North Naples Baptist Church Podcasts
North Naples Baptist Church
Welcome to the Podcast Home for North Naples Baptist Church in Naples, FL. This is where you can listen to all of our sermons from our Sunday morning worship services and our additional podcasts (coming soon) such as 12 Stone, The Well, and In the Margins. It is our prayer that God uses these messages and podcasts to speak to you wherever you are and whenever you happen to be listening, helping you to grow deeper in your relationship with Him and in your faith as a whole! If you would like to check us out, please visit our website at...
Episodes
9/27 - Sam Melhuish - Big Problems, Bigger God
When our problems feel bigger than God, worry takes over. Discover how a bigger view of God transforms the way we face our fears.
9/13 - Called by God - Part 1
Discover the hope, inheritance, and power of God’s calling—and how salvation gives us purpose for the life He designed us to live.
9/20 - Called by God - Part 2
God’s calling is irrevocable: justified from our past, sanctified in the present, and destined for glorification in Christ.
10/4 - Pastor Chris Butler - Called by God - Part 3
Our struggle to obey God isn’t from loving Him too little, but forgetting how deeply He loves us. When we grasp His love, everything changes.
10/11 - Pastor Chris Butler - Called by God - Part 4
The church is more than a place we attend. In Christ, we are no longer strangers or spectators, but members of God's family.
8/16 - No Ordinary Family - Part 1
True happiness isn’t found in independence, but in interdependence. Discover how we walk, work, watch, and wait better together.
8/23 - No Ordinary Family - Part 2
Teamwork in a church context involves moving beyond our own interests and showing a willingness to be worthy of trust while engaging sacrificially with those around us.
9/6 - No Ordinary Family - Part 3
Generosity reflects the heart of God. Discover how living generously builds community, defeats materialism, and blesses others for His glory.
7/19 - Faith Over Fear - Part 1
Failure isn't the end of our story. Discover how God uses our brokenness, trials, and risks of faith to reveal His power.
7/26 - Faith Over Fear - Part 2
Jesus calls us to replace worry with trust. Remember God’s faithfulness, live in His presence, and trust Him with tomorrow.
8/9 - Faith Over Fear - Part 3
God doesn’t always remove our pain, but His grace is sufficient. Discover how He works through our weakness and suffering.
6/14 - Let it Be Known - Part 1
True freedom begins when we stop excusing sin, confess it honestly, and receive God’s complete forgiveness.
6/21 - Let it Be Known - Part 2
Knowing God is our greatest purpose. True assurance comes through a transformed life marked by loving obedience to Christ.
6/28 - Let it Be Known - Part 3
Perfection through our own efforts isn't possible. It's found in Christ and Christ alone, pursued through the process of sanctification, and fulfilled in eternity.
7/5 - Let it Be Known - Part 4
Discover the certainty of eternal life as 1 John 5 points us away from ourselves and firmly to Jesus Christ.
4/12 - What's Love Got to Do with It? - Part 1
Jesus teaches that love is the core of faith—loving God and others shapes our identity, aligns our lives, and makes our faith real.
4/19 - What's Love Got to Do with It? - Part 2
Love God fully and love others deeply—our time reveals our priorities. Only love, not achievements, echoes into eternity.
5/3 - What's Love Got to Do with It? - Part 3
Love like Jesus: the true mark of discipleship. When we grasp God’s deep love for us, we’re freed to love, value, and forgive others fully.
5/10 - What's Love Got to Do with It? - Part 4
Jesus sees beyond reputation to the heart—restoring dignity, offering grace, and teaching us to love people like He does.
5/17 - What's Love Got to Do with It? - Part 5
Heart change leads to word change. Jesus shows how honest, careful, and life-giving speech reveals a transformed heart.
5/24 - What's Love Got to Do with It? - Part 6
Forgiveness isn’t forgetting—it’s releasing bitterness and reflecting Christ’s grace, even in the midst of pain and broken trust.
5/31 - What's Love Got to Do with It? - Part 7
Anger isn't the problem—uncontrolled anger is. Learn how Christ transforms our hearts, bringing patience, wisdom, and self-control.
6/7 - What's Love Got to Do with It? - Part 8
Love like Jesus: extend grace, express faith, expect the best, and endure the worst through God's unfailing love.
1/18 - Work Your Faith - Part 1
James 1:2–6 flips our instincts upside down, calling us to find joy not after our trials are over, but inside them—revealing how God uses pressure, pain, and perseverance to form unshakable faith.
1/25 - Work Your Faith - Part 2
James 1:5–11 invites us into the often-overlooked art of decision-making through God’s wisdom, revealing the instability of double-mindedness and the peace found in seeing life from God’s perspective.
2/1 - Work Your Faith - Part 3
James 1 clarifies trials vs. temptations: pressures God uses to refine us versus desires that lure us to sin. Victory comes by trusting God and letting Jesus answer temptation on our behalf.
2/8 - Work Your Faith - Part 4
Do we glance at Scripture or truly gaze into it? James 1:19-27 calls us beyond simply owning a Bible to letting God’s Word reflect, reshape, and free us.
2/15 - Work Your Faith - Part 5
James 2 calls us to examine whether our faith is genuine by looking at whether it has truly changed how we live. Genuine faith never stays hidden—it produces visible, life-shaping action.
2/22 - Work Your Faith - Part 6
Rejecting favoritism, showing real mercy, and loving people as God loves you are all hallmarks of a boldly lived faith.
3/1 - Work Your Faith - Part 7
An exploration of James 3 that reveals what true wisdom looks like in everyday life—shaping our words, humility, and relationships as we grow in Christ.
3/8 - Work Your Faith - Part 8
James 4:13–17 warns against planning without God. Life is brief—so trust Him with tomorrow and act today on the good He’s called you to do, investing in what lasts eternally.
3/15 - Work Your Faith - Part 9
Patience isn’t passive waiting—it’s active faith. James 5 shows how trusting God’s timing transforms trials into spiritual strength.
11/23 - The Source of Life - Part 1
Many times, whether we mean to or not, we look to a number of different places in our lives to sustain us, except for the one place that we can find the only source of life and sustenance that matters.Join us as Pastor Chris Butler leads us in a sermon series about Jesus as the SOURCE OF LIFE, and what that means for us today.
11/30 - The Source of Life - Part 2
Many times, whether we mean to or not, we look to a number of different places in our lives to sustain us, except for the one place that we can find the only source of life and sustenance that matters.Join us as Pastor Chris Butler leads us in a sermon series about Jesus as the SOURCE OF LIFE, and what that means for us today.
12/7 - The Source of Life - Part 3
Many times, whether we mean to or not, we look to a number of different places in our lives to sustain us, except for the one place that we can find the only source of life and sustenance that matters.Join us as Pastor Chris Butler leads us in a sermon series about Jesus as the SOURCE OF LIFE, and what that means for us today.
12/14 - The Source of Life - Part 4
Many times, whether we mean to or not, we look to a number of different places in our lives to sustain us, except for the one place that we can find the only source of life and sustenance that matters.Join us as Pastor Chris Butler leads us in a sermon series about Jesus as the SOURCE OF LIFE, and what that means for us today.
12/21 - The Source of Life - Part 5
Many times, whether we mean to or not, we look to a number of different places in our lives to sustain us, except for the one place that we can find the only source of life and sustenance that matters.Join us as Pastor Chris Butler leads us in a sermon series about Jesus as the SOURCE OF LIFE, and what that means for us today.
12/28 - The Source of Life - Part 6
Many times, whether we mean to or not, we look to a number of different places in our lives to sustain us, except for the one place that we can find the only source of life and sustenance that matters.Join us as Pastor Chris Butler leads us in a sermon series about Jesus as the SOURCE OF LIFE, and what that means for us today.
1/4 - The Source of Life - Part 7
Many times, whether we mean to or not, we look to a number of different places in our lives to sustain us, except for the one place that we can find the only source of life and sustenance that matters.Join us as Pastor Chris Butler leads us in a sermon series about Jesus as the SOURCE OF LIFE, and what that means for us today.
Passing the Test - Part 1
In the book of Daniel, we see one of the greatest examples in Scripture of an individual standing up against the pressures put on them by the society and culture around them.We face many of these same tests and pressures in our world today. How do we respond? How do we take a stand for what we believe when the culture around us is constantly pulling us in a different direction?Listen to "Passing the Test," a sermon series by Pastor Chris Butler, today!
Passing the Test - Part 2
In the book of Daniel, we see one of the greatest examples in Scripture of an individual standing up against the pressures put on them by the society and culture around them.We face many of these same tests and pressures in our world today. How do we respond? How do we take a stand for what we believe when the culture around us is constantly pulling us in a different direction?Listen to "Passing the Test," a sermon series by Pastor Chris Butler, today!
Passing the Test - Part 3
In the book of Daniel, we see one of the greatest examples in Scripture of an individual standing up against the pressures put on them by the society and culture around them.We face many of these same tests and pressures in our world today. How do we respond? How do we take a stand for what we believe when the culture around us is constantly pulling us in a different direction?Listen to "Passing the Test," a sermon series by Pastor Chris Butler, today!
Passing the Test - Part 4
In the book of Daniel, we see one of the greatest examples in Scripture of an individual standing up against the pressures put on them by the society and culture around them.We face many of these same tests and pressures in our world today. How do we respond? How do we take a stand for what we believe when the culture around us is constantly pulling us in a different direction?Listen to "Passing the Test," a sermon series by Pastor Chris Butler, today!
Passing the Test - Part 5
In the book of Daniel, we see one of the greatest examples in Scripture of an individual standing up against the pressures put on them by the society and culture around them.We face many of these same tests and pressures in our world today. How do we respond? How do we take a stand for what we believe when the culture around us is constantly pulling us in a different direction?Listen to "Passing the Test," a sermon series by Pastor Chris Butler, today!
Passing the Test - Part 6
In the book of Daniel, we see one of the greatest examples in Scripture of an individual standing up against the pressures put on them by the society and culture around them.We face many of these same tests and pressures in our world today. How do we respond? How do we take a stand for what we believe when the culture around us is constantly pulling us in a different direction?Listen to "Passing the Test," a sermon series by Pastor Chris Butler, today!
Passing the Test - Part 7
In the book of Daniel, we see one of the greatest examples in Scripture of an individual standing up against the pressures put on them by the society and culture around them.We face many of these same tests and pressures in our world today. How do we respond? How do we take a stand for what we believe when the culture around us is constantly pulling us in a different direction?Listen to "Passing the Test," a sermon series by Pastor Chris Butler, today!
Passing the Test - Part 8
In the book of Daniel, we see one of the greatest examples in Scripture of an individual standing up against the pressures put on them by the society and culture around them.We face many of these same tests and pressures in our world today. How do we respond? How do we take a stand for what we believe when the culture around us is constantly pulling us in a different direction?Listen to "Passing the Test," a sermon series by Pastor Chris Butler, today!
Passing the Test - Part 9
In the book of Daniel, we see one of the greatest examples in Scripture of an individual standing up against the pressures put on them by the society and culture around them.We face many of these same tests and pressures in our world today. How do we respond? How do we take a stand for what we believe when the culture around us is constantly pulling us in a different direction?Listen to "Passing the Test," a sermon series by Pastor Chris Butler, today!
Growing Strong in God's Grace - Part 1
We've all heard pastors and Bible study leaders talk about "the grace of God." It's a huge part of God's character and it's one of the biggest aspects of the Gospel story.But when we speak about the grace of God, sometimes we forget about how deep and wide of a topic we're really discussing. Join us as Pastor Chris takes us on a multi-week discussion of what the grace of God entails and how it impacts our lives today.
Growing Strong in God's Grace - Part 2
We've all heard pastors and Bible study leaders talk about "the grace of God." It's a huge part of God's character and it's one of the biggest aspects of the Gospel story.But when we speak about the grace of God, sometimes we forget about how deep and wide of a topic we're really discussing. Join us as Pastor Chris takes us on a multi-week discussion of what the grace of God entails and how it impacts our lives today.