{"podcast":{"title":"Church of the City New York","slug":"church-of-the-city-new-york-203880","podcast_index_feed_id":203880,"rss_url":"https://cotcnyc.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://church.nyc","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/8/4/2/7/8427d4f1cead436e16c3140a3186d450/.podcastartworkArtboard_1.jpeg","author":"COTC NYC","episode_count":535,"summary":"Welcome to the Church of the City Podcast. Church of the City New York is a church community passionate about making disciples who \"practice the way of Jesus together for the renewal of the city.\" We believe in the authority and power of the scriptures to shape our communal life and practice, as we seek to teach God's word with clarity and conviction. Most of the teaching in our community is done by Pastor Jon Tyson and our teaching team. We have both morning and evening services and meet in the heart of Manhattan. For more information visit: churchofthecitynyc.com","last_synced_at":"2026-09-15T08:19:40.482051+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/church-of-the-city-new-york-203880"},"episode":{"title":"FOLLOW | Obedience - Dr. Wanda Walborn","slug":"follow-obedience-dr-wanda-walborn","published_at":"2026-07-20T19:47:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/church-of-the-city-new-york-203880/follow-obedience-dr-wanda-walborn","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/church-of-the-city-new-york-203880","url":"https://cotcnyc.libsyn.com/follow-obedience-dr-wanda-walborn","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/cotcnyc/UES_07.19_2-RX10Co_02-01.mp3?dest-id=527009","summary":"This Sunday, guest preacher Dr. Wanda Walborn continued our FOLLOW series with a teaching on obedience from Matthew 7:21-27. Obedience is not an inspiring word for many of us. We want Jesus' love, His forgiveness, His grace, but we hesitate at obedience because we have seen the word distorted. Scripture presents it differently—not the loss of freedom, but the way we learn to trust a good Father. In the parable of the wise and foolish builders, both houses faced the same storm. The difference was the foundation, quietly formed long before the rain, built with integrity, consistent sowing, and grit. The habits formed in the calm show up in the storm. The application from this sermon was to ask the Lord for one habit to practice this week. Write it down. Tell someone. The small decisions you make each day become the foundation you stand on tomorrow.","meta_description":"This Sunday, guest preacher Dr. Wanda Walborn continued our FOLLOW series with a teaching on obedience from Matthew 7:21-27. Obedience is not an inspiring…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2447,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/church-of-the-city-new-york-203880/episodes/follow-obedience-dr-wanda-walborn/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/church-of-the-city-new-york-203880/follow-obedience-dr-wanda-walborn.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}