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New City Church - Nashville
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New City Church is a small, non-denominational church in Nashville, TN, practicing the way of Jesus together for the flourishing of our city. Here you can find our latest messages. For more info on who we are, what we do, and how to support what God is doing here, check out newcitynash.com
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The Last Words in the Bible // Revelation 22:7-21
2w ago00:41:29Tap to summarizeLook, I am coming soon. These are nearly the last words of the Bible — and the question for us today is this: would you notice Jesus if he came to meet you today? Here and now?Throughout our series, we've talked about what Revelation is and what it isn't. For many, it's been a book about deciphering the signs of the end of the world. But the word apocalypse doesn't mean "end of the world" — it means unveiling. It's pulling back the curtain to see beyond what you can see. Revelation, as Eugene Peterson said, is not about prediction. It's about perception.So more than a code book for the future, this book pulls back the curtain on the present — on the dragon and his beasts, on power and propaganda that claim Jesus's name but look nothing like him. And it pulls back the curtain on where Jesus actually is: standing among the lampstands, among his church, wiping every tear from our eyes.The one we worship isn't far off. He's close. He isn't playing hard to get. The prayer "Come, Lord Jesus" may be one of the most dangerous prayers you can pray — if you mean it. And frankly, even if you don't.As we close our journey through Revelation, four questions to pray:Jesus, where am I wrong about you?Where do I not trust you?Where am I worshiping created things instead of you?Where am I missing you in my life — will you pull back the curtain and show me?He is the bright morning star. The morning star appears when the night is at its darkest — still dark out, but it signals the night is over. Light is coming.Come, Lord Jesus.—If you're in the Nashville area, we'd love for you to join us. If you're not, we'd love to help you get connected with a local church. New City Church | newcitynash.com
Transcribe →Longing for Heaven // A Sermon on the New Heavens and New Earth // Revelation 21-22:6
3w ago00:41:10Tap to summarizeIt's easy to get lost in the monotony and struggle of life. Early on we spend so much time thinking about meaning and how to grow, and then we get more settled into our routines and it becomes really easy to get lost in the monotony and wonder, is this all there is?In this message through Revelation 21–22, we talk about our longing for something more. We sit with the question: what if the ache you feel in your soul is actually evidence of what you were made for? As C.S. Lewis said, creatures aren't born with desires unless satisfaction for those desires exists. Maybe earthly pleasures were never meant to satisfy that ache, only to arouse it — to suggest the real thing.We look at the new heaven and the new earth, the city our church is named after. Not a spiritual environment devoid of physicality, but more physical, not less. A God who doesn't just wipe away death and pain, but who wipes every tear from your eyes — intimate, close, not mad. A God who tells you your pain is not wasted. And the most sacred place no one could enter — the holy of holies — now thrown open as the whole city, with full access, no veil, forever.When you feel that ache, don't dismiss it. And don't blindly follow it wherever it leads. Look through it. Because what if it's true?🕊️ If you're in the Nashville area, we'd love for you to join us. If you're not, we'd love to help you get connected with a local church.New City Church | newcitynash.comPeople of presence, for the good of our neighbors and the glory of God.#Revelation #NewHeavenNewEarth #CSLewis #Hope #Nashville #Sermon #Christianity #Heaven
Transcribe →The Books Were Opened: Judgment, Hell, and the Book of Life (Revelation 20:11–15)
4w ago00:45:01Tap to summarizeA note from Pastor Trey: As a kid, few things scared me more than hell. Every altar call, I thought it was for me. At some point I realized my relationship with Jesus really wasn't only a response to love — it was really about fear.This week we deal with a text that makes us face the things we'd rather avoid: the great white throne, the books being opened, the lake of fire. One of the beauties and challenges of preaching through a whole book of the Bible is that I don't get to pick and choose the texts I would like to preach.In this episode: why God being on the throne is really good news, what it means that God's judgments are just and true, the three main perspectives Christians hold on hell and how to test them against scripture, why God's justice is an extension of his love, and the one book that leads to life — the Lamb's book, which lists not my deeds but his.The question for all of us: are you letting the Bible determine your position, or are you just using the Bible to defend your position?
Transcribe →The Millennium, the Rapture, and What Left Behind Got Wrong | Revelation 20:1-10
Jun 400:42:36Tap to summarizeThe text we read today is a fiercely debated text in Christian circles. Some have formed whole worldviews around it, made money off of it, and instilled fear into the hearts of millions — based on what is a theological persuasion. But when it comes to exactly what happens when Jesus returns, we agree on the central ideas more than we disagree.In this episode we walk through Revelation 20:1–10: the three views on the millennium (pre, post, and amillennialism), where dispensational premillennialism and the Left Behind series came from, where the rapture idea actually originated, and why it's not mentioned in Revelation. The frame is the millennium debate. The painting is Christ on the throne, Satan thrown down forever, and a new world coming. We can be technically right about the frame and miss the painting entirely.Jesus wins. Evil loses. God's people will face opposition, but Jesus' Kingdom will not be stopped. The best is yet to come. Don't spend your one life arguing about the frame and never once look at the painting.New City Church | Nashville, TN
Transcribe →Jesus Wins | Revelation 19:11–21 | The Return of the King
May 2000:47:03Tap to summarizeRevelation is not just a book about the future. It's pulling back the curtain on the present moment, using wild apocalyptic biblical imagery to show you that Jesus is on the throne now and that he will come back to make all things right.In this sermon on Revelation 19:11–21, Pastor Trey Hayman walks through the second coming of Jesus and the central message of the whole book of Revelation: Jesus wins. He has won, he is winning, and he will win.What does Jesus win? What does it mean that his sword comes from his mouth and not his hand? Why is his robe dipped in blood before the battle even begins? And what does any of this have to do with the lies we believe about ourselves today?This sermon was preached at New City Church in Nashville, TN. Learn more at newcitynash.com.Key themes:A heavy dreamRevelation as imagination, not just informationWhat does Jesus win? Justice, the human heart, new creationThe unholy trinity and the warning against cultural ChristianityHow Jesus wins — not by a sword in his hand, but by a word from his mouthWhen Jesus won the final battle (and why his robe is already dipped in blood)How we also win: lampstands, not lampsWhy Jesus wins: because of who he is#Revelation19 #JesusWins #SecondComing #KingOfKings #LordOfLords #NewCityChurch #Nashville #Sermon #ReturnOfChrist
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Transcribe →God's Judgment Is True and Just (The Seven Bowls) | Revelation 15–16 Sermon
May 600:42:25Tap to summarizeIn a world where AI blurs reality, where innocent people sit in prison, where survivors don't get believed — how do we know what's true? In Revelation 15–16, the seven bowls bring God's wrath to completion, and we're forced to ask: is God's judgment true? Is it just? Pastor Trey Hayman walks through the third set of judgments in Revelation and lands at the cross — where the wrath of God and the love of God are poured out in perfect harmony.📖 Scripture Revelation 15–16 (NLT) • Revelation 21:22–27 • Isaiah 40:3–5 • Isaiah 51:17, 22 • Exodus 14:13–14⏱️ Chapters 0:00 — "They call OCD a doubting disorder" 3:30 — How do we know what's real? (AI, news, judicial systems) 4:15 — The Innocence Project: 20,000 innocent people in prison 5:15 — Reading Revelation 15:1–4 8:30 — Does the punishment fit the crime? (The 100:1 disparity) 12:00 — Three sets of judgments: seals, trumpets, bowls 14:30 — Reading Revelation 15:5–8: the temple thrown wide open 16:00 — Holiness is good for good, bad for evil 17:30 — Revelation 21: nothing evil will be allowed to enter 19:30 — Cast out what's not of you — in here, not just out there 20:30 — Reading Revelation 16:1–4 23:00 — Punished for your sin AND by your sin 24:30 — A voice from the altar: martyrs crying out 25:30 — Wake up. Do you not see Babylon is crashing? 27:30 — The Euphrates dries up 30:00 — Naked and unashamed: a reversal of Genesis 31:00 — What is Armageddon? 32:30 — Reading Revelation 16:17–21: It is finished 35:00 — Mountains leveled — God came down to us 37:00 — Five truths about God's judgment 38:30 — "It is finished" — echoes of John 19:30 39:30 — Jesus drinks the cup 40:30 — Don't be afraid. Just stand still.🏠 New City Church | Nashville, TN We're a church plant in Nashville. If you're local, we'd love to have you join us. If you're not, we'd love to help you get connected with a local church near you. 🌐 newcitynash.com#Revelation #SevenBowls #Revelation15 #Revelation16 #ItIsFinished #Sermon #BibleTeaching #ChurchPlant #NashvilleChurch #NewCityChurch #Gospel #GodsJustice
Transcribe →Kicking the Hell Out of Earth (Revelation 14-15:4)
Apr 3000:51:11Tap to summarizeIt's not hard to look at the world and see the smoke billowing. Genocide. Trafficking. Slavery. Loneliness. The common question rises up: why would a good God allow suffering? And why doesn't he do something?In this message on Revelation 14-15:4, Pastor Trey Hayman of New City Church in Nashville walks through one of the heaviest, most vivid passages in the New Testament—and shows that it's not actually centered on the darkness, but on the light of Jesus and what he has done.The way of the beast promises life and rest but ends up perpetuating the same longing it says it will fix. The way of the Lamb may look like dying, but it's the way of those who truly live. Every person belongs to someone. Every person is marked. The question is: by who?God's plan isn't just to get you out of earth into heaven so you don't go to hell. It's to kick the hell out of earth and reconcile creation to himself. It's to bring heaven to earth And the picture in Revelation 14 of the winepress trampled outside the city points us right to where Jesus was crucified—outside the city—shedding blood enough for all who would enter.Justice will win. Because Jesus wins.newcitynash.comResources:Skeletons in God's Closet by Joshua Butler (source of the title of this message)The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis
Transcribe →You're Not a Human Doing, You're a Human Being Loved by God | 1 Corinthians 13 Sermon
Apr 2200:40:52Tap to summarize1 Corinthians 13 is often read at weddings, but it isn't ultimately about weddings. Paul is writing in the context of spiritual gifts, and he says if you can do all the things that you really want to do and even that are valuable and good, but you don't have love, you're missing it.This sermon walks through 1 Corinthians 13 line by line. Love isn't ultimately first about us. It's about God. First John says God is love, and we love because he first loved us. Even if you don't get the thing you really want, if you have him, you're okay. You're secure. You're not a human doing. You're a human being who's loved by God.When Paul lists what love is not, he's very specifically calling out things he's already critiqued the Corinthian church for. Almost all eight. Love is not envious. Love is not boastful. Love is not puffed up. He's saying what you're doing is not love, no matter how much you're trying to sanitize it and call it love.Three things will last forever. Faith, hope, and love. And the greatest of these is love.From New City Church in Nashville, TN. We are people of presence for the good of our neighbors and the glory of God. Learn more at newcitynash.com.
Transcribe →Come to Me: Finding Rest in the Heart of Jesus | Matthew 11: 28-30
Apr 1600:34:26Tap to summarizeWhat if the thing you're most tired of carrying is exactly what Jesus is asking you to bring him?In this message, Pastor Trey Hayman celebrates New City Church's 5-year anniversary by returning to Matthew 11:25-30, an incredibly tender invitation from Jesus. Across 89 chapters of the Gospels, this is the only place Jesus explicitly describes his own heart. And what he says about himself will reframe how you come to him.We'll walk through:Why "I know nothing" is actually the best posture to bring to JesusThe childlike qualifier that opens the door to the kingdomWhat Jesus means by his yoke being easy and his burden lightWhy gentle and lowly changes everything about how you approach GodHow to move from just knowing about the Holy Spirit to actually experiencing himThe contemplative and charismatic rhythms that form us into people of presenceIf you're weary, burned out, anxious, or sensing that your current way of life isn't forming you into the person you want to become — this message is for you.📍 New City Church | Nashville, TN 🌐 newcitynash.com 📖 Text: Matthew 11:25-30If you're local to Nashville, we'd love to have you join us on a Sunday. If you're not, we'd love to help you find a church home near you.#Matthew11 #GentleAndLowly #ChurchPlanting #Nashville #Sermon #ComeToMe #JesusIsEnough #NewCityChurch
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