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Sermon Synopsis for February 22-23, 2025 
The first chapter of Genesis reveals truths about Elohim, showing His eternal nature, power, wisdom, and sovereignty over all things. Through creation, we see His intentionality, order, creativity, and goodness, demonstrating that He is a God of purpose and design. Our response to Him should be one of W.O.R.S.H.I.P., where we work with Him, obey Him, rely on Him, serve Him, honor Him, image Him, and proclaim His name. Ultimately, understanding who Elohim is shapes how we live, calling us to reflect His character and give Him glory.

Sermon Synopsis for February 22-23, 2025
The first chapter of Genesis reveals truths about Elohim, showing His eternal nature, power, wisdom, and sovereignty over all things. Through creation, we see His intentionality, order, creativity, and goodness, demonstrating that He is a God of purpose and design. Our response to Him should be one of W.O.R.S.H.I.P., where we work with Him, obey Him, rely on Him, serve Him, honor Him, image Him, and proclaim His name. Ultimately, understanding who Elohim is shapes how we live, calling us to reflect His character and give Him glory.

Genesis Series | Week 2 | Josh Laxton (sermon)

Israel needed a Big Story to make sense of their history, identity, and purpose. Israel isn’t the only people that has needed a metanarrative. Every single human being who has ever lived needs to know what BIG STORY they are “IN” because they have BIG QUESTIONS about life they need answered, which are answered by the Bible’s overarching, grand/meta-narrative.

Genesis Series | Week 1 | Josh Laxton (sermon)

Genesis 1:1 isn’t just the beginning of the Bible—it’s the foundation for understanding the BIG STORY that shapes our lives. ????✨ 
 
In this study, we explore why Genesis is more than just a creation account—it’s a meta-narrative that answers life’s biggest questions about who we are, where we come from, and where we’re going. 
 
???? Key Themes: 
✔️ Genesis as the foundation for all of Scripture 
✔️ The Big Story of God’s creation, purpose, and redemption 
✔️ The different worldviews and stories people choose to believe 
✔️ How choosing the right story impacts your faith and future 
✔️ Finding your place in God’s grand narrative 
 
???? What story are YOU living in? The Bible gives us a story that makes sense of life, history, and eternity. 
 
#Genesis #BibleStudy #Creation #Faith #GodsStory #MetaNarrative #Christianity #BigQuestions #Truth #Jesus #BiblicalWorldview

Genesis 1:1 isn’t just the beginning of the Bible—it’s the foundation for understanding the BIG STORY that shapes our lives. ????✨

In this study, we explore why Genesis is more than just a creation account—it’s a meta-narrative that answers life’s biggest questions about who we are, where we come from, and where we’re going.

???? Key Themes:
✔️ Genesis as the foundation for all of Scripture
✔️ The Big Story of God’s creation, purpose, and redemption
✔️ The different worldviews and stories people choose to believe
✔️ How choosing the right story impacts your faith and future
✔️ Finding your place in God’s grand narrative

???? What story are YOU living in? The Bible gives us a story that makes sense of life, history, and eternity.

#Genesis #BibleStudy #Creation #Faith #GodsStory #MetaNarrative #Christianity #BigQuestions #Truth #Jesus #BiblicalWorldview

Genesis 1:1 – What Story Are You In? Understanding God’s Grand Narrative | Josh Laxton

Sermon Synopsis for February 8-9 
BELIEVE is not the end but the beginning of a greater journey with God. BELIEVE initiates a relationship with God, leads to pursuing the prize of His promises, aligns with God’s global purpose, calls for distinct, obedient living as God’s people, and requires feeding on God’s Word. Northland is called to an exciting 25-year vision, as we step into the greater things and the greater days God has prepared for us.

Sermon Synopsis for February 8-9
BELIEVE is not the end but the beginning of a greater journey with God. BELIEVE initiates a relationship with God, leads to pursuing the prize of His promises, aligns with God’s global purpose, calls for distinct, obedient living as God’s people, and requires feeding on God’s Word. Northland is called to an exciting 25-year vision, as we step into the greater things and the greater days God has prepared for us.

Vision: Believe | Week 4 | Josh Laxton (sermon)

Sermon Synopsis - February 1-2, 2025 
In two years, a generation of Israelites went from believing to disbelieving. During these two years, the Israelites tested God and treated Him with contempt, as they rejected God, reviled and despised Him, and treated Him disrespectfully. As the Israelites treated the Lord with contempt, saboteurs of BELIEVE were exposed in their lives. In our lives, for BELIEVE to succeed, we must endure the sabotages and saboteurs that occur as we cling to Jesus, and belief takes root in our hearts and lives.

Sermon Synopsis - February 1-2, 2025
In two years, a generation of Israelites went from believing to disbelieving. During these two years, the Israelites tested God and treated Him with contempt, as they rejected God, reviled and despised Him, and treated Him disrespectfully. As the Israelites treated the Lord with contempt, saboteurs of BELIEVE were exposed in their lives. In our lives, for BELIEVE to succeed, we must endure the sabotages and saboteurs that occur as we cling to Jesus, and belief takes root in our hearts and lives.

Vision: BELIEVE | Week 3 | Josh Laxton (Sermon)

Sermon Synopsis for January 25-26, 2025 
To believe in the Lord for peace, redemption, and purpose requires us to heed His call, and to believe will require us to heed. If we don't heed, we don't believe. Forces that work against our belief are objections, obstructions, and obstacles. God, however, works for us to believe as He seeks us out, gives us signs, and provides support. 
Exodus 3-12

Sermon Synopsis for January 25-26, 2025
To believe in the Lord for peace, redemption, and purpose requires us to heed His call, and to believe will require us to heed. If we don't heed, we don't believe. Forces that work against our belief are objections, obstructions, and obstacles. God, however, works for us to believe as He seeks us out, gives us signs, and provides support.
Exodus 3-12

Vision: Believe | Week 2 | Josh Laxton (Sermon)

Exodus 1:8-13 
Sermon Synopsis for January 18-19, 2025 
Over the last three years, the foundation has been laid, which has worked to create clarity, alignment, and processes around Northland's Mission, Vision, Core Values, and Structure. Northland is in a good place to be challenged and dared to BELIEVE God for greater days and greater things! 
 
This week, we will see how need is the prerequisite of believe and how need precedes belief.

Exodus 1:8-13
Sermon Synopsis for January 18-19, 2025
Over the last three years, the foundation has been laid, which has worked to create clarity, alignment, and processes around Northland's Mission, Vision, Core Values, and Structure.  Northland is in a good place to be challenged and dared to BELIEVE God for greater days and greater things!

This week, we will see how need is the prerequisite of believe and how need precedes belief.

VISION: Believe | Week 1 | Josh Laxton (Sermon)

Your inner life determines how well you deal with the outer life. Soul Care, which attends to your inner life, will prepare you for the Scenario Q’s of life. A Scenario Q is something we could never have imagined or envisioned where God can provide a scenario that would come into being, something entirely off the radar and utterly outside of what was hoped for. 
 
Mindy Caliguire, who participates in this discussion with Pastor Josh Laxton, is the co-founder and president of Soul Care (soulcare.com). As an organization, Soul Care cultivates soul health among leaders by providing pathways, practices, and guides to help them personally flourish and achieve missional impact.

Your inner life determines how well you deal with the outer life. Soul Care, which attends to your inner life, will prepare you for the Scenario Q’s of life. A Scenario Q is something we could never have imagined or envisioned where God can provide a scenario that would come into being, something entirely off the radar and utterly outside of what was hoped for.

Mindy Caliguire, who participates in this discussion with Pastor Josh Laxton, is the co-founder and president of Soul Care (soulcare.com). As an organization, Soul Care cultivates soul health among leaders by providing pathways, practices, and guides to help them personally flourish and achieve missional impact.

Soul Care with Mindy Caliguire | Josh Laxton (sermon)

Sermon Synopsis - January 4-5, 2025 
 
Turning the page on a new year is inevitable, but what we turn away from and turn towards in the new year will shape who we become. This new year, God calls us to be dedicated people who turn to King Jesus. We are to turn away from sin and turn to God with a posture of praise, in a position of repentance, and a purpose of blessing. Our goal is to be dedicated and connected to God's mission, which is that we are sent to be salt and light to all nations and peoples in the world, sharing the wonderful news about Jesus, our Lord and Savior.

Sermon Synopsis - January 4-5, 2025

Turning the page on a new year is inevitable, but what we turn away from and turn towards in the new year will shape who we become. This new year, God calls us to be dedicated people who turn to King Jesus. We are to turn away from sin and turn to God with a posture of praise, in a position of repentance, and a purpose of blessing. Our goal is to be dedicated and connected to God's mission, which is that we are sent to be salt and light to all nations and peoples in the world, sharing the wonderful news about Jesus, our Lord and Savior.

Turning The Page On A New Year | Matt Shiles (sermon)

Breaking The Silence week 4 | Christmas Eve 2024 | Josh Laxton (sermon)

Sermon Synopsis, December 23-24, 2024.  
When God spoke, breaking the silence at the first Christmas, He gave humanity the greatest gift in history: His Son. The Bible explains what happened in the past, how it affects the future, and how, at the first Christmas, after 400 years of silence, God breaks the silence and sends His Son to save a people from all peoples and give them purpose and peace. Three reasons why Jesus is the greatest gift ever given to humanity are that Jesus redeems and saves sinners from enslavement to sin and to the sinful world, Jesus reinstitutes humanity’s primary purpose, and Jesus restores Shalom inwardly and promises to bring it eternally.

Sermon Synopsis, December 23-24, 2024. 
When God spoke, breaking the silence at the first Christmas, He gave humanity the greatest gift in history: His Son. The Bible explains what happened in the past, how it affects the future, and how, at the first Christmas, after 400 years of silence, God breaks the silence and sends His Son to save a people from all peoples and give them purpose and peace. Three reasons why Jesus is the greatest gift ever given to humanity are that Jesus redeems and saves sinners from enslavement to sin and to the sinful world, Jesus reinstitutes humanity’s primary purpose, and Jesus restores Shalom inwardly and promises to bring it eternally.

Family Christmas Service | Pastor Dan Elkins (Sermon)

Exodus 2:23-3:10 
 
Sermon Synopsis 
When God speaks, breaking the silence, He speaks redemption and sends a Savior, Jesus Christ. While historically and physically, the children of Israel suffered from slavery in Egypt. They illustrate what it means to live in a broken, fallen, fractured, and sinful world.  While there may be times the world can seem like a friend, it ultimately turns out to be a foe. Ultimately, God saves His people through faith in Jesus Christ with an outward goal of making Himself known to the world so that the world can be invited into His redemptive project.

Exodus 2:23-3:10

Sermon Synopsis
When God speaks, breaking the silence, He speaks redemption and sends a Savior, Jesus Christ. While historically and physically, the children of Israel suffered from slavery in Egypt. They illustrate what it means to live in a broken, fallen, fractured, and sinful world.  While there may be times the world can seem like a friend, it ultimately turns out to be a foe. Ultimately, God saves His people through faith in Jesus Christ with an outward goal of making Himself known to the world so that the world can be invited into His redemptive project.

Breaking the Silence: Week 3 | The Gift of Redemption | Josh Laxton (Sermon)

Sermon Synopsis - December 7-8, 2024 
 
Genesis 12 
 
When God speaks, breaking the silence, He gives us purpose and sends us on mission. God breaks the silence and reminds us of our purpose as we go where He has told us to go, leave what God has told us to leave and cleave to God as the sole purpose of our life. As we glorify God, we are called to bless the world, being the conduit by which God pours out His presence, power, provision, and protection for others.

Sermon Synopsis - December 7-8, 2024

Genesis 12

When God speaks, breaking the silence, He gives us purpose and sends us on mission. God breaks the silence and reminds us of our purpose as we go where He has told us to go, leave what God has told us to leave and cleave to God as the sole purpose of our life. As we glorify God, we are called to bless the world, being the conduit by which God pours out His presence, power, provision, and protection for others.

Breaking the Silence | Week 2 | The Gift of Purpose | Josh Laxton (sermon)

Genesis 1 
Sermon Synopsis for November 30-December 1, 2024: When God speaks, He creates a sphere of shalom. Shalom is wholeness, completeness, peace, wellness, intended functionality, and flourishing. The Christmas Season, when Jesus was born,  marks the time when God spoke into the chaos and darkness of sin and began the ultimate restoration project of Shalom.

Genesis 1
Sermon Synopsis for November 30-December 1, 2024: When God speaks, He creates a sphere of shalom. Shalom is wholeness, completeness, peace, wellness, intended functionality, and flourishing. The Christmas Season, when Jesus was born,  marks the time when God spoke into the chaos and darkness of sin and began the ultimate restoration project of Shalom.

Breaking the Silence: The Gift of Shalom | Week 1 |  Josh Laxton (sermon)

Proverbs 
While a friend is a neighborly disposition towards all people we encounter that adds functionality and flourishing to their life, Proverbs teaches a deeper understanding of being a friend, called friendship. Biblical Friendship is the vehicle God uses to help us function and flourish in our humanity (how we relate, create, and operate) as we traverse through the sea of life on our way to eternal life. This kind of friendship is hard to find, but we know we can find it in Jesus Christ, our friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Proverbs
While a friend is a neighborly disposition towards all people we encounter that adds functionality and flourishing to their life, Proverbs teaches a deeper understanding of being a friend, called friendship. Biblical Friendship is the vehicle God uses to help us function and flourish in our humanity (how we relate, create, and operate) as we traverse through the sea of life on our way to eternal life. This kind of friendship is hard to find, but we know we can find it in Jesus Christ, our friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Word to the Wanna Be Wise | Week 3 | Josh Laxton (sermon)

Sermon Synopsis: 
The book of Proverbs teaches how a wealth of wisdom makes us wise toward wealth and how money is viewed, generated, and stewarded. We are told to work with diligence, energy, perspective, character, excellence, dignity, humility, boundaries, gratitude, and purpose. As we steward our money through giving to the Lord and others, saving measurably, investing intentionally, and living frugally, we live out what Proverbs teaches about money, and we will have a wealth of wisdom that will help us become wise toward wealth.

Sermon Synopsis:
The book of Proverbs teaches how a wealth of wisdom makes us wise toward wealth and how money is viewed, generated, and stewarded. We are told to work with diligence, energy, perspective, character, excellence, dignity, humility, boundaries, gratitude, and purpose. As we steward our money through giving to the Lord and others, saving measurably, investing intentionally, and living frugally, we live out what Proverbs teaches about money, and we will have a wealth of wisdom that will help us become wise toward wealth.

Word to the Wanna Be Wise | Week 2 | Josh Laxton (sermon)

Proverbs 1:1-7 
Sermon Synopsis 
Wisdom comes from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth! Solomon, as a young king, asked God to give him a discerning heart to govern God’s people and to distinguish between right and wrong. Through God's grace, God made Solomon wise, and Solomon wrote several books of the Bible, one of which is Proverbs for those who wanna be wise. Proverbs challenge us to gain the wisdom that brings all of life under the rule and reign of God as we are mesmerized by the Lord, who is the object of our wonder and who motivates us, inspires us, and takes our breath away.

Proverbs 1:1-7
Sermon Synopsis
Wisdom comes from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth! Solomon, as a young king, asked God to give him a discerning heart to govern God’s people and to distinguish between right and wrong. Through God's grace, God made Solomon wise, and Solomon wrote several books of the Bible, one of which is Proverbs for those who wanna be wise. Proverbs challenge us to gain the wisdom that brings all of life under the rule and reign of God as we are mesmerized by the Lord, who is the object of our wonder and who motivates us, inspires us, and takes our breath away.

Word to the Wannabe Wise | Week 1 | Josh Laxton (sermon)

Revelation 3 
Sermon Synopsis 
Churches are created, called, and commissioned by Jesus to be His revolutionary witnesses. Jesus is not tolerant of His church's sins and failures but is patient in their sanctification process. We must live in a state and posture of repentance as the Spirit of God searches and communicates with us so that we will be fruitful and useful as we are victorious and effective in the world.

Revelation 3
Sermon Synopsis
Churches are created, called, and commissioned by Jesus to be His revolutionary witnesses. Jesus is not tolerant of His church's sins and failures but is patient in their sanctification process. We must live in a state and posture of repentance as the Spirit of God searches and communicates with us so that we will be fruitful and useful as we are victorious and effective in the world.

Letters to His Church Week 9 | 11am | Josh Laxton (Sermon)

Letters to His Church Week 9 | 9am | Josh Laxton (Sermon)

Sermon Synopsis: 
Revelation 3:14-22 
The Church at Laodicea was in a place of spiritual lukewarmness that made Jesus sick because He knew their deeds and that the fruit of their lives did not match their faith. They were good for nothing. Jesus calls us to live useful lives and live in the light of the King, giving Him credit for every good thing. When there’s unity between our deeds/fruit and our declaration/faith, we become useful to the King in advancing His Kingdom!

Sermon Synopsis:
Revelation 3:14-22
The Church at Laodicea was in a place of spiritual lukewarmness that made Jesus sick because He knew their deeds and that the fruit of their lives did not match their faith. They were good for nothing. Jesus calls us to live useful lives and live in the light of the King, giving Him credit for every good thing. When there’s unity between our deeds/fruit and our declaration/faith, we become useful to the King in advancing His Kingdom!

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