YOUR VIDEO: Answer the question "How would you describe a Godly man or woman? Record a 30-60 sec, PG-12 video with your answer, upload to Vimeo or YouTube and send the link by Sept 3 to video@ridgepoint.org. .

This year, we are writing our summer weekend teaching topics as a whole church! We asked Ridge Pointers to hand in their questions and we will journey through answers to the 11 most asked.

We will tackle everything from Creation to Sex. Don’t miss a week – and if you must, listen to the podcast or watch the service at www.ridgepoint.org with your friends. This will not be church as usual – this summer will sizzle. See you and all your friends at Ridge Point – the Main Campus and Moran Park.

 

June 26 - September 5

WEEK 1 – June 26 & 27
QUESTION – Is Christianity the only way to God?
TEXT - John 14:6; Isaiah 53; Hebrews 2:17; Hebrews 4:15; Hebrews 6:19-20
TEACHER – Jim Liske

Do other faiths provide a path to God? Is Jesus the only way?

Discussions - Week One

Check out the video on how others answered the question 

WEEK 2 – July 3 & 4 – Fourth of July Weekend
QUESTION – What happens after I die?
TEXT - Hebrews 9:27-28; Acts 7:55-56; Matthew 5:22; Luke 12:4-5; Luke 23:43-44
TEACHER – Jim Liske

After death, some believe we enter a metaphysical sleep or hibernation. Others say we are immediately with God or completely separated from God. Still others teach that we go through a cleansing and purgatory necessary before we arrive at the place where we will spend eternity. What is true?

Discussions - Week Two

WEEK 3 – JULY 10 & 11
QUESTION – How old is the Earth?
TEXT - Genesis 1-3
TEACHER – Britton Smith

One “expert” says the Earth we live on is six billion years old and the next says six thousand. How can these opinions form our beliefs?

Discussions - Week Three

Recommended Reading

• The Lost World of Genesis One by John Walton
• Genesis Unbound by John Sailhamer

Further Reading of the Garden of Eden as a Temple

• From Eden to the New Jerusalem by T. Desmond Alexander
• The Temple and the Church’s Mission by G.K. Beale

 

WEEK 4 – July 17 & 18
QUESTION – How can a loving God allow children to suffer?
TEXT- Genesis 3; Romans 8:1-3, 14-17, 26, 28, 31-39; 2 Peter 3:9, 15
TEACHER – Jim Liske

Do we have God to blame for our suffering? 

Discussions - Week Four

WEEK 5 – July 24 & 25
QUESTION – Will the world end in 2012?
TEXT - Acts 1:6-8; Matthew 16:1-4; Matthew 24:4-51; Mark 13:7-37; Revelation 22:12-21
TEACHER – Jim Liske

Global warming, wars, genocide, nuclear armament, pollution, and violence all seem to point to the end of civilization. Many have a theory. Everyone has an opinion. Is there an answer?

Discussions-Week Five

WEEK 6 – July 31 & August 1
QUESTION – Does God forgive me if I lie on purpose?
TEXT - Romans 8:1; I John 3; Romans 6:22-23; I John 1
TEACHER – Britton Smith

Most of us require the offending party to ask for forgiveness and then prove they will not re-offend before we will forgive them once. Does God see offense and reconciliation as we do? 

Discussions - Week Six

WEEK 7 – August 7 & 8
QUESTION – Why is it so easy to lose faith and hard to gain it?
TEXT – I Corinthians 4:1-10; Ephesians 2:1-10; I Corinthians 13:12; I Peter 2:19-25; I Peter 2:1-3; Ephesians 4:15-16
TEACHER – Jim Liske

Where do you find your faith?  Where do you go to help your unbelief?

Discussions - Week Seven

WEEK 8 – August 14 & 15
QUESTION – How do I tell my friends about Jesus without being intolerant?
TEXT - – I Corinthians 9:19-27; Luke 15; Mark 12:29-31; John 13:34-35; Acts 2:42-47
TEACHER – Jim Liske

How did Jesus’ friends tell others about Him?

Discussions - Week Eight

WEEK 9 – August 21 & 22
QUESTION – Can I be gay and be a Christian?
TEXT - Romans 1:16-17; I Thessalonians 5:9-14; Hebrews 13:1-5; I Timothy 1:8-10; Genesis 1:28
TEACHER – Jim Liske

Does the God of the Bible single out and condemn people based on sexual orientation?

Discussions - Week Nine

WEEK 10 – August 28 & 29
QUESTION – How can the Bible be true?
TEXT - Hebrews 4:12; 2 Timothy 3:16-17
TEACHER – Ren Broekhuizen

How is the Bible different than the Koran, the sayings of Confucius or other religious books?

Discussions- Week Ten

WEEK 11 – September 4 & 5 – Labor Day Weekend
QUESTION – Why is there so much violence in the Middle East?
TEXT - Matthew 1:1-18; 5:38-48; Luke 2:11; I John 2:22; Luke 6:27-38
TEACHER – Britton Smith

How did the people of the Middle East get to a point where it seems violence and hate rules everyday life? 

 Discussions - Week Eleven