Ridge Life Podcast
403 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWelcome to Life at the Ridge a weekly podcast of Pleasant Ridge Christian Fellowship. To learn more please visit our website at lifeattheridge.church
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Captivated By Christ
June 12, 2022 14:30 - 39 minutes - 36.3 MBHave you been captivated by false teaching? How can we recognize false teaching? How do we become captivated by Christ?
The Basis of Prayer
June 05, 2022 14:30 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MBWhy should we pray? Paul's instructions to Timothy for the purpose of prayer is rooted in the Gospel and who Christ is.
Walking With Jesus
May 29, 2022 14:30 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MBHow important is your walk with Jesus? How can we continue to walk with Jesus? What does this walk look like? Paul instructs the Colossian believers the importance of their walk.
Remaining Firm In Your Faith 5.22.22
May 24, 2022 01:57 - 37 minutes - 35 MBPaul had a great struggle for the believers. His struggle was that they would remain firm against the plausible arguments that promoted false teaching and doctrine.
Remaining Firm In Your Faith
May 24, 2022 01:57 - 37 minutes - 35 MBPaul had a great struggle for the believers. His struggle was that they would remain firm against the plausible arguments that promoted false teaching and doctrine.
Are You Mature In Christ?
May 19, 2022 19:01 - 44 minutes - 41.6 MBAre you maturing in Jesus Christ? How do you know?
Are You Mature In Christ? 5.15.22
May 15, 2022 14:30 - 44 minutes - 41.6 MBAre you maturing in Jesus Christ? How do you know?
How to Serve Jesus
May 08, 2022 14:30 - 40 minutes - 37.3 MBHow can we serve Jesus? Every Christian is a minister (servant) to minister on behalf of Christ.
Supplications, Prayers, and Intercessions
May 03, 2022 00:27 - 39 minutes - 37 MBWhat is prayer? Why should we pray? Paul gives Timothy some instructions of how to approach prayer not only for his life but for the life of the church.
Living Out the Reconciled Life
April 24, 2022 14:30 - 40 minutes - 56.2 MBHow has the work of reconciliation changed you? What happened in reconciliation and why did it need to happen? God's Word challenges us to live differently now that we have been reconciled.
Jesus the Firstborn of the Dead
April 17, 2022 14:30 - 41 minutes - 57.4 MBJesus is the firstborn of the dead. What does that mean? How does His resurrection change how we live and what we can expect in our future resurrection?
Jesus the Firstborn of the Dead 4.17.22
April 17, 2022 14:30 - 41 minutes - 57.4 MBJesus is the firstborn of the dead. What does that mean? How does His resurrection change how we live and what we can expect in our future resurrection?
Jesus the Firstborn over all Creation
April 10, 2022 14:30 - 30 minutes - 42.8 MBHas Jesus lost His place of honor in your life? Is He the King that we proclaim Him to be? The truth is Jesus is the King and He is over all.
Faith Check
April 03, 2022 14:30 - 31 minutes - 43.7 MBHow has your faith in Jesus Christ affected the way you live? If you were to give your faith a check-up how is it doing? Is your faith growing or become stagnant?
Is Christ Supreme?
March 27, 2022 14:30 - 32 minutes - 45.1 MBIs Jesus supreme? Is Jesus first in your life? Often in our lives, Christ is marginalized. He often isn’t first: usually it's our family, our careers, hobby and other interests that push Jesus to the side. In vs 15-19 of chapter 1 Paul gives us a beautiful poem of who Jesus is and how He is above all, before all, and is over all. It causes us to place our focus on Jesus. Paul gives us reasons why Christ should be first in our lives and in the entire world. He talks about how special Chris...
Is Christ Supreme? Pt. 1
March 27, 2022 14:30 - 32 minutes - 45.1 MBIs Jesus supreme? Is Jesus first in your life? Often in our lives, Christ is marginalized. He often isn’t first: usually it's our family, our careers, hobby and other interests that push Jesus to the side. In vs 15-19 of chapter 1 Paul gives us a beautiful poem of who Jesus is and how He is above all, before all, and is over all. It causes us to place our focus on Jesus. Paul gives us reasons why Christ should be first in our lives and in the entire world. He talks about how special Chris...
Do You Know Jesus?
March 20, 2022 14:30 - 32 minutes - 44.4 MBPauls prayer in chapter one is summed up in vs 13-14 with two great blessings to those who know Christ; You have been delivered from darkness and you have forgiveness through the redemption of Jesus Christ. Are these blessings a reality in your life? Do you know Jesus?
Gospel Shaped Living
March 14, 2022 18:44 - 43 minutes - 59.8 MBWhat is the will of God? How can we know how to live a life that is worthy and well pleasing of God? Our lives must be conformed to the Gospel and allow the Gospel to shape our lives.
The Usefulness of God's Law
March 06, 2022 15:30 - 32 minutes - 44.6 MBWhat is the use of Gods law? Why do we have it? Is it still relevant for us today? This is the second message from our Elder Series out of I Timothy.
Gospel Shaped Christianity Pt. 2
March 02, 2022 03:06 - 36 minutes - 50.6 MBHas your life been shaped by the Gospel? Paul's words to the believers at Colosse remind them of their faith in Christ and how the Gospel has changed them. What does a Gospel shaped life look like? This is the second part to the message Gospel Shaped Christianity.
Gospel Shaped Christianity
February 20, 2022 15:30 - 32 minutes - 44.4 MBHas your life been shaped by the Gospel? Paul's words to the believers at Colosse remind them of their faith in Christ and how the Gospel has changed them. What does a Gospel shaped life look like?
In Christ
February 13, 2022 15:45 - 35 minutes - 48.7 MBDo you see Jesus clearly? What things in your life or in this world have caused you not to see Jesus clearly? The book of Colossians was written to a group of Christians that were facing the pressures of the culture that caused them to be tempted to give in to the world, Paul wants them to have a clear view of Christ and how to walk with Him. Paul's words to the believers at this church were "Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present every...
Pauls Commision To Timothy
February 06, 2022 15:30 - 33 minutes - 47 MBThis is the first of many messages out of the book of I Timothy. The Elders will be teaching through this book the first Sunday of every month. In this message we learn about Paul's commission to Timothy and what he wanted him to do.
Strengthen What Remains- Love and Forgiveness
January 30, 2022 15:30 - 40 minutes - 56.4 MBHow are we doing with loving one another and practicing forgiveness towards each other? The church at Sardis was told by Jesus..."You have the appearance of being alive, but you are dead..." Revelation 3:1-3 As followers of Jesus we need to remember the importance of love and forgiveness in the body of Christ.
Strengthening What Remains- Truth 1.23.22
January 23, 2022 15:30 - 37 minutes - 51.9 MBDo we desire truth? The church at Sardis had an appearance of being alive but really they were dead. Do we have an appearance of desiring truth?, walking in truth? or obeying truth? What is truth?
Strengthen What Remains- Listening
January 16, 2022 15:30 - 38 minutes - 52.7 MBHow is your listening? Many of us say we hear, but are we listening? It's important to listen to the truthfulness of God's Word, what He says and act in obedience to His Word. The message that Jesus gave the church at Sardis was you have the appearance of being alive but you are dead… How well do you think they were listening?
Strenghten What Remains- Worship
January 10, 2022 03:33 - 35 minutes - 49.4 MBJesus' words to the corpse church at Sardis is "...you have an appearance of being alive, but you are dead....strengthen what remains and is about to die" Rev 3:1-2. What spiritual aspects of your Christian life need strengthening? Has your worship for God become stagnant or non existent? Why? and how can we overcome this?
Strenghten What Remains- Confession
January 02, 2022 15:30 - 35 minutes - 49.4 MBAs we begin the new year, what's important as a follower Christ? In the letter to the church in Sardis Jesus has these words to say "‘...I know your works. You have the reputation of being alive, but you are dead. 2 Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your works complete in the sight of my God. 3 Remember, then, what you received and heard. Keep it, and repent..." (Revelation 3:1-3) Join us for the month of January as we look at some important Bibli...
Jesus the King is Coming
December 26, 2021 15:30 - 37 minutes - 51.4 MBHow was it that the Jews missed Messiahs coming? They were looking for someone else. The prophecy found in Zechariah gives us a great understanding of who Jesus is and what we should expect at His coming.
The King of Salvation
December 19, 2021 15:30 - 40 minutes - 56.7 MBPilate also wrote an inscription and put it on the cross. It read, “Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.” Many of the Jews read this inscription, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and it was written in Aramaic, in Latin, and in Greek. So the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘The King of the Jews,’ but rather, ‘This man said, I am King of the Jews.’” Pilate answered, “What I have written I have written.” John 19:19-22 Is He the King? Ho...
Behold Your King
December 12, 2021 15:30 - 31 minutes - 43.8 MBGod's Word tells us about Jesus who was not only the King of the Jews but He is the eternal King whose kingdom is not of this world. Have you beheld the King?
The Response of His Birth
December 05, 2021 15:30 - 40 minutes - 55.4 MBWhen the wisemen came to Jerusalem to seek the Messiah, what did they find? Jesus was born "King of the Jews" yet Herod and all of Jerusalem didn't seem to care and were troubled by this news of the wisemen seeking the Messiah. What is your response to the birth of Christ?
Saved By God's Love
November 28, 2021 15:30 - 34 minutes - 47.2 MBWhen we look at Psalm 118 we are reminded 5 times about the steadfast love of God. God's love is woven throughout this Psalm. Are we thankful for His love?
God Is My Strength and Song
November 21, 2021 15:30 - 42 minutes - 58.9 MBIn times of distress where do you find strength? What gives you joy? unfortunately many people look for strength and joy in relationships, people, addictive substances and vices but not the Lord. For believers in Jesus Christ our strength should be in God.
Trusting God Alone
November 14, 2021 15:30 - 39 minutes - 54.4 MBIn your salvation what are some things that you are thankful for? In Psalm 118 the Psalmist declares giving thanks to the Lord because he trusts in God alone for his refuge and help.
God's Plan For Adoption
November 07, 2021 15:30 - 32 minutes - 44.9 MBOne of our members Jon Sparks gave this message about adoption.
Missions Moment-SonSet Solutions
October 31, 2021 14:30 - 19 minutes - 27.2 MBDavid Russell from SonSet Solutions came to bring us an update about the ministry we support and some helpful reminders about how we can pray and support the ministry.
Teach Us To Pray
October 24, 2021 14:30 - 39 minutes - 54.5 MBWe can learn a lot, apply and change in our lives to help us to have a more affective prayer life. As we already covered about Jesus’ habits of prayer, asking and receiving, and hindrances to prayer we will look at the mechanics of prayer. The how. Prayer is not just saying all the right words to get God to do something. Prayer is relationship. Relationship with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Hindrances To Prayer
October 17, 2021 14:30 - 47 minutes - 65.4 MBOver and over we are told in Scripture that God does answer prayer. When we pray we are coming together with God to accomplish His plan, His purposes in this world in us and through us. Prayer changes things, but unfortunately many prayers go up, but yet actually accomplish anything. There are many that have said “prayer doesn’t work” I’ve prayed and prayed, but nothing has changed. So what is the problem. We know it can’t be God, because God is Holy, righteous, powerful. He is loving ...
Asking And Receiving
October 10, 2021 14:30 - 35 minutes - 49.7 MBPrayer is important for those who know Christ as their savior. Last week we looked at the habit of Jesus’ prayer life. He prayed often and through his life we can be challenged that we too need to devote ourselves to prayer. Questions however may arise in what is the purpose of praying? What does it accomplish and How does prayer work? Does prayer work? There are some misunderstandings of prayer and how it works because we have a very unbiblical thinking of who God is and what He says. ...
Jesus' Habits Of Prayer
October 03, 2021 14:30 - 38 minutes - 54 MBFor the month of October we are going to examine the Scriptures as what they teach us about prayer. We find throughout all of Scripture the importance of prayer, all the way through from Genesis to Revelation we find prayer as the outlet of power that puts us in connection with the spiritual realm to accomplish God’s work, God’s way. In the New Testament we see Jesus as the example of prayer and how it should look in our lives. We see these examples all throughout the Gospel accounts. J...
When Will Jesus Return?
September 26, 2021 14:30 - 35 minutes - 66.2 MBThis has been a topic of much discussion ever since our Lord talked with His disciples which is known in Scripture as the Olivet Discourse in Matthew 24 and Luke 21. It's important that we focus on Christ’s return and not so much as the timeline of the events.
Why Does Jesus Need To Return?
September 19, 2021 14:30 - 35 minutes - 64.7 MBWhy does Jesus need to return? Wouldn’t it be easier to just take Christians out of this world allow the world to self destruct and just go on with life? Or maybe even you have talked with people who feel as if this world is just going to go on and on. Always continuing the way that it’s always been. Interesting enough, Peter writes about these types of people in the last days and calls them scoffers who follow their own sinful desires. 4 They will say, “Where is the promise of his comin...
How Will Jesus Return?
September 12, 2021 14:30 - 32 minutes - 60.5 MBWe have been spending a few weeks on the second coming of Jesus Christ. It’s not a matter of if Jesus will return but a matter of when Jesus will return. If you are a believer in Jesus Christ then you need to be focusing on what the Scriptures teach about our Lord’s return and not be so focused on the other events. After all Jesus is the main event. He is to be center stage and what we need to be looking for. We find throughout Scripture in the Old Testament and New references of Jesus' ...
What Will Jesus Do When He Comes?
September 05, 2021 14:30 - 39 minutes - 73.2 MBWhat will Jesus do when He returns? God's Word gives us some very specific things that we can expect at His return? What does this mean for the beliver in Christ? How does this affect our outlook on this life and what's to come? Ready or Not Jesus Christ is returning and will fulfill all of His promises.
Remember Who Jesus Is
August 29, 2021 14:30 - 40 minutes - 55.4 MBEver since our Lord Jesus resurrected and spent 40 days with his disciples and then was taken out of their sight as he ascended into Heaven, we are reminded of the words of how Acts 1:9-11 describes the scene “And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight. 10 And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes, 11 and said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven?...
Instructions To The Saints
August 15, 2021 14:30 - 34 minutes - 48.3 MBToday we are going to look at the last 3 verses of his letter to the Philippian church. The things that he speaks about is dealing with the relationship within the body of Christ The Church and these last few words are instructions for the saints. One of the things that we have to learn is how to live together within the body of Christ. All of us who know Christ have been redeemed by Him and have had our sins forgiven and so all of us are equal at the foot of the cross. Just as Paul says...
Worshiping God by Supplying Others
August 08, 2021 14:30 - 43 minutes - 79.5 MBWhen we think of Paul’s situation he was very content. As we just spent a couple months on contentment, Paul had just stated earlier that in whatever situation he had found himself in he had learned to be content. The verses that flow out of his contentment is this thankfulness that he expresses towards the Philippian church. One of the things that we see when we are faced with difficult circumstances is that it allows the church, the body of Christ , you and me to be a help and provide a...
Ten Things About Giving
August 01, 2021 14:30 - 27 minutes - 38.3 MBMessage on giving given by one of our Elders, Geff Fisher
Content In Any Situation Part 3
July 25, 2021 14:30 - 41 minutes - 76.6 MBCan you be content in any situation? Paul the writer of the letter to the Philippian church could. It wasn't because he was some super Christian. It was simply because he had learned the secret to being content "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me" Philippians 4:13. We have been discussing contentment over the past couple weeks and now we want to put legs to what we have been studying and seeing how we can be content in ANY situation. We will cover a wide range of situations...