Why do followers of Christ have a sure and steadfast hope? Hebrews 13:8 tells us, "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever." In this message we celebrate our unchangeable Christ.

In this message, as we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus, we look at the apostle Paul's sermon recorded in Acts 13. In verse 30 he tells us that God raised Him from the dead. He is risen! What does this marvelous news mean, and how do we respond?

In this lesson, we explore how our lives can have an effect on those around us, especially our fellow believers. As we explore what the author of Hebrews has to say on the subject of living pure lives for the sake of our fellow brothers and sisters, Pastor Joshua urges us to encourage each other through our love and pursuit of purity.

https://northstarbaptistchurch.org/march-28-2021/

Last week, we explored how we can present acceptable worship and brotherly love through hospitality towards others and, especially, toward our fellow Christian, brothers and sisters.

Hebrews 13:1, in which the author encourages his congregation to continue to present acceptable worship through their practice of brotherly love toward each other serves as an encouragement for churches today to follow their example.

In this lesson, we will be looking more closely at practical ways we can show brotherly love to one another out of a heart of worship and gratitude.

https://northstarbaptistchurch.org/march-14-2021/

Does it seem easy to forget that our God is a consuming fire? In this message we look in Hebrews 12 at the unshakeable kingdom given to those who are covered by Christ's sacrifice, at the coming alternative for all things in the universe not joined with Christ, and at the gratitude and worship that such an incredible gift deserves.

Do we, as followers of Christ, live in light of the truth that we are sons and daughters of the King of Zion or do we allow the idea of God, as the judge of all, to drive us back to mount Sinai?

In this lesson, we will look at what it means that God is both the judge and savior and how this should affect our thinking of the old and new covenants.

https://northstarbaptistchurch.org/february-28-2021/

In the last message we looked at Mount Sinai, to which Hebrews 12 tells us we have not come, but we've come instead to Mount Zion. So what is Mount Zion? To where have we come? What does it look like to live in the knowledge that it is a current reality? In this message we look at the first of several attributes and implications of the reality of Mount Zion for those who trust in Christ.

In our thought processes, our approach, even our understanding of God's heart toward us we can so often be old-covenant-oriented. In this message we begin to look at the beautiful contrast presented in Hebrews 12:18-24 between the old covenant, represented by the Lord's coming to Mt. Sinai, and the new covenant represented by His coming to us as Christ.

What does it look like to truly worship God in spirit and in truth? What does Jesus mean when he says the Father is seeking "true worshipers"? In this lesson, guest speaker Paul Stockton will explore these questions from the Gospel of John.

https://northstarbaptistchurch.org/february-07-2021/