Welcome to Life Church Norton!

Welcome to the Sermon Blog of Life Church (formerly New Testament Baptist Church). Feel free to listen to or download sermons from our Sunday morning services. Then click on the comments to dialogue about the messages so we can learn from each other throughout the week. You may also click on the envelope after each post to send the link to a friend.
*** We have recently become Grace Church and will no longer be posting new sermons on this blog. You can find all newer sermons by going directly to www.thatsgrace.org and search for messages by the Norton location. However, we will continue to maintain this site and all are still encouraged to comment. ***

Apr 30, 2023

Do I have Enough Faith / Disillusioned / Week 3

Do you find yourself wondering or concerned whether you have enough faith? When doubts arise and our faith feels diminished, it's easy to feel inadequate or even guilty. Maybe you question whether you are worthy of God's love and acceptance because your faith seems so small. So exactly how much faith is enough? In this sermon, we talk bout how faith and doubts can coexist together. By the end of the sermon, you'll have a better understanding of what it means to have faith, and some practical tools to help strengthen your own. ***(PLEASE NOTE: The sermon at our Norton location was not recorded today due to technical difficulties)***

Speaker: Pastor Sean Sears of Grace Church Avon

Apr 23, 2023

What To Do When You're Doubting / Disillusioned / Week 2

What are you supposed to do when you have doubts about your faith? Are you supposed to talk openly about them or hide them? Some of us have experienced our doubts being shut down when we tried to share them, or were given an answer that only led to more questions. In this sermon, we talk about why seasons of doubt are not something to be discouraged by and we give 3 practical things you can do as you process through your doubts and questions.

Speaker: Pastor Robb Hollifield
Text: Numbers 13 & 14

Apr 16, 2023

Is Doubting Your Faith Normal? / Disillusioned / Week 1

Have you ever questioned your faith or felt unsure about what you believe in? Have you ever wondered if your doubts mean you don't have enough faith? You're not alone. Doubt can be scary and confusing, but it doesn't mean you're losing your faith or a bad Christian. In this sermon, we see what the Bible says about doubting faith, what to do when we doubt, and how our doubts can actually help us grow closer to God.

Speaker: Pastor Robb Hollifield

Apr 9, 2023

The Solution To Our Broken World / How Did We Get Here? / Week 4

We all long for life to be good. To have days where everything goes right, we feel refreshed and filled, and are able to put aside the troubles and brokenness of our world. We can all agree that our world is broken but it's harder for us to admit that we contribute towards that broken world too. But what hope do we have that things will get better in our world? What about in our own lives? In this sermon, we see the answers the Bible gives for why we're all broken, how that affects our spiritual lives, and how Easter shows us that God has a plan to fix our broken world and how He can restore your world as well. 

Speaker: Pastor Robb Hollifield

Apr 2, 2023

It's Not Technically Wrong / How Did We Get Here? / Week 3

How far is too far? We see that question being played out everywhere in our world and often it can feel like a fine line between "right" and "wrong". But if it's not technically wrong and nobody got hurt does that mean it's right? The problem is that while it's easy to justify our actions as "technically not wrong" this mindset can lead us down a dangerous path. In this video, we see from the Bible how seemingly harmless actions can steer us away from God's plan for our lives, and how we can learn to make choices that help keep our lives on track. 

Speaker: Pastor Sean Sears of Grace Church Avon

Mar 26, 2023

When Trust Is Broken / How Did We Get Here? / Week 2

Have you ever experienced the pain of broken trust in your relationships? Betrayal, disappointment, and hurt can leave us lost and alone, wondering how we can ever trust again. But the truth is that we all have experienced broken trust and we have been the one to break trust with others! In this sermon, We will explore what the Bible has to say about when trust is broken, how we can find hope and healing in our relationship with God and others, and how we can apply these timeless principles to our lives today. 

Speaker: Ken Knott

Mar 19, 2023

Why Is The World So Messed Up? / How Did We Get Here? / Week 1

Have you ever stopped and said, what is going on with our world? You don't have to look very far before you find brokenness, injustice, and evil around us. So how did we get here? Why are people so hateful, selfish, and corrupt? In this sermon, we see how the Bible says our world got so messed up, how that affects our personal lives, and how change needs to begin with us.  

Speaker: Pastor Robb Hollifield

Mar 12, 2023

How To Study The Bible / The Bible / Week 2

The Bible is the best selling book of all time and most Americans have at least one in their homes, but just because we open it and read it doesn't mean that it's easy to understand or apply to our lives. Even harder is making this a regular discipline in our lives. In this video, Pastor Sean Sears gives you some tools to help you not only read the Bible more often, but also help you hear from God while you read and study the Bible for yourself. 


Speaker: Pastor Sean Sears of Grace Church Avon 

Mar 5, 2023

Is The Bible True? / The Bible / Week 1

Is the Bible fact or fiction? If we believe it is true, how can we be sure that it's reliable and accurate? Can we trust the writers were telling the truth? Is it just a book with some good stories or did the accounts that we read about really happen? In this sermon, Pastor Robb puts the Bible to the test to see if we can know if the Bible is true, accurate, and something worth rearranging our lives around

Speaker: Pastor Robb Hollifield

Feb 26, 2023

The Key To Breaking Unhealthy Cycles / Cycle Breaker / Week 4

What happens when you thought you broke a cycle, but it seems to keep creeping back into your life?  Does that mean you're a failure? Is your cycle just impossible to break? When this happens, our default reaction is to hide it and to pretend like it never happened. But what if the thing you're most afraid of is the key to breaking your cycle for good? In this sermon, Pastor Ken Knott shares what the Bible says is the key ingredient to breaking a cycle and how just because you might have messed up, doesn't mean God is done writing your story. 

Speaker: Pastor Ken Knott

Feb 19, 2023

Saying No To Destructive Cycles / Cycle Breaker / Week 3

Many of us are exhausted, feeling trapped in the same destructive cycles we've always struggled with. The problem isn't that these cycles of dysfunction can't be broken, but that we are unsure of how to stop these bad habits. If we want to take a stand against these patterns of behavior and beliefs that no longer serve us, we need to start making different decisions. In this video, Pastor Sean Sears, shares a biblical perspective on what courageous choices we need to make to pull ourselves away from these destructive cycles and become the person God created you to be. 

Speaker: Sean Sears of Grace Church Avon

Feb 12, 2023

Embracing A New Identity / Cycle Breaker / Week 2

Some of the cycles that we are stuck in seem so complex that it's hard to know where to start. Trying to start new habits is hard enough let alone breaking dysfunctional cycles that have always seemed to be a part of us. So what's the first step? Where do we start if we want to be the one to break the dysfunctional cycles in our lives? In this sermon, Ken Knott shares how to start from scratch, leave behind the past, and embrace a new identity. 

Speaker: Ken Knott