New City Fellowship Sermons

He Is Coming Again

Pastor Cody ends the year by looking ahead with hope to the new city. 

#revelation21 #newcity #newyear

Jesus Came for Peace

Peace on earth? Really? In the midst of long COVID testing lines? Violence in our cities? And a loneliness epidemic during the holidays?

 

On Christmas Eve, Pastor John explores the angel's proclamation about peace on earth from Luke 2. We'll see that the Christian faith offers us incredible resources for peace, even when our world is falling apart.

 

#ChristmasEve #Luke2 #peaceonearth

He Came For Relationship | 1 John 1:1-4

Have you ever been put in a box? Not a literal box. But had someone know part of you, but not all of you?

As the Apostle John writes to Christians fifty years after Jesus' life and ministry, he encourages them not to put Jesus in the box of prevailing spiritual ideas. John wants believers to have a relationship with Jesus, but with Jesus as He is, not Jesus in a box. Jesus came relationally so he could be known as he is. And he came to be known as he is so you could be in relationship.

#1John1 #relationship #advent

He Came to Save Sinners

Have you ever seen the list of invitees to a party and thought, "I'm not gonna go. No one going to the party is like me"?

When Jesus came into the world, no one was like him. Everybody was a sinner, a rebel against God. Yet, Christ Jesus came to save sinners.
As we explore this theme in 1 Timothy 1, we'll see that understanding this completely changes the way we view ourselves.

#sinners #Advent #1Timothy1

He Came As An Offering | Hebrews 10:1-1

When something bad happens, do you ever ask, “God, what did I do to deserve this?”

 

If so, then we usually ask, “What can I offer you to get out of this?” But that type of thinking produces guilt-ridden, timid living.

In our second Advent sermon, Pastor John opens up Hebrews 10 to explore how Jesus offering himself as a sacrifice enables us to live boldly before God.

 

#offering #f260 #guilt #sacrificialsystem

Jesus Humbled Himself to Come

If you could gain any super power, what would it be?

It isn’t hard to think about gaining a special skill or ability. But what if you had to give one up? What if you didn’t gain a special strength, but had to give up one you already possessed? Why even bring that up? Who wants to lay aside the best thing about them?

Pastor John opens up Philippians 2 to explore how Jesus humbled himself to come.

#humility #humbleness

Thankfulness Hacks from the Apostle Paul

How do you "hack" gratitude?

Many people open their eyes to material blessings God has given them. But the Apostle Paul's hack is to see unseen spiritual realities. That's what makes his heart thankful.

Pastor John will open Colossians 1 to explore how the Gospel gives us endless resources for thankfulness.

 

#gratitudehack #lifehacks #colossians1 #spiritualrealities

The Family Table - Romans 16

Has your experience of following Jesus been more about sitting in an individual seat on Sunday mornings? Or being face to face with others around the family table?

 

As we celebrate our 5th Anniversary, Pastor John opens up an often skipped over passage (Romans 16) to help us root deeper in the Gospel and each other. The family table is foundational to our faith.

 

#Romans16 #familytable #thetable #tablefellowship

Pure Faith - Romans 4:13-25

We talk a lot about faith in our culture, but what is it? Faith in the universe? Faith that things are going to work out okay? 

Cody opens up Romans 4 to unpack what faith really is for the follower of Jesus. 

 

#faith #believe

God: Missing or Revealed? (Romans 1:16-32)

Ever feel like God is missing? Because the world is so broken and our lives are so painful, we often feel like God isn't real or if He is, He's hiding. Pastor John explores Romans 1:16-32 to see how God is actually revealing himself to humanity, but not in the way that we would assume.

 

#Atheism #agnosticism #Revelation #Romans1 #sin #desire #sexuality #julianbarnes #doubt #deconstruction

 

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