New City Church - Nashville

What is the problem with busyness and what does scripture have to say about it? We live in an increasingly busy society. Often, when we ask someone how they are doing, the response is "Good, just busy". In this episode we will discuss our thoughts on the busyness epidemic, chat about some relevant scripture passages, and set up the rest of the season.

In this episode of our faith and mental health podcast, we have a very special guest. Jesse Lusko is a pastor and church planter in Portland, Oregon. This interview is honest, beautiful, and filled with hope. Jesse has struggled with bipolar depression, and in this candid interview, Jesse shares openly about that journey and what he has discovered about God in the process. We hope that Jesse's story will bring you hope in the midst of your journey.

*Please note, this episode does touch on some sensitive topics pertaining to mental health.

What does it mean to be adopted into God's family?

Romans 8 talks about being given the spirit of adoption. What does that mean?

In this message, we talk about identity and how we relate to God. We talk about the difference it makes when you become part of God's family.

We focus in on whether we define ourselves by our sin or by what God has done for us.

A big question for this message is - If you follow Jesus, do you consider yourself primarily a sinner saved by grace or a saint who still sins?

Romans 8:12-17 (NLT)12 Therefore, dear brothers and sisters, you have no obligation to do what your sinful nature urges you to do. 13 For if you live by its dictates, you will die. But if through the power of the Spirit you put to death the deeds of your sinful nature, you will live. 14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.15 So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received God’s Spirit when he adopted you as his own children. Now we call him, “Abba, Father.” 16 For his Spirit joins with our spirit to affirm that we are God’s children. 17 And since we are his children, we are his heirs. In fact, together with Christ we are heirs of God’s glory. But if we are to share his glory, we must also share his suffering.

This season we are taking a dive into Mental Health, Busyness, and Formational Practices. We will also have a couple interviews later in the season with individuals who have experience following the way of Jesus while dealing with mental health issues. This week we will deep dive into our first formational practice: PRAYER. This is not a "fix-all" suggestion, but merely a helpful practice that invites God into our mental/emotional health journey.

Sources Mentioned:

"Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools" | By: Tyler Staton

Rule of Life Podcast | Season 2: Prayer

Have you ever read Proverbs and wondered what to do with them?

In this message, we talk about wisdom, truth, doubt, and the difference between knowing about something and knowing. We talk about the importance of seeing Proverbs as general rules for wisdom and not mathematical formulas.

If you've ever wanted to become wiser, we end by talking about a practical spiritual discipline to help you grow in wisdom.

It might not be what you think.

Resources:Bible Project Wisdom Series

Text:Proverbs 3:5-6

Trust in the Lord with all your heart;

do not depend on your own understanding.

6 Seek his will in all you do,

and he will show you which path to take.

This season we are taking a dive into Mental Health, Busyness, and Formational Practices. We will also have a couple interviews later in the season with individuals who have experience following the way of Jesus while dealing with mental health issues. This third week we will continue our discussion about factors in our culture that surround us that contribute to mental health problems and crises.

This season we are taking a dive into Mental Health, Busyness, and Formational Practices. We will also have a couple interviews later in the season with individuals who have experience following the way of Jesus while dealing with mental health issues. This second week we attempt a cultural autopsy as we think about factors in our culture that surround us that contribute to mental health problems and crises.

This season we are taking a dive into Mental Health, Busyness, and Formational Practices. We will also have a couple interviews later in the season with individuals who have experience following the way of Jesus while dealing with mental health issues. This first week we give a birds eye view of why mental health issues exist and set up the next few episodes.

Your view of God affects how you see the world. It affects how you experience the world and even how you see yourself and others. In this message, we dive into a few questions: Was Jesus Religious? Is it possible to be spiritual but not religious? What is a religion anyways? We talk about the struggle of doing what you don't want to do and not doing what you want to do, breaking bad habits, and dealing with destructive behaviors. We look at sin, the Law, and more.

In this kickoff message for our series, we look at Psalm 139 and talk about how a distorted image of God affects everything else in life. We unpack some popular caricatures of God and offer a new way forward. Looking at Psalm 139, we see the beautiful message that you are both known and loved.

*The inspiration for the title of this series comes from a quote from Flannery O'Connor.

Text: Psalm 139 O Lord, you have examined my heart and know everything about me. 2 You know when I sit down or stand up. You know my thoughts even when I’m far away. 3 You see me when I travel and when I rest at home. You know everything I do. 4 You know what I am going to say even before I say it, Lord. 5 You go before me and follow me. You place your hand of blessing on my head. 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too great for me to understand! 7 I can never escape from your Spirit! I can never get away from your presence! 8 If I go up to heaven, you are there; if I go down to the grave,[a] you are there. 9 If I ride the wings of the morning, if I dwell by the farthest oceans, 10 even there your hand will guide me, and your strength will support me. 11 I could ask the darkness to hide me and the light around me to become night— 12 but even in darkness I cannot hide from you. To you the night shines as bright as day. Darkness and light are the same to you. 13 You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb. 14 Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it. 15 You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb. 16 You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed. 17 How precious are your thoughts about me,[b] O God. They cannot be numbered! 18 I can’t even count them; they outnumber the grains of sand! And when I wake up, you are still with me! 19 O God, if only you would destroy the wicked! Get out of my life, you murderers! 20 They blaspheme you; your enemies misuse your name. 21 O Lord, shouldn’t I hate those who hate you? Shouldn’t I despise those who oppose you? 22 Yes, I hate them with total hatred, for your enemies are my enemies. 23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. 24 Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life. #nashvillechurch #sermon #psalm139#nashvillechurch #sermon #psalm139

Have you ever felt let down? By yourself, by someone else, or by God?

In this Easter message, we talk about that feeling and why it is so painful.

We talk about how Jesus meets us in our disappointment and doubt and why the resurrection of Jesus is such good news.

This week (end of March 2023) was a heavy week in Nashville. We focus in on Acts 12 and the tension of prayer in the wake of tragedy. How do we respond? We also talk about the tension between prayer and action, and how prayer and action are not meant to be separated.

#nashvillechurch #prayer

In the early church, there was an emphasis on the table, around sharing in meals together, eating and drinking with one another.

In this message, we talk about hospitality, the Lord's Supper, and sharing a table together. 

#nashvillechurch #church #sermon #hospitality

What was the early church like?

What types of things marked their community, and what type of things should Christian community be?

In this message, we talk about the early church and lessons for what church ought to be like today.

We also talk about some social distinctives of the early church that separated them from other cultures of the time.

What was the early church like?   

In this series, we dive into a few defining characteristics of the early church.  

First up: devotion to the apostles' teaching. 

 #church #sermon #acts #nashvillechurch

For this last week of our prayer series, we host a panel discussion on prayer.   

We talk about some of the challenges of prayer and what prayer looks like in different seasons of life. 

#prayer #panel #nashvillechurch

What does it mean to "pray without ceasing?" 

In our fourth week of our series on prayer through Practicing the Way, we talk about the stage of prayer called, "being with God" or what others have referred to as contemplative prayer. 

We talk about a way of prayer that is saturated in the love of God, a posture of being more than doing. 

We talk about battles we face in this type of prayer. This type of prayer focusing on the presence of God challenges our conceptions of love and safety as well as our culture of consumerism. 

It challenges us to move from pursuing love to recognizing we are loved and receiving that love and moves us into loving others.

 It challenges us to move from short term fixes to long term well-being. 

It challenges us to move from productivity and performance to presence, from competitiveness to compassion, and from complacency to commission. 

We end the message with a practical way to start to embody this type of prayer.

In this sermon, Karly Butler, our pastor of worship and mission, shares honestly about learning to trust God in the midst of suffering.

Looking at the story of Job, she talks about how to turn to God when it is hard to do so, dealing with grief, and how to walk with friends in the midst of their Job seasons.

In this message, we talk about the famous verse Micah 6:8 that gives the command to: do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with your God.

Particularly, we focus in on the concept of humility. 

We talk about pride and how it manifests in our lives. 

We talk about how sinister pride is and how it prevents us from really knowing God.   

We talk about Jesus  and his example of humility as one Christians are called to emulate.  

We also talk about what pride is not and what humility is not.  

#pride #humility #micah68 #nashvillechurch #sermon

What do you do with this story about a guy running away from God's call, getting swallowed up by a fish, then spit out in Nineveh to preach a message, and then ending up outside the city angry and bitter?  

Seems like a FISHY story. Right?   

In this message, we talk about mercy, resentment, and repentance, and why repentance is actually good for you.  

We look at some parallels with this story and Luke 15 with the story of the prodigal son (better referred to as a story about a Father and two sons).

Resources: 

Jonah: The Prodigal Prophet by Tim Keller 

Jonah: Bible Project Video 

#Jonah #biblestudy #repentance #nashville #nashvillechurch #antiochtn

In this message, we kick off our series on a whole-bodied faith.   We look at Amos 5 and talk about the King and the Kingdom. What is the Kingdom of God? What do we do about justice?   We look at this and more in this message.   

Amos 5:18-27 (NLT) Woe to you who long     for the day of the Lord! Why do you long for the day of the Lord?     That day will be darkness, not light. 19 It will be as though a man fled from a lion     only to meet a bear, as though he entered his house     and rested his hand on the wall     only to have a snake bite him. 20 Will not the day of the Lord be darkness, not light—     pitch-dark, without a ray of brightness? 21 “I hate, I despise your religious festivals;     your assemblies are a stench to me. 22 Even though you bring me burnt offerings and grain offerings,     I will not accept them. Though you bring choice fellowship offerings,     I will have no regard for them. 23 Away with the noise of your songs!     I will not listen to the music of your harps. 24 But let justice roll on like a river,     righteousness like a never-failing stream! 25 “Did you bring me sacrifices and offerings     forty years in the wilderness, people of Israel? 26 You have lifted up the shrine of your king,     the pedestal of your idols,     the star of your god[b]—     which you made for yourselves. 27 Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Damascus,”     says the Lord, whose name is God Almighty.

In Matthew 10, Jesus says that he came to bring a sword.

What does a sword have to do with peace?

Matthew 10:34-39 (NLT)

"Don't imagine that I came to bring peace to the earth! I came not to bring peace, but a sword. 35 'I have come to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. 36 Your enemies will be right in your own household!' 37 "If you love your father or mother more than you love me, you are not worthy of being mine; or if you love your son or daughter more than me, you are not worthy of being mine. 38 If you refuse to take up your cross and follow me, you are not worthy of being mine. 39 If you cling to your life, you will lose it; but if you give up your life for me, you will find it.

#nashvillechurch #Matthew

What is joy? What does it mean to be joyful?  

In this message, we do an overview of what the Bible teaches about joy, what it is and how to grow in it.

Have you ever heard someone say something like, "Just have faith" or "just be faithful." 

What does this even mean?  In this message we talk about faith and how you can technically have right beliefs and not actually be a person of faith.

  #faith #faithinjesus #nashvillechurch

This is our last message of our sabbath series, focusing on the last movement of sabbath - worship.  

In this message, we talk about hope and worship. We talk about sabbath as a day that can transform the entire way you view time.  #sabbath #practicingtheway #Jesus #nashvillechurch

Did you know God actually wants to bring you delight? 

 This week we talk about how sabbath is a practice meant for your good.   #sabbath #delight #happy

In this video, we do a panel discussion on the sabbath and what that looks like for people in different seasons of life (married, single, with kids, etc.).   Karly Butler (Pastor of Worship and Mission), Israel Muñoz (church leader), and Trey Hayman (Lead Pastor) sit down to have an honest conversation about the beauty and challenge of sabbath.  #sabbath #practicingtheway #spritualgrowth

Have you ever been curious about how emotions and mental health fit into living a life of faith? Join Lead Pastor Trey Hayman and Worship & Mission Pastor Karly Butler as they discuss how mental health and emotional health intersect with their spiritual lives. This week they will share some tips and tricks for navigating the holidays and all the feelings that may come with them.

In this message, we talk about the practice of Sabbath.

  This is our focal practice for 2022.  

We're kicking off a four week series looking at this ancient practice and how it can be transformative for us today.  

Many of us are deeply formed by a culture of constant business and a need to be productive.  Sabbath is an invitation to stop and be and remember we are not just what we do.

Have you ever been curious about how emotions and mental health fit into living a life of faith? Join Lead Pastor Trey Hayman and Worship & Mission Pastor Karly Butler as they discuss how mental health and emotional health intersect with their spiritual lives. This week, join them for their season finale as they talk about the wilderness experience of Jesus and what we can learn about our own wilderness experiences.

What does it mean for God to be compassionate?

In this message we talk about the God who suffers with us, who meets us in the midst of pain.

We talk about how to become compassionate people.

Resources:

Compassion by Henri Nouwen, Donald McNeill, & Douglas Morrison

Have you ever been curious about how emotions and mental health fit into living a life of faith? Join Lead Pastor Trey Hayman and Worship & Mission Pastor Karly Butler as they discuss how mental health and emotional health intersect with their spiritual lives. This week Karly will be interviewing Trey about his personal story and journey with faith and mental health.

What does it mean to abide in Christ?  

In this message from Trey Hayman we talk about what it means to dwell with Christ and how to develop a close relationship with God that is closer than any relationship you know.     

John 15:1-17 (NLT)

15 “I am the true grapevine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 He cuts off every branch of mine that doesn’t produce fruit, and he prunes the branches that do bear fruit so they will produce even more. 3 You have already been pruned and purified by the message I have given you. 4 Remain in me, and I will remain in you. For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful unless you remain in me.  5 “Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing. 6 Anyone who does not remain in me is thrown away like a useless branch and withers. Such branches are gathered into a pile to be burned. 7 But if you remain in me and my words remain in you, you may ask for anything you want, and it will be granted! 8 When you produce much fruit, you are my true disciples. This brings great glory to my Father.  9 “I have loved you even as the Father has loved me. Remain in my love. 10 When you obey my commandments, you remain in my love, just as I obey my Father’s commandments and remain in his love. 11 I have told you these things so that you will be filled with my joy. Yes, your joy will overflow! 12 This is my commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you. 13 There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. 14 You are my friends if you do what I command. 15 I no longer call you slaves, because a master doesn’t confide in his slaves. Now you are my friends, since I have told you everything the Father told me. 16 You didn’t choose me. I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce lasting fruit, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask for, using my name. 17 This is my command: Love each other.

Have you ever been curious about how emotions and mental health fit into living a life of faith? Join Lead Pastor Trey Hayman and Worship & Mission Pastor Karly Butler as they discuss how mental health and emotional health intersect with their spiritual lives. This week they will talk specifically the emotionality of Jesus and what we can learn from his experience with joy.

Have you ever been curious about how emotions and mental health fit into living a life of faith? Join Lead Pastor Trey Hayman and Worship & Mission Pastor Karly Butler as they discuss how mental health and emotional health intersect with their spiritual lives. This week they will talk specifically the emotionality of Jesus and what we can learn from his experience with sadness.

Have you ever been curious about how emotions and mental health fit into living a life of faith?

Join Lead Pastor Trey Hayman and Worship & Mission Pastor Karly Butler as they discuss how mental health and emotional health intersect with their spiritual lives.

This week they will talk specifically the emotionality of Jesus and what we can learn about how he interacts with the disciples when they seem anxious.

SCRIPTURE:

Matthew 21:12-17 (NLT)

Jesus Clears the Temple

22 Immediately after this, Jesus insisted that his disciples get back into the boat and cross to the other side of the lake, while he sent the people home. 23 After sending them home, he went up into the hills by himself to pray. Night fell while he was there alone.

24 Meanwhile, the disciples were in trouble far away from land, for a strong wind had risen, and they were fighting heavy waves. 25 About three o’clock in the morning Jesus came toward them, walking on the water. 26 When the disciples saw him walking on the water, they were terrified. In their fear, they cried out, “It’s a ghost!”

27 But Jesus spoke to them at once. “Don’t be afraid,” he said. “Take courage. I am here!”

28 Then Peter called to him, “Lord, if it’s really you, tell me to come to you, walking on the water.”

29 “Yes, come,” Jesus said.

So Peter went over the side of the boat and walked on the water toward Jesus. 30 But when he saw the strong wind and the waves, he was terrified and began to sink. “Save me, Lord!” he shouted.

31 Jesus immediately reached out and grabbed him. “You have so little faith,” Jesus said. “Why did you doubt me?”

32 When they climbed back into the boat, the wind stopped. 33 Then the disciples worshiped him. “You really are the Son of God!” they exclaimed.

34 After they had crossed the lake, they landed at Gennesaret. 35 When the people recognized Jesus, the news of his arrival spread quickly throughout the whole area, and soon people were bringing all their sick to be healed. 36 They begged him to let the sick touch at least the fringe of his robe, and all who touched him were healed.

Have you ever been curious about how emotions and mental health fit into living a life of faith? Join Lead Pastor Trey Hayman and Worship & Mission Pastor Karly Butler as they discuss how mental health and emotional health intersect with their spiritual lives. 

This week they will talk specifically the emotionality of Jesus and what we can learn from his experience with anger.

Have you ever been curious about how emotions and mental health fit into living a life of faith? Join Lead Pastor Trey Hayman and Worship & Mission Pastor Karly Butler as they discuss how mental health and emotional health intersect with their spiritual lives.   

This week we will talk about Jesus' righteous anger and about how anger can spur us to justice and action.

Have you ever been curious about how emotions and mental health fit into living a life of faith? Join Lead Pastor Trey Hayman and Worship & Mission Pastor Karly Butler as they discuss how mental health and emotional health intersect with their spiritual lives. This week they will talk specifically the emotionality of Jesus and what we can learn from his experience with sadness.

What does it mean when Jesus says that he is the light of the world? 

What is light? What is dark? Is there such a thing as something that is objectively light? Or objectively good?  

 In this message, we'll talk about all this and more as we unpack how the message that Jesus is the light of the world is incredibly good news. 

From September 11, 2022.

Sermon from Trey Hayman.

 #lightoftheworld #john #gospelofjohn #nashvillechurch

Who is Jesus?

In this series, we're looking at who Jesus says He is by looking at 7 statements Jesus makes in the Gospel of John.

This week we're looking at his statement, "I AM the Bread of Life" in John 6:26-40.

What does that mean?

In this message, we're going to talk about how Jesus is the one who ultimately satisfies. We'll also look at a number of different things we turn to that ultimately leave us wanting more.

Resources:

Counterfeit Gods by Tim Keller

Have you ever wondered who God is? 

In this message, we look at the opening to the Gospel of John and talk about how all of creation points to Jesus.  

We'll dive into the opening verses of the Gospel of John, which are rich in meaning.

If you've ever wondered who God is, this message is for you.

Sermon from Trey Hayman.

#god #Jesus #nashvillechurch #lookatjesus

Have you ever come across a passage of scripture and found it difficult to understand?

Watch our latest sermon as our guest speaker Sarah Collier uses three questions to better understand the book of Judges!

#sermon #judges #biblereadingmethod #gospel #nashvillechurch

It's probably fair to say that most people struggle with comparison. What does the Bible have to do with this?

What does comparison do to us?

How do we stop comparing ourselves to others?

How do we embrace who God has made us to be.

Tune in as we wrap up our time in Joshua, talking about comparison.

#comparison #biblestudy #sermon #nashvillechurch #JOSHUA

If you've been around church, you've probably heard about the story of the fall of Jericho.   

We sing about in kids' songs, and we talk about the power of God to tear down seemingly unmovable walls.   

As we're reading through the Bible though, sometimes what happens in these stories doesn't seem so "kid friendly." 

How do deal with things like conquest and war in the Bible?  In this message, we're going to talk about this and talk about some powerful things we learn about God from this story (even if it seems odd to our modern sensibilities).  

#sermon #biblestudy #Joshua #violence #violenceinthebible 

When you think about your life, what's at the top of the mountain? What is that thing that you spend your life trying to get? Is it happiness, retirement, financial stability, a relationship?

In this message, we'll talk about common things we spend our lives pursuing and how they fall short. We'll then talk about the theme of the mountain in the Bible, focusing on a story in Matthew 17:1-13, known as the Transfiguration. What we'll see is that Jesus is incredibly beautiful and glorious. A life built on Him is the surest foundation, and anything else will dissapoint.

Resources:

In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership by Henri Nouwen

Church Called Tov by Scot McKnight and Laura Barringer

#sermon #nashvillechurch #Matthew #biblestudy

When we realize some of the things we used to believe aren't totally true, it can be really unsettling - particularly with issues of faith. A natural tendency is to label things as either entirely good or entirely bad, but oftentimes teaching is more nuanced than that. 

The Bible says quite a bit about "teaching" and the danger of bad teaching. In such a polarized time, how do we discern what is good and what is bad?   Perhaps, we need more nuanced language to this question.   

In Matthew, when Jesus tells his disciples to beware of the yeast (teaching) of the Pharisees and Sadducees, he is not saying he disagrees with everything they believe. In fact, he shares some important beliefs. He is concerned with particular things they are teaching.  

In this message, we talk about how the best bad teaching contains elements of truth, the effects of bad teaching, the importance and difficulty of discernment, and building our lives on the foundation of Jesus.  

MATTHEW 16:5-12  5 Later, after they crossed to the other side of the lake, the disciples discovered they had forgotten to bring any bread. 6 “Watch out!” Jesus warned them. “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”  7 At this they began to argue with each other because they hadn’t brought any bread. 8 Jesus knew what they were saying, so he said, “You have so little faith! Why are you arguing with each other about having no bread? 9 Don’t you understand even yet? Don’t you remember the 5,000 I fed with five loaves, and the baskets of leftovers you picked up? 10 Or the 4,000 I fed with seven loaves, and the large baskets of leftovers you picked up? 11 Why can’t you understand that I’m not talking about bread? So again I say, ‘Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.’”  12 Then at last they understood that he wasn’t speaking about the yeast in bread, but about the deceptive teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

 *from a message on June 12, 2022  

#matthew #sermon #nashvillechurch #churchsermon #god #sermon #yeast #badteaching #falseteaching #falseteachers #goodteaching #christianteachings #christianteaching

You ever found yourself in one of those situations where something within you comes up that disgusts you? Maybe it's a terrible thought you have about a spouse, a friend, or someone who cuts you off in traffic? Have you ever been surprised by what you said or did when you were at the end of your rope?

Tune in for this message as Sarah Collier talks about Jesus and our hearts.

Did you know that God cares about our calendars? He cares about how we spend our time.  

Believe it or not, Leviticus offers us a beautiful invitation for how to reframe the way we see time and our calendar - to structure our lives around what is of utmost importance.  

*Audio from May 15, 2022 Message by Trey Hayman at New City Church.

Resources: 

The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry by John Mark Comer 

Leviticus: Interpretation by Samuel E. Balentine (a commentary) 

The Sabbath by Abraham Herschel 

Sabbath by Wayne Muller

There's this interesting story in Exodus 34, where Moses comes down from Mount Sinai after being with God and his face is radiant, so much so that it scares the Israelites. What's going on with this? In this message, we'll talk about how being in God's presence changes us.

Unfortunately though, many of us try to manufacture things that seem "of God." We'll talk about the problem of the golden calf, idols we have, and how that can play out in the church, leading not only to the creation of idols but their protection.

There's this interesting story in Exodus 34, where Moses comes down from Mount Sinai after being with God and his face is radiant, so much so that it scares the Israelites. What's going on with this? In this message, we'll talk about how being in God's presence changes us.  

Unfortunately though, many of us try to manufacture things that seem "of God." We'll talk about the problem of the golden calf, idols we have, and how that can play out in the church, leading not only to the creation of idols but their protection.

Audio from May 1, 2022, Sermon at New City Church

You ever found that story in the Bible that talks about the sons of God and these things called the Nephilim and wondered what it was about?  That story is actually of great importance for the biblical narrative. Join in with us as we explore this story and the rebellion in Genesis 3.  

Audio from March 13, 2022 message at New City Church in Nashville, TN.

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Who am I?

Why am I here?

What does it mean to be human?

Genesis tells a beautiful story of who God is, who we are, what we are made for, and what went wrong in the world. This week, we're talking about the beginning - namely, what God did, who you are, and what you're made for.

This message is from our second week of our Rule of Life Series, talking about weekly rhythms for us as followers of Jesus. In this message, we'll look at two passages from Scripture and talk about practices we discussed this past fall. 

Sabbath

Sunday Worship Gatherings

Confession

Community

Hospitality

Generosity

For more on who we are and what we do, check out newcitynash.com.