North Point Community Church
Welcome to the weekly audio podcast for North Point Community Church in Alpharetta, GA where our mission is to inspire people to follow Jesus. Our desire is that this podcast will encourage you in your relationship with God. Visit us at northpoint.org.
Episodes
Mind Games, Part 1: Seeing Clearly // Joel Thomas
Some of the things we believe most deeply about ourselves and others may not be as true as they feel.
Functional Faith // Clay Cooney
We don’t get to choose when life gets hard. But we can choose whether we’re building the kind of faith that will carry us through it.
Everyday Courage, Part 4: Courage in the Mirror // Andy Stanley
The fear of what might happen can keep us managing, hiding, and pretending long after we know something needs to change.
Everyday Courage, Part 3: By The Slice // Andy Stanley
Blame has a way of protecting us from an uncomfortable truth: the other person may not be the only one with something to own.
Everyday Courage, Part 2: It's Complicated // Andy Stanley
Sometimes what we call “complicated” is really fear in disguise. And until we name it honestly, we'll never find the courage to move forward.
Everyday Courage, Part 1: The Win // Andy Stanley
Your greatest victory may not be in getting the outcome you want, but discovering a different kind of win.
None of My Business? // Andy Stanley
Everyone wants people who will show up when life begins to unravel. Far fewer of us are willing to be the kind of friend who steps in before it does.
You're Invited, Part 2: Prepared! // Andy Stanley
People may never ask you to defend Christianity, but they may wonder why you've chosen to follow Jesus. Being prepared for that moment could deepen your own faith as much as theirs.
You're Invited, Part 1: Come and See // Joel Thomas
The movement of Jesus didn’t begin with persuasive arguments. It began with simple invitations.
Happy Birthday USA // Andy Stanley
The founders believed liberty was worth risking everything for, but they also understood it came with a hidden requirement. Two hundred fifty years later, that requirement matters more than ever.
The Matter With You, Part 2: Your Choice in the Matter // Andy Stanley
Many Christians spend their lives measuring themselves by whether or not they are obeying all the rules. That’s not what Jesus intended.
The Matter With You, Part 1: No Say in the Matter // Andy Stanley
Somewhere along the way, many of us began treating God's love and approval as something to earn. That assumption quietly shapes our relationship with God more than we realize.
Under Clear Blue Sky, Part 3: Embracing Responsibility // Joel Thomas
We often think freedom comes from having fewer obligations, but some of the most meaningful moments in life begin when we embrace a weight we never asked to carry.
Under Clear Blue Sky, Part 2: Constructing Stability // Joel Thomas
Long before the storm arrived, Noah made a decision about whose wisdom he would trust.
Under Clear Blue Sky, Part 1: Avoiding Catastrophe // Joel Thomas
Chaos rarely arrives all at once. It often begins with ordinary choices that seem reasonable until the consequences finally surface.
Don't Take The First No As the Final Answer - Memorial Day 2026 // Andy Stanley
We never know how one small invitation might change someone’s story… until we offer it.
Clockwise, Part 3: Necessary Endings // Clay Cooney
We celebrate beginnings, but maturity often requires the courage to embrace necessary endings. Sometimes the healthiest thing you can do is let go of what once worked.
Clockwise, Part 2: The Time You're Missing // Joel Thomas
A busy life can become an empty one when we spend so much time chasing what’s next that we miss what matters now.
Clockwise, Part 1: Under the Sun // Joel Thomas
The clock keeps ticking and life keeps moving, raising a deeper question about whether what fills our time actually carries any lasting weight.
Three Ingredients For Relationships That Go The Distance, Part 3: A Rule // Andy Stanley
Healthy relationships aren’t built on rules, but they can’t survive without a particular one. And it’s a rule that removes every loophole.
Three Ingredients For Relationships That Go The Distance, Part 2: A Posture // Andy Stanley
The secret to stronger relationships isn’t being understood, but choosing to put someone else first, even when they don’t deserve it.
Three Ingredients For Relationships That Go The Distance, Part 1: A Confession // Andy Stanley
Every conflict feels like it’s about what someone else did, but the real source runs deeper and it’s hard to admit.
The Starting Point // Andy Stanley
The story of Jesus didn’t begin with confident believers. It began with disillusioned followers who walked away, only to be pulled back by something they couldn’t ignore.
Reasons Not to Panic About Bible Skepticism // John Dickson and Andy Stanley
The gap between skepticism and faith starts to close when Christianity is viewed through the lens of history. In this conversation with Andy Stanley and John Dickson, the story of Jesus is presented as something meant to be investigated, not avoided.
Inflection Point, Part 4: A Parable // Andy Stanley
Jesus regularly challenged people’s assumptions about both wealth and eternity, and when he did so it revealed that the way we handle what’s temporary points to what we truly believe is permanent.
Inflection Point, Part 3: Pouring Out // Andy Stanley
Many people experience faith primarily as something they attend or consume. But the moments that deepen faith most often come when we begin giving it away.
Inflection Point, Part 2: Pathway to Prosperity // Joel Thomas
It’s easy to assume that prosperity leads to generosity. But many times the opposite is true—generosity becomes the turning point that leads to prosperity.
Inflection Point, Part 1: Halfway There // Andy Stanley
One year ago, we kicked off our generosity initiative across our Atlanta-area churches. What if we’re not just making progress—but crossing into a defining moment?
The Choices Legends Are Made Of, Part 3: The Ultimate Choice // Joel Thomas
The fires of life expose what we’re made of. When the pressure rises, will we protect our comfort and reputation or remain faithful when it costs us?
The Choices Legends Are Made Of, Part 2: The Win // Andy Stanley
You don’t actually know what guides you until doing the right thing threatens your outcome.
The Choices Legends Are Made Of, Part 1: The Choice Before The Choice // Clay Cooney
Resolve in the small moments shapes who you become in the big ones.
People Looking for Purpose
We often assume purpose requires perfection, while Jesus points to a kind of completeness that comes through growth, not flawlessness.
Who Needs Church? Part 3: People Looking for Answers // Andy Stanley
In a world full of opinions and advice, where do we go when our questions are personal, painful, and unresolved?
Who Needs Church? Part 2: People Looking for Help // Joel Thomas
People aren’t avoiding church because they don’t have needs, but because they’re unsure church is a safe place to be honest about them.
Who Needs Church? Part 1: I Did, I Do, and You Do Too! // Andy Stanley
We take values like human dignity, compassion, and justice for granted today, but they only feel obvious because the church first introduced them.
Christmas Eve at North Point 2025 // Andy Stanley
Anticipating Christmas, Part 3: Christmas Invite // Andy Stanley
Christmas marks the arrival of a solution to an unsolvable problem—how to stand before God when obedience isn't good enough.
Anticipating Christmas, Part 2: An Unexpected Guest // Andy Stanley
No one was looking for God to appear in person, yet Jesus came to make the invisible God unmistakably known.
Anticipating Christmas, Part 1: When God Arrives Ahead of Time // Andy Stanley with Steve Cuss
It’s common to feel a tug-of-war between inner anxiety and recognizing God’s nearness. In this conversation with Andy Stanley and Steve Cuss, we’re invited to consider some false needs that may be steering our reactions.
Redefining Messiah // Andy Stanley
First-century Israel expected a king who would overthrow Rome. Jesus offered a kingdom far bigger—and he had to redefine “Messiah” before they could see it.
Questioning Jesus, Part 3: He Is Jesus // Samer Massad
We’re all going to follow someone or something. If not Jesus, then who?
Questioning Jesus, Part 2: Don't Settle // Samer Massad
Our problem often isn’t that we ask God for too much but rather that we settle for too little.
Questioning Jesus, Part 1: Selective Compassion? // Samer Massad
Following Jesus requires that we love God and love our neighbor as ourselves. This begs the question of who does and doesn’t fall into the neighbor category. According to Jesus, selective compassion is not an option.
Not Coming Down // Andy Stanley
We set out to build a church where the convinced and the curious could belong.
The Response of a Lifetime, Part 3: Playing God // Andy Stanley
It’s one thing to trust God when you’ve lost control; it’s another to resist acting like God once you’ve gained it.
The Response of a Lifetime, Part 2: Bad to Badder // Andy Stanley
When life goes from bad to worse, will you simply react—or respond as if God is still with you?
The Response of a Lifetime, Part 1: God of the Pit // Andy Stanley
Your life isn’t defined by what’s been done to you, but by how you choose to respond—especially when every instinct says to react.
Andy Stanley - October 5
We never know how one small invitation might change someone’s story… until we offer it.
Worth The Wait, Part 3: His Will, His Way // Joel Thomas
The hardest part of waiting isn’t always the delay itself. Sometimes it’s the uncertainty of why God seems absent when we need him most.
Worth The Wait, Part 2: Peace-filled Dependence // Joel Thomas
We’re convinced that if we just do the right things, life will turn out the way we want—but what do you do when the formula breaks and you’re left waiting, powerless, and discontent?
Worth The Wait, Part 1: Your Future Self // Joel Thomas
Our biology and culture push us toward impatience, but God calls us to trust that what he’s doing in us is worth the wait.
Be Rich 2025: A Conversation with Bruce Deel // Andy Stanley and Bruce Deel
Andy Stanley’s conversation with Bruce Deel highlights the inspiring work of City of Refuge, a Be Rich partner dedicated to moving people from crisis to independence.
Too Good To Miss, Part 4: Don't Miss Great // Andy Stanley
Not everyone will have the opportunity to be famous, but everyone has the opportunity to be great.
Too Good To Miss, Part 3: Family // Andy Stanley
Family can be both the most rewarding and most challenging part of life. The challenge is accepting the messy “real” while still aiming for God’s “ideal.”
Too Good To Miss, Part 2: Jesus // Andy Stanley
People miss or dismiss Jesus sometimes, but when they do it’s usually for an unnecessary reason.
Too Good To Miss, Part 1: Future Proof // Andy Stanley
We don’t miss out in life because opportunities aren’t there—we miss out because we let deception, distraction, or disobedience rob us of them.
Three Reasons // Andy Stanley
Life is better connected—because spiritual growth, care, and accountability happen in relationships, not in rows.
My Story, My Song, Part 6: Taste and See // April Farmer
Worship isn't just for the mountaintop—it's a lifeline in the valley. Even in your most painful, confusing moments, you can choose to praise God and experience his goodness.
My Story, My Song, Part 5: Oceans, No Longer Slaves, and I Speak Jesus // Holly Goddard, Tann Smith, Mark and Clarissa Gibson
Our stories of struggle, loss, and redemption are powerful reminders that God never leaves us alone. Today features stories of three of our worship leaders: Tann, Mark, and Clarissa.
My Story, My Song, Part 4: Spirit of God // Joel Thomas
If you’re curious, cautious, or somewhere in between, the Spirit invites you to lean in, let go, and be led.
My Story, My Song, Part 3: Battle Belongs // Andy Stanley
When we choose to fight our battles on our knees, we surrender control and invite God to do what only he can do.
My Story, My Song, Part 2: God Is Love // Andy Stanley
Whatever picture we have of God isn’t enough.
My Story, My Song, Part 1: Bigger Than I Thought // Andy Stanley
When we see God for who he is, we’re able to trust him even deeper.
Challenge Accepted, Part 3: Depending // Joel Thomas
Our trials, temptations, and tension shape us—and they have a way of revealing who or what we’re truly depending on.
Challenge Accepted, Part 2: In & Around // Joel Thomas
During trials, our tendency is to ask God to change what’s going on around us. But God is more interested in transforming what’s going on in us.
Challenge Accepted, Part 1: Choosing Hard // Joel Thomas
The easy path is tempting, but God often does his greatest work on the hard road—where faith, obedience, and courage grow.
Ultimate Survivor // Clay Cooney
Jesus didn’t come to help us win at survival. He came to show us how to surrender so we could truly live.
When GOOD Becomes god, Part 2: Order of Operations // Samer Massad
The problem isn’t what we love, it’s the order in which we love. Disordered love leads to disordered desires—and ultimately a disordered life.
When GOOD Becomes god, Part 1: Idol Factory // Samer Massad
All of us are tempted to take “good things” and worship them as the “ultimate things” that shape our purpose and identity.
Grace & Truth: The Beach Version // Andy Stanley
God doesn’t size you up and write you off—and neither should you. In God's eyes, you're invited to move forward, not remain stuck in the past.
Easter 2025 - Thomas // Andy Stanley
The resurrection isn’t just a story—it’s the event that launched a movement and changed everything. If Jesus really rose from the dead, his resurrection has real implications for your life, your faith, and your future. In this Easter message, we talk about this event, why we celebrate it, and why it is the anchor for everything we believe.
Death Of A King // Andy Stanley
Death had the last word because death was the consequence of sin—but not anymore. Jesus, God’s final King, crushed both sin and death and invites us to reign in life through him.
Death To The King // Andy Stanley
As followers of Jesus, we have all wrestled with the same tension at some point: we all want to be saved, but we don't always want to submit. In this message, we talk about the difference between "Jesus the Savior" and "Jesus the King" and why it's the most important thing.
Take Aim // Joel Thomas
You were created on purpose, for a purpose. Without clear vision, you’ll drift into coasting, and coasting always takes you downhill.
Deeper Wider, Part 5: Just Because // Andy Stanley
Before inviting Peter to follow him, Jesus asked Peter to “put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch.” After a night of fishing with no success and despite his reservations, Peter agreed: “But because you say so, I will let down the nets.” At some point, every Jesus follower will face their own “because you say so” moment. Like Peter, we won’t know what hangs in the balance or our
Deeper Wider, Part 4: Obstacles // Joel Thomas
All of us face obstacles to generosity. The common denominator for our obstacles is a desire for more. The apostle Paul taught that true wealth isn't found in accumulation but in contentment. And he shows what it looks like to place our hope not in riches but in God who richly provides.
Deeper Wider, Part 3: The Plan // Andy Stanley
Everyone has a generosity plan, but most people prioritize spending first and leave giving as an afterthought. Jesus flipped the script on that approach with “Seek ye first” living. Embracing this financial template is a tangible expression of submission to our King.
Deeper Wider, Part 2: Defining Terms // Andy Stanley
Jesus redefined generosity—not as spontaneous or sparing, but as intentional and prioritized. His approach ensures we don’t put our trust in riches but in God who richly provides. Choosing to follow his definition of generosity results in greater impact, less worry, more joy, and more peace.
Deeper Wider, Part 1: Everything // Andy Stanley
Biblical generosity is informed and fueled by the acknowledgment that God owns it all. We are simply managers. When we adopt that posture, we view everything we “own” as a potential tool to further the agenda of our King. We will give first and adjust our lifestyle accordingly. Christians who adopt this perspective as the organizing principle for their personal finances find it easier to surrender
The Last Kingdom, Part 5: Unstoppable // Andy Stanley
Jesus’s kingdom is not advanced by force, but over time through transformed lives. We are invited to participate in its expansion.
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