Selfish Ambition - Dan Teefey
Recorded on Sunday, July 18th, 201030:40 minutes (14.04 MB)
Phillippians 2:1-13
Discerning God's Will (with Pics)
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010I have spent a fair amount of time in recent weeks contemplating how to describe the process necessary to determine the will of God. I have finally put together a few ideas that I thought I would share with you.
When we are faced with a choice several options generally appear. Our task is then to discern which amongst the various options are consistent with God's will. This may result in one option or many that are within God's will.
I believe that we arrive at God's will concerning a given decision by combining God's specific communication to us with the wisdom God has given us.
How do we do this?
Women's Ministry Activities for Late July
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010Mark your calendars now to have some summer fun in the cool indoors with the women of Riverside.
Promiseland Chatter-July 2010
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010Praise God! We successfully survived our first RCC Vacation Bible School. What a fun week of energetic kids participating in creative ways to learn about God and His Word.
Facilities Discussion Online and In Person
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010Last week we sent you an email outlining several options regarding Riverside's future facilities. After spending this past week in prayer, we will now begin sharing our heart and thoughts with respect to our facilities options. We have two places you can do this.
First, we will have live discussions following the worship services on Sundays, July 18 and July 25. Childcare will be provided.
Second, if you are not able to attend our discussions on Sundays, we will also have discussions through the comments section of this post. You can share your thoughts and questions by commenting via the form below. These comments will then be shared during the live discussions.
We deeply desire for all of Riverside, whether a new attendee or long-time member, to participate in this godly process of conversation and discernment.
Fits of Rage - Dan Teefey
Recorded on Sunday, July 11th, 201026:39 minutes (12.2 MB)
Sermon text: Mark 3: 1-6
Download Sermon: pdf / doc
Last night was playing around with my sermon on our laptop and I had just added a few thoughts that I thought might be helpful. I reached over for my glass of water and somehow I hit my wrist on the power button of the computer and off it went. Awesome. I had not saved my notes since I added the new stuff, so I waited for the computer to reboot to see if the content was there and sure enough it was gone.
So today’s sermon is about anger.
I know that not everyone here this morning is a sports fan, but this week has been really wild in terms of NBA basketball. One of the best players in the league, Lebron James, recently became a free agent and entered into potential negotiations with several NBA teams. There has been a ton of speculation about his decision and which choice he would make. He has played for the Cleveland Cavaliers his entire career, but decided on Thursday via primetime hour special on ESPN that he is now going to play for the Miami Heat with a couple of his friends. The media hype and the 1 hour decision special was a little over the top, but what has really made this a spectacle is the reaction to Lebron James’ decision.
The anger has been amazing, especially from people in Cleveland that believe that James has betrayed them. There are photos of people weeping and screaming at their televisions. There are photos of people burning Lebron James jerseys. And then I could not help but be a little shocked when I saw the anger of the Cleveland Cavaliers owner in an open letter that he wrote to Cleveland Cavalier fans and posted on the team’s website. See if you can sense a tone to this letter:
