Point Loma Church Podcast

Join us this summer as we dive into the Psalms. Each week, we'll explore a different Psalm to see how its timeless truths speak into our present lives. From joy and gratitude to sorrow and struggle, the Psalms remind us that God is with in every season of life. So, bring your whole heart this summer—let's learn to pray, praise, and trust like never before. Today, we start at the beginning, and exa...

Join us this summer as we dive into the Psalms. Each week, we'll explore a different Psalm to see how its timeless truths speak into our present lives. From joy and gratitude to sorrow and struggle, the Psalms remind us that God is with in every season of life. So, bring your whole heart this summer—let's learn to pray, praise, and trust like never before. This week, Pastor Karla looks at one of t...

Join us this summer as we dive into the Psalms. Each week, we'll explore a different Psalm to see how its timeless truths speak into our present lives. From joy and gratitude to sorrow and struggle, the Psalms remind us that God is with in every season of life. So, bring your whole heart this summer—let's learn to pray, praise, and trust like never before. This week, Rev. Dr. Chris Lenocker joins...

Join us this summer as we dive into the Psalms. Each week, we'll explore a different Psalm to see how its timeless truths speak into our present lives. From joy and gratitude to sorrow and struggle, the Psalms remind us that God is with in every season of life. So, bring your whole heart this summer—let's learn to pray, praise, and trust like never before. This week, we continue our study of the P...

Join us this summer as we dive into the Psalms. Each week, we'll explore a different Psalm to see how its timeless truths speak into our present lives. From joy and gratitude to sorrow and struggle, the Psalms remind us that God is with in every season of life. So, bring your whole heart this summer—let's learn to pray, praise, and trust like never before. Last week, we discussed a psalm of orient...

Join us this summer as we dive into the Psalms. Each week, we'll explore a different Psalm to see how its timeless truths speak into our present lives. From joy and gratitude to sorrow and struggle, the Psalms remind us that God is with in every season of life. So, bring your whole heart this summer—let's learn to pray, praise, and trust like never before. This week, we kickoff our series by heari...

"Playfulness of God!" Together, we'll explore the joy, imagination, and delight woven into our faith—seeing God as a God who plays, learning from children's trust, and celebrating friendship and worship with laughter and joy. Come and experience the wonder of a faith that is alive and full of play! This week, we conclude our "Playfulness of God" Series interestingly enough, on Pentecost Sunday! At...

"Playfulness of God!" Together, we'll explore the joy, imagination, and delight woven into our faith—seeing God as a God who plays, learning from children's trust, and celebrating friendship and worship with laughter and joy. Come and experience the wonder of a faith that is alive and full of play! This week, we encounter to joyh and celebration and fun of God. Part of Jesus' life together with hi...

Join Pastor Karla and RO Smith as they have a conversation unpacking the mysteries and misconceptions of revelation and how it applies to our lives today. This week, we conclude our 5 months together by examining the details of the new garden-city, and why these details would be significant to its hearers. We also give some of our concluding thoughts, and look ahead to what's next.  Resources Refe...

"Playfulness of God!" Together, we'll explore the joy, imagination, and delight woven into our faith—seeing God as a God who plays, learning from children's trust, and celebrating friendship and worship with laughter and joy. Come and experience the wonder of a faith that is alive and full of play! Pastor Karla engages us in understanding that while it is important that we discern God's voice, tru...

Join Pastor Karla and RO Smith as they have a conversation unpacking the mysteries and misconceptions of revelation and how it applies to our lives today. As we come to the penultimate episode of our study of the Book of Revelation, we come to the conclusion of the long story. And while we near the end, we actually realize we are entering a new beginning. What is heaven? What will it be like? Why...

Join Pastor Karla and RO Smith as they have a conversation unpacking the mysteries and misconceptions of revelation and how it applies to our lives today. This week, we examine the judgment that introduces the millenium (a.k.a. "1,000 year reign") and explore the various perspectives of the millenium. We also delve into some interesting questions regarding the final judgment and God's ultimate gra...

"Playfulness of God!" Together, we'll explore the joy, imagination, and delight woven into our faith—seeing God as a God who plays, learning from children's trust, and celebrating friendship and worship with laughter and joy. Come and experience the wonder of a faith that is alive and full of play! This week, Pastor Karla invites us to ask ourselves if we have ever wondered what God was doing befo...

Join Pastor Karla and RO Smith as they have a conversation unpacking the mysteries and misconceptions of revelation and how it applies to our lives today. In Episode 18, we explore the fall of Babylon and the celebration that follows. We also examine the final defeat of evil and where Revelation intersects with the crucifixion. Resources Referenced in this Series: Reading Revelation Responsibly  b...

"Playfulness of God!" Together, we'll explore the joy, imagination, and delight woven into our faith—seeing God as a God who plays, learning from children's trust, and celebrating friendship and worship with laughter and joy. Come and experience the wonder of a faith that is alive and full of play! On this "pre-introduction" to our new sermon series about the playfulness of God, we are pleased to...

Join Pastor Karla and RO Smith as they have a conversation unpacking the mysteries and misconceptions of revelation and how it applies to our lives today. In Chapter 17 of the Book of Revelation, we come across the description of Rome/Babylon as the "great whore". Pastor Karla and RO examine the characteristics of prostitution and how it relates to the this image of Rome and Babylon. We discuss wh...

On this posst-Easter Sunday, we examine the sotry known as "Peter's Reinstatement". In it we see that God does not save us for ourselves alone. We are saved for a world in need.   Passage: John 21::15-17 Find out all the ways to get involved specifically during  Lent at Point Loma Church We have three worship opportunities for you to experience: 9:00 a.m. - Sanctuary Service 9:30 a.m. -  Online Se...

Join Pastor Karla and RO Smith as they have a conversation unpacking the mysteries and misconceptions of revelation and how it applies to our lives today. This week, Karla and RO discuss the final and full judgement of God with the vison of the Seven Bowls. In doing so, the conversation turns to discussing what justice looks like and how God is just.  Resources Referenced in this Series: Reading R...

We are wrapping up our series based on the Lord's Prayer for this season of Lent. We have been focusing on these familiar words that most of us have recited by heart for many years. We are taking this season to see how this sacred text unifies us to one another as well as generations before and after us. We hope through this teaching that we can all recite the words with a fresh inspiration and me...

Join Pastor Karla and RO Smith as they have a conversation unpacking the mysteries and misconceptions of revelation and how it applies to our lives today. This week, we get three angels with three messages, and all of them are a reassurance to the people of God who are faithful to him, and they signify the beginning of the destruction of sin and evil once and for all.  Resources Referenced in this...

We are wrapping up our series based on the Lord's Prayer for this season of Lent. We have been focusing on these familiar words that most of us have recited by heart for many years. We are taking this season to see how this sacred text unifies us to one another as well as generations before and after us. We hope through this teaching that we can all recite the words with a fresh inspiration and me...

Join our Director of Children and Family Ministry, Sarah Butterfield, and Ryan Silvia, Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministry, for a podcast designed specifically for parents of kids in kindergarten through 12th grade. We will be exploring developmentally appropriate spiritual practices centered around six different Christian traditions during the Lenten season. It is our hope that these will...

Join Pastor Karla and RO Smith as they have a conversation unpacking the mysteries and misconceptions of revelation and how it applies to our lives today. In this week 14 of our study, we meet the two beasts that complete the unholy triumvirate. We examine the meaning of each beast, and the ways the church can resist the beasts, as well as the ways the church contributes to the ways of the beasts....

We are in the middle of a new teaching series based on the Lord's Prayer for this season of Lent. We have been focusing on these familiar words that most of us have recited by heart for many years. We are taking this season to see how this sacred text unifies us to one another as well as generations before and after us. We hope through this teaching that we can all recite the words with a fresh in...

Join our Director of Children and Family Ministry, Sarah Butterfield, and Ryan Silvia, Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministry, for a podcast designed specifically for parents of kids in kindergarten through 12th grade. We will be exploring developmentally appropriate spiritual practices centered around six different Christian traditions during the Lenten season. It is our hope that these will...