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9/9/2018 | Start How can I know God's will for my life? The decisions we make today shape what our story will be tomorrow... |
Divine Direction | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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9/2/2018 | A Surprising Reality Check Do you feel like you need to measure up to approach God? |
UnScripted | Pastor Nate Sickler |
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8/26/2018 | Jesus Said That? Will we interpret our challenges as God’s lack of care or look for God’s care during our challenges? |
UnScripted | Pastor Nate Sickler |
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7/1/2018 | Don't Forget [to Look Backward] Communion challenges us to look in the right direction. What does that look like in your life today? |
Don't Forget | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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6/25/2017 | Reach Further What does it look like when a health church is passionate about Jesus' mission, serious about His last command and always reaching further? |
Blueprint: God's Design for His Church | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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6/4/2017 | Break Me Are you willing to let God change you instead of your circumstances? Why surrendering our will to Him can be the most important step we take. |
#Amen | Pastor Nate Sickler |
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5/28/2017 | Why Keep Praying Why does Jesus want us to pray persistently, relentlessly, and continuously -- doesn't He already know what we need? |
#Amen | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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5/14/2017 | Heartless God Why do hard things happen; how can we believe in a God that doesn't seem to care? |
I Want to Believe, But... | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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4/23/2017 | On-Demand God The struggle to believe in God in so many cases is not because people are rejecting the God of the Scriptures; they're rejecting a distorted view of God. Since God isn't "on-demand God", then who is He? |
I Want to Believe, But... | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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4/16/2017 | Easter Weekend 2017 A time of worship, inspiration and celebration of the resurrection of Jesus! |
Easter Weekend 2017 | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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4/9/2017 | Mercy: Rescue. Restore. Reconnect. There is a cost to being lost; how does understanding God's mercy save us? |
New Every Day | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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4/2/2017 | How Mercy Works What does forgiveness have to do with mercy, and how does this effect my life? |
New Every Day | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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3/26/2017 | Mercy Isn't For Wimps (Pt 2) Since we all experience failure in our lives, how do we stay "usable" in serving the Lord through our experiences of mercy in our lives? |
New Every Day | Pastor Nate Sickler |
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3/19/2017 | Mercy Isn't For Wimps (Pt 1) Because mercy is new every day, what do we need to remind ourselves of each day? What's the prison holding you back today? |
New Every Day | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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3/5/2017 | Sometimes We Goof-Up Sometimes despite our successes and spiritual growth and experiences of "Only God!" moments, we can still goof up. |
Mountain-Top Sundays, Rock-Bottom Mondays | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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2/26/2017 | Only God! Through looking at Peter's life, how can we see God doing incredible things in and through imperfect people. |
Mountain-Top Sundays, Rock-Bottom Mondays | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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2/19/2017 | Never Saw That Coming Where do you turn when you collide and face "titanic moments" in your life? |
Mountain-Top Sundays, Rock-Bottom Mondays | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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2/12/2017 | It's Hard to Like You Relationships are a huge part of how real faith works and doesn't work in our lives. |
Mountain-Top Sundays, Rock-Bottom Mondays | Pastor Nate Sickler |
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2/5/2017 | Open Mouth, Insert Foot So why is it we, like Peter, get Jesus and His purpose and mission for our lives so wrong? |
Mountain-Top Sundays, Rock-Bottom Mondays | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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1/29/2017 | Words Change Everything Words hold the power of life and death. How do words matter in this life, & how can they change everything? |
Mountain-Top Sundays, Rock-Bottom Mondays | Pastor Nate Sickler |
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1/22/2017 | That's Faith? Real faith is often far messier, difficult and challending than we think it should be. What can we learn as we examine Peter's life & his faith struggles? |
Mountain-Top Sundays, Rock-Bottom Mondays | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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1/15/2017 | Are You Kidding Me? How do we respond when in the providence of a sovereign God, trials, problems, and difficult circumstances land squarely in our laps and test our faith? |
Mountain-Top Sundays, Rock-Bottom Mondays | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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1/8/2017 | Not What I Asked For Why do we often have a faith experience that looks like Mountain-top Sundays and Rock-Bottom Mondays? How do we live with spiritual disciplines in our life that we didn't necessarily choose? |
Mountain-Top Sundays, Rock-Bottom Mondays | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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12/18/2016 | Open Before Christmas Just where did the tradition of gift-giving begin? It started with God's gift to us the very first Christmas. |
The Best Christmas Present | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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12/11/2016 | Fistful of Dollars Lukewarm? What does that really even mean anyways? |
The Magnificent 7? | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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12/4/2016 | The Lone Ranger Jesus knows His churches. What 3 promises did Jesus make to the church of Philadelphia? |
The Magnificent 7? | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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11/27/2016 | Tombstone Does our reputation match the reality of our walk with God? Why do we need a "wake-up" call today? |
The Magnificent 7? | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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11/20/2016 | Bad Company How can we understand the reality and tactics of the evil one? Let's look at the church in Pergamum that was in a very tough place. |
The Magnificent 7? | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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11/13/2016 | High Noon What does it mean to understand the reality & tactics of the evil one in our lives? |
The Magnificent 7? | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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11/6/2016 | True Grit Genuine wealth is not defined by secular standards. It is God's grace in the life of the disciple who has as their highest priority to be a Jesus follower, and who has the courage to stick to their goals despite setbacks or adversity. |
The Magnificent 7? | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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10/30/2016 | The Good, the Bad and the Ugly We must be careful not to become worshipers of the Bible instead of worshipers of the God of the Bible. What does Jesus want us to know about our love life and how to avoid legalism? |
The Magnificent 7? | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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10/9/2016 | Grow What does it look like to grow in my walk of faith? What does transformation & reproducing have to do with it? |
Life On Mission | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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9/25/2016 | Serve Serving others is a huge deal in living lives on mission with God's heart. |
Life On Mission | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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9/18/2016 | Connect How do we stay connected with people around us? What do you think God left you and me on earth to do? |
Life On Mission | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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7/31/2016 | Dive In What is baptism? Why does is matter so much? Why is baptism so important and what does it have to do with going public with your faith? |
Training to Win | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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7/24/2016 | Get in the Ring Paul uses the language of the ancient Olympic games to explain what attitudes and choices are essential in our spiritual journey. How can we apply this in our lives today? |
Training to Win | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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7/17/2016 | Take Your Mark Paul uses the language of the ancient Olympic games to explain what attitudes and choices are essential in our spiritual journey. How can we apply this in our lives today? |
Training to Win | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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7/10/2016 | Be Strong God wants us to know this is a match we can win because of what He provides for us. |
Training to Win | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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7/3/2016 | Know Your Competition There are 3 battles/challenges all of us have to face in our lives: selfishness over unselfishness, forgiveness and bitterness, and what's easy & what's right. |
Training to Win | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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6/12/2016 | Why Are You So Afraid? How does Jesus help us deal with fear in healthy ways? |
THE Inquiring Mind | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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6/5/2016 | Why Does It Matter? What does Jesus tell Peter to focus on in his life, and why does that matter? |
THE Inquiring Mind | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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5/22/2016 | What's Love Got to Do With It? After Peter's denial, what does Jesus do, and what does love have to do with it? |
THE Inquiring Mind | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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5/15/2016 | What Do You Really Want? What does this question tell us about change, faith and choices in life? |
THE Inquiring Mind | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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5/8/2016 | Who Touched Me? Had Jesus never asked this question, we would have never known this women's story. |
THE Inquiring Mind | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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4/17/2016 | Why Couldn't You Find Me? What happened when Jesus was a boy & His parents realized He was not with them. What is the significance of this question? |
THE Inquiring Mind | Pastor Chip Garrison |
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3/20/2016 | Who Moved the Stone? Paul makes it clear that if Jesus didn't rise from the dead, then the Christian faith is futile...no Easter, no Church, no life, no forgiveness, no eternal life, nothing. We have the greatest message ever for what a messed up culture and people need most. |
Re-New Series | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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3/13/2016 | Food Fight The issue in Corinth was not the food...it was what the food represented to some people and not others (another aspect of the mess the culture presented to these Christ-followers). |
Re-New Series | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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3/7/2016 | For Better or Worse? What does the Bible have to say about marriage and singleness in 1 Corinthians 7? |
Re-New Series | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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2/28/2016 | What Matters Most Without love, our gifts, abilities, sacrifices, and achievements are "nothing". Why 1 Corinthians 13 is too often the missing link in church life and is what people outside the church are most attracted to. |
Re-New Series | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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2/21/2016 | Gifted...or Talented? Part 2 How do we figure out what our spiritual gifts are and not confuse them with other things? |
Re-New Series | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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2/14/2016 | Gifted...or Talented? Part 1 What are spiritual gifts, who has them, who are they for and why do they matter so much? |
Re-New Series | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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2/7/2016 | XXX Culture A sex saturated society is nothing new. What can we learn from Paul's teaching to the city of Corinth? |
Re-Solve | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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1/31/2016 | The Way We Were Our world is filled with a host of immorality. How does a saying yes to the saving grace of Jesus affect how we respond to character issues, attitudes and wrong behaviors in ourselves and others? |
Re-Solve | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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1/24/2016 | Rationalizing Sin We are often very quick to note and judge what we perceive as sinful behavior in others...what about our own faults? |
Re-Solve | Pastor Chip Garrison |
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1/17/2016 | Family Court What are the important principles Paul teaches in Scripture about how to handle conflict with others? |
Re-Solve | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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1/10/2016 | Clashing Culture Cliques, factions and schisms can find their way into life; what do they look like and how to do we walks towards this mess with grace? |
Re-Solve | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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1/3/2016 | What in the World Happened? What is the reality of living in as a Christ follower in today's world? |
Re-Solve | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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12/6/2015 | Together Forever Did you know that no matter what happens in the life of a fully-devoted Christ-follower, nothing will tear us away from God’s love? Learn more in today's powerful conclusion to the book of Romans 8. |
Hope: Staying Positive in a Negative World | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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11/29/2015 | More Power to Live God created us to experience the gift of life as He designed it to be lived, not how sin has corrupted it. The Spirit-filled life is simply experiencing life as God designed it to be lived |
Hope: Staying Positive in a Negative World | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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11/22/2015 | The Power to Live So how do we have peace when the crushing, negative word, actions, people and circumstances of life appear to have the upper hand? By understanding peace WITH God and the peace OF God. |
Hope: Staying Positive in a Negative World | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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11/15/2015 | Unstoppable Prayers As wonderful and amazing it is to have gifted human intercessors/pray-ers in our lives, Romans 8 tells us about two incredible and unstoppable Pray-ers/Intercessors that are already engaged in praying for every fully-devoted follower of Jesus. |
Hope: Staying Positive in a Negative World | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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11/8/2015 | Better Than Social Security We live today in a cynical, harsh, and attacking world. Negativity is everywhere. It’s easy to find bad news, especially as technology shrinks our world. We are saturated with information 24/7, much of which has a great knack for broadcasting the worst about people, places and events. So how do you stay positive in a negative world? |
Hope: Staying Positive in a Negative World | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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10/25/2015 | Sticking With It God wants His Word to infiltrate and permeate every part of our life...so how does this happen? |
Making It Stick | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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10/18/2015 | More 'AHA' Moments What am I able to see when God opens my spiritual eyes? |
Making It Stick | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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9/27/2015 | Change that Sticks How does God use His Word to change our lives? |
Making It Stick | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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9/13/2015 | Built to Last What do the 5 senses have to do with studying the Bible, & how can I create a habit in my life with God's Word that sticks? |
Making It Stick | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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8/30/2015 | Consumption Assumption What does God's Word say about money, consumption & guardrails? |
Guardrails | Pastor Dan Boal |
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8/23/2015 | Flee Baby Flee In every area of our lives where there is a natural desire, we need guardrails. When it comes to you, do you flee or flirt with temptation? |
Guardrails | Pastor Chip Garrison |
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8/9/2015 | Direct and Protect Your greatest regret could probably have been avoided if you had some guardrails in that area of your life. Guardrails are a standard of behavior that becomes a matter of conscience, &a guardrail is a personal boundary decision you’ll make. |
Guardrails | Pastor Chip Garrison |
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8/2/2015 | Baptism: Staying on Course Baptism is a guardrail established by God to help us nail down (in both a personal and a public way) the decision we’ve made to say Yes to Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior… |
Guardrails | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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6/28/2015 | Everything Will Be Easy The past 12 months at Riverside have been what has seemed to be a "tale of two cities" experience. Watch to hear about this year's annual "State of the Church" message from Senior Pastor Tom Lundeen. |
God Never Said That | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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4/19/2015 | Adding Fuel to the Fire Why is it so common for parents to disagree on how to raise their children? Here are 5 ways to improve your marriage and parenting. |
Happily Even After | Pastor Chip Garrison |
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2/15/2015 | Not Here, Not Now What happens when God says "not yet" or "not now" in our lives? |
What now? | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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1/25/2015 | Serving: Love-Love How do we identify the gifts and talents God has given you and use them to serve one another? |
What now? | Pastor Dan Boal |
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1/11/2015 | Change Your Attitude Since knowing and understanding God's will is based on a relationship with God, then our attitude is critically important. |
What now? | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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1/4/2015 | This is Hard Since God wants us to understand and do His will, why can it be so difficult? We often struggle with understanding God’s will because we have some basic misconceptions about just what the will of God is. |
What now? | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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11/30/2014 | Temple Truth What does the popular expression "our bodies are a temple" mean in light of God's Word? |
Selfie Satisfaction | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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10/19/2014 | Freedom: We Are Rescued to Become Rescuers Freedom/grace is designed by God to be shared and given away. We all play a part, because the path to freedom isn't just about being rescued, but also being rescuers. |
Freeway | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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10/12/2014 | Acceptance: Labels Lie The identity we embrace determines our experience of freedom. When Christ-followers operate out of this identity, then becoming whole and free from destructive labels is the result. |
Freeway | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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9/21/2014 | Discovery: You're Stronger Than You Think Jesus invites us to go looking in our story for the broken and busted up things. One of the greatest enemies of our freedom is fear. |
Freeway | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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9/14/2014 | Awareness: The Gift of Slowness God wants to show how we’re held captive by our pain and how we can eventually find freedom through Him. |
Freeway | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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9/7/2014 | Intro: A Prodigal's Party There’s freedom from your past, your present, your enemies, your memories, and yourself. There is hope. There is an answer. And that answer is grace. |
Freeway | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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8/31/2014 | Losing for Joy Following Jesus is often emotionally, physically, and spiritually trying. What happens after we choose to lose? |
Choose to Lose | Pastor Dan Boal |
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8/24/2014 | Counting the Cost There are times we become so focused on what we want that we fail to realize we are dropping the most important things in life. |
Choose to Lose | Pastor Dan Boal |
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8/17/2014 | Connecting the Dots "I want to live in a please of amazement that if Jesus doesn't catch me, I'm done." In order for us to obey Jesus, we must let go of what is safe and comfortable. |
Choose to Lose | Pastor Chip Garrison |
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8/10/2014 | The Moment of Choice Sometimes following Jesus feels like choosing to lose. Jesus knew that winning would come first through losing. |
Choose to Lose | Pastor Chip Garrison |
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7/27/2014 | Keep Calm and Be United The father of lies is ultimately a bully who is bigger, stronger, and tougher than you or me. We need to be connected to Someone stronger than this spiritual bully. |
Keep Calm Series | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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7/20/2014 | Keep Calm - The Victory is Ours When you think about the cross, what comes to mind? It's now a symbol of the enormous price Jesus paid was worth it because of the significance and scope of the victory Jesus accomplished there. |
Keep Calm Series | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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7/6/2014 | Keep Calm and Follow the Spirit Why is the Holy Spirit so important? Many of us are trying to live a good moral life, but we're doing so with human methods & resources that are not sufficient to empower us to live a Christian life. |
Keep Calm Series | Pastor Chip Garrison |
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6/29/2014 | State of the Church 2014 Engage, Experience & Celebrate Riverside's history, mission and future work! We don't want you to miss it! |
State of the Church 2014 | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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6/15/2014 | More Than Words The most common form of spiritual warfare every Christ-follower faces daily is temptation. When & how are we tempted, and how do we overcome temptation? |
The Fight of Your Life | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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6/8/2014 | Suit Up: Part 2 With the "belt of truth" in place, what's our next piece of battle gear? |
The Fight of Your Life | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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6/2/2014 | Suit Up: Part 1 What does the "belt of truth" look like, and how do we put it on? |
The Fight of Your Life | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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5/25/2014 | Deception in 3-D The evil one will not "outwit" us when we are aware of his schemes and when we put into practice 2 important principles: humility & perspective. |
The Fight of Your Life | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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5/11/2014 | The Battle for the Home Many of us are simply unaware that the great, unseen but very real spiritual battle that rages all around us doesn't stop once we close the garage door at our home. So what does this mean for me & my family? |
The Fight of Your Life | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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5/4/2014 | Schemes & Strategies In what ways does the enemy of our souls seek to "outwit" us? His primary tactic is an unrelenting assault upon the truth. |
The Fight of Your Life | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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4/13/2014 | The Pursuit of Everything If our treasure (our heart) is focused on things outside of God's heart, then it is obvious that we can be spiritually vulnerable to the snares and schemes of the adversary. |
All Out War: Investigating Spiritual Warfare | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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3/30/2014 | Living Livid? What triggers our anger, and when does it become sin? Pastor Tom talks about our response to anger and how we can handle it God's way. |
All Out War: Investigating Spiritual Warfare | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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3/16/2014 | An Unholy Trinity Before a soldier can be effective in combat…he needs to learn 2 things: Who is my enemy? & Where am I vulnerable? Spiritual warfare involves conflict with the devil and demonic forces, but it also involves the principle of sin within us (“the flesh”), and the principle of sin in our society (“the world”). |
All Out War: Investigating Spiritual Warfare | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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2/9/2014 | Stretch Us Why? Multisite is not the only strategy a church can use; but we do think it’s the best one at this stage of Riverside’s life and timeline. Why do we believe this is such an important next step for our church to take? |
Stretch Us | Pastor Tom Lundeen |
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