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Worship Together
This Sunday's worship and commissioning service kicked off the Making a Way series with extended worship, communion at stations, and a call for everyone to pray for and invite one person in the weeks ahead. Elder chair Geoff announced that Pastor Jay Gjurgevich of Mesa, Arizona, has accepted the...
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A People Who Last
As we conclude our Nehemiah series, we’re reminded that God is building something through us while He is building something within us. We are called to remember God’s faithfulness, respond to His Word, root ourselves in community, and return to Him when we drift. Building a life that matters...
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Don't Miss What Matters
God is more interested in what He is building **in us** than what we are building **for Him**. Protect your priorities, stay focused on your purpose, and pursue God’s presence so you don’t drift from what matters most. Like Nehemiah, keep building with courage and trust that God can restore what…
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The Fear of God Directs Us
In Nehemiah 5, Dante Lowe teaches that following God means caring for others, confronting injustice, and restoring what has been taken from those in need. Nehemiah models obedience through courageous correction and personal generosity, reminding us that our faith should be reflected in how we…
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Keep Building
When building what matters, difficulty and resistance don’t mean God is absent—they can be part of the work He is doing in us. Nehemiah 4 reminds us to remember that God is with us, take the next faithful step, and keep building together rather than giving up. Whatever challenge you’re facing,...
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One Wall-Many Hands
Nehemiah 3 reminds us that everyone has a place and something valuable to contribute to God’s work, no matter their background or skill set. When we bring what God has given us, look beyond our own responsibilities to help others, and work together under Jesus, He can accomplish far more than we...
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When It's Time to Build
Nehemiah 2 reminds us to seek God for what matters, honestly see what needs to be rebuilt, and then take the next step of obedience. Even when opposition comes, we can trust that God is with us and that He often begins His work through small, faithful steps. When Jesus is the foundation of our...
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Nehemiah Intro
The **Building What Lasts** series begins in Nehemiah, showing how God works through ordinary people to rebuild what has been broken. Nehemiah teaches us to recognize the burdens God places on our hearts, bring them to Him in prayer, and allow Him to transform us before we try to change what is...
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Faith Perserveres
Biblical faith is more than belief—it acts, dares to trust God through obstacles, and remains faithful regardless of the outcome. Hebrews 11 reminds us that faith doesn’t guarantee the result we want; instead, it anchors us in who God is and calls us to trust Him even when we cannot see what He…
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Faith Always Acts, Dares & Trusts
Biblical faith is more than belief—it acts, dares to trust God through obstacles, and leaves the outcome in His hands. Hebrews 11 reminds us that faith may lead to deliverance or endurance, but either way, our faith is anchored in who God is, not in the outcome we desire. We are called to live…
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Real Faith Always Anticipates God's Faithfulness
The sermon explores Hebrews 11 through the stories of Noah, Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph, showing that true faith means trusting God enough to obey even when the future is unseen or uncertain. These examples remind us that faith looks beyond immediate circumstances, anticipates God’s...
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What is Faith?
Thomas Griffin introduces a new four-week series through Hebrews 11, emphasizing that real faith means trusting God even when we cannot see what lies ahead and confidently placing our trust in Jesus. The sermon reminds believers that faith carries us through life’s hardships, produces faithful...
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The Best Life Builds on the Rock
The sermon concludes the “Best Life” series by challenging us to build our lives on Jesus, the firm foundation that stands through every storm. True faith means listening to Jesus, trusting His wisdom, and putting His words into action—even when obedience is difficult or doesn’t make sense. The...
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The Best Life: Knows Jesus
Pastor Damian teaches from Matthew 7:21–23 that entering God's Kingdom is not based on religious achievements but on having a genuine relationship with Jesus and faithfully doing the Father's will. He warns that impressive spiritual works cannot replace being known by Christ, challenging…
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The Best Life Discerns Truth
In Matthew 7:15–20, Jesus warns believers to be discerning and watch for false prophets by examining the fruit of their lives rather than their words alone. This sermon explores how genuine faith produces Christlike character and how staying rooted in God's truth helps us recognize deception. May...
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The Best Life: Which Road Are You On?
Pastor Nick Steinloski speaks on Matthew 7:13–14, where we examine Jesus' call to enter through the narrow gate and follow the path that leads to life. While the broad road offers ease and popularity, Christ invites His followers to embrace a life of faithful obedience that may be challenging but...
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The Best Life: Walks the Golden Rule
In this sermon on Matthew 7:7–12, Pastor Damian Thompson shares Jesus' invitation to confidently seek God through persistent prayer, trusting in His goodness and faithful provision. Jesus reminds us that our Heavenly Father delights in giving good gifts to His children and calls us to reflect His...
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The Best Life: Practices Grace
In this sermon on Matthew 7:1–6, Students Pastor, Dante Lowe, explores Jesus' call to replace a judgmental spirit with humble self-examination. Christ challenges us to remove the "plank" from our own eye before addressing the "speck" in someone else's, while also exercising wisdom and grace in…
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The Best Life: Trust God's Provision & Priorities Above Our Own
Pastor Mark Mielbrecht teaches from Matthew 6:25–34 that Jesus calls His followers to replace worry with trust, reminding them that God faithfully provides for His children just as He cares for the birds and flowers. Through Scripture and his own testimony of leaving a secure career to follow…
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The Best Life: What Has Your Heart?
Pastor Nick Steinloski teaches from Matthew 6:19–24 that what we treasure ultimately shapes our hearts, influences our perspective, and determines our loyalties. Through the story of Eustace in *The Voyage of the Dawn Treader* and the example of Joshua and Caleb, he illustrates how our desires…
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The Best Life: More Than A Marriage Contract
Jesus teaches that divorce is not merely a legal issue but a heart issue, calling people back to God’s design for marriage as a faithful covenant rather than a contract of convenience. Pastor Nick emphasizes that while God takes marriage seriously, He also extends grace and restoration to broken...
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The Best Life: Seeks God in Secret
Pastor Damian teaches from Matthew 6 that Jesus cares not only about what we do, but why and how we do it, warning against giving, praying, and fasting for public attention instead of for God. He explains that true righteousness happens in secret, where believers seek intimacy with the Father...
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The Best Life: Becoming Whole in the Way We Love
Pastor Nick Steinloski uses the image of a collapsing fence to illustrate how Jesus calls believers in Matthew 5:43–48 to tear down the barriers of “us versus them” and move beyond shallow, reciprocal love. He explains that true spiritual maturity is not about religious performance, but about...
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God Speed
Pastor Scott Harris reflects on his final season at North Shore by reminding the church that God alone is in control and that the heart of the Christian life is deeply knowing and loving Jesus. Through John 17, John 10, and the documentary *Godspeed*, he challenges believers to reject shallow,...
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The Best Life: Lays Down Rights
Pastor Damian teaches from Matthew 5:38–42 that Jesus calls His followers to reject retaliation and willingly lay down their rights, even when it feels uncomfortable or unfair. Through examples like turning the other cheek, going the extra mile, and giving generously, Jesus reveals that the “best...
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The Best Life Keeps Its Word
Pastor Nick teaches that Jesus’ words about oaths in the Sermon on the Mount are really about the heart, revealing how people often use words to control outcomes, protect themselves, or shape how others perceive them. Through biblical examples and personal stories, he explains that manipulated or...
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Last Prayers
Pastor Scott Harris shares his heart as he prepares to leave, pointing to John 17 as a powerful example of Jesus’ final prayer and emphasizing the importance of truly knowing Him. He explains that eternal life is not just intellectual belief but a deep, transformative relationship with Jesus that...
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The Best Life: Pursues Purity
Pastor Nick teaches that sin begins in the heart, not just in outward actions, and that what we consistently focus on shapes our desires and ultimately our lives. Using examples like social media algorithms, he explains how lingering on certain thoughts or influences can form habits and lead us...
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The Best Life Rights the Wrongs
Pastor Nick teaches that Jesus goes beyond outward actions like murder to address the deeper issue of anger in the heart, showing how unresolved conflict damages relationships. He emphasizes that God’s kingdom values reconciliation over simply being “right,” calling believers to actively restore...
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The Resurrection Story: The Walk
Pastor Scott Harris highlights Kim Beard’s athletic success and her commitment to honoring God, using her story to introduce a message about faith and what comes after major life moments. He connects this to the Road to Emmaus, showing how Jesus leads followers from confusion to understanding by...
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The Resurrection Story: He Calls Your Name
Pastor Scott Harris celebrates Easter by emphasizing that Jesus’ resurrection is both historically grounded and deeply personal, supported by evidence like His crucifixion, empty tomb, and eyewitness accounts. He explains that Jesus continues to meet people in their individual struggles—offering...
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The Resurrection Story: The King Who Brings Peace
Jesus enters Jerusalem as a humble King of peace, revealing that His kingdom is built on love, sacrifice, and humility rather than power and conquest. Although the crowd celebrates Him, they misunderstand His mission, expecting political victory instead of spiritual transformation and...
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The Resurrection Story for a Seeker
Pastor Scott emphasizes that Easter is of first importance, centered on Jesus’ death and resurrection, which makes new spiritual life possible for believers. Using Nicodemus in John 3, he shows that every faith journey begins with curiosity, calling people to be humble seekers rather than…
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The Best Life: Understanding the Law
Pastor Nick Steinloski teaches from **Matthew 5:17–20** that Jesus did not come to abolish the law but to fulfill it, revealing that the best life is found not in rejecting rules or trying to perfectly keep them, but in trusting Him. He explains that the law exposes sin like a mirror, but only...
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The Best Life: Salt & Light
Jesus teaches that believers are the **salt of the earth and the light of the world**, meaning their identity comes from belonging to Him rather than striving to earn approval. From that identity, Christians are sent into the world to live faithfully among others, bringing hope, love, and…
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The Best Life Can Be Hard
Mark Mielbrecht teaches from Matthew 5:10–12 that being persecuted for righteousness is part of following Jesus and shapes believers into Christlike character. Contrasting Stephen and Saul, he highlights the difference between kingdom righteousness and self-righteousness, urging Christians to...
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The Best Life: Goes Horizontal
The greatest sermon ever preached was recorded in Matthew 5-7 when Jesus delivered the Sermon on the Mount. Join us as we digest the words of Jesus that are just as true today as when He spoke them 2000 years ago. To live into God's upside down kingdom, we have to be Jesus to the people around us.
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The Best Life: Getting Vertical
The greatest sermon ever preached was recorded in Matthew 5-7 when Jesus delivered the Sermon on the Mount. Join us as we digest the words of Jesus that are just as true today as when He spoke them 2000 years ago. To live into God's upside down kingdom, we have start by aligning with God.
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The Best Life: The Sermon on the Mount
Introduction of The Best Life, an Upside Down Kingdom
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Be Known for Loving | Damian Thompson | Northshore Christian Church
The gospel to Jews and Gentiles alike, fulfilling his mission to take the gospel to the "ends of the earth." The passage highlights Paul’s unwavering commitment to proclaiming Jesus, despite his circumstances, and shows how the message of the Kingdom cannot be hindered
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Encouragement during the Storms
Encouragement during the Storms by Northshore Christian Church
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What Is Your Why?
Paul’s arrest and trials (Acts 21:1 – 26:32)
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Packed and Ready
The deep relationships of the Elders from Ephesus and Paul, what they have gone through
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The Work of God is Never a Solo Act
The message from Acts 20 teaches that the work of God is never meant to be done alone but is sustained through community, shared responsibility, and walking together in faith. It emphasizes that true transformation is rooted in presence—slowing down, being fully present with others, and sharing...
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A New Chapter
Thomas Griffin shares how experiencing different seasons of life taught him that change is inevitable and that time is short. Centered on Psalm 90:12, he urges listeners to “number their days” by living intentionally rather than passively, especially in light of personal loss and the uncertainty…
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Which News Do You Listen To?
Pastor Nick contrasts today’s fear-driven news with the good news of Advent, reminding listeners that the stories we listen to shape who we become. In Luke 2, God delivers heaven’s headline first to humble shepherds, showing that He sees the overlooked and brings peace, joy, and salvation through...
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A Good Plan vs. God's Plan
Pastor Damian teaches that while Joseph had a compassionate and thoughtful plan in response to Mary’s pregnancy, God interrupted it with a greater plan that fulfilled prophecy and revealed Jesus as Emmanuel, God with us. Through the cultural context of first-century Jewish betrothal, the sermon...
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Mary Hears the Greatest News!
God is powerfully renewing communities in Kenya through entrepreneurial training that is helping people overcome “poverty of the mind” and begin dreaming, building businesses, and transforming their futures. The speaker witnessed countless stories—like Grace, Pastor Joseph, and his mother...
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The Biggest Surprise Ever!
Zechariah and Elizabeth, an elderly and faithful couple, received a miraculous promise from the angel Gabriel that they would have a son who would prepare the way for the Lord. Though Zechariah initially doubted because of their age, God confirmed His plan by rendering him unable to speak until…
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Rise: When False Gods Fall: How Jesus Reshapes a City - and a Soul
Paul’s ministry in Acts 19 shows him entering a spiritually crowded Ephesus, much like our own cities filled not with statues but with modern idols such as success, escapism, image, control, and certainty. Pastor Nick reminds us that these quiet “gods” shape our priorities and identities, but…
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