The Ridge Community Church
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This is the official podcast of The Ridge Community Church in Oak Ridge, TN. It is updated weekly with sermons from Pastor Bobby Williams and also guest podcasts with other Ridge Church staff members and volunteers.
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Jesus Is____ | A Shield | People throw rocks. They hurt. They leave scars. Thankfully, Jesus is a shield from those who throw rocks. | 5/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Questions | When is Jesus returning? | Are we in the last days? When will Jesus come back? IS He coming back? We take an honest look (and simple look) at what the Bible has to say about the return of Christ and the last days. | 5/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Questions | Do I Have a Spiritual Gift? | Do you have one? If you do, how do you know? What do you do with it? In week 4 of Questions, we talk about spiritual gifts and how you can know the gifts that God has given you to USE for His glory. We provided a SPIRITUAL GIFT TEST for you to take on our blog, theridgechurchblog.com | 5/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Questions | Why Do Bad Things Happen To Good People? | In part 3 of questions, pastor Bobby answers one of life's toughest questions. You might be surprised by the answer....again! | 4/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Questions | What Is God's Plan For My Life? | Do you know God's plan for your life? There is a way that you can know, and it may surprise you. | 4/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Easter 2012 | Did The Resurrection Really Happen? | When God doesn't show up in our lives when and how we want Him to, we start asking questions. We may even wonder if he really is who He says he is and if he'll do all he promised he would do. In this message, we answer the question, did Jesus really rise from the dead. | 4/11/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Invitation | If you're a believer, when you get to Heaven, ask around. Every story there will have begun with an invitation. We are called to be inviters; inviting people into God's story of redemption. So let's get out the invite! | 4/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Real Marriage | Selfish or Servant? | In relationships, especially marriage, we can tend to be more selfish than servant. Christ has called us to reflect Him in our relationships, so the only way to do so is to exemplify a servants attitude. It's not about you. | 3/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Real Marriage | Taking Out The Trash | Thanks to Justin and Trisha Davis as well as Brent and Tammy Hodge for some content (refineus.org) Sin is like trash. If left alone, it stinks up the house. We have to take it out. In a marriage concerning conflict, when we just let it go unresolved, it becomes like trash. Repetance and forgiveness is the best solution. | 3/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Real Marriage | Grace In Your Disappointment | We've all disappointed someone haven't we? Maybe it was your spouse, or your boss, or a very close friend that you cut really deeply and you feel like you could never be forgiven. Luckily, we're not alone in that. The Bible tells us how Peter disappointed Jesus multiple times and how Jesus showed Peter grace; the same grace we can receive. | 3/5/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Real Marriage | Our Roles as Men and Women; Husbands and Wives | What is your role as a man/husband? What is your role as a woman/wife? Good thing the Bible tells us! Check out this past Sunday's message. | 3/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Real Marriage | Friends With Benefits | Friendship matters. Not only in general, but in all relationships. What kind of friend are you to your friends, your spouse and others? Do you make the boat better? Is Jesus in the boat? | 2/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Real Marriage | Same Spouse, New Marriage | It's no secret that in America, marriage is broken. But it doesn't have to be. Through Christ we can be made new and our marriages can be made new. We don't need a new spouse - we need new marriages. | 2/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Recognize | Where Is Jesus? | If we want God to do something great through us we must first let Him do something great IN us. | 2/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Leadership Summit | January | First of 4 leadership summit talks with pastor Rusty and pastor Bobby, given 4 times a year to Ridge Church staff and volunteers | 2/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Losing My Religion | Toxic Religion | Pastor Rusty Sampson gives a look at how religion can be toxic in our lives | 2/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Losing My Religion | Me? Give? | In a religious culture, giving is not celebrated, it is only lorded over people. In week 3 of Losing My Religion, we look at why we should celebrate giving, the impact it has, and how we can be part of it. | 1/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Losing My Religion | Follow | Jesus made simple what religion complicates. Religion says that we must believe before we follow. However, the Gospels tell us that Jesus only asked his disciples to follow. In the process of following, they finally believed. | 1/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Losing My Religion | Uncomplicate the Complicated | Religion always adds to salvation; it complicates what Jesus intended to be more simple. Jesus said His yoke was light and His burden was easy. He came and when He did, He uncomplicated what the religious leaders made difficult. | 1/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Past, Present & Future For Ridge Church | Here's a look back at all God did in 2011 and a look forward to 2012 for Ridge Church | 1/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Immanuel: God With Us | The Hope We Are Seeking | Christmas is a season filled with hope. But sometimes, we find ourselves hopeLESS instead. The good news of the Gospel is that the birth of Jesus brings the HOPE we have been seeking. | 12/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Immanuel: God With Us | Why We Should Worship Him | It's easy to get lost in the business of Christmas. For just a moment, we should take a minute to slow down, breath deep, and focus on Jesus and 3 reasons we should worship him and focus on him this season. | 12/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Pillars | Part 3 | Labels lie. They tell us we're not good enough; too fat, too skinny, unworthy, uncalled, divorced, single, adulterer, liar, thief, etc. The longer we believe the label, the more like it's description we will become. Our God however is a god of restoration and second chances. He destroys the false labels and labels us HIS. | 12/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Pillars - Part 2 | Martin Luther said, "be killing sin or it will be killing you." Sin is a formidable foe and it must be stopped. The only way it can be stopped is to have it put to death. And Jesus did, by nailing it to the cross. Part 2 of Pillars serves as a reminder to us, to be killing sin. | 11/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Pillars | Part 1 | Reminders are good. Sometimes we just need a little reminder. It never hurts to be reminded of God's past faithfulness to encourage our hope in his current and future faithfulness. God IS faithful. Do you believe that? | 11/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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3G | Part 4 | In Matthew 28, Jesus tells his disciples to GO. It's not a suggestion, it's a command. In part 4, we look at what Jesus told his disciples to do when they go and how we are to imitate him. | 11/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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3G | Part 3 | When we think spiritual growth, we usually think bible studies. We don't need more bible studies. We need to obey what we've heard. Spiritual growth happens best in obedience...not more bible studies. | 11/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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3G - Part 2 | We all gather in community. But why? And who should we gather with? What should we do when we gather? Look no further than the example of Jesus for the answers | 10/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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3G | Part 1 | In part 1 of 3G, we take a look at what makes a Gospel community, a gospel community | 10/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Impossible Par 4 | In the final part of Impossible pastor Bobby takes on the question, "what happens when you pray for the sun to stand still, and it doesn't?" Included is the testimony of AJ Davey | 10/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Impossible | Part 3 | In week 3 of Impossible, pastor Jonathan Haskell shares with Ridge Church is story of a mistake, turned into a miracle | 10/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Family Chat | Romans12 | We took a break from the Impossible series to have a little family chat at Ridge Church this week. Listen in as we discuss what it means to be the Church. | 10/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Impossible | Part 2 | In week #2 of Impossible, pastor Bobby encourages us to ignite the ordinary. To look for burning bushes in and around the ordinary of our lives. | 9/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Impossible | Part 1 | In part 1 of Impossible, pastor Bobby tells us what a sun stand still prayer is and how igniting a big faith can make the impossible possible. | 9/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Blueprint - Week 3 | Pastor Bobby tells that the most simple generosity brings about the deepest impact. | 9/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Blueprint - Part 2 | In part 2 of Blueprint, pastor Bobby gives us two more core values from the Blueprint; Leverage the restrictions and embrace the unembraced. | 8/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Blueprint - Part 1 | In part 1 of Blueprint, pastor Bobby gives us the first two core values at Ridge Church and tells us why they are vital for us in being a reflection of the Gospel. | 8/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Rebel Finances | In the final week of the Rebel series, Jacob Farler gives us some biblical and yet practical advice on how we can have rebel finances. Broke is normal. Rebel is being generous. | 8/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Rebel - Rebel Families | Normal is broken. No one wants a normal family. Jesus called us to live like rebels, and we can have rebel families. In this message, pastor Bobby gives us some practical steps from scripture on how we can have a rebel family. | 8/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Rebel - Rebel Prayer | It's hard to pray like a rebel when you're not praying rebel prayers. Our prayers should be as big as our God and the size of our prayers directly reflect how big we think our God is. In this message, pastor Bobby gives us a new way to pray...like a rebel. | 7/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Rebel - Rebel Living | Normal is broken. It's tired, old, and just doesn't work any more. Jesus called us to higher standard of living. One that is counter cultural and makes us a spiritual rebel. If you're tired of normal, come jump in and live rebel life. | 7/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Now Showing- Reruns | There it is. On again. It's always on, always around, never going away. Don't you wish you could just kill it? In week 3 of Now Showing pastor Bobby tells us to kill our sin or it will be killing us. It's kill or be killed. | 7/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Now Showing | The Office | THAT guy or THAT person is always in our lives. You know, the one we have the most trouble loving but really should love. It really poses a greater question; can we love everyone? Who should we start with? What does the bible say? Week 2 of Now Showing tackles these questions. Enjoy! | 7/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Now Showing- Operation Repo | It's time we get our spiritual momentum back.... | 6/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Remix - Ceaseless Worship | We are all worshiping 24/7. The question isn't how are we worshiping, the question is, what are we worshiping? | 6/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Remix- Burn Your Grave Clothes | What happens when God doesn't show up the way we expected Him to? In the midst of our deepest hurts, pains and defeats, can we still say to Him, "Lord, even now I believe you can...."? | 6/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Remix- Step Out | When it comes to our faith, we need to step out FIRST so God can step in | 6/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Remix- In Christ | At Ridge Church, we have a saying; it's ok to not be ok, but you can't stay there. You don't want to, and neither does God. In Christ, you are free from condemnation, judgement, your past, and labels. In Christ.... | 6/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Taboo Week 4: Confessions | Have you ever been to church and thought you were the only person in the room that felt inadequate to be a parent, a spouse, or even called by God? How about feeling like you want to quit something you know you shouldn't? This week, pastor Bobby tells us his confessions. They may surprise you, yet help you feel a lot better. | 5/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Taboo Week 3: Heaven and Hell | Have you heard the one about Jesus coming back on May 21? Pastor Bobby takes a jab at that plus gives us the low down according to the bible on heaven and hell. | 5/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Easter Sunday 2011 | Pastor Bobby takes a no frills approach to the Gospel and explains how Jesus was crushed on the cross, so that he could rise again and be the first butterfly. Butterfly? Yeah, you gotta listen to see what we're talking about... | 4/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Disciple Week 4- A Disciple Goes | In the final week of Disciple, pastor Bobby tells us that a disciple is called to GO and what a disciple should do when he goes. | 4/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Disciple Week 3- Disciples Get Dirty | In week 3 of Disciple, pastor Bobby tells us by following the example of Jesus, a disciple will get dirty. Are you willing to get dirty? | 4/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Disciple - God Calls | In week #2 of the series Disciple at Ridge Church, pastor Bobby talks about what it means to be called and 4 things that stand in our way of fully pursuing Jesus | 3/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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People of the Second Chance - Week 3 | -- | 1/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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People of the Second Chance - Week 2 | -- | 1/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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People of the Second Chance - Week 1 | -- | 1/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Christmas at The Ridge - Week One | The first message in the series focused on two things….1) Jesus and 2) You (us…all of us). Christmas is about Jesus and about us. We would have no Christmas if it wasn’t for my sin. Jesus came to die. We should not talk about just the birth of Christ and leave out the part that Jesus was born so that He could die. When Jesus came, it changed everything. He established a community that was different from any that had ever been seen. Pete Wilson put it like this….Jesus established a community where everyone was welcome because nobody was perfect. Anything is possible with God. Anything. Do you believe that? -Pastor Bobby Williams | 12/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Storytellers - Nov 28th | We closed our series called Story Tellers with a reflective look at the book of Philippians. A bulk of the message came from Philippians 4, however we touched on all 4 chapters Paul used the letter to the Philippians to encourage them, so Sunday, I gave Ridge Church 3 encouragements; Be humble servants, be givers and share your stories. It was all taken from the book of Philippians. The best example we have in these encouragements is Jesus. Look to Jesus. I asked 3 questions; 1…Who can you serve NOW? 2…Will your greatest gift this Christmas be to Jesus or will it have a bow on it? 3…Who can you share your story with? -Pastor Bobby Williams | 12/1/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Storytellers - November 21st | Continued our Story Tellers series in Philippians 3. Used a big hairy church word called sanctification. Sanctification= The journey we are on to be made holy by Jesus, that will not be made complete until the day of Jesus Christ. You and as believers are on this dirty, muddy road till we die or Jesus comes back. John and Julie Monday shared their story of overcoming addiction, their journey with Christ through it and how even though Jesus has done the redeeming work, it still can be hard and there are still temptations. - Pastor Bobby Williams | 11/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dirty Rotten Lies - Oct 31st | This Sunday we finished the Dirty, Rotten, Lies series with a message about the lies we hear told about ourselves. It’s the dirtiest, most rotten, lie of all….that you’re not worthy; useless to God, and because of all you’ve done, you’re no longer “qualified”. | 11/3/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Wait....Slow Down... | An audio blog post about slowing life down in order to notice the things that matter. Just part of avoiding a wasted life. | 11/3/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Theology 101 wk1.wma | -- | 10/19/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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From the Ashes - Week 4 | This past Sunday we finished up our series called From The Ashes. My goal and prayer for this series and all the series we’ve ever done and will ever do at the Ridge is that the word will go forth and take up root in the hearts of those who hear it. During this series, I saw the word do just that. I’m excited to see what happens next as people lean into Christ, elevate Him, and step out with simple obedience. There is no answer to how do you fix a broken dream, shattered life, or unmet expectation. I never claimed to have answer. But I believe God uses those burnt and broken things in our lives as a catalyst to making us more aware of Him and for raising us up out of the ashes. | 10/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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From the Ashes - Week 3 | We continued our series From The Ashes this week with a message called Resurrection of Hope. It was one my most favorite messages to EVER preach at our church simply because it’s all about God breathing life into seeming dead HOPE - Pastor Bobby Williams | 10/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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From the Ashes - Week 2 | It was week #2 of From the Ashes and probably the most practical message out of the series this past week. Week #2 was entitled, “Dreams make terrible gods.” Many times, we’ll hold our dreams as ultimate in our life, even over Jesus. Generally, we never notice this until we search our hearts. Sunday was all about searching and replacing. Searching out the idols in our lives and replacing them with Jesus. - Pastor Bobby Williams | 9/29/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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From the Ashes - Week 1 | -- | 9/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Faith | This past Sunday we took a deep breath and focused our attention on faith. Later this year, we’ll do a series dealing with faith issues but I felt as though this Sunday we all needed an injection of hope and faith from the scripture. So for the second week in a row, we were in a timeout mode; no specific series, nothing over the top planned, just the Gospel and what God was speaking to me in my heart for our people. I always share what God is doing in me through the Gospel, but this was fresh, as in the last week. Most Sundays I’ve had weeks or months even to let something go to work in me before I present it to the church. This week I just felt as though people needed here that if we’ll step out and get our feet wet, God will step in (Joshua 3). - Pastor Bobby Williams | 9/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Biblical Community | Pastor Bobby Williams explains the importance of Biblical community and how it is relevant and important to our lives now. | 8/31/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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United Week 7 | Pastor Bobby Williams finishes up a series through Ephesians called United. | 8/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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United Week 6 | Pastor Caleb Tipton continues the United series through Ephesians and talks about Biblical relationships. | 8/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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United Week 5 | Pastor Bobby Williams continues a series through the book of Ephesians. The calling we've received is worthy of our effort, time, energy, and focus. God's call on our lives is our purpose. | 8/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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United: Week 4 | Pastor Bobby Williams continues the study of the book of Ephesians in our series called United. | 8/3/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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United Week 3 | Pastor Bobby Williams continues in the book of Ephesians and how God chose us even though he knew we would betray him again and again. | 7/27/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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United: Week 2 | Pastor Caleb Tipton explains the first part of Paul's letter to the Church of Ephesus. | 7/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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United: Week 1 | Intro to Ephesians | 7/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr Will Roberts - Liberian Adoption Story | Dr Will Roberts from The Ridge Community Church tells his family's story about adopting & rescuing four Liberian girls. | 6/30/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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One Prayer: Week Three | Pastor Bobby Williams talks about our simple instructions we are to follow as Christ followers when it comes to caring for the welfare of others in need. We also hear from Dr Will Roberts as he tells his story of adopting four girls from Liberia. | 6/30/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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One Prayer: Unstoppable Community | Jonathan Haskell from The Salvation Army talks about some of the Biblical keys to an unstoppable community. | 6/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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One Prayer: Unstoppable Passion | The passion for the local church is dying all over the world and we need to get that passion back. | 6/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Seek the Welfare of the City | Pastor Bobby Williams dives into Jeremiah 29 and casts vision for The Ridge Community Church as we head into summer. We take a look at the past in order to have a vision for what's ahead of us as a church. | 6/8/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Deep Week 5 | Is prayer important in your life? Why do we pray anyway? Pastor Bobby Williams delivers a message about our communication with God in our daily lives. | 5/31/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Deep Faith | We really find out what our faith is rooted in when it's tested. | 5/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Going Deeper Doesn't Have to be Complicated. | Sometimes the deepest thing you can do in your journey with Christ is to simply do what he says. Following God's instructions doesn't have to be complicated. | 5/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Deep: Week 2 | We all love to be comfortable. Sometimes following Christ calls us to give up our comfort. Listen to this message from Pastor Bobby Williams and find out why the sacrifice is worth it. | 5/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A message from Pastor Bobby Williams | -- | 5/4/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 86 Episodes |
