The Un-Politician Hello Church Family, I have been praying for you this week from Psalm 90: “O Lord, satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.” This is a unique time in the life of our country. This is political “crunch time,” so to… Continue Reading
Sermon Notes True Disciple John 8:31-38 Pastor John Sloan Introduction: The mission statement of Northpoint, which is intentionally plastered on resource folders, handouts, webpages, and even walls is: making disciples who make disciples. When we make disciples, we are leading others to see, and experience over a lifetime, the beauty, the sufficiency, and all-surpassing joy… Continue Reading
The Mark Hello Church Family, As far as I know, no Sunday school teacher has ever instructed a child to “be like Cain.” Certainly, church kids are told all the time to emulate David, Abraham, Joseph or Job, often in moralistic fashion (in other churches, of course!), but, to my knowledge, Cain has never been… Continue Reading
Godliness is Gain 1 Timothy 6:2b-10 Pastor John Sloan Introduction: Greed is life’s greatest thief. It steals from every experience the joy of living. Someone who is greedy is always operating at a loss, because they never quite have what they want. But, with television commercials constantly promoting the latest and greatest “it” things, how… Continue Reading
Save the dates men: Syrup on the Mount is coming up April 16, and the Annual Golf Tournament at Dos Lagos happens June 4. More information to come. Stay tuned! Continue Reading
2.11.2016 This week, Pastor John hands over the TAGD keyboard to Pastor Brent Whitefield, Northpoint’s Pastor of Missions and Outreach. Report from Botswana Hello Church Family,I had the great privilege of spending the last week in Gaborone, the capital city of Botswana. Alex Ivascu, a member of our outreach team, accompanied me on the journey.… Continue Reading
Experiencing God Hello Church Family, I’ve been praying for you this week, that God would pour out his comfort and mercy on you. In the early 1990s, Henry Blackaby and Claude King wrote a best-selling (and somewhat polarizing) book called Experiencing God. It was hailed by many as a “revolutionary treatment” and “fresh new look”… Continue Reading
Healthy Communication Hello Church Family, Please know this: You have been prayed for this week. I have brought you before the Lord, and asked him to give each of us the grace to humble ourselves before him that he may lift us up at the proper time (1 Peter 5:6). Over the past two-and-a-half years,… Continue Reading
Sermon Notes On Suffering and Slavery 1 Timothy 6:1-2 Pastor John Sloan Introduction: Less than a week ago, our nation enjoyed a holiday in honor of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a man who did more to advance the message of God’s indiscriminate love than few people ever have. He was a courageous… Continue Reading
A Sludge of Self-Help Solutions Hello Church Family, I have been praying for you this week, that God would cause you (and me) to embody in increasing measure the fruits of the Spirit: “love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control, [for] against such things there is no law” (Galatians 5:22-23). As I mentioned in Sunday’s sermon, someone… Continue Reading