Sermons by John Nuxoll (Page 6)
Can You Believe in God and Not in Jesus?
There are a lot of decent people all around the world who believe in God but not in Jesus. Some were raised that way. Some believe in God but are hesitant to accept Jesus because of some personal cost. It might be simpler if there were lots of ways to know God. But would they be true? Can you believe in God and not in Jesus?
Looking With Wonder Again (Christmas Eve 2019)
If we take the time to reflect and ponder the ways that God has worked in our lives, perhaps we can regain our sense of wonder.
More Than We Can Handle
It’s nice to have control over our lives especially when that control leads to a better reality. But we all come to a place in our lives where we realize that the control we really have is limited. In Galatians 2:17-3:14 the Apostle Paul ironically encourages his readers to abandon control in order that they might become all God meant them to be and enjoy all that he meant them to have.
Nurturing Spaces
There is a special grace knowing that the life we’ve lived and the resources we’ve been entrusted with made an eternal impact on someone’s life. But it’s so easy to miss the opportunities to make a difference. How can we experience the grace of becoming a meaningful part of other people’s stories?
The Building, Changing, Revealing Grace of God
When many of us catch ourselves going in such a different direction than God, it prompts us to ask why we would want anything to do with God in the first place. If he’s not on my side or if he’s really not that interested in me, why should I be concerned with him?In Ephesians 2:1-10 the Apostle Paul revealed something that was so revolutionary about God at the time that a person couldn’t reasonably walk away from what he was…
Where is God at in all of This?
If we open our eyes wide enough, we’ll see a God who takes the bitter things in our life and makes them beautiful.
Love Abounding
Even in our best times, it’s easy to overlook the condition of our souls. They may be running on fumes without us knowing. God has designed us to be filled with the very thing we give away: love. But how can we grow in love? How can we become more loving – and more complete people as a result?
Life Beyond Disappointments
We all experience troubles of various kinds in this world. But there is a particular sting to disappointments because we don’t see them coming. How can we overcome when disappointment comes our way? Jesus gives an answer in John 4:1-26.
Beyond the Stone
A creative telling of the story of Matthew, one of Jesus’s disciple and an author of Gospel. Matthew encounter’s Jesus, and his life was forever changed.
Unfiltered Questions
We all experience loss of various kinds – lost car keys, lost jobs, lost loved ones. It’s challenging to rise above it when we know it is coming or when we are in its midst. How can our hearts find peace when we are on the precipice or in the aftermath of loss? Jesus gave his disciples some helpful direction in John 13:31-14:14.
The Secret of Happiness
Life is full of interruptions, frustrations and disappointments. Sometimes it doesn’t feel like God cares about our happiness on this earth. But that’s not the case at all. How can we rise above the brokenness around us and experience the joy that God invites us to have? We will explore that in James 1:2-4.
Hope is a Who
The beauty and wonder of the night sky can raise all sorts of questions in us about our purpose, our worth and whether there is something else out there. But the hopelessness of this world and the struggles we face personally often turn us into cynics. How can we find hope when the world seems to have little reason for it? Matthew 2:1-12 shares a story of some strangers from the east who had a supernatural encounter with the source…