New Grace Baptist Church

  Well, the president hoped we’d be back together by Easter, but unfortunately, it didn’t work. That doesn’t mean we can’t worship though, and today we have a great reason to do so. Today, we’re celebrating the resurrection of Jesus, and we can’t overstate just how important it is to our faith. In fact, no part of the gospel works…

  I heard a mega-church pastor talking about fear this week, and he said that it’s a sin for Christians to be afraid. It wasn’t just that we’re not supposed to fear, so much as the fact that nothing bad happens to those who are faithful. I don’t think anyone at our church believes that, but I wondered if there’s not an element of…

  I was taking a walk recently and couldn’t help but think of how blessed I am to live in the area I do. As I looked around at God’s creation, and I couldn’t help but worship, and today I want to show you to worship with me as we read the eighth Psalm:

O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your…

God’s Plan of Suffering

Note: the video starts out fuzzy but clears up after a few minutes.

  Health officials have warned that we should brace for a “very painful” few weeks, and they expect the death toll in the US to rise to somewhere between 100,000 and 240,000. That means this pandemic is worse than they thought, and when it’s finished, we’ll likely…

  I wonder if it’s true that God does everything for a reason. I’ve heard some people say that we shouldn’t put it that way because it sounds like he’s responsible for evil, so maybe it’s better to wonder if he just allows evil things and then uses them however he wants.

The first example that comes to my mind is Joseph and his…

  I don’t know how everyone else is, but I tend to go back and forth a little bit in my feelings over this coronavirus. Most days, it doesn’t really bother me, and I’m glad to live in such a rural area, but sometimes there’s this sudden dread of what’s going to happen once it’s all over. I just don’t see any way we get out of this…

  Who would have thought, even just a few weeks ago, that we’d be in the position we are now? This all happened so fast, and it was while the nation seemed to be doing so well. These are trying times, but I want to remind you that trying times aren’t new. I mean, maybe they’re new to us, but life has traditionally been very hard.…

  We’re going to take a short break from our study of the Old Testament to talk about what it means to be Christian. The simple answer is that it’s someone who believes in Christ and follows his teachings, and that seems to be what the Bible is getting at when it says that Barnabus and Paul spent a year teaching in Antioch where “t…

“A Good Word Makes Him Glad” (How Christians Can Be At Peace Despite The Coronavirus)

  There’s no question that life is already hard and lots of things cause us to worry. My marriage could fail, my kids might run wild, I might get sick, I might lose my job, I might not be able to pay my bills, and I am eventually going to die.

And then the coronavirus comes along and adds a whole new set of problems. What if I get…