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Jesus’ parable from Luke today is really not one that is easy to grasp the meaning of. It would be easy to look at this and say it is a lesson in social skills. But it’s not. Jesus is challenging those present to look at their life in a different way. He was subverting social norms. What do I mean? I mean, at that time, there were clear distinctions between classes of people – how food is distributed by Roman soldiers for example. Who and how much depended your social status. You knew who was above you and who was beneath you in the social order. We still have some of this today, it’s not as clearly defined, or maybe it is, but in a Democracy it not supposed to be...nevertheless, it is still with us today. Our emphasis on brands or logos, for example. The car we drive has a way of saying something about us. The logo or brand of a piece of clothing, shoes, accessories says something. It’s not just about the brand, but what the brand means or stands for. Flying first class or coach on an airplane is another exa

Many bible-believing Christians all over this country had an odd mix of emotions this patriotic weekend. Some of them were willing to express those emotions…others were so bothered by what they were feeling they were ashamed to express it. Let me see if I can put into words what some of you are feeling.It’s the 4th of July weekend…it’s the weekend for all that is Americana…the nostalgia…of baseball, fireworks, apple pie, and Norman Rockwell paintings…the childhood memories of chasing fire flies or lightening bugs during a July sunset. And while you may have partaken with family and friends in some of those traditional Fourth of July gatherings and events. Something was missing. It just wasn’t the same. Why? Because the America you remember celebrating doesn’t exist any more. That statement is so hard for me to say. It’s the very reason some of us have not put any words to the emotion we felt this weekend. We don’t want to admit it. We can’t bring ourselves to say it. We don’t want to say it because we don’t w

"But Daniel resolved that he would not defile himself…" Daniel 1:8 ESV The ESV says “resolved” other versions uses similar words: Daniel Resolved...Purposed...Decided...Determined. He made up his mind. There was an abrupt change in his surroundings. Daniel encountered serious external changes. His land had been invaded and he had been taken captive. He no longer lived in Jerusalem but in Babylon. He was no longer able to worshiped in the temple. He was forced to live in a city filled with pagan temples. There was an abrupt change in values. The culture in Babylon did not value the things of God. Everything that Daniel held dear was despised in Babylon and everything he despised was embraced. But in the middle of all the change, Daniel resolved to live his life from the inside out. He did not waste his time trying to control the uncontrollable. He knew the only event, circumstance, or person he could truly control was himself. He did not expend energy trying to change the unchangeable, nor ex

Today, we hope to challenge the men of the church but we also hope to impart life to you…we hope to help you see the potential of your influence to shape families and ultimately nations…we hope to send you with hope… we pray…that regardless of your past…Father’s day 2015 is day of new beginnings. But, here’s the elephant in the room…some of us had bad fathers and its difficult to show honor or be excited about this day…others of us are grieving because our father’s have passed away…some of us as father’s are living with a ton of regret because of our past mistakes and wasted years. I believe there is grace for all of us in these situations. This video features Pastor Bryan Jarrett with his son Cadyn Jarrett on Father's Day.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

Over the last couple of weeks, we have been talking about trust. When we started, I didn’t intended to preach a series on trust…but each week…it seemed like the Lord was wanting to deposit another nugget in our hearts about his vital piece of what it really means to be a Christ follower. Today I want us to look at what it looks like to trust God in the middle of a storm but before we can do that we need to first ask the question…what’s the source of the storm? Why am I even going through this storm in the first place?

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"Last week, in a very raw and transparent way, I told you about the remedial course in trust…Trust 101…that God seems to be taking me through. I thought I had proven my trust to him multiple times. There have been moments in my life where I have taken unthinkable, irrational steps of faith…and I thought… “Surely those moments validate my level of trust in God.” But as I mature…as I grow in him…I am learning that A mature trust is not only the willingness to take a single irrational step of faith but also the willingness to trust him consistently in the small daily things." Bryan JarrettFor more information visit http://northplacechurch.com/

Welcome to Northplace Church, the place where the doors are wide open to people from all backgrounds. Whether you're new on your spiritual journey or a committed Christian who wants to get connected more deeply to Jesus, you have a place at Northplace.

"Today, I am going to ask you to extend grace to me and allow me to think out loud. The Lord is working on me and in me. The words I share with you today are not the polished words of a man who has mastered these principles. These are the words of a reflective heart trying to grow from the Lords loving rebukes and correction in my life. Today, I am not preaching “at” you…but inviting you into a conversation that has been going on between me and the Lord this week. Every time I tried to “get a sermon” for you…I felt impressed to preach the sermon going in me. I argued with God. This is personal. I really don’t want to admit this. It’s not fully developed yet. My thoughts are polished enough…its too raw.But as I always do…I lost that argument. So…here is a raw and…probably rambling conversation about Worry, Pessimism, Pride, and Prayerlessness…and how these things are the symptoms of hearts that are controlling, have given up hope and stopped trusting. Listen to that again:Worry, Pessimism, Pride, and Pray

There are actually 2 celebrations taking place this weekend: one on the national calendar and one on the church calendar. Today, we want to honor them both. On a national level…this is Memorial Day weekend. Our nation pushes pause to honor the men and women who have given their lives in military service to this country. We honor the fallen.A few years ago, a counter-insurgency consultant was brought in to speak to a group of Army officers. He started his presentation with "Ladies and Gentlemen, America is at War." Immediately a voice comes up from the back "Sir, you are wrong. The US Army is at war, America is at the Mall."That statement by an officer in the US Army is sobering but this weekend will remind us again, how detached we are from the reality of the world around us. For most, Memorial Day is a three-day weekend, filled with bar-b-que’s and picnics, big sales and shopping sprees . . . A time to get away from the normal humdrum of the week. For other’s it’s the beginning of summer

"As I prepared for our time together today, there were three groups of people strongly on my heart: The battle weary saint, the graduate, the convictionless Christian."The Battle Weary…This is the person who is spiritually, emotionally, and physically exhausted. This season of your life has been plagued by battles on every front. You have recently said something similar to this: The Lord promised us he wouldn’t put on us more than we could bear. I don’t want to question him but I don’t know how much more I can handle. You’re tired, you’re fatigued, your fingers are slipping at the end of the rope. You’re Battle Weary. "The Graduate…This is the student who is finishing high school or college. Your so excited that school is over or about over that you are beside yourself. But underneath all that excitement there is this anxiety or even fear of the unknown in your future. "The Convictionless Christian…This is the person who enjoys the very real presence of God. They worship, they love Sunday,

Today…on Mother’s Day, the most appropriate day for this topic… Pastor Bryan Jarrett addresses an element of Northplace’s culture that you might not see in a mission statement or printed and framed on the wall anywhere…but it is an integral part of who we are. It’s one thing that sets the culture of this church apart from many other organizations. It’s one of the key ingredients of our organizational DNA.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

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 forget where we’ve come from…we are in danger of losing our bearings. Today we will pause for a moment and reflect…remember…why we worship the way we worship. Northplace Church is a Spirit-Empowered Church. We believe the Holy Spirit is the active agent of God on planet earth. We believe the Holy Spirit fills and empowers God’s people to expand his kingdom in our world. We believe that the book of Acts is more than a history book. It is a manual or picture of what New Testament Christianity is supposed to look like in the 21st century.Visit our website for the video of this message.Northplace Church on FacebookNorthpl

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 Paul signing off…it’s the formal closing of a personal letter.” You’re exactly right, and it’s in this formal closing that the Apostle has tucked a tremendous amount of revelation. In this list of Paul’s coworkers, we have briefly talked about Ephapras, we know Mark who wrote the gospel of Mark, we mentioned Aristarchus and we know Dr. Luke, who wrote the gospel of Luke and the book of Acts…but what about Demas. Here, it’s obvious that Demas is a fellow minister of the gospel and ministry partner of the apostle Paul. So respected that he is listed in the company of the two the original 12 disciples, Mark and Luke.For

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 eternity lasts forever. We’ve been trying to live as if we were leaving. This is the very reason why Jesus’ life was so revolutionary. He didn’t come to stay he came to leave. He didn’t waste a day, a moment, a conversation…because he knew how short his life would be. As we have said, He lived passionately. He loved completely and He left boldly. We have discussed living passionately and last week discussed leaving boldly. Today, I want to look at what it means to love completely. The way Jesus lived his life has taught us many things…but one of the crucial things is the value he placed on relationships.For more information

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 Paul an old man, and a prisoner of Christ. A good number of scholars wish to substitute another translation for old man. It is argued that Paul could not really be described as an old man. He certainly was not sixty years old; he was somewhere between that and fifty-five. But, on this basis, those who object to the translation old man are wrong. The word which Paul uses of himself is presbutēs; and Hippocrates, the great Greek medical writer, says that a man is presbutēs from the age of forty-nine to the age of fifty-six. Between these years, he is what we might call senior; only after that does he become a gerōn, the

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 decide what gate your going to depart from…you decide what journey your going to take in the after you die. In these moments together we are trying to address the reality that nobody wants to talk about. We are all “terminal”. No matter how you slice it, this life is going to end…for all us…every…last…one…of…us. As we said last week… The most significant marking any tombstone is not the dates but the dash. The date you’re born or the date you die is less important than how much life was in your living. The only thing that will really matter after you’re gone is how you used your dash. For more information visit http://no

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 Paul was helping to find the way back.For more information visit http://northplacechurch.com/

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 feel like an airport terminal…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 decide what gate your going to depart from…you decide what journey your going to take in the after you die. In these moments together we are trying to address the reality that nobody wants to talk about. We are all “terminal”. As they say, two things in life are certain…death and taxes. Let’s hope only one of those happens this week…taxes.For more information visit http://northplacechurch.com/

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 meaning of the word “terminal”. From the Easter invites that were designed to look like a boarding pass, to the sights and sounds when you walk in today…everything has been prepared to feel like an airport terminal…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 decide what gate your going to depart from…you decide what journey your going to take in the after life. Over the next few weeks, we want to address this reality that nobody wants to talk about. We are all “terminal”. Every person in this room that has had a beginning