A Little Better

Today on A Little Better Daniel, Nate, and Brad from our pastoral team answer the following questions: Is there a difference between good complaining and bad complaining? Is it possible to lament while keeping the joy James commands us to have? Hebrews says Jesus learns? Doesn’t that imply He changes? Daniel, what is next for you? Additional Resources Mentioned Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy: Discovering...

Today on A Little Better Brad, Nate, and Daniel from our teaching team discuss the following questions regarding suffering: What is a trial? What is joy? How do we have faith in the middle of our pain? What should I say to a friend? Additional Resources Mentioned Paul David Tripp – Suffering: Gospel Hope When Life Doesn't Make Sense https://www.amazon.com/Suffering-Gospel-Hope-Doesnt-Sense/dp/1433...

Today on A Little Better pastors Brad and Daniel, along with Michelle from our outreach team discuss the following questions: 1. What do you do personally and practically to listen to the right voice? 2. What advice do you have for someone who says they’re completely adrift in today’s culture - where should I start? How should I start? 3. Cal Thomas said every morning he read the Bible and the New...

Today on A Little Better is a conversation between Drew and Daniel with special guest Beth Claes. Beth is a Biblical Counselor and licensed psychologist. Watch the course “What Does The Bible Say About Gender Identity?” taught by Beth and referenced in the episode by visiting the links below: Part 1 - https://youtu.be/hg5YcCSK_L0 Part 2 - https://youtu.be/cpPCucW1Fnw Part 3 - https://youtu.be/IYGQ...

Today on A Little Better the Lead Pastor, Drew, interviews two special guests: Kathy Mauer and Matt Sones from CompassCare. CompassCare is an organization that believes all people are made in the image of God and are equally valuable and therefore, is dedicated to erasing the need for abortion by transforming a woman’s fear into confidence.

Today on A Little Better Brad, Drew, and Daniel from our pastoral team discuss the following questions: Why have we decided to discuss the topic of identity for this series? What resource would you recommend to those who don’t agree with God as Creator? Why is it important that we are created differently than all other creations? Which of the aspects of God’s image that we’ve been created to refle...

Today on A Little Better Brad, Drew, and Daniel from our pastoral team answer the following questions: How many Herods are there? When did the Magi show up? What re the options? In what ways do we seek to Control our lives? What are the two types of control?

Today on A Little Better Brad, Drew, and Daniel from our pastoral team answer the following questions: What is the context of Luke 2? What are the possibilities of Jesus’ birth location? How can we slow down during this season? Resources Mentioned The Christ of Christmas - https://www.amazon.com/Christ-Christmas-James-Montgomery-Boice/dp/1596381590/ref=sr_1_1?crid=6M8ZRECU6P8P&keywords=james+montg...

Today on A Little Better Brad and Jason from our pastoral team answer the following questions: What is the best Bible (for me)? Does the Bible really have answers for today’s problems? How should I start reading my Bible? What do I do when the Bible is no longer interesting or helpful? Additional Resources Mentioned Equip Winter Book Clubs https://www.northridgeequip.com/winter-book-club Why Shoul...

Today on A Little Better Jason and Daniel from our pastoral team answer the following questions: How do you read the Bible if you’ve never have before? When did the Bible start to make sense to you? What is the story of the Old Testament vs the New Testament? Why read the whole Bible? Which testament should you start with first? Should new believers read the Old Testament first or second? What are...

Today on A Little Better Brad, Drew, and Daniel from our pastoral team discuss the power of the Bible and ways to find the motivation to read it. Listen to hear them answer the following questions: Why are we so driven to read books other than the Bible? How can we build our motivation to read the Bible? What can reading the Bible do in our lives? Resources Mentioned Ray Llubeck - Reading the Bibl...

Today on A Little Better Brad, Drew, and Daniel from our pastoral team discuss why we can trust The Bible and answer the following questions: Why do people not trust the Bible? What keeps people from reading the Bible?

Today on A Little Better Drew, Brad, and Daniel from our pastoral team answer the following questions: What was your favorite moment of Open Baptism? Who should be baptized? What is baptism? What are the next steps for all? What’s coming up at Northridge?

Today on A Little Better Brad , Drew, and Daniel from our pastoral team discuss contentment and answer the following questions: What is the relationship between contentment and generosity? Is this just a secret way for the Church to ask for money, time, and talents? Contentment leads to being generous - How can we learn to be content? What are ways to grow in being generous? Areas for being Genero...

Today on A Little Better Drew, our Lead Pastor hosts Michelle and Josh from our Beyond team as they answer the following questions: What role do you play at Northridge? What does our church look for in the organizations we partner with? What should people know about Beyond? How have you seen God work in going beyond our walls? Where is Beyond going? How can I get more involved? What challenge woul...

Today on A Little Better Brad and Daniel from our pastoral discuss the following questions: What is the biggest thrill seeking thing you have ever done? What is the wrong view(s) of faith? What are things that build our faith? What are things that have the potential to damage our faith? If you have damaged faith what do you do next?

Today on A Little Better Brad and Daniel from our pastoral discuss the following questions: Are you preaching a works based on righteousness? For the person who doesn’t actually like reading God’s Word, how do we grow in our love for God’s Word? How do I live a more intentional Bible study? How do I put my personal Bible Study into action in my life? Additional Resources Praying Life - Paul Miller...

Today on A Little Better Brad and Daniel answer the following questions: Isn’t the church for believers? What is the Church? What does it look like to pursue people far from God? How do I get practical on pursuing people from from God?

Today on A Little Better Drew, Brad, and Daniel from our pastoral team dialogue about unity and answer the following questions: What is Paul talking about in 1 Corinthians 1:12? Can you have unity while still disagreeing with someone? What are some good desires we have that we approach the wrong way? In what ways has God begun to bring unity without uniformity? How are we praying that God continue...

Today on A Little Better Drew, Jason, and Brad from our pastoral team expand on what it looks like to be a church that is a family. Tune in to hear answers to the following questions: Is spending a lot of time with “sinners'“ a good idea? How can we welcome anyone into our church without compromising the truth? What is the difference between the church you might have experienced and what the churc...

Today on A Little Better Dave, Brad, and Conell from our pastoral team discuss what it looks like to build your house on the solid foundation of Jesus Christ. They reflect on the storms of life that may present trouble and how God is the steady rock amidst every season. Dave also dialogues more about his accident and Steve Powell’s ALS that he brought up in his sermon on Sunday. Tune in to hear th...

Today on a little better Pastors Daniel and Drew, along with our special guest from our oversight team John, talk about false gospels. What are the lies we believe and the truths we can pull from these gospels in the correct context? Check out the episode to hear answers to the following questions: What did you leave on the table? (What did you leave out of your sermon?) What is attractive, a litt...

Today on a little better Nate, Brad, and Conell from our pastoral team dialogue about the importance of a praying life and its impact on our relationship with God. Here are some of the specific questions that were discussed about prayer: What are the main reasons why people are scared of going to God in prayer? We are goal-oriented. God is process oriented. What does this mean for our culture and...

Today on a little better Drew, Brad, and Daniel from our pastoral team expand on Godly judgment and what they should look like for a Christian aiming to please God. Here are some of the specific questions that were discussed about judgment: Should Christians Judge? What is the relationship between sharing our faith and judging others? What comes to mind when you think of the word judging? What is...

The Bible makes it very clear that our hearts follow what we treasure most. Where we spend our money tells us what we care about most. In this week’s episode of A Little Better, Drew, Brad, & Daniel from our pastoral team discuss what it looks like to build your kingdom in a way that honors God’s kingdom. Here are some of the specific questions that will be discussed about money and worry. Jesus s...