Northplace Church Podcast

There are certain things about our church and our culture…certain things about this environment that drew you here. There is something in the DNA of this faith family that is worth protecting. The danger when we grow so rapidly is…we could lose our identity…we could forget what makes us who we are. It’s important for us to pause and focus on the key ingredients of what makes us who we are. If we f...

The recording for the first week is not available online, but you can download the notes from that study by texting PHILEMON to 31996.Today we conclude what has been a powerful study of how the gospel confronts our culture…and to be honest, I’ve been looking forward to this one. At first glance, you might be asking, “Pastor, what are you going to preach out of these last three verses…it’s simply P...

Each week, we have forced ourselves to answer the question…How would our lives change if we started living like we were leaving? How would our lives be different if we knew we only had a few days left to live? Since Easter weekend we have been more intentional in trying to calibrate our lives around eternity. We’ve been trying to live with the full understanding that this life is brief but eternit...

The recording for the first week is not available online, but you can download the notes from that study by texting PHILEMON to 31996.Paul, being Paul, could have demanded what he wanted from Philemon; but he will only humbly request. A gift must be given freely and with goodwill; if it is forced, it is no gift at all. In verse 9, Paul describes himself. The NIV translates the greek phrase as—as P...

Over the last couple of weeks, we have intentionally played off of the double meaning of the word “terminal”. Everything has been set up to feel like an airport terminal…to help you understand that this earthly life is temporary…transitory…We are trying to make you aware that you are about to board a flight. In a way, life is like an airport terminal. Based on the decisions you make here, you deci...

The recording for the first week is not available online, but you can download the notes from that study by texting PHILEMON to 31996.This letter to Philemon is remarkable because we see the extraordinary sight of Paul asking a favor. No one ever asked fewer favors than Paul; but in this letter he is asking a favor, not so much for himself, but for Onesimus, who had taken a wrong turn and whom Pau...

On Easter weekend we launched a brand new series called Terminal: Live Like Your Leaving. I think many of us became more aware of the brevity of life. For the first time and a long time we actually started thinking about how short this life really is compared to the “forever” of eternity. We have intentionally played off of the double meaning of the word “terminal”. Everything has been set up to f...

Today we are beginning a brand new series that has the potential to change all of our lives in an incredibly profound way. The series is called Terminal: Live Like Your Leaving. Today and over the next three weeks, we are going to examine how our lives would be different if we recognized this inescapable truth…Our time on this earth very limited. We have intentionally played off of the double mean...

You probably know that the tone of Palm Sunday is celebratory. This is what is now the first day of Passion Week. This is the day the crowds are surrounding Jesus as he rides in to town on the back of a donkey. They are worshipping him singing and lifting their voices declaring “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.” But in a few short days, this same crowd that is praising Jesus becaus...

Believe it or not we are two weeks away from Easter. The staff here at Northplace has been working tirelessly for the last couple months getting ready for this Easter season. First, because it’s the first Easter we will ever celebrate together in this new facility. Second, and most important, the Easter season is the most opportune time in the entire calendar year for people to come into relations...

As believers, we at some point in our journey with Christ we tapped into the Spring of living water and it was good. But, somewhere over time we let a root of something, find it’s way through a crack or loose joint in our system, in our prayer time, in our worship, in our family, in our mind, in our heart, in our journey to a great life in Christ, we’ve let something in. For more info visit http:/...

The comparison game is a dangerous game to play. Pastor Robert encourages us to stop looking at others for comparisons, and instead focus on what we were specifically made to do. For more info visit http://northplacechurch.com/

I want to make a statement that may strike you as awkward. It may even offend you for a moment but let it sink in and let’s talk about it.“Sometimes the Lord has to hurt us to heal us.”I don’t mean that He intentionally sets out to cause us harm. But in love he will confront us. He will put is finger on our sin. We have all heard the phrase... “The Truth Hurts.” When we are confronted with truth…e...

Unless you’ve been living under a rock over the last couple of weeks you are well aware of the 21 Coptic Christians from Egypt who were kidnapped and later brutally beheaded by the extremist group…the Islamic State. If you have been a part of Northplace Church for any length of time you know that God has turned our hearts toward the persecuted church, the suffering believer, and those areas closed...

Love is a Promise that Endures….To understand this kind of love, we must look to its source – God. He didn’t wait until we cleaned up to offer us salvation. “While we were yet sinners,” (Romans 5:8) God demonstrated His love for us through Calvary. He didn’t wait until we came crawling back to Him before He reached out to us. Instead, He came “to seek and to save that which was lost.” (Luke 19:10)...

This week Pastor Bryan talked about Prayer…Passion… and Promise and how these three things intersect with each other. There is so much available to us as sons and daughters of the King. If we could only grasp for a minute what we are missing by not prevailing in prayer…it would compel us to pray. For more info visit http://northplacechurch.com/

This is week four in our series entitled The God First Life. Yesterday was the last day of our 21 day God-First fast. It truly has been a rich time of spiritual growth for me personally and for our entire church. It’s been a true joy to watch you grow…to see you passionately attend 6 am prayer and worship nights. It’s been special. Something that is very unspiritual but very special to me…I had a...

The series we started few weeks ago is an excellent resource for those of you who are new to faith or returning to faith. It’s also an excellent reminder to the rest of us of some foundational principles that we tend to forget. We framed the conversation around four main thoughts from Stovall Weem’s book titled The God First Life. Today and over the next couple weeks I’m going to interweave Stoval...

The series we started last week is an excellent resource for those of you who are new to faith or returning to faith. It’s also an excellent reminder to the rest of us of some foundational principles that we tend to forget. We framed the conversation around four main thoughts from Stovall Weem’s book titled The God First Life…Uncomplicate Your Life God’s Way. Today and over the next couple weeks w...

This is message today and this entire series that we are launching today is a great introduction to faith for those of you who are starting or restarting your faith journey. It’s also an excellent reminder for those of us who’ve been doing this so long our relationship with God has grown stale, boring and habitual. At first glance today’s message is a very familiar one at the beginning of the year...

So we start with guns blazing, reading 10 chapters a day, praying through every need on our prayer list, reading through 3 or 4 different devotionals. The first few days feel amazing. We feel like we are doing what we should have been doing all along. Then life happens and we miss a couple days and reading 40 chapters to catch up seems daunting. We start feeling like failures. Guilt piles on becau...

Even though we walk through the valley of death, we can rest assured that God, our faithful shepherd, will always be there with us. Guest speaker, Pastor Mike Dsane from the Village Church. For more info visit http://northplacechurch.com/

God’s desire since the beginning is to dwell with his people. He created us to have fellowship with us. But sin severed the relationship. It separated us from God. From that moment on the rest of bible is a narrative, a story of how this loving God will do what ever is necessary to be in a relationship we destroyed. We ruined it. And we run from Him…and yet…He chases after us! For more info visit...

The “expectant waiting” of Advent is almost over. Like the ancient believers from scripture who ached in longing for their anticipated Messiah, the 4-week season of Advent compresses those feelings and emotions for us. As we march toward Christmas Eve and the celebration of the birth of Jesus on Christmas day, we experience similar emotions as those early believers. For more info visit http://nort...

We are 7 days away from Christmas Sunday where we will focus on the name given to Jesus…Prince of Peace. We are 10 days away from some very special Candlelight Christmas Eve services. But today, on this 3rd Sunday of Advent, and our 3rd week in a series of sermons we have called…The Name…we get to immerse ourselves in the “hard to grasp” title Isaiah gave our Lord…Everlasting Father. For more info...