There's No Place Like Home

Northside Homecoming 2025 Sermon: “There’s No Place Like Home”
Pastor Byron drew from Luke 15:1-2 and 11-24, to show how Jesus welcomed sinners while the Pharisees condemned them. Using the parable of the prodigal son, he highlighted the contrast between “give me” (self-will) and “make me” (submission). The son’s rebellion led him into misery, but when he “came to himself,” he returned to his father, who ran to meet him with love and restoration.

Pastor Chesney compared this homecoming story to our own need to return to God. Sin takes us farther than we want to go, but repentance brings forgiveness and full restoration. Just as the prodigal found his way home, we too can find peace, joy, and belonging in our Heavenly Father. The call was clear: stop running, repent, and come home—because truly, there’s no place like home.