River’s Edge Church

As Jesus finishes instructing his disciples, he tells them that their immediate future - and in a sense their lives - will be a mix of grief and joy, until they see him again face to face, and no one will be able to take their joy from them. But what happens when we reject this truth? What happens when we think life has no joy? Or that life should be only joy? 

It can be easy to rush through communion as just “something we do” as part of a Sunday gathering. But in doing so we often miss an opportunity to receive real healing and provision from Jesus in the moment. Communion isn’t just a time to remember a historical act, it’s a moment to receive in real time from the “right now” God.

Jesus says that when the Holy Spirit comes to His disciples, the Spirit will guide them (and us) and into the truth, speak truth over us, and even speak about what is yet to come.

When the Holy Spirit comes into the life of the disciples, it strengthens, encourages, and empowers. Not so with the world. What happens when the Holy Spirit collides with a world set in opposition to Jesus?

What seems almost odd or illogical to us is obvious from Jesus' perspective - as you the carry the Gospel into the world, you are going to face resistance. 

Jesus warns His disciples in advance that they need to expect persecution after He's gone. The world hated Him, it's going to hate us too. 

The entire Gospel of John Jesus only gives His disciples a single command: “as I have loved you, so you must love one another."

This Sunday we took a break from our series through the Gospel of John to seek the Lord and practice lament.

Jesus tells his disciple to "abide in him" in order to bear fruit in the world. This is the foundation for everything else in the life of discipleship. But how do we abide in him? Join us for a panel discussion on this topic. 

Jesus cracks open the Jewish concept of God and reveals something about God's nature that we would not have anticipated. But why does it matter? And what difference does it make in everyday life? 

In response to Thomas’ confusion, Jesus lays out plainly that He is the way, the truth, and the life, and that no one comes to the Father except through Him. But what is the practical or even daily significance of Jesus being the truth? Or the way? Or the life? Join us for a panel discussion on this topic.

After Judas departs, Jesus tells gives his disciples a new command, to love one another, and he tells them that he will soon be separated from them. Peter protests but receives discouraging news: he's going to betray Jesus three times. What is the significance of this "new command" in the life of discipleship, and how did it play out in the life of Peter? 

Judas is infamous for his shocking betrayal of Jesus. But what led up this moment and how should we respond to the life of Judas as disciples of Jesus?

Before sitting down to their final meal together, Jesus gets up, wraps a towel around his waist, and assumes the position of a slave - revealing the heart of the Father and inviting us to do the same. 

Humans beings have always used technology as an aid in human culture, but more recently our relationship to technology has shifted and turned toxic. What does it look like to follow Jesus in the midst of our digital age? How can we survive and even thrive as disciples in the midst of a stunning spiritual and mental health crisis? 

From the beginning Jesus told His disciples to wait until they were filled the Spirit before going into the world, He is that vital to life with God. But what does it look like for us to be an ordinary but Spirit-filled people in our city? What difference does the Spirit make?

Over the last 500 years, liberalism has slowly dissolved the bonds that hold society together, but the solution is local communities forming strong bonds under the Kingship of Jesus - in beautiful opposition to the acidic culture in which we live. 

Most of us feel the cultural pressure to abandon or reinterpret Scripture. But how do we navigate that tension? What are pitfalls we need to avoid? And how do we relate to the Bible in a way that's accurate and helpful? 

Join as we unpack some of the vision and values of the church, including passionate prayer, being Gospel centered, becoming a participatory body, and reaching the ends of the earth. 

Despite all that Jesus has done up to this point, there are still many that don't believe in Him. Some don't believe because they don't want to believe, others believe but hide their faith in fear of others, and still others have their faith "choked out" by competing loves and the worries of this life. 

As Jesus enters Jerusalem and people from diverse backgrounds flock to Him, He highlights a fate that no one is truly anticipating. 

As Jesus enters Jerusalem, crowds gather to welcome Him as the new King. But just days later those crowds become disillusioned and want Jesus dead. What fueled such a radical change? And what separates the disciples from the crowds? 

In 2019 our global family of churches was given a prophetic word about "a new era" that was ahead, unlike anything we'd seen before. As we emerge from a global pandemic we believe it is time to embrace the "new era" that is upon us, and in part that means embracing the concept of a participatory church body, in which teachers, pastors, evangelists, prophetic voices and apostolic leaders all functi...

As Jesus and His disciples enjoy a meal together, suddenly the moment is interrupted when Mary does the unthinkable...

After giving a final and climatic sign to the Jewish nation, it's time for the verdict. Will Israel and its leadership accept Jesus or reject Him? It's ultimately the high priest who drops the gavel, condemning Jesus for the same reason that millions of His followers have been condemned and persecuted all over the world, right up to this very day.