Few things in church life draw out personal preferences as much as music. Styles, tempos, and song choices can feel deeply personal—and that’s okay. But as worship leaders, our calling is bigger than individual preference…

The Kingdom of God is not just a place, but the reign and rule of God breaking into our world through Jesus. In this post, Pastor Ritch gives 24 bullet points—things that the Bible teaches us about the Kingdom.

In 2 Thessalonians chapter 2, Paul explains that the church can know for certain that that haven’t missed the second coming because there will be two notable and observable events that will precede Christ’s return. And no matter what they hear again in the future—from a spirit, a [false] teacher, or even in a letter claiming to be from Paul—unless they see these two signs, they can know that Christ has not yet come…followed by the unmistakable return of Jesus.

Have you ever wondered what the Bible has to say about Angels & Demons? Pastor Ritch unpacks this biblical topic by searching through passage of the Old and New Testament in the sermon titled “Angels & Demons. This article contains a handful of bullet-points from that sermon.

At The Mission Church we affirm both the Old and New Testament teaching that—according to God’s design—sexual activity is only permissible within the bond of marriage between one man and one woman. The Bible repeatedly explains that any sexual practice that deviates from this design is the result of people dishonoring both God AND their own bodies.

This is a working list of "Pre-Pentecost Prophets" I have been compiling over the past few years. This includes any person (or group of people) who — before the day of Pentecost — is referred to as 1) a prophet, 2) a prophetess, 3) a false prophet/false prophetess, 4) an oracle, 5) a seer, 6) or are indicated to have been believed to be authoritatively speaking to people on God's behalf.

Perhaps one of the clearest one-liners in the Bible (concerning salvation) can be found in Paul’s letter to the Romans:

“For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law.” (Romans 3:28)

Sounds clear, right? I think it is. What, then, do we do with this verse in James 2?

Perhaps one of the clearest one-liners in the Bible (concerning salvation) can be found in Paul’s letter to the Romans:

“For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law.” (Romans 3:28)

Sounds clear, right? I think it is. What, then, do we do with this verse in James 2?

Perhaps one of the clearest one-liners in the Bible (concerning salvation) can be found in Paul’s letter to the Romans:

“For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law.” (Romans 3:28)

Sounds clear, right? I think it is. What, then, do we do with this verse in James 2?

Philippians 2:5-11 says that Jesus, “…emptied himself…humbled himself…becoming obedient.” During His earthly ministry Jesus retained His full divine nature…but did not exercise the attributes unique to that nature in his humanity (ex. Jesus’ physical earthly body was not omnipresent)…

One of the things that we know is unique about the Mission Church amongst other Utah churches, is our decision to address Mormonism at our Sunday gatherings. I have often had people ask me why we approach our local cultural “by name” in a setting that is supposed to be open to all. I have at least four reasons for why we do this. This past Sunday, I shared one of these reasons with the congregation during the sermon. Here’s that point, with a few more thoughts: