The One Critical Skill We Need In Our Relationships

The first part in our Journey to Freedom and Courage series dealt with soul issues.  Then we made a shift into relationships.  Sam opened this up with the talk about how we love.  Remember what he said was required?  We have to do the hard things and create space in our lives to be able to love.  Sam explained that if we do the hard things today, life is easier tomorrow.  If we just do what is easy, . . . Read More »

The Toxic Thing In Relationships

Today we continue to talk about relationships. Before we jump into today, I want us to take a second, pull back to see the big picture.  We created Mountain Ridge Church to be the church that is passionate, relentless, and unapologetic about reaching people far from God.  Why would we do that?  Why would we create a place that isn’t about our comfort but instead is a place that focuses on others?  Because we wanted to join Jesus . . . Read More »

The Dangers of Assumption

The Journey To Freedom & Courage Series Continues!

Two Things We Need To Live and Love Well

Today, we continue our Fall Conversation, The Journey to Freedom & Courage.  This conversation is called a journey because that is what life and growing up in Christ is a journey of ups and downs, big wins, and tough losses.  We are all on that journey and learn from God’s Word, sound teachings, and each other, but life is the most effective teacher.  We learn a lot through what we experience and feel in our lives, and unfortunately, the painful . . . Read More »

Two Things We Need To Live and Love Well

The Journey To Freedom & Courage Series Continues!

Why Is Prayer a Struggle?

I’m so glad to be here and talk about prayer today.  Here’s why.  I’ve never been the ‘prayer guy.’  That may sound surprising because I am a pastor, but it’s true.  I do pray for sure, and prayer is very important to me, but I’m not the guy who sees dreams and visions of the future.  I’m not the guy who spends three hours a day in prayer.  In fact, prayer is something that I’ve struggled with.  So, . . . Read More »

A Conversation On Prayer

The Journey To Freedom & Courage Series Continues

You Want To Make A Hard Life Harder? Push Your Name, Self-Promote

I want to ask you some questions to get you thinking today.  Let’s start here. Do you do good things for people?  As a member of this Spiritual Family that promotes serving and loving, the answer is probably yes.  Now, I want to take it a step further.  When you do something good, does everyone need to know about it?  Did you know that Jesus addressed this? Matthew 6:1 “Be especially careful when you are trying to be good . . . Read More »

Avoiding The Trap Of Self-Promotion

The Journey To Freedom & Courage Series Continues!

Want To Make A Hard Life Harder? Never Grow Up Spiritually

This fall, we have set out to experience life as God designed.  We are calling our big fall series The Journey to Freedom & Courage, and the goal is to give us the tools to experience our best lives possible, a life that we can all experience…yet so few do.  That is discipleship, equipping us to live out our faith lives, which is the motivation behind everything we do at MRC.  We have hit some important and sometimes . . . Read More »