North Pointe Beyond Sunday

Mother's Day is Weird for Me

Tue, 12 May 2026 09:00:00 GMT

Quick note, we are changing our format and doing two releases a week. Our Tuesday release will be our sermon review. Our Thursday release will cover our discipleship topic for the week. We hope you find this new format enjoyable and easier to digest.

This past Sunday, Pastor Brian delivered a Mother's Day sermon that was a little different than we expected. It was a reminder that for some, Mother's Day can be a difficult day. In his sermon, Brian helps us understand why God allows the bad things. We walked through Psalm 23 and learned what it means for the Lord to be our Shepherd.

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The Jesus Video Game

Wed, 06 May 2026 16:35:25 GMT

Throughout history, the gospel story has been adapted to various different types of media. We've seen it presented in the form of stage plays, radio dramas, and even TV shows. The one place we haven't seen the story of Jesus presented very often is the realm of video games. This week Pastor Robby and Pastor James talk about a new video games that attempts to do just that. In the game "I am Jesus Christ," the player plays as the Son of God as he goes through the gospel story. Is this game a success for the gospel or an awkward stumble?

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Do you have any questions or comments? Drop us a line at pod@northpointefl.org.

Sources:

Mark Allan Powell, “The Gospels,” in The HarperCollins Bible Dictionary (Revised and Updated), ed. Mark Allan Powell (New York: HarperCollins, 2011), 339–340.

L. W. Hurtado, “The Origins of Jesus-Devotion: A Response to Crispin Fletcher-Louis,” Tyndale Bulletin (2010), 61:1:7–8.

Thomas D. Lea, Hebrews, James, Holman New Testament Commentary (Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1999), 10:93.

Clinton E. Arnold, “Power, NT Concept of,” in The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary, ed. David Noel Freedman (New York: Doubleday, 1992), 5:445.

John E. McKinley, “Jesus Christ’s Temptation,” The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology (2012), 16:2:67.

James Denney, “Holy Spirit,” in A Dictionary of Christ and the Gospels: Aaron–Zion, ed. James Hastings (Edinburgh; New York: T&T Clark; Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1906), 1:732.

https://www.christianitytoday.com/2023/04/i-am-jesus-christ-video-game-criticism-playing-god/

The Value of Calluses

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 09:00:00 GMT

Calluses can become useful tools. They can harden our fingertips to make playing a guitar easier or they could harden our hands to prevent them from being damaged by tools. At the same time, some calluses can get in our way or make things more unpleasant. While our actual physical calluses are obvious to us, we also develop spiritual types of calluses that we receive from life. Today on the podcast Pastor Robby sits down with Pastor Jason Mecum as they discuss the calluses that we earn and those that are simply given to us from circumstance and how God is able to use them both for his glory. We also discuss his sermon about Samson from Sunday.

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God and Science

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 12:31:18 GMT

It seems to be a common belief that science and faith are at odds with each other. How could someone of faith trust science and how can someone of science also be a person of faith? Maybe believing in one doesn't have to mean abandoning the other. Pastor James and Pastor Robby explore the intersection of faith and science to try and understand how the two relate to each other.

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Do you have any questions or comments? Drop us a line at pod@northpointefl.,org.

Sources:

Keller, T. J. (2008). The reason for God: Belief in an age of skepticism. Dutton.

Olson, R. E. (2016). The Mosaic of Christian belief: Twenty centuries of unity and diversity. InterVarsity Press.

Jenkins, J. (2026, April 8). Faith has always gone to space. Artemis II shows how much it has changed. | national Catholic reporter. National Catholic Reporter. https://www.ncronline.org/news/faith-has-always-gone-space-artemis-ii-shows-how-much-it-has-changed

That's Not In The Bible

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:00:00 GMT

You've heard things like "God helps those who help themselves," and "The Lord works in mysterious ways," but are these saying really true? They sound good, but are they even in the Bible? Pastor James and Pastor Robby take a deeper look into famous sayings that seem like they're in the Bible, They also talk about Pastor Steve Well's sermon from this past Sunday.

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Soteriology

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 09:00:00 GMT

How do we know we are saved? How much of salvation is God's work and how much of it is our work? Today on the pod, James and Robby are talking about Soteriology, the study of salvation in theology. We'll be taking a look at multiple views of salvation within Christianity and some views people may believe that are actually heresy. They also talk about Pastor Steve Well's sermon from this past Sunday.

Learn more about North Pointe Church at northpointefl.org, and join us on Sunday mornings at 8:30, 10, or 11:35.

Do you have any questions or comments? Drop us a line at pod@northpointefl.,org.

Sources:

Olson, R. E. (2016). The Mosaic of Christian Belief: Twenty Centuries of Unity and Diversity. InterVarsity Press.

Artificial Intelligence

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 09:00:00 GMT

No subject has taken over the world of technology quite like AI has these last few years. More and more, it seems like AI is trying to weave its way into our lives. As believers, how should we respond to AI? What sort of implications does a world filled with AI mean for our understanding of who we are as God's special creation? Join our hosts and special guest, Joseph Greenhaw, as we tackle this topic and review the sermon from this past Sunday in today's podcast.

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The Law

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 09:00:00 GMT

As Christians, we often spend most of our time working in the New Testament, which means we sometimes struggle to understand the purpose of the Law in the Old Testament. We may not follow all of the Law, but is still very important to believers Understanding the Law is essential for understanding our own relationship with God and Jesus' sacrifice for us. Today we explore how to think about the Old Testament law as believers, which laws we should follow, and how we decide what laws to still obey.

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Sources from today's episode:

Nässelqvist, Dan, and Georgina Jardim. “Slavery.” In The Lexham Bible Dictionary, edited by John D. Barry, David Bomar, Derek R. Brown, Rachel Klippenstein, Douglas Mangum, Carrie Sinclair Wolcott, Lazarus Wentz, Elliot Ritzema, and Wendy Widder. Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2016.

McLaughlin, Rebecca. Confronting Christianity: 12 Hard Questions for the World’s Largest Religion. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2019.

Mormonism and the Church of the Latter-day Saints

Thu, 19 Mar 2026 14:12:10 GMT

The Church of the Latter Day Saints is one of the fastest growing religions in the modern day. Even so, many of our students had questions about the Mormon faith. What do they believe? Are they Christians? How do we respond to our Mormon neighbors? This week, Pastor James and Pastor Robby sit down to learn more about the LDS Church and how we should respond as Christians.

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Dragons, Aliens, and False Gods

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 21:06:18 GMT

What's the deal with dragons in the Bible? Is the existence extra-terrestrial life in the Bible and compatible with Christian belief or is it demonic in nature? What does the Bible say about false gods? This week Pastor Robby and Pastor James sit down to address questions like these from our students.

Here is the link to the panel mentioned where other questions from students were address:

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