Pursuing God is a journey of one’s whole life! This was not just a trip for these families nor only a new place to live, but a movement of life, a whole way of living. When we build our life centered on Jesus Christ and His Word, everything becomes about Him. Faithfulness may appear...
Father is no arbitrary label, but a title held for the male parent who, by God’s designation, is ordained to lead the home. One verse sets forth the New Testament’s central teaching for fatherhood. There are no lengthy passages prescribing all the intricacies of fatherhood for one simple reason: the whole Bible is the...
Summer brings a welcome shift in schedule. Just prior to school’s end many parents weep and wail in weariness from the mundanity of schedule. Life flows by rhythms. Healthy rhythms order our lives in ways that honor and glorify God. One rhythmic adjustment I’ve implemented at LifePoint is the summer preaching schedule. I first...
Pastor Lane starts The Church series in Titus with Leadership, part 1a. This message considers the character of a leader with four guiding principles for choosing elders in the church. Pastor Lane explains why the priority of competency over only capability is essential for appointing elders....
Pastor Lane concludes the Shaped for glory through mission series with this final sermon that considers how glory comes through mission. Glory comes through mission (obedience) when Jesus remains the center (of our lives). He shares four characteristics that reveal Jesus as the center. ...
When Paul instructs Timothy (2 Timothy 2:2) to entrust what he has learned to reliable men, he’s commending Timothy to raise harvest laborers, leaders for mission. Timothy knew what to do because of what he had experienced in disciple making. Like Jesus and his disciples, he spent a lot of time with Paul watching...