Obedience to Christ, in some form or another, is always hard. Just ask Abraham - he experienced it firsthand when he was asked to sacrifice Isaac. The very things the Lord calls us to will in turn expose our idols and require us to lay them on the...

Starting off our series on obedience with Noah, we examine the "easy" decision he had - build an enormous boat or die. Maybe that decision wasn't so easy, after all. But how does obedience to God become easier? For starters, it must...

What would it look like if the gospel affected every area of our life? We take the opportunity as we dedicate Tobin Kuntz to examine how the gospel should affect how we parent, especially in the context of a gospel centered community.

How do we define success as a church? How do we define success as a Christian? Looking at words from Paul in 2 Timothy 2, we try to identify what our definition of success should be.

Why does the church exist? One of the reasons is to bring about worship - both corporate worship and to cultivate in the hearts of men a desire to treasure God. This concept of worship is vital to us and to our relationship to God both as...

We live in a day and age where the Word of God is seen to have little, if any, value for life. Yet there is a massive responsibility for the Church to remain true to the Word and call others to do the same. But how does the Church do that? Does the...

Most of us have heard the phrase, "...in the world, but not of the world." But what does that mean? We look at the example of Jesus to see exactly what it means, and how it informs the way we should live.

You are God's agent of redemption. You can spend your life pursuing your own self-interests, or you can spend it being an agent of redemption. How will you spend it?

God has gifted everyone with particular gifts. But what do we do with them, and why? Rik examines what Scripture says about the true purpose of our gifts.

What does covenant membership mean? And why is it important? Dave examines that, and what it means to commit to covenant membership at North Church.