Grace Point Church

Most of us picture the Christian life as a long to-do list — more to carry, more to manage, more to keep up with. But what if Jesus never intended it to look that way? In Luke 6, Jesus challenges the religious leaders' exhausting, rule-heavy approach to the Sabbath and reclaims rest as something God designed for our good — not another burden to bear. Pastor Joel Hastings walks through two Sabbath...

We live in a world of relentless noise — social media, deadlines, podcasts, expectations — and most of us never stop to ask why we still feel so empty. In this sermon from the "Living Like Jesus" series, Pastor Joel Hastings tackles the spiritual discipline of silence and solitude, and why Jesus practiced it more than almost anything else. Drawing from Luke 5:15–16, Pastor Joel explores what it me...

We all want to be like someone else—but what if the One we were made to become like is Jesus himself? Kicking off our new summer series, Living Like Jesus, Pastor Jared Stevens looks at the spiritual disciplines Jesus practiced throughout the book of Luke, starting with one many of us tend to avoid: fasting. Walking through Luke 4:1–4, Jared unpacks Jesus' 40 days in the wilderness and shows how f...

What if every hard season you've walked through was actually preparing you for the next one? In Deuteronomy 11, Pastor Joel Hastings brings the final message of Grace Point's Deuteronomy series — and the question Moses puts before Israel is the same one we face today: will you trust God's way, or take your own? Drawing from Israel's journey out of Egypt and into the Promised Land, Pastor Joel unpa...

You've received mercy — now what? In Deuteronomy 10, Moses turns to a rebellious people who deserved judgment but got grace, and asks a simple but profound question: what does God actually require of you? The answer is both simpler and harder than we expect. Pastor Joel Hastings walks through Deuteronomy 10:12–22, unpacking what it looks like to live fully for God in response to his mercy — fearin...

Israel had just witnessed miracle after miracle — parted seas, daily manna, the very presence of God on a mountain — and within weeks they were bowing to a golden calf. In Deuteronomy 9–10, Moses recounts one of the most sobering moments in Israel's history: God's righteous anger at a rebellious people, and a mediator who threw himself flat on the ground and refused to stop praying. Pastor Joel Ha...

It's easy to look at everything you've built — your career, your family, your home — and quietly think, "I did this." But Deuteronomy 8 has a warning for exactly that moment: the more comfortable life gets, the more tempted we are to forget the One who made it possible. In this sermon spanning Deuteronomy 8:11–9:6, Pastor Joel Hastings walks through Moses' parting words to the Israelites before th...

What if the hardest season of your life is actually the most important one? In Deuteronomy 8, Moses gives Israel one final charge before they enter the Promised Land — but his message isn't just for them. It's for anyone who feels stuck in a desert season, wondering why God hasn't moved yet. Pastor Joel Hastings walks through what God was doing during Israel's 40 years in the wilderness — strippin...

What would it look like to actually live a blessed life — not someday, but right now? In Deuteronomy 7, Moses stands on the edge of the Promised Land and gives Israel a clear picture: God has loaded up every blessing they could ever want, and the path to all of it runs straight through obedience. But there's a catch — compromise quietly closes the door. In this message, Pastor Joel Hastings walks...

What does it look like to actually live like you belong to God? In Deuteronomy 7, Moses calls Israel to enter the Promised Land and destroy everything that would pull their hearts away from God. Pastor Joel Hastings digs into one of the Bible's harder passages — and unpacks why it's actually some of the best news you'll hear. Joel walks through the call to radical holiness, the danger of modern-da...

It's easy to trust God in the hard seasons — but what about when life is going well? In Deuteronomy 6, Moses delivers one of his final sermons before Israel enters the Promised Land, and his urgent warning is simple: don't forget what God has done. Because forgetting God's faithfulness doesn't usually look like rejection — it looks like distraction. Pastor Joel Hastings walks through three generat...

Most of us would say we love God — but what does that actually look like on a Tuesday morning, at the dinner table, or when life feels hard? In Deuteronomy 6, Moses delivers one of the most important passages in all of Scripture: the Shema. And the call isn't just to believe the right things — it's to love God with your whole heart, soul, and strength, every single day. Pastor Joel Hastings opens...

Most of us already know the Easter story — but knowing it and believing it are two very different things. This Easter, Pastor Joel Hastings asks the question that cuts straight to the heart: what does the resurrection of Jesus actually mean for *your* life? Walking through the story of Lazarus in John 11, Pastor Joel unpacks why Jesus waited, why He wept, and what it means that He didn't just prov...

We all know something is broken — and the self-help industry, social media highlight reels, and hustle culture are all trying to fix it. But what if the problem runs deeper than any of those solutions can reach? This Palm Sunday, Brett Ferguson opens Luke 19 and asks a question that cuts right to the heart: who — or what — are you trusting to redeem you? Walking through Jesus' triumphal entry into...

What's filling your life — and what spills out when things get hard? Pastor Joel Hastings closes out the book of Titus with a question most of us avoid: how do we stay focused on God's mission when toxic people, foolish arguments, and spiritual junk food keep pulling us off course? Drawing from Titus 3:9–15, Pastor Joel walks through the difference between controversies worth fighting for and ones...

You didn't earn it. You didn't deserve it. But God looked at you in your brokenness and said yes anyway — not because of anything you did, but because of his own mercy. Pastor Andrew Brown walks through one of the most stunning passages in the New Testament and gets personal about what it means to receive grace you never could have earned. In Titus 3:1–8, Paul lays out three movements: who we were...

Grace is the greatest gift you've ever received — but receiving it was never meant to leave you the same. In Titus 2, Pastor Joel Hastings unpacks what it really means to live as someone who has been forgiven, freed, and transformed by the grace of God. Pastor Joel walks through Paul's instructions to bondservants, workers, and everyday people — showing how the gospel is meant to be visible in the...

What if the key to changing your life wasn't a new habit, a self-help book, or a motivational quote — but something hiding in plain sight in your church? In Titus 2, Joel Hastings digs into Paul's call for every generation to live differently: not for personal success, but for the sake of the people around them. Joel walks through what healthy teaching looks like, why every generation — older men,...

The most important question you'll ever answer isn't on a test or a job application — it's the one Jesus himself asks: "Who do you say that I am?" In this message from Matthew 16, Pastor Joel Hastings takes us to one of the most unlikely places in the ancient world — Caesarea Philippi, a city overflowing with pagan temples, chaos, and false gods — and shows us why Jesus chose that backdrop to ask...

Description: Some lies don’t cost you much—until they do. In Titus 1, Paul warns that false teaching isn’t harmless “difference of opinion.” It can divide families, destabilize churches, and quietly corrupt what’s happening on the inside. Today’s message is a call to take truth seriously, because truth is the pathway to godliness.  In this sermon, Brett Ferguson walks through Titus 1:10–16 and sh...

If you’ve ever assumed the Bible’s standards for leaders are only for “super Christians,” Titus 1 flips that assumption upside down. These qualifications aren’t just a checklist for elders, they’re a picture of what mature faith looks like in everyday life.  In today’s message, Pastor Joel Hastings walks through Titus 1:1–9, explaining why God calls His church to be a biblical church (not just a...

Most of us think discipleship is mainly about learning—getting more information, attending more classes, knowing more Bible. But Jesus defines discipleship differently in Matthew 28:20: “teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.” That word observe isn’t just “know it”—it’s watch it, practice it, live it. Discipleship is imitation: people learning to follow Jesus by stepping into the...

Snow has a way of covering everything—dirt, dead plants, the mess you’d rather not see. And in Psalm 51:7, David uses that exact picture to pray, “Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.” In this short devotional filmed during the “snowpocalypse” in Northwest Arkansas, Pastor Joel Hastings shows how God doesn’t just clean us up—He covers us with a deeper cleansing than we could ever achieve on o...

Baptism can feel like a strange church moment—get in the water, get dunked, everyone claps. But Jesus didn’t include it in the Great Commission as a random tradition. In Matthew 28:19, baptism is tied to discipleship because it represents something massive: if you’re a disciple of Jesus, you’re dead to who you were and alive to who He is.  In this message, Pastor Joel Hastings unpacks why baptism...

Last words matter. And Jesus’ last words to His disciples are His last words to us: “All authority… Go therefore and make disciples of all nations.” This message is a wake-up call for 2026—Jesus isn’t asking for casual Christians. He’s forming disciples who follow close, live surrendered, and join His unstoppable mission in the world.  As we continue our January series Formed & Sent, Pastor Joel...