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Thanks for visiting our website.
It is designed to be informative
and to help you understand a little bit more about us. The first thing
you will notice is, obviously, we are a church. That is, we are not a
country club, a government organization, a business, or some other type
of institution. While not trying to ignore our culture, we are not
trying to be hip, relevant, or cool. We are simply trying to read and
understand God’s timeless Word and apply it to our daily lives. We do
that because we believe that truth is not up for grabs in our
post-modern world, and the only way to be rightly related to God, who
is outside time and culture, is through His eternal, revealed Word.
That’s why we believe in teaching the Word of God in an expository
manner. This simply means that we preach through Scripture verse by
verse, and section by section. This type of preaching is the most
effective way for us to understand God’s Word because:
- that’s the way God wrote it
- it’s the best way to ensure that we are hearing from God and not man
- it avoids doctrinal hobby-horses and shallow “proof-texting”
- it allows us to cover all subjects God wants us to know
Martin Luther said, “Languages are the scabbard that contains the sword
of the Spirit, they are the case which contains the priceless jewels of
antique thought, they are the vessel that holds the wine; and as the
gospel says, they are the baskets in which the loaves and fishes are
kept to feed the multitude.”
For those who will hear, the Bible is “living and active”, it can
discern the difference between the “soul and the spirit” and it is able
to “judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart” (Hebrews 4:12). The
Bible is the very “breath of God” (2 Timothy 3:16) which brings
edification, encouragement, and comfort to the believer and conviction
to the non-believer (1 Corinthians 14:3, 24). But most importantly, the
Bible explains the person and work of Jesus Christ, without whom we
could never know God.
So thanks for visiting. We encourage you to peruse our website, especially the About Us
section and the Ministries Section. We hope to meet you in person. If
we can answer any questions for you, please contact us at 925.210.9036,
or email us at info@northcreek.org.
Jon McNeff,
Senior Pastor
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