Creation – there is a subject in which there has been no shortage of ink spilled over the years. How did we get here? Why are we here? What does it all mean? These are perhaps some of the biggest questions that are often asked when we…
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Belief and behavior are two things that are often thought of whenever we think of Church. Many would say that this is pretty much what the Church majors in “telling people what to believe and then to behave!” But when we take a more in depth look at…
Read More →The Gospel is absolutely our favorite thing to talk about at Riverside Community Church. Whether in worship, in one of our small groups, or simply sitting down to fellowship together over a meal, the gospel is something that we are passionate about. But with that said, one…
Read More →Time Change – This Sunday March 13, 2016 marks the beginning of Daylight Savings Time (DST), which means that we will need to set our clocks ahead one hour on Saturday night. Yes, we know that this is the annual time change that we all dread because it means losing an…
Read More →Seeking wisdom? In 1 Corinthians 1:25, the Apostle Paul writes “For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.” What a perplexing statement. When we think of someone or something that is foolish, the last thing we would ever…
Read More →Hope – During the season of Advent, the four Sundays leading up to Christmas, we have been looking at some of the Messianic prophecies from the book of Isaiah that foretell of the Savior’s coming. It’s important to remember the context in which Isaiah was writing when…
Read More →Here is a great word shared by one of the members of our church. Have you ever noticed how we live in a society that seems to be obsessed with trophies? From the off-handed comments regarding the so-called “trophy spouse,” to the mindset found in youth sports today that…
Read More →Recently, I came across a old quote from Pastor and Theologian R.C. Sproul, of Ligonier Ministries and Saint Andrew’s Chapel in Sanford, FL. In his book, The Prayer of the Lord, he says this: “I think the greatest weakness in the church today is that almost no…
Read More →Probably the most common objection as to why many people today either no longer attend, or have never attended church regularly, is that “the church is filled with hypocrites.” I have heard this reason stated more times (and by more people) that I can possibly recall regarding their own…
Read More →“You have caused my beloved and my friend to shun me; my companions have become darkness.” – Psalm 88:18 Wow, in reading this Psalm this morning I was stuck by these words of Heman the Ezrahite, one of the Sons of Korah, who is clearly writing from a…
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