North Way Sermons

Are we making a real difference in the lives of others around us or are we straddling the fence between God's Kingdom and the world's ways? By examining our choices through the bible, we can live within God's will, where true joy and effectiveness are found. To get off the fence, we must fear the Lord, live earnestly, never negotiate, be committed, and exemplify Christ. Praying and fasting help bu...

To witness the extraordinary works of God in our lives, we must consistently practice our faith and follow His revealed guidance. As we draw closer to God, He will draw closer to us, fulfilling His promises in His perfect timing. Throughout this sermon, we are presented with 9 daily decisions to help deepen our faith.

When you are in situations where you are falsely accused, treated unjustly, actively opposed, or spoken to disrespectfully how do you respond? When faced with wrongful actions, our natural tendency is to react out of our flesh—anger for anger, hurt for hurt. However, Jesus teaches us to move in the opposite spirit, turning these situations into opportunities for spiritual impact. This purposeful r...

Throughout the parable of the prodigal son, Jesus reveals the various ways that our hearts and minds can be swayed in the wrong direction while also demonstrating His response to those areas of brokenness. In the family of God, we are not orphans or older brothers. We are first borns who can find freedom, abundance, and identity in the Father. To grow into a first born we must cultivate abidance a...

As ambassadors for Christ, we are called to row back to those who are dying spiritually and offer rescue. We must offer the gift of forgiveness, status, and a reframing of identity to those who are drowning. People who are drowning need a place to belong. Status, or proximity to us, is not meant to be protected, it’s meant to be shared. When we help those reframe their identity and how they see th...

All around us people are drowning and desperate for rescue. Even with our best efforts to save ourselves, it never works. Rescue comes from outside of ourselves, through Jesus. Jesus was willing to risk it all because people were drowning, and He empowers the church to do the same. The moment the church stops going is the moment the church starts dying. Jesus’ presence is found in the rowing back....

Sometimes we view church community as an optional bonus that comes with being a follower of Jesus. However, it’s an integral part of following Him. When we put our faith in Jesus, we believe the good news of the Gospel and that we belong to God and to one another. Our faith is personal but never private. It’s made to be experienced inside community. We encounter Jesus through the way we love one a...

As Christ followers, we often use excuses to keep from doing what God is calling us to do. Sometimes we turn a blind eye to those who need us. We turn a blind eye to family or friends that are lost and don’t have hope in Jesus. We must be proactive in our faith and share the hope of the Gospel with others. This may be challenging, but we have the Holy Spirit, who will empower and guide us. Obedien...

We always want the quick and easy fix, especially in American Christianity. When it comes to loving God and others, we often get caught up in thinking that the solutions need to look bigger, better, and faster. But Jesus shows us that the smaller things are actually the greater things. Jesus is constantly challenging our perspective on how we love. We are to love earnestly. As Christians, we need...

In the scriptures, God commands us to give generously, and he blesses those who obey. We all need God’s blessing and supernatural favor in our lives. In this sermon, Pastor Dave shares seven truths about giving and God’s blessing. Giving works greed and selfishness out of our lives, keeping us from sin and opens God’s word to us.

**This sermon addresses emotionally difficult material including sexual violence/rape and abortion. All mankind is created in God’s own image. We have attributes that reflect the divine nature of God. All human life is valuable. But are we living from the truth that God values all human life or just with that truth? When we choose to live from the truth of the image of God, we choose to trust God...

When a new year comes around, so do our new resolutions. We create goals, plans, and make certain things a priority over others. But what about when it comes to our faith? What is your individual plan to know Jesus more this year? What if we make knowing Him our sole effort of our existence here on earth. Gathering regularly in person for church, growing closer to Jesus personally every day, group...

All relationships can be tough to navigate at some time throughout our lives. We become frustrated and annoyed with people and began to pick things out in them that we want to change. We know what will “fix” them, but in reality, we are unable to change them. We focus on how to fix others instead of ourselves. Jesus points this out in Matthew 7:5 saying, “Why do you see the speck that is in your b...

When you think of the spiritual disciplines, generosity might not be the first to come to mind. However, it is as equally as important as the others. Generosity is not primarily for the good the church can do with your gifts, but rather how it will re-posture you for the good you will do with your life. Generosity frees, heals, and unleashes us.

Our mission here at North Way Christian Community is to lead people to know, experience, and follow Jesus. When we do those things, we encounter God. However, each of us naturally prefers one over the other two. You might love mission trips and evangelism, so you prefer the follow circle. There is also one that we don’t prefer. But without all three…know, experience, and follow…our mission is inco...

We all have roadblocks in our path that keep us from fully stepping into the life that God has for us. Some of us are aware of our roadblocks and we avoid them. Or sometimes they are blind spots and sneak up on us. In this sermon, Pastor Brad Beggs talks about worship roadblocks. Worship isn’t about what we like, but who we love. If we are willing to put aside our certain preferences, circumstance...

The life of a Christian was never promised to be an easy one. Would you be willing to suffer ridicule and hate? With today’s cancel culture, we are afraid to share our faith with others. We are afraid to stand up for what the bible teaches. If we are obedient, open our hearts, and start searching for supernatural opportunities, God will equip us with the clarity we need to break through the fear o...

There are different freedoms throughout the seasons of life. There are those freedoms that release us from an obligation and freedoms that open us to new possibilities. There is also the most important freedom that only comes from the heart of the Heavenly Father. It’s the freedom we have in Christ through the Holy Spirit. Within this, we can experience freedom from condemnation, freedom in confes...

As we begin as new year, do you ever find yourself asking, who is God calling me to be or where is He leading me to go? These are great questions to ask because we are all blind in some areas of our life. We need guidance. We need oil in our souls. Jesus’ presence is the oil that we desperately need. Not only do we seek answers to these questions as individuals, but also as a church. Who is God ca...

The start of a new year can be loud. We are consumed with different commercials and ads about new year’s resolutions. There are so many voices competing for our attention. We feel like we need to please everyone. We then become anxious and overwhelmed by the pressure to do it all. How do you know what matters most? What are you truly seeking? In this sermon, we learn that we must seek first the ki...

Does your faith have a whole in it? Does your faith go beyond the walls of the church? Sometimes we isolate ourselves in our own Christian bubble. We try to escape from the world. But this is not what we are called to do. Each of us are called to live a life on mission for God with compassion and love. We are God's plan to spread His good news and live out our faith publicly. Everyone has their ow...

It would be nice to snap your fingers and have all your questions answered. You would feel so free without any doubts and curiosities. Do you ever wish your questions and doubts about God would be answered? Do you ever wish God, Himself, could snap His fingers and take away all your struggles? Unfortunately, it isn't always that easy. The Christian life requires perseverance and determination, lik...

It seems that our world is so divided today. Life events are causing many arguments and anger. Within in the last year or so, have you made anger a priority in your life without even realizing it? Have you been placing the important things, that truly matter, aside? It’s easy to fall into the same pattern. When that pattern starts to become reckless, it must be broken. Where have you placed Jesus...

When all is lost and you feel like you’re stuck, do you want to be remembered as a person of hope? Or do you want to be remembered as a person who was broken and full of anger? In this last sermon series of the story of Joseph, we are reminded that God was with Joseph through all his hard times. Joseph was the person who was remembered for his hope.

What does it mean to be free? Not the typical definition but truly free? So much of who you are comes from the pressures of the world. Society, friends, family and even the church can tell you how to be. When you try to live up to those “expectations” are you really, truly free to be who God made you to be? How you escape these pressures lies solely in your relationship with Jesus, relying on Him...