New City Fellowship - Sunday Sermons

If you were asked the question, How do you experience Christ in your life? You may have several different answers based on your life story. But in all these answers, they lead to one final conclusion: that a Christian possesses a certain joy in all of life’s circumstances. It may be a job promotion, or you may have experienced death in the family. This is Paul’s answer to the church in Philippians...

What happens to the gospel when life takes an unexpected turn? Writing from prison, Paul shows us that the good news of Christ is not chained to comfort, freedom, or favorable circumstances. Instead, God sovereignly uses both hardship and comfort to advance what matters most—the gospel of Jesus Christ. In Philippians 1:12–18a, we see a life governed by a single aim: that Christ would be proclaimed...

In Philippians 1:7–11, the Apostle Paul reveals that Christian love is not a product of human willpower, but a supernatural fruit of our union with Christ. This"abounding love" is anchored in the knowledge of God’s Truth and directed toward a life of pure, Gospel-driven integrity. Rather than a vague sentiment, biblical love is a directed force - flowing from the imputed righteousness of Jesus and...

In this passage, Paul is praying for the saints at Philippi with joy. The reason for this joyful prayer is that the grace of God that has begun a good work in them will also bring that good work to completion on the day of Jesus Christ. However, the critical role of this grace in our lives is not just at the beginning and at the end of our Christian living. It is also for the progress of our journ...

In Psalm 33, the psalmist calls us to praise God with joy and to put our trust in the Lord because God is faithful to his people and God's word is right and true.

In 2 Samuel 7:8–16, David is confronted with a truth every believer must learn: life with God is not ultimately about what we do for Him, but what He graciously does for us. David, Israel’s king, is reminded that God alone directs the story, and that His purposes far exceed human plans. In this pivotal moment, God promises to raise up a greater King, one whose throne will endure forever. This pass...

Isaiah describes the mission of Jesus as a mission of bringing good tidings to the afflicted, binding up the broken-hearted, proclaiming liberty to the captives, and comforting those who mourn. This need for good tidings has not changed today in our city. We are living in an age of rapid pace of life, high productivity and reward seeking culture. But in the midst of this hunger and greed to achiev...

In this second Sunday of Advent, we see how God brings everlasting peace to this broken world.

On the first Sunday of Advent we pray with Isaiah for God to rend the heavens so that nations might tremble before his presence and all flesh might recognize the authoritative presence of our Maker. Surely Christmas is a break in the clouds that conceal the majesty of God from us. But it is only a break. The heavens still await the time of God's final rending, God's final disclosure. If we look on...

Paul’s final words to the Ephesian elders offers us a compelling vision of the kind of pastoral leadership needed for our growth and maturity in grace.

There are many ways to forgive someone. But the Bible offers us the one solution that truly works which is found in the body of Christ. Paul often talks about the “unity” of the body of Christ as crucial for God’s redemptive work to restore humanity rightly with God. Here in Philemon, Paul is able to practically show us what true unity means by calling Christians to live in “partnerships” with one...

In this passage, Paul continues his appeal to Philemon — not with the weight of apostolic authority, but with the warmth of brotherly love. The love of God at work in Paul compels him to lay aside his rights and reason from the heart, inviting Philemon to do the same. Love reshapes the dynamics of power and position. It dismantles the hierarchies of Rome and builds the household of God. Onesimus i...

This Sunday, we begin a new sermon series from the book of Philemon titled 'Be Reconciled: Gospel According to Philemon.' In this short yet powerful letter, Paul reminds us that the Gospel of Jesus Christ is not only the message that saves us, but it is the power that unites us. In the opening verses (v1–7), we see how the God of grace and peace works through the Gospel to knit believers t...

God's nature is perfect. But man is complex, subject to change, and has a divided nature. It is not possible for man to live in perfect harmony with fellow image bearers. Hence, God gives a gift to humanity, which is the church. In the church, the offices of elders and deacons are instituted so that the church will not follow the chaos of the world but bring the perfect ordering of God.

God cares deeply for His church, and one of the ways He shows that care is by providing godly leaders to guide, protect, and serve His people. In 1 Timothy 3 and Titus 1, we see that elders and deacons are not chosen for their power or position, but called by God to display the character of Christ in their life and service. This sermon reminds us that godly leadership is both God’s provision for H...

We see from Acts 6 how God provides for the physical and spiritual needs of His people by instituting the office of the diaconate. Deacons become tangible expressions of God’s care by serving practical needs, preserving unity, and supporting the ministry of the Word so that the Word of God may continue to increase. What seems like an administrative crisis becomes the occasion for God to provide la...

Paul preached the Gospel of God’s kingdom with humility, tears, and trials, never shrinking from declaring the whole counsel of God. That same precious Gospel must shape the life and ministry of every church leader. Elders are called to shepherd God’s people, guarding them from false teaching and guiding them with God’s Word. They must serve with integrity, sacrifice, and love, because the church...

In this passage, Peter paints a picture of the church shaped by Christ, the Chief Shepherd. Elders are called to lead not with pride or for selfish gain, but willingly and eagerly, showing by example the humble care of Jesus. Their passion to be like Jesus needs to be so infectious, that it, in turn, sets an example for the church to imitate.

This is a story of the nations of the world. How did humanity spread across the world with many languages and ethnicities? The scattering of humanity across the world is not accident but by design. What can we learn about Babel? We are saved to live for God’s glory by living in union with Christ and His church. Jesus commands us to make disciples in the church and then scattering into the world as...

God is the God of second beginnings. Nowhere is this more clearly displayed than in Genesis 9, where He chooses to continue His sovereign plan for the world through one man and his family. The passage is written in the language of “re-creation”, echoing the first creation account and the mandate given to Adam: “be fruitful and multiply, fill the earth”. Yet it is also different: the world is no lo...

God's people may feel outnumbered while living out the faith. No one has ever been more outnumbered than Noah in his day, the only righteous man on earth at that time. Yet, God demonstrated through the great flood and the ark that he knows how to rescue his people and judge the wicked. Because this is true, we can find our soul's rest in this Rescuer as we follow him in a world that is opp...

From the story of Cain and Abel, we see that sin leads to guilt, which leads to a cry for justice and atonement.

The story of Cain and Abel reveals how the tragedy of sin did not stop with Adam and Eve but was passed on to their children. When Cain’s offering is not accepted, his anger exposes the deceitfulness of the human heart. We see sin crouching at the door, ready to consume him. Despite his unacceptable offering, God graciously warns Cain, reminding him that sin is not irresistible; it must be resiste...

Sin has many faces, and many consequences. While God’s righteous wrath is a sure consequence of God's justice in dealing with sin, there is a consequence that goes deeper, and that is alienation! This passage puts the spotlight on this consequence, and our consequent search for home and belonging. It also shows that this search can only find its end in the God who came and pitched his tent amo...

So far we have seen the creation account. God created humanity in Adam and he is called to keep perfect obedience. But the drama takes a turn, where we have an enemy who deceives Adam and Eve. They disobey God, and bring upon themselves God’s wrath. This chapter is the stepping stone for human history. Everything we know about our lives comes from this event in Eden. All of our unanswered question...