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March 1st, 2026 | No Other Gospel | Galatians 1:10-24In this powerful message from Galatians, Matt Darby reminds us that the Gospel is not man’s idea—it is God’s revelation. And when that Gospel truly comes into your life, it doesn’t just inform you… it transforms you.The book of Galatians is an urgent warning: don’t turn to a different gospel. As Paul defends his ministry against accusations of people-pleasing and watering down the truth, he does something deeply personal—he tells his story. Why? To prove two things:The Gospel he preached came directly from Jesus.The Gospel he received completely changed his life.In Galatians 1:10–24, Paul confronts the charge that he softened the message to gain popularity. But a man who was beaten, stoned, rejected, and scarred for Christ (Galatians 6:17) is not chasing applause. He is chasing faithfulness. Paul declares that he did not shape this message—it was revealed to him by Jesus Himself.Matt walks us through Paul’s dramatic conversion in Acts of the Apostles (Acts

February 22nd, 2026 | No Other Gospel | Galatians 1:6-9In this powerful message from our No Other Gospel series, Pastor Todd Kaunitz walks us through Epistle to the Galatians 1:6–9 and confronts one of the most urgent dangers facing the church—counterfeit gospels.The Apostle Paul opens his letter with strong words: “I am astonished…” The believers in Galatia had embraced the true Gospel—saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ. But after Paul left, false teachers crept in with a subtle distortion: Jesus is necessary, they said—but not enough. Faith in Christ must be supplemented with circumcision and obedience to the Old Testament law.It sounded close to the truth. It used familiar language. But it was fatally flawed.Pastor Todd unpacks the meaning of the word euangelion—“good news”—a proclamation of victory. Just as a king would send word home that the enemy had been defeated, the Gospel announces that Jesus has conquered sin, death, and the grave. The message is clear: salvation comes by grace alone, th

February 22nd, 2026 | No Other Gospel | Galatians 1:6-9In this urgent message from our No Other Gospel series, Pastor Matt Darby takes us to Epistle to the Galatians 1:6–9 and delivers a clear warning for the church today: don’t turn to a different gospel.Galatians reads like a spiritual tornado warning. Paul skips the pleasantries because something dangerous is brewing. The believers were drifting—not by rejecting Jesus outright, but by subtly adding to Him. And that’s where the danger lies.At the heart of this message is a powerful truth:Hold fast to the true Gospel, and you hold fast to Jesus.Turn from the Gospel, and you turn from Him.There is no other Gospel because there is no other Savior.Pastor Matt reminds us that the Gospel is not merely information about Jesus—it is the announcement of what Jesus has done. The Gospel is historical, substitutionary, complete, and received as a gift. It is the good news that Jesus Christ lived the life we couldn’t live, died in our place, rose in victory, and now off

February 15th, 2026 | No Other Gospel | Galatians 1:1-5In this opening message of our new series through Galatians, Pastor Matt Darby lays a critical foundation with a bold reminder: there is no other Gospel.In a world filled with competing messages—social media, politics, self-help, religion—everyone is preaching a version of “good news.” Each promises identity, fulfillment, improvement, or freedom through performance. But as the apostle Paul makes clear in Galatians 1, the moment you add anything to Jesus, you’ve created a different gospel altogether.Written around 48 A.D. to young churches being swayed by counterfeit teaching, Galatians is Paul’s most urgent and direct letter. A group known as the Judaizers were insisting that salvation required Jesus plus religious rule-keeping. Paul’s response? Christ alone.From Galatians 1:1–5, Pastor Matt unpacks three pillars of a Gospel foundation:Gospel Authority – The Gospel is not man-made. It comes from God, through Jesus Christ, validated by the resurrection. We

February 15th, 2026 | No Other Gospel | Galatians 1:1-5In this opening message of our new series through the book of Galatians, Pastor Todd Kaunitz lays a strong foundation with a clear and urgent reminder: there is no other Gospel.Traveling back to Paul’s first missionary journey in Acts 13–14, we see the Gospel explode among the Gentiles in Galatia. But not long after, false teachers began adding requirements to salvation—insisting that faith in Jesus wasn’t enough. Paul’s response? A bold, uncompromising letter declaring that Jesus alone saves. To add to the Gospel is to miss the Gospel.In Galatians 1:1–5, Pastor Todd unpacks three powerful pillars of our Gospel foundation:Gospel Authority – The Gospel is not man-made. It comes directly from Jesus Christ and carries divine authority.Gospel Clarity – Salvation is by grace alone, through the death and resurrection of Jesus. We don’t earn it—Christ accomplished it.Gospel Liberty – Jesus didn’t just forgive our sins; He came to rescue and set us free from slav

February 8th, 2026 | Encounter | John 14As we close out our Encounter series, Pastor Matt Darby takes us deep into John 14 with a sobering and powerful question: Are we ready if God answers our prayer?We often cry out for an outpouring of God’s presence—but what happens when He actually comes? Scripture reveals a critical truth: when God comes down, He doesn’t come as a guest… He comes to make His home with us.In this message, Pastor Matt unpacks Jesus’ promise of the Holy Spirit—the Helper who dwells with us and will be in us forever. He explores the connection between love and obedience, the difference between God’s omnipresence and His manifest presence, and what it truly means to surrender every room of our lives to His authority.God does not intend to rent space in your heart. He doesn’t lease. He doesn’t share ownership. Where He inhabits, He transforms.If we want His power, we must embrace His authority.If we want His presence, we must pursue His purity.If we want His blessing, we must honor His bounda

February 8th, 2026 | Encounter | John 14What if God actually answered the prayers we’ve been praying?In this powerful message from our Encounter series, Pastor Derrick Jackson challenges us with a sobering reality: when we ask God to come near, He doesn’t show up as a guest—He moves in as a resident.Through John 14:16–23, we see that Jesus didn’t promise a temporary visitation. He promised the Holy Spirit—another Helper of the same kind—to dwell with us forever. Not occasionally. Not conditionally. Forever.But here’s the tension: guests are easy. Residents are not.Guests don’t rearrange your life. Residents do.Guests overlook messes. Residents address them.Guests visit. Residents take ownership.When God makes His home in us, He doesn’t just comfort—He confronts. He doesn’t affirm everything—He redeems everything. His presence exposes what we’ve learned to manage, challenges what we’ve delayed surrendering, and transforms what we’ve kept behind closed doors.This message is a heartfelt call to move beyond invit

February 1st, 2026 | Encounter | Isaiah 64:1-4What does it really mean to pray for revival—and why aren’t more believers desperate for it?In this message from the Encounter series, Pastor Todd Kaunitz unpacks the biblical meaning of revival: to live again. Drawing from Isaiah’s cry in Isaiah 64:1–4, Pastor Todd walks through five powerful themes that shape a genuine prayer for revival—crisis, visitation, transformation, remembrance, and longing.This sermon confronts the spiritual crisis facing God’s people, calls for a fresh visitation of God’s presence, and explores how true revival transforms not only the church but entire cultures. From historic awakenings like the First and Second Great Awakenings, the 1857 Prayer Revival, the Welsh Revival, and the Jesus Movement, to modern glimpses of God’s presence, listeners are reminded that every move of God is preceded by desperate, faithful prayer.Like a barren desert waiting for rain, this message calls the church to wait actively, cry out boldly, and believe tha

February 1st, 2026 | Encounter | Isaiah 64:1-4What does it look like to truly encounter God—not just study Him, but experience His living presence?In this message from the Encounter series, Pastor Matt Darby invites us into Isaiah’s desperate prayer for revival: “Oh that You would rend the heavens and come down.” This sermon reminds us that the Christian life was never meant to be lived apart from the presence of God. Revival is not something we manufacture or manage—it is a sovereign outpouring of God’s presence that brings life, power, and transformation to His people.Walking through Isaiah 64, Pastor Matt traces a biblical pattern seen in every genuine move of God: crisis, visitation, transformation, remembering, and longing. From the danger of functioning religiously without God’s manifest presence, to the hope of divine visitation that shakes what seems immovable, this message calls the church to renewed hunger for God Himself.Using vivid imagery—from dry riverbeds suddenly flooded with rain to the stunn

January 25th, 2026 | Encounter | 2 Corinthians 3:7-18In this message from the Encounter series, Pastor Todd Kaunitz invites us to experience a fresh encounter with Jesus through the glory of God revealed in the Holy Spirit. Teaching from 2 Corinthians 3:7–18, Pastor Todd contrasts the fading glory of the Old Covenant—revealed through Moses and the Law—with the far greater, lasting glory of the New Covenant found in Christ.Paul shows us that while the Law exposed sin and brought condemnation, it could never transform the heart. True life, freedom, and transformation come through the indwelling power of the Holy Spirit. Where once a veil separated people from God’s glory, that veil is now removed through faith in Jesus, giving believers bold access to God’s presence.This sermon highlights three powerful truths about life in the Spirit:Access to a greater glory — God’s presence now dwells within us through the Holy Spirit.Spiritual freedom — freedom from sin, shame, condemnation, and death.Ever-increasing transf

January 18th, 2026 | Standalone | Luke 15:11-24At UNITED Student Weekend 2026, guest speaker Nick Hurst shares a powerful message titled “I’ll Leave the Light On.” Drawing from Luke 15:11–24, the story of the prodigal son, this message reveals the heart of God toward every wandering child.Nick highlights three powerful truths: God doesn’t give up on you, even when you walk away. God doesn’t say “I told you so”—He says “welcome home.” And God’s mercy is bigger than your mistakes. This episode is for anyone who has ever felt too far gone, too ashamed, or too broken to return.No matter your past or how far you’ve drifted, God is still watching, still waiting, and still leaving the light on. Grace is greater, mercy is deeper, and home is always open.Do you know JESUS?: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.nblongview.org/do-you-know-jesus⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Need PRAYER?: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.nblongview.org/pray⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SUPPORT

January 18th, 2025 | Standalone | Mark 1:16-18At UNITED Student Weekend 2026, guest speaker Ryan Fontenot shares a powerful message from Mark 1:16–18 that traces the heart of Jesus’ call to every believer. Through three movements, this episode reveals how Jesus pursues us with salvation, invites us into a real relationship, and sends us on mission. From God calling out to Adam in Genesis to Jesus calling fishermen by the sea, we see that our God is a pursuing God—and if you’re here, it’s because He’s pursuing you. This message challenges students to turn, trust, and treasure Jesus fully, to let go of what once defined them, and to step into a life of purpose. Because followers are fishers, saved people are sent people, and pursued people pursue people.Do you know JESUS? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.nbgilmer.org/do-you-know-jesus⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Need PRAYER? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.nbgilmer.org/pray⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

January 11th, 2026 | Encounter | Hebrews 4:11-16What if the key to spiritual growth isn’t a shortcut—but a daily encounter with God’s Word?In this message from the Encounter series, Pastor Todd Kaunitz invites us to experience a fresh encounter with the living presence of God through Scripture. Drawing from Hebrews 4:11–16, he reminds us that the Bible is not just a book to be read, but the very Word of God—living, active, and powerful to transform our lives.Pastor Todd unpacks what it means to “strive to enter God’s rest,” showing how ongoing obedience to God’s Word leads us into the abundant life found in Jesus. As the Word exposes the true condition of our hearts, it doesn’t lead us to shame—but to grace. Through Christ, our great High Priest, we are invited to approach the throne of grace with confidence and find mercy and help in our time of need.This message also launches the NT260 challenge—an invitation to read one chapter of the New Testament a day, five days a week, for the rest of the year. The goa

January 11th, 2026 | Encounter | Hebrews 4:11-16What does it truly mean to encounter God—not just the idea of Him, but God Himself?In this message from the Encounter series, Pastor Matt Darby explores how God meets us, forms us, and draws us deeper into life with Him through His living Word. Teaching from Hebrews 4:11–16, Pastor Matt reminds us that the Bible is not merely information to be studied, but the primary place where we encounter the presence and voice of the living God.As the writer of Hebrews warns believers against hardening their hearts, this message calls us back to a life of trust, obedience, and rest found in Jesus. God’s Word is living and active—able to reach beneath the surface of our behaviors and expose the inner places of our hearts, not to shame us, but to free us. Through Scripture, God forms who we are becoming, reorients what we love, and places us honestly before Him so that real relationship can grow.Ultimately, encountering God through His Word always leads us back to Jesus—our c

January 4th, 2026 | Encounter | Hosea 10:12What if the greatest obstacle to experiencing more of God is our comfort with the status quo?In this opening message of the Encounter series, Pastor Todd Kaunitz calls the church to a holy discontentment with lukewarm Christianity and invites us into a deeper, transforming encounter with God. Drawing from Hosea 10:12, Pastor Todd unpacks God’s call to spiritual renewal through repentance, heart cultivation, and persistent prayer.This message challenges believers to confront subtle compromise, hardened areas of the heart, and spiritual indifference, while reminding us that there is more of God’s presence, power, and fruit available to those who seek Him. Through biblical teaching, historical examples of revival, and personal testimony, listeners are urged to return to holiness, break up fallow ground, and seek the Lord with urgency—until He shows up.This is a call to surrender, consecration, and renewed pursuit of God—for personal revival that leads to awakening in th

January 4th, 2026 | Encounter | Hosea 10What does it really mean to encounter God—not just know about Him, but experience His presence as a lived reality?In this first message from the Encounter series, Pastor Matt Darby invites us into a deeper understanding of how God moves toward His people and how we respond to experience Him personally. Drawing from Hosea 10, Pastor Matt reminds us that encounters with God don’t happen by accident—they happen when hungry hearts meet a willing God.Through Scripture, illustration, and pastoral insight, this teaching explores three ways we prepare our hearts for an encounter with the presence of God: sowing righteousness, breaking up the fallow ground of spiritual drift and hardness, and intentionally seeking the Lord. This message confronts subtle cynicism, self-reliance, and spiritual neglect, while offering hope that God is near, ready, and eager to be found.If you’ve ever felt weary, disappointed, spiritually dry, or hungry for more of God, this message is a call back t

December 28th, 2025 | Standalone | Acts 6In this powerful and challenging message, Pastor Kyle Riley teaches that forgiveness isn’t weakness—it’s spiritual strength. Opening with a lighthearted story and moving into the life of Stephen in Acts 6–7, Pastor Kyle shows how a Spirit-filled life is marked by faith without compromise, perseverance without fear, compassion without resentment, and forgiveness without regret.Drawing from Scriptures like 2 Corinthians 12, Ephesians 4, Romans 12, and James 1, this message confronts bitterness as one of the enemy’s greatest tools and invites believers to exchange wounded identities for lives shaped by grace. Stephen wasn’t a pastor, apostle, or influencer—yet his obedience, courage, and radical forgiveness planted seeds that led to revival and the transformation of Saul into Paul.If you’ve been carrying pain, struggling with resentment, or wondering how to forgive when it feels impossible, this message will remind you that grace fuels forgiveness, forgiveness ignites fai

Decembet 28th, 2025 | Standalone | Genesis 15As the year comes to a close, Jake Peterman walks us through Genesis 15 to remind us of a truth we often forget in seasons of waiting: God’s promises may move ahead of our understanding, but He never leaves His people behind.Through the story of Abram, this message speaks to the tension between what God has promised and what we can currently see. Abram believes God—yet still asks questions. He trusts—yet still waits. And in that space of uncertainty, God doesn’t withdraw. He draws nearer. Jake shows how God’s faithfulness is not proven by quick fulfillment, but by His steady presence in the middle of unanswered prayers, delayed hope, and unfinished stories.This episode connects the covenant God makes with Abram to the ultimate fulfillment of God’s promises through Jesus, reminding us that our confidence rests not in our performance, but in who God is. Whether you’re ending the year celebrating, grieving, exhausted, hopeful, or unsure of what comes next, this messag

December 21st, 2025 | Atrributes of Advent | Luke 2:9-20The Christmas season is often full—full of schedules, expectations, and emotions. In this message, Pastor Daniel Norris brings us back to the heart of Advent by reminding us that Christmas doesn’t wait for us to have it all together. Instead, Christmas is the moment God stepped into our world.Drawing from Luke 2:8–20, Pastor Daniel unpacks two powerful attributes of Advent: the Glory of God and the Grace of God. As the glory of the Lord breaks into the darkness of an ordinary field, it reveals God’s holiness and power. And as grace follows, it draws near to ordinary people—shepherds who were overlooked, insignificant, and fearful.This message explores how God’s glory exposes our need, but His grace reassures us with good news of great joy for all people. Jesus doesn’t arrive in strength or status, but in humility—wrapped in cloth, lying in a manger—so that no one has to climb to reach Him.Just like the shepherds, we’re invited to respond: Will we stay in

December 21st, 2025 | Attributes of Advent | Luke 2:8-20Why does Christmas exist? According to Pastor Matt Darby, the answer is simple yet profound: Christmas exists so that we can know God. In this Advent message from Luke 2:8–20, Pastor Matt explores how the arrival of Jesus reveals a God who is both overwhelmingly glorious and astonishingly gracious.While we often separate God’s glory and His grace—placing glory in heaven and grace on earth—Luke’s Gospel refuses to divide them. In the birth announcement of Jesus, God’s radiant glory shines in the darkness, and His compassionate grace reaches the lowest and least: ordinary, overlooked shepherds living on the margins of society.Pastor Matt unpacks what the Bible truly means by God’s glory—the weight, splendor, and radiance of His presence—and how that same holy glory comes near through grace. The shepherds’ fear gives way to peace as God speaks words of comfort, proving that His holiness does not push sinners away but draws them close.At the heart of this pa