Grasping The Enormity, Mindset, & Mentality of Jesus

We have been in an important conversation here in 2023 that has centered around one very specific and popular question these days.  That question is “What’s the point of church?”  It’s a question many people wrestle with these days in the world you and I live in today.  This has given us a great opportunity to hit a lot of big and often misunderstood concepts about the church.  We have looked at how we should view church individually . . . Read More »

The Way To Unleash God In Our Lives Is As Clear and Simple As We Want It To Be.

Here in 2023, we have been in a conversation that is centering around one very specific question, it’s a question many people have been asking themselves over the last couple of years.  What’s the point of church?  It’s a good question, and one that many people are wrestling with these days and I believe at this point of the series we are starting to understand just how essential the church really is to us, and to those around . . . Read More »

Jesus Is The Greatest Christmas Present Of All Time

You know it’s hard to believe that we are already heading into the last few weeks of 2022!  We are really looking forward to our Christmas eve services with you and to our combined breakfast and service to bring in the New Year!  But it is just amazing to me how quickly time flies.  So here at MRC we are hopeful that you can take some time this Holiday Season and really slow down, and enjoy family and . . . Read More »

What “Community” Is & Isn’t, & Why It Is Such A Challenge At Church

This fall we have started an important conversation with you, one that I think we could describe as a journey.  It’s a journey to find answers to life’s biggest and most important questions.   Questions that we all wonder about, that can weigh on us in the deepest parts of our hearts and minds.  Questions like why am I alive?  Does my life matter?  Why is life so hard?  What is the meaning of my life or what is . . . Read More »

Working Out Your Salvation

Today we continue our first big conversation called The Ultimate Guide to Life and Love, our big study of Philippians and today I get a chance to talk to you about something that is often missing in our spirituality.  In so many ways what we are talking about today can be the missing ingredient to so many Christian lives in our culture today.  It can also be something that many Christians misunderstand, and because it’s either misunderstood or . . . Read More »

Are You Making Things Harder Than They Need To Be?

Today we continue our study of Philippians by looking at a new section of Scripture! Believe it or not, after four weeks studying Philippians 2:1-4 we are now moving on and I want you to know as we get started today, that what we are diving into, is widely considered to be one of the greatest and most moving passages Paul ever wrote about Jesus.  How is that for an exciting build up to a section of Scripture!  . . . Read More »