Church of the City New York Come to Me | Rest For Your Soul - Jon Tyson
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Mar 30, 2026 A pastor wrestles with why people are turning back to traditional, costly faith amid cultural change. He explores deep human longings, the problem of miswanting, and how those longings feed cycles of shame. The talk highlights forgiveness, radical mercy, and an invitation to find rest in a personal relationship rather than a system.
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Why Jesus Answers Deep Human Longings
- Jesus's claims answer deep human longings by offering fulfillment, illumination, trust, access, and power through union with him.
- Jon Tyson lists titles Jesus uses (I Am, bread of life, light, shepherd, door, resurrection, way, true vine) as reasons people swim upstream to faith.
Unexpected Conversions Show Spiritual Thirst
- Tyson cites surprising converts like Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Daddy Yankee to show varied people find Christianity when secularism fails.
- He notes Hirsi Ali left atheism for spiritual solace and Daddy Yankee publicly declared Christ after touring.
Miswanting Explains Why We Chase The Wrong Things
- Humans are made to want but often 'miswant' because desires are discipled by the world, leading to a cycle of unmet longings and shame.
- Tyson explains affective forecasting and a cycle: activating event → unmet longing → isolation → experimentation → shame → repeat.
