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We all know how manger scenes should be set up. Jesus at the center, flanked by Mary and Joseph, with the magi, shepherds, and barn animals all arranged in balance and order in the foreground. Wouldn't it be nice if our Christmas was that perfect? The reality is the first Christmas wasn't that clean and neat. It more closely resembled the internal chaos and struggle that most of us experience this time of year. In this year's Christmas message Pastor Gabe teaches on the manger scene and the significance of Who's at the center of the scene.

Why? is a question we ask in response to events in life, and in most cases, tragic events, where we're attempting to squeeze meaning out of them. In this series we're leading with this question of purpose as we study the Christmas story so that we can better learn the mind and heart of God in the birth of Christ. In week 1, Pastor Gabe teaches on the Perfect Timing of Jesus' birth, and how God's timing in our lives always serves His greater purposes.

It's amazing what can happen when we take a moment to really be aware of what's going on around us. In the final week of our series, "New Year Now", we will learn what the most important things to be aware of are, and how they can radically shape our days ahead.

When thinking about the New Year… what if you don’t need to change anything? What if you just need to recommit to what you’re already doing? In week 4 of our series, "New Year Now", we are talking about making the most of the mini moments in between life’s major milestones.

We had a special Sunday where Pastor Dave interviewed our International REACH Director, Amber Parker. Watch as she shares with us how The Point is making an impact in the nations and how you can be a part of spreading the gospel to the world in 2019.

What if the key to 2019 being our best, most purposeful year yet is finishing 2018 the right way? And what if it's not just a decision that we need to make, but a flow that we need to start living in? In week 2 of our series, "New Year Now", Pastor Gabe teaches from an Old Testament passage on the ministry of Jesus that gives us a clear process to follow and the nudge to grow through it.

Most of us would think the start of a new year is the best time for change, but why is it that 80% of New Year’s resolutions fail by February? What if the key to a great new year is a great ending to this one? In week one of our series, "New Year Now", Pastor Gabe teaches from Mark 12 that the key to any order in life begins with settling the matter of first.

When conflict owns you, the greatest temptation and form of pride is sin with our speech. And failure to control our tongue digs a pit that we're eventually going to fall into. In week 6 of our series, "My Way", Pastor Gabe teaches that there is a better, more God-honoring way to use our speech in conflict.

It's impossible to navigate life and relationships without having conflict, but that doesn't mean conflict has to have you. In week 5 of our series, "My Way", Pastor Gabe teaches further from James 4 that when conflict exists, you don't have look far to find our enemy "egging" it on. Still, we don't have to live as victims of his schemes. There's a solution we have in Scripture where the devil's only option is to flee.

It's impossible to navigate life and relationships without having conflict, but that doesn't mean conflict has to have you. In week 4 of our series, "My Way", as we celebrate nine years as a church, Pastor Gabe and Kari open up about conflict in their home, what it used to look like, and what it looks like now as they've grown through fourteen years of marriage.