Fully Alive: The Official Podcast of Northland Church

The Good News is that the Cosmic King, Jesus Christ, has come and, through His death and resurrection, is making all things new. We are called to be broken-hearted over spiritual darkness and depravity and to be bridge-builders in our culture driven by God's love. Like Paul, we are to be both a bright and bold witness, concerning the resurrection of Jesus and how God made a way for human beings to repent, be forgiven and be reconciled to God through His Son, King Jesus.

Pastor Josh delivers his Good Friday sermon: "The Terror of the Tears and the Twinkle of the Tearing"

All of us need to take lessons. We learn lessons when we are interested in the topic at hand, or when we love the area the lesson is about. The four lessons of mission we learn from Paul in Acts 16 are contextualization, vision, evangelism and suffering. These four lessons will enhance our understanding and make us more effective at mission. 

As we learn from Paul and Barnabas, sometimes leaders can't work together, and they need to go their separate ways. Sometimes, God prompts leaders to split over sharp disagreements about strategy that multiplies mission efforts. Sometimes, God allows for disappointments that develop us for later duties. Leaders with differing viewpoints can both be right, and their rightness can cause a rift in the partnership and could cause a multiplication of ministry and mission.

Faith in the Gospel brings about SALVATION and a TRANSFORMATION, leading to major IMPLICATIONS around Christian unity. This Gospel Transformation, brought about by the centrality of Jesus’ life and Kingship, lays the groundwork for Christian unity. As a result, there will be some things Christians CEASE DOING because they belong to Christ and live by His law, and there are some things Christians CEASE DOING in front of diverse brothers and sisters because it would offend/agitate/trouble them, cause division, and threaten Christian unity.

Faith in THE GOSPEL saves us from the penalty of sin and welcomes us into the life of the King and His Kingdom. God has sent the rightful KING of all creation, Jesus Christ, to earth, who, through His substitutionary death on the cross and His resurrection from the dead, is in the process of redeeming and restoring human beings from every nation, tribe, and tongue and the cosmos from the curse of sin.

Jesus COMMISSIONS His Church from everywhere to everywhere to share and show the Good News that, through His death and resurrection, He is making all things new. God has been on mission from the very beginning to create a people for Himself to reflect His glory in all spheres of life. Christ desires His followers to engage in His local church as they PARTICIPATE in God's Mission through the power of the Holy Spirit.

Jesus expects His Church to CARE for God's people along with the resources He provides in a manner that gives witness to His Kingdom and in a way that demonstrably shares the Good News with the world. The church cares for creation and its resources by stewarding them for God's glory and others' good. As God's caring people, we meet needs, we love one another as God has loved us, and we give sacrificially of our time, talents and treasures for the building up of God's Kingdom.