New Life Downtown

Does the law matter, or does grace mean that we don't need to fuss about how we live? Pastor Glenn Packiam helps us to not only understand the law in a different light, but also to grasp the power of the Holy Spirit's work in us to become radically different people. We have the power to desire rightly and to live rightly, just as God designed us to.

If the Holy Spirit lives in each of us why do we need the church? Pastor Jason Jackson explores the relationship between the Spirit and the Church in Ephesians 2. He demonstrates that according to Paul the church is where the Spirit dwells and therefore our relationships with one another matter.

As the series on the Holy Spirit continues, Pastor Glenn Packiam takes a closer look at the two gifts Paul expounds on in 1 Corinthians 14 -- the gift of prophecy and the gift of tongues. Each gift has acquired some misconceptions in recent decades, leading many to avoid them or to conclude that they are peripheral to Christian practice. Yet with a deeper reflection, we see how they lead to the building up of the church and of one's own spirit.

What are the spiritual gifts? Why do they matter? While we are tempted to think of the gifts as ways of becoming more spiritual or proving our status before others, Pastor Glenn Packiam returns us to Paul's vision of the gifts as signs of grace that are for the good of the church and for the glory of God.

What does it mean to be a witness? Teaching from the ascension and Pentecost scenes in Acts 1 and 2, Pastor Glenn Packiam helps us understand how the Spirit helps us to live as participants in the arriving Kingdom of God, bearing witness to the reign of Christ in the course of our daily lives.

Guest Pastor Andrew Arndt teaches from John 14 and 16 to show us what it means to welcome the Holy Spirit as the Companion.

It's difficult to believe that having the Holy Spirit is truly better than having Jesus with us in the flesh. Pastor Glenn Packiam teaches from John 14 and 16 to show us what it means to welcome the Holy Spirit as the Companion who comes alongside us to convict, to guide into truth, and to reveal Jesus.

Pastor Glenn Packiam kicks off the series, inviting us to take a fresh look at what the Scriptures say about the person, power, and presence of the Holy Spirit. By exploring what the early Christians meant by confessing the Holy Spirit as the 'Lord' and the 'Giver of Life', we discover how we can give a daily 'yes' to the dynamic work of the Spirit in our lives.

The theme for the fourth Sunday of Advent is love. Joe Kirkendall shares a sermon about God's love and stories from the New Life Church congregation plant in Manitou Springs.

In Isaiah 42, God calls the 'servant of the Lord' to carry out justice in the world. Pastor Glenn Packiam shows how this is first a reference to Israel in the Old Testament, but is ultimately a vision of what Jesus would do. In Christ, we get to be recipients of and participants in God's rescuing and re-ordering work in the world.