New Life Coralville Podcast

Philippians 1:1-11 Pastor Thomas paints a vision for New Life during this season of sabbatical.

Deuteronomy 5:21 How does the Tenth Commandment reveal the heart of the Commandments as a whole? It leads us back to the grace we've received but don't deserve. It reminds us that obedience is a response to His grace--what more could be need?

Deuteronomy 5:18-19 What do the commandments prohibiting adultery and stealing have to do with one another? Behind both lies the false belief that God has not given us everything we need, and therefore, we are entitled to take that which is not ours.

Deuteronomy 5:17 Why do the redeemed people of God need to be commanded not to murder? If most of us would by default have no issue keeping this commandment, what more could it be saying to us?

Deuteronomy 5:16 Why does God care that we honor our parents? How much do I really have to do in order for it to "count" as honoring them? Pastor Thomas helps us see how honoring our parents--as imperfect as they may be--trains us from a young age to obey our Perfect Heavenly Father.

Deuteronomy 5:11 Is "taking the Lord's name in vain" only about using God's name as a curse word? Or are there more ways in which His people can bear His Name improperly?

Deuteronomy 5:1-6, 8-10 Why does God prohibit His people from depicting him in improper ways? How should the people of God respond to the poor representation of Christ we see in our world today--especially the ones that Christians seem to establish themselves?

Deuteronomy 5:1-7 If we are saved and redeemed by what Jesus has done, then what do we need to do? Does the Law matter? Does following God's will and His way matter if our salvation isn't dependent on it? This week, we begin a new sermon series all about the most neglected aspect in Christian theology: our sanctification.

John 20 On this Easter Sunday, Pastor Thomas challenges us to reckon with the walls and barriers that we have put up that are keeping us from believing in Jesus.

John 18-19 Out of fear and desperation, the mob of Jewish leaders had Jesus put to death. The mission was to exterminate the threat from their midst. But what they did not realize is that Jesus poses a much greater threat to the Enemy than He does to us.

John 12:1-19 On Palm Sunday, Pastor Thomas delivers a powerful message that challenges our perceptions of Kingdom of God. The triumphal entry of Jesus reminds us that His Kingdom is not won through displays of power or showings of force, but through sacrifice and death. And we as subject of this great King should go and do likewise.

John 11:1-44 We're blessed to have Pastor Emeritus Gary Van Heukelom bring us the Word this week as we continue to see how Jesus clarifies our incomplete perceptions of who He is and what He is able to accomplish for us and our salvation.

John 9:1-41 If we have a small view of who Jesus is and what He's able to do, if we believe that He is bound to the physical and natural world as we are, then our prayers will remain small as well.

John 4:1-42 Jesus opens the eyes of the Samaritan woman at the well showing her that the gift He has to offer--the gospel--is not only for the Jewish people like Nicodemus, but for people like her too.

John 3:1-21 Jesus helps the Jewish leader Nicodemus come out of the darkness, and see Jesus for who He truly is in the light of the Gospel.

John 1:19-34 Our first Sunday in Lent sets the stage for our series, In Focus . We don't want to settle for a hazy or blurry picture of who Jesus is, and we don't want to settle for anything less than who He truly is. We want to see Him clearly. For he is, as John the Baptist declares, "God's Chosen One."

Joel 2:1-2, 12-17 As we begin this season of Lent with Ash Wednesday, we pause to reflect on whether our focus has been rightly placed on the proper object. Too often in this season, we focus so much on the "fasting" that we forget what the fasting represents.

James 5:7-20 In our final week in our series in James, Pastor Thomas reminds us of the truth that's at the very heart of the Gospel: we cannot do it ourselves--we need a Savior who is more powerful. As much as we may want to right all the wrongs of the world, God asked us to wait upon Him and pray that we'd get a foretaste of that restoration now.

James 4:13-5:6 As we continue our series on a Faith That Works, James offers the Church a compelling vision of how we should use whatever wealth we've been given in this life.

James 4:1-12 As we continue in our series "Faith that Works," Pastor Thomas offers us a word from James to help us not get pulled into the all the rage bait we experience every day.

James 3:1-18 Who have we been listening to that's shaped our views about the world around us? Who has been exercising influence over us? As the Church, the answer should be Jesus Christ--but all too often Christians listen to other voices that speak a different narrative from the way of Jesus.

James 2:1-26 If we are to have a faith that works, the Church cannot just "say" we love our neighbors, we need to actually love our neighbors...every single one of them.

James 1:19-27 Pastor Thomas continues our series in James with three simple steps towards a faith that works.

James 1:1-18 Pastor Thomas kicks off our new series in James, "Faith That Works."

Luke 1:28-56 Guest preacher, Rev. Joel Rohde, brings a powerful message in the midst of all that our world is facing right now.