Today we are going to introduce the beginning of how to have a personal relationship with Jesus. We are not talking about church attendance or religious activity. We are talking about the kind of relationship that can transform you. Over the next several weeks, we will get more detailed about being in a relationship with Jesus. For example: What do you do when you have been deeply wounded in your past? What do you do when life is . . . Read More »
The Greatest Form of Discipleship
So this summer we have been having a lot of fun here at MRC. We have been working through a series on the church. If you think about what we have been doing with this teaching, we have been asking some pretty specific questions about the church and how you answer these questions is very, very important. The way I see it if we take a step back and look at this series the big questions look something . . . Read More »
The Chicken and The Egg
So this summer we have been having a lot of fun here at MRC. We have been working through a series on the church. If you think about what we have been doing with this teaching, we have been asking some pretty specific questions, and these questions are a really big deal. Actually, these questions aren’t really that big of a deal at all but how you answer these questions is very, very important. The way I see . . . Read More »
What Could Be
Over the last few years we have taken the summer and studied a book of the Bible. Quite frankly it’s something that I look forward to every year. Over the past few years we have studied some of Paul’s letters, and James…and this year I was really gearing up to study 1st and 2nd Peter with you all. I enjoy picking the scriptures apart like that…but that isn’t the direction we went this summer…instead we are jumping into . . . Read More »
What are you willing to do?
So today we are wrapping up our series on integrity. The big concept or theme of the entire series was that who we are matters more than what we look like, and we spent a lot of time talking about how challenging that really is in the culture that we live in today. I loved using the imagery a couple of weeks ago with you of walking upstream…the world, the people, just our culture in general pulling one . . . Read More »
The Magnitude of the Cross
You know here at MRC we stay focused on keeping things simple and introducing you to the magnitude of The Cross and I will just say it, I think we do a pretty good job of pointing to the Gospel message on a weekly basis. We want to introduce you to the amazing gift that our Heavenly Father gave us through Jesus. We want you to know it, and more than know it, we want you to feel . . . Read More »
The Dangers of Pride and The Rewards of Humility
Today we continue this series looking at one of the biggest, and sneakiest forms of spiritual kryptonite out there. I know right? Another big one! We will also look at the counter to it, which is also pretty interesting because it is often misunderstood. This is a big one because today we are talking about pride and humility and I want you to know right on the front end. Pride is difficult to deal with, because…if you deal . . . Read More »
3 Reasons Why People Don’t Go After God
God said, 11 I know what I’m doing. I have it all planned out – plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hope for. 12 When you call on me, when you come and pray to me, I’ll listen. 13 When you come looking for me, you’ll find me. Yes, when you get serious about finding me and want it more than anything else, 14 I’ll make sure you . . . Read More »