Sermons

Life is a string of choices. At the end of the Book of Deuteronomy, Moses puts before the people of Israel two choices: life or death; obedience or disobedience; God or not. This message from Jonathan Shanks will encourage you to choose God!

This message tackles the difficult topic of blessings and curses. Deuteronomy 28-29 spells out the consequences of obedience and disobedience to God's word. Do curses still exist? What does blessing mean? What does it mean that Christ redeemed us from the curse of the...

In Deuteronomy, God commanded the people of Israel through Moses to "purge the evil from among you." Because of what Jesus has done for us, our sin has been dealt with, yet the imperative in the life of a Christian is to "put to death whatever belongs to our earthly...

What does it look like to be wholeheartedly on the shared mission of Jesus? This message looks at the fear of the Lord—the beginning of knowledge which, rightly applied, leads to wisdom and to life. FEAR - OBEY - LOVE - SERVE

How is your memory? Do you learn from your mistakes, or do you repeat them over and over again like the Israelites in Deuteronomy? This message will challenge you to remember the things God has done for you, to preach the Gospel to yourself daily.

Our God reigns outside of time. He is Alpha & Omega and His wisdom is perfectly hindsight-informed wisdom. What if that means that He is engaging with generations at once, answering the prayers of future great-grandchildren in your life today? In this...

Deuteronomy 6 contains the Shema—the most holy Jewish prayer. In this second message of May Mission Month in our Deuteronomy series, Jonathan Shanks unpacks the key drivers for mission from Deuteronomy 6.

We're starting a new series at NorthernLife through the book of Deuteronomy, called "Ready, Set, Go." In this first message of the series, Jonathan Shanks encourages us to STEP OUT, STEP IN, and STEP UP as we follow God.