This week, Pastor John hands over the TAGD keyboard to Pastor Brent Whitefield, Northpoint’s Pastor of Missions and Outreach. The Folly of Self-belief Hello Family, It is the message of nearly every Disney movie, the mantra of motivational speakers and self-help gurus, and it is what passes for communal wisdom in a community that has rejected divine sources of wisdom.… Continue Reading
The January installment of Prayer Life, Northpoint’s devotional prayer guide to help you read through the Bible in three years, is available THIS Sunday at the Information Center, as is a one-year Bible reading plan. You can also sign up there to receive Prayer Life each month via email. Continue Reading
Winter Camps for our junior/ senior highers and 4th-6th graders are January 6-8, 2017, at Thousand Pines Christian Conference Center. Here’s Your Packing List: Bible/notebook & pen Sleeping bag/pillow Spending money ($10-$20) for snack shop Camera (Optional) Flashlight Toothbrush/toothpaste Towel/ washcloth/ soap Comb/ brush (optional) Lip balm Laundry/plastic bag (might bring home snow-wet clothes) Winter/ski pants (or… Continue Reading
We’ll have one Sunday service on Christmas Day, at 10:45 a.m., in the Auditorium. (The morning will be as usual for kindergarten and younger.) Continue Reading
This week, Pastor John hands over the TAGD keyboard to Marti Wiegman, Northpoint’s Director of Women’s Ministries. Give Me Jesus Dear Northpoint Family, Do you remember a Christmas when you got the most amazing gift ever? Something you longed for but only imagined getting in your wildest dreams—like Ralphie and his quest for a Red Ryder BB gun in that classic Christmas movie. For me, that… Continue Reading
Sermon Notes The True Light of Christmas John 1:1-18 Pastor Brent Whitefield Introduction: The most consequential event in human history—God coming to mankind in the person of Jesus—is nowhere more beautifully and richly explained than in the prologue to John’s Gospel. We are reminded here of the only other moment of similar weight: The… Continue Reading
This week, Pastor John hands over the TAGD keyboard to Geoff Grant, Northpoint’s Director of Worship. Merry Christmas? Or Meretricious? Hello Northpoint, It’s so exciting to get to say something to you before the holiday season. It’s been a good exercise for me to stop my Christmas busyness to try to articulate something that would be useful for all of us this time of… Continue Reading
The Importance of Timing Galatians 4:1-7 Pastor John Sloan Introduction: Not a minute too soon. Or a second late. At the exact moment that God had planned all along, he sent his Son, born to a poor, peasant, teenage girl. As the Scriptures affirm and the creeds attest, the Very God of Very God, the… Continue Reading
The Best (and Worst) of Christmas Carols Hello Family, ‘Tis the season to dust off the ol’ holiday canticles. Over the next few weeks, the songs we know and love will be broadcast over the airwaves and web, belted out in neighborhoods by peripatetic carolers, and sung in churches by congregations and choirs. And like… Continue Reading
Sermon Notes A Song for the Ages Isaiah 42:1-9 Pastor John Sloan Introduction: There is a certain way that soldiers engage in battle. Those who pursue victory over their foes attack with a loud cry, with a shout of arrival. But not so with the Servant of God. He enters quietly. He does not yell… Continue Reading