About Freedom Pointe
Objectives
OUR VISION – FREEDOM
Building Lives and Relationships According to God's Design Cooperating with God's design allows the body of Christ to experience and enjoy the freedom they have from sin, the same freedom they have for righteousness.
- Romans 6:18
- Galatians 5:1
OUR MISSION – MATURITY
To promote the gospel of Jesus Christ through the maturing of the saints.
- Hebrews 6:1
- 1 Peter 2:1
- 1 Corinthians 1:10
OUR METHOD - TEACHING
- Offering books and articles.
- Providing seminars, live teaching forums speaking engagements and personal one on one counseling
- Maintaining an on-line presence where people can access various theological, personal and interpersonal teaching courses.
Statement of Faith
- There is only one God, the omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the eternal being, the beginning and the end, creator of all things who is love.
- God is a holy trinity made up of the Father, the Son and the Spirit, three persons yet one God.
- All humans are born into this world spiritually separated from God (sinners) as a result of the fall of man through Adam. Now, the offering of a perfect blood sacrifice is the only way for man to become one with God again (saint).
- Jesus of Nazareth is the Son of God and he came to earth to take on the form of a man being born of a virgin. He was fully God and fully man.
- Jesus is the only way the only truth and the only life, there is no other way to God except through him, the Son.
- Jesus lived a perfect sinless life; he died on a cross as that perfect sacrifice and was buried in a tomb where he resurrected on the third day.
- Through his perfect blood sacrifice Jesus offers us the gift of eternal life which reunites us with God and makes us one with him. Once accepted, a person’s identity is changed from sinner to saint. The gift can never be taken back or returned and the identity can never be changed to sinner again.
- Since man does not have the ability to save himself from being separated from God for eternity (which requires faith and grace) God reaches out to each and every person and offers that salvation (gift of eternal life) by providing the faith and the grace through the shed blood of his Son Jesus. He gives us the choice to accept his gift of eternal life and be united with him for eternity or reject it and spend eternity separated from him.
- One day Jesus will return and gather those who have accepted his gift of eternal life (referred to as the resurrection of the saints) to reign with him for eternity. Those who have rejected the gift will also be resurrected (referred to as the resurrection of the dead) and stand before God in judgement for their decision. They will be separated from God for eternity.
- The bible is the inspired, inerrant Holy Scripture, the written truth of God spoken to men throughout history to help people understand God’s desire to spiritually become one with them again. The bible is the most recent revelation that God has given to man. There are no new revelations from God and there will not be new revelations until Christ returns. Understanding God’s will for one’s life, God’s purpose for one’s life and any other questions man has can only be found in the pages of the bible.
Founder – Duane Lawrence
Duane Lawrence is a Christian teacher, author and counselor who has been married for over 30 years, has 4 children, several grandchildren and resides in beautiful Phoenix Arizona. Duane was born in Springfield, MO but grew up in Canada as a preacher’s kid whose parents were missionaries for 14 years. After Starting churches in both Winnipeg Manitoba and Kamloops British Columbia the Lawrence’s moved back to the U.S. to start a Christian marriage and family counseling center.
After high school and honorably serving in the military Duane began his ministry training and now holds a counseling certification, a Bachelor’s degree in Theology and is a certified personality trainer. Along with 16 years of experience as a former marriage and family counselor and public seminar speaker he also has an additional 15 years of church campus Bible teaching experience.
His more than 25 years of combined experience in ministry has been committed to promoting the truth of God free from the encumbrances of religious tradition for the purpose of relationship building, conflict resolution and personal growth. Through those years he has used his experience to work with Christians to help them find answers to their theological questions and concerns about God, their relationship with him and their eternal condition. Duane is passionate about helping people understand the seemingly complex theology of the Bible in a simple and practical way so that it can be used in everyday situations and easily shared with others. He has used his Biblical knowledge and training to be a more effective communicator and successfully navigate the typical pitfalls associated with personal and business relationships. But most importantly he strives to example the principles of God in everyday life to advance the gospel of Jesus Christ. Duane is the author of “Stop Living for the Lord and Let the Lord Live Through You”.
This book explains the true identity we have in Christ, that God excepts us because of that identity and that we have nothing further to prove to him. Duane exposes how our traditional Christian teaching keeps us struggling with the trappings of sin by constantly focusing on not doing it or avoiding it which prevents us from seeing the truth that through salvation we are free from sin and we are no longer sinners. As a result of no longer being sinners but perfect children of the living God and heirs to the kingdom we no longer need to perform for his acceptance. As his children we can rest in Christ and let the Lord live through us.