Sermon Notes Called by God 1 Timothy 3:1-7 Pastor John Sloan Introduction: There’s no doubting the importance of solid leadership. It’s why we frequent some restaurants and establishments and carefully avoid others. Good leaders set the tone. It’s the same way in the church: those who shepherd God’s people in a strong yet humble way… Continue Reading
Women and Men (Part 2) 1 Timothy 2:11-15 Pastor John Sloan Introduction: Men and women are equal. The Scriptures never equivocate on this: men are neither better, smarter, nor more valuable than women. Nor, as so many sitcoms and greeting cards would have us believe, are women superior to the bumbling men they’re saddled with.… Continue Reading
Different By Design Hello Church Family, I’m so looking forward to worshiping with you on Sunday. We’re going to sing Your Grace Finds Me, Sweetly Broken, and It is Well with My Soul (among other songs); and then, from Paul’s first letter to Timothy, we’re going to continue our discussion on how women and men… Continue Reading
Northpoint’s 2015 Men’s Retreat is NEXT weekend, October 9-11! Jared C. Wilson from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and author of Gospel Wakefulness, will be our speaker. Last chance to register is THIS Sunday in the Foyer. More here. Continue Reading
Women and Men (Part 1) 1 Timothy 2:8-10 Pastor John Sloan Introduction: The Bible contains some curious commands. Consider this one in Leviticus 19:19: “Do not wear clothing woven of two kinds of material.” (So much for those polyester pants you’ve been wearing!) Of course, few imperatives incite controversy like one in the passage at… Continue Reading
Couldn’t Hear Nobody Pray Dear Church Family, I hope you’ve been able to find encouragement in the Lord this week. As many of you know from sermon illustrations I’ve given in the past, I grew up listening to a lot of gospel music. While my contemporaries in the Christian community were blasting 80s icon, Sandi… Continue Reading
A Word To Fathers Hello Church Family, I hope your week has gone well. I’ve been praying for you, that God would allow you to experience the richness of His presence, so that you can say with Asaph, “the nearness of God is my good” (Psalm 73:28 NASB). For some reason, I’ve had several unsolicited… Continue Reading
A Good Fight 1 Timothy 1:18-20 Pastor John Sloan Introduction: In his groundbreaking book, Jesus, Mean and Wild, Mark Galli contends: “Today, we are adherents of the Religion of Niceness. Thus we learn not to make a fuss in school, at work, in life. We quickly discover that people respond positively to us when we… Continue Reading
Grace for Blasphemers Hello Church Family, I’ve been praying for you this week, particularly that God would intensify our worship of Him, so that we would be moved toward our Savior in true dependence, humility, adoration, and faith. Last week, as I was finalizing my sermon, I realized that it was necessary to shave off… Continue Reading
Love in Suburbia Hello Church Family, I hope you’re having a productive week, one in which you’re resting in the grace of God. In his brief but powerful book, The Mark of the Christian, the late Francis Schaeffer penned his now-famous proposal that the final apologetic for the Christian faith is the observable love that… Continue Reading