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God With Us: Jesus, Week 14 The CHRIST: Jesus’ Title and Mission Jesus was not a prophet or teacher on a mission to show us how to live. He was sent by the Father to pay the penalty that each of us deserves to pay. This message is part of our God With Us series where Pastor Bob walks us through the entire Bible.

NEXT, Week 6 The NEXT Chapter Everyone loves a good story. And most good stories have great endings where the hero either saves the world, a relationship, or both. In the end, everyone lives happily ever after. The book of Acts isn’t just a good story - it’s a great story! But it has an unusual ending. It has an un-ending, implying there is a bigger story yet to come. It’s not a sequel per se, but a story that will be written over and over in the lives of each of Christ’s followers.

NEXT, Week 5 The NEXT Life Jesus encouraged us to store up treasure in heaven, not here on earth. There will be a next life, and where we invest our treasure in this life impacts not only our reward in the next, but the people who will join us there.

NEXT, Week 4 The NEXT Story The story of Simon of Cyrene has more to it than you might think. Yes, he carried the cross of Jesus. But once he reached Golgotha and put the cross down, did he leave? No. He stayed, and watched, and became a believer. And that’s where his story really begins. One story leads to another story, and to the next story.

NEXT, Week 3 The NEXT Generation Formerly known as Student Takeover, our NEXT Generation weekend is meant to display Oak Pointe’s ministries to those under 25 - the present and future leaders of our church.

NEXT, Week 2 The Next Decade Looking back at the past 2 decades, one as a portable church, one in the building, there are so many "God" stories - times when He has done amazing things in and through Oak Pointe. This week, Bob casts vision for the 3rd Oak Pointe decade, and invites us to ‘dream forward’ of what might be NEXT for God’s church.

NEXT, Week 1 Last or Next? The most important legacy you can leave someone is a vital faith in Jesus Christ that leads them to experience abundant life here and now, and eternal life forever. Yet it often only takes three generations for people to be drifting from faith. Will this be the last Christian generation? What could happen if one generation takes up the fight for the next?

How Are You Doing? When God asks us how we’re doing, He already knows, but sometimes we don’t. In the 18th chapter of his gospel, Luke opens the door for us to evaluate where we stand. He also reveals what God has done to so that we can understand who we are and how we can be confident in our place with Him. Speaker: Kurt Alber, Cody Partnership Pastor

God With Us: Jesus, Week 13 Son of David, Son of God The promises of the O.T. have been fulfilled. “God, having spoken in the past through the prophets in various forms and various ways, in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, Whom He appointed as heir of all things, through Whom also He made the world. And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature….“ (Hebrews 1:1-3). This message is part of our God With Us series where Pastor Bob walks us through the entire Bible.

God With Us: Jesus, Week 12 Decision Time: “Who do you say that I am?” Jesus came to the turning point of His ministry when, at Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples the question: “Who do people say that I am?” The disciples gave several answers as to the public opinions concerning His identity. Then, Jesus turned to the disciples and asked them an even more important question: “Who do you say that I am?” This message is part of our God With Us series where Pastor Bob walks us through the entire Bible.

God With Us: Jesus, Week 11 Storyteller: Teaching in Parables Jesus used parables to conceal truth to those who were closed (hard-hearted, unreceptive) and to reveal truth to the receptive. Most of His parables were comparisons between earthly, everyday situations, things, or people and the corresponding spiritual realities that they pictured. This message is part of our God With Us series where Pastor Bob walks us through the entire Bible.

God With Us: Jesus, Week 10 Tradition Crasher: Why The Religious Leaders Hated Jesus Pastor Bob explains how even beginning with the ministry of John the Baptist (Matt.3), it was clear that Jesus would meet stiff opposition from the religious leaders of His day. As His public ministry unfolded, Jesus came under fire primarily for three reasons: 1) He kept doing things in violation of the “Traditions of the Elders.” 2) Jesus came to interact with “sinners.” 3) Jesus made claims that, to the Pharisees, were blasphemous. He said and did things that only God could say and do. This message is part of our God With Us series where Pastor Bob walks us through the entire Bible.

God With Us: Jesus, Week 9: The Training of the Disciples - a God With Us Extra Pastor Rick Barry explains the process Jesus used to train the disciples and how he taught them to focus on the heart, love people, reveal the Kingdom, and be a world changer. “The members of the council were amazed when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, for they could see that they were ordinary men with no special training in the Scriptures. They also recognized them as men who had been with Jesus.” - Acts 4:13 This message is part of our God With Us series where Pastor Bob walks us through the entire Bible. Speaker: Pastor Rick Barry, The Rock Middle School Ministry

God With Us: Jesus, Week 8: Miracle-Worker! The Miracles of Jesus Jesus exercised power over nature, over disease, over demons, and over death. The small sampling of miracles in the four gospels are there for a single purpose that John clearly announced at the end of his narrative: “Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book. But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name” (John 20:30,31). This message is part of our God With Us series where Pastor Bob walks us through the entire Bible.

God With Us: Jesus, Week 7: Sermon on the Mount: A Higher Law Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount is meant to show us what true righteousness looks like, but it’s also meant to show us that we can’t attain it on our own. This message is part of our God With Us series where Pastor Bob walks us through the entire Bible.