Northlake Baptist Church | Gainesville, GA

The Gospel Project

Danny Jones — Sun, 20 May 2012 19:35:37 +0000

This Wednesday Night, May 23rd, Richard Edfelt will be the Guest Speaker. Richard is a former Minister of Education at Northlake and currently works for Lifeway. He will be coming to share with us about the new cirriculum that Lifeway is producing for Sunday School and small groups called “The Gospel Project.”

AWANA Awards

Danny Jones — Mon, 14 May 2012 12:20:42 +0000

On Wednesday Night, May 16th, we will be celebrating the achievements of our Children in our AWANA Program. Please come and help encourage our children to be Approved Workmen (who) Are Not Ashamed” (2 Timothy 2:15).

FaithBridge Foster Care Info Session

Andrea Howell — Wed, 09 May 2012 14:32:56 +0000

Join us as Concord Baptist Church Foster Care Ministry Director Lori DeLozier explains how this incredible ministry brings the church back to ministering and helping children who are in need of Christian homes.

Monday May 21
6:30 – 8:30 pm
Room 112
Childcare provided
Sponsored by Northlake Women on Mission

Christian Libertarians?

Danny Jones — Mon, 07 May 2012 18:34:28 +0000

On Wednesday Night May 9^th, 2012 – we will be discussing Libertarianism. After many years of political gridlock in Washington, a third party appears to be emerging. Wikipedia describes the Libertarian party as the third largest and fastest growing political party in the United States. In the current Presidential race, Gary Johnson is the official Libertarian Party Candidate, but Ron Paul who is still running as a Republican has Libertarian political views and has campaigned earlier in 1988 as the Libertarian candidate for President of the United States.

Another reason for the increase in the Libertarian movement is popularity of media personalities like Neil Boortz on WSB radio and John Stossel from FOX News.

Recently, John Stossel, produced a program called “Illegal Everything” where he exposed how our government is seeking to control everything in our lives from a family that was not allowed to build a house on their own land because of wetlands legislation, to a man who had to remove a tree from his yard because it was the “wrong” kind of tree for the environment in his neigborhood, to little girls being raided by the police for selling lemonade or Girl Scout cookies. He goes on to show how government bureaucracy is gaining control over every aspect of our lives. After listing all the problems in our society – the stage is then set for solutions. And the solution according to people like Ron Paul, John Stossel, and Neil Boortz is Libertarianism.

Libertarians believe in liberty – individual liberty. They believe in small government – just enough government to maintain law & order – then let everyone mind their own business. They believe in freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom to assemble, freedom to travel, and freedom from entanglements in foreign wars. They believe in the freedom of the individual to pursue “life, liberty, and the pursuit of hapiness.” Most believe in freedom of morality – which means that everyone ought to be free to make their own decisions about abortion, euthanasia, homosexuality, prostitution, gambling, drug use and abuse, etc.

They also believe in free markets and in the freedom to fail. If you choose not to work and plan for your future, then you have the freedom to starve. If you choose not to buy health insurance in the free marketplace, then you have the freedom to suffer and die. If you choose to make unwise choices in your business, then your business has the freedom to fail. If you make unwise moral choices, then you have to pay for your own abortion, or STDs, or drug rehab. The US Taxpayer does NOT pick up the tab!

Our Question for the evening is – Where do Christians stand when it comes to Legalism or Liberty? Are we in favor of rules and regulations -or- do we stand for Freedom?

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.

National Day of Prayer (& Fasting?)

Danny Jones — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:22:11 +0000

On Wednesday Night May 2^nd, 2012 – we will have a special time of prayer for our nation. Thursday, May 3^rd is the National Day of Prayer. In 1952, President Harry Truman signed a bill formally calling for the nation to have a National Day of Prayer each year with the proclamation, date and time being decided by the President of the United States. In 1988, the law was amended to set the date for the National Day of Prayer to be the the 1^st Thursday in May.

Prior to 1988 and 1952, various Presidents all the way back to George Washington have called for National times of prayer. Many of those earlier presidents called for “a day of public humiliation, fasting, and prayer.” Since our forefathers linked prayer and fasting, and since I recently received a question about fasting, I thought it would be terrific time to discuss “fasting” as part of our observance of the 2012 National Day of Prayer. There are numerous examples of fasting in the Old Testament. But in the New Testament, Christians aren’t required to observe many of the rules and rituals from the Old Testament.

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.

“Occupy North Georgia” Building Campaign

dmelin — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:00:32 +0000

We are so excited about what God has in store for the future of Northlake! We are now entering into a new season. We are going to begin raising funds for this new building campaign.

If you would like to give financially you can do so in the following ways:

CHECKS or CASH – (Write a check payable to Northlake Baptist Church)

-or-

You can PAY ONLINE by Clicking HERE (this option available soon).

Click HERE for more information about our new Building Campaign.

“Rise up” Revival – Wednesday Nights in April

Danny Jones — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:07:58 +0000

This Wednesday Night – April 18th at 6:30 pm – our guest speaker will be Dr. Levi Skipper - pastor of the Concord Baptist Church in Clermont, GA. Levi is a graduate of Shorter college. He earned his Master of Divinity degree from New Orleans Baptist Seminary and his Doctorate from Luther Rice University. Before coming to Concord, he served with First Day Ministries – missions to Africa – as an Evangelist, Author, and Teacher. Please pray for Levi and his worship leader, James Dollar, as they come to share with us. Please come and invite your friends to come with you.

VBS June 24-29, 2012

Andrea Howell — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 19:39:50 +0000

Amazing Wonders Aviation:

Amazing Wonders. Awesome God!

This summer, watch amazing things happen as your kids encounter God like never before. You’ll see lives changed as kids tour some of the world’s most marvelous natural wonders and learn to trust and recognize God as they explore His awesome power.

VBS Registration Form

Our Lord is great, vast in power; His understanding is infinite. Psalm 147:5 (HCSB)

Guardrails Men’s Study: Mondays @ 6:30pm

dmelin — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:04:17 +0000

[Guardrails: a system designed to keep vehicles from straying into dangerous or off-limit areas.] They’re everywhere, but they don’t really get much attention . . . until somebody hits one. And then, more often that not, it is a lifesaver. Ever wonder what it would be like to have guardrails in other areas of your life—areas where culture baits you to the edge of disaster and then chastises you when you step across the line?

Your friendships. Your finances. Your marriage.

Maybe your greatest regret could have been avoided if you had established guardrails. In this 6-part series, Andy Stanley challenges us to stop flirting with disaster and establish some personal guardrails.

Part One: “Direct and Protect” – Ephesians 5:15-17

Part Two: “Why Can’t We Be Friends” – Proverbs 13:20

Part Three: “Flee Baby Flee!” – 1 Corinthians 6:18-20

Part Four: “Me and the Mrs.” – Proverbs 27:12

Part Five: “The Consumption Assumption” – Matthew 6:33

Part Six: “Once And For All” – Proverbs 11:3

“Rise up” Revival – Wednesday Nights in April

Danny Jones — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 11:23:32 +0000

This Wednesday Night – April 11 at 6:30 pm – our guest speaker will be Rev. Earl Pirkle - pastor of the Central Baptist Church in Gainesville, GA. Earl has pastored Central Baptist for the last 10 years and prior to that he was pastor of 4 other Baptist churches since he was ordained into the gospel ministry in 1986. He also has a passion for missions and has led 46 international mission trips. Please pray that the Lord will Revive us into a closer relationship with Him. Please come and invite your friends to come with you.