At Christ City Church we have four values: 1. Community (having good friends) 2. Discipleship (growing in our relationship with God) 3. Mission (helping others come to know God) 4. Leadership (training people up to serve) One of the primary ways we express those four values is through City Groups. Find out why City Groups are […]
Author Archives: Steve Vaughan
Jesus The Revolutionary (Mark 1-8)
Throughout history people have tried to tame and belittle Jesus by saying that he is nothing more than a good moral teacher. He was simply a man that lived in Jerusalem a few thousand years ago, who said and did some interesting stuff and died a strange death on a cross under the Roman regime. It […]
Walking with God in the Psalms – Songs for the Road
Each Summer we do a short series in the Psalms to help us to grow in prayer and grow in our relationship with God. None of us find prayer easy, we’re often not sure what to pray for or how to pray. We often find we get distracted in prayer or we don’t want to […]
The Pub – Gluttons & Drunkards?
Every Sunday since we started the church we have always gone to the pub after our service (sometimes before too!) First it was Crowbar, then it was Sweetmans and now it’s The Bleeding Horse. And each Sunday we get anywhere between 10-35 people and it’s great craic. So why do we go to pub each week? […]
Questioning God – 7 Reasons To Doubt
We all have questions. Christians have questions about God or the Bible or their experience of God. And those that don’t believe in God often don’t believe because they feel the questions they have are unanswered… and therefore their objection to faith remains. At Christ City Church we have always gone out of our way to ensure […]
Sunday Church – Alienating or Inviting?
Many people grow up with the impression (or the reality!) that church is boring, irrelevant and alienating. Boring in that there is nothing to engage them. Irrelevant in that what happens during the service has little or no impact on the other six days of the week. Alienating in that if you’re not part of […]
Ruth: Unlikely Hero (10 Apr – 1 May)
Everyone loves an unlikely hero. Whether it’s sport or business or academia or social enterprise or some other sphere, we love to hear stories where someone, against all the odds, manages to persevere, overcome great challenges and succeed. I think we love those stories for two reasons. Firstly, they inspire us – we would like […]
Easter – A story told us from people we trust
This last week a colleague of mine (with a smile on his face!) told of a recent trip to a Mayan ruin in Mexico, where the tour guide had been commenting on the carving of the tribes people from centuries ago and how white missionaries had got there, way before Columbus. And the guide said: “Religion is […]
A Church That Loves Dublin
One of the slogans we have is that we are “a Christian community committed to love and serve Dublin” – it’s at the bottom of every page of our website. I’ll let you be the judge as to whether the slogan really represents us. Even if we’re failing I think it’s a good slogan and aspiration to have. When […]
Friendship – Eben’s Story
This Sunday Eben spoke to us on the topic of friendship from the book of Proverbs. He wove the lessons of Proverbs on friendship into his own life story of finding God as a friend and in turn learning to befriend others. I encourage you to listen to the podcast if you missed it. I asked […]