Northwest Church of Christ Sermons

Part two of our Godly Interruptions series focuses how sometimes God uses the storms in our lives to point us in new and sometimes unexpected directions. 

Sometimes God shows up ready to move our lives in a new direction. While we expect it to be loud sometimes God shows up in the silence. 

We are called to be living sacrifices. We are called to become stones in God's temple that reveal him to the world. The more we understand this, the more we will realize that all of life, whether at church, home, or work...we are always called to give God our heart, mind, and life in worship.

When we worship it brings us into sacred places where God is present. And if God's Spirit dwells in us, then we take God with us wherever we go. So our worship and devotion to him shouldn't know any limit. Are you truly being shaped by the gifts God wants to give you in worship?

This sermon celebrates the missions giving we do at Northwest. It talks about how money in our hands is temporary but in God's hands it becomes eternal. When we give to God's mission it changes us and changes the world. After this sermon the church gave $111,000 to missions, far exceeding our $95,000 goal!

Ben Williams continues our March for Missions campaign with a sermon that explores why so many young adults want their friends to know Jesus but feel that it's inappropriate to share their faith with them. How do we become people who are comfortable and passionate about telling people the story that we just happen to know is completely true and completely life changing? 

March for Missions guest speaker Hunter Wiederstein challenges us to consider our limits of giving to others. Is there a limit to the time, energy, or tolerance you will give to others? How does that compare to the gifts of faith, hope, and love God gives us? Perhaps we should consider if we are willing to give even more faith, hope, and love to those God desires to come to know him.

When it comes to spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, Shannon Hayes reminds us that we must begin with unity of heart, mind, and purpose. The world must be able to see the good news in our relationships with one another and in our unified love for the world. Because if they can't see it...it doesn't matter what we have to say.

One of the most overlooked and often misunderstood women of Genesis is the slave woman Hagar. She is used and abused, tossed out and forsaken. But not by God. In her lowest moments God saw her and knew her name. He called her and gave her a promise and a purpose. And for all of this, she named Yahweh, "El Roi," which means "the God who sees me." When you are down and defeated, God sees you too. He...

The book of Psalms reminds us that for every season and every circumstance there is a prayer and God will hear it. So whether you are in the pasture, the pit, or the mountains, God is with you. This sermon shows how that it revealed in Psalm 23, 88, and 121.

Often in life we want to go our own way at our desired speed. This week Nathan reminds us that when we instead choose to follow our dependable God that it can keep us safe, provide what we need when we need it, and get us through life's storms. 

In Acts 2 we read that the church "held all things in common." In many ways the church continues to do this today in our shared ownership of the church's assets. So this week we are talking about the assets of Northwest Church of Christ, the top ten reasons to give to Northwest in 2025, and all God is doing with what's been given to Northwest before. 

This week we are preparing for our discipleship training and consider how Jesus designed his kingdom to grow by multiplication and not addition. Multiplication uses the power of many disciples making new disciples. We also explore how America doesn't have a "bad harvest problem" but really has a "too few harvesters problem." Are you ready to go to the harvest for Christ?

God promised Abraham his descendants would become a blessing to all nations. And yet Jesus grieved that the Temple had failed to become a house of prayer for the nations. And today God desires us to be a light to the nations. This sermon calls us to live in to that calling and discusses some of the reasons we fail to be the light in a dark world. 

LTS: God Size Vision for Northwest

From early in history God has often called humans to special tasks or messages. He called Abraham and Moses and one was ready to follow and the other had all the excuses. What can we learn from those excuses? And do we repeat them in our life? Kent then shares what he hopes will open the door to a "God-size vision" for growing disciples at Northwest. Are you will to "come and see" what Jesus is up...

Jan 12, 25 Living the Story: This Broken World

So often people struggle to believe in God because of the suffering in the world. But Scripture acknowledges the suffering, not as God's plan, but as a result of our rejecting God's plan. Now, God works in the midst of the brokenness to bring about a new health and wholeness to us and the world. It's our job to partner with him on this journey toward restoration. The story of Hosea and his adulter...

Jan 5 2025 Living the Story: In the Beginning

God's story doesn't end in the Bible but continues into every Christian's life today. This sermon explores Genesis 1 and the job that humans have to co-rule with God over the creation. What work does God have preselected for you? Are you willing to do it?

The works of Jesus Christ didn't end when the Bible was first sealed. They continue in the lives of every Spirit filled person who follows Jesus. In this sermon, Kent explores what kind of Jesus story is being told at Northwest and what kind of Jesus story is being told in his own life.

We often think about the sacrifice Jesus made in his death. This week we focus on the sacrifice he made in his birth. We also look at Vanstone's idea that love always takes effort and sacrifice, and the love of Christ is certainly evident in his decision to leave his father to go save his prodigal siblings. 

Christian joy is more than just being happy due to your circumstances or being happy even when bad things happen. Christian joy exists in the intersection between faith and hope. If we truly have faith that God will keep his promises, we look forward hopefully towards their fulfillment and experience joy in the present. 

One of the key ideas of the birth of Christ is the arrival of the Prince of Peace to our conflict riddled and broken world. But Scripturally the idea of peace is much bigger than simply ending conflict. The Hebrew and Greek words for "peace" have the idea of something being whole, healthy, and complete. When Jesus truly comes into your life he brings wholeness and then sends us to take the healing...

In the Gospels that describe Jesus' birth, there are many characters surrounding the birth of the Messiah who are experiencing grief, suffering, loss, and great trials. And just as Jesus brought hope to those who waited for him then, he brings hope to those who wait for him now.