CitySites Podcast Network

Today, there is a tendency to make Christianity a cognitive religion of having your best life now, complete with tips and ideas on how to make it so. Christianity is not a religion of education, know…

Reverend Shawn Morrison, Executive Director of Good in the ‘Hood and Sr. Pastor of Cedarcrest Free Methodist Church, shares with dear friend, Reverend Larry Kutzler, CEO of CitySites Urban Media, on …

Once in a while, I am privileged to interview unique ministries that are making a difference in the lives of kids. In this episode, my guest is Kaycee Stanley, the Executive Director of The Reel Hope…

I love to watch people and see how they interact, how they treat others, and what kind of person they display in public. Most of the time, you can observe someone and know what kind of habits they ha…

My wife, Dr. Joy Fleming, unlocked the Hebrew word patterns related to Genesis 3:16. One is a 7-part pattern written into Genesis 2-3. One is smaller pattern written into Genesis 3:15-17. With these …

One of my personal interests is to study the Bible to find the key Verses or thoughts where God lays out how our lives should be lived. One of the key changes in preaching in the American church over…

In this episode, Pastor Walt McFadden is Larry’s guest. He is the Senior Pastor at Cityview Church in South Minneapolis. His emphasis as a pastor is on discipleship and why the church has been slowly…

Grandparents, we have something specifically for you today! You long to build more connection into your relationships with your grandchildren or to be more supportive of your adult children as they l…

Larry’s guest in this episode is Dr. Jay Christianson who unpacks the Greek and Hebraic interpretation of Scripture. The teachings of Jesus were based upon many Hebraic idioms common in His day. The …

Many times, in our understanding about God, we overlook some of the basic teachings of the Bible. For example, in Ancient Israel the priest’s main responsibility was to teach people about God. The te…

Lydia Rex of Connected Families joins Alan & Corrie to share about how parents can trust in God's grace when they struggle and communicate that same grace to their struggling children.

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It seems we live in an era of resets … everything around us is changing. Sometimes these resets help us to make changes that are necessary. Some have called these changes ‘course corrections’ … neede…

In this episode, I talk with Pastor Tom Parrish about his innovative Bible study that asks three questions. These three questions will help you to extract the meaning from the Biblical text, help you…

Here's a really fun topic! REPENTANCE! Yup, that's a barnburner … but critical to our spiritual lives. Repentance is MORE than feeling sorry for what you've done. True repentance impacts our lives an…

Having the right perspective is critical for understanding life. Everyone has a perspective, but having the right perspective is what is important. God’s perspective on living life is the only perspe…

Why would God raise up a spirit like Moab in the last days?What purpose does it serve to have another evil-Influencing spirit in the world? This is why our Churches must start teaching from a foundat…

In this episode, Pastor Walt provides us with an in-depth history lesson on socialism and communism and helps us understand that the prelude for both systems were brutal, oppressive governments. Soci…

Over the past five weeks, I’ve been doing a series on the theme of ‘The Dark Side of Ministry.’ We looked at stories and conditions within ministry that bring a dark side to the message of the Gospel…

This is the fourth in our series on ‘The Dark Side of Ministry.’ Reverend Shawn Morrison joins me as we talk about how good intentions can be turned into a dark side of ministry. I don’t think anyone…

I have now completed the third in the series, “The Dark Side of Ministry.” This series looks into how the structure of a church can be a hinderance to the true Gospel. We look at how the giftedness o…