Message: “What is God Like?” from Matthew Dyer

by | May 1, 2023

A message from the series “Exploring the Depths: Our Faith in Progress.” At Cedar Ridge, we want to be a community that celebrates our relationship with God and our own distinct perspective on what it means to follow Jesus. At the same time, we want to make room for and embrace doubt, uncertainty and mystery. Through this series we will explore who God is and what God is like as revealed through scripture, tradition, experience and reason—recognizing that our understanding of God is limited and evolves over time. We will focus particularly on the person of Jesus, “the image of the invisible God” (Colossians 1:15). Our hope is that through this series we will develop a more passionate, loving and worshipful relationship with God, a greater acceptance of each other’s spiritual journey, and a stronger commitment to partner in God’s work of healing and reconciliation in the world.

This week we focused on “What is God Like?”

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Message: “The Sixth Word of Accomplishement” from Matthew Dyer

by | Apr 2, 2023

A message from the series “Heart Cries from the Cross.” The authors of the gospels collectively record seven statements made by Jesus on the cross. These brief utterances are significant: They are a record of what Jesus said during the intense, agonizing, and vulnerable hours of his death. On the cross, Jesus was literally and figuratively stripped bare. From the darkness of pain and sorrow, he cried out. But these are more than “dying words”—rather they contain hope, love, and life itself.

Jesus’ words from the cross open a unique window into the heart and mind of God. Down through the centuries, people have studied them for their timeless truths. Moreover, they have experienced God’s presence in their own lives as they have meditated upon them. This Lent, we will take a contemplative approach to the gospel accounts of Jesus’ heart cries from the cross. We will invite God to speak to us afresh through them, to meet us in our vulnerability, and to help us become more like Jesus as we listen to him.

This week we talked about accomplishment in the context of Jesus’ words: “It is Finished”