Passage: Galatians 3:14-25 Guide for Group Discussion or Personal Reflection https://nscbc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/6.26.22-Sermon-recording_1.mp3 Sermon Overview In Galatians 3:7-14, Paul draws upon the rich biblical history of blessing and curses to show the Galatians that only through trust in Christ will they obtain the blessing that they have always longed for. What, then,
Passage: Galatians 3:1-9 Guide for Group Discussion or Personal Reflection https://nscbc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/6.19.22-Sermon-recording.mp3 Sermon Overview In Galatians 3:1-9, Paul rebukes the Galatians sharply, because they had turned from a posture of faith (trusting dependence upon Christ), to trusting in their own record. Though they had “begun by the Spirit”, he says, they
Passage: Galatians 2:11-16 Guide for Group Discussion or Personal Reflection https://nscbc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/6.5.22-Sermon-Audio.mp3 Sermon Overview In Galatians 2:11-16, Paul describes an incident in Antioch where the truth of the gospel was undermined—this time by the actions of an apostle himself (Peter)! What happened there, and why was Paul so angry about it,
Passage: Galatians 1:11-24 Guide for Group Discussion or Personal Reflection https://nscbc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Sermon-May-22-2022.mp3 Sermon Overview In Galatians 1:11-24, Paul shares his personal testimony with the aim of showing that the gospel he now preaches is, in his own words, “not man’s gospel” (1:11). While he is most immediately concerned with refuting false
Passage: Galatians 1:6-10 Guide for Group Discussion or Personal Reflection https://nscbc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/5-15-22-Sermon.mp3 Sermon Overview The Apostle Paul comes out swinging right at the beginning of his letter to the Galatians. What so provoked Paul, that he forwent even his customary greetings and launched into a blazing invective against the Galatians? What
Passage: Galatians 5:1-5 Guide for Group Discussion or Personal Reflection https://nscbc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/5-8-22-MP3-audio.mp3 Sermon Overview Paul’s letter to the Galatians is all about the freedom and confidence we have in Christ, because of the gospel, as well as the kind of community that emerges from this freedom. At the beginning of Galatians,
Passage: Acts 1:1-11; Acts 2:1-13 Guide for Group Discussion or Personal Reflection https://nscbc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/050122-Sermon.mp3 Sermon Overview Like the first disciples, we can often feel ourselves ill-equipped for the mission of Jesus. Because of Jesus’ ascension, however, and the pouring out of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, we are more than equipped
A body of many parts In thinking about Night to Shine, my mind often turns to Paul’s teaching in I Corinthians that the church is one body, made up of many parts, all doing what each does well. In chapter 12, verse 18 he says, “But in fact God has
