New Life Fellowship NYC Sermons
Episode Archive
Episode Archive
525 episodes of New Life Fellowship NYC Sermons since the first episode, which aired on January 12th, 2014.
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Facing Trouble in the World
November 17th, 2020 | 33 mins 32 secs
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We live in turbulent and troubling times. Covid spread, economic hardship, racial unrest, and political uncertainty are some of our present realities. How do the words of Christ empower us to face trouble in our world? This Sunday, A. Redd Sevilla, Launch Pastor of New Life East, will explore the answer to this question. We invite you to read John 16 and 17.
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Resisting Powers and Principalities
November 9th, 2020 | 43 mins 39 secs
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In this final sermon from our God, Politics and The Church series, Pastor Rich examines the powers often hidden behind the chaos of our world. This message will help us recognize the larger battles before us and what it means to be faithful to Jesus in this polarized, political world.
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An Alternative Community
November 2nd, 2020 | 44 mins 40 secs
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Pastor Rich continues our God, Politics and the Church series with a call to remember our prophetic and counter cultural call to be a different kind of community.
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Resisting the Politics of Fear
October 26th, 2020 | 46 mins 26 secs
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In this sermon, Pastor Rich leads us to consider the ways fear is used as a strategy to perpetuate hostility and division. We will learn how to love well in ways that resist fear and promote healing in our world.
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God, Politics and the Church — Disordered Attachments
October 20th, 2020 | 41 mins 34 secs
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In this sermon, Pastor Rich explores the ways politics takes a place in our lives that damages our relationship with God and each other. He spends time teaching on “political enmeshment” and how to faithfully engage politics without losing our distinctive call to follow Jesus.
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God, Politics, and the Church
October 12th, 2020 | 40 mins 47 secs
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This week, we begin a new sermon series on "God, Politics, and the Church." In a world caught in political hostility, the call to be Christ-followers is desperately needed. Pastor Rich offers a vision of Christian formation that helps us resist political entanglements, while bearing witness to the healing power of Jesus for the world.
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The Wilderness as God's Classroom
October 7th, 2020 | 43 mins 18 secs
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At times, we find ourselves in a wilderness - seasons of waiting, transition, living with limits and the in-between. The wilderness in our lives provides a liminal space where God’s activity and invitation is more present than we may see.
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Vision Sunday: Becoming Who You Already Are
September 21st, 2020 | 35 mins 32 secs
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Every September, we take the time to re-explore our Vision as a Church family. This Vision Sunday, Pastor Rich offers fresh insight into the kind of life that God calls us into. A life marked by particular values, rhythms and practices.
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Making Space to Grieve Our Losses
September 16th, 2020 | 43 mins 8 secs
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Pastor Rich leads us in a special message to help us pay attention to our losses. It's often the case that we don't take time to grieve, and as result, we miss important opportunities for God's healing and grace to meet us. This service has contemplative elements to it, so please make space in your home to be attentive to God and ourselves during our time of worship.
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Four Big Learnings: 10 Years of New Life CDC
September 8th, 2020 | 52 mins 44 secs
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A. Redd Sevilla has transitioned to lead the launch of New Life East, a new NLF congregation in Long Island. This Sunday he shares a reflection on 4 big learnings as the Director of New Life CDC over the past decade. If you seek to live a life marked by service, you will gain from his insight.
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The Foundation of the Church
August 31st, 2020 | 37 mins 12 secs
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Pastor Rich preaches on a foundational truth that Jesus announces about the Church. This truth will help us to recognize our role in being the Church, and remind us of who we are called to be in the world.
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Church: The Temple of God
August 24th, 2020 | 33 mins 3 secs
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The Temple in Jerusalem was central to worship before Jesus ushered in a new reality. How does this image help us to be the Church now, when we find ourselves scattered and unable to meet in the usual ways?
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Church: Citizens of Heaven
August 18th, 2020 | 26 mins 37 secs
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As the church we are called to live in the world by the values of heaven. When we do this the world around us gets to see what it looks like when heaven comes to earth.
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The Flock of Christ
August 10th, 2020 | 36 mins 31 secs
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Though goats and sheep were common, God uses sheep as a reference to His people, all throughout Scripture. Though many of us may have little real-life experience with sheep or flocks, the word picture holds deep significance for followers of Jesus today, whether we are city or country dwellers.
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The Church as The Bride of Christ
August 3rd, 2020 | 33 mins 22 secs
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The Church is the Bride of Christ - but what does that mean for us today? How does it impact our lives and mission to the world?
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Church as the Body of Christ
July 28th, 2020 | 38 mins 57 secs
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We continue our series exploring the identity and mission of the Church. In this sermon, Pastor Rich preaches on the Church as the Body of Christ. We take a look at Paul’s words to the church in Corinth and see how his message connects to our congregation in Queens.