A Case of the Mondays? In our denomination (and we suspect the ratio is the same elsewhere), only 1.3% of the people serve as pastors. The other 98.7% have a different vocation (or did in the past, if retired). But so often it is easy for Christians to fall into Read more…
What’s Behind the Text? The New Testament was not composed in a vacuum, nor is it a collection of wise aphorisms from a guru sitting atop a misty mountain. It was written by real men–inspired by the Holy Spirit–who lived in a real time and place facing real on-the-ground issues. Read more…
Two New Classes Having just finished a long series on Hebrews as well as a “marriage boot camp” in the prior months, we shift our attention in October and November to 2 different topics: one that deals with contemporary theological issues, and one that is focused in helping you read Read more…
One New Class…and a Season Two This Fall we will be offering two adult Sunday school classes that contribute to our balanced “diet” of Bible courses and practical aspects of living the Christian life. We’re excited to have teachers with a wide range of expertise to offer the following classes Read more…
Sunday School for the Summer This Summer we will be offering two adult Sunday school classes that help contribute to our balanced “diet” of Bible courses and theology/church history. We’re excited to have teachers with a wide range of expertise to offer the following classes for the months of June Read more…
Sunday School for the Second Quarter This Spring we will be offering two adult Sunday school classes that touch on core theological topics. Our philosophy of Adult Ed at River Oaks is to provide a balanced “diet” of classes that cover Bible, theology, and contemporary issues (like our recent class Read more…
Sunday School for the First Quarter To begin the new year, we will be offering two adult Sunday school classes that touch on topics of interest in the Christian life. Our philosophy of Adult Ed at River Oaks is to provide a balanced “diet” of classes that cover Bible (like Read more…
Parenting Toddlers & the Gospel of Luke! For October and November, we are offering two adult Sunday school classes. Both will take place during the Sunday school time (10:15-10:45am), so you can take your pick. Find out the details below! Toddler Talks with Dr. Kim Bougoulias Dr. Kim Bougoulias has Read more…
Two classes to choose from! For August and September, we are offering two adult Sunday school classes. Both will take place during the Sunday school time (10:15-10:45am), so you can take your pick. Find out the details below! Foundations of the Faith: Apostles’ Creed At ROC we recite the Apostles’ Read more…
Two classes to choose from! For June, July, and August, we are excited to offer (for the first time using our new building space) two adult Sunday school classes! Both will take place during the Sunday school time (10:15-10:45am), so you can take your pick. Find out the details below! Read more…
GPT, deepfakes, and more… Books and movies have long hypothesized about dystopian future scenarios where robots take over. But only in recent months has Artificial Intelligence actually become a real thing that is all around us, seemingly overnight. From ChatGPT to Dall-E to deepfakes … and from Microsoft to OpenAI Read more…
How well do you know the life of Jesus? While many Christians within the Reformed/Protestant world know a lot about the writings of Paul (like Romans), surprisingly the Gospels are often somewhat unfamiliar other than, say, popular parables or the Sermon on the Mount. But the Gospels are essential to Read more…
How Christmas Fulfills Ancient Hopes The hope for a deliverer begins way back in the history of ancient Israel and continued for centuries until the great moment when Jesus arrived. Sometimes we think that first-century Jews all had the same “job description” for a Messiah-figure, but that’s not really the Read more…
A different take on church history Every Christian matters to God, but he has also used specific men and women in particularly important ways to advance his church from the very beginning. We rightly look up to and learn from this great cloud of witnesses. But no mere human is Read more…
A Study of Gentle & Lowly Coming out of the Advent/Christmas season, our hearts are freshly aware of the humanity of Jesus: God enfleshed in a baby born in Bethlehem. But even then, so often it is easy to see Jesus Christ as distant from us. Does he really love Read more…
We are Family! With the rise of vaccinations, the lightening of mask mandates throughout the country, and the general sense that things are trending towards “normal” around here–it feels more and more like we’re getting the church family back together again. It feels like a family reunion. So let’s do Read more…
Being the Adults in the Room It goes without saying, perhaps, that 2020 and the start of 2021 have left many of us disoriented and discouraged, for a host of reasons. A big one that touches every area of life is the sharpening division in not only the culture but Read more…
New Sunday School Series Paul writes, “Whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction” (Rom 15:4). Contrary to some modern efforts to unhitch the church from the Old Testament, Paul says quite the opposite: the OT was for us. It’s hard to make it very far in Read more…
The Doctrine of Salvation Join our Pastoral Intern, Zach McIntosh, for a 8-part online study of the Ordo Salutis. Wait…what does that fancy term mean? It’s simply the Latin for “order of salvation,” and it captures how Scripture teaches the components of personal salvation. It runs from God’s sovereign election Read more…
Reading the Minor Prophets Afresh Micah is not a book of the Bible that many people spend a lot of time reading. In fact…you may be wondering, “Is that even in the Bible?” It is sandwiched between Jonah (which most everyone knows something about) and Nahum (even less famous than Read more…