River of Life Church Long Prairie (Audio)

In our final week of the series, we conclude by examining how the church can responsibly respond to sexuality in today's world.

We walk through some observations that can guide us closer to a God centered theology of gender.

Guest speaker Paul Hurckman shares what God is doing around the world and how God is inviting us to be a part of God’s work in impactful ways.

This week, we press into another difficult topic. Gender identity is probably one of the most heated and charged conversations happening today. When someone says gender identity, what does that mean, what ancient belief parallels it, and what does the Bible have to say about it.

Last week we looked at how our culture still practices the worship of Aphrodite love. This week, we look at what it looks like to have a healthier view of sex than our world. We look at what God's design for sex actually was.

Many think that what is happening in our culture today is something new, but Ecclesiastes's author says, "history merely repeats itself. It has all been done before. Nothing under the sun is truly new." For the next few weeks, we will look at ancient beliefs and practices that are still present today. This week, we look at Aphrodite worship and how that is still being practiced today.

As we celebrate this Easter, we take a look at another resurrection story found in the book of John. When Jesus said "I am the resurrection and the life", it's not just something for our future but right here in the present.

We all want to grow, but growing requires change. And honestly most of us don't like change because it's uncomfortable. So how do we grow spiritually, and what questions should we be asking ourselves when it comes to our own spiritual growth?

There are a lot of different questions about suffering. In the final week of our series we look at what scripture has to say about suffering and how we can cope with it.

We continue responding to questions from our congregation by looking at what the Bible has to say about heaven and hell. 

We take a look at what the Bible has to say about sexuality.

What does the bible say about spiritual gifts? What are those gifts? How are they different from the natural gifts that we have?

What does the bible say about spiritual beings and their power or authority?

We look at two stories found in the book of Mark that show us in a powerful way the authority of Jesus. We see how these two stories were intentionally put together by the author to see how both stories intertwine and have a powerful message for us all!

What does it look like or mean to live in freedom and walk in Gods' authority?

This week we take a look at a biblical response to questions regarding families.

So many of us have struggled to simply pray. We don't know where to start. Or we struggle to have a deep and meaningful prayer life. We also want to hear from God, but how can we go deeper in our prayer life and distinguish his thoughts from our own?

Frequently, you will hear us talk about our focus beyond the four walls of our church. Why is that such a big focus for us? We look at 2 big questions when it comes to our local and global impact and why those are so important.

This question has brought about many theological debates. But can we lose our salvation? If so, how? What does scripture say about salvation? What other questions should we be asking?

There seem to be a lot of questions revolving around the Bible. For example, who decided what books are included, what translations are good, why do different churches have additional books, etc. Pastor Josiah walks us through some of these questions and shows us how scripture even talks about itself.

We begin a new series where we want to look at a Biblical response to questions we may have. This week, we look at what the Bible has to say about art and artistic creativity.

It's a new year, it's the time when we all makes big, ambitious decisions, try to make plans to accomplish them, and hope to acheive them. What does it look like for us to grow spiritually? What does it require and what role do we play in it?

This week we take some time to hear what God has been doing in the lives of some of our church family.

The word love is used in so many ways in our world today. Because of that, it can so easily lose depth and meaning to many people. What does it mean to love, and how are we, as Jesus' followers, to love?

his week we take a look at Peace. What does the bible say about peace and how we can find peace. Is our definition and scriptures definition of peace the same?