Next Level Church, Charlotte Podcast
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Most of us have quietly shrunk God down to a size we can manage—someone who cares about us and maybe our church, but probably isn't paying attention to the bigger mess out there. Which leaves us feeling alone in a world that seems out of control. In this third message of our series, Seen: You Are Not As Invisible As You Feel, a book study through Zephaniah, Pastor Bradley Medford turns to…
We live in a world where nothing seems to stick. Bad decisions don't have consequences, people who cause harm walk away clean, and it starts to feel like none of it matters. Which is its own kind of despair. In this second message of our series, Seen: You Are Not As Invisible As You Feel, a book study through Zephaniah, Lead Pastor Clay Monkus turns to Zephaniah 1:14–2:3 to show that God takes…
The most dangerous place to be isn't far from God—it's close enough to go through the motions and feel nothing. We don't drift from God all at once. We get busy, life gets chaotic, and somewhere along the way faith slips into the background. The people in Zephaniah aren't atheists—they're just living like God isn't watching. Most of us know exactly what that feels like. In this opening message of…
This week is a bit different, but well worth it! Join us as Pastor Clay talks about where Next Level has been as a church, where we're going, and how you can partner in what God is doing. The best is in front of us!
Nobody decides to walk away from God. We just drift. A skipped Sunday, a prayer life that went dormant, a Bible we keep meaning to open. There's no big moment—which is exactly what makes it dangerous. One day we look up, realize we're farther than we were, and can't point to when it happened. In this fourth message of our series, Unshakable: Building a Faith That Stands, Teaching Pastor Christian…
When life falls apart, the question underneath is always the same: is my faith even real? Hard seasons don't just hurt—they expose us, showing how thin our trust actually was. And it's tempting to read the struggle as proof that something's wrong with us, or with God. In this third message of our series, Unshakable: Building a Faith That Stands, Teaching Pastor Christian Nichles turns to Romans…
The ground under us won't hold still. What was settled five years ago is up for debate now, and it's exhausting trying to figure out what to believe when the answers keep changing depending on who's talking. We start wondering if there's anything solid left to stand on, or if we're just supposed to keep adjusting forever. In this second message of our series, Unshakable: Building a Faith That…
Two houses look identical—until the storm comes. Most of us don't lose our footing in one big, dramatic moment. We lose it slowly: when the ground keeps shifting beneath us, when a hard season makes us wonder if our faith was ever real, when devotion quietly fades without us noticing. We assume we're fine because we know the right things—we've heard the teaching, we agree with it, we could explain…
The power of the Spirit isn't something we're waiting on. It's something we've been given and haven't learned to live from. In this final message of the series, Lead Pastor Clay Monkus walks through Ephesians 1 and Paul's astonishing prayer — that we would grasp the power already at work in us. The same resurrection power that defeated death is alive in every person who follows Jesus. If you've…
The Spirit doesn't make our lives safer. He makes us brave enough to do what we couldn't do before. In this message, Pastor Bradley Medford walks through Acts 4, where the early church — facing real opposition — prayed not for safety but for boldness. The Spirit's power isn't for comfort. It's for courage. If fear has been holding you back, this message is for you. The same Spirit that emboldened…
The Spirit's power isn't primarily emotional. It's transformational. In this message, Lead Pastor Clay Monkus walks through Galatians 5 and challenges the way we often measure God's presence — by how we feel in the moment. Real Spirit-power shows up somewhere less flashy but far more lasting: in the slow, stubborn growth of becoming a different kind of person. If you've ever chased the spiritual…
