One of the great slogans of our day is ‘love is love’. The meaning behind the statement is that falling in love is not about the gender of the person, nor is it important if that relationship is monogamous or polyamorous. If you feel a certain way and if it makes you happy… then you […]
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Faith, Hope & Love for the bumpy road ahead
Covid-19 has changed all our lives. Over the last few months, we have had to change our plans, adapt our lifestyles and accept our losses. For some, it is has been harder than for others. It feels like we’re over the worst of it, though no-one can be sure and even if the worst is […]
Christians & Climate Change: 5 steps towards sustainability
While we’re living in the most economically prosperous times in all of history, it is also becoming increasingly clear that our current lifestyles are taking a huge toll on the planet. Pollution from our cars, planes and factories are heating up the climate in real-time, turning lands into deserts, causing extreme storms and hurricanes, and […]
Church: One Big Family
Most people when they think of the word ‘church’, if their first reaction is not negative (hypocritical, irrelevant etc), will think of a church building within a parish. And then if you push them a bit further they’ll talk about priests, mass, services, duties and a whole other load of words that are connected to […]
Faith, Hope and Lovin’ Dubs – 25 Jun to 2 Jul
From Saturday 25th June to Saturday 2nd July 2016, Christ City Church has the honour of hosting five visitors from Ireland, America and the UK. They are coming to spend a week helping to spread faith, hope and love throughout the city of Dublin. The theme for the week is Faith, Hope and Lovin’ Dubs, which […]
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 […]
Different: Loving those you disagree with – Q&A
Loving those you disagree with sounds great. It fits with the golden rule of doing to others as you would have them do to you. However it’s hard in reality and you often need to think it through. So I was delighted to receive an email after last Sunday’s talk on Romans 14 with three excellent […]
NEW SERIES: DIFFERENT – loving those you disagree with (Romans 14-15)
This coming Sunday we start a short three-week series called ‘Different: loving those you disagree with’, looking at Romans 14 & 15. Let me put the series in context, summarise what we’ll be learning each week and highlight the issues that we’re going to tackle. (1) Context – Ancient and Modern There is both an ancient and modern context […]
A Prostitute Gatecrashes the Banquet (#CCCTrueLove)
This Saturday we’re hosting a huge banquet for Dublin (6pm, Filmbase, Temple Bar) as part of our True Love week. Then in our Sunday Service we’ll be reflecting on the theme of true love, looking at the famous story of Jesus being invited to a banquet hosted by Simon the Pharisee recorded for us in […]
True Love Came to Dublin: Mission Week 2015
From Sunday 26th April to Sunday 3rd May 2015 we had 24 people from churches in the UK joining us for a week of mission. The theme was ‘True Love’; as we wanted, in word and deed, to show God’s love to the people and city of Dublin. Do read this blog to understand more about […]