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Radical Love: The Heart of a True Neighbo Bible Passage: Lk 10:25-37 Recommended Study: In preparation, consider using Logos to explore the historical context of the Samaritan's portrayal versus the Jewish priest and Levite, which could deepen your understanding of the implications of Jesus' choice of…

Neighborly Love On February 19, 1968, Fred Rogers debuted his show Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood. Would you be mind? Could you be mine? Won’t you be my neighbor? For 33 years and nearly 900 episodes, Mr Rogers was the face of what it looked like to be a neighbor. He taught Kids how to have compassion, how…

What are we to do with parables? What are we supposed to notice? What are we supposed to learn? Are the details important? Is the trivial important? Parables generally have one main point. While it is good to understand the historical and cultural context of the parables, we should avoid getting caught…

Hello River church! We’re going to learn today from John the apostle, someone who was very close to Jesus himself. John watched Jesus, learned from Jesus, listened to Jesus, and was an eyewitness to the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. So John is a well-informed person when it comes to the things…

TEXT: GALATIANS 5:20-21a | SINS OF ANIMOSITY INTRO ILLUSTRATION : We all had our favorite TV show or movies when we were kids, unless you were one of the ones that grew up without tv. Back when I was a kid, we were one of the cool families that had an entertainment center. It wasn’t enough to have a…

Half Dead 30 And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him , and departed, leaving him half dead. 31 And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on…

Obligation to Your Neighbors 8 Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law. 30 And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength .’ This is the first commandment. 31 And the second,…

The Purpose Fascination - Discovery - Identity - Authenticity One day, Napoleon was speaking of the Divinity of Christ; when General Bertrand said:— “I can not conceive, sire, how a great man like you can believe that the Supreme Being ever exhibited himself to men under a human form, with a body, a…

Today we are continuing Luke Gospel in chapter 10. This is our 13th week in the book of Luke. I hope you have received something from Luke’s Gospel. Maybe you have noticed that Luke is a very thorough guy when writing his Gospel account of Jesus. I have said this many times in this series. Luke records…

Looking For Loopholes W. C. Fields, the old-time comedian who in his professional persona seemed to be in a continual state of inebriation, came to the final illness of his life. He was in the hospital and neither he nor his friends or doctors gave him much hope. One of his friends, who had known him…

We have been talking about love over the last several weeks and today we are continuing on that journey. I mentioned the parable of the Good Samaritan as one of the Jesus’s examples of loving your neighbor, and today we are going to dig into this parable to deepen our understanding of loving our neighbor.…

Into How many of you would like to live the greatest life possible? Life kind of works like a Bell Curve. You grow in peaks and valleys and peaks and valleys… Businesses start up with a lot of energy and growth and then plateau and then often decrease. It’s the same with our health. You get stronger…

INTRODUCTION We live In a world filled with hatred and division, yet Jesus calls us to a radical way of living – loving our enemies. Today, we will explore what it means to truly love those who oppose us, looking to the teachings of Jesus and the Scriptures. Four Objectives Understanding the Concept…

What excited you, brings you joy? What does joy mean to you? Who brings you joy in your life? What brings you joy in your life? “Chara” -closely related to gladness and happiness, although joy is more a state of being than an emotion; a result of choice. Consider biblical uses of joy: 2 Consider it all…

Introduction: We live in a world where virtue signaling has become a common thing. Virtue signaling means to attempt to show other people that you are a good person by expressing opinions that are acceptable to them usually accompanied by inaction. We see this on social media oftentimes. We see people…

I. Introduction Update on life I’l be taking the new role of senior pastor at a grace called Grace Bible Church of Cedar Ridge It is in Grass Valley, California, which is about 1 hour north of Sacramento Beautiful area that we’re excited to move to And our family was welcomed well, so we’re super excited…

I. Introduction 1. Prayers 2. Scripture memory 26 Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. Title and start Catch.. Lucien of Antioch (an early Christian believer) said, ‘A…

I. Introduction 1. Prayers 2.Memory verse For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? Title What are some valuable ministry tasks people do? Chris Mueller writes "Women thought being a godly woman meant they must be a ministry speaker, write books…

*** The verse that changed my life Little children, let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action. *** Image: Good Samaritan: The Good Samaritan lived out the truth of that verse A Distance / Up Close Now by chance a priest was going down that road; and when he saw him, he passed by on…

I. Introduction 1. Prayers Bible memory And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. Title Catch- What do angels get to see that we do not? Angels are amazing They are said to…

TEXT: JAMES 5:14-15 | THE PRAYER OF FAITH INTRO EXPLANATION : We have ventured far through this incredible book by Jesus’s half brother James. We first began our Journey on July 3, 2022. We have weaved our way through some of the complex verses found in the 5 chapters of this book and have been challenged…

Overcoming Fear Most of us battle with fear at some point. When you were a kid, maybe you were afraid of storms, the dark, or bathtub drains. Yes, I was afraid of all of those things at one point. I remember one day it was storming pretty bad and there were even reports of tornados. I couldn’t help but…

In this world we will have pain. I am not talking about just physical pain. I am talking about the mental, emotional and relational pain as a result of living with others. Community is not optional. One of the ways we could effectively prevent this pain is to not be around anyone. Some here would love…

Over the past few months we have taken a look at the parables Jesus used to teach some very significant lessons. There are some parables that we have been familiar with and others not so much. Today’s parable is one of the most famous parables of Christ. I want us to look at the Parable of the Good Samaritan…

Overcoming Apathy Last week we started a new series called “Overcomer.” This isn’t a series that taps into something new and exciting that you have never heard before. It isn’t going to change the way you look at your relationship with God for the rest of your life, but the reason I love this series…