New Life Baptist Church

No one naturally embraces his or her weaknesses. We try to hide them, deny them, and run from them. We don't want anyone else to know we have them. But our weaknesses are the things God uses to highlight his strength and his grace. Our...

Paul's critics pointed to his suffering as evidence that he wasn't really an apostle of Jesus Christ. They, like many modern teachers today (there's nothing new under the sun), believed that true apostles and true believers' lives...

This week's sermon covers 2 Corinthians 11:7-15 and is called, "Exalting Others by Humbling Ourselves." Paul was under fire, strangely enough, for not accepting financial compensation for his ministry from the Corinthians. Instead, he...

This week's message covers 2 Corinthians 11:1-6 and is called, "Don't Be Led Astray." The Corinthians were being tempted by Satan through the false teachers, and were in danger of walking away from Christ and the Gospel. Paul, as a...

Since the Garden of Eden, we’ve been in the middle of a spiritual war. This war isn’t against flesh & blood, and this war can’t be fought or won with the weapons of this world. Paul understood that, so when his ministry came under attack in...

In his conclusion, Solomon will cover three of our biggest fears - fear of the unknown, fear of the aging process, and fear of man. We'll learn that if we fear the Lord, we have nothing else to fear.

In Ecclesiastes 9 we learn what is means to lament and hope in the hands of God even in the face of death.

We'll learn how to Reflect on the brokenness of our world, Rejoice in the many blessings of our lives and Rest in the absolute sovereignty of our God

In Ecclesiastes 3 we discover that our longing for God, eternity and the world to be renewed is set in our hearts by God and that he is the only one who can fulfill this longing.

Our author, presumably Solomon, will note that all in the world is vanity, a chasing after the wind. He sees this illustrated in the natural cycles of the earth - sunrise and sunset, prevailing winds, and the water cycle. He knows that all is vain...

We will learn that God blesses us to bless others through us.

This week we see that God equips his church with faithful servants and faithful stewards.

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...