Fully Alive: The Official Podcast of Northland Church

A&E 2024: New Songs, Same Humanity | Week 4 of 4

Sermon Synopsis: 
By embracing and following Jesus as the way, the truth, and the life rather than following our own desires, we gain life lessons that provide a framework for love relationships, decision-making, and forgiveness. This leads to a life that is less tortured and more nurtured. 

A&E 2024: New Songs, Same Humanity | Week 3 of 4

There is a contrast between how Job, in the Book of Job, and Benson Boone, in the song "Beautiful Things," approach loss and suffering in their lives. Boone expresses his worry about losing the beautiful things in his life, and he fails to realize and embrace God, who is the most beautiful thing in the world. Job, however, after losing beautiful things and questioning God, praises, worships, extols, and remains faithful to God. Job realized that God was better than life itself and that God was always more than enough.

A&E 2024: New Songs, Same Humanity | Week 2 of 4

Sermon Synopsis:
This sermon series, New Songs, Same Humanity, equips us to missionally engage family, friends, and co-workers as we spiritually and biblically listen to music. This week's song is "Saturn" by SZA, which records SZA's searching for where she is, why she is where she is, how she copes with where she is, and who or what will save her. As believers, we know that Jesus is the saving bridge that fully saves, satisfies, and transfers us from the kingdom of this world to the Kingdom of God. 

A&E 2024: New Songs, Same Humanity | Week 1 of 4 (Derwin Anderson)

Sermon Synopsis for July 7-8, 2024
Psalm 30 calls on us to have prayerful dependence on God, which reflects our perspective, prayerful deliverance by God, which reflects our position, and praiseworthy declaration of God, which demonstrates our persistence. As we praise and give thanksgiving to God, in good circumstances and difficult times, we realize His love for us and His ability to "turn my wailing into dancing" and His ability to remove my "sackcloth and clothed me with joy." (Psalm 30:11)  

T.E.D. Series 2024 Week 4 of 4 | Part 2

Sermon Synopsis
God is calling the church to live in the world as a witness to Him and His rule and reign. As we live on a mission for God, the credibility of our witness in the world is tied to the contrast of how we live our lives, which is different from the world. We are able to thrive through practicing faithful presence as we trust our loving God. 

T.E.D. Series 2024 Week 4 of 4 | Part 1

Sermon Synopsis
God is calling the church to live in the world as a witness to Him and His rule and reign. As we live on a mission for God, the credibility of our witness in the world is tied to the contrast of how we live our lives, which is different from the world. We are able to thrive through practicing faithful presence as we trust our loving God. 

T.E.D. Series 2024 Week 3 of 4 | Parts 1 & 2

In exile, a fiery faith of conviction is needed to face the fiery furnace of cultural conformity. As we progress through transitions, tests, trials, and triumphs, we need to leverage our earthly citizenship to appeal for justice, seek well-being, pursue God’s mission, and exercise our rights as citizens to achieve the good and flourishing of all. Our goal is to think deeply and biblically as we engage with American democracy and, as we do so, leverage our earthly citizenship for heavenly good.

T.E.D. Series 2024 | Week 2, Part 2 of 2

The Church is divided theologically, missiologically, and politically. It is rightfully forced to return to the Bible and relearn what it means to be the people of God in a foreign land. As believers, we are called to thrive as prophetic witnesses who are a faithful presence in our world.

T.E.D. Series 2024 | Week 2, Part 1 of 2

The Church is divided theologically, missiologically, and politically. It is rightfully forced to return to the Bible and relearn what it means to be the people of God in a foreign land. As believers, we are called to thrive as prophetic witnesses who are a faithful presence in our world.

T.E.D. Series 2024 | Week 1, Part 2 of 2

This is part two of two parts.
 
Sermon Synopsis for June 1-2, 2024
The Church needs to demonstrate a robust missiology and a rudimentary understanding of government to be effective in a divided democracy. When the church is faithfully present to King Jesus, worshipping God in all spheres of life, it becomes the most missionally effective in the world.