Passage: Ephesians 1:3-14 Guide for Group Discussion or Personal Reflection https://nscbc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/sermon0802.mp4 Sermon Summary In order to endure this lengthy hardship, we need a concrete purpose and aim in life—an aim so great that even suffering cannot take it away. Thankfully, we are not left to find our own purpose on
On Wednesday evening, July 29, the North Shore Gospel Partnership, a collaboration of churches in Essex County, hosted a virtual live event titled Let’s Talk: Hard Stories and Honest Questions. Paulea Mooney-McCoy introduced the conversation as an opportunity to pull up a chair to her family’s table as she, her
Passage: Ephesians 1:3-14 Guide for Group Discussion or Personal Reflection https://nscbc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/sermon0726.mp4 Sermon Summary As the pandemic drags on, many of us feel worn down, with seemingly no end in sight. Times like these can reveal what we’re truly hoping in. In the midst of Ephesians 1:3-14, Paul gives us to
Passage: Ephesians 1:3-14 Guide for Group Discussion or Personal Reflection https://nscbc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/sermon0719.mp4 Sermon Summary It’s easy to see in our society the brokenness and disunity among us. We wonder what could possibly help bring us back together. Paul declares the “mystery of [God’s] will” in Ephesians 1:9-10, which is that all
Passage: Ephesians 1:3-14 Guide for Group Discussion or Personal Reflection https://nscbc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/sermon0712.mp4 Sermon Summary The greatest stories of our time are often pointing to our questions about fate and destiny. We wonder who decides our destiny or if fate even exists. As Christians we can be confident that God is in
Passage: Ephesians 1:3-14 Guide for Group Discussion or Personal Reflection https://nscbc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/sermon0705.mp4 Sermon Summary In this divided time, it’s more important than ever to remember what unites us as Christians, which is Christ. He is the center of our faith, and indeed the center all creation. In Ephesians 1:3-14, Paul gloriously
This past March, our church took a survey for the second year in a row, aimed at helping us assess our growth as disciples. We did this because of our conviction that fruitful discipleship is central to our vision to see a gospel movement on the North Shore. Discipleship is
Passage: Amos 9:11-15 Guide for Group Discussion or Personal Reflection https://nscbc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/sermon0628.mp4 Sermon Summary The gospel includes the good news that through Jesus, God is restoring all things in heaven and earth to their intended state of flourishing. The book of Amos ends with a glorious vision of how God restores
