Messages by Ryan Lenerz (Page 11)
The Other Guy – The Gifts of the Holy Spirit
In the spirit of full disclosure, I have to begin by saying I was raised in a Pentecostal home, so this series on the Holy Spirit covers topics I am well versed in. For those who aren’t familiar with the word “Pentecostal” — it’s a sub-group of Christians who expect the supernatural works of the Holy Spirit to show up in their lives on a regular basis. So, I was given the opportunity to share about the gifts of the…
Transformed: Bondage to Freedom
Sermon Podcast Audio Your browser does not support the audio element. This article is going to tackle the topic of SIN. I know this isn’t exactly what most of you are interested in reading about, but don’t worry – I’m not here to condemn you for your sin or to give you a list of ways to try harder to fight it. My hope is that by the end you will have a good idea of what it means to…
Spirit Led Evangelism
We are returning to a series we did in November. If you can remember ALL THE WAY BACK to then, you might remember that we taught you about Evangelism. We admitted it was a word most of us fear, but over the course of 4 weeks, we laid down a foundation for the importance of evangelism. First, we looked at the famous scripture from Romans 10 that says, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved”…
Threads: We are Better Together
At Ashworth, we value connection. It is one of our core values we base all that we do on. Stated another way, we believe we are better together! Do you believe that? Have you ever tried to carry a long board through a self-closing door? I tried carrying an 8’ long board out of our church and had to go through two self-closing doors. Total pain in the butt. Until somebody came and held the door for me. We were…
Renew the Person
It’s a New Year I’m sure you may be tired of hearing it, but another year is in the books and now is the time of year we all do our annual New Year’s resolutions, which I’m sure more than a handful have already been broken – it is the 4th day of the year already! Granted, perhaps many of you have given up on New Year’s resolutions – I understand how enough years of broken and meaningless resolutions would…
Tis the Season for Hope
I’m so glad to finally be here today. And I don’t mean sitting in my office, though that’s good too. I mean the Christmas season! I know some of the stores have had decorations out for months and winter weather has been here for several weeks, but now that Thanksgiving is past, I can finally turn my Christmas lights on and listen to Christmas music without feeling guilty. I know many of you love this time of the year too! …
What Do You See?
What’s Holding us Back? For many of us, evangelism is one of our least favorite aspects of Christianity. It makes us feel uncomfortable and pushy. But telling the world about the hope we have in Jesus is such an important topic that we have to keep drilling into it – looking at our role and our responsibility in telling others this Good News. In our last message, Pastor Brent did a great job setting up this series by unpacking our…