The Naz Church Podcast

Pastor John Keating New Year, New View...we live in a society that values education, it's how we learn new things. We study, we experiment, we gain knowledge in our attempt to bring greater understanding and better ourselves. Today I want to look at the idea that Christ followers are "Educated beyond our Obedience." I want to show how this is something not just present today but an idea Christ him...

Pastor Dale Benson Last week Pastor David spoke to us about "imposter Syndrome" and learning to find our identity at the feet of Jesus… Maybe some of us are just worse at this following Christ thing than others. Maybe this is just the state we human beings live in, where we naturally look at what we don’t have rather than what we do have. It started in the beginning with Eve wanting to eat from th...

Pastor David Morrison John 8:1-11 NLT - This story takes place when another impostor is teaching in the temple. Jesus in John 7 declares that He is the living water, He was declaring Himself the Messiah, and they wanted to arrest Him, but the guards wouldn't do it, saying "we've never heard anyone talk the way that He does.” - Jesus was the definition of an impostor to the religious leaders. Exodu...

Pastor Dale Benson - 2 Kings 6:17 (NLT) - John 2:9 (NLT) - John 4:11-12 (NLT) - John 4:27 (NLT) - Luke 7:47 (NLT) - John 8:10 (NLT) In each of the stories above, God has to give the people in the story a new perspective. I spent the last week looking at my own past to begin looking in the future: - 55 years ago today, my eyes saw the first light of day. - 40 years ago today, I received my learner'...

Pastor John Keating Chapter 1: Jonah Rebelling & Running From God - Jonah 1:2-3 (NLT) Chapter 2: Jonah Repenting & Running Back to God - Jonah 2:1-2 (NLT) Chapter 3: Jonah Restarting & Running with God - Jonah 3:1-3 (NLT) Chapter 4: Jonah Regretting & Resenting God - Jonah 3:10-4:3 (NLT) Matthew 6:31-33 (NLT)

Pastor Dale Benson Genesis 1:1-4; John 1:4-5 In Genesis 1 we read that at the very beginning of creation, the very first things that God speaks into existence is light. Genesis 1:1-4 (NLT) In Isaiah 60, Revelation 21 & 22 we are told that there will be no day and no night in heaven because the glory of God will light everything. John 1:4-5 (NLT) In a recent study the Northwestern University Feinbe...

Pastor David Morrison Isaiah 9:1-3, 6 Matthew 2: 9-11 John 15:11-13 Matthew 28:2-8 Psalm 51:12

District Superintendent Sam Barber 2 Samuel 7:1-11, 16 * Let God play the lead; you are a supporting actor. * Remember that God is with you, even when it seems He isn’t. * Remember that God is working in His own time and in unexpected ways. The very story of Christmas illustrates this reality. * God in His own time, came to be with us, in a surprising way…the baby of Bethlehem. Jesus is Emmanuel....

Pastor Dale Benson Romans 5:1-5   We throw the word “hope” around a lot. Most often in scripture we find hope accompanied by other virtues or circumstances that shape it or give definition to it.   * “Where then is my hope – who can see any hope for me?” – Job * “For I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord.  Plans to prosper and not to harm you.  Plans for a future and a hope.” – The Pro...

Pastor Carlos Huertas   Ephesians 1:3-7 (NIV) When a man or woman believes/trusts in Him, they are complete. Scripture tells us that we have everything, all His blessings. We are not missing or need anything, we have it all. Being guided by the Lord is a life with purpose, a life with gratitude. When we understand that we have been chosen for something, a plan that is way bigger than us, this is s...

Pastor David Morrison
John 6:3-13, Matthew 26:26-29 John 6:3-13 (NLT) * Can you imagine what this scene must have looked like? 5,000 people! * The disciples didn’t even have food. * But a little boy offers his 5 small rolls and 2 fish. John 6:11 (NLT) * Jesus gave thanks or said grace. * This prayer was powerful. It took a boy’s lunch and fed thousands with it! Why is it important to give thanks b...

Pastor John Keating Join us as Pastor John brings this week’s message!

Pastor Dale Benson Philippians 1:3-11   We have decided that for the month of November, we would like to express our appreciation and gratitude to you, and that as a church we would turn our hearts and minds toward thanking the wonderful community in which we live.   The passage that we will be starting with during this month is found at the beginning of Paul’s letter to the church at Philippi.  ...

Pastor Dale Benson   1 Samuel 17:1-11 (NLT) Saul and his army felt trapped.  They were being challenged to fight a battle they didn’t think they could win.  They were being called out as individuals.  Every man in Saul’s army had to admit that they were not able to fight the giant.  They were being tormented, bullied, belittled, and made to feel worthless.   There is a story written in 1 Kings 6 t...

Pastor David Morrison   As I think about Rise Up, I keep thinking it’s now our turn to carry the torch for the unknown and the next generation. It’s Time.   Joshua 1:6-9 (NLT)   Background:  - The people of Israel are at a crossroads, after 40 years in the desert.  - God says, “you wicked people, do not attack, for I am not with you.”  - They did anyways and were defeated and went into the dessert...

Pastor Dale Benson Psalm 102   The “What If” questions of today will have repercussion for the realities of tomorrow. Throughout scripture we have times and places where the people of God are called to do something big. Then they are called to commemorate these things and remember them.   Psalm 102:18 (NLT) - Let this be recorded for future generations. The nation of Israel had ways of passing dow...

Pastor John Keating Acts 3:1-10   Today I want to challenge a mindset: to start noticing the needs that need addressed around us and maybe quit accepting it and walking on by. Acts 3:1-10 (NLT) - He was lame from birth (read ahead in chapter 4 he was 40 years old) - He had to be carried, he couldn’t stand/move about without the help of others - Each Day he was taken to the front entrance of the Te...

Pastor Dale Benson Mark 2:1-5   Mark 2:1-5 (NLT) - Most of the healings we read about in scripture take place when someone comes to Jesus, or later the disciples and seeks healing.  But there are numbers of times in scripture when Jesus heals someone based on the faith of someone else. - There is a story of a centurion’s servant who needed healing.  The centurion tells Jesus to simply speak the wo...

Pastor John Keating   Today we will delve into: * What drove Jesus to live as He did? * What was His purpose? * How would we view His legacy? * Does that have to do with our legacy? Luke 4:16-21 (NLT) * This is the Legacy of Jesus: He was obedient to what God’s will for Him!     Have you ever noticed the difference in how people are described?   When you want to know about someone who is alive you...

Pastor Dale Benson 1 Corinthians 12   In 1963, a group of between 25-30 people gathered at Kingston School in Grove City, Ohio, and God brought to fulfillment a dream and vision for a church that would share the message of the full gospel with Grove City, Ohio.    They were a part of a holiness movement that believed a few things:  * God created a beautiful, good world and created man in His image...

Pastor David Morrison    Luke 2:46-49 (NLT); Matthew 19:13-15 (NLT) Have you ever had a crisis of faith? A moment where you doubted God’s existence?

“You cannot have faith without doubt. The very fact that you have doubts means that it is faith.” - Nicky Gumbel 

The answer is found in learning what it means to become like a child. To become like a child is to grow again. To become as a child is...

Pastor Dale Benson Matthew 12:30 (NLT) Mark 9:38-41 (NLT) Matthew 15:21-28 (NLT) 
At the heart of this message, I would like to answer the questions that I believe I hear most people really asking in their heart. . . It is one of two questions:
Question 1: Would Jesus want to be with me?
The simple answer is “Yes!”
Question 2: Who would Jesus want me to be with?
That answer may be different for ea...

Pastor John Keating   Matthew 3:13-17 (NLT) 1. Heaven was Opened 2. Spirit Descending 3. Father Expressing His Love    Discussion Questions:   * Why was Jesus baptized, and what does it tell us about Him that He would submit to baptism?  * What does it mean for us to be baptized?  * What can it look like to live a life dependent upon God? 

Pastor David Morrison   Matthew 4:1-11 (NLT) 
Since Jesus is fully God and fully Man, it matters that He faced temptation. Jesus is your strength – He prays for you. When you fall, God isn’t done with you. When you fall, He calls you to repent.   And as you walk through your temptation… He will use your life, your failures, your story to strengthen the people around you!

Pastor Dale Benson   Matthew 6:33 (NLT)
How did Christ allow God to have first place in His life? - He emptied himself. - He relied on the Father. - In everything, The Father had preeminence.   Colossians 1:15-20 (NLT) - In everything He must have first place. Or in everything, He must be the center. - Most often in life, we seek our Kingdom, and our righteousness above all else. 
In what aspect o...