Ridgedale Students

In this series we look at the nagging questions that impede our growth in discipleship when they go unaddressed.

In week 1 we look at God’s wrath and how it isn’t an attribute to be avoided but actually reveals God’s love in a deeper way.

What does real religion look like lived out?

In Isaiah 58, Israel comes to God asking why all their religious work isn’t resulting in deeper intimacy. The response? True religion must be converted into lived righteousness.

In session 2 we look at the requirements of true religion and our call to convert our work into lived righteousness.

What is God up to at the beginning of His story?

In Genesis 1 we see creation, a garden and a people made in God’s image. But what does this image and garden mean for the way we live?

As we begin Fall Retreat around the theme of Garden we look at how our lives intersect with the Biblical theme of garden giving us purpose, calling and commissioning to go with God making a world full of His life, beauty and presence.

We end our series with a teaching from Pastor Chris on Ezekiel 37 and the Valley of Dry Bones.

Week 2 of our series features a teaching on Ezekiel 36 from our newest Ridgedale staff member, Danny Hesterly.

Join us for week 1 of a new series walking through the book of Ezekiel and the hope that fills us up as we go to pour out the love of God on a world in need.

In our final week of Messiology we want to take all we've learned and put it into real tangible, missional steps we can live out as a community for the good of others.

How do we take a Gospel-fluent message into a culture opposed to it with the nagging fear of rejection and doubts in the back of our mind?

This is our focus in week 3 of our series; Messiology.

In week 1 we culturally exegeted the world that we live in missionally, but what is going on in our own hearts that keeps us from taking what we know and converting it into missiological practice? At the heart of apprehension is the issue of ACCEPTANCE. In a flattened, polarized, consumeristic world, the worst thing you can be is different, counter-cultural, concerned with formation over consumption.

How do we deconstruct a relativistic worldview?

How do we reform what true acceptance looks like?

And how do we firm up the assurance we have in God for ourselves and the good of others?

This is what we're exploring in week 2 of our series; Messiology.

In this opening teaching we will dive into the mess of the world that we have been missionally called to. What is the culture and who are the people we've been called to? When we look at the world today we see a place that is jammed up with polarization, "You're either with me or against me..." It is growing more and more relativistic, flattening all worldviews into one placid view of the world. It's built toward meeting the needs of a consumer culture that wants to know the product they're buying is proficient and proven to give what they want. But this is not the message of the Gospel...

How can we step into the mess of a people who want God their way for their purposes? This is the challenge we pose at the beginning of our series; Messiology.

For House Night 1 we’re examining a process for life and community that maximizes our potential in partnering God to see a move of God in our midst in this new school year. When we Pray Hard, Work Hard, Play Hard, and Rest Hard we set ourselves up to see God do what only He can do, and find ourselves refreshed along the way.