Click here for PDF SERMON NOTES Abraham Believed the Lord Genesis 15 Dr. Tony Chute, Lead Pastor Overview: The promises that God made to Abraham did not immediately materialize, thus raising questions in Abraham’s mind about how they would be fulfilled. The Lord reassures Abraham of His faithfulness by pointing to His character and directing Abraham’s attention… Continue Reading
Click here for PDF SERMON NOTES Arise, Walk Through the Land Genesis 13-14 Dr. Tony Chute, Lead Pastor Overview: Abraham’s material blessings had the potential to distract him from his walk with the Lord, but he wisely demonstrated that he loved the Lord more than his possessions. Abraham did not allow his wealth to substitute for worship;… Continue Reading
Click here for PDF SERMON NOTES Abraham Journeyed On Genesis 12 Dr. Tony Chute, Lead Pastor Overview: The call of God to Abraham marks a significant turning point in the biblical narrative and in world history. Abraham is told to leave his family and familiar surroundings to go to a place yet to be revealed, whereupon the… Continue Reading
Click here for PDF SERMON NOTES Truths for the Dark Times Isaiah 25:3-4 Woody Armstrong, Northpoint Elder Overview: It is one thing to know the truth and another thing to apply the truth. Truth will always be true despite the circumstances or what others may say. This is especially true if it is God Himself who has… Continue Reading
Click here for PDF SERMON NOTES Grace Upon Grace John 1:16-17 Dr. Tony Chute, Lead Pastor Overview: John’s gospel introduces us to the person and work of Jesus from a historical and theological standpoint. He notes that prior to the coming of Jesus, God’s people relied on the Mosaic law for their understanding of God and to… Continue Reading
Click here for PDF SERMON NOTES The Word Became Flesh John 1:1-18 Dr. Tony Chute, Lead Pastor Overview: The prologue to John’s gospel provides a rich theological backdrop to the Christmas story. John informs us that Jesus is the Word of God who was in the beginning with God and is, in fact, no less than God… Continue Reading
Click here for PDF SERMON NOTES I Will Fill This House with Glory Haggai Dr. Tony Chute, Lead Pastor Overview: The book of Haggai opens with a call for God’s people to place Him first in their lives by completing construction on the second temple. This project was necessary because the first temple had been destroyed, and… Continue Reading
Click here for PDF SERMON NOTES The Whole Earth Had One Language Genesis 10 – 11:9 Dr. Tony Chute, Lead Pastor Overview: God’s command for Noah to multiply and fill the earth finds its initial fulfillment in the Table of Nations in Genesis 10. This list of seventy names emerging from the sons of Noah describes the… Continue Reading
Click here for PDF SERMON NOTES When the Bow is in the Clouds Genesis 9 Dr. Tony Chute, Lead Pastor Overview: In the immediate aftermath of the flood, the sanctity of human life and the sinfulness of the human heart come to the fore once again. God affirms the sanctity of life by reissuing the… Continue Reading
Click here for PDF SERMON NOTES But God Remembered Noah … Genesis 8:1-22 Tim East, Northpoint Elder Overview: When the Bible says that God remembered Noah, we shouldn’t think of that in the same way that we might “remember” an old friend or struggle to recall the name of someone we just saw. God never forgot about… Continue Reading