Grace Church NWA

When it comes down to it, the core of Christian “faith” can be succinctly stated in the Nicene Creed. But is that enough? Text: Colossians 1:15-20 (NET) You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa.org. It is a priority for us at Grace Church NWA to make LGBTQIA+, all ethnicities and races, those with disabilities, and other marginalized people groups feel accepted, included, a...

Spiritual growth takes patience and persistence for individuals, as well as the church, and it usually involves incredible actions rather than incredible words. Text: Romans 12:1-21 (NET) You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa.org. It is a priority for us at Grace Church NWA to make LGBTQIA+, all ethnicities and races, those with disabilities, and other marginalized peopl...

Belonging is rooted in the practice of inclusive hospitality and honest, non-transactional relationships. Text: 1 Corinthians 12:13 (NET) You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa.org. It is a priority for us at Grace Church NWA to make LGBTQIA+, all ethnicities and races, those with disabilities, and other marginalized people groups feel accepted, included, and valuable to...

Jesus’ encouragement to be ready is a natural expression of his love for us. Text: Mark 13:32-37 (NET) You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa.org.

The command to love is the baseline commitment to following Jesus, not some goal we are working to attain. Text: Mark 13:32-37 (NET) You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa.org.

This week we’re hearing from our friends at Circles NWA. Circles NWA is a community-driven program that works to increase upward mobility for individuals and families in poverty in Northwest Arkansas. Their work fits well with our text for the week and serves as a practical example for much of what Jesus teaches us about “greatness”. Text: Mark 10:35-45 (NET) You can find out more about us at our...

The Big Idea: Following Jesus means loving people, and that gets messy quick. Take Away: We’ve often said at Grace Church that the Kingdom of God is people and things as they should be. Moving towards that necessarily involves a reordering of our relationships with ourselves, others and things. This is what following Jesus invites us to do. Text: Mark 10:17-32 (NET) It is a priority for us at Grac...

Excuse the blip at the beginning of the sermon, our livestream cut out so that part is audio only. Jesus gives us a new and radically different definition of what it means to be “great” Being great in the Kingdom of God is not like being great in the world. It involves using the power we have for those who don’t, making room for others by giving up our place and making sure those who don’t have a...

Freedom in Jesus is better than upholding social norms. When we get distracted by acting as the gatekeepers to the way we believe Christians should act or look like, we lose the ability to exalt the voices of the oppressed, humble ourselves before others, and practice the way of Jesus. Text: Mark 7:1-30 (NET) Learn more about us at www.gracechurchnwa.org

Text: Mark 6:1-13 Big Idea: Failure isn’t to be feared, nor is it meant to stop us. Take Away: Jesus modeled how to respond to failure and gave us a blueprint of how to respond when we experience it, too. You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa.org.

Text: Mark 4:35-41 Big Idea: Following Jesus means living conscious of Jesus' presence in every situation. Take Away: An essential part of following Jesus is “practicing the presence” of God, not in some benign, metaphorical way, but in tangible trust and recognition of the true character and nature of Jesus. You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa.org.

"Small Seed. Big Plant" May 29th 2022 (Teacher: Tim Holland) by Grace Church NWA

The Kingdom of God is an invitation to trust that God is at work Antithetical to life in the Kingdom of God is taking responsibility for things that we are not supposed to be responsible for. Text: Mark 4:26-29 (NET) You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa.org. It is a priority for us at Grace Church NWA to make LGBTQIA+, all ethnicities and races, those with disabilities,...

“Light” is given to us for the benefit of all. True understanding comes from obedience. Enlightenment without action is toxic. We all have more “truth” than we know what to do with. So often our addiction to more information, among other things, keeps us from acting on what we already know. Mark 4: 21-25 (NET) You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa.org. It is a priority f...

Parables are simple stories designed to illustrate a truth and invite us to act as a result of our encounter with it. The Parable of the sower invites us to consider the condition of the “soil” of our lives and respond with intention. Text: Mark 4:1-20 (NET) You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa.org

God’s incarnation in Jesus sets off a whole new way of thinking, feeling and being in the world. The presence of the Kingdom of God among us reorders all of our personal and communal relationships as well as our religious and societal structures. Text: Mark 2:13-28 (NET) You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa.org. It is a priority for us at Grace Church NWA to make LGBTQI...

Easter Sunday! The news of the resurrection of Jesus is the ultimate reorienting of the story of our broken world. No matter how broken things get, from the personal to the global, all is being healed and restored by the resurrection of Jesus. It changes everything. Text: Mark 16 (NET) You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa.org.

It's Palm Sunday! Jesus presence ushers in a whole new “covenant”, or way of understanding God’s posture towards us. When we see Jesus, we see God and we see God’s posture towards us. This is the clearest demonstration of covenant we have. Text: Mark 14:12-22 (NET) You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa.org.

Jesus uses miracles as a means to a much bigger end. The testimony of Jesus miracles points us to the much bigger truth. This invites us to open our imaginations to a much different understanding of what is real, what is possible, and what we can hope for. Text: Mark 1:29-2:12 (NET) You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa.org.

The Christian Gospel isn’t just good news, it’s a revolution and declaration to those in power. Jesus has an agenda with his gospel: to declare that the Kingdom of God is here, a new reign that is for everyone. Text: Mark 1:14-28 (NET) You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa.org.

Baptisms are a serious thing. Our baptisms, both with water and with the Spirit, are often the signal that significant change is about to happen Text: Mark 1:1-13 (NET) Learn more about us at www.gracechurchnwa.org

Revelation comes in the breaking of the bread. It’s not enough to just to know, or even to see, but we must imitate Jesus to know Jesus. Text: Luke 24: 13-35 (NET) You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa.org.

Jesus loves us enough to provide opportunities for restoration and belonging, but it is not just for our own good. These reminders of our identity are also reminders of our call to care for and restore others as we follow Jesus. Text: John 21:1-19 (NET) You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa.org.

Christianity, at its core, is a “one another” religion. Taking care of each other, especially in the most mundane and difficult ways, is to be a hallmark of the followers of Jesus. Text: John 13:1-17 (NET) You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa.org.

Jesus calls us to pay attention to what is important in the midst of seeming constant disruption and anxiety, not as a way of being free of distraction, but as a way of ordering what we pay attention to. Text: Luke 10: 38-42 (NET) You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa.org.