New Life Coralville Podcast

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.

Matthew 1:18-25 Christ does not shy away from our brokenness, but instead enters into it himself.

2 Samuel 11-12 As we continue to journey through the genealogy of Jesus in Matthew's first chapter, we get a glimpse into the greatest love story ever told--not between David and Bathsheba, but between a loving God and broken sinners like us.

Ruth 1-4 We acknowledge that the Christmas season can difficult for some people--especially those who have experienced great loss this past year. On this third Sunday of Advent, we look at how the story of Ruth comforts us in our times of grief, reminding us that God is not done with our story yet.

Joshua 2, 6 As we continue through the genealogy of Jesus recorded in Matthew's first chapter, we pause to reflect on the story of Rahab--a woman who, though filled with anxiety over the fate of herself and her family, chose to place her trust in God and in turn, received overwhelming peace and unmerited welcome into God's family.

Genesis 38 Though we couldn’t gather in person yesterday, we have still entered into Advent together. Pastor Thomas offers a short reflection, “Hope for the Hopeless,” to open our new series Enter In, reminding us that Jesus comes right into the places we feel most lost, weary, broken and undone—and he offers us hope.

Psalm 106:48 In our final week in our series, Lifeline , we reflect on the powerful little word that closes all our prayers: Amen. How does a greater understanding of this word help us cling to the promises of God?

Psalm 145 "The end of prayer is praise," writes Eugene Peterson. It is both the terminus of the Psalter as well as the telos of all prayers.

Psalm 91 The Psalms remind us that the Adversary is real and always on the prowl. But the people of God need not be afraid. For we have serve a God that is not only able to protect us from the Enemy's snares, but even if we fall as our first parents did, He is able to deliver us.

Psalm 51 Why is confession an essential form of prayer for us as Christians? Because confession of sin opens us up to receive forgiveness from God and extend that forgiveness to others.

Psalm 23 How is it that we can ask the Lord of all the earth to "give us today our daily bread"? The complementary images found in Psalm 23 give us the answer: The Lord is our Shepherd and Host.

Psalm 115 What exactly are we praying for when we pray for things to be "on earth as they are in heaven"?

Psalm 10 The psalms give us permission to express our anger, our frustration and our desired outcomes to God. But they also lead us to submit all those to His will.