NewLifepreaching: Recent Episodes
New Life Baptist Church
This is a special sermon from Luke 24:13-35, dedicated to the teaching about the Lord's Supper
1 Pt. 1:13-16. Set your hope on grace. Behave as obedient children. Be Holy as God is Holy.
Dt. 18:1-8. Becoming a Levite. A gift to God's People. A priesthood of all believers. Men worthy of double honor.
Dt. 17:14-20. God's Word informs just government. A picture of a rebellious nation. A nation under judgement. A coming Divine King.
Dt. 16:18-20. "Justice, Justice!" Officers over God's people. Justice hinges on right worship.
Dt. 16:9-17. Affliction comes before rejoicing. Feasts prevent forgetfulness. Christians are characterized by joy.
Dt. 16:1-8. Jesus is our Passover. The Regulative Principle of Worship. The Pattern of Celebration.
1 Jn 5:1-5. The Christian has faith. The Christian has love. The Christian obeys God's command. The importance of catechism.
1 Jn. 4:1-6. Christians are judges of Truth. Doctrine preserves redemptive truth. Christians speak Truth by the Spirit.
1 Jn. 2:24-29. The. Christ has God's Word in their hearts. The Christian has God's Spirit in them. The Christian abides in Christ.
1 Jn. 2:15-17. The Christian must have a true definition of Love. Love of the world includes every sin common to man. The world is passing away.
1 Jn 2:7-14. The Old commandment is made New. Walking in the light is characterized by deeds of light. The hearts of the Fathers are drawn to their children.
1 Jn. 1:5-10. God is Light. In Him is no darkness at all. Implications for the Christian Life.
Dt. 10:22. Humble beginnings to numbering stars. The dominion mandate and a word to mothers.
Dt. 10:20-21. Fear and serve Him. Hold fast and swear by His name. He is our praise. He is our God.
Dt. 10:18-19. Who is the Sojourner? Our response of love, to the love God has shown. How shall we love?
Deuteronomy 10:16. The believer's responsibility, certainty of God's provision, the covenant sign, the spiritual interaction.
Deut. 10:14-15. God is universally sovereign. His Love is Particular. We are God's chosen people.
Acts 28. The Christian will share the Gospel at their own expense. Our preaching is that all that will hear us. We preach the kingdom boldly without hindrance.
Acts 27. God's purpose will not be thwarted. The Christian should not fear suffering but be sure of suffering.
From Acts 25. God's Word is never changing, eternal, and is fulfilled and/or being fulfilled.
From Acts 24. Use your imprisonment wisely. Maintain both the Law and the Gospel. Realize all hearers are not believers.
From Acts 23. Paul experiences the presence of the Lord. Despite his condition, he is told to be of good cheer. We, like Paul, must testify in Rome also.
From Acts 22. Paul gives us an example of how to properly employ his thinking, that he would later pen in Romans 13.
From Acts 21, pastor Vance discusses the value of the Law, the hypocrisy of lawlessness, and the insanity of a nation.
The Christian must surrender their life, minister from a pure conscience, and watch out for false preachers.
From Acts 19. We see the necessity of the whole Gospel, the proof of false spirits, and the war between the church and the idol factories.
Acts 18. The Christian should not fear speaking truth. The Christian must realize Christ's presence in ministry. God will save save all who are His.
Acts 17. Christians desire the salvation of souls. Christians reason from scripture. Christians avoid endless debate.
From Acts 16, we see what drives our ministry as the church and we receive exhortation in our service.
Bro. Chad exposits Acts 15 and points us to the necessity of good doctrine and the completeness of justification in Christ alone.
Acts 14. Live the Resurrected Life. Strengthen your Souls. Have Faith in Tribulation. Find Safety in the Church.
The church is ordered by God. The sorcerer is punished by God. The Christian preaches the Word of God. When to shake the dust from your sandals. Acts 13
Acts 12. The death of a brother, the preservation of a saint, the necessary end of self worship.
Acts 11. The Gospel goes to all. We Guard the deposit of the Faith. The gathering of the church brings freedom, burden, and blessing.
Acts 10. God has testified against the Jews by the Church, the pharisee, and now the centurion. Faith in Christ requires knowledge of Christ. And we realize the miracle of our inclusion.
Acts 9. No sin is too great for the Grace of God. Christ is unified to the church. Christ necessitates a radical change of nature.
Acts 6 teaches us much in the circumstance that necessitates deacons. The church desire the Word more than food, there is no room for partiality, Deacons are a gift to the church, and Pastors must guard their time in the Word and in prayer.
We are called to a reverent fear of the Holy Spirit, a high esteem for God's people and purpose, and pervasive preaching of Jesus Christ. Acts 5.
The Gospel is confrontational and exclusive. The Christian is steeped in rejection and depends on God for boldness. Acts 4
Deuteronomy 6:6. Bro. Vance discusses the nature of the law, our relationship to the law, and the continued influence of the law. He also gives us hints/practices for meditation on God's Word.
If the Lord is not raised, your faith is in vain and you are still in your sins... The Resurrection instituted the Lord's Day. The women attest to the Bible's faithful account. Our faith hinges on the resurrection. Luke 24:1-12.
From Luke 23:50-56. Jesus has already freed you from your deepest darkness. Remain faithful in the dark times.
When prosecuted and falsely accused the Christian remains blameless before the world, and bows only to Christ our King. Luke 23:1-5
The Christian is persecuted and hated when rightly understood, but God does not yield His throne. Luke 22:63-71.
Luke 22:54-62. Take heart Christian; stand firm in the faith, attach yourself to Christ, trust His Word, and weep over sin.
Luke 22:47-53. How to guard yourself in the hour of darkness and equip yourself with godly weapons.
Prayer is commanded, honest submission, necessary in the life of the Christian. Luke 22:39-46.
As Christians, we trust God's Providence, see His Word fulfilled, and become criminals for Christ. Luke 22:35-38.
The Christian abandons self, serves like Christ, and reigns with Christ. From Luke 22:23-30.
The Lord's Supper is the Christian Passover, the sign of the New Covenant, in which we remember and enjoy what Christ has instituted on our behalf.
The Christian trusts Jesus Christ to fulfill every detail of the Law and provide for the Gospel, by which we are saved.
The Lord and those who are His will receive opposition from the flesh, the world, and satan. Luke 22:1-6.
Worship of God allows us to experience, share, and reflect the glory of God! Jesus is the radiance and fullness of God's glory. Text: Exodus 34:28-30 (cf. 2 Corinthians 3)
Worship of God involves Covenant with God, belonging to Him, loving the Law and the Gospel. Ex. 34:10-27.
From Ex. 33:18-34:9. Worship involves Adoration for God, submitting our lives to Him in response to His Holiness and Redemption.
From Ex. 33:12-17, we see worship of God involves relationship with God in realizing God's fulfillment of His promises and our reconciliation to Him.
Decalogue: Ten Words for our Living. Our society has made a habit of bearing false witness for selfish gain. The Christian is called to bear witness to Christ before our neighbors in truth and love.
Our understanding of this commandment is informed by our sense of entitlement. Our stealing and our failure to give make us guilty. Christ offers grace to the theif on the cross. In this way he fulfills the Law of God.
Thou shalt not commit adultery. The command speaks to even those hidden sins. More than this, every sin and pagan practice is viewed like adultery before God.
Decalogue: Ten Words for our Living. Thou shalt not murder. Pastor Vance addresses the murderous culture of our day and of our sin. There is redemption for the murderer in Christ!
From Ex. 20:12, we explore family and how we are to be submissive while learning to Honor our Heavenly Father.
Decalogue: Ten Words for our Living. God issues command concerning His Sabbath that reflects upon His own Creation and points to eternal rest in Christ. In Christ we are recreated so we enjoy the Christian Sabbath on the Lord's Day.
Decalogue: Ten Words for our Living. God reveals Himself in His Law and how He desires to be worshipped. From Exodus 20.
Decalogue: 10 Words for our living. The 10 commandments are first given in Exodus 20. See the way God calls us into relationship through covenant in the 10 commandments.
Scripture is the inerrant Word of God and is sufficient as an authority and guide for our life.
This week we see the priority of God in our coming together. The Church Covenant is how we live and function in the New Covenant in Christ.
Luke 19:11-27. Jesus explains the coming of the kingdom in a way that makes us all accountable.
Luke 18:9-14. Christians must be engaged in Right Teaching, True Worship, and Correct Obedience. These are progressive and they point to Christ.
Jesus moves from teaching of the second coming to an emphasis on prayer in this parable. Luke 18:1-8
Luke 16:19-31. Jesus shows us how the Grace of God is manifested in Him and through us. He was the one who would return from the dead to save sinners.
Charles Spurgeon penned these words in response to the popular teacher of another gospel. Written in 1887, his words are timely amid our current Downgrades within the church.
Luke 15:11-32. Jesus reveals the Father and the relationship that applies the Gospel in the story of the prodigal son.
These parables come in response to the realization that Jesus receives and eats with sinners. We should be we forget or fail to seek and save the lost. From Luke 15.
God has invited the ones you have rejected. This parable highlights the grace of God but also warns us of presuming upon His patience. Luke 14:15-24.
Jesus uses this parable to exhort us until repentance. We can see God's providence, His Grace, and our need to bear fruit, in Luke 13:6-9.
From Luke 12: 13-34 Jesus uses the builder of barns parable in teaching us how to treasure in Him.
Jesus teaches us how to view prayer. We find ourselves utterly in need and God able and willing to bless, giving even of Himself. From Luke 5:5-13.
Jesus points the faithful to life characterized by mercy. Ultimately, Jesus gave the pattern of greatest mercy.
Bro. Chad introduces parables and exhorts us to evaluate the condition of our hearts as soil to receive the Word of God.
This recording began late. Reading from Exodus 7:1-5, we see God's purpose in the plagues. Ultimately, He demonstrates His sovereignty over all. Are you looking to God as Lord?
Israel has been commanded to meet. Pharaoh prevents them. The Lord responds with relationship in covenant. God demonstrates He is both Lord and Savior.
Thoughts: Before God send Moses, He equips Him with signs, foretelling the blood of the firstborn, and ensuring his participation in the sign of the covenant. Redemption always involves the Cross. Our interaction with God is Relational, Careful, and Fearful. How has God equipped you for ministry? Text: Exodus 4.
From Exodus 3, we see both God's irresistible grace and man's response. Together, these show how we are to take Christ with us.
God Hears His People. God Remembers His Covenant. God Knows His People. From Exodus 2:23-25 we see God is present with us, knowing us fully and never abandoning His purpose.
Exodus 2:1-22 show us patterns in the Redeemer, Moses, that point us forward to the Redeemer, Jesus Christ.
From Matthew 7:21-29, this is what revival looks like. Jesus calls us to be built on the Rock that is Himself. His own teaching, God's Word is the foundation of our lives and salvation.
From Matthew 7:15-20, Jesus warns us against false prophets. Pastor Vance explains how to identify them and gaurds us against false prophets of our day.
Jesus exhorts us to seek after God, where we can expect a response. We are drawn to obedience and warned of the Narrow Way. All of this is fulfilled in pursuing Christ! Matthew 7:7-14.
In this sermon we learn the biblical context of the often misquoted "Judge not" passage. Jesus calls us away from hypocrisy to purity and accountability within the church. Text: Matthew 7:1-6
From Matthew 6:26-34, Jesus shows how God cares for His Creation. He points us to the heavenly provision He gives to all who believe in Christ. This message is a special help to those who are struggling with anxiety of any kind.
Jesus furthers applies our call to relationship in every circumstance. Lay up your treasure in heaven, be ruled by light, serve only one master. Text: Matthew 6:19-24.
Jesus continues teaching the people of God about and how to pattern our lives in relationship with Him through prayer. Matthew 6:8-15
Jesus addresses the three spiritual disciplines of giving, praying, and fasting. We are exhorted to avoid hypocrisy and to worship from the heart. Our reward comes in relationship with Christ. From Matthew 6:1-7,16-18.
Not just a Christmas sermon, Brother Chad explains the significance of the incarnation of Christ. Is Jesus the center of your celebration?
Jesus characterizes the children of God and calls them to be perfect like God is perfect. We are called to endure perfectly and love perfectly, all through perfect unity with Christ. Text: Matthew 5:38-48.
Jesus gaurds us from things that restrict us to the world and away from Him. Jesus did not come to fulfill a contract but for sacrifice and relationship. Text: Matthew 5: 33-37.
Pastor Vance shows us how our sexual purity displays our heavenly unity in Christ, fro the Sermon on the Mount. Text: Matthew 5:27-32.
Text: Matthew 5:21-26. Jesus speaks to the purity of the church and calls us to love what God loves.
Pastor Vance explains Salt and Light and why Christ uses this metaphor. Matthew 5:13-16.