This week Brian Recker joined us to talk about his new book, Hell Bent: How the Fear of Hell Holds Christians Back from a Spirituality of Love.
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During Advent we’re exploring the deeper stories behind familiar carols, beginning with O Come, O Come, Emmanuel—a song not of celebration, but of longing. This ancient hymn arises from the experience of exile, when hope felt distant and God seemed far from away. In this message Josh traces that longing through Israel’s history and into Matthew’s telling of Jesus’s birth, where Emmanuel—“God with us”—becomes a bold reimagining of divine presence under empire. Along the way, we’ll see how early Christians reread their scriptures to make sense of their experience of Jesus. And ultimately, we’ll discover that this carol invites us to name our own exiles and dare to hope in a God who can be found right in the middle of them.
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This week we welcomed theologian and GP member Kat Armas to share about her brilliant new book, Liturgies for Resisting Empire. After the sermon Kat is joined by GP Lead Pastor Josh Scott for a conversation about our response to empire.
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This week, Lead Pastor Josh Scott wrapped up our Cultivate series by exploring what it means to experience and express gratitude—not as a forced feeling, but as a gentle, daily practice that helps us notice the gifts around us, even in ordinary moments.
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This week Lead Pastor Josh Scott invites us to explore what it means to cultivate compassion—not just as a feeling, but as an active practice that transforms our relationships, our communities, and ourselves. Drawing from the teaching of Jesus and the wisdom found in our everyday lives, we seek to move beyond judgment and fear and into empathy, kindness, and courageous love.
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This week we welcomed Cody Deese, the pastor of Vinings Lake Churchin Atlanta, and the author of the incredible new book, Discovering Your Internal Universe: The Unexpected Good News About Anxiety, Panic, and Fear. In this helpful message Cody invites us to see anxiety, not as an enemy trying to destroy us, but as an ally trying to help us.
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We live in a world that runs on urgency—faster, better, now. But what if the pace we’re chasing is actually pulling us away from what matters most? In this week’s installment of our Cultivate series, Lead Pastor Josh Scott explores the idea of patience, not as passivity, but as a powerful, intentional choice.
Whether you're in a season of uncertainty, navigating change, or just feeling stretched thin, this message will invite you to see patience as a practice that grounds, heals, and reshapes how we move through the world.
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Last Sunday GracePointe's Founding Pastor Stan Mitchell continued our Cultivate series by exploring mystery as a central component of a healthy, transformative spirituality.
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We're continuing our "Cultivate" series this week! So far we’ve explored awareness and love as key elements of a healthy, transformative spirituality. This week we turn to faith. What is faith? What does it mean to have faith? How can it shape us in meaningful ways? Join us for this meaningful conversation.
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Our "Cultivate" series continued this Sunday! Last week we began by talking about "awareness" as an indispensable key to nurturing a healthy, transformative spirituality. In this sermon we built off of that by contrasting how a spirituality marked manipulation and control differs from a spirituality grounded in love.
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