NHCC Sermons & Teaching

2nd Timothy 2:15, Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the Word of Truth.

Follow up devotional thoughts from our Band of Brothers Study on August 7, 2024.

Luke 22:31-32, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you, that he might sift you like wheat… but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.----------The world around the first-century church was changing rapidly. The churches of Asia Minor were not just struggling with the persecution and suffering addressed in Peter’s first...

Follow up devotional thoughts from our Band of Brothers Study on July 31, 2024.

Jude 3 (ESV) - Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints.—————In this final message in our series over the book of Jude, we look back to the beginning as Jude begins to summarize his message to his readers. At the end of his letter Jude gives pr...

Follow up devotional thoughts from our Band of Brothers Study on July 24, 2024.

It is a terrible thing to fall into the hands of the living God. —Hebrews 10:31 (NLT) In this continuing sermon series, we have seen the threat addressed by Jude in the form of false teachers who attempt to infiltrate and deceive the body of Christ. Jude challenges the church to “contend for the faith” as they safeguard the truth. In the first week we saw that the greatest threat is false teaching...

Follow up devotional thoughts from our Band of Brothers Study on July 17, 2024.

One of the truly challenging things about Biblical teaching is being able to recognize the difference between sound teaching and false teaching. Of course, in addition, one must be able as well to ascertain whether a teacher is simply in error and open to correction or intentionally distorting the meaning of the Scriptures. When we consider that many of us assume the best in people’s intentions as...

ude 1-2, Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ: May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.—————This Sunday marks the beginning of a four-week sermon series over the book of Jude. The writer’s purpose in his letter was twofold: he wanted to expose the false teachers that had infiltrated the Christian...

Follow up devotional thoughts from our Band of Brothers Study on July 3, 2024.

Matthew 9:36-38, When He saw the crowds, He had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.”—————Building one’s character is not a sudden thing. It does not happen overnight. T...

A follow up devotional thought for this morning from Clay King on part of the life of Abraham and his responsibility to protect and provide for his family, and how that mirrors our own level of responsibility as husbands, fathers, and men of God.

1 Peter 4:12, Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.—————Life would just be so much easier if we didn’t have to deal with problems; if we could avoid suffering at all costs. In fact, most of us, given the option would pray for such things to be removed from our lives rather than having to deal with them...

Clay follows up our lesson from the previous evening on the flaws in the life of Noah from Genesis 8-9

“So fear the Lord and serve him wholeheartedly. Put away forever the idols your ancestors worshiped when they lived beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt. Serve the Lord alone. But if you refuse to serve the Lord, then choose today whom you will serve. Would you prefer the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates? Or will it be the gods of the Amorites in whose land you now live? But as f...

Luke 9:23, And He said to all, “If anyone would come after Me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me.” No pain, no gain. We’ve all heard the mantra. It is an understanding that if you want to pursue something worthwhile, difficulty and suffering are an inevitability. It is no different than pursing a relationship with Christ. James, in fact, wrote that we should consider p...

Ephesians 6:10-11, Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. How do we define victory? On a very basic level, it is explained as the one who scores the most points in the game, wins the battle, lasts the longest, goes the farthest, goes the fastest, etc. And these descriptions defi...

Galatians 3:27-28, …for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. Peter was very much in touch with reality. He knew that marriages couldn’t be realized as a “heaven-on-earth” manifestati...

1 Peter 2:13-17, Be subject (submit) for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme, or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good. For this is the will of God, that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people. Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil,...

On this Mother’s Day, we are blessed to honor our mothers who will be there in attendance. We also get excited about calling our moms who aren’t nearby. The extra blessing some of us enjoyed was an example of faith first seen in our mothers. Of course, we know that isn’t everyone’s story. That is why it is so important for the moms of NHCC to recognize that they have an extra responsibility to be...

1 Peter 2:9-12, But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for His own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.—————As we begin to look at the second chapter of 1 Peter,...

1 Peter 1:14-16… As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.” Verse 15 and 16 can seem daunting, at first. The command to be as holy as God seems like an impossible task. But God isn't giving us a hopeless requirement. It'...

James 4:14b, What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. At the beginning of 1 Peter, the author, one of Jesus’ disciples, reaches out to a community of believers spread throughout the known world. It’s likely these believers were Gentiles and citizens of the Roman Empire, but Peter calls them “God’s elect exiles.” They are God’s chosen foreigners who ha...

Timothy 2:13, …if we are faithless, He remains faithful——————Join us this Sunday as we kick off a new sermon series over the book of 1 Peter entitled "Holy Living in a Hostile World." In a society that often opposes our beliefs, this series will explore how we can live out our faith boldly and authentically.—————In this first week, Frank presents an introduction to the book, the circumst...