Northland Church
What Big Story are You “IN”?
A message from Senior Pastor Josh Laxton
Locations & Times
Northland Church
522 Dog Track Rd, Longwood, FL 32750, USA
Saturday 5:00 PM
Sunday 9:00 AM
Sunday 11:00 AM
Welcome to Northland!
Northland Church exists to glorify God as we participate in His mission of redeeming a people from all peoples by engaging neighbors and nations to be fully alive in King Jesus through the power of the Spirit.
NorthlandChurch.net
Northland Church exists to glorify God as we participate in His mission of redeeming a people from all peoples by engaging neighbors and nations to be fully alive in King Jesus through the power of the Spirit.
NorthlandChurch.net
What's Current
LOCAL SERVE DAY
Saturday, March 1 from 8 a.m. to noon
FOOD DRIVE COLLECTION | NOW-MARCH 1
Grab a supply list and bring food to the blue Commission wall.
GAITHER VOCAL BAND
Wednesday, February 19 from 7 to 9:30 p.m.
Use promo code CHURCH
BELIEVE-BELONG-BECOME
Saturday, February 22 from 9 a.m. to noon
Believe-Belong-Become is a shared experience designed to help you dive deeper into understanding yourself, the Gospel, and the Church. After participating in New to Northland Experience, this next step invites you to see God’s bigger picture and explore how your life fits into His story. Looking to become a member? This is the place to start.
NIGHT OF WORSHIP: PREPARATION
Wednesday, March 5 from 7-8:30 p.m. in The Rink
Saturday, March 1 from 8 a.m. to noon
FOOD DRIVE COLLECTION | NOW-MARCH 1
Grab a supply list and bring food to the blue Commission wall.
GAITHER VOCAL BAND
Wednesday, February 19 from 7 to 9:30 p.m.
Use promo code CHURCH
BELIEVE-BELONG-BECOME
Saturday, February 22 from 9 a.m. to noon
Believe-Belong-Become is a shared experience designed to help you dive deeper into understanding yourself, the Gospel, and the Church. After participating in New to Northland Experience, this next step invites you to see God’s bigger picture and explore how your life fits into His story. Looking to become a member? This is the place to start.
NIGHT OF WORSHIP: PREPARATION
Wednesday, March 5 from 7-8:30 p.m. in The Rink
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- Why am I here?
- What is life all about?
- What are we supposed to do?
- Where are we going?
- What’s after this?
- What is life all about?
- What are we supposed to do?
- Where are we going?
- What’s after this?
Our little-stories should be “IN” a BIG-STORY if we want to make sense of life.
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”
1. Why do you need to be “IN” a Big Story.
Metanarrative:
A big, larger, overarching story and framework that gives meaning and purpose to life.
A big, larger, overarching story and framework that gives meaning and purpose to life.
According to the Fuller Youth Institute, the big questions Gen Z are asking are:
- Who am I?
- Where do I fit in?
- What difference can I make?
- Who am I?
- Where do I fit in?
- What difference can I make?
People want to know what BIG STORY they are “IN” because they have BIG QUESTIONS about life they need answered.
2. How many BIG STORY Choices are there to choose from for you to be “IN”?
Option One: Egyptian mythology
Option 2: Mesopotamian (Sumerian/Babylonian) Creation Myth
1) Modernity (Evolution)
2) Postmodernity (Rejection of anything definitive)
3) Theism (Broadly); Creationism (Specifically)
3. How do you choose the right BIG STORY to be “IN”?
1) You’ll CHOOSE the ONE who existed before anything was.
2) You’ll CHOOSE the ONE who brought everything into existence.
Bara = Creatio ex nihilo (Created out of nothing)
3) You’ll CHOOSE the ONE who created/chose you.
Your “IN” story determines your END story
Your “IN” story should take guesses out of life and put CONFIDENCE into your life.
The “IN” story of the Bible might be hard to RECEIVE but it does make sense to BELIEVE.