New Life Baptist Church

We were created to love God and others, but our sinful nature leads us to love ourselves more than God or our neighbor. Moreover, it sets us against what God has revealed to be true. We learned that misplaced love results in opposition to the truth.

Paul will warn Timothy about those who argue over words and teach error, rather than rightly handling the Word of truth. Our desire is to faithfully serve God and others. We do that when we refuse to participate in unprofitable debate, and instead...

Paul knew it would be hard for Timothy to continue the work of discipleship, especially since he was unlikely to see him again. He knew he would need something firm to stand on - and nothing is firmer than the promises of God. Similarly, we need...

The only avenue to true sonship is the one that the prodigal takes: repentance and faith. If we rely upon our own righteousness, we cut ourselves off from the family of God.

We all long for answers and solutions to our deepest problems. The sad reality is that we consistently look to human government - politicians, political parties, and policies - to solve the problems that cannot be solved in those ways. We cannot...

This week we'll be covering 1 Timothy 6:17-21 in a sermon called, "Store Up Treasure in Heaven." It is our final sermon in 1 Timothy before we turn our attention to Christmas for the next two weeks. At the end of the letter, Paul...

Last week, Beau preached on the previous 10 verses where Paul called out the false teachers, who loved quarreling and monetary gain. We learned how true teaching leads to godly contentment. This week, we'll be reminded that Christianity is not...

This week we learned that sound teaching from Scripture that leads to godliness and contentment is in stark contrast to false teaching for sordid gain that leads to ruin and destruction.

Last week, we saw that we were called to minister to and receive ministry from every stage of life, and learned that in the church family, every member is a minister. On Sunday, we'll be focusing on authority in the church and the marketplace...

This week we're covering 1 Timothy 5:1-16 in a message called, "Every Member a Minister." The vast majority of the passage deals with widows - which ones qualify for assistance from the church, and which ones qualify to serve in an...

This week's sermon is called, "Devoted to the Word" and covers 1 Timothy 4:11-16. This is a fairly well-known passage because of Paul's instruction to Timothy not to let anyone look down on him because he is young. The sermon is a...

In this passage, Paul will help Timothy understand how to be a good servant of Christ Jesus, one who is faithful to God and helping others grow in faithfulness as well. We learned that good servants of Christ Jesus hope in God while training...

Paul again addresses the false teachers and their teaching, which he last addressed in chapter 1. God has been clear that some would depart from the faith, and they do so through these false teachers and their teaching - which is demonic in origin...

Paul is going to outline his purpose for writing this letter to Timothy, and as he does, he makes the connection between what we believe and how we behave. We'll learn that what we believe about Christ is the foundation for life in the church.

This Sunday we learned that God has provided servants for his church for the building up of the body and the spread of the Gospel.

Last Week we learned that men who aspire to serve as overseers/pastors/elders in the church desire a noble task, and that they must be men of character who are able to teach. Today we’ll continue our study of the qualifications that must be met for...

This week's sermon covers 1 Timothy 3:1-3 and is called, “The Gift of Godly Pastors, Part 1.”  In the 2nd chapter, Paul explained that we must devote ourselves to prayer, and gave instructions to men and women regarding their conduct in...

Our society increasingly seeks to minimize or eliminate differences between men and women. However, God created men and women differently – as complements. Unfortunately, both men and women have been radically affected by the Fall. Our sinful natures...

As Christians, we should desire what God desires, and God desires the salvation of the lost. When our desires match God's, it leads us to prayer and action on behalf of those who don't yet follow Jesus.  We'll learn that God desires...

Believers in Jesus don’t live in a time of peace, but a time of war. Sometimes it’s hard to believe that when we look around, but it’s true. Satan is waging a war against God and all his creation, particularly human beings made in his image and...

This Sunday we will start our new sermon series called, "Fight the Good Fight" over the Pastoral Epistles.  The sermon will cover 1 Timothy 1:1-11 and is entitled, "Stewardship, Not Speculation." After warmly greeting Timothy...

Our culture values individual rights, and that's a good thing for the most part. But it also has convinced us that our freedoms and rights are most important - even if it means disregarding others. But we are called to love and serve others, not...

We live in an immature culture - not because people are waiting longer to get married, buy a house, have kids, or become financially independent. The mark of maturity is taking responsibility for ourselves and others, and that's where the church...