North.church Podcast With Pastor Rodney Fouts

Pastor Rodney sits down and interviews special guest Blaine Bartel as he shares his powerful testimony of loss and resurrection. Blaine encourages us to be honest with and accountable to the people around us. His story also shows us just how transformative the grace of God is.Support the show

This week we’re talking about bitterness and forgiveness. We look at Hebrews 12 and the story of Jacob and Esau from the book of Genesis. Bitterness pollutes our lives, keeps us from reaching our potential, and presents us from having a close relationship with God. But forgiveness, done God’s way, will set us free.Support the show

The same grace that saved us is the same grace that grows us. Last week, Pastor Rodney talked about what spiritual growth and maturity look like. This week, he tells us how we can grow into the greater things that God has for each of us.Support the show

For week 2 of our series, Greater, Pastor Rodney is talking about spiritual growth and maturity. Growth is a decision to surrender to the greater things God has for us. We grow by drawing near to God through reading the Word, praying, and gathering together. Our spiritual maturity, our growth, can be measured by how we love other people and how we handle suffering.Support the show

Pastor Rodney is back in the house to kick off our new series, Greater, over the book of Hebrews. This week Pastor encourages us not to give up. When we feel like quitting, it is important to remember the greatness of Jesus and choose to live in awe of Him.Support the show

In the final week of our "Lies I Still Believe" series, Pastor Samson preaches an incredibly encouraging message from the book of Genesis. He uses the story of Jacob to remind us that God’s way is best, even when it doesn’t feel like it is.Support the show

Pastor Heady is bringing the word with ENERGY this weekend! He reminds us all that with Jesus, showing up doesn’t require perfection. We are all invited to come to know who Jesus is. And once we come, it’s like looking in a mirror. We read God’s Word and he shows us how to take steps towards perfection.Support the show

Pastor Samson starts our new series off strong by encouraging us not to believe the lie that we can’t trust our Father. The truth is that we can trust our Father. We can’t trust any of the voices that challenge the voice of the Father and try to lead us away from Him.Support the show

Using the story of Hannah from 1 Samuel 1:1-20, Pastor Rodney teaches us that waiting on God is always worth it. We see that Hannah didn’t waste her wait and that she kept waiting on God, even when it was hard. God heard Hannah, and He hears us too.Support the show

For the third week of our "Jesus Says" series we are focusing on prayer. Pastor Rodney shows us what Jesus has to say about what prayer is, when Jesus prayed, why Jesus prayed, what Jesus prayed for, and what hinders our prayers.Support the show

Mart Green preached a powerful word about generosity. Jesus says that when we give more it will be given to us in abundance. We know that our true reward is in Heaven and we give because of the intimacy we have with God.Support the show

Pastor Rodney preaches a powerful message about the words of Jesus from John 8:11. He teaches us about what it really means to go and sin no more, and how we can do that.Support the show

In the first week of our new sermon series, Jesus Says, we’re talking about about baptism. Pastor Rodney shows us what Jesus has to say about what baptism means, who should be baptized, and why baptism is so important.Support the show

The resurrection gives us a new vision for life, and a new way of living. We don’t have to listen to all the voices that have told us we’ll never be ___ enough; never be smart enough, strong enough, or good enough. Our lives are no longer defined by all the “nevers” that people have spoken over us, or the ones we’ve spoken over ourselves. Instead, our lives are defined by a new never. God says that He will never leave us, that He will never fail us. The resurrection is proof of that.Support the show

Pastor Rodney wraps up our Contact Tracing series with a beautiful sermon about surrender. The world needs more people who forgive even when it’s hard, choose to be generous, and believe that God is in control and is capable of changing lives. That kind of surrender is how people will see Jesus in us.Support the show

When we believe that the Gospel can save everyone, we will ask anyone. Pastor Samson continues our Contact Tracing series by challenging us to have conversations about Jesus with the people around us. We never know who is ready to say yes to Jesus. One conversation could change everything.Support the show

In week 2 of our Contact Tracing series, Pastor Heady reminds us of the urgency of the Great Commission and our call to go and make disciples. He challenges us to be super spreaders of the Gospel. We do this by sharing our testimony, knowing the Gospel, and loving the ugly off folks.Support the show

Our stories matter to God. He’s not shocked or surprised by the things we’ve done. He loves us, and he uses our stories to bring people to Jesus.Support the show

You invest in what you value. Here at NORTH, we are committed to investing our best in the next generation because we value them. We want to raise up a generation of people with a Biblical worldview, who will not bow to culture or sin or the world. We value the Gospel, and we believe that the most important message deserves the most excellent presentation. In every area of our church and our lives, we commit to presenting Jesus with excellence so that the people around us will come to see and know Him more clearly.Support the show

We commit to being faithful with the small things, because being faithful with the small things allows us to be entrusted with bigger things. Being faithful means believing when you don’t see it, obeying when you don’t understand it, and persisting when you don’t feel it. Little by little, as we believe, obey, and persist, we become people who are marked by faithfulness.Support the show