Below is a summary of Pastor JJ's philosophy of ministry. Join us on Sunday, August 2, at 6:00 pm as we gather to hear Pastor JJ further explain his vision for Five Points. Following the presentation, there will be an opportunity for Q&A so please bring your questions as we prepare for...
Hopefully you have seen or heard about by now of the undercover videos that capture the admission of Planned Parenthood representatives to selling the body parts of aborted children. I read a few articles over the weekend about it and thought I'd share a brief round up. Ross Douthat, writing...
After 31 days in Asia I climbed into my ridiculously comfortable bed, closed my eyes and immediately started to cry. My mind flashed back to images of the little boy curled up on the pavement sleeping with garbage piled around him, the sex menus on the streets of Bangkok being shoved in my face...
The story has been retold for me countless times. There I stand, at the door, blonde hair totally disheveled, trying to put on my puffy red coat. In comes Grandpa, kindly holding the arm out for me to make it a little easier. “I CAN DO IT ME SELF.” That was my 18-month-old...
In yesterday's sermon, Living by Prayer, Pastor JJ commended us to begin praying the Scriptures as a means of communing with God. But what does it look like to listen to the Word of God, rather than filling the silence of our prayer time with our own words and requests? Pastor JJ pointed...
“Today, a frightening number of kids are growing up in churches and Christian homes without ever being captured by the gospel of Jesus … They look back and realize that they learned much about Christian behavior and churchy experiences, but whatever they learned about Jesus...
A Supreme Court decision on whether states have the right to define marriage could be made within days. As our nation prepares for what is expected to be a day of victory for so called same-sex "marriage," we fall on our knees and pray. Russell Moore provides us with several ways we can...
Pastor JJ is on his way up to Camp Barakel for a week to proclaim the glories of the gospel to a group of Junior High campers. Will you join us in praying that they have ears to hear God speak, eyes to see the glory of Jesus and hearts that would be transformed, and that Pastor JJ would be...
Yesterday morning we announced the launch of the Becca Prange Ministry CarePoint through the work of Christ’s Hope International. This ministry center will endeavor to provide for some of the basic necessities of children in Kenya as a context for sharing the hope of the gospel...
This post is part of a series from the book Man of God by Octavius Winslow. “But first gave their own selves to the Lord.” 2 Corinthians 8:5 Oh, what a lovely spectacle it is to behold a young believer just emerging from the world and traveling to Calvary...