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In this message from Acts 5:12-25, we study the power of God on display in the early church and how "signs and wonders" were intended to point people to Jesus and the gospel. Lead pastor Jeff Noble shows that the focus of the early church was on LIFE that God offered through faith in Jesus and not on sensational spirituality.

The growing church demonstrates a depth of unity and fellowship that is hard for us as modern believers to comprehend as they even sell their possessions in order to meet the needs of people in the church. Into this joyful time of growth, an abrupt lesson is learned that reminds the church that we cannot lie to God.

In this message, we looked Peter and John's return from prison to the church. Lead pastor Jeff Noble shared six principles for becoming a joyfully bold believer.

This passage records the first run-in that the early church had with the authorities. Peter and John are jailed - for healing a lame man and preaching about the Resurrection. Their boldness before the religious leaders astonishes their interrogators as they proclaim with confidence that Jesus is the Messiah. The message has practical application for how we must "be with Jesus" in order to be prepa...

This Palm Sunday message recognizes that the crowds really didn't understand the Messiah that Jesus was when they celebrated His ride into Jerusalem on a donkey. From Acts 3:17-26, lead pastor Jeff Noble teaches on the importance of repentance. Only by changing our minds and beliefs about Jesus can we experience fullness and blessing from God.

A lame man is healed as the first church experiences its first recorded miracle. From Acts 3:1-16, Dave Farris shares how signs and wonders are intended to magnify Jesus and build up the church. Davis is the pastor of our Pulaski campus.

This message examines what the newly Spirit-filled church devoted itself to in the immediate days after the birth of the church. Discipleship and College Minister Adam Wilson shares from Acts 2:42-47 the incredible dynamics of a church unified by God and relates how it applies to our contemporary setting.

This message covers the growth of the "baby church" in Acts 2:14-41. The apostle Peter preaches the first sermon of the new church, and 3000 people become Christians! What can we learn from this early sermon, and what is necessary for people to become a Christian "from scratch?"

Acts 2:1-13 describes the coming of the Holy Spirit into the lives of the early disciples in Jerusalem and what resulted. This message centers on the significance of that event, its historicity as well as its application for modern followers of Jesus Chri

The first 12 verses of the book of Acts are both an introduction to the "delivery room" of the New Testament church and a reprise of the final words of the gospel of Luke. In this message, you'll learn about the 40 days between Jesus' resurrection and ascension and be challenged, along with the first 11 disciples, to WAIT on God's promises.

Our Acts series is launched with this message by Jeff Noble. In it, you'll hear a broad overview of the book of Acts, its purpose, its authorship and how the material in it can challenge and shape the church of the 21st century.

In this message, Associate Pastor Neal Nelson concludes our December Nights series about the Sentness of God. "Sending" is in God's DNA, Neal says, and because we are His people, it is also part of our identity. God sent Jesus, and He also sends us into our world.

Alex Kacere teaches on Isaiah 52-53 and John 17 about how Jesus being "sent" means that Christians also are to live sent lives.

In this message, College Minister Adam Wilson teaches from John 3:25-30. He shares with us three important principles about magnifying Jesus Christ in our lives by looking at the life and ministry of John the Baptist.

Preaching on "The Cross and the Nations," guest speaker David Englehart shares with us how Jesus is the Savior of the world, and not just our personal Savior. His challenge to think, go and pray globally from scripture was the highlight of our Missions Sunday message.

In the last message of the "Grasping the Gospel" series, lead pastor Jeff Noble teaches from Matthew 9:35-38 about how believers cooperate with God in the work of the gospel. Prayer comes before sharing, Jeff shows. He also challenges us to consider being an answer to our own prayer for more workers for the harvest.

What does the Bible have to say about what the "essence" of the Gospel is? Teaching from Luke 15, Associate Pastor Neal Nelson shows that it is about RELATIONSHIP. By teaching through the parable of the prodigal son, Neal points out that both brothers in the parable needed a renewal of their relationship with the Father. The essence of the Gospel, then, is the character and love of the Father.

From Luke 19, Alex Kacere demonstrates what a life profoundly changed by Jesus and His message looks like. The sermon concludes with Jeff Noble leading the church in a time of corporate prayer for the New River Valley. This is the third message in the Grasping the Gospel series addressing "What is the Gospel?" The next three weeks in the message address our need to renew our commitment to the Gosp...

In this message, lead pastor Jeff Noble teaches on "Overcoming Your Inner Pharisee" from Matthew 15:1-20. It's a frontal assault on our need to be renewed in the truth of the Gospel. Jeff teaches about the horribe impact of works righteousness and the guilt and shame, pride and comparison it always leads to.

In this message, the importance of connecting the message of the Gospel with your listener is unpacked from John 4 in Jesus' encounter with a woman in Samaria. Learn principles of how to relate complex spiritual truths to people in a manner that is understandable.

In this opening message of the six-week "Grasping the Gospel" series, lead pastor Jeff Noble teaches from John 3:1-21 about how the gospel is not everything. The message that is shared consistently throughout the New Testament is that the good news of how man can be saved is a narrow salvation, found only in faith in Jesus Christ. Listen in as Jeff shares about how: The gospel is good news, not go...

As a wrap-up to the last three-part focus in our Think to Change series, pastor Jeff Noble teaches how believing that God is both great and good leads to sincere, authentic worship which ultimately transforms us. It all starts with the mind, and the principles shared in the message urge the Christian to think deeply and clearly about God.

God is both good and great! He is perfectly compassionate and loving, while also sovereign and powerful. When we digest and internalize these truths, we can worship with all our hearts. Darrell Cook, the director of the Virginia Tech Baptist Collegiate Ministry, delivered our message on worship as part of our Think to Change series.

This message by lead pastor Jeff Noble is from John 21:1-14 where Jesus appears to His disciples by the Sea of Galilee. It is also the "Worship at the Lake" Sunday for the Northstar Church campuses, which made the message more meaningful, being delivered beside Claytor Lake.

The message on love was the third part of our "Think to Change" series on the Triune God. In this series we are unpacking fundamental components of our faith and examining what we believe, how we should then behave, and based on that behavior what we will become. Based on our belief in the Triune God and our behavior of fellowship we will become people of love.