New City Church - Nashville

So many of us struggle with anxiety. It can often feel like God is mad at us for feeling anxious, but what if there is a way to experience God's nearness in your anxiety and find immense comfort and love? What if your anxiety can be used by God to bring you a deep security and dependence on Him? How we talk about anxiety can make a big difference. Philippians 4 (ESV) 4 Rejoice in the Lord always;...

How does God speak to us today? Is it possible to hear from God? How do you hear from God without pulling a "God told me" card? In this video we discuss how God speaks to us and how to be people who listen and follow the Holy Spirit. We also discuss a number of reasons you might not be hearing from God and where to start. #holyspirit #sermon #spiritled

In this video, we talk about one of the more famous passages in the New Testament: 1 Corinthians 13, which concerns love. Love is a word we throw out. But what does it truly mean to love? What is love about? How do we know what it is and what it isn't? Chances are, you've probably been told some lies about what love is. In this message, we talk about how God wants to heal that within you. 1 Corint...

If you haven't noticed, we live in a divisive time. Jesus invites us into a new way of being, not avoiding conflict or hard conversations, but pursuing unity. Unity is not uniformity. Unity actually can even celebrate diversity. In this message, we look at what the apostle Paul had to say to an early group of Jesus followers concerning their unity and the lessons we can learn in this time.

In this message, we take a deep dive into different spiritual gifts. Drawing heavily on the work of Jon Thompson in his book, Convergence, and offering definitions of each gift (largely from Convergence), we talk about different categories of spiritual gifts and how to figure out what gifts you have. As mentioned in the message, followers of Jesus can and do disagree about how to define and descri...

What are the gifts of the Spirit? How do you figure out what gift(s) you have? In this message, we talk about all this and more. #spiritualgifts #sermon

In this message, we take a look at the iconic passage about the fruit of the Spirit. We talk about the fruit of the Spirit vs. the works of the flesh, and God's desire to form you into a person of love. Galatians 5 (NLT) 16 So I say, let the Holy Spirit guide your lives. Then you won’t be doing what your sinful nature craves. 17 The sinful nature wants to do evil, which is just the opposite of wha...

Who is the Holy Spirit? What does the Holy Spirit do? What does it mean for our (followers of Jesus') bodies to be the temple of the Holy Spirit? In this teaching, we look at these questions and more, doing a bit of an overview of the Holy Spirit in the New Testament. #sermon #nashvillechurch #holyspirit

What does the Bible say about the Holy Spirit? In this message, we look at some of what we can learn about the Spirit from the Hebrew Scriptures. Resources: Bible Project Forgotten God by Francis Chan

Are you open to the Holy Spirit? In this kickoff message to our Holy Spirit, we look at orthopathy - or right feeling when it comes to the Holy Spirit. Looking at Acts 2:1-13 as our base text, we discuss different reactions to the person of the Spirit. Many things in today's culture form us to be closed off to the person of the Holy Spirit. What are those? We look at a few based on tradition,...

What is the mission of God? What is your part in it? In the third week of our vision series, we look at this question. We also look at the pressure you feel to make a difference in the world and talk about how to discover what it is that you are made to do, when there seem to be so many options. Acts 6 :1-7 But as the believers rapidly multiplied, there were rumblings of discontent. The Greek-spea...

Hope is an interesting word. We hope for a lot of things, but what does it mean to hope? In the second week of our vision series, we look at the famous story where Jesus weeps after his friend Lazarus dies.

Have you ever felt disappointed? Found yourself in the aftermath of something not going like you expected it to go and trying to make sense of it? In this video, we talk about faith, disappointment, doubt, and much more. Let us know what stands out to you.

Has your world ever felt dark? Or like the darkness would not lift? In this message, guest preacher Sherei Lopez Jackson brings a timely message tracing the theme of light in the Bible, looking at what it means for Jesus to be the light of the world and for his followers to be children of light. #sermon #light #bibletheme

Psalm 46 is a powerful Psalm. Martin Luther used it as inspiration for a famous hymn, and millions of people have clung to the promises found in it. In this message, we take a dive into what it means for God to be our refuge, strength, and very present help in time of trouble. We also look at the famous “Be still and know” verse and talk about what that meant and how it likely meant something diff...

To find more info on who we are, what we do, or to give, head to www.newcitynash.com PSALM 100 Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth! 2 Serve the Lord with gladness! Come into his presence with singing! 3 Know that the Lord, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his;[a] we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. 4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise!...

Psalm 1 describes a righteous person as being like a tree planted by streams of water. In this message, we look at the significance of the tree image in the Bible as well as that of the image of water. We talk about chaff, trees, and what it is that we long for and how only in Christ do we discover our ultimate rootedness. In a world often marked by instability, Christ is constant, and in Him we a...

What if God's ways are actually best for us and for human flourishing?.

Have you ever felt like God has let you down? Like you've prayed and prayed and prayed and it seems like God doesn't hear you? Or maybe worse, He has heard you, but it feels like He's neglecting you. Psalm 13 is a beautiful Psalm of lament, that talks about all this. If you are walking through a painful season or alongside someone who is, this is for you. PSALM 13 How long, O Lord? Wil...

What do we do with the outro section of letters like Colossians, where a lot of names are listed, and we know very little about the people listed? Who was Tychicus? Who was Nympha? This section can feel like watching the end credits of a movie, but this text offers some beautiful insight into how the gospel played out in the early church, and how it affected all sorts of relationships. Particularl...

Colossians 4:6 talks about speech that is gracious and seasoned with salt and always knowing how to respond to each person. Our words have power, and the words we hear from others make an impact on our lives. In this message, we talk about the way God speaks to us and the beauty of having a God who hears us.

God invites us into His family, and then He calls us to invite others in. If you've ever felt weird about evangelism, this message is for you.

There are seasons of life where prayer comes easy. There are times where you sense the Lord's presence so near to you. And there are other times where prayer feels difficult, and God seems distant. How do you learn to cultivate a life of intimacy with God in every season of life? Tune into this message as we talk about this question (and more). Colossians 4:2-4 (ESV) 2 Continue steadfastly in...

Wives submit to your husbands??? How do we make sense of texts in the Bible that say things like that? What did this mean, and what does it mean for us? How do you interpret the Bible? In this teaching, we look at the household code listed in Colossians and talk about what makes it stand out in Greco-Roman culture. If you've ever been curious about passage about wives/ husbands, parents/ kids,...

What does it mean to find your identity in Christ? And how does this affect how we live? Colossians 3:5-17 5 Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. 6 On account of these the wrath of God is coming.7 In these you too once walked, when you were living in them. 8 But now you must put them all away: anger,...