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Ryan discusses the Magi, the significance of their gifts to Jesus, as well as their journey and displacement.
Reference Scripture:
IS 60:1-6
MT 2:1-12
Ryan discusses the Holy Family and how our vision of family is different than what Jesus, Mary, and Joseph were.
Reference Scripture:
COL 3:12-21 and MT 2:13-15, 19-23
Ryan preaches about the frailty of our faith, expecting the presence of Jesus even in our doubt, and why it's important to have faithful friends who we can depend on when our faith is fleeting.
Reference Scripture: Isaiah 35: 1-6A, 10, James 5: 7-10, Matthew 11: 2-11
This week Alana brings the word preaching from Matthew 3:1-12. She discusses how our baptism as preparation for the world to come.
Reference Scripture: Isaiah 11:1-10, Rom 15:4-9
Ryan kicks off the quarter with an overview about the purpose of advent, Christ in the world, and what it means to be in anticipation. These next three weeks are going to be good!
Reference Scripture: Isaiah 2:1-5, Romans 13:11-14, Matthew 24:37-44
This week Ryan discusses what Jesus says about children. A beautiful and powerful sermon on Mark 9:33-37, 10:13-16. We hope you enjoy!
Ryan discusses the nature of discipleship and the necessity of suffering when it comes to following Jesus. Enjoy listening!
This week Ryan focuses on the metaphor of the seed presented in Mark 4:1-32. He discusses the four places where the seed lands and what we can do to avail ourselves to work that Gospel wants to do in us, to us, and through us.
This week Ryan preaches from Mark 3:20-30 discussing how we think the devil's presence in the world is a rarity and how Jesus has plundered the "Strong Man's" house. This week's message is a convicting and extremely eye opening one. We hope you are blessed by it.
Alana brings us the word this week. She contrasts the Pharisees and the Apostles when it comes to what it means to come to Jesus. She discusses the heart of the Pharisees and their desire to be seen by man. She answers the question: What does it mean to know Jesus?
This week we look at Mark 2 and Mark 7 for our focus text. Ryan Ford discusses matters of the heart as we study the ways in which the Pharisees, and many of us, have hardened our hearts toward Jesus.
In this weeks episode Ryan preaches the importance of seeing each other as Jesus sees us, as sinners and on allowing ourselves to be carried to Him in moments when we can't bring ourselves.
We begin our first worship service of the 2019-2020 school year by diving into the Gospel of Mark. Ryan preaches on Jesus and the wilderness, knowing that Jesus is the only who deals with our sin, and the importance of both repentance and belief.
Reference Scripture: Deuteronomy 9, Jeremiah 2: 1-8, Mark 1: 1-15
Join us as our guest pastor, Bishop Richard D. Washington, discusses the unconditional forgiveness of our sins.
Scripture used: Lk 7:36-50
Join us this week as Ryan discusses Simon Peter and his realization that he is a sinful man and how that relates to us.
Scripture Used: Lk 5:1-11 & Isa 6:1-9
This is the opening talk for Ryan Ford’s sermon series at Fall Retreat 2018. We begin the retreat with St. Augustine’s understanding of the love of God, and an overview of the various conversational artifacts which make up the titles for the sermons that weekend. Also, we discuss the value of self love, how that fits into a Christian perspective, and love as a relational activity.
Join us this week as Ryan shows us how Jesus is present in the whole Bible, and how we can encounter and love Him by engaging with it.
Join us this week as intern Caleb Adcox talks about how love for the Gospel directs and motivates all of our actions and decisions.
Join us this week as Ryan talks about how Jesus' resurrection gives us freedom to surrender our lives completely, and how suffering in our lives produces hope.Scripture used: 1st Corinthians 15:1-4
Join us this week as Ryan talks about the theology of sin, and how it has ruined the world, but that Christ's death alone nullifies it.Scripture used: 1st Corinthians 15:1-4





