Ridgeland Church Podcast

This week, Pastor Jared teaches from John 5-6, examining the different reasons people had for following Jesus (or walking away from Jesus) and how they relate to the faith of Desperation! Reflection questions are below for additional study. In John 5-6, we see several people coming to Jesus to different things. Which one do you resonate with most? The man by the pool, desperate to get well? The pe...

Thank you for joining us with Ridgeland Church! This week we are talking about the second stage of faith in our series: the faith of "Desperation." Here are some prompts to reflect on as you listen! - Think about a time in your life that you were desperate - perhaps a crisis or time you felt alone. How did you respond? - Do you generally tend to shy away from risks or embrace the challenge of them...

This week Pastor Jared continues our teaching on the stage of Transactional Faith by exploring what happens when crisis comes! Here are some questions to ask yourself as you listen. - How do you react to crisis in your life? Do you ask God questions like "why?" Disengage from your faith? Lean into your faith? - Of the four responses to crisis Jared mentioned (Step Away, Step Aside, Fall Asleep, St...

This week Pastor Jared dives into the first stage of faith, known as "Transactional Faith." As you listen, think about how you would honestly answer these questions and how you can grow in your journey with Jesus! If your life's spiritual journey with Jesus had a map from beginning to end, where do you see yourself on the map? Take a moment and envision what the church would look like if every rel...

This week Pastor Jared kicks off a brand new series called "Maturing Faith" which will discuss different stages of faith and how we can grow from them. Here are some questions to think through as you listen! - We all put our faith in something, whether it's God, money, ourselves, or something else. What do you put your faith in regularly? - Now think about the first question again in light of the...

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This week we are walking through Colossians 3, and discovering what it says about greed, our words, and how we view the world around us. Here are some things to think about as you listen! - In Colossians 3, Paul wrote to Colossians warning against greed, especially trying to hold onto power, influence, and control. Where do you see greed at work in the world around us? - How can you ask the Holy S...

Thanks for listening to our service this week! As Pastor Jared talks about Colossians chapter 2 in this episode, here are some questions for you to reflect on as you listen! - Have you ever felt like your faith was more like a "checklist" rather than a relationship with the person of Jesus? What are some of the things you felt like you had to do to "earn" God's favor? - Where do you feel like your...

As we start our new Sunday series on Colossians, Pastor Jared talks about the supremacy of Christ (how Jesus is over and in everything), and what that means for our lives. Here are some questions to think about as you listen! - Colossae, the church Paul was writing to in his letter to the Colossians, was a very diverse city, made up of all different kinds of people; yet the Christians were known t...

This Sunday Pastor Jared taught about how constructing our trust through examining God's character, truth, and reliability should ultimately result in HOPE! Here are some reflection questions to think about as you go about your week: - Our trust in God's character, truth, and reliability should produce Hope in us. Do you see Hope at work in your life? If so, how? - Jared compared our journey of tr...

This week Pastor Jared talked about what Reliability means, and what trust in God's reliability looks like for us. Here are some questions to reflect on this week! How would you define reliability? What is something in your life that you see as reliable? Trust in the reliability of something takes RISK (think about walking over a bridge to test it). Do you think of trusting God as risky? In what w...

Thank you for joining in with Ridgeland Church! To get more information about us or to get connected you can message us on here or email connect@ridgeland.church

We continue our “Constructing Trust” series this week, talking about how trusting God has to start with trusting God’s Character. Think about these questions as you listen! Has anyone ever said they would do something, then done something completely different? How did that impact your trust in them? Do you find it easy or difficult to trust God’s character, based on what you know of God so far? Wh...

This week we kick off a brand new teaching series called “Constructing Trust”- all about why trust is so impactful in our lives and important to our faith journey. Here are some questions to ponder as you listen! What do you regularly put your trust in throughout your day to day life? Your family? Your job? The news? Money? Have you ever had trust broken between you and someone close to you? How d...

This week, Pastor Jacob spoke about our communal identity as a “multitude” of believers. Here are some questions to reflect on or discuss with a friend this week! The church is meant to be a symbol of unity and fellowship- has this been your experience of church? Why or why not? God’s plan is to draw EVERYONE to him by grace- where have you seen God’s grace drawing you into his love in your own li...

This week Pastor Cammi brings us a message from 1 Corinthians 1, all about our beloved identity as saints in God’s family of believers. Here are some questions to reflect on as you listen! If “Holiness is a community project” as we love and shine light into one another’s lives, what is one way you can be light to someone this week? When there is not harmony in the church, others can see it! Have y...

This week opens our new series called “Beloved” talking all about different parts of our identity as the Church. Here are some reflection questions to think about as you listen! Pastor Jacob mentioned that one word used for Beloved in the Bible is “divinely loved ones.” Do you feel Beloved by God today? Why or why not? Living into our identity as Beloved children of God should encourage us to live...

Since the beginning, a core struggle for humanity has been rooted in generosity so, threaded throughout the history of God’s people has been a call to be a People of Generosity. Our default as humans says that there is not enough and that in order to preserve our lives we need to live in a scarcity mindset. In scripture, this couldn’t be further from the truth! We find the exact opposite, that gen...

This week we wrap up our “Be Filled” series by talking about the Gifts of the Holy Spirit and what they look like throughout Scripture. Reflect on these questions throughout this week as you spend time in God’s Presence. What is one gift or talent you feel God has given you? How can you use it to build up the community? Have you ever had a thought or solution to a problem pop into your head that y...

This week Pastor Jared talks about the Fruit of the Spirit and how we can lean in to these gifts of God’s grace. Take some time to reflect on these questions as you listen! Do you ever find yourself wishing you had a gift or talent someone else has? Which of the fruits of the Spirit in Galatians 5:22-23 do you find easiest (if any)? Which do you struggle with the most? The gifts/fruits of the Spir...

This week Pastor Jared spoke about the different characteristics of the Holy Spirit as an Advocate, Comforter, and Guide. Here are some reflection questions to ponder as you listen and go about your week! Of the ways Pastor Jared described the Holy Spirit (Advocate, Comforter, Guide), which resonates with you the most today? Have you ever seen the grace of God working in the most ordinary moments...

This week we kicked off our new series, “Be Filled” talking about what a life filled with the Holy Spirit looks like. Here are some questions to reflect on and ask yourself as you listen! How have you thought about the Holy Spirit before now? Did you learn anything new from the message? Have you ever experienced the power and life-giving nature of the Holy Spirit? Do you feel like you have any bar...

This week Pastor Jared thinks about what Belonging should look like in a church community and what we can do to cultivate a culture of belonging. Here are some questions to ponder as you listen! What was a time in your life that you really felt like you belonged? What made you feel that way? How can you work to recreate this for others? Do you think everyone experiences belonging in the same way?...

This week Pastor Jared wraps up our “Life with God” series by teaching us about Pentecost and the birth of the church through the movement of the Holy Spirit among Jesus’ disciples. Reflect on these questions as you listen! What does Pentecost mean to you? If you’ve spent time in church before, do you have any memories of celebrating Pentecost? It can be easy to wish for God to speak through fire,...

This Sunday, Pastor Jared preached from the story of Acts 1:1-11, about Jesus’ Ascension and what it means for us as the church. Below are some questions to reflect on as you listen! How do you think the disciples felt when Jesus told them that the restoration of the kingdom of Israel was, essentially, “none of your business”? Do you find yourself struggling with this idea or wanting to worry abou...