New Life Baptist Church

In the passage, Paul begins one of the greatest extended teachings we find in Scripture on the subject of giving, which leads us to greater freedom and joy if we'll hear and apply it to our lives. We'll learn that out of gratitude for...

This week's message is called "Good Grief" and covers 2 Corinthians 7:2-16. In this passage, Paul will explain the difference between good grief (which he calls “godly grief”) and bad grief (which he calls “worldly...

Paul reminds us that we need to be clean externally and internally so we can enjoy true fellowship with God and one another. We'll learn that because we are God's temple, we must joyfully pursue holiness.

In this section of Scripture, we see that how we go about the ministry of reconciliation will either help or hinder our Gospel witness. Paul and his companions understood this, so by the grace of God, they sought to ensure that no one could find fault...

We'll see that we've been given the message and ministry of reconciliation and are called to be faithful ambassadors for God. The main point: "Compelled by the love of Christ, we implore others to be reconciled to God."

This week we learn that God has prepared a heavenly dwelling and that they way we live now can be influenced by looking forward to the future reality of the resurrection of the body.

In this text, Paul honestly addresses the difficult circumstances he and his team face, but he sees his situation through the lens of the Gospel. We will learn that when we view this life in light of eternity, we can face our circumstances with faith.

As we've learned, Paul and his team faced a great deal of adversity – not just from unbelieving Jews and Gentiles, but even from professing Christians in the churches they planted. It would have been easy for them to get discouraged and throw in...

Paul certainly believed that freedom is a wonderful thing. The problem is that the way most people define and pursue freedom actually leads to bondage. That's what happens when people teach that Christians needed to submit to the Old Covenant...

Things weren't looking great for Paul - he had been rejected at Corinth, opposed in Ephesus, and was overcome with anxiety in Troas. It certainly didn't seem like his ministry was being blessed by God. His opponents in Corinth...

Last week, we saw that the Corinthians were upset with Paul because he hadn’t come to visit them after he said he would. Some accused him of vacillating and lacking integrity, especially after he sent them an emotional letter calling them to...

Broken promises make people upset because we were created in God’s image, and God never lies. Hardwired into us is an assumption that people mean what they say, that they’ll do what they promise. But some of the Corinthians were upset with Paul...

We learn that suffering is not outside of God's control and that there is purpose in our suffering.

We'll see that we must learn the secret of contentment, trusting God to supply every need.

Our lives are marked by anxiety, worry, uncertainty for a variety of reasons. Paul will teach us that if we want to experience the peace of God, we have to exercise obedient faith in the God of peace. That involves pursuing unity with other believers...

This week we take a look at the back half of Philippians 3 and discover that Christians have been made citizens of heaven by God and therefore should live as citizens of heaven on earth.

We learn that God is in process of forming and shaping us into his people and that this process requires humility and action.

This week we learn what humility and true unity in Christ looks like for believers.

We'll learn that kingdom citizens view life as service and death as gain.

Many of us can articulate a biblical theology of suffering. But functionally, we fail to live out what we say we believe. We ask questions like, "Why me? What did I do wrong to deserve this?" instead of seeing our suffering through...

We launch our new series through the book of Philippians as learn how Christians can have joy in uncertain times.

In this parable we learn what it looks like to demonstrate faithfulness to Christ in our stewardship.

This week, we look at the parable of the faithful servant and learn what it looks like to remain faithful in doing the work of the Lord in light of Jesus' return.

When we began the series, we learned that all churches are messy, but God is in the business of transforming messy churches into beautiful displays of his glory. At the end of the letter, Paul challenges the Corinthians in three ways: (1) To do the...