Welcome to the weekly audio podcast for Garden City Church in Pittsburgh, PA. You can find and listen to messages from our weekend worship gatherings here. It's our hope that these messages encourage you to know and love God more, and to live out your faith well in your local communities.
This week, Pastor Dennis Allan introduces a new eight-week series focused on Paul's letter to the Philippians. In just the first chapter of the letter, Paul tells the Philippians to live lives that are worthy of the gospel. It's not just an exhortation, that Christians should try their hardest to live in such a way that Jesus is made known. Rather, Paul is teaching the Philippians that their true and primary citizenship is in the Kingdom of Heaven and in that Kingdom the gospel functions as the Constitution might in the United States. The gospel doesn't only save us, it governs our lives. It's meant to give shape and form to how we, as followers of Jesus, live not just in our private, individual lives, but in our public, corporate lives. Just like the Philippians who resided in one of the most thoroughly Roman cities in the empire, we live in a nation that demands allegiance to its culture, values, and ways. But it isn't the American way that governs or guides our lives. It's the gospel.
13 Sept 2026
Being the Vulnerable
The vulnerable are a class of people near to God's heart. They're also a class of people the Old Testament law seeks to protect, whether the person is an orphan, widow, under-resourced, or a foreigner, people who lack power. But the law also seeks to protect the most powerful person in Israel, the king. Now, the Scriptures never seek to equate the orphan's or widow's vulnerability with that of the king. Simply, the exposure these groups face are structurally different. Yet, the law is designed to provide protections to every person, regardless of power, wealth, or social standing. What does it look like when we, as the church, don't seek to equate our vulnerabilities with one another, yet recognize that at different times, in changing seasons, and for various reasons each of us can be vulnerable. How can we build structures that care for, protect, and provide for those who are vulnerable every day and those who experience it periodically?
30 Aug 2026
Faithful Living While We Wait
In the parable of the ten virgins Jesus tells a story about ten women, all of whom are invited to a wedding feast. They each bring lamps, but only five bring extra oil. This only becomes an issue when the bridegroom is delayed. The women all fall asleep, and when the announcement that the groom is finally on his way comes, they all wake up, but the five without extra oil, they need to leave the site of the feast to purchase more oil. The groom arrives while they're away and they get left out of the feast. In fact, the groom says to them "I don't know you." In short, Jesus is teaching his disciples how they're supposed to live in between his ascension and his second coming. They're supposed to wait, watch, and discern, ensuring that they live the way he did while he's gone. Then, when Jesus does return, they'll be welcomed into the eternal wedding feast. And this is how we're supposed to live, too.
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