"I am frightened by the reality that the church I lead can carry on most of our activities smoothly, efficiently, and even successfully, never realizing that the Holy Spirit of God is virtually absent from the picture. We can so easily deceive...

"We're ashamed to think of ourselves as adopted, because to do so would focus our minds on the gory truth that all of us in Christ, once were lost but now we're found, once were strangers and now we're children, once were slaves...

Promises made in Galatians 3 about those who place faith in Jesus...

1. In Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith.

2. If you have been immersed into Christ have put on Christ.

3. You are all heirs to Jesus.

-Jesus is the...

Live by the Spirit, stop trying to be perfect, surrender yourself to the gospel that Paul is preaching in Galatians 2.

"It seems to reason unlikely that the Holy Spirit is received only by believing what we hear and that there is nothing else...

Exodus 33:15, Psalm 28:1

"Whatever a man does without God he must fail miserably, or succeed even more miserably." (George MacDonald)

Since this is the day after Christmas, I want to get our minds off of that lowly first coming of Jesus and direct our minds to the coming that is to come. We have studied the first century advent. Today let’s study our own advent. Let’s look with...

The greatest act of love this world has ever seen is God giving His son Jesus. John 3:16 says that God sent His son because He loves us so much, and that if we would just believe in Jesus we would have eternal life.

Rik walks us through contented exuberance. Advent missionary: His Voice Global.

As we enter the holiday season, we begin this year's Advent series. Each week during Advent this year we will highlight a ministry/missionary that North Church is connecting with. This week we start with Ryan and Jamie Wagner, who are...