Northstar Church Blacksburg

In this message, we examine the amplified promises of God to Abraham that make clearer that God intended Abraham to bless the world, to possess the land, and to believe that he and Sarah would have a son. All these promises were permanent. His task? To walk before God and be blameless. What does that mean for us?

A new year is a time for new beginnings, and many of us want to commit to working on and improving our relationship with the Lord. But what does that mean? We can decide that we want to develop new spiritual habits, or improve at this or that in our relationship with God.

The Christian message does not entail that life will be easy. We are constantly searching for peace among the trials, but what does it mean to experience peace in Jesus? How does Jesus give peace? How is God glorified when we go through tough times? Join us this week as we take a look at these questions and Jesus' interaction with his followers in the book of John in our final December Nights serv...

One of the most cherished passages of the New Testament has been used by musicians both sacred and secular in Christmas music, been featured memorably in Charlie Brown’s Christmas TV special, and is familiar to our culture. What we will see in a few short verses is the astonishing, milennia-interrupting work of God as He sends His Son to earth - as a baby. In spite of generations of prophecy, His...

When John the Baptist is born, a mute dad explodes in praise, as well as neighbors and relatives. God has worked and done amazing things in preparing for Jesus' birth. It's important for us to also learn to praise God and to let others watch as God works in our lives. When God works in our lives, it invites others in to watch, and it moves them to worship as well.

December Nights is here again. Sometimes we are unable to understand what God is doing. Even when we are struggling with lack of fulfillment and the burden of our sins, God can still be using us and working in our lives. We kick off the Christmas season in Luke, looking at the birth of John the Baptist and how God used his birth in the lives of his parents, as well as to fulfill the coming of Jesu...

Sometimes obeying God isn't very easy. Sometimes it doesn't make a lot of sense, but we have to remember that God sees us and knows what is going on. We have to make the decision to obey God, and we see that as we look at Genesis 16 this week.

How can we be made right with God? How can we know that God loves us? It is by faith alone that God makes us righteous. We see this demonstrated this week as we take a look into Genesis 15.

Is worship in everything our response to God’s blessing in Christ? Are we willing to lose out on worldly wealth to make sure God receives the glory? How do we respond with worship in any situation? We hope to answer these questions this week in taking a look at Genesis 14.

After a lapse in faith and trust in God, Abram finds himself back in the land that God both led him to and promised to establish him. Worshiping God humbles us, and it can put us back on track with God's plans.

Fear is a cruel master, but the Will of God is sure. We can be unsure at times of what God is doing in our lives, but the closer we grow with Him, the more insignificant our plans seem. We learn to trust Him more.

What does it mean to be a member of a church? Why is church membership important? How does church membership work at Northstar? Listen as Jeff discusses the answers to all of these questions, as well as why we at Northstar care so much about membership.

As our study turns to Abram, this message identifies the reality of obedience as proof of faith. The story of Abram's call and response is both inspirational and instructive for our own, and it show us that God can be trusted to love and care for us.

Humans are very capable beings; we can do so much. Apart from God, however, our plans will perish.

The flood and God's wrath, God's promise and faithfulness. We look into scripture's account of Noah's Ark. Noah was a preacher of righteousness, but what does it mean to be righteous? We can know all the lingo, but walking with the Lord means more than to just act like a Christian.

Humanity continues to slip away and the Devil continues to seek destruction, yet God continues to show grace. We take a look at a short, yet very rich section of Genesis.

The promise of God is real, but so is God's curse. As we look at the lineage of Cain in contrast with the lineage of Seth, we see two distinct paths. What comes from walking with the Lord, and what are the repercussions of not walking with Him?

We often say that we are “trying” to be more like Jesus, but what does the Bible actually say about how we become more like him? This message looks at Romans 12:1-2, how we cooperate with the Holy Spirit to be transformed into the image of Christ.

The first child. The first murder. The first worship war. In Genesis 4, we are introduced to the deep corruption of sin, what an unrepentant heart is capable of and a God who offers grace even to the most wicked.

Genesis 3 is the hinge of man's relationship with God. Created and placed in a perfect world, man was tempted and sought to be like God rather than enjoying his relationship with God. This message examines that fall and its impact on humanity since.

Genesis 2 revisits the creation of man and woman in intimate detail, and we learn about the gift of marriage, gender, and mission as man's aloneness is solved through God's gracious provision.

On the seventh day of creation, God rested from His work. The reality of God's rest is a model and guide for mankind who was designed with a NEED to rest. Listen as we explore Sabbath "rest" - an opportunity and a gift - to worship, to acknowledge, to depend.

This message reviews Genesis 1 and what 21st century believers can learn from a careful study of it. We offer three "takeaways" from this majestic first chapter of scripture that will encouraged 21st century believers in their faith, in God's design and in their confidence of God's Word.

While Genesis 1 clearly teaches six literal days of creation, our culture and interpretations of scientific data seem to describe an earth that is billions of years old. What spiritual applications can we draw from scripture about days of creation, and how can we grow in our confidence of God's Word when modernity clashes with scripture?

All of scripture finds its anchor in the majesty and wonder of the first verses of Genesis. In the first two verses, we learn so much that challenge our worldview and encourage our joy in a creative God who loves us and made us to know Him. In this first message on the book of Genesis, you'll learn why you can be confident in the Word of God.