New Life Baptist Church

The Corinthians, who had seen great things but undoubtedly far less than the Israelites, were overconfident. They believed they were standing firm, even though many of them were regularly going with friends and family members to pagan worship...

We'll be talking more about laying down our rights, but looking at things from a slightly different angle this week - in particular, laying down our rights to become all things to all men so that by all means we can win some to Christ.

Sadly, Paul's authority as an apostle had come under fire from some in the Corinthian church. Ironically, they seemed to be questioning his authority at least in part because he didn't act like other itinerant speakers - he didn't...

To conclude our topical series on generosity we will learn 4 enduring principles of giving as found in scripture. They are: God's people reap what they sow. God loves a cheerful giver. God enriches us to enable generosity. God is glorified...

This week we learn that generosity always flows from ready and willing hearts.

This Sunday, we learn that the Gospel empowers us to give gracefully in spite of our circumstances as an act of worship.

This week we learn that we are to be focused and faithful stewards of all God has entrusted to us in light of the Lord's coming return.

Jesus follows up the parable of the rich fool by teaching that we do not have to worry about the future or how we'll pay for it because we have a loving heavenly Father who promises to care for us, just as he does for the birds and flowers...

We'll be looking at the parable of the rich fool, which reveals the folly of storing up treasure on earth against the wisdom of storing up treasure in heaven. May God use it to help us honestly evaluate our self-sufficiency, selfishness, and...

Many of us aren't as generous as we should be - and some of us aren't generous at all - because we're motivated by guilt rather than grace. We've been told all our lives that we should share because not sharing is mean, but...

Join us this week as we look into 1st Corinthians 8 and how Paul addresses the issues of Christian freedom, love and unity in the Church.

With the present world passing away, we learn that we must give God our undivided devotion in singleness and marriage.

Christians, like all people, are haunted by the greener grass conspiracy - that something else is better than what we have. We feel this in our relationships, in our religious practice, and in our jobs. Many Christians even start to believe that God...

This week we learn that marriage and singleness are gifts from God that we must receive with holiness and humility.

In the first half of chapter six, Paul has explained that believers are washed, sanctified, and justified through faith in the person and work of Jesus. By the grace of God, we are not who we were! But the Corinthians were just like us, and they...

The problems in Corinth weren't much different than the problems we face as believers today - there is a constant temptation to deal with situations in our lives just like non-Christians (like suing one another over petty things, or sinning in...

Guest preacher Steve Doyle explains the ground, goal and gain of missions efforts as seen in 3rd John.

This week we learn that part of being a messy church means enacting church discipline when necessary for the church's sanctification and glory of the Lord. Church discipline is difficult, but it is worth it.

Imitation is seen as the sincerest form of flattery, and it's also seen as annoying in some contexts. But imitation is one of the ways we learn anything in life - from sports to art to music to learning to speak. The problem in Corinth was...

On God's team, there are no superstars - just role players completing their assignments. Paul planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. Paul laid a foundation, and other teachers are building on it. Every player is just doing his...

Paul has just reminded the Corinthians that he didn't rely on human wisdom or gimmicks of any kind when he came to Corinth - he simply proclaimed Jesus Christ and him crucified. And he did so in the power of the Holy Spirit, relying on him to...

We learn that as the people of God we are to be heralds of the Good News. Our job is to present the King's message to the King's people without distortion or distraction.

We are constantly tempted to change the message of the Gospel to win the approval of others because we fear man. We are afraid of being thought of as fools, and we are tempted to be embarrassed of the foolishness of the Gospel. However, in the...

Paul dives into the first major problem facing the Corinthian, which was division - and specifically, division over the human leaders they followed (or didn't follow). Three groups centered around Paul, Apollos, and Peter, while one group...

As we launch our new series for the year, "Messy Church: 1st Corinthians", we will be introduced to the church in Corinth and we will be reminded that although every church is messy, God is in the business of transforming messy churches into...