The NCF 2025 Calendar Commentary
The theme of our 2025 calendar is "The 20:25's of the Bible." There are 14 places in Scripture where we can find a chapter 20 with a...
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Pastor Josh
Aug 51 min read
A Rare Jewel
In yesterday's message, I quoted from an old book called The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment, published in 1648 and written by...
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Pastor Josh
Nov 10, 20234 min read
Some Thoughts on the Passage of Ohio Issues 1 & 2
Recently, two constitutional amendments were approved in our state. The first of these expands and secures the right to abort unborn...
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Pastor Josh
Nov 23, 20221 min read
Psalm 100 ~ A Psalm for Giving Thanks
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving! I pray it is a time of rest, rejoicing, and reflection. Today at our Midweek Worship meetings (aka "Flock"), we...
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Pastor Josh
Feb 4, 20222 min read
Praying the Creed
NCF is going through the Apostles' Creed at our midweek meetings. This past week, we spent time on the first article: "I believe in God...
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Scott Marsh
Jun 18, 20212 min read
A Restful Vacation
I have spoken with several people over the last couple of months who have been on or are planning to go on vacation. The general feeling...
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Pastor Josh
Jun 12, 20203 min read
Groaning for Justice
The other day I noticed a new bird nest in one of our apple trees. Curious, I climbed up a step ladder to take a photo of the eggs...
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Pastor Josh
May 16, 202013 min read
Worship at Home
Note: This blog post is from our brother, Scott. Knowing that he has had a lot of experience with worship at home (both as a child and...
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Pastor Josh
Apr 23, 20203 min read
Created for Community
Genesis 2:18 is a jarring verse. Up until Genesis 2:18, God’s judgment was that His creation was “good…good…good.” But then, suddenly,...
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Pastor Josh
Mar 23, 20202 min read
Some Help in Reading Leviticus
This past Sunday, our journey through the Pentateuch brought us to Leviticus. In that message, I encouraged the listeners to read...
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Pastor Josh
Mar 19, 20204 min read
Are These the Last Days?
There's a global pandemic. People are dying, and economies are shutting down. A locust plague is moving across East Africa and South...
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Pastor Josh
Mar 17, 20203 min read
Church Giving
We're all dealing with dramatic changes to our daily life right now. Many of our habits have been interrupted, and our plans are being...
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Pastor Josh
Mar 16, 20201 min read
Saint Patrick's Day 2020
Today's blog post is about St. Patrick's Day. You can find a podcast Wes and I worked on here. Today's also a good day to read The...
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Pastor Josh
Mar 16, 20203 min read
What Do We Know
Today is March 16, 2020... you know, given the current state of things, writing out the date like that brings to my mind that movie...
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Pastor Josh
Feb 14, 20181 min read
2018 Marriage Workshop
NCF's first ever "Marriage Workshop" is this Friday, February 16, 2018. I am giving thanks for this, as I already see our church body...
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Pastor Josh
Feb 1, 20184 min read
On the Son of Man's Ignorance
"But concerning that day or that hour, no one knows,not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son,but only the Father"(Mark 13:32) As our...
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Pastor Josh
Dec 28, 20172 min read
Blind Spots
It is hard to persuade men to believe what they are not willing to find true; they are ignorant, in many cases, because they are...
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Pastor Josh
Dec 2, 20172 min read
The Gospel and the Greatest Commandment
Last week we heard a powerful message from God's Word. I'm not talking about my sermon. I'm talking about the message Jesus spoke in Mark...
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Pastor Josh
Nov 11, 20171 min read
A Call to Prayer
A printed copy of J.C. Ryle's tract, A Call to Prayer, had been sitting idle on my desk for some time, lost in a stack of "I'll get to it...
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Pastor Josh
Jun 29, 20174 min read
Thinking About Vacation
New City Fellowship’s first Sunday service was held in October 2015. Since then, God graciously used me to fill a pulpit (mostly at NCF,...
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