True North High School Ministry: Recent Episodes
Compass Bible Church
Every Saturday night and Sunday morning we have a time of intense Biblical teaching in an expository style. We take exactly what the Bible says and apply it to high school students today believing it is relevant and everything they need.
Admit that theft is a huge problem and commit to dealing honestly with the things that don’t belong to you.
The seventh commandment is intended to urge married men and women to be sexually faithful to each other for life. Our students are in a different phase of life, but they need to prepare for faithfulness by practicing purity of heart and life now before they get married.
Because God made mankind in his image, he forbids murder (the unjustified taking of a human life). We studied what the Bible calls murder and the killing that is not condemned as murder. And our students were warned about the hateful murder of the heart that we are all guilty of and need to forsake.
God commands his people to honor their father and their mother for life. This looks like humble obedience and deference during childhood, and ongoing support and care into adulthood. Praying for this sermon to help your children respect and obey you more from now on.
God instituted the seventh day as a day of rest and worship for Israel to remember him and to stop their work. While Christ fulfills the Sabbath and we no longer follow it as a ceremony, there are important lessons for us to learn about work, rest, and worship from the Sabbath passages.
God gives clear instructions about the improper way to speak of him, about him, and to him. Yet most people today blatantly disregard his instructions and Christians should never be the ones to use God’s name wrongly.
God demands the sole worship of his people and we need to be careful that nothing else takes his place in our devotion.
God’s ten most famous commandments were uttered loudly and written in stone for people to study, repeat, memorize, and obey. The first and most important command is to exclusively worship the one true God. He deserves all the devotion of our hearts!
Paul ends his final letter by describing the closeness of the Lord Jesus he experienced in his final difficulties of life. Our students need to trust Christ more than people, just like Paul did!
King Josiah was a godly man who met a sad end at only 39 years old. We can take important warnings that Josiah ignored so we can remain more faithful to God.
Paul describes a number of people and relationships he had in his ministry that we can learn from. He suffered well and we can too!
Paul says that he finished his Christian work and that he looks back on his life with no regrets. Our students would be wise to live now so they won’t regret it later.
Paul commands Timothy to preach the word (expository preaching) to guide the people in the church and we need to value this kind of good teaching when we hear it!
We should learn from Manasseh’s life to humble ourselves and submit to the God who is in control whether we like it or not.
Paul explains that Timothy should keep going back to the Bible because it comes from God and it is powerful to effect change in the believers life. We need to act like it by reading and meditating on it this week!
Paul shamelessly tells Timothy to follow his patterns of life and character in the last days. May our students find godly examples in us as their parents that God has sovereignty placed in their life!
With the world full of sin and sinners who seem to be getting worse, our students need to have a biblical expectation about life as a Christian in a hostile world.
A servant of the Lord is called to defend the truth, but to do so in a kind way towards the opponents of the truth because God may save them! It matters how we act towards the enemies of the gospel because they might become our spiritual brothers and sisters.
Become a more useful servant for Christ in his church by keeping clear from disqualifying sins and practicing Christlike character qualities.
Paul commands Timothy to keep people out of false teaching by not engaging in worthless controversies, but instead to be a diligent Bible student and teacher. Our teenagers need to take this seriously now to set up a fruitful Christian life.
Paul motivates Timothy to endure the suffering involved in gospel ministry by reminding him of some essential truths to keep him going. Our students should take strength in these doctrines as well.
The Christian worker is compared to a soldier, an athlete, and a farmer. All of these positions require intense commitment and work to be successful. Timothy as a minister need to be totally committed to his work, and our students as young Christians should devote themselves to working for Christ to a high degree as well.
Paul begins a strong series of exhortations to Timothy to boldly teach and lead God’s people. His first big assignment is to pass the knowledge he gained from Paul on to other trustworthy learners.
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Paul tells Timothy about the people who abandoned him as well as the one man that stood by his side named Onesiphorus. He will serve as a good example for Timothy to follow, and our students should follow it today!
Paul highlights the importance of Timothy’s ministry assignment from God, and commands him to be bold and unashamed of the gospel. Our students will receive ministry assignments from God as they grow up, and they need to step up and take them instead of choosing the easier path of least effort and avoiding them.
We studied the background and situation of Paul’s second letter to Timothy. Then we learned about how to express love for other Christians from Paul’s example in the first five verses of the letter.
The Old Testament King Uzziah was very blessed by God but grew proud and defied God’s priestly rules and his priests. Then God struck him with leprosy and exiled him because of his pride. Our students need to learn that their pride is also self-destructive and must be guarded against!
Jesus is called the true light that gives light and the new birth to all who receive him by faith. This Christmas, it is crucial that our students are not like those people who are blind to Jesus or those who willingly reject him.
Pastor Mark joined us in True North this morning to teach us from John 1 about why Jesus is called “the Word” and what it means for us.
The Bible ends with three direct promises from Jesus that he will return soon. His return should captivate the hearts of our students and change the way they view everything in their life!
We read the details of the New Jerusalem, anticipating life for eternity in God’s perfectly designed capital city.
After the Millennial Kingdom and Satan’s final revolt, God brings a New World for us to inhabit for eternity. We wrote down seven truths that should encourage us about our final home.
In six short verses, we read about a thousand year kingdom where the saints are resurrected to reign with Christ on Earth, fulfilling all the promises of the Old Testament prophets about a restored Israel amongst the other nations. My hope is that this sermon helps their DBR reading in the Old Testament prophets come to life!
In Revelation 19, Jesus finally returns to earth to conquer those who oppose him with all the encouragement of heaven praising him!
Joash was a young prince who was thrust into the kingship of Judah with the spiritual help of Jehoiada the priest. But when Jehoiada died, Joash’s faith proved to be borrowed, not his own and he ran into sin. Our students should be warned from this royal failure in the OT!
John hears multiple choruses of a lament song about the destruction of the end-times world system and city called Babylon, from the perspective of heaven and from the world’s allies. Our students are warned by this song not to be entangled in love with the world and its stuff.
John sees a vision of a woman named Babylon, the ugly personification of evil and end times false religion. We can learn many important lessons of the nature of sin and our need to remain faithful to God.
We studied the final vision of God’s judgment, where his angels pour out the seven bowls of wrath on an unrepentant world.
John sees a vision of two beasts that represent the end-time Antichrist and False Prophet, then visions of Christ with his 144,000 after their final victory. The two sides of the battle are set, and people today need to choose which side they will be on.
John sees a vision of a dragon, a woman, and a child which symbolizes Satan, Israel, and Christ. The bottom line is that Satan hates God, his Christ, and his people, but one day he will be soundly defeated.
John is given a bittersweet message of judgment and salvation while the two special witnesses proclaim the end of the world in the Great Tribulation. Our students should draw boldness from these characters to be God’s spokesmen in our generation.
John sees seven angels sound seven trumpets and God brings natural and supernatural punishments upon those who dwell on Earth. But those who suffer do not repent, but harden their hearts. Our students need to see that they need to repent before God punishes sin, because once he does, there will be no humility on our end!
John describes the first six seal judgments of Christ upon the Earth in the time of the Tribulation, then sees God’s protected people worshipping him for carrying them through persecution on Earth. We must fear God and be right with Christ!
John is brought into heaven to see the throne room of God where he and the Lamb receive the adoration they deserve at all times! It is a stark contrast to the ingratitude and rebellion that God the Father and God the Son receive from the majority of people upon the earth today.
Jesus threatens the lukewarm church of Laodicea that they will not be embraced by him unless they become zealous for him and repent! Our students need this warning and rebuke today!
In Deuteronomy 8, God tells the people of Israel that they need to keep an attitude of humility when they enter the promised land and all things are going well for them. Our students should be equally grateful and humble as they think about all their successes and failures.
Jesus tells the church of Sardis that they were spiritually dead, even though they had a good reputation with others, and that they needed to change! Those who are genuinely living for Christ are totally accepted by him!
Genuine repentance doesn’t fade after an emotional moment—it keeps bearing fruit in an ongoing life of obedience, surrender, and spiritual renewal (Ac. 26:20; Mt. 3:8; Col. 2:6). Real Christians keep repenting, because grace not only forgives but fuels a lifelong pursuit of holiness.
Biblical repentance involves more than regret—it requires a decisive break from sin and a personal submission to Jesus Christ as Lord (Ac. 3:19; Lk. 13:3; 1 Th. 1:9–10). This turning point is the heart of true conversion, marking a new allegiance and a transformed direction in life.
Repentance must express itself in honest, humble confession—naming sin for what it is, without excuses, blame-shifting, or half-hearted admissions (1 Jn. 1:9; Prov. 28:13; Ps. 32:5). When we confess biblically, we agree with God, we expose the darkness, and we open the door to restoration.
True repentance begins when the Spirit of God opens our eyes to the weight of our sin—producing sorrow, not just over the consequences, but over our offense against a holy God (2 Cor. 7:9–10; Ps. 51:3–4). This sobering conviction is not self-generated guilt but a gracious confrontation that prepares the heart for real change.
Jesus tells the church at Thyatira that they are in grave danger for following an evil woman in the church who called herself a spokesperson for God. Our students need to guard their lives and their doctrine to stay faithful to Christ, no matter who else is turning their back on him.
Jesus tells the church in Pergamum that they need to stop tolerating false doctrine and compromised morality in their church or else he would come and make war against that local church. Our students need to be more committed to Christ and the truth than they are to pleasing our sinful culture.
Jesus comforts a suffering church in Smyrna because they were about to face more intense persecution for his sake. Our students are not well-acquainted with intense suffering for Christ, so learning from this church should stretch their thinking about the Christian life.
Check yourself to see if your love for Christ has grown cold, and then stir your affections to love him more and serve him with greater zeal.
Elevate your current view of Christ because it’s not high enough until you see him face to face!
Be diligent to study and obey the Book of Revelation because of the blessings, encouragement, and comfort it gives to those who take its message seriously.
Our theme passage is a confidence song from David about how he trusts God and find security for this life and eternity! Our goal in True North is to see our students develop this same faith in God.
The bottom line instructions for our life is that we would rightly view God as our king and Lord and do what he says every day. Whether you are a HS student, or a parent, or a senior citizen like Solomon, we need to fear God and obey him.
God’s word tells the “young man” to rejoice in his youth and to remove vexation from his heart and pain from his body, but that he should also remember that God will bring everything he does into judgment. What a timely message for high school students today!
Solomon teaches us that there is more to gain from going to a funeral and contemplating death than from going to a party and forgetting about the realities of life. We need to be wise and seriously consider matters of life and death.
Solomon teaches us that chasing money doesn’t satisfy us and possessing a lot of wealth comes with a lot of anxieties. It is best for us to do our jobs and receive whatever God gives with thanksgiving.
In our digitally connected world, teenagers are more lonely than ever before. We want to encourage our students to build God-glorifying friendships now in High School!
King Solomon was the ultimate pleasure-seeker and he got everything the world had to offer, but called it all empty and vain in the end. Our students need to believe it, or they will waste their life!
God makes everything under the sun for a season of time, and wise people recognize God’s providence in each season. Our students would be wise to appreciate their current season of life and to use their time to do important things.
We started the book of Ecclesiastes where the preacher tells us that everything in this life is empty and vain without God! While some of us intellectually agree, most high school students really believe and live like the world will satisfy them, but Christians need to stop thinking that way!
We finished the book of Genesis by looking at the faith and prophecies of Jacob and Joseph before they died. We should test our faith and be devoted to grow a deeper trust in God for all the big and small things in our life.
We studied Joseph’s full-fledged forgiveness of his brothers. There are many helpful insights about what Joseph does and does not do that teach us how to forgive. We pray for this sermon to maintain unity through biblical reconciliation when any conflict or bitterness arises!
God taught Joseph to trust him in prison so that he would honor him when in power. Joseph saved Egypt and his brothers instead of taking revenge. Our students should follow Joseph’s example and give up grudges!
Our next text discusses two brothers who respond in opposite ways when tempted by sexual sin. Judah runs into it and Joseph runs away from it. We need to order our lives by insights we gain from Judah and Joseph’s examples.
We are starting a new series this week on the life of Joseph where he is treated unfairly but patiently trusts God. In Genesis 37, each family member acts selfishly. We should learn from their bad example and also see God’s sovereignty in the sinful choices of the people in our lives.
Jacob has to deal with God before he is confronted by his brother Esau after a 20-year-long break in their rivalry. Jacob needs the mercy of God and his brother! So he struggles all night with the angel of the Lord, and he is humbled, then changed. We must go through a similar experience of “wrestling” as we deal with God to find mercy!
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In these four chapters, we cover 20 difficult years in Jacob’s life where he is refined by pain that God allows in his life. It all starts with God’s promise to be with Jacob through it all. This is the right perspective for Christians today to have about their pain, trials, and discipline from God.
Each member of the patriarchal family sins in Genesis 27, and they wreck their relationships with each other. Each family acts in their own self-interest without considering what God would want them to do. I want our students to consider God’s desire for their actions every day!
Isaac’s life seems ordinary compared to his father Abraham’s and his son Jacob’s adventurous journeys. Our students can learn to study the truth of old times and walk in the steps of faithful people who have come before us.
We are introduced to Isaac, Rebekah, Esau, and Jacob: a family of sinners. Our text shows Esau indulging his fleshly appetites and throwing away his future because he doesn’t care about eternal and spiritual things. How many church kids throw away spiritual blessings because they are enticed by their appetites!
In a break between Genesis sermons, we spent our time talking about everyone’s favorite question-producing topic: dating. We discussed the things the Bible clearly condemns and then talked about some wise guidelines for navigating romance leading to marriage.
In our day of abundance of Bibles, it is a shame that most Christians choose to direct most of their attention to worthless things instead of God’s life-giving word. This is a self-inflicted wound that our students can avoid by establishing good habits to read their Bibles.
Isaac, the promised son, is finally born after 25 years of waiting in faith. Then Abraham is told to banish Ishmael and sacrifice Isaac. In both scenes, God’s word is clear and Abraham’s obedience is immediate. We need to learn obedience from Abraham.
God told Abraham his plan to destroy Sodom but Abraham pleads for mercy for the sake of the righteous. Then God’s angels mercifully save Lot. Our students need to adopt the attitude of Abraham about God’s wrath and avoid the self-destructive compromises of Lot.
Sometimes God wants his people to wait patiently. Sometimes he wants us act quickly. Abraham and Sarah show us how to fail and how to succeed in these two areas. Our students will benefit from learning patience from their example instead of from the pain of God’s consequences.
In the midst of God’s great promises to Abram, the text of Genesis tells us that Abram trusted God and God considered him righteous. In Romans 4 and Galatians 3, we find out this is the experience of every person who places their faith in Jesus as well.
After a terrible failure of faith in Egypt, Abram bounces back in his separation and subsequent rescue of his nephew Lot. Our faith in God will be tested, and when we fail, we should get back up and respond like Abram.
We are introduced to Abram, the father of people who have faith in God. He receives a command to leave his homeland and a promise from God, so he responds with action. Our students should exercise the same faith in God’s word.
Wrapping up the Primeval History of Genesis 1-11, Moses tells us the tragic account of the Tower of Babel when humanity banded together against God and his authority. The world is still doing the same things today! We should humbly live by every word that comes from God.
We are still living in the post-flood world, where God’s instructions and rules for Noah’s descendants apply! Genesis 9 is an important passage to mold our Christian worldview.
God brings judgment to the sinful world through a universal flood and God is bringing judgment upon the world again for its sin. Our students need to find safety in Christ.
Cain and Abel show us a frightening example of how bad sin can get when we let sin fester in our hearts. My prayer is that those of our students who live like Cain would be turned by God to a new kind of life!
When Adam and Eve sinned, they faced massive consequences from God. We bear the same kinds of repercussions for our sinful actions as well. Thankfully, in the midst of the curse God promises hope of redemption through Christ.
Satan’s main tactic in temptation is to attack the truthfulness of God’s word and the goodness of God’s commands. Our students need to be trained to stand up to Satan’s age-old schemes by trusting and obeying God’s word.
God says it is not good for man to be alone so he makes woman, and he will explain more the implications of this truth in the rest of the Bible. It is essential for our students to know and believe what God says about marriage and gender in our confused and rebellious world.
We studied the creation mandate from God to humanity and pushed our students to consider God’s purposes for men and women in his world. The most important action we can do to live out our purpose is to obey God’s word without hesitation or questioning.
The image of God is the defining characteristic of humanity in the creation account. It is the first thing we learn about humans in the Bible! If our students understand what it means for all people to be made in the image of God and the implications of this idea, they will be equipped to discern whatever lies the world spreads about humanity.
Genesis 1 is a text written in the historical narrative style and it teaches that God made our world in six days and then he rested on the seventh. Our students need to see the massive worldview and theological problems with the modern myth of naturalistic evolution.
As we begin our yearlong study of the book of Genesis, we must stop and consider all the theology and worldview data that is contained in the first verses of the Bible. God was in the beginning and created the world by the word of his power. Everything Christians believe depends on this!
John ends his letter with a warning against idols. Christians today can make idols of any good gift from God if we devote ourselves to them more than to God. In our hearts, we need to be on guard against this foolish and shameful sin!
John makes clear that each person who trusts in Jesus will be transformed, no longer prey to sinful temptations but characterized by love and obedience. We are called to confidently and consistently live out our faith because of Jesus’ life-transforming victory.
Love is one of God’s key attributes that affects everything he does. He expects us to love others like him because we have received so much love from him!
God’s word is clear that every person is either a child of God or a child of the devil and one’s lifestyle shows one’s spiritual parentage to the world. 1 John 3:1-10 will bring great comfort to true children of God and great fear for those who practice habitual sin and thus prove they are not aligned with God. Our students need to respond rightly to this truth.
We are warned that those who walk away from the faith were never in a right relationship with God. Church kids should be on guard against walking away by being firmly rooted in the truth.
The apostle John warns Christians to stop loving the world and the evil things in the world because that kind of love is incompatible with loving God. Our students need to be warned against the allure of the world so that they would love God most!
We are all sinners before God, but only some people agree with God about how wrong their sin truly is. There is no hope for forgiveness from God without our humble recognition of our sins and the atoning sacrifice of Jesus.
The apostle John reminds his readers that God is morally perfect and anyone in a right relationship with God will reflect God’s holiness in their life because the sacrifice of Jesus cleanses them from sin.
This high school ministry exists to prepare your students to live the Christian life in a non-Christian world until they grow old and die. We want True North to be the most important group that your students are a part of (besides your family) for their high school years.
Jesus demands that we do something about what he has taught us. It is not good enough for us to know or agree with what he says, but we need to obey. Our students need to just do what Jesus says over and over again.
God cares deeply about our thoughts, and we ought to be very careful to train our patterns of thoughts to glorify God. It is better for ourselves and everyone around us if our thought life is righteous.
Jesus warns us that making a profession of faith in him is not enough to get us into heaven. Many people who claim that Jesus is Lord will go to hell. Those who do the will of God from the heart prove that have a saving relationship with Jesus.
Jesus warns his disciples to avoid false teachers and the eternal destruction they lead their followers towards. Our students need to grow in discernment so they are not misled by false spokesmen for God.
Jesus ends his Sermon on the Mount with 4 concluding illustrations. The first calls upon Old Testament wisdom imagery of two paths which lead to life or to death. Jesus calls his listening to respond to his teaching, and our students must submit to God and obey him or their lives will end in eternal destruction.
Don't fall for the lies of self love but instead obey God's commands to love him completely and love others sacrificially.
Jesus summarizes his teaching about loving other people by telling his disciples to do for people the things they would like other people to do for them. This ethical principle, sometimes called “The Golden Rule,” is a great standard to apply to our actions towards others.
Jesus invites his disciples to repeatedly ask God for what they need, trusting that God cares enough to answer.
Jesus tells his disciples to guard against an attitude of hypocritical criticism, but to deal with their own sin first so that they can help other Christians grow In Christ.
Jesus tells his disciples that anxiety has no place in their thinking because they have a sovereign Father in heaven who cares for them. We must never dwell on anxious thoughts, but turn to God and trust him.
Jesus says that his disciples should make their top priority God’s kingdom and righteousness. Our students need to put God’s priorities first now and for the rest of their lives.
In this section about treasure and money, Jesus uses the image of two conditions of the eye and the image of two different slave-owners to show the contrast between those who labor for earthly treasure and those who strive for heavenly treasure. It’s time for our students to kill the idolatry of materialism and serve God wholeheartedly.
Jesus explains that is foolish to spend your life accumulating earthly treasures that are fleeting, and it is wise to invest your life storing up treasures in heaven. There is no better time for our students to learn this lesson than right now!
Jesus told “The Parable of the Two Sons” to the Jewish religious leaders to prove that repentant sinners are going to heaven before hypocritical religious people. Lots of kids make professions of faith while they are young and going to church, but only those who actually do God’s will with their lives show evidence of true saving faith.
Jesus warns his disciples to avoid the hypocritical heart that seeks attention and admiration from others for devotional activities such as fasting. While fasting for the sake of focused prayer and increased devotion to God is rare in the modern American church, our students would gain a lot by experiencing a voluntary and devotional fast.
Jesus elaborates on the forgiveness clause of the Lord’s Prayer by telling people that forgiven people should be forgiving to those around them. But sadly, many people deceive themselves about their own standing before God, and an unforgiving heart is a certain sign of a wrong relationship with God.
Jesus tells us to pray for our basic needs, forgiveness from sin, and protection from temptation and sin. The problem is, entitled people don’t pray because they think God owes them, and self-sufficient people don’t pray because they don’t think they need God. We ought with an attitude of genuine dependence on God.
Jesus starts the model prayer with an address to God as our Father in Heaven, and then gives three God-centered requests that should orient our prayers. We need to get our eyes off ourselves and start praying for big things that God cares deeply about.
Jesus calls his disciples to avoid hypocritical motives in prayer and go speak to God in secret because he is their Father who will listen.
Jesus warns us that we could do righteous and religious things for our own glory, and then God will not be pleased with our actions. God investigates our heart motives and will reward us accordingly. Our chief motive must be the approval of God, not the applause of other people.
Every disciple of Christ should view himself or herself as a steward of God’s gifts, who will be held accountable one day. This parable of Jesus should motivate all of his disciples to do what they can to serve God without delay or making excuses.
Jesus was born as the rightful king of the Jews, but only a group of important foreigners recognized this! We should model our worship, sacrifice, and humility after the Magi as we recognize Jesus as the only ultimate king over our lives!
The story of the conception and birth of Jesus Christ is shocking if we are willing to read it afresh. We should praise God the Son for coming to earth to be an embryo in the womb of a young girl so that we could be saved!
God calls his people to do everything out of a heart that worships him. He calls his people to be transformed as they understand more from his word.
For centuries, God’s people have expressed their worship through corporate singing. Pastor Roi preached from Psalm 95 about the reasons why we should sing enthusiastically to God.
Jesus calls his disciples to a supernatural kind of love that considers one’s own enemies as the target of their love and prayers. Ultimately, we need to soften our hearts towards the people who hurt us so we can love them like God loved us.
Jesus explains that the Old Testament civil laws about retribution are not for our interpersonal relationships. He calls us to refrain from taking revenge when we are wronged and to learn to be generous and forgiving like him.
Live with an eternal mindset by keeping Christ as the focal point of every aspect of your life.
Jesus explains that the deceptive oath formulas of his day were nonsensical and offensive to God. He cares that we tell the truth and keep our word in all situations.
Jesus highlights the sanctity of marriage to a culture that was very lax about their rules for men divorcing their wives. For a group of unmarried high school students, it is very important for them to build a Christian worldview about the topic of marriage.
Jesus explains that God judges the heart, and sexually immoral lust and fantasizes are evil in his sight. Every student needs to repent of all sexual immorality in their heart and in their lives, then make serious sacrifices to be pure.
Jesus explains that God’s law about murder in the Old Testament also points to the reality that God’s people must avoid anger in their hearts toward others. Christians must be on guard against this sin and all of its manifestations.
Jesus explains that he does not intend to render the Old Testament Scriptures null and void, but to fulfill them through his life and teaching. Therefore, we need to highly value the Old Testament by reading it and developing righteous patterns from the heart.
Jesus says that his disciples should be changing the world by their presence and behavior. We must live an obviously righteous lifestyle for God, out in the open, without fear or shame so that people will turn to God and praise him.
Jesus says that those who make peace between others and those who suffer for doing right have a great reward in the end. I want our students to gain the courage to become peacemakers for Christ no matter the insults or opposition they face in the process.
Jesus explains that the people who will experience true happiness will have their hearts set on what is good, right, and pure. Jesus promises true satisfaction to their deepest longings when their deepest longings are centered in God!
Jesus reverses our expectations about true happiness when he authoritatively declares that the people who are truly blessed (happy) are the ones who are humble in their hearts before God and others.
Our students are going to interact with money in our world for the rest of their lives, but there are so many dangerous pitfalls. They need to learn from God’s word how to deal with and think about money.
Our words are a powerful weapon that can be used for good or evil. God’s word commands us to use our words very carefully.
We all need to recognize the danger of our own pride and seek to think, talk, and act humbly for the rest of our lives.
God demands that his children speak the truth with one another. This sermon takes a deeper dive into the heart motives behind deception so that our hearts and lips can be free from deceit.
Sexual sin is an attractive, powerful, and deadly trap. God’s word provides loving words of warning for how young men and women should treat their sexuality.
According to the Bible, the “heart” is the center of our thinking which affects every single area of our lives. We are commanded to watch over our hearts like a vigilant guard so that our speech and actions are righteous.
Proverbs 1:20-33 presents a stern warning for young people to heed the wisdom of God’s word or else they will face the bitter consequences of their own bad decisions.
Our high school students need to seek biblical wisdom for skillful living. This starts by recognizing God as their supreme authority and submitting to his words of wisdom in Proverbs
The world tells our students the lie that the best way to live is without direction. But God’s word is clear that the best kind of life is lived following God and his instructions. Our students need to choose to live in close relationship to God while they are in high school (and for the rest of their lives) because God is good, and it is the best way to live!
Paul ends the letter of Ephesians with a reminder of how much he loves those people and how much they should love Jesus Christ! We should unashamedly take every opportunity to show care and concern for other Christians as we grow in our deep affection for Jesus Christ.
Our world attacks the truthfulness of the Bible all the time. We want our students to not just believe, but to know why they believe the Bible is true. Roi preached all about this to our students this weekend.
We will only see victory in spiritual warfare if we are regularly in communication with God through prayer. Sadly, many Christians are missing out on victory because they never fervently pray for it.
God has provided great tools to fight against Satan’s schemes in our Christian lives. We must utilize the armor of God if we want to see victory over sin, temptation, discouragement, doubt, and despair.
High school students need to wise up to Satan’s horrible power, influence, and schemes so that they can stand firm against him every day.
High school students need to understand God’s instructions about hard work. Christian slaves and masters in the first century were commanded to treat each other with great respect. We must take that same attitude to all of our work situations in the 21st century!
High school students need to learn how to respond to your sin and turn from it in a way that pleases God.
Christians are called to live a new kind of life in community with one another. We are in danger of grieving God’s Holy Spirit if we don’t repent of our social sins.
Hate your former life of sin and commit to never live like that again because God is changing you.
Close the gap of inconsistency between your lifestyle and God’s high calling for Christians so as to “walk worthy.”
Step up your prayer requests and ask God for more spiritual maturity, trusting that he is able and willing to answer “superabundantly.”
As Christians we need to be determined to grow spiritually through the relentless intake and application of God's word.
Start spreading God’s great secret of salvation with courage, even when it feels like we are losing.
Because Jesus brought you into a right relationship with God, grow a tighter relationship with other Christians, especially the ones who are very different than you.
Realize you can never earn salvation from God, and that you need to receive his grace by faith in Christ with an eager desire to walk in his ways.
Admit that you are doomed in your sins apart from God, but that in his love, God saves and exalts his people.
Pray for yourself and your Christian friends to really know God’s hope, inheritance, and power.
Be confident that God is keeping you saved for future redemption IF you can see the Holy Spirit’s effects on your life.
Enjoy each stage of your life for God’s glory, but don’t forget that you will answer to him for all your decisions.
If you want to be a godly influence, you must commit to live righteously and surround yourself with godly people.
The book of 1 John was written, “so you may know you have eternal life.” Many of our students struggle to know whether or not they are right with God. The whole book of 1 John was written to help answer this question. True North- Compass High School Ministry
Compass Bible Church Junior High and High School Camp: Revival 2022 How a Lot of Dead People Try to Feel Alive (Ephesians 2:8-9) | Session 3 | Pastor Mike Fabarez
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Jesus is Better Sermon Series // Run! Text: Hebrews 12:1-2 Rod Gomez True North High School Ministry of Compass Bible Church Led by Pastor Rod Gomez truenorthcbc.com
Jesus is Better Sermon Series // The Key that Unlocks the Christian Life Text: Hebrews 11 Rod Gomez True North High School Ministry of Compass Bible Church Led by Pastor Rod Gomez truenorthcbc.com
Jesus is Better Sermon Series // #NoDaysOff Text: Hebrews 10:19-39 Rod Gomez True North High School Ministry of Compass Bible Church Led by Pastor Rod Gomez truenorthcbc.com
Jesus is Better Sermon Series // Never enough for me...for meeee, for meeeeeEEEE! - The NT commentary on the OT sacrificial system Text: Hebrews 10:1-18 Elvis Illescas True North High School Ministry of Compass Bible Church Led by Pastor Rod Gomez truenorthcbc.com
Jesus is Better Sermon Series // Christianity, The Old Testament, and World Religions Text: Hebrews 9:1-28 Pastor Rod Gomez True North High School Ministry of Compass Bible Church Led by Pastor Rod Gomez truenorthcbc.com
Jesus is Better Sermon Series // TL;DR: The New Covenant is Better (Because Jesus is Better) Text: Hebrews 8:1-13 Pastor Rod Gomez True North High School Ministry of Compass Bible Church Led by Pastor Rod Gomez truenorthcbc.com
Jesus is Better Sermon Series // Levitical Priesthood vs Melchizedekan Priesthood: What Hood You From? Text: Hebrews 7:1-28 Pastor Rod Gomez True North High School Ministry of Compass Bible Church Led by Pastor Rod Gomez truenorthcbc.com
A Call to Live Free Text: 1 Peter 2:13-17 Elvis Illescas True North High School Ministry of Compass Bible Church Led by Pastor Rod Gomez truenorthcbc.com
Jesus is Better Sermon Series // How to Not Lose Your Faith Text: Hebrews 5:11-6:12 Pastor Rod Gomez True North High School Ministry of Compass Bible Church Led by Pastor Rod Gomez truenorthcbc.com
Jesus is Better Sermon Series // Draw Near to God Text: Hebrews 4:14-5:10 Pastor Rod Gomez True North High School Ministry of Compass Bible Church Led by Pastor Rod Gomez truenorthcbc.com
Jesus is Better Sermon Series // Strive to Rest Text: Hebrews 4:1-13 Pastor Rod Gomez True North High School Ministry of Compass Bible Church Led by Pastor Rod Gomez truenorthcbc.com
Jesus is Better Sermon Series //Do Not Harden Your Heart (Or Else) Text: Hebrews 3:7-19 Pastor Rod Gomez True North High School Ministry of Compass Bible Church Led by Pastor Rod Gomez truenorthcbc.com
Jesus is Better Sermon Series //Jesus is Greater than Moses Text: Hebrews 3:1-6 Pastor Rod Gomez True North High School Ministry of Compass Bible Church Led by Pastor Rod Gomez truenorthcbc.com
Jesus is Better Sermon Series //The Merciful and Faithful Priest. Text: Hebrews 2:10-18 Pastor Rod Gomez True North High School Ministry of Compass Bible Church Led by Pastor Rod Gomez truenorthcbc.com
Jesus is Better Sermon Series //If Jesus is Lord, Why is This Happening? Text: Hebrews 2:5-9 Pastor Rod Gomez True North High School Ministry of Compass Bible Church Led by Pastor Rod Gomez truenorthcbc.com
A Bold, Beautiful, and Flawed Intercession Text: Genesis 18:16-26 Elvis Illescas True North High School Ministry of Compass Bible Church Led by Pastor Rod Gomez truenorthcbc.com
Jesus is Better Sermon Series //Listen Close...or Else. Text: Hebrews 2:1-4 Pastor Rod Gomez True North High School Ministry of Compass Bible Church Led by Pastor Rod Gomez truenorthcbc.com
Jesus is Better Sermon Series // I Have Spoken Text: Hebrews 1:1-3a Pastor Rod Gomez True North High School Ministry of Compass Bible Church Led by Pastor Rod Gomez truenorthcbc.com
Don't Feed the Wild Life Sermon Series // When You Want To Lie Text: Colossians 3:9-10 Elvis Illescas True North High School Ministry of Compass Bible Church Led by Pastor Rod Gomez truenorthcbc.com
Don't Feed the Wild Life Sermon Series // What Starts with "L" and Has the Power to Ruin Your Life? Text: Genesis 2:15 Pastor Rod Gomez True North High School Ministry of Compass Bible Church Led by Pastor Rod Gomez truenorthcbc.com
Don't Feed the Wild Life Sermon Series // When You're Lonely Text: Various Pastor Rod Gomez True North High School Ministry of Compass Bible Church Led by Pastor Rod Gomez truenorthcbc.com
Don't Feed the Wild Life Sermon Series // When You're in Pain Text: 2 Corinthians 4:7-12, 16-18 Elvis Illescas True North High School Ministry of Compass Bible Church Led by Pastor Rod Gomez truenorthcbc.com
Don't Feed the Wild Life Sermon Series // Deconstructing: What to Do When You're Doubting Your Faith Text: John 20:24-31 Pastor Rod Gomez True North High School Ministry of Compass Bible Church Led by Pastor Rod Gomez truenorthcbc.com
Don't Feed the Wild Life Sermon Series // When Peers Pressure Text: Proverbs 29:25 Pastor Rod Gomez True North High School Ministry of Compass Bible Church Led by Pastor Rod Gomez truenorthcbc.com
Don't Feed the Wild Life Sermon Series // When Anxiety Strikes Text: Matthew 6:25-34 Pastor Rod Gomez True North High School Ministry of Compass Bible Church Led by Pastor Rod Gomez truenorthcbc.com
Don't Feed the Wild Life Sermon Series // What to Wear in the Wild Text: Ephesians 6:10-18 Pastor Rod Gomez True North High School Ministry of Compass Bible Church Led by Pastor Rod Gomez truenorthcbc.com
“Bodybuilding” Sermon Series // Check Your Form: Why You Need a Spotter Text: Ephesians 4:25-32 Roi Brody True North High School Ministry of Compass Bible Church Led by Pastor Rod Gomez truenorthcbc.com
“Bodybuilding” Sermon Series // Protein and Creatine: Fueling the Body for Swoll Text: Ephesians 4:15-16 Elvis Illescas True North High School Ministry of Compass Bible Church Led by Pastor Rod Gomez truenorthcbc.com
“Bodybuilding” Sermon Series // Muscle Atrophy: Why Every Muscle Needs to Contract Text: Ephesians 4:7-14 Pastor Rod Gomez True North High School Ministry of Compass Bible Church Led by Pastor Rod Gomez truenorthcbc.com
“Bodybuilding” Sermon Series // Only One Body: CROSSfit is the ONLY Way to Workout Text: Ephesians 4:4-6 Pastor Rod Gomez True North High School Ministry of Compass Bible Church Lead by Pastor Rod Gomez truenorthcbc.com
“Bodybuilding” Sermon Series // Avoid Dirty Bulking Text: Ephesians 4:1-3 Pastor Rod Gomez True North High School Ministry of Compass Bible Church Lead by Pastor Rod Gomez truenorthcbc.com
“100” Sermon Series // Fake News Text: 2 John 7-13 Pastor Rod Gomez True North High School Ministry of Compass Bible Church Lead by Pastor Rod Gomez truenorthcbc.com
“100” Sermon Series // Actually? Text: 2 John 1-6 Pastor Rod Gomez True North High School Ministry of Compass Bible Church Lead by Pastor Rod Gomez truenorthcbc.com
"The End is Near" Sermon Series // A New (Testament) Hope: The Rapture Text: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 Pastor Rod Gomez True North High School Ministry of Compass Bible Church Lead by Pastor Rod Gomez
Compass Bible Church Associate Pastor Lucas Pace and Men's/College Pastor PJ Berner answer your questions.
Sermon Series: Christ is Supreme // Final Words: Insights from Paul's Postscript, Part 2 Colossians 4:12-18
Pastor Rod Gomez
True North High School Ministry of Compass Bible Church
We must be disciplined privately and set apart publicly in order to witness and evangelize effectively