River City Church Teaching Podcast

Limited Edition Part 1: Life in the Margins

What if the life you're working so hard to maintain is leaving little room for what matters most? In Limited Edition: Life in the Margins, we explore the tension between the life we're chasing and the life God may be calling us to. Because it's possible to fill our days with good things and still miss what matters most. In a world that celebrates busyness, accumulation, and constant striving, this message invites us to slow down, create space, and ask a simple question: What is God asking me to hold onto—and what is He asking me to let go of? Because the best things in life rarely happen when every moment is occupied. They happen in the margins. And what if creating those margins isn't about having less—but finally having room for what God wants to grow?

Living in the Last Days Part 4: 3 Moves to Make in the Last Days

In this week's Living in the Last Days, we explore how the reality of Christ's return is meant to shape the choices we make every day. Because the greatest acts of faith are often found in the ordinary moments when God asks us to trust Him, follow Him, and obey Him. Because following Jesus isn't simply about believing the right things. It's about learning to trust God's way over our own—even when our desires, fears, or instincts pull us in another direction. The truth is, we all have parts of our lives we'd rather keep control of. But faithfulness isn't built through grand gestures. It's formed through simple acts of obedience, repeated day after day, until our hearts learn to trust God more than our fears, desires, or distractions. The challenge isn't simply to believe Jesus is coming back. It's to live like His voice matters today.

Living in the Last Days Part 3: 4 Ways to Live for Jesus in the Last Days

What does faithfulness look like in a world constantly pulling us away from God? In Part 3 of Living in the Last Days, we wrestle with a difficult reality Scripture warns about: in the last days, many people will slowly drift from truth, grow spiritually cold, and live more for comfort, approval, and self-preservation than for Christ. So how do we stay grounded when culture pressures us to stay silent about our faith, when speaking about Jesus feels uncomfortable, and when the values of the world seem to grow further and further from the heart of God? This message explores what it means to live with spiritual urgency and remain faithful to Jesus—even when conviction, truth, and obedience come with a cost. Because maybe the greatest danger in the last days isn’t openly rejecting God. Maybe it’s slowly drifting spiritually asleep without even realizing it.

Living in the Last Days Part 2: Am I Ready?

What if the point of the last days isn’t fear—but readiness? In Part 2 of Living in the Last Days, we look at one of the most talked-about promises in Scripture: the return of Jesus. But instead of calling believers into panic, distraction, or endless speculation, this message asks a far more personal question: If Christ returned today, what would He find in us? Would He find hearts still holding onto bitterness? Lives consumed by comfort and distraction? Faith that has grown passive and silent? Or would He find people living awake to eternity—serving faithfully, loving deeply, and carrying the hope of the Gospel to those who need it most? It’s so easy to drift through life spiritually asleep, assuming there will always be more time to forgive, more time to surrender, more time to live fully for God. But the reality of eternity changes the urgency of right now. Because the goal isn’t to obsess over signs. It’s to become the kind of people who are ready to meet Jesus face to face.

Living in the Last Days Part 1: Am I Ready?

What does it actually mean to live in the last days? For some people, that question creates fear, confusion, or endless speculation about signs and timelines. But what if the point of Scripture isn’t to make us obsessed with predicting the end—but to wake us up to the kind of life we’re called to live right now? In Part 1 of Living in the Last Days, we explore Jesus’ call to live with spiritual urgency in a world full of distractions, comforts, false hopes, and competing loyalties. Because whether we realize it or not, we are all serving something—and whatever takes God’s place in our hearts will eventually shape the direction of our lives. This message challenges us to take an honest look at the things competing for our devotion, while reminding us that God didn’t just give us His love—He gave us His power to live differently. The question isn’t whether the world is changing. The question is whether we are becoming the kind of people who are truly ready for Christ’s return.