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Mental Health And The Christian This morning we are going to tackle the number 1 requested topic in our Hot Topics Sermon Series Poll - Mental Health. It’s difficult these days to listen to any news reports without hearing the phrases ‘mental illness’ or ‘suicide’. But given the rates of depression —…
Marriage By Design Alright church. Week 6 of our Hot Topics series. We are wrapping up this series next week with the most voted on topic, Mental Health. It’s actually such an important topic, I am looking at a small group centered around mental health. But this week we are looking at another one of…
Deconstructing Deconstruction Week 5 of our Hot Topics Series. We polled. You voted. I’m preaching. Perhaps surprisingly, of the 12 topics in the poll, this ranked second in number of votes, and if combined with a similar option (atheism & doubt) it was tied for first in terms of topics you wanted to…
The Sanctity Of Life Continuing our series You voted for And so as we do so often when looking at issues of life, and worth, and human dignity, and purpose, and sanctity we start at the beginning. What did the writers believe about our created worth and value? What were they inspired by the Spirit of…
Kings & Kingdom Kings and Kingdoms #politics #sermon It feels like we are always in a political season, and in actuality we are. Presidential debates are being scheduled. Candidates are emerging. And around the world we are facing continual geo-political upheaval. Just yesterday there was a coupe and…
Sacrificial Children #sermon #fathersday Some Back Story So Israel had some kings… Saul > David > Solomon [Solomon Turns from the Lord] ( 1 Kings 11:1-8 ) King Solomon loved many foreign women in addition to Pharaoh’s daughter: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women 2 from the nations…
The Lies We Tell Ourselves Let’s just jump right in… Our culture tells us many lies about sex and sexuality It tells us that sex doesn’t matter but also that sex is the most important thing about us. It tells us that gender is a social construct but also that gender is whatever I make it. It tells us…
Good News Well, we’ve reached the end of our journey thru the Gospel of Luke. It has been a journey of Good News for the poor, broken, weak, burdened, hopeful, longing, needful. It’s been Good News for men and women, young and old, black, white, brown, and every shade and hue. It’s Good News. It’s Good…
Good News For Moms Happy Mothers Day! What a great morning we’ve had already. We celebrate moms today. If you are a mom, we celebrate you. Maybe you have biological children. Maybe you have foster or adoptive children. Maybe you have spiritual children. We honor you. I’m not a mom. I could never be a…
Lonely Nation Listen, I believe we were created for so much more than what this world offers. A study was released this week by the Surgeon General that says that Americans are lonelier than we been in 20 years And that study ended before COVID brought even greater loneliness. Over the past 25 years…
It’s Friday It’s been 5 days since Jesus entered Jerusalem riding a donkey, being hailed as the King of Israel, and willingly, intentionally fulfilling the prophecy of Zechariah showing himself as the promised King of not just Israel, but of every nation. But before he was crucified he was questioned…
Restoration. The point of a restoration project is to restore something to it original beauty. To make it as at least as beautiful as it was before. My favorite unscripted show is Home Town I love how they can take an old broken down house and make it someone’s dream. But I love more when they not only…
Holy Love What an incredible Easter and Holy Week at New City Church. In our current sermon series, we have reached the final hours of Jesus life. We are at week 59 of our journey thru Luke’s Gospel of Jesus. And I didn’t want to rush thru these final few days hours of Jesus life and final few chapters…
Holy Love God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his one and only Son into the world so that we might live through him. Love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins. For while we were still helpless, at the…
Good News Of Hosanna It's Palm Sunday! 28 When he had said these things, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. 29 As he approached Bethphage and Bethany, at the place called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of the disciples 30 and said, “Go into the village ahead of you. As you enter it, you will…
Good News of Kingdom Greatness What does it mean to be the greatest? We have arguments and debates often about who is the GOAT. G O A T - Greatest Of All Time I mean it’s Jordan over Lebron for GOAT of basketball and Cash over Luke Bryan For GOAT of Country Music (I mean even putting Luke Bryan in that…
7 Then the Day of Unleavened Bread came when the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed. 8 Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover.” 9 “Where do you want us to prepare it?” they asked him. 10 “Listen,” he said to them, “when you’ve entered the city, a man carrying…
A Man Carrying A Jug Alight, FLOW WITH THE SPIRIT 7 Then the Day of Unleavened Bread came when the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed. 8 Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover.” 9 “Where do you want us to prepare it?” they asked him. 10 “Listen,” he said…
GOOD NEWS HAS AN ENEMY Holy Week As we continue through this week we’ve arrived at Thursday. And Jesus is going to celebrate Passover with his disciples. We will talk more about Passover in the coming weeks. We will talk more about the Last Supper meal in the coming weeks. But this morning we are going…
Destruction & Deliverance Aright church, you know the drill. I’m going to read some scripture. We are going to listen to Jesus words to his disciples and his words to us. We are going to look at it’s immediate context and meaning. We are going to then unpack what it means for you and me today. It’s what…
Authority What is authority? Who has authority? Does everyone with authority use it for good? Who gives authority? Who is your authority? It seems like everything they are an authority on everything. I mean you can hardly get on FB without a middle schooler telling you how to fight inflation, or shoot…
Good News Alright. Last week was incredible. Casting vision for 2023 as we PURSUE TOGETHER what God has for us this year. If you missed the sermon last week, go back, listen, watch. Apple Podcast. YouTube. FB. Pursue Christ. Pursue Growth. Pursue Mission. Pursue Best. Pursue Promise. Puruse Together.…
Vision Sunday Good Morning New City Church. It’s Vision Sunday. What’s Vision Sunday? Its a day to look back. To look back at the faithfulness of God And to look forward to the fulfillment of God. 8 “Remember this and be brave; take it to heart, you transgressors! 9 Remember what happened long ago, for…
A Parable Alight, let’s get back into the Word the morning. Looking at the Parable of the Ten Minas in Luke 19 . So what’s a mina? A Mina is a measure of currency. It’s about 100 drachmas. So what’s a drachma? its money. A Mina is about 100 drachmas. Like a Benjamin is 100 bucks. But in that day, a Mina…
Don’t Give Up This morning I just sense a different anointing. I just want to encourage you today. Some of you are fasting. You need God to move. You need God to answer. You are seeking a fresh vision of Jesus. You are hungry. You are desperate. You have been in a wilderness. But hear me, the wilderness…
Good Question As we begin this year a good question to ask of the LORD is what must I do to live out the Kingdom. As we begin our 21 Days of prayer and fasting, I would encourage you to make part of your prayers this question, this seeking of God, “what must I do?” What are you asking of me God? What…
New Year. Same Gospel. Alright church, we are continuing our journey thru Luke’s Gospel. I’m very excited to get back into it. We have 6 Chapters left. We started this journey a year ago. January 16 of 2022 to be exact. Why? Why have we spent a year, what will end up being a year a few months, going…
Love In Swaddling Clothes Welcome to the fourth Sunday of Advent. What an amazing season it is as we journey together toward Christmas. And so we use these weeks leading up to Christmas as a chance to look forward with great expectation to the coming of Christ as we embark on a journey of hope, love,…
The Newborn King. The Journey of Joy Today is the third Sunday of Advent, and we are glad you’re here journeying with us through this season. If you haven’t been with us the past couple of weeks, we have been walking through the season of Advent. It’s a season of preparation and expectation and purposeful…
The Journey To Peace This is the Second Sunday of Advent. What an amazing season it has been as we have journeyed together toward Christmas. If you were with us last week Advent, you know that the word advent is a version of a Latin term meaning “coming.” And these four weeks leading up to Christmas…
The Newborn King Welcome to the first Sunday of Advent. What an amazing season it is as we journey together toward Christmas. The word advent is a version of a Latin term which means “coming.” So we use these weeks leading up to Christmas as a chance to look forward to our celebration of the arrival…
Kingdom Come When he was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, he answered them, “The kingdom of God is not coming with something observable; no one will say, ‘See here!’ or ‘There!’ For you see, the kingdom of God is in your midst.” Then he told the disciples, “The days are coming…
The Good News Of Forgiveness What does it mean to forgive someone? Can I tell you a story? It’s a story of me learning to forgive. Forgiveness isn’t always easy. Actually, if someone needs forgiveness, by the very nature of the need to forgive means something hurtful was done. CS Lewis said, “Everyone…
Good News For Those Far Away While traveling to Jerusalem, he passed between Samaria and Galilee. Samaria - A region of Israel inhabited by an ethnically and religiously group distinct from the Jews. They were descendants of Jews who had married outside of ethnic and religious Jews. Jews considered them…
The Good News Of Kingdom Values Alright, this morning we are going to look at the good news of kingdom values. And we are going to do that by looking 2 parables sandwiched around a challenge by Jesus to the pharisees. The first parable we are going to look at is confusing without context. But that’s…
Turn back in your Bible to Luke 15 . Three Stories Luke 15 contains three parables by Jesus: the stories of the Lost Sheep, the Lost Coin, and the Wayward Son. Luke 15:1-2 All the tax collectors and sinners were approaching to listen to him. And the Pharisees and scribes were complaining, “This man welcomes…
Save The Date Have you ever received one of those Save The Date invites? Often its for a wedding, or birthday party, or baby gender reveal, or some other big event for the one giving out the invite. I mean, that the truth right? Usually the one giving out the Save the Date Invite is the one you will…
The Good News Of The Superiority Of Christ Jesus I am weak. I am imperfect. I am broken. I am mortal. I am unable to effect any eternal change. I am needy. I am longing. I need Jesus. Jesus is strong. Jesus is perfect. Jesus is whole. Jesus is immortal. Jesus has all authority. Jesus is the provision.…
You Don’t Have To Get Ready If You Stay Ready Warning The Original Audience L 12:35-13:5,22-30 We’ve got a lot to read this morning so I’m just going to jump right in to it. READ PASSAGE PRAY So, that’s a lot. It can be a difficult read. It’s a sobering read. Salvation and judgment. Repentance and rejection.…
Broken Paradise I don’t know about you, but I grew up on Switchfoot. They’ve been a constant soundtrack in the background on my life for the last 25 years. Jon Forman is one of the great songwriters of our day. Don’t believe me, check out his solo albums. One theme that has been constant in the music…
Good News For The Religiously Tired Deconstruction, Discontent, and Deconversion These are hot topics right now within the American Church. One of the opening sermons of this series delt with these topics. There are many podcasts, YouTube videos, articles, and TikTok's that approach the subject. Some…
We Are Not Ignorant Here me this morning before we even get into the text… some of you, some of us have been in a spiritual battle. Some of us are currently in a spiritual battle. Some of us are fighting the devil right now. Some of us were fighting the devil just to make it to church this morning. Here…
Leonard Ravenhill , an English evangelist who challenged the church to hunger and thirst for revival through prayer, puts it like this. There's nothing more transfiguring than prayer. People often ask, "Why do you insist on prayer so much?" The answer is very simple - because Jesus did. You could change…
On The Mountain With Jesus Could you think of anywhere better than being on a mountain with Jesus? Not only are you Away from the pressures of the valley below. And have the ability to look miles ahead of where you are currently. The vision to see the beauty from a new perspective. To see where you are…
Created For More Last week we looked at Jesus feeding of the 5000. Crowds gathered to hear the Gospel of the Kingdom Proclaimed and Demonstrated. The crowd was gathered because the Gospel of the Kingdom touched them to the very core of their human longing. We were created for Kingdom of Heaven living.…
Good News As we continue our journey thru the Good News of Luke I want to say how much I appreciate your desire to stick it out. I appreciate your desire to hear the Word preached, the gospel preached. I do believe that we have a literacy problem. Biblical literacy is low. We let popular thought and…
The Good News Of A Godly Father Happy Father’s Day Dad’s enjoy your day. Enjoy your fatherhood. I remember the first time hold me children. It changes you. You realize that life is about more than you. You realize that life require giving of yourself. You realize in greater measure what manhood means…
Week 23. The Good News Of Pentecostal Power Happy Pentecost Sunday! 50 Days after passover is the festival of Pentecost. Pentecost was a feast of harvest. When they would celebrate the gathering of the fruit of the seed that had been planted. For the 120 disciples in the Upper Room 10 Days after the…
SERMON TITLE: Jesus & Women SERMON TITLE: Jesus & Women Good Morning Here me this morning. Jesus elevates women. It’s Mother’s Day. Many of you in this room are mothers. Many of you in this may become mothers. Some of you in this room may long to be a mother but so far have been unable to conceive. Some…
Sermon Title : Good News For The Powerful And The Powerless Good morning! What a great Easter season! As we continue our Good News Series we are going to pick back up where we left off in Luke’s telling of the Good News. Remember - Gospel means Good News. Its the Good News of the life, death, & resurrection…
SERMON TITLE: The Crucified & Risen King Good News : Special Easter Edition Happy Easter! Christ is Risen! Christ is risen indeed! But 2000 years ago that headline - Crucified King Seen Alive - seemed impossible. The Women Expected Death At The Grave 2000 years ago, Mary Magdalen, Mary the Mother of…
Good News. Love Your Enemies. So many of us Christians love the salvation of Christ but not the teachings of Christ. Let’s be honest, his teachings are hard, challenging. We much prefer the idea of salvation from our sin than the command to obey his teachings. Salvation reminds us that Christ died for…
The Sick Need A Doctor As we continue thru Luke’s Gospel this morning we are again reminded of the reason Jesus came. Everything we see Jesus do is an extension of his mandate from Isaiah 61 . He lives on mission. Whether it infuriates people, confuses people, or amazes people, Jesus proclaims and demonstrates…
Not An Insignificant Peace This morning we are going to walk thru the Passage in Micah that has already been read this morning. This season of Advent is a season of waiting. Patiently waiting for the promise. Enduring until the fulfillment. We wait. And as we do I want you to think about some questions,…
A Child Is Born Isaiah 9:1-7 Nevertheless, the gloom of the distressed land will not be like that of the former times when he humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali. But in the future he will bring honor to the way of the sea, to the land east of the Jordan, and to Galilee of the nations.…
TASTE AND SEE It’s Thanksgiving Week! Happy Thanksgiving! Last week we began a miniseries on Psalms of Thanksgiving. We will continue that this week by looking at Psalm 34 Concerning David, when he pretended to be insane in the presence of Abimelech, who drove him out, and he departed. I will bless the…
WORSHIP LIKE JACOB How We Worship WAYS OF WORSHIP Genesis 24:26 Then the man (Jacob) bowed down and worshiped the LORD Nehemiah 8:6 Ezra praised the LORD, the great God; and all the people lifted their hands and responded, "Amen! Amen!" Then they bowed down andworshiped the LORD with their faces to the…
Terry Hart, Administrative Bishop for the Church of God in Alabama, bring a powerful message on beauty and necessity of carrying our cross. Bishop Hart then leads the church in Dedication of the New City Church property.
Who is New City Church? We are a holy people, redeemed of the LORD, sought out, a city not forsaken.