Last week, Pastor Joshua Shirey took us through the theological basis for Peter's call for all believers to proclaim the excellencies of Jesus Christ; this week, we focus on the practical application of 1 Peter 2:9-10 in our lives. How do we live up to God's call on our lives?

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a  people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. (1 Peter 2:9-10)

Pastor Joshua Shirey begins a two-part series on this rich passage from 1 Peter where we discover what the Lord has done for us and eight reasons that he has given us to rejoice.

https://northstarbaptistchurch.org/april-03-2022/

What is it that God expects of the Christian, and what place does the law have for us in our lives? Scott Hughey leads us through a summary study of Paul's letter to the Galatians, culminating in a final look at the fruit of the flesh versus the fruit of the Spirit in Galatians 5:13-26.

Guest Speaker: Scott Hughey

https://northstarbaptistchurch.org/march-27-2022/

What should the Christian life look like, and how should it look different than the lives of non-believers? John writes that we are to not love the world or the things in the world and tells us some of the warning signs that we may not be living as Christians after all.  However, this sermon is more than bad news! John also reminds us that we have an advocate in Jesus Christ, who represents us before God the Father.

Guest speaker: Matt Irving

https://northstarbaptistchurch.org/march-20-2022/

Statistics say that nearly 1/3 of the world’s population are Christians, but is that true? In today’s sermon, we explore Jesus’ Parable of the Sower, to discover what Jesus has to say about what makes a person a true believer in Christ, and how we should understand the other “soils” that don’t bear fruit.

https://northstarbaptistchurch.org/march-13-2022/

We live in a fallen world. This fallenness is a result of our own sin as well as the sins of the world. But, God, by His eternal power, has been our dwelling place since before He formed the world. In this lesson, we will explore the significance that this has on our perspective as it relates to our sin and our own futility before such a God.

https://northstarbaptistchurch.org/march-06-2022/

Today, Scott will take us through Peter’s analogy of Jesus as the cornerstone of God’s house. How is God building His house and what significance does the cornerstone have in this house?

https://northstarbaptistchurch.org/february-27-2022/

Having finished our series on "Life in the Family of God", we now shift our attention to "The House of God". Today we'll explore the imagery that Peter provides of us being living stones that are being built into the very dwelling place of God. But, more than that, we are also priests serving and worshipping in the Holy of Holies.

https://northstarbaptistchurch.org/february-20-2022/

In this installment of our "Life in the Family of God" series, we will look at the image that Peter gives of an infant longing for its mother's milk and the implication on our Christian walk as members of God's family.

https://northstarbaptistchurch.org/february-13-2022/

Today, we will look at brotherly love as it pertains to our life in the family of God. We will look at Biblical encouragements that show us the blessings that we can experience when we love one another as Christ loved us.

https:///northstarbaptistchurch.org/february-06-2022/