FBC GracePoint Church Podcast

The same Jesus who created the universe and holds everything together is the One who knows you, loves you, and wants a relationship with you. As we continue our series in Colossians, Pastor Scott walks through Colossians 1:15–23, reminding us of who Jesus truly is. He is the visible image of the invisible God, supreme over all creation, and the One who reconciles us to God through the cross. This message challenges us to never lose our wonder of Jesus, stand firm in our faith, and keep our eyes fixed on Him.

What happens when the gospel becomes more than something we simply believe? In Colossians 1:1–14, Paul shows us that the gospel does not simply make a few adjustments to our lives. It changes who we are, what we hope in, what grows in us, how we live, and where we belong. Through Jesus, God has rescued us from the kingdom of darkness, forgiven our sins, and brought us into the Kingdom of His Son. And when we understand what Jesus has done for us, the gospel begins to reshape every part of our lives. In this message, Pastor Brian challenges us to keep allowing the gospel to change us while also taking seriously the people God has placed around us who still need Jesus. We have been rescued. We are still being changed. And now we get to join God in His rescue mission.

The Bible teaches that spiritual leadership and authority are real—but that authority was never intended to be used to control people. In this message, Pastor Brian Hoffman looks at what Scripture says about following spiritual leaders, servant leadership, false teachers, and recognizing when spiritual authority becomes manipulation. We’ll look at passages including Hebrews 13, Mark 10, Matthew 7, Acts 20, and 1 John 4 to see what healthy biblical leadership actually looks like.

When is it okay to leave a marriage? Does God require someone to stay in an abusive marriage? And what does the Bible actually say about divorce? In Week 3 of our series, When Scriptures Get Twisted, Pastor Brian Hoffman addresses one of the most difficult and deeply personal questions surrounding marriage, divorce, and abuse. Marriage is intended to reflect the love of Jesus, but Scripture should never be twisted to justify violence, intimidation, or abuse. In this message, we examine what Jesus teaches about marriage in Matthew 19, what Paul says about love and responsibility in Ephesians 5, and why understanding the context of Malachi 2 is so important when discussing divorce.

God created sexual intimacy as something good, powerful, and valuable within the covenant of marriage. Biblical intimacy is mutual, self-giving, and never coercive. It should not be used as leverage, punishment, or a means of control. This message also explores mutual submission, honest communication, pornography, withholding intimacy, unmet needs, healthy boundaries, and seeking help when intimacy has become a source of pain.

Being gifted enough to lead does not mean someone is qualified to lead. In this message from our new sermon series, Pastor Brian explores the biblical qualifications for pastoral leadership found in 1 Timothy 3 and Titus 1. While pastors are entrusted with the authority to lead, they are never above accountability—to God, His Word, or the church they are called to serve. The church does not need more Christian celebrities—it needs faithful pastors who value character over charisma, shepherd people well, and remain committed to God’s Word.

In this message from Job 38–42, Pastor Brian Hoffman talks about trusting God when life does not make sense, why it is okay to ask God hard questions, and why Christians should be careful about speaking for God when Scripture has not given us an answer. Sometimes the most faithful answer really is, “I don’t know.” But we can still go back to what God has clearly revealed about Himself through Jesus. You can trust God with what you cannot understand.

What happens when you prayed, trusted God, did everything you knew to do, and life still didn’t go the way you expected? In Luke 24, two disciples are walking away from Jerusalem after everything they hoped Jesus would do seemed to fall apart. Their words capture something many of us have felt: “We had hoped…” In this message from our Trusting God When Life Hurts series, we look at how disappointment can shape our view of God, why God’s faithfulness does not mean He will follow the script we have written for our lives, and how we can keep following Jesus when the story goes differently than we planned.