The 6th letter to the church at Philadelphia was a faithful and true church that held on to His word. The Lord had only commendation for this church, not correction. And Jesus introduces himself as the one who hold the key of David. We take a l...

 Sunday October 12, 2025 Revelation 3:1-6 Pastor Athol Barnes 

Sunday September 28, 2025 Revelation 2:12-17 Letter to the Church in Pergamum Pastor Athol Barnes 

Today, more than 380 million Christians suffer high levels of persecution and discrimination for their faith. Persecution has always been a hallmark of the Christian church. Sadly, most believers in North America have very little knowledge of w...

Do you really love Jesus and his church?As we look at the first of the seven letters that Jesus wrote to the churches in Revelation 2 and 3, we will start with the letter to the church in Ephesus.The Successful ...

What is the most important message you have ever been asked to give?Imagine for a moment the awesome responsibility that the Apostle John had in writing down the Revelation. We have spent much of the summer looking at the ear...

 Sunday August 31, 2025 Acts 4:13-20 Pastor Athol Barnes 

I’ve had two trees in our backyard since we moved into our house eleven years ago, both of which grew  rapidly and quickly exceeded my ability to manage their growth.As I was thinking about this problem, I realized that this is a co...

Do you know who you are?If you have been at Grace Point at any time during the last 10 years, you will know that we value prayer. But even though we emphasize prayer, we still don’t see our prayer times well attended. I have been wrestli...

We live in an era when we are more connected than any other time in the history of man.But psychologists tell us that loneliness is the number one health issue of our time. How can it be that we are so connected but at the same time so l...

What is a healthy church? 1 Corinthians 12 describes the church as a body, with each part functioning well so that the whole body is healthy. But we all bring our brokenness and pain with us, how can we function together as a healthy body?<...

This week as we celebrate our nation’s independence, I want to ask the question: are you truly free?Most people would point to the legal freedoms that we have, such as freedom of speech, freedom of religion, the right to bear arms, and m...

While I was studying Missiology in 2013, the Lord called me to be a pastor. Initially I had no desire or vision for the pastorate, but as the Lord began to impress on me the desire to see a missional church in Grace Point, I submitted to His le...

 Sunday May 11, 2025 Matthew 15:21-28 Travis Hamm 

 Sunday May 4, 2025 Luke 16:1-9 Pastor Athol Barnes 

He is Risen!In 2019 we were all struck by the spectacle of the fire that destroyed the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris. The world seemed to be in anguish over the destruction of an 860-year-old building. Why were we so caught up in ...

Palm Sunday It's not what they expected - April 13 2025Pastor Eric Spady - Jesus rode a donkey into Jerusalem to begin the final week of his ministry life. What the crowd wanted and what Jesus did want not ...