Easter 2025
Nothing could be more urgent and important than responding to the resurrected Christ, who offers himself as our ultimate solution to every threat, challenge, and problem we face in this life and the next.
Easter
April 16, 2025
Questions in this episode: – Is the Lake of Fire literal fire and punishment and can that fire hurt a spirit being like a demon? – Is the Sozo organization a legitimate Christian organization? – How do I find a good church home? – Is predestination and free will reconciled by God’s foreknowledge as he …
A Dozen Things God Did With Your Sin–
Am I Forgivable?
Every believer occasionally struggles with doubt over their salvation. This is born out of guilt and discouragement of their sin they believe is too big or egregious for God to forgive.
This can lead Christians to underestimate or disbelieve the complete sacrifice for sin accomplished on the cross. Want to understand God’s complete forgiveness and wiping away of sin?
Be sure to request the book A Dozen Things God Did with Your Sin..and Three Things He’ll Never Do by Sam Storms with your generous donation this month.
April Free Gift
If you have never contacted Focal Point before, we have a free gift for you. The Booklet: Easter & the Grace of God by Pastor Mike Fabarez
March 18, 2025
Questions in this episode: – Did the Nephilim exist before and after the flood? – Is John MacArthur a good source for biblical knowledge? – As we prepare our hearts for Easter, what does Scripture say about prayer and fasting and how to incorporate them into our lives? – How do we counsel someone who …
Resurrection Credentials
We’d all prefer to call the shots and be in charge of our own lives, but the resurrected Christ is King of all, including your life and mine.
March 28, 2024
Questions in this episode: – It was mentioned by a paster that there was a pagan god of spring named Ishtar and that name eventually got translated into Easter. Can you expand more on that? – Have you heard of a perverted version of the Bible named the Queen James version? – Why did …
March Free Gift
If you have never contacted Focal Point before, we have a free gift for you.
The pamphlet: Palm Sunday to Easter from Rose Publishing
The Kind of Love We Need Easter Service
By God’s grace, we can be recipients of Christ’s incomparable love that provides for our most profound needs by means of his life, death, and resurrection.
Palm Sunday Service
People demand proof that Jesus deserves their submission and allegiance, but God has provided more than ample evidence and it is our honor and duty to relay it to them.
Rethinking Death, Life, and Eternity
Christ’s death and resurrection solved our most pressing problem – a solution that urgently needs our response of faith.
Christ’s Preparation for Burial: Extravagant Gratitude
Becoming fully acceptable to God by the fragrant sacrifice of Christ ought to lead us to extravagant gratitude.
Am I a Fool to Believe in the Resurrection?
As Christians, the belief in the historical, actual, and verifiable resurrection is central to our faith.
The Lamb Who Was Slain
This Good Friday Pastor Mike Fabarez looks at the crucifixion of Christ and its connection to the Passover lamb. Prepare for the resurrection celebration this Easter by remembering the reason Christ was crucified for us.
God’s Ultimate Provision of Love and Leadership
By the means of his resurrection Jesus has proven himself to be our perfect and necessary leader to guide us in this life and qualify us for the next.
Christ. Freedom & the Resurrection
For those of us who believe Christ’s teaching and continue to trust in him, God promises to release us from the eternal penalty of sin, helping us now to increasingly overcome the corrupting power of sin in our lives.
Enlightened by the Light of the World
Christ is the Giver and Sustainer of all life and truth, and he promises to grant us all we need for eternal life and daily godliness if we genuinely and sincerely follow him.
When God Gets a Hold of Your Life
Instead of wasting any more time trying to find meaningful life in our sinful pursuits, we must repent and trust in Christ to reconcile us to the God for whom we were made.
Leveraging Easter For Eternity
Every Christian at Compass should utilize our Easter services as an evangelistic opportunity to bring people to hear about Christ and to personally share the gospel.
Why We Actually Believe in the Resurrection
An appraisal of the data regarding Christ’s resurrection leads us to see it as a historic reality with far-reaching implications about who he is and what he requires of us.
Its Eternal Provision
The incomparable love of God affords us permanent peace and enduring security through the past, present and future work of Jesus Christ on our behalf.
Its Biblical Dimensions
God has made us to love and be loved with a kind of love modeled by Christ – it is our responsibility to love God and each other with his kind of agape love.
Real Life
With real faith in the real the Christ for real salvation we can trust God to transform our lives with blessings and advantages that we should take hold of every day!
Real Salvation
We cannot rightly understand or appropriate the benefits of Christ’s NT cross until we understand something of the OT altar.
The Real Jesus
Both during Christ’s life and now, people are chasing an imaginary and false Jesus – we must be vigilant to know the Christ of the Bible and follow him wholeheartedly.