Northplace Church Podcast
Summary: Northplace Church is a place where the doors are wide open to people from all backgrounds. This podcast includes messages from our Sunday services from Lead Pastor Bryan Jarrett and others. 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. Visit www.NorthplaceChurch.com for additional information.
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- Artist: Pastor Bryan Jarrett
- Copyright: Northplace Church 2016
Podcasts:
US - Generosity as a Culture 10.03.15 & 10.04.15
US - The Power of Culture - 09.26.15 & 09.27.15
Why I Love The Church - Guest Speaker Scotty Gibbons - 09.19.15 & 09.20.15
Moments - Call Me Mara 09.12.15 & 09.13.15
Moments - Jesus is Enough 09.05.15 & 09.06.15
Moments - The Regret of a Missed Opportunity - 08.29.15 & 08.30.15
Moments - Just Come Home - 08.22.15 & 08.23.15
The Sabbath - 08.16.15
Jesus The Alpha and Omega - 08.09.15
The Mountain Becomes a Plain - 08.02.15
The Mission of Christ - 07.26.15
Our Immutable God - 07.19.15
The Joy of a Third Class Ticket - 07.12.15
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 want it to be true. We don’t want to say it because it’s heart breaking to see what is becoming of a nation that so many have given their lives to protect. In no way do we want to dishonor their commitment and sacrifice. We’ve known that things have been changing for a while and we have even seen the pace of moral decline pick up speed in the last decade but we have held out hope that some how…some way…it would return back to the way it used to be. But the Supreme Court’s recent decision to federally legalize gay marriage…not only legalized gay marriage…it was the wake up call to those of us in a hopeful daydream…that the concept of this being a Christian nation has long since past. http://northplacechurch.com
8 But Daniel resolved that he would not defile himself... 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 explain the unexplainable. The only thing he could control, change, or explain was his on personal resolved...his decision...his made up mind.
