4.13.2017 This week, Pastor John hands over the TAGD keyboard to Pastor Brent Whitefield, Northpoint’s Pastor of Missions and Outreach.The Unique Message of Easter Easter is a wonderful occasion for Christians. Not so much because it is a “holy day.” As Protestant Christians, we are not altogether comfortable with the notion of holy days in… Continue Reading
The 2017 Northpoint Good Friday services are THIS Friday, April 14, at 6:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., in the Auditorium (birth-kindergarten child care for the 6:00 p.m. service only). Continue Reading
Our Easter Sunday Celebrations will happen THIS Sunday, at 7:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m., and 10:45 a.m., in the Auditorium (no children’s program for the 7:30 a.m. service; full children’s program for birth-sixth grade during the 9:00 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. services). Continue Reading
Sermon Notes Face Turned Toward the Cross John 18:1-11 Pastor John Sloan Introduction: Lanterns, torches, and weapons. Brandished by a band of soldiers. Not the sort of tools one would think necessary for the “capture” of a compassionate teacher and leader. Why in the middle of the night? Why the need for such artillery? The… Continue Reading
Hello Family, I want you to know that I have been bringing you before the Lord this week, asking God to “reassure you of his steadfast love” and “lead you onto level ground” (Psalm 143:8,10). It is often stated that the real benefit of prayer is that we are changed, and not that… Continue Reading
The 2017 Northpoint Good Friday services are THIS Friday, April 14, at 6:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., in the Auditorium (birth-kindergarten child care for the 6:00 p.m. service only). Our Easter Sunday Celebrations will happen THIS Sunday, at 7:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m., and 10:45 a.m., in the Auditorium (no children’s program for the 7:30 a.m. service; full children’s… Continue Reading
Sermon Notes No Sign Will Be Given Matthew 12:38-45 Pastor John Sloan Introduction: Some eight hundred years before Jesus was born, the wicked, cruel, and altogether perverse people of Nineveh heard the preaching of the prophet Jonah, “turned from their evil ways” and “cried out mightily to God” (Jonah 3:8-10). Conversely, after watching Jesus cast… Continue Reading
3.30.2017 Good Friday and Easter Pastor Brent Whitefield was recently at a one-day conference in Portland for Life Explored, the video series from the creators of Christianity Explored. One of the takeaways of that experience was a challenge to embrace an updated philosophy of evangelism, more specifically, to recognize that non-Christians need to be persuaded… Continue Reading
Sermon Notes What Words Reveal Matthew 12:33-37 Pastor John Sloan Introduction: Should I listen to my heart or my mind? We often ask ourselves this question before making a decision, assuming that from the heart come our emotions while sound reasoning comes from the mind. But in the culture in which Jesus lived, the heart… Continue Reading
This week, Pastor John hands over the TAGD keyboard to Pastor Brent Whitefield, Northpoint’s Pastor of Missions and Outreach. I am pleased to announce that our good friend Tamene Menna has completed his doctoral studies at Talbot and this week successfully defended his thesis. As of graduation in May, he will have his PhD… Continue Reading