NP Berean Sermons Podcast

Last week we explored our first vision component of Treasuring God - treasuring him and seeking his kingdom above all else! This week we'll remind ourselves of this first call to Treasure God and also discover an incredible principle that we are transformed to look like whatever we treasure! We grow in our relationship with Jesus Christ as we are Being Transformed to resemble him more and more as...

As we launch 2025, we're going to get back to basics. Our mission here at Berean is "Leading people into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ." But questions we ought to ask include: "What does a growing relationship with Jesus Christ look like?" "How can I tell if I'm growing in my relationship with Jesus?" As a church, we've identified, from Scripture, four core areas of what a growing relat...

Today we'll be hearing from Uziel Romero (our Worship Arts Director). After he preaches a shorter sermon, we want to hear from YOU. How have you seen God at work in your life (we call them God stories)? What is God teaching you right now? We want to take time on this final Sunday of 2024 to highlight the greatness of God as we look back over 2024 and anticipate his movement in 2025!

Next in our Advent series, "Christmas Hymns," we're exploring the biblical foundations for "What Child Is This?" This song invites us to wrestle with the unmatched uniqueness of the Christ child – announced by angels, arrived in the humblest of circumstances, born of a virgin, worshiped by the poorest and the richest, bringer of great joy. Who do you say Jesus is?

Today we'll continue our Advent series, "Christmas Hymns" as we explore the biblical foundations for "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day." This song, while not as well-known, speaks a timely message for us today. Despair can so easily grip us as it looks like peace on earth and good will to men has been ground up under the hate and mocking of sin. But rest assured, there is good news found in God'...

We're continuing our Advent series, "Christmas Hymns" as we explore the biblical foundations for "Joy to the World!" As we look back to the First Coming and look ahead to the Second Coming we'll delight in the hope that is rooted in the past and assured in the future!

Today we are launching our Advent series, "Christmas Hymns" in which we'll be exploring the biblical foundations of some treasured and classic songs of the season. This week, we'll start with the song, "Come Thou Long Expected Jesus." We'll delight in the greatness and goodness of God drawing near to us in the incarnated person of Jesus - the Christ!

Last week we talked about preparing for the coming crush of the demands on our finances. This week we'll prime our hearts and explore how we can love God and love our neighbors in the holiday season using our limited resource of time. Here's the catch: if we don't intentionally consider this, decisions will be made for us - and they may ones we regret after the holidays!

This week we are starting a short, two-week series called "Tis the Season." As we rapidly approach the holidays we want to get ahead of the coming crush of the demands on our finances and time. How can we love God and love our neighbors in the holiday season using these precious resources? Here's the catch: if we don't intentionally consider this, decisions will be made for us - and they may be on...

This week is national "Stand Sunday" as we remember those families who are in the sphere of the foster care system. We have several ministries here at Berean that care for children and we'll highlight opportunities outside the church where we can connect and serve if the Lord calls.

What does it look like practically to live out our faith in Christ? Having explored Gospel Foundations (Romans 1-4), Gospel Fruit (5-8), and Gospel Faithfulness (9-11), Paul makes a radical shift as he draws his letter to a close. The first 11 chapters were full of indicatives (statements of truth) about us, God, and how Christ restores our broken relationship with God. But from chapter 12 onward,...

As we've studied Romans, we've understood Gospel Foundations (chapters 1-4), delighted in Gospel Fruit (chapters 5-8), and been comforted in Gospel Faithfulness (chapters 9-11). Before we enter the final movement of Romans (Gospel Flourishing), however, we'll explore how Paul ends his section on Gospel Faithfulness as all the theology he's espoused now culminates in doxology - praise to our Great...

After sharing with us on Friday and Saturday about the material from his seminar, "Family By Design" guest speaker Bryan Clark shares an encouraging and challenging message "You Are His Masterpiece" from Ephesians 2:1-10.

When trouble comes, it's easy to judge God as being deficient in some way – in power, love, goodness, justice, wisdom… But this assumes we know how things should be and he doesn't, or that he does know but won't/can't make it happen. Could it be, though, that the limitation is not in God, but in us?

When the storms of life come, there are two key errors we can make. One is we pretend everything is fine and never truly express the deep grief and hurt we're feeling. The other is we go overboard and let the pain essentially become our identity – we exalt our sorrow over everything else, ultimately even over God himself.

In this life, hardship is inevitable. We live in a broken world where pain, sorrow, disappointment and loss are as sure as death and taxes. Live long enough and you'll experience brokenness of relationships and even the death of loved ones. Part of our role as shepherds of God's flock is to get us ready for the moments when these trials assail. For the next three weeks we're going to be exploring...

We're concluding Paul's assertions that God has, in no way, rejected his chosen people Israel. From this, we know that he will not reject us either! But this shouldn't make us complacent or arrogant - rather we should grow in humility and the fear of the Lord (which isn't being afraid of him hurting us, but a combination of awe and intimacy with him).

Does it ever feel like we're a shrinking minority who want to follow Jesus? Even more, do we ever feel lonely and wonder just how many people around us (besides us) are trying to follow God well? Is the church on the verge of extinction by the attacks of the world? Good news – throughout history, God has always preserved a remnant for himself. He will continue to do this, and he can be trusted to...

Jumping back into our Gospel Faithfulness series, we’ll see how God desires not only to draw people to himself, but even to use us in that process! In the end, we'll be captivated by a compellingly beautiful picture of God's posture to both Israel and the world. As we see these things, we'll also, once again, see Paul's unshakable belief in the unsearchable wisdom of God who puts together both div...

School is back in session, and hopefully we're adjusting back into our "school year routines." One routine we deeply desire for all at NP Berean is to be involved in a Grow Group throughout the school year. Today we'll be exploring why this desire is so crucial and we'll have a clear opportunity to step into a group that can lead us into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ in the coming month...