New Bridge Community Church Sermons

Has your appetite changed over the years? Are there foods that you like now that you didn’t before? Have you ever trained yourself to enjoy certain foods because they are healthy for you? In our passage this Sunday, Jesus says, “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.” (Matthew 5:6). To hunger and thirst for the things of God requires a spiritual appetit...

The more we explore Jesus’ teachings on the blessed life, the more we see how upside down His kingdom ways are from the ways of this world. And yet, the more we examine Jesus’ teachings, the more we realize that it is our world’s ways of living that are upside down. Promising blessing and happiness, they often leave us exhausted from striving and unsatisfied with what they’ve promised. This Sunday...

Jesus turns things upside down again this week when He says that blessing comes to those who mourn. Many of us try to avoid any form of discomfort, including mourning. We stuff our sorrow deep down; we try to distract ourselves, numb ourselves, or try to deny the source of the mourning. And yet, Jesus promises that there is the blessing of His comfort as we mourn. Is Jesus talking about all kinds...

Happy New Year! Oftentimes, our hopes in a new year include experiencing goodness and blessing in our lives. But what does that mean? Many equate a life of blessing with material possessions, exciting experiences, or meaningful relationships. But what about when we find those and something is still missing? In Jesus’ most famous sermon, He taught how to find true, lasting blessing. And it looks di...

This Sunday, we'll explore the moment when Peter is invited to walk on water with Jesus. While this passage may be familiar to many, Jesus asks Peter, "Why did you doubt?" Have you ever stopped to consider what that "doubt" really means? Peter clearly has enough faith to step out of the boat, walk on water, and cry out to Jesus when he starts sinking. So what’s behind Jesus' question? Join us as w...

This is the final message in our Advent series based on Isaiah 9:6: He Shall Be Called. What does it mean that Jesus is the Prince of Peace? Though we all come from different circumstances, the idea of having peace in our lives is quite attractive. We will take a look at the kind of peace Jesus wants to give us, how He can do that, and what it looks like to live in that reality now.   Access upcom...

For many, referring to God as Father is a sensitive issue. Maybe you had a bad relationship with your father, and it colors the way you see God when He is referred to that way. Or perhaps you had a great relationship with your father, but he has passed away, and it pains you to think about that loss. When God speaks of the hope and restoration that will come through His promised Savior, one of the...

This Sunday, we continue our Advent journey by exploring the title "Mighty God" and what it reveals about Jesus—and about what it means to live in relationship with Him. So often, we’re tempted to prove our strength by carrying the weight of our stresses, challenges, and even our need to prove our worth. But could it be that true strength comes not from carrying it all ourselves but from releasing...

This Sunday, we begin our 4-week journey through Advent. Advent is a season of waiting and anticipating, and we enter in with hearts desiring to experience greater alignment with and transformation through Jesus. Each week, we will focus on one of the four titles given to Jesus in Isaiah 9:6. Join us this Sunday as we reflect on what it means for Jesus to be our Wonderful Counselor. To get more ou...

Last Sunday, we celebrated God’s faithfulness to New Bridge these last 25 years. This Sunday, we are keeping the celebration spirit going by spending time focusing on gratitude and baptisms. How have you seen God at work in your life this past season? And baptism is an all-church event. As the church, baptism represents an opportunity to celebrate God’s work in a person’s life and to do our part i...

This Sunday, we celebrate 25 years of God’s faithfulness in and through New Bridge! We have a special service planned to look back with gratitude and to look forward with confidence in the calling that God originally gave us as a church.   Access upcoming events, get connected, download digital sermon notes, request prayer, and more: https://linktr.ee/nbccoly

In our final sermon of the series, “God, Government, & The Gospel,” we will look at the implications of the Gospel itself.  We will wrestle with the question - What does it look like to live in response to the Gospel in this very cultural moment?  It is important to address this question as we come off the heels of election season.  As we find ourselves back in our workspaces, among our commun...

As we continue through our series, "God, Government, & The Gospel," this week we come to the challenging tension of how the Church and government relate to one another. In an increasingly post-Christian era, the challenges continue to intensify. But what does it look like to be followers of Jesus who are active participants in society, bringing the values of the kingdom of Jesus into every sph...

When you listen to the politicians and news outlets, it can easily feel as if human history is in the balance with this upcoming election. No doubt, the outcome will have significant consequences one way or another. But how might the way the Bible describes other times like these lift our eyes to remember who God is as the One who reigns forever over every authority and power? How has this truth c...

This Sunday we begin a new, 4-week series to help anchor our lives, inform our minds, and shape our behavior as we approach the upcoming election season. Without getting into the weeds of politics or taking positions on a particular candidate or political party, we will see how the Bible’s teachings provide grounding and guidance for this election season. The good news is that this is not foreign...

This Sunday, we conclude our nearly year-long journey through The Gospel According to John. The final chapter of John presents us with a picture that represents the purpose of the whole book, a belief that leads to life. In Peter, we see someone who must wrestle with how his beliefs about Jesus and himself address his greatest fears and failures, something we also often wrestle with. What Jesus ha...

Have you ever stood by a casket or at a burial site and reflected on how the reality of death challenges you to live your life differently? The death of Jesus invites us into that kind of reflection, but even more, Jesus’ resurrection makes it possible to live the full life that God designed for us in the first place. In our passage this Sunday, we’ll see the resurrected Jesus meeting people right...

Some events change our lives forever. Some are personal, some are on a national or global scale. They can be positive events or negative events. But either way, we know that life will never be the same because of what they mean and their significance in our lives. This Sunday, we come to the scene of Jesus’ crucifixion. The reality of this event (and the resurrection to follow) is the most signifi...

What would you do if you had limitless power at your disposal? How would you use that power? So many systems, structures, and relationships around us are based on who has power and how it is used. As the story of Jesus continues to unfold, our scene this Sunday displays a showdown of power plays, and it looks like Jesus is losing. But is He? Download this week’s program and sermon notes: https://w...

Betrayal is a part of our life stories in one way or another. The wounds and consequences go deep. As hard as it is to be betrayed, it is also incredibly difficult to be the one who has betrayed others and, ultimately, God. Where does betrayal come from within us? How do we respond to it? And how does Jesus relate to us as ones who have betrayed Him?   Download this week’s program and sermon notes...

We live in a divided world. That seems to be something people can agree on. But what does it look like to be united? What do we unite around and what do we unite for? In Jesus’ final recorded prayer, just hours before He would be arrested and crucified, the unity of His followers was on His heart and flowed from His lips in prayer.   Download this week’s program and sermon notes: https://www.nbcco...

If you knew you only had 24 hours left to live, how would you pray? What would you pray for? In our passage this Sunday, we get to hear what Jesus prays for in these last hours of His life before going to the cross. It’s not only incredibly personal, but it’s also informative on how we can learn to pray like Jesus.   Download this week’s program and sermon notes: https://www.nbccoly.org/downloads...

In our passage this Sunday, Jesus says, "You will have to suffer in this world. Be courageous! I have conquered the world." (John 16:33). What a powerful statement! But how can we find peace in the midst of the pain in our lives? Physical pain, emotional pain, relational pain, financial pain, it seems that there is pain all around us and inside us. Jesus is not unfamiliar with pain. He s...

Jesus continues to prepare his closest friends, his disciples, for living in this world without Him. He assures them He is not leaving them alone. He promises to send the Counselor and explains it is actually for their benefit that He goes so the Holy Spirit may come. Why is this a benefit?   Download this week’s program and sermon notes: https://www.nbccoly.org/downloads   We would love to meet y...

Once again, we listen in as Jesus continues His conversation around the table in the Upper Room. He’s preparing the disciples for His departure, for the doubts and the despair they will experience, for the hostility and hatred they will face as they proclaim His name, but also for His promised gift, the Holy Spirit. How do we follow the example of Jesus in a world that hates us because it hates Hi...