Northplace Church Podcast

Of all the people you have interacted with in life, who would say has hurt you the most? Whose the first to come to your mind? Who’s wounded you? Who’s lied about you? Who’s walked out on you? Who’s taken your money? Gossiped about you? Who sexually or physically abused you? Who’s been ungrateful and humiliated you in front of a group of people? Who’s said things at a Bible study or at church that produced incredible pain? Who betrayed you? We don’t mean to pull off a scab. We don’t mean to stir up things that you’ve worked to keep locked deep down in your heart. But we want you to follow us today and give the Holy Spirit a chance to do something supernatural. Visit http://northplacechurch.com/watch for the video of this message.

There are some areas to which we're blind. Or maybe we have some sight, but can't see from time to time. For the video visit: http://northplacechurch.com/watch

We’ve been discussing what a truly mature, authentic Christian looks like. Jesus tells us to love the Lord with all our heart, with all of our mind and with all of our strength and to love our neighbor as our selves. Paul takes that simple but profound summation of the Christian life and explains what it looks like when practically lived out in everyday life. We’ve been studying Paul’s explanation in our study of Romans 12. Jesus says we are to love God and love people. When Paul expands on that thought in Romans 12, he answers this question…How do we love God? In vs 1...by giving him all of us…surrender. Then, in verse 2 Paul warns us that this world’s system will seduce us away from our savior if we allow it…so he calls us to live separate and distinct from the behaviors and customs of this world. Then in verse 3-8 Paul comes to the crux of the issue by calling us into a moment of self-examination and forcing us to ask the question, How do you view yourself? Because you will never be able to love God and

Paul uses relationship as the measurement of true spiritual maturity. During this time, many of the believers in Rome had not fully grasped the complete message of the gospel of grace; so they measured a person’s spiritual depth by their morals, their external behavior, and their ability to follow a list of religious rules. Paul was fully aware that there were many rule followers who had successfully changed many of their external behaviors…but had never been transformed in their hearts. Religion is dominated by rules and focuses on the external changes…“behavior modification”…but Jesus is focused on changing you from the inside out. The exterior will take care of itself when the soul of a person is supernaturally transformed. For the video visit: http://northplacechurch.com/watch

Spiritual maturity is not measured by how well you keep a certain list of rules but by how you manage 5 key areas of relationship. In Romans 12 Paul shows the 5 relationships and the authentic Christian response in those areas. The Relationships and Responses of Authentic Christianity • Relationship with God = Surrendered • Relationship with the world’s values (culture) = Separate • Relationship with yourself = Serious in Self-Assessment • Relationship with other believers = Serving • Relationship with the “sought” = Supernatural Those 5 relationships and responses are basically an outline of the entire chapter of Romans 12. We quickly went through all of them last week. But today I want us to drill down a little bit but we are not going to get very far. For the video visit: http://northplacechurch.com/watch

The events that are unfolding in our world right now, the events that are unfolding in our country and even in our own city are addressed in the words of Romans 12. It would do all American Christians some good to immerse themselves in Romans 12 right now. This political year and recent racial tensions combined with social media have brought out the worst in people who claim to follow Jesus. Romans 12 is like the Cliff Notes on the entire Bible. It is the executive summary of the most read book on the planet. Diving into an in depth study of what God says in Romans 12 will change your life and spiritually mature us as a church. We encourage you during the week to read the 12th chapter of the book of Romans and become as familiar with it as you can. We even challenge you to commit it to memory. For the video visit: http://northplacechurch.com/watch

Introducing Northplace Church in Durban South Africa. Hear the backstory and our vision for this place. This video contains powerful visuals, watch it in its entirety at: http://northplacechurch.com/watch

Listen to timely message from Pastor Scotty Gibbons. Do not be conformed to this world, be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Romans 12:2 For the video visit: http://northplacechurch.watch

In a time of national disunity, God has called us to model unity. In a time of fear, God has called the us to be courageous. Many are fearful that the violence we’ve seen is a sign of a fracturing American social fabric. That may well be the case. Even so, we are part of a social order that transcends and will outlast the American one. As we said last week, we are citizens of another country. To watch the video visit: http://northplacechurch.com/watch

This weekend’s festivities across the country are the epitome of “Americana”. The corn is almost head-high. Watermelons are juicy. Flags are waving. Fireworks light up the sky. Kids ride their bikes. Families picnic together. Churches gather for worship. People sing patriotic songs. Apple pies bake in ovens. An underdog wins the college baseball world series. These are nostalgic American traditions.I'm humbled and grateful to enjoy the freedoms that have come at such a high cost for thousands of men and women in our military. When you hear the phrase “Freedom isn’t Free”. Be reminded of the costs associated with what we enjoy.Visit our website for the video of this message.Northplace Church on FacebookNorthplace Church on InstagramPastor Bryan Jarrett on FacebookPastor Bryan Jarrett on InstagramPastor Bryan Jarrett on Twitter

Rodney ‘Gipsy’ Smith never received a formal education, yet he lectured at Harvard. He grew up in a gypsy camp outside London, yet he was invited to the Whitehouse by two different presidents. Gypsy Smith was powerfully used of God preaching to millions as he crisscrossed the Atlantic Ocean forty-five times. Everywhere he went, it seemed like revival was on his heels. Gypsy revealed his secret to a delegation of hungry seekers that asked him how they could make a difference with their lives the way he had with his. His answer was simple yet profound—as timely and timeless now as it was a hundred years ago. Go home. Lock yourself in your room. Kneel down in the middle of the floor, and with a piece of chalk, draw a circle around yourself. There, on your knees, pray fervently and brokenly that God would start a revival within that chalk circle. For the video visit: http://northplacechurch.com/watch

In his first public sermon, Jesus quoted the prophet Isaiah and said that he had come to set the captives free. We tend to think of that statement in judicial terms—we think of salvation setting us free from the penalty of sin. And that is certainly part of the meaning. But salvation is so much more than the elimination of sin. Salvation releases us to become the people God has destined us to be. It sets us on a path toward our God-ordained destiny in our spiritual, relational, and professional lives. And part of that is becoming men of God. Unfortunately, a lot of men feel like half-men. We feel incomplete. We feel unfinished. We feel like captives. We want to be men of God, but we aren’t entirely sure how to get there or what that looks like. John Eldredge, a well known writer to men, captures it well: "What we have now is a world of uninitiated men. Partial men. Boys, mostly, walking around in men’s bodies, with men’s jobs and families, finances, and responsibilities. The passing on of masculinity

We want to help you see and understand the importance of the Word 511 challenge. We want you to see the heart behind it. Watch the message: http://northplacechurch.com/watch

Nevertheless is one of the most powerful words in the English language when it comes to your walk with God. And when we can learn to mean it...not just say...when we truly surrender to his perfect will...we will learn what it means to be free. For the video visit: http://northplacechurch.com/watch

For many people, the Memorial Day celebration is simply an opportunity to get a 3-day weekend…and for far too many people, the only thing they are celebrating is a day off. Why is Memorial Day so important? From a patriotic or national perspective, Memorial Day is vital to our liberties and freedoms as a people. If we forget the sacrifice that has been made for us, we will take for granted the liberty and prosperity that we enjoy. When we reap where others have sown without sharing in the pain of their sacrifice, we become entitled, spoiled brats…and assume that what we have is simply a birth right. It’s not.

Missions is an invitation to partner with a sovereign and powerful God to bring His kingdom fully to earth. This partnership in missions is not only an obligation and responsibility but also a privilege. We are not a defeated people begrudgingly giving and going on the behalf of a weak God. We are giving to missions and going on mission because our King holds the destiny of the world in the palm of his right hand and he has graciously extended us the opportunity to be involved in the redemption of our fellow man. For the video visit: http://northplacechurch.com/watch

We serve a God who exceeds our expectations. Listen to this powerful message from Robert Madu. For the video go to: http://northplacechurch.com/watch

There is a song that says, “It’s a man’s world”…but any man with any sense would know…if not for the influence of women in our lives and in our world…we wouldn’t be the men we are. It is true that women have been the shapers of destiny in our world and this well-known quote sums it up perfectly: The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world. Women have shaped the influence and life of the church. We also want to honor those who face a great degree of pain in the face of this weekend’s celebrations. Some of you, both male and female, are grieving the loss of your mom’s and this weekend brings all those emotions back. There are couples here today living through a very real battle with infertility and Mother’s day and Father’s days seem to complicate those emotions...there are still others who have lost a child. It would be superficial for us to go on celebrating today and not acknowledge the courage it took for you to be at Northplace this weekend. We honor you. For the video visit: http://northplacec

Change is inevitable but change is not the issue. Transition is the issue. Change is the difference in an external situation. Transition is internal response to change. Transition is the way you process the change spiritually, emotionally, and psychologically. The way you respond to change and navigate transition will determine how much peace you will posses in the face of change. It will determine whether or not you are “whole” in the process. For the video visit: http://northplacechurch.com/watch

The miraculously crossed the Red Sea and were delivered from Egypt. This was their End Zone. It marked the end of being a nation of slaves.  They spent 40 years wandering in a wilderness becoming the people God wanted them to be. This wilderness season is the neutral zone.  They eventually made their way into the promise land...marking their New Beginning.  The middle phase...the neutral zone...is probably the most significant part of transitioning properly. How you manage the neutral zone will determine whether you become bitter or better. This is the confusing, chaotic, in between state. It’s no man’s land. It’s the desert place where most people give up and throw in the towel. In the case of the children of Israel, this wilderness/neutral zone phase takes up most of the story. Their neutral zone was 40 years of desert wandering...BUT...It was in the desert that this population of slaves became a nation strong enough to invade and conquer Canaan.Visit our website for the video of this message.Northplace Chu