jesus, our response to that in worship must be extravagant. It is our privilege, and our created purpose, to reflect God’s Glory to Him through our praise, our sacrifice, and our song. Follow Passion City Church: https://www.instagram.com/passioncitydc/Follow Ben Stuart: https://www.instagram.com/ben_stuart_/Passion City Church is a Jesus church with locations in Atlanta and Washington D.C.  More info on Passion: https://passioncitychurch.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

What does it looks like for us to live as though Jesus is our Good Shepherd?This week in our series Kings & Kingdoms, we are joined by our friend, Pastor Clay Scroggins! Pastor Clay walks us through each verse of Psalm 23 and reminds us how we were created to navigate the valleys and pastures of our hectic lives.Key Verses // Psalm 23—Give towards what God is doing through Passion City Church: https://passioncitychurch.com/give-online—With Passion City Online you can join us every Sunday for gatherings at 10a + 1p! Join us at https://passioncitychurch.com/dc—Subscribe to our channel to see more messages from Passion City Church: https://www.youtube.com/passioncitychurchdc—Looking for content for your Kids? Subscribe to our BRAND NEW Passion Kids Channel:https://passion.link/passionkidsonline—At Passion City Church, we believe that because God has displayed the ultimate sacrifice in Jesus, our response to that in worship must be extravagant. It is our privilege, and our created purpose, to reflect God’s Glory to Him through our praise, our sacrifice, and our song. Follow Passion City Church: https://www.instagram.com/passioncitydc/Follow Ben Stuart: https://www.instagram.com/ben_stuart_/Passion City Church is a Jesus church with locations in Atlanta and Washington D.C.  More info on Passion: https://passioncitychurch.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Our circumstances can take a turn for the worse in an instance. How should we respond when our trials begin to mount up? As we continue in our series, Kings & Kingdoms, Pastor Ben shows us how David reacts when everything in his life begins to fall apart. What does the character of the future king look like when he has to handle a crisis? And what does that mean for us as we try to navigate hard times? Key Verses // Psalm 142, Psalm 57, 1 Samuel 22:1—Give towards what God is doing through Passion City Church: https://passioncitychurch.com/give-online—With Passion City Online you can join us every Sunday for gatherings at 10a + 1p! Join us at https://passioncitychurch.com/dc—Subscribe to our channel to see more messages from Passion City Church: https://www.youtube.com/passioncitychurchdc—Looking for content for your Kids? Subscribe to our BRAND NEW Passion Kids Channel:https://passion.link/passionkidsonline—At Passion City Church, we believe that because God has displayed the ultimate sacrifice in Jesus, our response to that in worship must be extravagant. It is our privilege, and our created purpose, to reflect God’s Glory to Him through our praise, our sacrifice, and our song. Follow Passion City Church: https://www.instagram.com/passioncitydc/Follow Ben Stuart: https://www.instagram.com/ben_stuart_/Passion City Church is a Jesus church with locations in Atlanta and Washington D.C.  More info on Passion: https://passioncitychurch.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Is the story of David and Goliath only meant to be a legendary pump-up speech about how to face our problems? This week, we kick off the second part of our series, Kings and Kingdoms. Pastor Ben takes us through one of the most famous stories in scripture and shows us how David’s victory over Goliath is a beautiful reflection of the gospel: God has sent us a hero to defeat our ultimate enemy, death. 1 Samuel 17—Give towards what God is doing through Passion City Church: https://passioncitychurch.com/give-online—With Passion City Online you can join us every Sunday for gatherings at 10a + 1p! Join us at https://passioncitychurch.com/dc—Subscribe to our channel to see more messages from Passion City Church: https://www.youtube.com/passioncitychurchdc—Looking for content for your Kids? Subscribe to our BRAND NEW Passion Kids Channel:https://passion.link/passionkidsonline—At Passion City Church, we believe that because God has displayed the ultimate sacrifice in Jesus, our response to that in worship must be extravagant. It is our privilege, and our created purpose, to reflect God’s Glory to Him through our praise, our sacrifice, and our song. Follow Passion City Church: https://www.instagram.com/passioncitydc/Follow Ben Stuart: https://www.instagram.com/ben_stuart_/Passion City Church is a Jesus church with locations in Atlanta and Washington D.C.  More info on Passion: https://passioncitychurch.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

What can we learn from the character of God's anointed king? This week, Pastor Ben continues teaching in our series, Kings and Kingdoms, as we reach the pivotal moment in the book of 1 Samuel: the arrival of the future king, David. What did God see in David that turned a lowly shepherd boy into the King of Israel, and what does that mean for how we live today? 1 Samuel 16—Give towards what God is doing through Passion City Church: https://passioncitychurch.com/give-online—With Passion City Online you can join us every Sunday for gatherings at 10a + 1p! Join us at https://passioncitychurch.com/dc—Subscribe to our channel to see more messages from Passion City Church: https://www.youtube.com/passioncitychurchdc—Looking for content for your Kids? Subscribe to our BRAND NEW Passion Kids Channel:https://passion.link/passionkidsonline—At Passion City Church, we believe that because God has displayed the ultimate sacrifice in Jesus, our response to that in worship must be extravagant. It is our privilege, and our created purpose, to reflect God’s Glory to Him through our praise, our sacrifice, and our song. Follow Passion City Church: https://www.instagram.com/passioncitydc/Follow Ben Stuart: https://www.instagram.com/ben_stuart_/Passion City Church is a Jesus church with locations in Atlanta and Washington D.C.  More info on Passion: https://passioncitychurch.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.