Helping the Whole World Find and Follow Jesus
Ever felt that way? Must people have. You hear me say all the time that “nobody’s perfect” and it is true. I’m not perfect, you’re not perfect, nobody’s perfect. Having accepted that as a basic truth, we should be setting our sights on getting better. Because just because we haven’t arrived yet doesn’t mean that…
Sermon summary on how the life of Jesus impacted the way we look at forgiveness.
A few days ago, I posted on this site that Northstar is no longer going to emphasize “welcoming.” Instead, we are going to emphasize “inviting.” This is a move from passivity to activity, and must be done in keeping with God’s missional activity in our neighborhoods. I want to mention however, that we still want…
A five-minute summary of the 4th message in the “Who is this man?” teaching series. This message was on how Jesus changed the way the world views status and humility.
Bet I got your attention. I know what you are thinking. Marty, we’ve invested a considerable amount of time and resources into becoming a welcoming church. And what’s more, we have succeeded. We’ve developed welcoming church environments, we trained greeters and ushers, we wear name tags, we percolate coffee, we benchmarked other churches on hospitality.…