New Life Baptist Church

For hundreds of years, uncertainty was simply accepted as part of life. But our lives, in many ways, seem very certain and stable. This spring has destroyed many of those illusions. In 1 Corinthians 16, Paul deals with the uncertainty brought...

Death was undefeated before Easter, and has been undefeated since. Thankfully, Jesus will return one day soon, and when he does, death will be defeated again - this time forever. We'll learn that through Christ, God gives us eternal victory over...

Many people wonder what heaven will be like, and seek answers (true or false, helpful or unhelpful) to that question. Far fewer people ask what we will be like in the afterlife. Thankfully, Paul doesn't leave us to wonder, as God reveals through...

Paul is going to do some basic logic with the Corinthians – who, keep in mind, live in Greece – the home of Artistotle and Plato and many other great philosophers who were pioneers in the field of logic. He will help them see what would be true if...

On Easter Sunday, we learn about the transforming nature of the Gospel and celebrate the resurrection of Jesus that makes it all possible.

Last week we learned that no matter how gifted we are, we are nothing and gain nothing if we don't use our gifts in love. But love alone isn't enough to build up the body; for that to happen, we have to hear and understand the Word of...

We'll learn that without Christlike love, all signs, knowledge, and sacrifice are nothing.

In the 2nd half of 1st Corinthians 12 we learn that we are one body in Christ with various useful gifts that should not cause division but rather build up the Church and one another.

Taking a look at the second time Paul addresses the Lord's Supper, we will focus on what it means to take the Lord's Supper in an unworthy manner, and how the Supper is a picture of unity only afforded to us in the Gospel.

We'll be talking about the fact that gender isn't only or even primarily a social construct, but something that is assigned to us by God. As a result, it is imperative that we live as men and women according to God's definition of what...

We'll learn that for the glory of God, we must love our neighbors by laying down our rights.

The Corinthians, who had seen great things but undoubtedly far less than the Israelites, were overconfident. They believed they were standing firm, even though many of them were regularly going with friends and family members to pagan worship...

We'll be talking more about laying down our rights, but looking at things from a slightly different angle this week - in particular, laying down our rights to become all things to all men so that by all means we can win some to Christ.

Sadly, Paul's authority as an apostle had come under fire from some in the Corinthian church. Ironically, they seemed to be questioning his authority at least in part because he didn't act like other itinerant speakers - he didn't...

To conclude our topical series on generosity we will learn 4 enduring principles of giving as found in scripture. They are: God's people reap what they sow. God loves a cheerful giver. God enriches us to enable generosity. God is glorified...

This week we learn that generosity always flows from ready and willing hearts.

This Sunday, we learn that the Gospel empowers us to give gracefully in spite of our circumstances as an act of worship.

This week we learn that we are to be focused and faithful stewards of all God has entrusted to us in light of the Lord's coming return.

Jesus follows up the parable of the rich fool by teaching that we do not have to worry about the future or how we'll pay for it because we have a loving heavenly Father who promises to care for us, just as he does for the birds and flowers...

We'll be looking at the parable of the rich fool, which reveals the folly of storing up treasure on earth against the wisdom of storing up treasure in heaven. May God use it to help us honestly evaluate our self-sufficiency, selfishness, and...

Many of us aren't as generous as we should be - and some of us aren't generous at all - because we're motivated by guilt rather than grace. We've been told all our lives that we should share because not sharing is mean, but...

Join us this week as we look into 1st Corinthians 8 and how Paul addresses the issues of Christian freedom, love and unity in the Church.

With the present world passing away, we learn that we must give God our undivided devotion in singleness and marriage.

Christians, like all people, are haunted by the greener grass conspiracy - that something else is better than what we have. We feel this in our relationships, in our religious practice, and in our jobs. Many Christians even start to believe that God...