This is the third post in a series aimed at continuing to increase our clarity as a church around what it means to grow as Jesus’ disciples. You can read parts one and two here. Flying Blind In the previous posts, I argued that it is crucial for a church
Passage: Matthew 7:7-11 Guide for Group Discussion or Personal Reflection https://nscbc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/0206-sermon.mp3 Sermon Summary Jesus wants us to be bold and expectant in coming before our Father in prayer, and yet prayer is difficult for so many of us. In this section in the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus challenges us
This is the second post in a series aimed continuing to increase our clarity as a church around what it means to grow as Jesus’ disciples. You can read part one here. When We Don’t Define Because Jesus’ central calling to his church is to make disciples who make disciples
Who We’re Becoming Without a doubt, this has not been a typical January. Though January is usually the time when people start new habits and seek to gain (or regain) clarity about what truly matters in life, the ambiguity and long-term fatigue of Covid—along with the corresponding feelings of staleness
Passage: Matthew 6:25-34 Guide for Group Discussion or Personal Reflection https://nscbc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/0123-sermon.mp3 Sermon Summary In Matthew 6:25-34, Jesus repeatedly commanded his disciples: “Do not be anxious”. Never has this message been more needed than now, and nobody embodied this message more than Jesus himself. It is striking that, as many reasons
Passage: Isaiah 9:1-7 Guide for Group Discussion or Personal Reflection https://nscbc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/0109.mp3 Sermon Summary In our culture today, we are experiencing an unprecedented loss of hope. From the ongoing pandemic to societal divisions to political gridlock, never have we needed a collective sense of hope more than we do now—and yet
Passage: Matthew 6:19-24 Guide for Group Discussion or Personal Reflection https://nscbc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/0116-sermon.mp3 Sermon Summary In Matthew 6:19-24, Jesus gets to the heart of things (literally) by addressing what we treasure. In fact, all that Jesus commands in the Sermon on the Mount will be possible only if we have Christ as
Read below a report of two recent Christmas meals provided by our Evening Service and Downtown Dinner teams. Both are examples of God’s kingdom being shared and a practical way of proclaiming “great joy that will be for all the people” We have ventured forth to encourage meeting in person,
