Northplace Church Podcast

As we prepare to move into the book of Joshua in The Unfolding reading plan, let's review the book of Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy and ask ourselves these three questions: 1. How do these books move the story and narration of the Bible along? 2. How do they point us to the Gospel of Grace? 3. How do they point us to Jesus?

We're living in the beginning of a historical moment--a moment we've been praying for for years. But because it's happening right in front of us, and because it's happening among students and because it's not happening in a church, many people don't recognize it for what it is. Will people mismanage this move of God? If history proves anything, probably so. But histor...

Redemptive Historical Unfolding: God Reveals Through Time Introduction - The revealing of God’s plan of redemption in the Scriptures is tied to time and space, cultures and people. - Biblical theology utilizes the Bible’s themes, images, concepts, and types to understand and communicate biblical truths about God’s plan in Christ to extend grace to people in order to redeem them. - The plan of salv...

This lecture is taught by our Scholar in Residence, Dr. Doug Oss. He has over 25 years of pastoral experience and 27 years as a seminary professor. Dr. Oss has served as a theologian, author, church planter, Bible translator, Greek scholar, and evangelist.  The Big Idea: Jesus Christ is the center point of everything, everywhere, all at once, from the infinity past to infinity future. Christ is th...

If you’re paying attention, God is doing something big--right now. Since the Asbury Awakening broke out on February 8th at the end of normal chapel service that turned into a prayer service that never stopped, what God is doing has spread across the country. Be careful of your preconceived ideas of what revival is or what it ought to be. You may have preconceived ideas base on your past experience...

This was a special week as Pastor Bryan preached from our Durban campus in South Africa for the 5-year birthday celebration. The fact that Pastor Bryan was able to speak in Durban speaks to the power of faith and vision. It speaks to the fruit of being faithful to what God asks us to do, and it speaks the faithfulness of God. There are hundreds of different names and titles assigned to God in the...

Just like a team of professional football players need a playbook to map out plans and strategies for a game, we as God's people have been given a book to guide us through life. We have access to a tool that helps lead us through the struggles of life and the power to mold us into who God has intended for us to be. It's not enough for us to see and hear God's Word; we need to love i...

God cannot be truly “good" and NOT deal with sin, evil and injustice. This tension between God’s holiness and righteousness and his compassion and mercy toward sinful, broken people is felt throughout the book of Exodus (and your whole bible for that matter). And Exodus will start revealing to us how God is going to reconcile this tension between his gracious heart that demands mercy and his...

You often hear people talk about “preaching the Gospel” or you’ll hear them refer to the “Gospel of Jesus Christ." But what is the Gospel? Well, in a literal sense, it means “good news." It’s the good news about salvation through Jesus Christ. But when most people think about the Gospel they’re usually thinking about it in one of two ways: 1. The “Gospel” as a principle 2. The “Gospel” a...

We want to answer the question: "What is the Bible?" Is it an encyclopedia of truth where you look up a subject of interest and learn all there is to know? On subjects like God, marriage, sex, money, how to get ahead in life...Is that what it is? Or is it an allegory or riddle about you and life and Jesus and the right way to read it is to look for the deep symbolic clues or spiritual me...

TheUnfolding. Bible Most of us claim to be Christians but have never read the bible through. Which means we're basing our lives on a book we've never actually read. Why is that? How can there be so much love, respect, and admiration for a book we see as sacred, yet people won't read it? A LOT of crazy things have been done in the name of "the Bible says." The Bible has bee...

The Bible is not a collection of 66 random books full of odd stories. It’s not a compilation of inspirational quotes. It’s not a moral code. This book is the way God has chosen to reveal Himself to us. As you read and engage every page with an understanding of the overarching storyline, God reveals more and more of himself to us. That’s why we call the Bible “the unfolding revelation of God”. And...

Merry Christmas from your Northplace family! "Obedience to God aligns us with His heart and places us in the pathway of His blessings." - Pastor Bryan

Christmas is the story of this transcendent God becoming one of us--the story of the divine becoming human--of deity robing himself in flesh. Because of that, our attention in the coming days before Christmas will be on the baby in a manger. The nativity scene captures our focus; however, we will NEVER comprehend the magnitude of God becoming flesh until we understand what it means for God to be G...

Ever Present Week 2 Psalm 46 doesn't normally cause people to think about Christmas, but the concept of an Ever-Present God is the very essence of what Christmas is all about. What God has done for us in the Christmas story--his willingness to be present with us--is one of the most beautiful expressions and demonstrations of love you will ever see. Just think about how much peace it would giv...

During the month of December, we celebrate God's presence in the world, with Christmas as the pinnacle, but we also let our anticipation build for his return--his second Advent--as promised in scripture. To understand the "Ever Present" nature of God, we need to understand two words often used in theological circles that are rarely used anywhere else: Transcendence and Immanence. Th...

Closing out The Affluenza Antidote series, this week we looked at the last part of Paul's explanation of the antidote that can cure our hearts of affluenza. If you want to move the heart of God, if you want to capture His attention, if you want to show Him love, then give yourself--your time and resources--doing something for the people that are made in His image. Like Paul, Jesus instructs u...

All Christians have been instructed to do good for other people. Poor Christians, middle-income Christians, rich Christians. Every Christian, every follower of Jesus is supposed to “do good." But in his comments specifically made to affluent people, he’s saying: Do even more good. Can you imagine what would happen in our communities in our country if every Christian took this piece of advice...

Week 2 of series : The Affluenza Antidote Which of these two statements create the most anxiety in you: 1. There is no God. 2. You have no money. Your honest answer will tell you where you really place your hope. There is an antidote to affluenza clearly marked out for us in scripture, and if we can come to an awareness that we have this spiritual disease and we’re willing to apply the scripture’s...

Affluenza: 1. a pseudo-psychological condition defined as the inability of an individual to understand the consequences of their actions because of their social status or economic privilege. (i.e. Ethan Couch) 2. a social condition that arises from the desire to be more wealthy or successful. (i.e. most Americans) Jesus could not have been any clearer on what we should be doing with what we have....

If you have put your faith in Christ, you are not a slave; you are a son. You are not a slave; you are a daughter of the King. But because most of us don't truly understand what the Gospel promises, we live our lives like religious slaves instead of living our lives with assurances the love of God gives us as His children. Your identity is made up of the combination of your self-image and you...

Approval of Others + My Performance = My Self-Worth/Image/Identity. Here’s what this formula produces in us: 1. Fear of failure 2. Fear of rejection 3. Fear of punishment 4. Shame These 4 things are the byproduct of living our lives performing to gain approval and letting other people’s opinions determine our self-worth. These are 4 lies that govern us when we don’t understand the gospel. These li...

Your thoughts affect your emotional, relational, and spiritual development. And so many of our emotional, relational, and life problems are rooted in our wrong assumptions, perceptions, and beliefs about love and acceptance. We haven’t fully grasped the way God loves us. Most people going to church every Sunday don’t really understand the gospel. They’re more influenced by religious traditions tha...

For some of us, we reached what we thought was the dream, but it doesn't feel as magical as we pictured it. For some of us, it feels like the dream is constantly ever-so slightly outside of our grasp. For some of us, the dream is dormant. We've let defeat and frustration bring us to a place where giving up on the dream felt like a better option than waiting for it to happen the way we th...

One of the consequences of sin is alienation. Not just alienation from God, but also from each other. In the Bible, relationship restoration is often referred to as "reconciliation." When lived out, the gospel has the power to restore us to each other.  "For Christ Himself has brought peace to us. He united Jews and Gentiles into one people when, in His own body on the cross, He bro...