Mission Ridge Church Podcast

This week on Footnotes: Logan, Rob, and special guest Daniel chat a bit about covenants, chiasms, and other stuff to supplement the sermon. (and Logan butchers the pronunciation of "suzerain" ) Show Notes: https://www.chiasmusxchange.com/ "suzerain treaty" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzerainty

This week Rob Croyle leads us in looking at the Genesis flood story. What similarities does this story share with Genesis 1? What do we learn about God and man? These questions and more as we continue our journey through the first eleven chapters of Genesis.

This week on** Footnotes: ** Logan, Rob and first time guest Jen discuss Genesis 4 and lots of fun extra content that didn't make it into the sermon. Show notes: Care Net (Jen is the director. They do great work) Shortcomings: (logan is the best there obviously wouldn't be any) Partner relationships Similarities between Genesis 3 and 4 "Teshukah" Offspring of Cain: (crazy midrash, and the legacy of Cain, Seth)

This week Logan Daily takes us through the story of Cain and Abel from Genesis 4. What similarities does this story have with the previous three chapters? What lessons might we acquire from this story of Cain? *Sermon Notes: * Repeated Themes "Where" Hiding Working the ground Exile Genesis 4:1-16 Call to Action: Whatever is getting in the way of you experiencing God... put it in its place.

This week on Footnotes: Logan, Rob, and first time guest Cody discuss some extra content from Genesis 3 and some of its implications relating to recovery. Footnotes is meant to give you some extra content, and to help you dig in to the text and continue the conversation during the week

Rob Croyle dives into Genesis 3 this week to explore questions like: "What is the big theme of this story?" and "We know that God speaks curses, but are there blessings too?" Sermon Notes: Repeated Themes Listen with Fresh Ears: What do you learn about sin in this story? What do you learn about God in this story? Genesis 3 Call to Action: Fix your eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. (Hebrews 12:2)

This week on Footnotes: Logan and Rob discuss 4 rivers being weird, tools making tools, blood being sacred, hunt for a baby chiasm, Rob gets a wee bit excited over a connection between Genesis and 2 Samuel, and Logan says, "Yee-haw" at least twice.

This week we dive into chapter 2 of Genesis, and something is amiss in paradise. What has gone wrong? What steps does God take to resolve this problem, and what does this tell us about ourselves? In this sermon Rob Croyle wrestles with these questions, and tells us some of what we can learn from Genesis 2. Sermon Notes: GENESIS 2:4-25 ROMANS 12:1-8 ** Observations:** We are separate from creation. We are not animals. We need community in order to live out our design.

This week on Footnotes: Logan, Rob, and Mollie discuss creation, science, chaotic nothingness, sabbath, and a whole host of other fun stuff that relates to Genesis 1. *Show Notes: * Link to Marty Solomon BEMA podcast Episode 1- https://bema.fireside.fm/1 For those of you interested in further content about intelligent design and the conversation of how faith and science coexist: Undeniable by Douglas Axe- https://evolutionnews.org/2016/07/more_scientists_1/ BioLogos - https://biologos.org Discovery Institute- https://www.discovery.org/id/ Sarah Salviander- https://sarahsalviander.com (This is the lady that Rob referenced) Special Guest: Mollie Patterson.

This week Rob dives into the first chapter of Genesis. What does God want to say to a people who come out of a world that says they have no value? What is the first thing God wants to communicate about Himself? What is does God want to communicate about His creation? What does this mean to you? Sermon Notes: Egyptian creation myths 400 Years of Slavery Repeated themes Genesis 1:1-25 Genesis 1:26-2:3 Breaking the Pattern Implication: Because you are tov meod (very good), rest.

This week on Footnotes: Rob and Logan expand on East vs West, Moses authorship, allegory, and Jewish weddings. Terrible jokes and interesting food for thought abound! Footnotes is here to give you some extra content that doesn't make it into our sunday sermons, dig a little deeper into various topics, and help propel the conversation further for you. Mentioned bible project video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQI72THyO5I&t=1s

To begin our series through Genesis, Logan lays some groundwork for how we will approach Genesis 1-11, and provides some questions to keep in mind as we journey through these stories to learn the narrative that God is putting together. Sermon Notes: Exodus 1:8-14 Implication: Do you know your Groom? In what context do you know HIm? What does God actually say about you?

This week on Footnotes: Logan and Rob talk about the various challenges from the "Looking Back, Moving Forward" sermon, and also a bit of pondering why on earth Jesus talks about earning interest in the parable of the talents. Here is the link to the video we reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99fgsvqgFDQ&feature=youtu.be

Rob Croyle delivers a stand-alone sermon looking back as a church at 2019, and then looking forward to where Mission Ridge is heading in 2020. Recording Note: During the sermon Rob showed the first 4 minutes of a 30 minute video. The full video can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99fgsvqgFDQ&feature=youtu.be Sermon Notes: Matthew 25:14-30 Matthew 25:31-46 Application: _ Make a commitment this year: _ Pray for someone to receive Christ as Savior Handwrite Torah _ Start a discipleship relationship

This week on Footnotes: Logan and Rob are joined by special guest Glenn Aylor to discuss Christmas traditions being passed down, how to not pronounce "Ahaz", dig into the context of Isaiah 7 a bit more, and general holiday fun!

In the fourth week of Advent: Logan takes a look at modern Christmas, where we see the love of God in the story, and asks how we can work that love into our traditions. Sermon Notes: Psalm 80: 1-7, 17-19 Isaiah 7:10-16 Matthew 1:18-25 Implication: What are you doing to create traditions that will draw people to Love?

This week on Footnotes: Logan, Rob, and Jacob discuss serving, Christmas trees, and what it look likes to create your own traditions.Special Guest: Jacob Croyle.

In the third week of Advent, Rob asks the questions, "What is your source of joy this Advent season?" and "Would God call you favored?" Sermon Notes: Isaiah 35:1-10 James 5:7-10 Matthew 11:2-11 Luke 1:26-55 Implication: What are you doing to to create traditions that will draw people to joy?

This week on Footnotes: Logan, Rob, and Jacob discuss John the Baptist, Essenes, Elijah references, and extra stuff about "brood of vipers" Special Guest: Jacob Croyle.

In the second week of Advent, Rob Croyle preaches about drawing people towards Peace. Sermon Notes: Isaiah 11:1-10 Psalm 72 1-7, 18-19 Romans 15:4-13 Matthew 3:1-12 Implication: What are you doing to to create traditions that will draw people to peace?