{"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":"Freed | Rejection - Sam Gibson","slug":"freed-rejection-sam-gibson","published_at":"2026-06-01T19:40:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/church-of-the-city-new-york-203880/freed-rejection-sam-gibson","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/church-of-the-city-new-york-203880","url":"https://cotcnyc.libsyn.com/freed-rejection-sam-gibson","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/cotcnyc/May_31_Sam_Podcast.mp3?dest-id=527009","summary":"This week, Pastor Sam Gibson continued our FREED series with a sermon on rejection—opening by admitting he couldn't promise freedom from it. Rejection is inevitable. The real question is whether it will deform you or transform you. Pastor Sam unpacked the snare of recognition as rejection's dangerous shadow side, walked through the Greco-Roman context of adoption in Romans 8, and landed on this: in Christ, we are not rescued strays but chosen heirs—named, inheritance transferred, legally irrevocable. That is the spirit of adoption available to us, and it is what sets us free.","meta_description":"This week, Pastor Sam Gibson continued our FREED series with a sermon on rejection—opening by admitting he couldn't promise freedom from it. Rejection is…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2418,"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/freed-rejection-sam-gibson/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/freed-rejection-sam-gibson.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}