Passage: Daniel 3:13–26 Guide for Group Discussion or Personal Reflection https://nscbc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/sermon0927.mp4 Sermon Summary Being faithful to God in exile involves worshipping him alone amidst the competing idols and ideologies of our day. Doing so is often costly but it’s a powerful witness to our surrounding culture and it makes compelling
Passage: Daniel 2:31–45 Guide for Group Discussion or Personal Reflection https://nscbc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/sermon0920.mp4 Sermon Summary When living in exile, we, like everyone else, are faced with the “mystery” of what life is all about. Though we will never find the answer to this mystery by looking inside of ourselves, we have a
In the early days of school, church, and business closings, NSCBC hosted its first virtual all-church meeting. We reflected on how we were experiencing the disruptions. In just a few weeks, the pandemic was already revealing our vulnerabilities. We reviewed early job loss data and public health information suggesting where
Passage: Daniel 1:1–21 Guide for Group Discussion or Personal Reflection https://nscbc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/sermon0913.mp4 Sermon Summary Most of the Bible was written by and for a people “in exile”—people living among a culture that didn’t share its basic beliefs, values, or outlook on the world—and today, as well it can feel like we’re living
Passage: Acts 6:7-15; 7:54-8:3 Guide for Group Discussion or Personal Reflection https://nscbc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/sermon0906.mp4 Sermon Summary Gospel movements advance as God works through hardship. We need to come to grips, then, with the fact that we will face hardships. The early church faced both internal and external hardships, a reality well illustrated in
The following blog post originally appeared on Clove Island Life with Tom and Megan, the blog of our World Partners serving the islands off the coast of Africa. Does it ever seem like talking about your faith is like walking through a minefield? There seems to be so many topics
Passage: Acts 4:32-37 Guide for Group Discussion or Personal Reflection https://nscbc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/sermon0830.mp4 Sermon Summary Gospel movements happen when God’s church witnesses to Him powerfully. The early church witnessed compellingly to God’s reality because it had both an orthodoxy of doctrine and an orthodoxy of community. The early church’s witness, therefore, included
Passage: Acts 4:23-31 Guide for Group Discussion or Personal Reflection https://nscbc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/sermon0823.mp4 Sermon Summary Gospel movements are marked by kingdom-advancing prayer. The prayer life of the early church made them unique in their day, and if we want to see a gospel movement on the North Shore, we too need to
