Love Never Fails
It always protects, always trusts, always hopes,
always perseveres. Love never fails…(ICor.13:7,8a)
You know the saying, “Love makes the world go around”. Today it is making the world miserable. There are more broken marriages than happy marriages, the result; broken homes, [...]
God’s Righteousness
He(Jesus) told his next story to some who were complacently pleased with themselves over their moral performance and looked down their noses at the common people. (Lk.18:9 the message)
Self-righteousness evokes a strong response from Jesus. He compares a self-righteous Pharisee, with a humble tax collector. Jesus complicates the issue by approving of a person [...]
NCCN, 09/05/04, Luke 18: 9-17
Introduction: Righteousness comes from faith in Christ. Christ is the one who makes us right with God. Abraham believed God, believed his promises and it was reckoned unto him as righteousness. Humility is much like righteousness. In Gen 18:27 we find Abraham interceding for Sodom, he says: Now that [...]
The Power of Love
Jesus is asked, how will I live?
Love the Lord your God completely; heart, soul, strength and mind and love your neighbor as much as yourself.)
My neighbor! Who is that? (Luke 10: 25-29 paraphrased)
With our world shrinking, as it is, we do need to ask that question. Our neighbors are no longer limited [...]
NCCN, 08/13/06, Luke 10: 25 – 37
Introduction: We at New Community Church are concerned about neighbors. The heart of our ministry is that we respect and accept each person as someone whom God loves and wants to care for; we seek to reach out to all those who need a new beginning.
The idea of identifying [...]