23-0521: The grace of God in the gospel of Jesus Christ produces a people united in His fellowship and mission in the world. Luke’s record of Jesus’ followers after Pentecost provide insight for every Christian today. We glean the values of the early community that shaped the church, and understand how those values formed...
Two weeks ago we launched our COMPELLED campaign at LifePoint Church. This past Sunday we delivered the details of the campaign to the church body. This campaign leads us into the largest, single step of missional advancement in our LifePoint’s now thirteen year history. This reality is validated in a number of ways. The project’s...
LifePoint, we have a problem…and a big next step is coming. Just over six years ago LifePoint relocated to our new (now current) facility. We needed more space, and that move felt really big. I’m not talking about the building. The building was, in fact, much larger than our first facility and provided a...
Pastor Lane continues with the last two of four principles that guide the church in discerning a man’s character for eldership. In this sermon character reveals that a man is competent for God’s work as under-shepherd. Pastor Lane explains that character must be tested to discern competence that allows a man to commit to...
Note: This is the second article addressing challenges in church planting. You can read the first here. Planting churches means working through challenges that arise. Working through these challenges reveals the real grind of mission that heightens a demand for the Gospel, within individuals and a congregation. The whole church must work through these...
This was written by my grandmother, Oma Mason. I spent the first 25 Christmases of my life celebrating among my family at her home on Christmas Eve. Nanny’s house on Christmas Eve remains the warmest Christmas memory of my life, faith, family and fun! I pray this short writing warms your heart and spirit...
Pastor Lane continues the Shaped series in Deuteronomy with four confessions by which our Gospel message is shaped for God’s glory. Christians confess that we are sinful, that God is faithful to provide a savior for us, that God gives us a new heart to know Him, and that we love God by living...
“Shape my church” from Deuteronomy 7 forms the third resolution in this series. Pastor Lane shares four traits of a church “shaped” by God including, mission, holiness, blessing and remembering God’s saving work. ...
Pastor Lane continues the Shaped series in Deuteronomy with the third part of the second resolution: “Shape my Life.” A life shaped by God’s word defines their worldview by God as the only source for strength and life. ...
Shape my life is the second of five resolutions in this series. God shapes a life by the Gospel of Jesus Christ to live in obedience to His Word in character, conduct & conversation. In this sermon Pastor Lane considers characteristics two and three of a life shaped by the Gospel. Characteristic two,...