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Merry Christmas! May the Lord bless you and your families this Christmas week, and may you know the peace of the Lord Jesus Christ over your homes. As we continue our series on the “why” of Christmas, I have three more questions. Why is His Name Jesus? As Shakespeare once wrote in Romeo and Juliet, “What’s in a name?” We associate people or characteristics with names. Let’s face it; the reason we...

Why did God decide to intervene in history at the time He did? It was a campaign to bring freedom and salvation into the world, to provide a way to reconcile man to God. The Creator of all things was on a mission to set the captives free. Jesus came to a world enslaved by sin to set us free. The timing of this mission had to be perfect; the pieces had to be in place. “But when the time had fully c...

In a culture that can be described as post-Christian, why do we still celebrate Christmas? What is the point of Christmas if we leave out Jesus? I fear that in a generation to come we will still have this celebration called Christmas because the retailers demand it, but nativity scenes will be illegal and all reference to Jesus will be taken out. When that time comes, people may begin to ask, why...

 Sunday November 23, 2025  1 Corinthians 15:1-8  Pastor Athol Barnes  Read More and Discover More Sermons at https://gpchurch.us/

 Sunday November 16, 2025 Ephesians 4:11-16 Pastor Athol Barnes  Read More and Discover More Sermons at https://gpchurch.us/

The 6th letter to the church at Philadelphia was a faithful and true church that held on to His word. The Lord had only commendation for this church, not correction. And Jesus introduces himself as the one who hold the key of David. We take a look at the end on how these churches actually show a progress or downfall in our own spiritual life. October 19th, 2025 Eric Spady  Read More and Discover M...

 Sunday October 12, 2025  Revelation 3:1-6  Pastor Athol Barnes  Read More and Discover More Sermons at https://gpchurch.us/

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Sunday September 28, 2025  Revelation 2:12-17  Letter to the Church in Pergamum  Pastor Athol Barnes  Read More and Discover More Sermons at https://gpchurch.us/

Today, more than 380 million Christians suffer high levels of persecution and discrimination for their faith. Persecution has always been a hallmark of the Christian church. Sadly, most believers in North America have very little knowledge of what is happening to our brothers and sisters around the world. Over the last year, we have sent out a couple and a family to two different countries, both o...

Do you really love Jesus and his church? As we look at the first of the seven letters that Jesus wrote to the churches in Revelation 2 and 3, we will start with the letter to the church in Ephesus. The Successful Church (v. 2, 3 and 6) This first century church in modern day Turkey was one of the favorites of the apostles. Paul pastored this church along with Timothy and John. This congregation ha...

What is the most important message you have ever been asked to give? Imagine for a moment the awesome responsibility that the Apostle John had in writing down the Revelation.  We have spent much of the summer looking at the early church from Acts 2 and answering the question, what are the markers of a healthy church? Ultimately, only Jesus, as the head of the church, defines the health of the chur...

 Sunday August 31, 2025  Acts 4:13-20  Pastor Athol Barnes  Read More and Discover More Sermons at https://gpchurch.us/

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I’ve had two trees in our backyard since we moved into our house eleven years ago, both of which grew  rapidly and quickly exceeded my ability to manage their growth. As I was thinking about this problem, I realized that this is a common problem in churches that are experiencing growth. When the growth exceeds the capacity to manage the growth, the result is a poorly maintained organization that l...

Do you know who you are? If you have been at Grace Point at any time during the last 10 years, you will know that we value prayer. But even though we emphasize prayer, we still don’t see our prayer times well attended. I have been wrestling with this and would like to suggest that we don’t have a prayer problem, we have an identity problem. We don’t pray because we don’t believe our prayers make a...

We live in an era when we are more connected than any other time in the history of man. But psychologists tell us that loneliness is the number one health issue of our time. How can it be that we are so connected but at the same time so lonely? In Acts 2:42, we read that the early church devoted themselves to fellowship. The Greek word “Koinonia” means partnership, participation, communion, and co...

What is a healthy church? 1 Corinthians 12 describes the church as a body, with each part functioning well so that the whole body is healthy. But we all bring our brokenness and pain with us, how can we function together as a healthy body? In Acts 2, we have a model of a healthy church. One hundred and twenty followers of Jesus, praying in the upper room, were filled with the Holy Spirit and they...

This week as we celebrate our nation’s independence, I want to ask the question: are you truly free? Most people would point to the legal freedoms that we have, such as freedom of speech, freedom of religion, the right to bear arms, and many other freedoms that are guaranteed by the law. However, there is a freedom that only a small percentage of people experience, a true freedom that no one can t...

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While I was studying Missiology in 2013, the Lord called me to be a pastor. Initially I had no desire or vision for the pastorate, but as the Lord began to impress on me the desire to see a missional church in Grace Point, I submitted to His leading. Every church is called my God to be missional. Today, billions of people are heading for an eternity separated from God in hell. I believe there is n...

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