NLCC Walnut Grove Campus

In this message we explore a warning of a second beasta religious power that appears faithful like a lamb but speaks with the voice of the dragon. This beast calls people to give their ultimate allegiance to political and cultural powers instead of Jesus. Through the imagery of the mark of the beast and the number 666, we are challenged to examine whether our lives are marked by devotion to Christ...

In this message, we encounter a beast from the sea who represents political powers that demand ultimate allegiance and place themselves in the position of God. Christians are therefore called to resist every political "beast" by remaining loyal to Jesus alone, refusing to worship the state, its leaders, or any ideology that competes with the kingdom of God.

Gods ancient enemy, the dragon, seeks to destroy Gods people, the church, represented by the woman and her offspring. We today are engaged in a cosmic war, a war that has already been won by Jesus, the Lamb who was slain. Our call is to overcome the dragon through our faithful witness to Jesus.

In this message we learn that as followers of Jesus, living in a time of limited evil between Christ's first and second coming, we are called- like John eating the scroll and the two witnesses in sackcloth- to first let God's truth transform us personally before we engage the world. Only a people of humble, self-giving love (rather than responding to evil with evil) can be the kind of witness that...

In this message, as we study Revelation 8, we will see a powerful picture of God listening to the prayers of His people and responding with action. The sounding trumpets reveal His attentive care and coming justice. They are merciful warnings and wake-up calls meant to shake a broken world, soften hard hearts, and welcome people to repent and turn to God.

In this message, as we study Revelation 7, we will see that Gods people are sealed by His Spirit, meaning they belong to Him and can stand firm through trials and tribulation. Jesus will also point us to a future of great joy, where a countless, diverse people of God will be fully restored, worship Him, and experience His eternal care and comfort. This will give us courage to find joy and hope as...

In this sermon we explore the pervasive "fog of secularism" that keeps us trapped in an immanent frame focused only on careers, entertainment, and fleeting pleasures and how the resurrection of Jesus has the power to burn through that fog with hope, meaning, and the love of God.

In this sermon we explore Revelation 6 and notice how evil intensifiesthrough conquest, violence, injustice, and deathwhen Gods kingdom is advancing. As followers of Jesus we are called to reject the way of the four horsemen and instead follow the way of Jesusthe Lambmarked by humility, love, justice, and peace, even in a world that feels out of control.

In this sermon we explore Jesus's message to the church of Laodicea, and we come to see that their "lukewarm" deeds like the chemically tainted, tepid water that arrived in their city were useless and revolting to Jesus because their wealth had made them spiritually self-sufficient and neglectful of the poor. We are challenged to open the door to Jesus, trusting that His presence will transform ou...

In this sermon, we are reflecting on baptism as a radical act of surrenderdying to our old life and trusting Jesus to raise us into something entirely new. Through images of caves, collapsing buildings, honest doctors, and the witness of Scripture, we are invited to let go completely, trusting that only in losing our life for Christ will we truly find it.

In this sermon we explore Jesus message to the church in Philadelphia in Revelation 3, discovering that even when believers face exclusion, accusation, and shut doors, Christ holds the true authority the key of David and sets before them an open door into His presence that no one can shut. We are reminded that our ultimate acceptance and security are not found in governments, workplaces, friendshi...

In this sermon, Jesus message to the church in Thyatira is meant to encourage faithfulness in the face of strong pressure to compromise devotion to Him with work, security, and cultural expectations. In this sermon, believers are called to trust Jesus fully with their future, rejecting God-and living, because He alone is the true Son of God and promises both victory and His presence to those who r...

In this sermon, we explore Jesus message to the church in Pergamum, a faithful community living in a place of intense deception, where pressure to compromiseespecially sexuallycame not from open persecution but from subtle temptation within. The sermon shows how Revelation is an unveiling, exposing Satans strategy of inner compromise, and calls the church to repentance by trusting Jesus truth rath...

In Jesus message to the persecuted church in Smyrna, believers are encouraged to remain faithful under pressure, knowing they are spiritually rich and promised true life, even if faithfulness leads to suffering or death. The call for todays church is to resist compromising with the gods of our agepolitical power, lust, and greedand to live courageously loyal to Jesus, our beginning and our end.

In this message we hear Jesus reveal his heart to the church in Ephesus, a strong and faithful community commended for hard work, perseverance, and commitment to truth, yet lovingly confronted for having lost their first love. The message reminds us that faithful activity, sound doctrine, and endurance mean little if love for God and love for others has grown cold, because love is the very heart o...

In this first sermon of a new series we are introduced to the book of Revelation as anapocalypsean unveiling meant to encourage persecuted believers by pulling back the curtain to reveal who truly reigns: Jesus Christ. Through Johns vision in Revelation 1, the church is invited to see Jesus in His full glory as the risen Lord, Great High Priest, Ancient of Days, and victorious King who walks among...