Fountain City KC https://fountaincitykc.org Pinecast (https://pinecast.com) en-USFountain City Church Fountain City Church fccworshiptech@gmail.com false Fountain City KC https://fountaincitykc.org https://storage.pinecast.net/podcasts/covers/7fba6e6d-7512-49a1-930c-ff12b133835f/FCC_Podcast_Logo.png episodic Copyright 2026 October 18 - John 1:14-18 https://pinecast.com/guid/53e20bf9-923b-4e81-a8f8-7dcb5a74d24f Sun, 18 Oct 2026 18:44:31 -0000 00:38:36 How can Christianity not only be true? How can it be good? false October 4 - 2 Timothy 3:10-17 https://pinecast.com/guid/3f06d557-9cd0-490d-a723-5ecc21a9617d Sun, 04 Oct 2026 21:08:39 -0000 00:38:02 How can trust that Bible is reliable and true? Few things work to undermine Christian faith like throwing the reliability of the Bible into question.  Whether we hear an attack on the Bible's trustworthiness or read a passage that just seems unbelievable or unpalatable, we can often find ourselves asking, "How can I believe that what the Bible says is reliable and true?"  The question of the Bible's credibility can be a significant hurdle for those considering Christian faith, and it can be a strong source of insecuity for those of us who follow Jesus.  The good news with this question isn't only that we can have great confidence in the Bible's truthfulness and reliability, but also that we can confidently know its primary purpose: not to hold us down and limit us, but to free us and lead us into abundant life.

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]]> false September 27 - Genesis 50:15-21 https://pinecast.com/guid/55f57731-f067-4159-abff-15f3bc4ccaaa Sun, 27 Sep 2026 19:18:03 -0000 00:37:19 How can God be good and powerful and there be so much suffering in the world? The most difficult question put to our Christian faith is likely this one: if God is good and powerful, why is there so much suffering in the world?  This question goes straight to the pain of our experience.  It cuts our heart.  Why do bad things happen to good people?  Why do children die? Why do hurricanes, tornadoes, tsunamis senselessly kill hundreds of thousands of people?  And why doesn't God stop it?!  As hard as the question is, and as much as it demands gentleness, God does have answers for us.  They begin in God's own heart, his character.  God does care, and God is powerful; we see this most clearly in his own suffering with us.

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]]> false September 20 - Acts 17:22-31 https://pinecast.com/guid/343827ee-605c-4f01-95f3-925ce3a04e51 Sun, 20 Sep 2026 18:55:22 -0000 00:37:46 How can Jesus be the only way to God? In our cultural moment, it is commonly agreed that the only acceptable, respectable approach to life, to faith, to truth is absolute openness or relativism.  As long as no one is getting hurt, then there is nothing wrong with what we say or do -- there's no error or greater truth.  This same sentiment applies to faith or religion.  We live in an era of pluralism. No belief system or religion is viewed as better or more true than any other; they are just a matter of upbringing and preference.  Into all this, the gospel of Jesus, Jesus himself, says something explosive: Jesus is the only way to God.  There are not many more jarring or uncooth statments today than that.  The question is not only how can this be true, but how can this make sense in a moment like ours, and what are we supposed to do about it?

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]]> false September 6 - Revelation 22:1-5 https://pinecast.com/guid/c6bd0ec1-b6d3-4758-b86e-07a87ea2467b Sun, 06 Sep 2026 19:10:55 -0000 00:40:20 Every story has an ending. In our cultural moment, a prominent discussion topic is the end of our human story, our civilizational story. What's the ending that we live in light of? How will everything turn out? What difference does it make? As we close the gospel story with this fifth chapter, we see an ending that makes a massive difference in how we live our lives today. C.S. Lewis famously said that those who focus on the next world do the most good for this one. The end of the gospel story in many ways takes us back to where we began. In the end, God will restore us to the abundant life with him, his way, we were made for.

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]]> false August 30 - Colossians 3:1-14 https://pinecast.com/guid/d480fb01-43f8-4333-bc55-1060a274c024 Sun, 30 Aug 2026 21:03:50 -0000 00:43:35 Renewal There's an old saying, now a bit cliche, that says, "Jesus loves you just the way you are, but He loves you too much to let you stay that way." Even though we might rightly nit-pick at a word or two, or maybe the whole idea, the thrust of it gets at something key to our faith.  What happens when the gospel of Jesus Christ takes root in our lives?  What does God say is meant to happen?  The answer might be summed up in one word: renewal.  As we continue the gospel narrative, through Paul's letter of Colossians, we'll see that Redemption, the heart of the gospel, leads to an inevitable change: renewal.  It leads to a whole-hearted change of life; being remade in Christ.  Jesus's heart is for us to become whole-hearted disciples experiencing and spreading joy and renewal in him.

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]]> false August 9 - Genesis 1:1, 26-31 https://pinecast.com/guid/44ebd8aa-39cf-41ac-a7d5-7d5dcad38db4 Sun, 09 Aug 2026 18:55:21 -0000 00:37:53 What difference does knowing where we come from make in our lives?  We might think about this regarding a home town, or our family, or our university.  But what about the more abstract reality of our humanity?  The gospel of Jesus and our hope in him doesn't come to us "out of the blue"; it doesn't come empty of context.  To understand Jesus and all that he has come to do in our lives demands knowing where we come from; why we're here.  And that takes us to the very beginning.  The beginning of our story. The beginning of everything.  And what God tells us is that we are here because of his desire to create and share a good world with us, so we could enjoy it with him, his way.

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]]> false August 2 - Hebrews 11:32-40 https://pinecast.com/guid/af406f25-a581-43f8-b30c-fd27c2e3f6a6 Mon, 03 Aug 2026 13:01:11 -0000 00:37:28 It seems obvious to say that our lives are much more like a marathon than a sprint, but it doesn't always seem obvious or easy to live that way.  A marathon is long, winding, and dotted with ups and downs.  Not only is life like that, but our faith journey is too.  We experience triumphs.  We experience trials.  We experience "blah".   Perhaps the greatest similarity between our faith journey and a marathon is the struggle to finish, to persevere to the end.  Yet finishing is the only option to reach the prize.  As we wrap up this series in Hebrews 11, we'll look at the secret for endurance: Joy.  And the secret to the secret is where we set our eyes: not on our circumstances, but on the promise of the end.

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]]> false July 26 - Hebrews 11:23-28 https://pinecast.com/guid/826c6041-2d58-467e-bd71-c6793aa284f2 Sun, 26 Jul 2026 18:44:10 -0000 00:35:54 Courage and resilience are traits that go hand in hand.  Courage could be described as an attitude, motivation, or will to press into dangerous and uncertain situations and decisions.  And resilience is the strength to endure, rebuild and persevere through what comes after.  Both courage and resilience are demanded of us in all of life, and especially in our life of faith.  Following Jesus might cost us relationships, being misunderstood, or promotions at work, just to name a few.  Where do we find the resources to follow Him with courage and resilience?  This week, from the life of Moses, we'll see that courage comes through living by faith in God's Power, Promise, Presence, and Purchase.

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]]> false June 28 - Hebrews 11:1-3 https://pinecast.com/guid/402df2b2-5503-463b-b0dc-81701843ce39 Sun, 28 Jun 2026 19:26:00 -0000 00:39:33 The beginning of resilient faith If you're honest with yourself, how often do you think about everything you see as being created by God?  That everything has its source – owes its existence – to God?  And, honestly, what difference does that make to your daily life?  The Christian faith is clear: the God of the Bible is the only and true Creator of the universe.  And knowing and acknowledging him as the Creator of this world and of lives is foundational to a faith that produces resilience.  Why? Because not only is He the true Creator, he is the Creator who truly cares for us.

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