Live sermons with Easter-shaped urgency.
The Heart is a feed of live church messages from Post Falls and CDA, with rotating speakers preaching through biblical passages in a warm, direct style. Episodes move between scripture reading, personal stories, congregational response, and altar-call moments.
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The Heart is a sermon archive from a multi-campus church heard through live messages at the Post Falls and CDA campuses. The episodes feel like church services, not studio essays. Rotating speakers read scripture, pray, tell local stories, and press toward a decision point. Easter dominates the sampled run, with Good Friday, Silent Saturday, Palm Sunday, and Resurrection Sunday treated as spiritually urgent events rather than seasonal observances. The central subject is Jesus. Again and again, the preaching argues that he is not merely a teacher, prophet, or moral example, but the crucified and risen Christ. The tone can be tender. It can also be blunt, especially when the message turns to sin, obedience, suffering, salvation, and public response. Sermons often begin with an ordinary aside before narrowing into a biblical text. A front-porch devotional, a Boise State comeback memory, a retirement farewell, or a father-son joke can become the doorway into the passage. That local texture matters. The show lets listeners hear a church thinking out loud about its own milestones, including Easter gatherings, a 20th anniversary, and a lead-pastor baton pass. The preaching is also participatory. Congregants are asked to raise hands, stand as testimony, answer call-and-response lines, and celebrate people making faith decisions. Some episodes include close word studies from Hebrew or scriptural cross-references, while others lean more heavily into story and invitation. The pace is measured but emotionally full. Messages can sit with grief, then pivot into hope without losing the room. That makes the feed especially fitting for Christians who want familiar church language, biblical exposition, and a strong altar-call tradition. It also gives curious outsiders a clear window into contemporary church worship in Post Falls and CDA. The Heart is not built for detached debate or neutral survey. It is built for conviction, testimony, and a gathered church responding together.
Made for: For listeners who want contemporary Christian preaching rooted in scripture, testimony, and public response. It will especially fit people comfortable with church-service audio and direct language about Jesus, sin, salvation, and obedience.
What sets it apart: The feed preserves the texture of a local multi-campus church: rotating speakers, congregation reactions, campus-specific moments, family asides, and milestone announcements. It feels less like a produced teaching brand and more like standing in the room during a sermon.
Heart Of The City Church is a body of believers joined together with the purpose of lifting up the name of Jesus. We'd love for you to visit any of our weekend services. Saturday night 6:06pm, Sunday morning 9:09am, and 11:11am
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
The Heart connects biblical teaching to prayer, relationships, evangelism, and active participation in church life.
The Heart turns church preaching into direct, practical instruction, moving from biblical passages to prayer, marriage, evangelism, congregational responsibility, and everyday Christian conduct.
One minute you're considering Isaiah's wine press; the next, you're being told to stop being a jerk.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A lively Easter sermon about faith, healing, and the courage to come back.
The sermon settles on one steady claim: Jesus does more than inspire return stories, he makes them possible. It begins with Resurrection Sunday joy and moves through sport, Scripture, and a healing moment shaped by the hard work of stepping before seeing.
A Good Friday sermon that ties pain, atonement, and invitation together without much ornament.
Henry's Good Friday sermon at The Heart starts with a front porch prayer habit and a week of feeling unusually weepy, then moves into sin as burden, chastisement, and exchange.
A plainspoken sermon on shame, confession, and coming back.
Jason begins with a prayer for Adam Carey and points the room toward the all-church prayer gathering, so the opening feels more like shared life than polish.
A sermon about prayer, maturity, and holding truth with love.
Seth Owens centers the message on prayer, church maturity, and active participation. He keeps returning to the idea that the body only works when each part shows up, using the body-and-joints image to make that point plain.
A live, direct call to worship, witness, and steady faith.
The speaker starts with a travel story from Anchorage and brings it back to gratitude for the church and for what God is doing at The Heart. The main point is plain enough: the heart does best when it stays grateful, stays emotionally engaged, and keeps aiming to glorify God…
A Ruth sermon about seeing God clearly enough to reorder life.
Jason Lowry's "Rightful Response" treats Ruth's pledge as a question of sight: what changes once God is seen as worthy? The sermon begins with family greetings and a small-group launch announcement, then moves into Ruth 1 and builds the case that recognition comes before…
A marriage sermon that keeps covenant, healing, and hard truth in view without losing its pastoral center.
Marriage Weekend reads like a plainspoken sermon about covenant, hard hearts, and the work of becoming one. Dave and Marla Schaaf give it its anchor: 48 years married, 48 years loving Jesus, three daughters, five grandchildren, service at City Harvest, and marriage coaching.
Palm Sunday is framed less as celebration than as the start of suffering.
Palm Sunday is treated less like a celebration than the beginning of suffering. The power of the episode comes from that split view: the crowd thinks something triumphant is underway, while Jesus knows what waits ahead.
Two Bible translators unpack Scripture's hardest passages, from Revelation's 666 to the Witch of Endor.
It's December, you guys.
Palm Sunday does not get treated like a party here.
Seth starts with church family and the Word, then moves into Philippians 2.
"It's a good day to be in church." Seth opens warmly, then turns a 20th-anniversary church announcement into a sermon on the Great Commission as one shared charge.
Pastor Stephen treats his last Sunday on staff at The Heart as a big, tender handoff.
Henry Simmons, the youth pastor at The Heart, centers this Good Friday message on Isaiah 53:3-6 and reads the passage aloud at the Post Falls campus.
Resurrection Sunday starts with a call back.
A sermon on Silent Saturday focusing on preaching the gospel and posing a crucial question about Jesus Christ, based on 1 Corinthians 2:2 and Matthew chapter 16.
This episode explores the miracle of Easter, focusing on Jesus Christ's resurrection and divinity, with a lighthearted touch on why he appeared to women first.
Pastor Stephen Knoll reflects on his 48-year ministry journey, announces his retirement, and shares personal stories of faith and community.
A sermon reflecting on the emotional and spiritual weight of Palm Sunday as the beginning of Jesus's suffering.
A pastor prepares the congregation for Easter weekend, emphasizing miracles and inviting attendees to bring those far from God.
A pastor announces the church's 20th anniversary celebration and upcoming leadership transition while introducing a sermon on scriptures.
A pastor announces a leadership transition and invites the congregation to special events.
Associate pastor Logan shares a sermon about faith and church community, using a humorous Costco analogy.
A pastor delivers a sermon at Heart Of The City Church, reflecting on 10 years of ministry and the radical encounter of giving his life to Christ.
Seth comes home to The Heart.
Jason steps in unexpectedly.
Jason opens with gratitude, pauses for a small-group note, then moves into Ruth.
Home gives the sermon a soft start.
Marriage here is design, not improvisation.
A sermon based on Joshua chapter 6 about God's promise to deliver Jericho, encouraging listeners to advance in their lives through faith.
A pastor shares his excitement about a recent church service where people were saved and baptized, then discusses the importance of grounding theology in scripture rather than online content like YouTube or TikTok.
Pastor Seth Owens introduces a teaching session on scriptures while sharing Christmas season announcements about upcoming children's programs and candlelight gatherings at the church.
A church panel discussion on biblical perspectives on money and motives.
A pastor delivers a sermon at Heart of the City Church, introducing himself and his family, and making an announcement about a Thanksgiving offering.
Pastor Stephen delivers a sermon on biblical money management, encouraging generosity and addressing discomfort around discussing finances in church.
A pastor and his wife introduce a sermon series on money, discussing how money talks and impacts our lives from a Christian perspective.
A pastor leads a church service, sharing announcements, a joke, and details about a mission trip to Mexico, before transitioning into corporate prayer.
A pastor announces the upcoming Thanksgiving offering, which will support Hospice of North Idaho and Voice of the Martyrs in Nigeria, and plays a video message from Voice of the Martyrs.
A pastor announces Holy Week events and encourages the congregation to participate in fasting and prayer leading up to Easter.
This episode focuses on evangelism and loving God through action, based on 1 John chapter 4, encouraging listeners to share their faith and reach the lost.
A church service introduction and sermon by Pastor Jason and guest speaker Robbie Walden at Heart Of The City Church.
A pastor shares excitement about a worship service and altar call at their church.
A sermon series reflecting on divine encounters and the importance of being found by God.
A church service continuing a sermon series with announcements and a shout-out to a ladies luncheon.
An associate pastor delivers a sermon on evangelism, encouraging the congregation to share testimonies of their faith.
Pastor Jason opens a new sermon series on pursuing the lost, emphasizing God's heart for salvation.
Pastor introduces a new sermon series called 'The Hunt' and shares about a recent trip to Yuma, Arizona.
A sermon from Heart of the City Church about the importance of being rooted in community and serving within the church.