The Point VA

In week 1 of our series Whole Again, we merge into the middle of one of Paul’s most well known writings, the book of Romans. In Romans 6 we find a clear teaching on baptism, how a believer’s relationship with sin must change, and ultimately we get a picture of how Jesus longs to make us whole.

One of our greatest resources in learning new habits of love are the individuals, marriages, and relationships within our very own body. In week two of our series, Habits of Healthy Love, Pastor Gabe and Kari lead a panel discussion with both couples and singles in our church family on healthy relational habits that have led to greater capacity for love.

For many of us, the issues that we have regarding relationships and marriage stem from how we think about love. And the way we think eventually produces habits. One of the greatest misunderstandings in this discussion is that if I meet the “right” person or if I’m married to the “right” person, then love will work. In week one of this series, Pastor Gabe dispels The Right Person Myth, and gives us a greater invitation into true love.

Most of us spend the majority of our lives with our minds consumed by worry or consumed by anger. Worry on the front side of an outcome and anger after the outcome has occurred. In the final week of our series on Jonah, A Better Way, Pastor Gabe teaches from Jonah 4 on the place of rest that’s found between the two extremes.

215 million Christians live in countries where they are subject to hostilities ranging from social discrimination and harassment, to physical violence, imprisonment, and even death. Christians are now murdered in more countries than ever before and are persecuted in more countries than any other religious group. Watch as Dr. Vernon Brewer shares about the persecution of the church and our role in resolving it.

In our hurry through life it’s very easy to rush by life-changing and defining moments. We pray and ask God to move in our lives and when God-moments present themselves we dismiss them as insignificant or unimportant. In week three of our series, A Better Way, Pastor Gabe teaches from Jonah 3 on the ongoing frustration in Jonah’s heart and how to resolve that tension in our own hearts as well.

When we hear the name Jonah, our thoughts immediately rush to the whale in the story. In week 2 of our series, A Better Way, Pastor Gabe teaches from Jonah 2 that while God uses a great fish in Jonah’s life, the fish is not the point of the story. There’s an even greater miracle that occurs: the work in Jonah’s heart. And it’s that same work that God longs to do in our hearts as well.

Everyone of us knows what it’s like to navigate seasons of fog and uncertainty. Surely 2017 had it’s share of those seasons and you can be certain that 2018 will as well. In week one of A Better Way, Pastor Gabe begins this teaching series in the book of Jonah on the key to orienting our lives as we begin this new year.

Watch as Pastor Dave talks with several of our staff members about their favorite parts of 2017 and what they are looking forward to seeing God do it 2018.