River’s Edge Church

As Jesus enters Jerusalem and people from diverse backgrounds flock to Him, He highlights a fate that no one is truly anticipating. 

As Jesus enters Jerusalem, crowds gather to welcome Him as the new King. But just days later those crowds become disillusioned and want Jesus dead. What fueled such a radical change? And what separates the disciples from the crowds? 

In 2019 our global family of churches was given a prophetic word about "a new era" that was ahead, unlike anything we'd seen before. As we emerge from a global pandemic we believe it is time to embrace the "new era" that is upon us, and in part that means embracing the concept of a participatory church body, in which teachers, pastors, evangelists, prophetic voices and apostolic leaders all function in tandem to see the church flourish in the world. 

As Jesus and His disciples enjoy a meal together, suddenly the moment is interrupted when Mary does the unthinkable...

After giving a final and climatic sign to the Jewish nation, it's time for the verdict. Will Israel and its leadership accept Jesus or reject Him? It's ultimately the high priest who drops the gavel, condemning Jesus for the same reason that millions of His followers have been condemned and persecuted all over the world, right up to this very day.  

After mourning with the family and praying, Jesus prays and then calls Lazarus out of the tomb. But this was more than just a miracle, it was a sign, pointing forward to His resurrection... and our own. 

As Lazarus falls ill and dies, we see Jesus in action, revealing the truth of who He is and the way that He relates to us in our suffering. 

We all want to belong somewhere, but our sense of belonging actually guides a lot of what we choose to believe and not believe. We'd like to believe that we "rational autonomous selves" guided by truth, but often our desire to belong guides our sense of "truth."

We all struggle in the day to day to conceptualize what God is like. But when God comes on the scene in the person of Jesus, He invites us to picture Him in the form of a Good Shepherd, someone who is close, loving, and intimate in the midst of a dark and difficult world. But even more than that, Jesus claims that in a world full of competing voices, His sheep will recognize His voice among them...

Secular culture sees prayer as noting but wishful thinking, but we believe it is the foundation for any meaningful change. Join us as we pray for global gospel advance, and specifically for Zanzibar and Nepal. This podcast includes an update from Bryan Olson who left Rivers Edge for Nepal at the start of 2022.