Cinco Ranch Church of Christ

From each of our ministers

A lot of how we determine what a healthy Christian home looks like can be drawn straight from Ephesians 5 and 6. While this is a good source, it's even more fascinating to look at the culture of the time of this writing because of how this turns the world upside down. Much like today, relationships were about power. It was about knowing the right people and climbing the social ladder. Paul cha...

Throughout Ephesians Paul paints a picture of what faithful living looks like. In this section, he contrasts a followers former way of living and his new life with darkness and light. Paul urges us to live a life of light in a way that honors and pleases the Lord.

Something that many of us will hear from people about Christianity at times is how exhausting it can be trying to be a Christian. They feel like there's a big checklist of things that you have to do and not do in order to be a "good Christian." What is important when looking at passages that look like checklists is to understand the WHY of the checklist. If we don't understand th...

After Jesus, what do you think is the most important thing about church? Paul is writing to the Ephesians about a number of important things that a church should practice but he begins with the top two things that every church MUST have: unity and discernment of spiritual gifts. This morning we will dive into what these mean to us in this day and age.

Scripture: Ephesians 3:14-21

Ephesians 3:1-13

Ephesians 2:11-22

With Allen Calvert. Based on Ephesians 2:1-6

Scripture: Ephesians 1:15-23

We live in a world where we're told on a regular basis that what we are doing isn't enough, that we need more, and we need to do more. We eventually start to believe that we are not enough. However, God sends a message to us that not only says otherwise, but turns this message on its head. This message is that because of Christ, we already are enough right now! Those of us who have accepte...

Over the last few weeks, we've talked a decent bit about how messy family can be and that finding family amongst our church can be a real blessing in place of the holes that family can sometimes leave in us, but sometimes church family can be just as much of a mess and sometimes even more so! What's beautiful about it though is Jesus's love for His church and how, despite us getting in...

For a long time, our culture almost expected families to look the same way. So much has changed now and so many things are now out in the open. Blended families are practically the norm for so many nowadays. While this can be a good thing, it's also a mess. There are territories to navigate and feelings to be attentive to. Usually, there's some form of hurt to work through as well. What we...

What does it look like when we choose to be part of a messy church family? How does it help us as individuals, families and the Kingdom of God?

This is a special morning in that it is Senior Sunday! Loving our graduating high schoolers is something that our family does so well because our students are so easy to love. Loving our children is a command that goes back to Old Testament law and it came shortly after the greatest command of loving God with everything in ourselves. But with a culture that continues to change so rapidly, this can...

There are so many things that come into play with adoption. If there’s one thing I can promise, it’s that every adoption story is different. There are times in everyone’s adoption story when the clarity you felt in the calling gets messy. It’s in the middle of that mess that God’s plan is truly taking shape.

Anyone who has been married for any length of time will tell you the same thing about marriage:it is both difficult and a blessing. While every marriage is different, there are always challenges to be overcome on a variety of levels. However, this is also a beautiful picture of Christ and the church. Paul illustrates God's love for the church through the image of a bride and groom. In this way...

Throughout the Old Testament, we see a myriad of stories that depict a group of people who represent God's chosen people, the nation of Israel. Most of these stories share a plethora of moral failures on just about every level imaginable. Some of the stories are frustrating while some of the stories are just devastating. The truth about the Israelites is that they are ultimately one giant, mes...

In the "I Am" statements that we hear from Jesus throughout John's gospel, we notice one thing: Jesus is more than just one thing. He is exactly who we need Him to be in our various seasons of life. This morning, we celebrate the resurrected Savior who was, is, and will be all of what we need at all times if we only choose to notice Him in our midst.

Some of the simplest thing that the Bible teaches us are oftentimes some of the hardest things for us to do. In John's gospel, Jesus gives a LOT of things to consider before he leaves the upper room. One of these things is the final "I Am" statement in His being the true vine. After this though, Jesus's command is simple: "Remain in me." Yet at the same time, this is in...

We make sense of the world by learning, storing and analyzing facts. We inherently take that analysis and form expectations by applying it to new situations or imagined situations. As Christians, this same pattern of exploration and analysis is used to develop expectations of who God is and what He is doing in the world around us. Unfortunately, our analysis and expectations are, at times, simply...

When we talk about resurrection in our churches today, it is something that probably sounds fairly common since so many people in church know about Jesus' own resurrection. When Jesus tells Martha that He IS the resurrection, it would have been received far differently because no one believed that it was actually possible until the last day or judgment day. Jesus isn't only revolutionizing...

A shepherd is something that is mostly only talked about in Christian circles nowadays, especially in our community, simply because of how rare it is to find sheep. That being said, this idea of Jesus as "the good shepherd" would have connected in a very deep way for those who heard this. In a lot of ways, it's the difference between an authentic relationship and a surface level one. Hired hands w...

Pop culture will tell you a number of things you can do to live your best life. This will involve being healthy, doing things you love, and being around the people you love. While these things aren't necessarily wrong or bad things, they don't lead to the life that is the fullest that we could have. Only Jesus can offer that. Not only that, but we can do nothing to earn this life. We can only acce...

Whenever we talk about the "I Am" statements in the book of John, we are usually talking about seven particular statements. This morning, we will be looking into a time in John when Jesus said "I Am" that is not included. This moment actually got very heated very quickly when it took place. Jesus knew He was going to say something wildly unpopular and yet He did it anyway because He knew the truth...