Series: Funding the Kingdom Text: Luke 12:13-21; Romans 15:24-29; Proverbs 11:24-28; 15:16-17; 19:4,17; 21:13; 22:9; 30:7-9 Speaker: Brent McCrory http://nlccoe.com/Sermons/Funding%20the%20Kingdom/10-07-18_Funding_The_Kingdom_p2.mp3 At the heart of giving is a very God-like activity. Perhaps it is the most God-like activity. What is this G0d-like activity? Well, since God desires to be with people…at…
Series: Funding the Kingdom Text: Matthew 6 and others Speaker: Brent McCrory http://nlccoe.com/Sermons/Funding%20the%20Kingdom/9-23-18%20GIving%20and%20Baggage.mp3 At the heart of giving is a very God-like activity. Perhaps it is the most God-like activity. What is this G0d-like activity? Well, since God desires to be with people…at the heart of giving is providing so all…
Series: The Hidden Kingdom Text: The Letters Speaker: Brent McCrory http://nlccoe.com/Sermons/Praying%20the%20Psalms/09-09-2018_The_Letters.mp3 Our last stop in this brief “The Hidden Kingdom” series leads us to the letters in the New Testament. Now for someone reading through the letters for the first time on their own (or even the 100th) there are…
Series: The Hidden Kingdom Text: The Gospels Speaker: Brent McCrory http://nlccoe.com/Sermons/Praying%20the%20Psalms/09-02-18_The_Gospels.mp3 The Hidden Kingdom appears to be just that, “hidden” in what we call the Old Testament. Yet as we have seen the last two weeks, it is clearly there. Granted, at times we need to be shown where to look,…
Series: The Hidden Kingdom Text: Exodus and others Preacher: Brent McCrory http://nlccoe.com/Sermons/Praying%20the%20Psalms/8-26-18_exodus.mp3 Quite often the focus of the Exodus is just that, the exodus (exit) of God’s people from the land of Egypt. Included in this are famous details like the plagues, the parting of the Red…
Series: The Hidden Kingdom Text: Genesis and others Preacher: Brent McCrory http://nlccoe.com/Sermons/Praying%20the%20Psalms/08-19-18_Genesis.mp3 For those aware of debates concerning the Bible, Genesis is often viewed as a battleground for the beginning. In other words is it Creation? Evolution? Something in between? I wonder what might happen if we would stop coming…
Series: thankventmas IV (Reclaiming…) Text: Luke 2:8-15; 15:7; 24:52; Psalm 30; James 1:2; 3 John 4 Preacher: David Hurlocker Joy vs. Happenstance. A relaxation exercise that almost throws one into cardiac arrest? Audits from the government as a cause for joy? Hmmm, sounds interesting. If you want those, and…
Series: thankventmas IV (Reclaiming…) Text: Isaiah 40:1-11; Mark 1:1-8; and other texts Preacher: Brent McCrory The second week of Advent means it is time to look at the topic of love. Ah love…a much misunderstood thing it seems. Yet make no mistake about it, God’s love is the most powerful…
Series: thankventmas IV (Reclaiming…) Text: 2 Chronicles 36:22-23; Matthew 1:1-17; Titus 2:13-14; Hebrews 10:32-39 Preacher: Brent McCrory It is that time of year again…thankventmas time! In our first thankventmas sermon we are looking at the Advent theme of hope. Hope is a beautiful thing…but hope is not to simply…
Series: The World is Waiting Text: Romans 6:23; and various others throughout YHWH’s Story Preacher: Brent McCrory Thanksgiving time…a time when culturally we pause and give thanks (while simultaneously being pressured to forget the many things for which we are thankful by advertising and marketing). It is a bit ironic… But alas,…