Bay Ridge Christian Church - Teaching

Tim and Maureen McAlhaney share about their upcoming work with SIM in Africa.

God desires for our prayers to be filled with brutal honesty, expressing our questions and doubts, but with a willingness to let God open our eyes to the truth so that our perspective might be changed.

God desires for our prayers to be filled with reality, including deep the deep anguish arising from living in this fallen world, and the hope that comes from knowing that in Christ we are never alone.

God desires for our prayers to be filled with bold requests for blessing, that others would come to know Him, from here to the farthest part of the earth. NOTE: THE FIRST PART OF THIS TEACHING WAS NOT RECORDED.

A look into the intimacy of prayer, by Perry Anderson. Also includes a recording of the taking of the Lord's Supper.

Jesus gives us astounding promises for prayer, to encourage us to pray to God, especially with one another.

God calls His people to growth in their relationships with one another, building a close knit community centered around Christ.

While we are mostly unaware, Jesus is always with us.

Gifts are given by God to enable every Christian to be an effective minister for God, helping to build His Church and Kingdom. (Ephesians 4:7-16)

The story of the prodigal son reveals God’s heart towards us, and it also reveals two rival conceptions of how we view and therefore experience God.

Each of us must know which gifts we have been given so that we can serve others, but we are also called to serve in areas where we are not gifted - especially helping those in need.

Spiritual gifts are concrete expressions of God’s grace, manifested by the empowerment of the Holy Spirit, in order to enable us to serve others in love.

The great expectation that our deep sense of alienation and exile from our true home would one day be removed is fulfilled in Jesus Christ.

The great expectation that God will be with His people is fulfilled in Jesus Christ, the God-Man.

The great expectation that the Prince of Peace will one day rule is being fulfilled in Jesus Christ.

The great expectation that a virgin would conceive and her Child would save us has been fulfilled in Jesus Christ.

Christians are called to serve God in their nation and culture, submitting to their leaders, and serving in the government and wider culture with unbelievers to promote the common good, always remembering that their true home is the new heavens and the new earth.

Christians are called to serve God in their families by loving and respecting their spouse, raising their children to love God and His kingdom, and honoring their parents, all with a view to being a blessing to the wider world.

When Christ calls us through the Gospel, He calls us into local churches where we can be protected, strengthened and equipped by those whom Christ has saved and called to be leaders in the church. NOTE: THE LAST 20 MINUTES IS AN ORDINATION CEREMONY.

Ed Lyons of Persecution Project Foundation shares with Bay Ridge Christian Church about the persecution of Christians in Sudan.