Passage: Ecclesiastes 11:1-6 Guide for Group Discussion or Personal Reflection https://nscbc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Sermon0822.mp3 Sermon Summary We live in a world marked by time, chance, and randomness—a world where our best work can be wiped away by circumstances outside of our control. In Ecclesiastes 11:1-6, the Teacher helps us come to grips with
Passage: Ecclesiastes 3:1-15 Guide for Group Discussion or Personal Reflection https://nscbc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Sermon0815.mp3 Sermon Summary Ecclesiastes 3:1-15 helps us navigate the unfolding experiences of our life as they come, when we don’t know what they’re all adding up to. In Ecclesiastes 3, the Teacher observes a riddle that is at the heart
Passage: Ecclesiastes 2:12-17; 7:11-18; 9:11-12 Guide for Group Discussion or Personal Reflection https://nscbc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/sermon0808.mp3 Sermon Summary Ecclesiastes helps us navigate “life under the sun” by describing the way that life works in a broken world. All our attempts to find meaning and value “under the sun” are ultimately hevel (a vapor,
Passage: Ecclesiastes 5:8-17 Guide for Group Discussion or Personal Reflection https://nscbc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/sermon0801.mp3 Sermon Summary It is part of our fallen nature to pursue through material wealth what only God can give us. Ecclesiastes shows how our idolatrous pursuit of material wealth is hevel (vanity) and brings frustration, both at a societal
Passage: Ecclesiastes 2:1-11, 9:7-9 Guide for Group Discussion or Personal Reflection https://nscbc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Sermon0725.mp3 Sermon Summary Many people believe that we can find ultimate satisfaction in life by pursuing our pleasures. The preacher in Ecclesiastes dispels this myth, however, by pursuing his pleasures to the fullest extent, acquiring them, and finding it
At NSCBC, we believe that multiplying disciples who make disciples is crucial to seeing a gospel movement on the North Shore. Throughout the year, we want to highlight encouraging stories of our people growing through discipleship groups and preparing to multiply their faith. Our discipleship groups run for about one-year
Passage: Ecclesiastes 1:1-3, 1:12-15; 12:13 Guide for Group Discussion or Personal Reflection https://nscbc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/sermon0704.mp3 Sermon Summary We need all the Bible’s wisdom literature to help us make sense of the good-but-fallen world that we’re living in. The book of Ecclesiastes involves the sustained reflections of the “preacher”, a man who has
Passage: John 3:1–15 Guide for Group Discussion or Personal Reflection https://nscbc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/sermon0627.mp3 Sermon Summary Over the past several weeks, we’ve looked at practices that define the Christian community. We need to remember, however, that these practices are what Christians do, not who Christians are. A Christian is someone who has experienced
