Restoration Community Church

Michael Thornhill returns to Restoration Community Church to share the message. He uses the parable of the good Samaritan to issue a challenge to the church in how we ought to carry ourselves in this modern age. Passages: Luke 10:25-37

Pastor Chris Ansell of Restoration Community Church hosts a Q&A Sunday. The questions and discussion largely focused on outreach/evangelism with a quick focus on the authority of the Gospels at the end.

Pastor Chris Ansell of Restoration Community Church preaches through a series looking at the book of Hebrews. Holding On: Our Anchor in Christ. This week we close our study of the book with some practical exhortations. Passages: Hebrews 13:1-25; Genesis 18:2-15; 1 Corinthians 11:1; James 3:1

Pastor Chris Ansell of Restoration Community Church preaches through a series looking at the book of Hebrews. Holding On: Our Anchor in Christ. This week we look at the section of Hebrews often called the "Hall of Faith." It is a record of the faithful acts of saints in the past. Passages: Hebrews 11:1-40; Genesis 4; Genesis 5:21-24; Genesis 6-9; Genesis 12:1-3

Pastor Chris Ansell of Restoration Community Church preaches through a series looking at the book of Hebrews. Holding On: Our Anchor in Christ. This week the author brings the argument to a close with three tangible action items that are as relevant today as they were when written. Passages: Hebrews 10:19-39; Hebrews 4:14-16; Hebrews 6:20; Matthew 27:46

Pastor Chris Ansell of Restoration Community Church preaches through a series looking at the book of Hebrews. Holding On: Our Anchor in Christ. This week we look at the author's continued argument on the superiority of Christ's atonement for us. Passages: Hebrews 9:1-28; Genesis 3:21; Leviticus 16; Ephesians 2:3

Pastor Chris Ansell of Restoration Community Church preaches through a series looking at the book of Hebrews. Holding On: Our Anchor in Christ. This week we see the contrast between the heavenly, high priestly ministry of Jesus, with the earthly, limited efficacy of the Levitical priesthood. Passages: Hebrews 8:1-13; Jeremiah 31:31-34; Luke 12:33

Pastor Chris Ansell of Restoration Community Church preaches through a series looking at the book of Hebrews. Holding On: Our Anchor in Christ. From Melchizedek we move to the superiority of Jesus as our great High Priest. Jesus serves, not as an earthly priest, but a heavenly one. Passages: Hebrews 7:11-28; Psalm 110:4; Luke 22:31-32; John 17:9-11

Pastor Chris Ansell of Restoration Community Church preaches through a series looking at the book of Hebrews. Holding On: Our Anchor in Christ. Melchizedek is a bit of a mysterious figure in the Old Testament. In this passage the author of Hebrews shows the superiority of the priesthood of Melchizedek over the Levitical priesthood of the Mosaic Law. Passages: Hebrews 7:1-10; Genesis 14:17-20; Psal...

Pastor Chris Ansell of Restoration Community Church preaches through a series looking at the book of Hebrews. Holding On: Our Anchor in Christ. Our hope is not in our own effort, but is rooted in the certainty of God's immovable promises. Passages: Hebrews 6:13-20; Hebrews 11:17-19; Genesis 22:15-18; Psalm 46; Psalm 33:20-22

Pastor Chris Ansell of Restoration Community Church preaches through a series looking at the book of Hebrews. Holding On: Our Anchor in Christ. This week we look at one of the more controversial passages in Hebrews. In the midst of a dire warning, the author alludes to the possibility that those who fall away from the faith, can never return to it. Passages: Hebrews 5:11-5:12

Dave Bindewald, founder of the Center for Play and Exploration, continues our series through Hebrews. Dave highlights the role of the priest, to intercede between us and God, and how Jesus not only was that intercession, but was God brought near to us. Passages: Hebrews 4:14-5:10

Chris Anderson, support staff for the CCO and Chaplain to the Penn State Hockey Team continues our series through Hebrews. Chris shares from chapter 4 which describes the Sabbath rest provided for the people of God. Passages: Hebrews 4:1-13

Pastor Chris Ansell of Restoration Community Church preaches through a series looking at the book of Hebrews. Holding On: Our Anchor in Christ. This message has Jesus compared to the positive example of faithfulness in Moses. The author provides two examples, a positive one in Moses, and a negative one in the Israelite faithlessness in the Wilderness. Passages: Hebrews 3:1-19; Deuteronomy 18:15-18...

Pastor Chris Ansell of Restoration Community Church preaches through a series looking at the book of Hebrews. Holding On: Our Anchor in Christ. This week we see Jesus, while having authority that far exceeds the angels, humble himself to show his solidarity with humanity. Passages: Hebrews 2:5-18; Psalm 8:4-6; Daniel 7:13-14; Psalm 22:22; Isaiah 8:17b-18; 1 Corinthians 1:23; Romans 8:10-11

Pastor Chris Ansell of Restoration Community Church preaches through a series looking at the book of Hebrews. Holding On: Our Anchor in Christ. This week we see that Jesus is superior to the angels; therefore his message is superior to theirs. Passages: Hebrews 1:5-2:4; Psalm 2:7; 2 Samuel 7:14; Psalm 97:7; Deuteronomy 32:43; Psalm 104:4; Psalm 45:6-7; Psalm 102:25-27; Psalm 110:1

Pastor Chris Ansell of Restoration Community Church begins a new series looking at the book of Hebrews. Holding On: Our Anchor in Christ. This week he provides some background information about the book, and dives into the four verse introduction. Passages: Hebrews 1:1-4; Psalm 2:8; John 1:3; Colossians 1:15-16; 1 Corinthians 8:6; Psalm 110:1

Pastor Chris Ansell of Restoration Community Church hosts a Q&A Sunday. The questions ranged from, "What does it mean to be a Christian", to "How do I know if what I am hearing is from God or myself?", and even some discussion around the vision and mission of our church. The audio feed does jump around a bit as we did not have a microphone on the person asking the question, hopefully you are a...

Restoration Community Church welcomes Michael Thornhill to share the message this morning. Michael, previously served as our Resident Preacher. He shares out of the story of Thomas' interaction with the resurrected Jesus. Michael looks at trauma and Christ's compassion towards it. Passages: John 20:1-29

Restoration Community Church welcomes Dave Bindewald to share the message this morning. Dave is the director of the Center for Play and Exploration. Dave looks at the bookends of the story of Scripture and reminds us of God's intention and desire for goodness. Passages: Genesis 1; Revelation 21; Genesis 1:31

Restoration Community Church welcomes Greg Burdette to share the message this morning. Greg is an Associate Pastor at Bellefield Presbyterian Church. He shares from his favorite of the Psalms, Psalm 103. Greg encourages us to seek gratitude in God, even when our soul may not feel like it in the moment. Passages: Psalm 103

Restoration Community Church welcomes Julia Allan to share the message this morning. Julia is one of the planters of Garden City Church on the North Side of Pittsburgh. She shares from the book of Daniel which served to be an encouragement for him in the midst of great distress. Passages: Daniel 12:1-13

Pastor Chris Ansell of Restoration Community Church concludes a series through the book of Judges. This story is perhaps the darkest story in the entire Bible. What are we to make of this moral descent that we see from Israel? Passages: Judges 19:1-21:25; Genesis 19:1-11 P.S. The audio cut out about 5 minutes early, so the bulk of application was missed. We apologize for this glitch.

Pastor Chris Ansell of Restoration Community Church continues a series through the book of Judges. Having finished the stories of the judges, we now turn to the two epilogue stories in the book. These stories illustrate what life was like when everyone did as they saw fit. Passages: Judges 17:1-18:20; Exodus 20:4-5; Deuteronomy 5:4-5; Colossians 1:15; Judges 1:34-35; 2 Chronicles 16:9

Pastor Chris Ansell of Restoration Community Church continues a series through the book of Judges. This week we look at the death of Samson and how in his final moments he crushed his enemies through his death. This foreshadows the work of Jesus Christ. Passages: Judges 16:1-31; Judges 13:5; 1 Peter 3:18; Hebrews 10:10