welcome to the ridge
Thank you for visiting us here on the web. Our deepest desire as a church is to live lives that display God's glory. We long for all people to join us in that great aim by loving Jesus and loving people. We believe that there is no greater mission in life than that. We also believe that in this great journey with God you will find your greatest joy and satisfaction. We hope you find all the information you need here. We invite you to join us (4561 North Josey Lane in Carrollton) this Sunday. Our service times are at 9:00 & 11:00 am.
This Week: Matthew's Gospel
This week we will continue taking a look at Jesus’ sermon in the hill country (Matthew 5-7). In this sermon, Jesus presented a whole new vision of life. He let every person know that there was another way, a better way than the complicated rules and regulations that were being taught in that day. He came to turn the view of the day upside down. He came to speak of a different way, for the way of the Kingdom of Heaven is different...
What looks like failure is success and what looks like poverty is riches...
What looks like weakness can do anything and what looks like foolishness is understanding...
When what is powerful has not come to fight...
What looks like torture is a time to rejoice, what sounds like thunder is a comforting voice...
When what is beautiful looks broken and crushed...
-“I See Things Upside Down” by Derek Webb
We continue this journey with Jesus sharing pronouncements of great blessing. They are called the beatitudes (Matthew 5.1-12). They are words of celebration, words of invitation and words of transformation.
