Get Ready for Sunday: Total Recall

This Week at Northbrook: Oct 24, 2025

Forgetting what God has done isn’t just careless, it’s dangerous. When you lose sight of His faithfulness, you start drifting toward substitutes that can’t sustain you. So the question is what part of your faith have you stopped remembering to live out?

This Sunday, Pastor Keith will walk us through Deuteronomy 4:1-9, where Moses challenges God’s people to remember His truth, live it out boldly, and guard it diligently.

Get Ready for Sunday: The Battle for the Next Generation

This Week at Northbrook: Oct. 10, 2025

Every generation is shaped by what the last one chooses to remember or forget. What kind of faith are we passing down to those who come after us?

This Sunday, our worship pastor, Jeremy Samplaski, will open Psalm 78 and help us see the urgent call God gives His people to raise up the next generation in faith.

Get Ready for Sunday: What’s Blocking Your Faith?

This Week at Northbrook: Sept. 26-Oct. 3, 2025

Sometimes the biggest barriers we face aren’t out there–they’re in here. What if the real roadblock keeping you from experiencing God’s promises isn’t your circumstances, but your unbelief?

This Sunday we continue our Forged series in Numbers 14:11–24, where Israel stood on the edge of the Promised Land but refused to move forward in faith.

Get Ready for Sunday: God’s Positioning System

This Week at Northbrook: Sept. 5, 2025

We all like to know where we’re going and how long it will take to get there. But what if God cares more about shaping you on the journey than getting you to the destination? How willing are you to let Him set the pace?

This Sunday we begin a new series called Forged, walking through Israel’s wilderness years in Numbers and Deuteronomy. In Numbers 9, God leads His people with a cloud by day and fire by night—a visible reminder that His presence, His path, and His pace are what matter most. For Israel, and for us, the joy of God’s promises begins with daily dependence.

Get Ready for Sunday: Eternity Is Calling

This Week at Northbrook: August 29, 2025

Alarms are meant to wake us up. They remind us something urgent is happening that can’t be ignored. So here’s the question, if eternity really is at stake, what is it going to take for you to start living like it?

This Sunday, we’ll wrap up our Threads series in 2 Corinthians 5:16-21, where Paul shows us how eternity changes everything about how we see ourselves and others. In Christ, we are made new, reconciled to God, and sent out as his ambassadors. Eternity isn’t a distant thought, but it's God’s call to live with urgency right now, pleading with others to be reconciled to him.

Get Ready for Sunday: The truth about sin and the greater truth about grace!

This Week at Northbrook: Aug. 8, 2025

We’re not "basically good people who just need a little help." The Bible paints a far more sobering picture. So here’s the question: when God says no one is righteous, do you believe him, or do you quietly make yourself the exception?

This Sunday, we continue our THREADS series by looking at the second thread of the gospel—our complete sinfulness—through Romans 3:9-20. Paul doesn’t leave any wiggle room. The damage is done. The ruin is real. Our words and our walk expose the truth: we’re all guilty before a holy God. But here’s the good news, Jesus offers his perfect righteousness, not as a reward for your effort, but as a gift to be received by faith.

Get Ready for Sunday: Crossing the Holy Divide

This Week at Northbrook: August 1, 2025

We’re kicking off a brand-new series this week called Threads, where we’ll trace the core truths of the gospel—truths that connect every part of our faith and transform the way we live.

Holiness is where it all begins. God’s holiness is a reality that exposes our hearts and changes our lives. So here’s the question, have you ever truly considered what would happen if you stood in the presence of a perfectly holy God?

Get Ready for Sunday: When You Look Back Differently

What if the pain you rushed through was actually a place where God was quietly pulling you closer to himself? Sometimes clarity doesn’t come in the moment but in the looking back. Like we often say, hindsight is 20/20.

This Week at Northbrook: July 11, 2025

This Sunday in Psalm 18, we’ll join David as he reflects on the darkest chapters of his life. At the time, it felt like chaos. But now, with age and perspective, he sees God’s steady hand at work. This passage helps us reframe our past, not just as something to survive, but as something God can use to grow trust, shape character, and stir gratitude. Psalm 18 invites us to reexamine our own story with fresh eyes and renewed trust.

Get Ready for Sunday: Your Forever King

This Week at Northbrook: July 4, 2025

Every throne on earth eventually crumbles, but not the Lord's. So, if Jesus is already reigning as King, what space in your life still resists his authority and rule? And if you really believed he’s already won, how does that change the way you live today?

This Sunday, we’ll walk through Psalm 110, a powerful prophecy that pulls back the curtain on Jesus as our ruling, priestly, and victorious King. He’s not waiting to reign someday. He’s reigning right now. And he deserves our full allegiance, not just in eternity, but in every square inch of our lives today.

Get Ready for Sunday: Pursuing God's Presence

What you remember will shape what you pursue. When did you last feel deeply drawn to God, not just out of duty, but out of desire?

This Sunday, we’ll walk through Psalm 132, a song of remembrance that calls us to rekindle our passion for God’s presence. Just as David refused to rest until the ark returned to its rightful place, we’re invited to live with that same kind of holy urgency—to make God central, not just symbolic. His presence isn’t just a concept; it’s our peace, our joy, and our power to keep going.

Get Ready for Sunday: What Makes Your Heart Truly Sing?

This Week at Northbrook: June 20, 2025

We sing loudest about what we love most. So what’s your heart actually singing about these days? And if the joy has gone quiet, what might that be telling you about what’s at the center of your life?

This Sunday in Psalm 96, we’ll be reminded that the presence of God is what truly awakens our hearts to sing. Not circumstances, not success, not fleeting moments of happiness, but the living God, rightly placed at the center of our lives. His glory stirs lasting joy, and his nearness brings songs out of dry places.

Get Ready for Sunday: When God Speaks, Are You Listening?

This Week at Northbrook: June 15, 2025

We crave clarity. But we often ignore the voice that’s been speaking all along.

Have you ever felt like God is silent, only to realize you’ve been too distracted to hear him? What if the distance you feel from God isn’t because he stopped speaking, but because you stopped listening?

This Sunday, we’ll explore Psalm 19, where David reminds us that God is always speaking, through the beauty of creation, the truth of his Word, and the gracious correction of his Spirit. But God doesn’t speak to impress us; he speaks to transform us.