River City Church Teaching Podcast

Feeling overwhelmed? Exhausted? Maybe you feel distant from God or just adrift in life...many of us are - however, there is hope! There's A Better Way! Jesus had plenty to do, but He was never flooded & rushed. Today we're kicking off the series by talking about how to live at the pace of Jesus. Let's jump in and see what it's all about!

What's your narrative? For better or worse, the narratives we have shape our relationships - in deeply profound ways. Today, we're going to discuss 4 narratives found in Scripture that can help you thrive in your relationships. Let's jump in!

Two of the most challenging things to practice in a relationship are forgiving and apologizing...and yet, Scripture teaches us that they are exactly what is needed for healthy relationships to thrive. Let's jump in and have a practical discussion on how to forgive and apologize, especially when it feels impossible.

If you're human,  chances are pretty good that you are familiar with having conflict in relationships...The problem isn't with having conflict though, it's learning how to navigate conflict in a way that honors God. This week, let's jump into Scripture and learn how to fight fair. 

If you're human, you're going to have relationships that get complicated - but here's the good news, there's always hope to have healthy relationships! In this series we're going to be exploring tools from Scripture to help us move from complicated relationships to healthy and thriving relationships...let's get stared!

We are full of vision and excited about what God has in store for River City Church in 2025! Listen in and find out how you can be apart of the community God is building at River City!

All of us want to belong - it's hardwired into the way God created us. Yet many of us don't experience the kind of belonging God intends for us. This week, let's jump into Scripture and see what God has to say about making the decision to belong.

In today's discussion, we're diving into a decision that can have one of the biggest impacts on our joy in life! The decision to live my life with purpose. However, many of us wondering, what exactly am I here for? How can I discover God's purpose for my life? Let's dive in and start the conversation.

In life, we all tend to accumulate so much stuff! Not just materialistically either, but in our hearts and minds too. In this new series, we're talking about how to let go of the things holding us back from living a life that honors God. Today, we'll be exploring the class between two mindsets, one that always feels like there's never enough time, money, energy, etc, and one that se...

What do you think the #1 complaint about Christians from non-Christians is? How about the #1 complaint from fellow Christians? The truth is, we all have people in our lives that we love that can be hypocritical at times...but what do we do? Should we confront them, just pray for them and mind our own business? Well, let's jump into Scripture to see how Jesus handled the hypocrites of His day.

We all have people in our lives who are little extra...because they seem to always need a little extra - extra time, extra money, extra validation. How can practice show Jesus' love to the needy people in our lives, without harming them or ourselves in the process. Let's jump in to find out.

No matter what you do or who you are, if you're going to make any kind of difference or if you're in any kind of relationship...you're going to experience criticism! So how do we handle the critics in our lives with love, especially when it hurts? Let's jump in and find out what discover from the life of Jesus as to how He handled His critics.

If you're human, you probably have some relational vampires in your life - people who suck the life out of you! In this new series, we're going to explore how to love the people in our lives who can be the most draining at times. In today's topic, let's learn how to love those who love to control.

The voice of pride can be one of the most challenging voices to silence, because we often don't know that it's even there! In today's message, we'll explore how to recognize the voice of pride, so we can silence it with the practice of humility!

Our thoughts, emotions and decisions are based on the beliefs we have. But what happens when the truth we've based our beliefs on are actually a lie? Let's jump in and learn how to recognize the difference between truth and lies - and learn how to build our lives on the Truth that sets us free.

Many of us spend a lot of time and energy trying to clean up our thoughts or behaviors only to be but frustrated that they keep popping back up. What if there was something deeper going on? Let's jump and see how Jesus addressed this very thing.

Ever feel defeated by the voices of insecurity going through your mind? Well this week we have a special guest Randy Powell sharing an encouraging message - from God's perspective, you are a masterpiece. Let's dive in!

No matter how great or painful our family history is, we all have voices from our past that are affecting us today. Let's dive in and discover how God wants to bring healing to our past so we can experience His freedom in the present.

There are so many voices competing for our attention - including the voices in our own head! As we kick off the new teaching series "Voices", we'll explore how to silence one of the strongest voices in many of our lives - the voice of anxiety.

Few topics stir up more doubt &  pain than the discussion on healing. Does God still heal? If He does, what does it mean if He doesn't heal someone I love...or me? Let's explore what the Bible teaches us on this topic together.

*We apologize for the audio issues in this recording!* This week we are talking about praise & worship. We all have our own traditions and backgrounds when it comes to worship, but is there a certain way that God desires worship? Let's dive in and talk about it.

Sometimes, for better or worse, our expectations of what something is like doesn't match the reality of what it actually is. Today, we're exploring that when it comes to the Holy Spirit. Who is He actually? How can we grow in our relationship with Him? Let's dive into the discussion today and find out.

Today, we're exploring how God didn't just create you, but gifted you and called you to serve Him and make a difference in the lives of others - but the only way we can do that well, is when our lives are centered on Jesus. Let's jump in and explore how to do just that.

Many of us assume that following Jesus means a life up and to the right, a problem-free life - but that's not what we were promised. How can we continue to stay faithful to way of Jesus, even when we experience suffering for doing so? Let's talk about it.

We've all been there...we get that text, spoken to in  that tone. We get insulted and we want to insult back - and yet we know there's a better way. In the discussion today, we'll get Biblical & practical about how to respond well when we've been hurt.