Cedar Ridge Church

Each of us grows up with a common longing and a deep-seated need for a father's blessing. That is a father's love, support, acceptance, security, and presence in our lives. Sadly, for many this need is not met, or only partially fulfilled by an earthly dad. Still others not only lack a father's blessing, they have suffered the pain and mistrust of a relationship gone wrong. As a result, some unknowingly transfer negative perceptions of fathers into their relationships with God. In this three-part series we will explain how God longs to be known as a Perfect Father. Through Jesus Christ this relationship—and the promise of a Perfect Father's blessing—is available to everyone. Through spiritual birth, we all can see, know, and enjoy God as a Perfect Father.

Being a Christian is not all that easy. Think about it. How do we change? How do we live up to all the stuff the Bible says we should do? How can people like us pull off a holy and righteous life? Well the news gets worse before it gets better. The Christian life is not just difficult. It's impossible! In fact, it is so impossible that only one guy in the history of the world has ever been able to actually pull it off. As it turns out, He was so good at living the Christian life they named it after Him. Yep. His name is Jesus Christ. As you will discover in these messages from the book of Colossians, the MYSTERY of how to live the Christian life has been revealed. God is not asking us to do the Christian life in our own strength. He knows we don't have the strength or power to make it happen. The hope for our lives is not in trying to live the Christian life, rather embracing the reality of Christ living His life in and through each of us. It is Christ in you, the hope of glory!

Being a Christian is not all that easy. Think about it. How do we change? How do we live up to all the stuff the Bible says we should do? How can people like us pull off a holy and righteous life? Well the news gets worse before it gets better. The Christian life is not just difficult. It's impossible! In fact, it is so impossible that only one guy in the history of the world has ever been able to actually pull it off. As it turns out, He was so good at living the Christian life they named it after Him. Yep. His name is Jesus Christ. As you will discover in these messages from the book of Colossians, the MYSTERY of how to live the Christian life has been revealed. God is not asking us to do the Christian life in our own strength. He knows we don't have the strength or power to make it happen. The hope for our lives is not in trying to live the Christian life, rather embracing the reality of Christ living His life in and through each of us. It is Christ in you, the hope of glory!

Being a Christian is not all that easy. Think about it. How do we change? How do we live up to all the stuff the Bible says we should do? How can people like us pull off a holy and righteous life? Well the news gets worse before it gets better. The Christian life is not just difficult. It's impossible! In fact, it is so impossible that only one guy in the history of the world has ever been able to actually pull it off. As it turns out, He was so good at living the Christian life they named it after Him. Yep. His name is Jesus Christ. As you will discover in these messages from the book of Colossians, the MYSTERY of how to live the Christian life has been revealed. God is not asking us to do the Christian life in our own strength. He knows we don't have the strength or power to make it happen. The hope for our lives is not in trying to live the Christian life, rather embracing the reality of Christ living His life in and through each of us. It is Christ in you, the hope of glory!

Being a Christian is not all that easy. Think about it. How do we change? How do we live up to all the stuff the Bible says we should do? How can people like us pull off a holy and righteous life? Well the news gets worse before it gets better. The Christian life is not just difficult. It is impossible! In fact, it is so impossible that only one guy in the history of the world has ever been able to actually pull it off. As it turns out, He was so good at living the Christian life they named it after Him. Yep. His name is Jesus Christ. As you will discover in these messages from the book of Colossians, the MYSTERY of how to live the Christian life has been revealed. God is not asking us to do the Christian life in our own strength. He knows we don't have the strength or power to make it happen. The hope for our lives is not in trying to live the Christian life, rather embracing the reality of Christ living His life in and through each of us. It is Christ in you, the hope of glory!

A symbol is used for or regarded as representing something else. Many times a symbol can represent an entire story or philosophy without using any words. Our culture is full of them. From the Nike Swoosh to the MAC Apple. But there is one symbol that surpasses them all. It is the symbol of the Cross. It evokes such emotion and the story behind it changed the world. To the surprise of many the Cross did not become a symbol of Christianity until 300yrs after Jesus died on one. The early church even banned it from being used in art or even drawn. The great C.S. Lewis even wrote, Crucifixion did not become common in art until all who had seen a real one died off. It now represents hope and salvation, but it has not always been this way. How did something so horrific that represented death come to now represent life? Join us as review the history of this symbol known as the Cross as it leads us into a time of remembrance and communion.

THE GOSPEL! No gimmicks. No stunts. No bells and whistles. Just the Gospel. The same Gospel written over 2,000 years ago. It radically changed lives then and is still changing lives today.

Have you ever been stuck in a rut? Are you happy or content with where you are in life? Do you need some momentum in your life? Momentum equals the mass multiplied by the velocity of an object or P=MV. In simple terms it's the force or speed of movement! We all want to move forward in life feeling like things are firing on all cylinders. It seems that all to often, we face extreme circumstances and set backs that discourage us and keep us from any kind of movement, much less momentum. In this three-week series, based on Colossians 1:1-14 we will learn what it takes to gain the momentum to go higher, deeper, and further in our lives and relationship with God.

Have you ever been stuck in a rut? Are you happy or content with where you are in life? Do you need some momentum in your life? Momentum equals the mass multiplied by the velocity of an object or P=MV. In simple terms it's the force or speed of movement! We all want to move forward in life feeling like things are firing on all cylinders. It seems that all to often, we face extreme circumstances and set backs that discourage us and keep us from any kind of movement, much less momentum. In this three-week series, based on Colossians 1:1-14 we will learn what it takes to gain the momentum to go higher, deeper, and further in our lives and relationship with God.

Have you ever been stuck in a rut? Are you happy or content with where you are in life? Do you need some momentum in your life? Momentum equals the mass multiplied by the velocity of an object or P=MV. In simple terms it's the force or speed of movement! We all want to move forward in life feeling like things are firing on all cylinders. It seems that all to often, we face extreme circumstances and set backs that discourage us and keep us from any kind of movement, much less momentum. In this three-week series, based on Colossians 1:1-14 we will learn what it takes to gain the momentum to go higher, deeper, and further in our lives and relationship with God.

When is the last time you invited someone to church? Our tendancy as Christians is to forget to tell those we have left behind about Jesus. From an obscure Old Testament passage (2 Kings 7) we are introduced to four men who are confronted with a decision we all must face and answer. They realized, what we must all realize, that with great discovery comes great responsibility!

From Nehemiah chapter 2 we see how God has called us all to something big. A task many times that is as big as God is. This task many times calls us out of our comfort zones. In this message our special guest speaker Dallas White, the Pastor of Campus Church, challenges us to step out and walk amoungst the broken just as Nehemiah did!

BALANCED: Can you be unbalanced financially and still be a devoted follower of Christ? In Balanced, we will make the case that in order to be free to truly follow Christ, you must have your finances in balance. In this 6-part series, you’ll learn the three laws of financial balance and how to apply them to your life. You’ll be challenged to examine what you really believe about money. We will offer biblical perspectives on just about every aspect of your finances. When applied, these laws of financial balance will transform your life and give you the freedom to be a fully-devoted follower of Christ.

BALANCED: Can you be unbalanced financially and still be a devoted follower of Christ? In Balanced, we will make the case that in order to be free to truly follow Christ, you must have your finances in balance. In this 6-part series, you’ll learn the three laws of financial balance and how to apply them to your life. You’ll be challenged to examine what you really believe about money. We will offer biblical perspectives on just about every aspect of your finances. When applied, these laws of financial balance will transform your life and give you the freedom to be a fully-devoted follower of Christ.

BALANCED: Can you be unbalanced financially and still be a devoted follower of Christ? In Balanced, we will make the case that in order to be free to truly follow Christ, you must have your finances in balance. In this 6-part series, you’ll learn the three laws of financial balance and how to apply them to your life. You’ll be challenged to examine what you really believe about money. We will offer biblical perspectives on just about every aspect of your finances. When applied, these laws of financial balance will transform your life and give you the freedom to be a fully-devoted follower of Christ.

BALANCED: Can you be unbalanced financially and still be a devoted follower of Christ? In Balanced, we will make the case that in order to be free to truly follow Christ, you must have your finances in balance. In this 6-part series, you’ll learn the three laws of financial balance and how to apply them to your life. You’ll be challenged to examine what you really believe about money. We will offer biblical perspectives on just about every aspect of your finances. When applied, these laws of financial balance will transform your life and give you the freedom to be a fully-devoted follower of Christ.

BALANCED: Can you be unbalanced financially and still be a devoted follower of Christ? In Balanced, we will make the case that in order to be free to truly follow Christ, you must have your finances in balance. In this 6-part series, you’ll learn the three laws of financial balance and how to apply them to your life. You’ll be challenged to examine what you really believe about money. We will offer biblical perspectives on just about every aspect of your finances. When applied, these laws of financial balance will transform your life and give you the freedom to be a fully-devoted follower of Christ.

BALANCED: Can you be unbalanced financially and still be a devoted follower of Christ? In Balanced, we will make the case that in order to be free to truly follow Christ, you must have your finances in balance. In this 6-part series, you’ll learn the three laws of financial balance and how to apply them to your life. You’ll be challenged to examine what you really believe about money. We will offer biblical perspectives on just about every aspect of your finances. When applied, these laws of financial balance will transform your life and give you the freedom to be a fully-devoted follower of Christ.

SUN STAND STILL: Does the brand of faith you live by produce the kinds of results in your life that you read about in the biblical stories of men and women of faith? For most of us chances are, not even close. But it doesn't have to stay that way. In this new series, you will be challenged to believe that the audacious faith that we see in the bible, the faith that caused a man to pray and see the sun stand still in the sky, is the same faith we can claim for ourselves today. This is more than just another series. It's a call to all of us to begin living the life of audacity God has created and saved us for. Begin to see what happens when you dare to ask God for the impossible!

SUN STAND STILL: Does the brand of faith you live by produce the kinds of results in your life that you read about in the biblical stories of men and women of faith? For most of us chances are, not even close. But it doesn't have to stay that way. In this new series, you will be challenged to believe that the audacious faith that we see in the bible, the faith that caused a man to pray and see the sun stand still in the sky, is the same faith we can claim for ourselves today. This is more than just another series. It's a call to all of us to begin living the life of audacity God has created and saved us for. Begin to see what happens when you dare to ask God for the impossible!