Riverwood Church Community

One more young adult and two more high school students bring us God's Word from Leviticus!

This week we wrap up our 5 week series on the attributes of God from Psalm 89-119 with a look at the big-three ‘omni’ attributues!

This week, our investigation of the identity of God leads us to an attribute that often comes into question when we experience suffering. Is God good … all the time? We’ll delve into 3 places to look for the evidence of God’s goodness, especially during times of struggle.

This week, our investigation of the identity of God takes us face to face with two of the most controversial, contested and resisted attributes of God!

Linguistic DNA…is that actually a thing? We continue our experiment of putting on our detective lenses and investigate the identity and attributes of God from Psalm 89 – 119! We will discover how old cars can help us understand something we discover about God’s character as we uncover the language of Psalm 98 and 100.

It’s a relatively new technique in uncovering someone’s identity and it’s called ‘Forensic Linguistics’! This month we’ll bounce off some interesting criminal cases where forensic linguistics was used and we’ll use this idea to further investigate the identity and attributes of God from Psalm 89 – 119! In this message, we’ll be introduced to the tool and techniques and apply them to the first few...

The heart is far more than a red, one dimensional shape featured on a Hallmark card! It is complex, tricky and, if not monitored, lead you into all sorts of trouble! That’s why God says, “Above all else, guard your heart, for it will determine the course of your life!” This weekend we’re wrapping up our series with the last four of 12 EKG leads running from the Bible directly to our hearts!

This message will hook up EKG leads #5-8 in our series! These leads will run directly from the Bible to our hearts in an effort to measure the vitality of our ‘hearts’ and reveal any possible defects or deficiencies!

Is your heart, not the 2-chamber muscle in your chest, but your ‘other heart’ healthy? How would you know? Well, in this message we begin hooking up the first four of 12 EKG leads from God’s Word to our hearts to assess their health and strength!

“Would you ever consider having a porcupine as a pet? Well, some people think being in favour of ‘God’s judgement’ is just as ridiculous! However, in this message, we examine what you need to know about the prickly issue of God’s judgement! (Spoiler: It’s not what you think!)

Salvation is one of the most important doctrines of the Christian faith. Does this doctrine practically apply to our lives only when we choose to accept God’s gift of salvation, or is there something to consider even decades later? The prophet Isaiah speaks to this in Isaiah 17.

When we take a look at Isaiah 9 with a bit of emotional distance from the Christmas season, we discover that it has something to say to us about the fundamental role that hope plays within the story of our faith. Together we will explore a Theology of Hope and how we often mis-apply it to our lives and hopefully discover what it should look like when put into practice.

The doctrine is simple: God is holy! But what does that mean and what are the practical implications for us? Well, the prophet Isaiah does a brilliant job of spelling this out for us in Isaiah 6:1-9! The conclusion: It’s not unlike befriending a radioactive great white shark in space!

Can you believe it? This weekend we’re heading home! But not before making six more short stops and meeting six more everyday Christ followers, living out their faith…half way around the world from us!

During the first two weekends we travelled 33,095 km in search of the Acts of the Holy Spirit today! If week one was all about the spread of the Gospel and people coming to Christ and week two was all about paradigm shifts and confronting restrictive stereotypes, then this weekend is about the cost of following Christ and persecution!

Pack your bags as we take off on our journey "Around the World in 30 Days"! Seeking and finding what the Holy Spirit is doing all around the world as we continue our daily chapter-a-day challenge through the book of Acts!