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Grace City Eugene
by Grace City Eugene
Grace City Eugene exists to help everyone in our sphere of influence encounter Christ, experience Biblical community, and extend God's Kingdom. Learn more about us at www.gracecityeugene.comIf we can help you in any way, reach out to [email protected]
Episodes
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No Other Gods | Chris Zauner | Words To Live By (Week 2)
Who or what is sitting on the throne of your life? We all worship something. The question isn't whether we worship, but what has our worship—and whether we've truly surrendered every area of our lives to Jesus. In Week 2 of our sermon series, Words To Live By, Pastor Chris Zauner explores the…
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Brought Out, Brought Near | Chris Zauner | Words To Live By (Week One)
What if the Ten Commandments aren’t primarily about rules, but about learning how to live in the freedom God has already given us? In “Brought Out, Brought Near,” Pastor Chris Zauner kicks off Words to Live By, a new sermon series exploring the Ten Commandments and what they mean for followers of...
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The Extended Cut: When Faith Gets Real | Chris Zauner & Casey Olsen
What does real faith look like when prayer feels unanswered, people wander, and following Jesus requires persistence? In this episode of The Extended Cut, Casey Olson sits down with Grace City Church Lead Pastor Chris Sonner to put a bow on our series through the book of James and unpack the…
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When Faith Gets Real | Chris Zauner | Show Me Your Faith (Week 9)
What does real faith look like when life gets hard? In When Life Gets Real, Pastor Chris Zauner closes out our Show Me Your Faith series through the book of James with a powerful message about enduring faith, honest repentance, prayer, healing, and staying anchored in Jesus when life doesn’t go...
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The Extended Cut: Whose Life Is It Anyways? | Chris Zauner & Casey Olsen
Who really owns your life? This week on The Extended Cut, Pastor Casey and Pastor Chris go behind the scenes of Chris’ sermon, “Whose Life Is It Anyways?”, as we continue our journey through the book of James. We have far less control than we often think. Our lives are brief, our possessions are...
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Whose Life Is It Anyways? | Chris Zauner | Show Me Your Faith (Week 8)
Who really owns your life? In Week 8 of our Show Me Your Faith series through the book of James, Pastor Chris Zauner challenges us to examine how tightly we hold onto our plans, possessions, future, finances, and sense of control. Teaching from James 4:13–17 and James 5:1–6, this sermon confronts...
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The Extended Cut: The War Within | Chris Zauner & Casey Olsen
What if the conflict around you is revealing something deeper within you? In this week’s episode of The Extended Cut, Chris Zahner and Casey Olson dive deeper into Chris’ sermon, “The War Within,” from Grace City Church’s series through the book of James. James 4 confronts us with an…
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The War Within | Chris Zauner | Show Me Your Faith (Week 7)
What if the conflict happening around you is revealing a deeper conflict happening within you? In “The War Within,” Pastor Chris Zauner continues Week 7 of our “Show Me Your Faith” series through the book of James, teaching from James 4:1–12 about the desires, passions, pride, and divided…
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The Extended Cut: What Kind of Wisdom Is This? | Chris Zauner and Casey Olsen
What kind of wisdom is shaping your life? In this episode of The Extended Cut, Pastors Chris and Casey go behind the scenes of Chris’ sermon, “What Kind of Wisdom Is This?” from James 3:13–18. They explore the contrast between earthly and heavenly wisdom, why something can appear effective…
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What Kind of Wisdom Is This? | Chris Zauner | Show Me Your Faith (Week 6)
What kind of wisdom is shaping your life? In Week 6 of Show Me Your Faith, Pastor Chris Zauner continues through the book of James with a powerful message from James 3:13–18 about the difference between worldly wisdom and the wisdom that comes from God. Throughout James, we see a consistent...
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The Extended Cut: Watch Your Mouth
What do your words reveal about your heart? In this week’s episode of The Extended Cut, Casey sits down with Pastor Chris Zahner to go deeper into Sunday’s message, “Watch Your Mouth,” from James 3:1–12. We all know words matter. They can encourage, heal, guide, and give life—but they can also...
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Watch Your Mouth | Chris Zauner | Show Me Your Faith (Week 5)
Words are never just words. In Week 5 of Show Me Your Faith, Pastor Chris Zauner teaches from James 3:1–12 about the incredible power of our words and what they reveal about our hearts. James compares the tongue to a bit that directs a horse, a rudder that guides a ship, and a spark that can set…
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The Extended Cut: Is Your Faith Dead?
What does it actually mean to have a living, saving faith? Is believing the right things about Jesus enough—or should genuine faith produce visible fruit in the way we live? In this week’s episode of The Extended Cut, Pastor Casey and Pastor Chris go behind the scenes of Week 4 of our series...
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Is Your Faith Dead? | Chris Zauner | Show Me Your Faith (Week 4)
In Week 4 of our Show Me Your Faith series, Pastor Chris Zauner walks through James 2:14–26 and asks a question with eternal significance: What kind of faith actually saves? James makes it clear that confidence alone does not make something true—and simply saying we have faith does not…
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The Extended Cut: Forbidden Favorites
In this episode of The Extended Cut, pastors Chris and Casey go behind the Sunday sermon and dig deeper into James 2:1–13, exploring favoritism, human dignity, mercy, and what it really means to love people like Jesus.Building on the message “Forbidden Favorites” from our church's Show Me Your...
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Forbidden Favorites | Chris Zauner | Show Me Your Faith (Week 3)
What does our faith in Jesus reveal about the way we value and treat other people? In Week 3 of our series, Show Me Your Faith, Pastor Chris Zauner teaches from James 2:1–13 in a message titled “Forbidden Favoritism.” James gives the church a direct command: followers of Jesus must not show...
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Hear AND Do | Chris Zauner | Show Me Your Faith (Week 2)
What does it really mean to hear God’s Word? In Week 2 of Show Me Your Faith, Pastor Chris teaches from James 1:19–27 and challenges us to move beyond simply hearing Scripture to actually living it. James says, “Be doers of the word, and not hearers only.” It’s possible to know the Bible, take...
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When Life Falls Apart | Chris Zauner | Show Me Your Faith (Week 1)
Week 1 of our new series, Show Me Your Faith, Pastor Chris Zauner begins our journey through the book of James by exploring one of the most challenging commands in Scripture: "Count it all joy when you meet trials of various kinds." When life changes in an instant through loss, suffering,...
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James Introduction | Book Overview & Background | Sermon Series Introduction
This Sunday, we are beginning a new sermon series called "Show Me Your Faith," which will explore the book of James. Before we dive into James together, it's important to understand who wrote this letter, who it was written to, and why it still speaks so powerfully today.In this series...
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How Does Real Change Happen? | Chris Zauner | The War Within (Week 4)
In Week 4 of The War Within, Pastor Chris Zauner teaches from John 15:1–17 about what real spiritual transformation looks like. Change does not come from trying harder, relying on willpower, or managing our behavior. It comes from abiding in Jesus. Just as a branch cannot bear fruit apart from…
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Why Do I Go Back? | Casey Olsen | The War Within (Week 3)
Why do we keep returning to the very things Jesus has set us free from? If the Holy Spirit is transforming us and sin no longer has the final word, why do old patterns, temptations, and desires still pull us back? In Week 3 of our series, The War Within, Pastor Casey Olsen walks through 2 Peter...
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Is Change Actually Possible? | Chris Zauner | The War Within (Week 2)
Is change actually possible, or are we destined to repeat the same struggles over and over again? In Week 2 of The War Within, Pastor Chris Zauner teaches from Romans 8 and reveals the difference between trying to change through willpower and experiencing true transformation through the Holy...
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Why Do I Do What I Hate? | Chris Zauner | The War Within (Week 1)
Why do I keep doing the very thing I hate? In the first message of our new sermon series, The War Within, Pastor Chris Zauner opens Romans 7 to explore the internal battle every believer faces between the flesh and the Spirit. In this sermon, Why Do I Do What I Hate?, Pastor Chris teaches that…
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The Kind of Friends You Need | Casey Olsen | Why Can't We Be Friends? (Week 3)
In the third and final sermon of our series, Why Can't We Be Friends?, Pastor Casey Olsen shares a message called The Kind of Friends You Need, exploring how our friendships shape who we are becoming and how Christ-centered community helps us grow in faith. Looking at Colossians 3:12–17, this...
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The Cost of Real Friendship | Casey Olsen | Why Can't We Be Friends? (Week 2)
What does real friendship actually cost? In Week 2 of our series, Why Can't We Be Friends?, Pastor Casey Olsen explores Galatians 6 and challenges us to move beyond convenient, surface-level relationships into the kind of friendship Scripture calls us to embrace. While many of us long for deep,...
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What Friendship Really Is | Casey Olsen | Why Can't We Be Friends (Week 1)
We live in a world more connected than ever, yet many of us still feel deeply lonely. In week one of our new sermon series, Why Can’t We Be Friends?, Pastor Casey Olsen explores what true friendship really is and why we were created for relationship with God and with one another. Looking at John...
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Summer Vision Sermon: Strangers Become Family (Chris Zauner)
Before leaving for a three-week seminary intensive in Manila, Pastor Chris shared a vision for the summer centered on a powerful truth from Ephesians 2: Jesus takes people who should never belong together and makes them family. He began by observing that our world is deeply divided. People often...
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Prepare for Rain: Don't Forget (Chris Zauner)
In this powerful closing message of our Prepare for Rain Campaign, Pastor Chris reminds us of the spiritual importance of remembering what God has already done. Preaching from Joshua 4, he calls us to pause, look back, and recognize the faithfulness of God in our lives, our church, and our…
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Pentecost Sunday 2026: The Harvest of Pentecost
Celebrate Pentecost Sunday 2026 with Pastor Casey Olsen’s message, The Harvest of Pentecost, as we explore Acts 1 and Acts 2 and discover the powerful meaning behind the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. In this sermon, we look at how Pentecost was not a random moment in Scripture, but the…
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How to Ruin Your Faith: Make It About You Again (Chris Zauner)
In the sixth and final week of our series How to Ruin Your Faith, Pastor Chris Zauner preaches a powerful message titled “Make It About You Again” from Galatians 6. In this sermon, Pastor Chris challenges us to examine the subtle ways self can move back to the center of our lives. Paul’s warning…
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How to Ruin Your Faith: Abuse Freedom (Chris Zauner)
Pastor Chris Zauner continues week 5 of our series, How to Ruin Your Faith, with a powerful sermon titled Abuse Freedom. Teaching from Galatians 5, Pastor Chris challenges us to understand that the freedom Jesus gives is not permission to live for the flesh, but an invitation to walk by the…
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How to Ruin Your Faith: Forget Who You Are (Casey Olsen)
In week 4 of How to Ruin Your Faith, Pastor Casey Olsen continues through Galatians 4 with a message called Forget Who You Are. Paul reminds the church that in Christ, we are no longer slaves but sons and daughters of God. Yet many believers still drift back into performance, striving, and...
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How to Ruin Your Faith: Trade Faith For Effort (Chris Zauner)
In Week 3 of our series “How to Ruin Your Faith,” Pastor Chris Zauner unpacks a powerful message from Galatians 3, confronting a subtle but dangerous shift many believers experience: trading faith for performance. What begins as a grace-filled relationship with Jesus can turn into striving,...
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How To Ruin Your Faith: Listen to the Wrong Voices (Chris Zauner)
What if the greatest threat to your faith is not false teaching, but the pressure to fit in? In Week 2 of our series, How to Ruin Your Faith, Pastor Chris Zauner walks through Galatians 2 to show how spiritual drift often begins quietly. It does not usually start with openly rejecting Jesus. It...
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How To Ruin Your Faith: Start Strong, Drift Fast
In this first week of our series, How To Ruin Your Faith, we’re reminded that faith doesn’t usually fall apart all at once—it drifts. Like swimmers slowly carried by a current, nothing feels wrong at first. Everything seems normal. But over time, we can find ourselves far from where we started.…
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Easter 2026: Come Alive (Chris Zauner)
In this powerful 2026 Easter sermon, Pastor Chris Zauner delivers a compelling message titled “Come Alive,” exploring what it truly means to be restored to life through Jesus Christ. Centered on Luke 15 and the parable of the prodigal son, this message reveals a deeper truth about our…
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Escape the Trap: Reconciliation (Chris Zauner)
In the final week of Escape the Trap, Pastor Chris Zauner brings a compelling and deeply challenging message on reconciliation—inviting us to move beyond simply understanding forgiveness and into actively living it out. This message presses into the reality that while offense is inevitable,...
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Escape the Trap: The Only Way Out (Casey Olsen)
We’ve all been hurt. Offense, betrayal, and wounds are unavoidable—but what we do with that hurt determines whether we live in freedom or remain trapped. In Week 5 of our Escape the Trap series, Pastor Casey Olsen unpacks a powerful truth: the only way out of the trap of offense is forgiveness....
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Escape the Trap: The Revenge Trap (Chris Zauner)
The Revenge Trap | Escape the Trap – Week 4 | Pastor Chris Zauner In Week 4 of our Escape the Trap series, Pastor Chris Zauner unpacks one of the most dangerous spiritual traps believers face: the trap of revenge and self-vindication. When we are hurt, misunderstood, or treated unfairly, our...
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Escape the Trap: Offended by Authority (Chris Zauner)
In week three of our series Escape the Trap, Pastor Chris Zauner explores one of the hardest kinds of offense to deal with—being hurt by someone in authority. Whether it’s a parent, pastor, boss, or mentor, wounds from leaders can shape how we view trust, leadership, and even our relationship…
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Crossing Over (Pastor Chris Zauner)
In this special one-off message, Pastor Chris Zauner brings a timely and prophetic word for our final worship gathering in this space as we prepare to move into our new location. Titled “Crossing Over,” this send off sermon isn’t centered on nostalgia or simply changing buildings, but on the…
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Escape the Trap: When Life Feels Unfair (David Hermes)
Week 2 of our Escape the Trap series, “When Life Feels Unfair,” features guest pastor David Hermes from Hope Valley Church in Denver, Colorado, delivering a timely message on learning to live unoffendable in a world where wrongs are real. Using the story of Joseph in Genesis and focusing on…
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Escape the Trap: The Snare of Offense (Chris Zauner)
Pastor Chris Zauner launches week one of our Escape the Trap series with a sobering message called The Snare of Offense. In a world where hurt, conflict, and relational strain feel unavoidable, this sermon exposes the hidden danger of offense and why Jesus treated forgiveness as a matter of...
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The Mission: The Church's Mission (Chris Zauner)
In week 4 of The Mission series, Pastor Chris Zauner delivers a powerful and challenging sermon titled The Church’s Mission, calling the church to wake up, look up, and recognize what God is already doing all around us. Preaching from John chapter 4, Pastor Chris unpacks Jesus’ words to His...
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The Mission: The Spirit's Power (Casey Olsen)
Week three of Grace City’s series The Mission centers on the message “The Spirit’s Power,” preached by Pastor Casey Olsen. Drawing from John 20:19–23, this sermon invites us into the locked room where the disciples hid in fear on the evening of Jesus’ resurrection and reveals how the risen Christ...
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The Mission: The Son's Sacrifice (Kore Bendix)
In Week 2 of our series The Mission, Pastor Kore Bendix shares a powerful message titled The Son’s Sacrifice, centered on John 12:27–33. This sermon unpacks the heart of God’s mission—the cross of Jesus Christ—as the defining moment where love, holiness, and sacrifice meet. Discover how the cross...
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The Mission: The Father's Love (Chris Zauner)
Welcome to Week One of our new sermon series, “The Mission,” where we explore God’s heart and His redemptive purpose for the world. In this opening message titled “The Father’s Love,” Pastor Chris Zauner challenges us to consider the foundational truth behind all of God’s activity: His love for a...
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What We Do: Make Disciples (Chris Zauner)
In week two of our "What We Do" series, Pastor Chris Zauner brings a passionate and timely message titled "Make Disciples," reminding us that the Church’s primary calling is not to build crowds or host great services, but to fulfill the Great Commission. From the words of Jesus in Matthew…
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What We Do: Honor God (Casey Olsen)
“All things were created through Him and for Him.” – Colossians 1:16 In this timely and powerful New Year message, Pastor Casey launches our new series, “What We Do,” with a foundational teaching on what it means to truly honor God with our lives. In a culture shaped by expressive...
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Between the Advents: The In-Between Life (Chris Zauner)
The closing message of our Between the Advents series.
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Grace City Eugene exists to help everyone in our sphere of influence encounter Christ, experience Biblical community, and extend God's Kingdom. Learn more about us at www.gracecityeugene.comIf we can help you in any way, reach out to [email protected]
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