Walking with God requires faith. It's an adventure that is at times very risky. It involves believing in a God you can't see and who tells you to do things that often don't make sense. Do you trust this God?

This is our fifth year to take part in Advent Conspiracy. Hear the counter-cultural message behind Advent Conspiracy and how our community is taking part.

In this message Robert teaches on the topic of suffering and how it relates to our spiritual growth. Three questions are asked: 1. In light of the suffering all around us, is it possible for God to be both sovereign and good? 2. If God is both sovereign and good, then why do we experience suffering? 3. How can our hearts be at rest in the midst of suffering and trials?

One of the greatest indicators of spiritual growth is that we are more and more becoming who Christ has freed us to be. Through Christ's life, death and resurrection, God has given us new life, but every day we are in a battle against our old selves. Thanks be to God, though, that the Gospel not only gives us knowledge about this new life, but it also gives us the power to experience it!

In this message we look at the role of humility in our spiritual development.

In this message we look at the topic of failure. Failure has a way of paralyzing us in our journey, but it can also be a step forward.

Meredith teaches from James 3:13-18 as we seek to move from only having the hope of applying God's wisdom to our busy schedules and relationships to actually developing the habit of living it out.

In this message John shares practical thoughts and ideas about the habits of Jesus and how we can have and implement those in our lives.

Behind every sin and negative emotion is a lie about God. The solution is not to try harder not to sin, or to try to bolster our self-esteem. It's to go back to the truths of God to fight those lies. This recording is the entire worship gathering from 9/11/11. It includes Scripture readings, connecting thoughts, and songs. What you don't get in the recording are the slides that had different lies that we believe. That's pretty important, so you can download the entire slides we used here.

Jay and Anna share about what God is doing in Southeast Asia

Our culture teaches us that happiness is the goal, and the route to happiness is having love, money, success and power. The Church is called to something different. We are a city on a hill, a counter-cultural people. The problem is that if we aren't careful, we too will be conformed to the pattern of this world...and we'll have no idea that it's happened. Our hope is two-fold. First, the Gospel reminds us of who God is, what He's done, who we are, and how we now get to live. It gives us the power to resist this pull. Second, community reminds us that we can live differently. We cannot be who were were created to be apart from community. We desperately need one another.

In this message we introduce the series "Hope, Habits and Hunger." Just as Paul does in 1 Timothy 4, we will look at the similarities (and differences) between physical training and spiritual training.

As we close out our series on the life of David, we look at one final question: "What is it about David's life that makes him a man after God's own heart? Sometimes it's difficult for us to answer this, especially when we read about David's sins of adultery and murder. Or when we compare his sins with Saul's. In this message we'll look at one story from David's life, found in 2 Samuel 6, that helps us understand why God thought of David in this way.

In two weeks NC will have it's second Weekender. In this message Rabbi Chad from Memphis' Messianic Synagogue Brit Hadash talks about three of the Jewish festivals, and how they are the inspiration for our Weekenders. As you listen you'll be amazed by how specific and strategic God's plan is. You'll also hear why rhythms are so important to our lives.

What happens when God doesn't come through in the way you thought He would? Or what about when He just seems distant? How do we respond? David faced difficult times like these, and in this teaching we get to see how he responded.

In this message we look at the relationship between David and Saul. How is it that David continued to come back to Saul even when Saul tried to kill him? And how is it that David did not kill Saul while he had the chance?

David Montague is the director of the Memphis Teacher Residency. David has a heart to see education reformed in our city, but more than that, he has heart to see God do what only He can do. Listen as David gives the history of education reform, the church's role throughout this history, and why he believes we're living in the city that is central to this reform movement.

In this message we look at what the Gospel is and why it's such good news to us today. In Romans 1 Paul shows us how things were meant to be, what exactly went wrong, and why Jesus is our great hope.

Throughout the Bible the people of God lived out the text of God, but many customs are lost in our culture today. Understanding those customs throughout scripture teaches us more about Jesus and how he lived, thus giving us a clearer picture of how we can be like Jesus.

Last week we looked at 1 Samuel 16, at David's time with the sheep, in which God taught him how to trust and then rewarded him with a content heart. In this message we look at one of the most famous stories in the Bible: David and Goliath. But the main thing to remember is that chapter 17 happens because chapter 16 happened. No chapter 16, no chapter 17.

Here is a summary of 1 Samuel 16: David spends his days with sheep. One day the prophet Samuel shows up and, to everyone's surprise, anoints young David as the next king of Israel. Samuel leaves and David returns to his sheep. Something doesn't add up. Surely sheep should no longer be a part of David's life. Right? In this message we look at how God used this time to form David into the man and leader that he would become. We see the three disciplines of solitude, obscurity, and monotony as tools that God uses to shape hearts.

Last Sunday we looked at our identity as disciples. This week we look at our identity as missionaries. This identity is rooted in the Missio Dei (Mission of God), which is God's plan to redeem and restore everything that is lost and broken. In this message we look at some of the ways that we live this identity out.

Jesus calls us to be disciples, not merely believers. And as disciples, we are called to make other disciples. In this sermon we look at what discipleship looked like in the 1st century and what it should look like in the 21st century.

Meredith wraps up our series on Ephesians by taking us through Paul's teaching on the armor of God. In this message she asks three questions: Why do we need the armor of God? What is the armor of God? How do we put it on?

In this message we look at the tremendous responsibility of parenting. We will look at the general foundations for parenting, as well as take a specific look at what Paul wrote to those churches around Ephesus.

How does our culture of consumerism affect our worship? In this message John shares the Old Testament view of worship, and how it is contrasted with today's consumeristic culture.