New Life Wichita

What we call "church" didn't begin as a place or a building. It started as a movement envisioned and launched by Jesus. Those who accepted his message were bold, confident, and courageous but were never rude. We should take note and continue to follow their example! In this message, we explore more! 

For us as Christians, sometimes, the easiest thing to do is nothing. But we have the honor and responsibility to provide for the next generation what we wish the previous generation had provided for us. This may require us to inconvenience ourselves for something greater than ourselves because what God wants to do in and through us is a big deal!

Jesus's death was a final payment for my sins and yours. But when the church first began, a natural question surfaced right away: What shall we do to live out Jesus's transformational teachings and commands? It was clear then (as it should be today) that the answer was not to become jerks in his name. Listen to learn more!

God's name has been stamped repeatedly by Christians on behavior that He finds despicable. When the church (or a church) loses its way, people get hurt, and the movement of Jesus suffers. So, how did the church drift so far, and what should the Jesus movement really look like? Listen in, and you'll discover that it was never about a building but something more significant than that!

Heaven will not be equal, and we should not want it to be. What we live here determines what we will have there, and ultimately, Heaven is not our final destination. In this message, we wrap up our series on Justice & Judgment for All.

Jesus believed in justice. We can believe there's a Hell because Jesus believed there was one. But how could a good God send people to Hell, and if people go there, what would it be like? In this message, we'll look at these questions and more!

Jesus promised to bring justice, and contrary to what most believe, Heaven and Hell will not be the same experience for everyone. What we do in this life doesn't just determine when and where we go; what we do determines what it's like when we get there. What we learn from Jesus is that every day matters!

If God is supposed to be so good, why is there SO much injustice in the world? Why is there so much injustice in MY world? Will this ever be made right, and if so, how?! Join us as we start a brand new message series: Justice & Judgment for All. 

Imagine if you had a lost child and no one was willing to search for them? There is something of immeasurable value lost to God, and we've been invited to join the search!

We tend to confuse our assumptions about how our life plans will go and God's actual plan for our lives. So, what should we do when our hopes and dreams don't come true?

Our natural response to when we do wrong (a.k.a sin) is to cover up and conceal. The lie we believe is that more sin will lead to freedom...which it never does. The good news is, God provides the better and only real option if we're to truly be free.

Some degree of deconstruction is inevitable for everyone. Situations or circumstances may change how we view faith. However, deconstruction doesn't have to be destructive because faith is the active process of engaging with God in real and authentic ways.

God loves us, wants the best for us and wants to make His will for us clear. The key is, we must move beyond our ability to interpret circumstance and ask more fundamental questions.

Eventually, we all face fear, loneliness, exhaustion, anger and rejection. If we don't know how to respond, we not only hurt ourselves, but the people around us...usually the ones we love the most.

Discovering three timeless truths from Proverbs that lead to a fulfilling life.

A person who's unable to forgive themselves for decisions in the past eventually transfer those feelings of "I don't like me" to God and others. But how do we break free?

We have all been hurt, wounded or betrayed. Time does not heal all wounds. Forgiveness is not for the benefit of the offender, rather it's for our benefit. So, how do we get there?

What are we to do with our justified anger when we've been hurt or wronged?

To forgive someone who has hurt us feels like doing THEM a favor! They owe us! Why should we do THEM a favor by forgiving them? There is a very important reason why.

Jesus taught an essential lesson about love: that our love of God is incomplete without the love of our neighbors. Our neighbors are every single human being and as such, they are worthy of our love. When we forget this, we risk losing our own humanity and dehumanizing.

The cost of doing the right thing the wrong way reveals itself when we compromise what's important for what's immediate.

We all look back at certain decisions we made and we think "what was I thinking?!" From the temptations of Jesus, we learn how to stop piling onto the list of regrets in our lives.

Just like Jesus, one of the greatest temptations we all face is to meet a legitimate need in an illegitimate way. But what's the big deal when it's such a small thing?

Culture constantly tells us to "live our truth" and "follow our heart." And yet, how many times have we lived our truth and followed our heart only to have it end in regret? To where we look back and ask ourselves, "What was I thinking?!" Maybe culture has gotten it wrong. Is there a better option?

The final solution to our ultimate problem.