North Church STL

A king in a manger. God born in a dusty barn. This is not how we would expect it to happen, but Jesus reverses everything.

The message of Christmas is to give your life away.

Jesus came as a king. But even with all power and authority, he didn't command people to serve him - he came to serve.

Jesus came to earth and reversed everything we knew about life - the way we think, the way we live, the way we love. So this year we look at the Advent season in reverse - starting with our Savior's death on a cross.

We celebrate a great Sunday with two baby dedications and a baptism.

James 1:27 says, "Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world." There are orphans all over the world, and we have the...

At the end of Colossians we are reminded of the importance of the partnerships we have for the sake of the gospel.

In Colossians 3, Paul lays out the idea that we are to die to ourselves. And only in dying to ourselves do we honestly gain life and purpose.

Each one of us has been called into different relationships in order to embody and live out the gospel in our everyday life and calling. Colossians shows us many of those relationships.

We expect apple trees to produce apples. But what should we expect from Christians? Colossians 3 gives insight into what Christian maturity should look like.