Rob Croyle
Co-Host of Mission Ridge Church Podcast
Rob is the Senior Pastor at Mission Ridge Church. Rob is a detail oriented guy who the Lord has blessed with a love of spreadsheets. Rob enjoys lists of numbers, flowing charts, graphs, and telling a long... extended... meandering... story in literally every situation.
Rob Croyle has hosted 258 Episodes.
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Parables: House Divided
January 15th, 2023 | 43 mins 41 secs
2023, drash, gospels, jesus, mission ridge, mission ridge church, p'shat, parables, real life, remez, sermons, stories, teaching
Jesus said "if a house is divided against itself, it will not stand." This parable is connected to at least two Old Testament stories. We will explore those stories along with the parable as we continue our journey through the 10 parables found in the Gospel of Mark.
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Parables: New Clothes, New Wine
January 8th, 2023 | 43 mins 40 secs
2022, drash, gospels, jesus, mission ridge, mission ridge church, p'shat, parables, real life, remez, sermons, stories, teaching
John Mark, a disciple of Jesus, had a unique message for new Roman believers. What was that message, and how should the stories of Jesus he chronicled shape our lives today?
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Advent, Our Story: Birthing New Love
December 18th, 2022 | 30 mins 44 secs
2022, advent, celebration, christ, christmas, holidays, hope, joy, love, mission ridge, mission ridge church, peace, real life, sermons
Birthing something new comes with risks. New isn't always better. New doesn't always last. While that is true, we choose to embrace those risks because of His great love for us. Join us as we continue journeying through Advent season and consider how we see ourselves in the Advent story.
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Advent, Our Story: Accepting Peace
December 4th, 2022 | 32 mins 5 secs
2022, advent, celebration, christ, christmas, holidays, hope, joy, love, mission ridge, mission ridge church, peace, real life, sermons
How can you have a heart of peace while life seems such a battle? We continue journeying through Advent season and consider how we see ourselves in the Advent story.
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Advent, Our Story: Waiting with Hope
November 27th, 2022 | 40 mins 17 secs
2022, advent, celebration, christ, christmas, holidays, hope, joy, love, mission ridge, mission ridge church, peace, real life, sermons
Where are you waiting for God to show up in your world? We move into the Advent season and consider how we see our own story the Advent story.
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Inhale Exhale: Sabbath Preparation
November 6th, 2022 | 34 mins 41 secs
2022, breath, exhale, inhale, mission ridge, mission ridge church, real life, rest, sabbath, sermons
When the light goes from green to yellow, what is your immediate response? How about when it turns red? Do you ignore the light and rush on through the intersection as if nothing has changed? How about as you approach your Sabbath day; are you prepared to Sabbath?
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Inhale Exhale: Picture This
October 30th, 2022 | 37 mins 2 secs
2022, breath, exhale, inhale, mission ridge, mission ridge church, real life, rest, sabbath, sermons
Even in challenging times, how can joy become my baseline emotion? We've heard "the joy of the Lord is our strength," but what does that mean? Can joy really be part of our experience as we engage with God?
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Inhale Exhale: Slave to Saved
October 23rd, 2022 | 41 mins 1 sec
2022, breath, exhale, inhale, mission ridge, mission ridge church, real life, rest, sabbath, sermons
Some have said that Sabbath is an Old Testament rule that Christians don't have to keep. Is that true? And if we go with that idea...what if we are running away from the gospel?
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The Great Co-Mission: The Invite
October 9th, 2022 | 33 mins 47 secs
2021, disciple, disciple making, discipleship, jesus, mission ridge, mission ridge church, real life, relational discipleship, sermons
You are invited! Those words sound nice, right? Except it can feel scary to be the one saying those words. "What if they say no?" "What if this makes our relationship feel weird?" How can the act of inviting actually be inviting?
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The Great Co-Mission: Spiritual Conversations
October 2nd, 2022 | 43 mins 4 secs
2021, disciple, disciple making, discipleship, jesus, mission ridge, mission ridge church, real life, relational discipleship, sermons
Why can sharing our faith feel so awkward? Oftentimes we wonder how to get started, and what to say. How Jesus engaged with Nicodemus in conversation has some answers for us.
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The Great Co-Mission: Relationship Required
September 18th, 2022 | 40 mins 10 secs
2021, disciple, disciple making, discipleship, jesus, mission ridge, mission ridge church, real life, relational discipleship, sermons
One of the great paradoxes of life is how relationships brings about our greatest joys, but also our deepest pains. Jesus's call to be and make disciples cannot be carried out at arms length. Discipleship is designed with relationship required. For many people this is scary, but this is where we actually find healing.
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The Great Co-Mission: One Mission
September 11th, 2022 | 39 mins 7 secs
2021, disciple, disciple making, discipleship, jesus, mission ridge, mission ridge church, real life, relational discipleship, sermons
This week we start our Discipleship sermon series as we look at the mission Jesus gave us and consider how we can enjoy Him as we journey together.
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Family Feud: Walked Like an Egyptian
August 28th, 2022 | 42 mins 30 secs
2021, discipleship, family feud, generational sin, genesis, jacob, joseph, mission ridge, mission ridge church, real life, redemption, relationships, sermons
Jacob is reunited with his estranged son, the Israelites have the best of the land of Egypt, and Joseph is executing his famine plan to perfection. What could go wrong, right? Every solution has its own set of problems. Will Joseph recognize the problems he has created?
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Family Feud: Reconciliation
August 21st, 2022 | 41 mins 36 secs
2021, discipleship, family feud, generational sin, genesis, jacob, joseph, mission ridge, mission ridge church, real life, redemption, relationships, sermons
When we've been hurt by someone close to us, we know we are called to forgive. But, when the sin is egregious and the guilty party is unsafe, what does God expect? Are we told to trust blindly, when trust has been broken? Join us as we wrestle through these challenging question as we look at God's plan to bring families back together.
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Family Feud: Decloaked Again
July 31st, 2022 | 35 mins 53 secs
2021, discipleship, family feud, generational sin, genesis, jacob, joseph, mission ridge, mission ridge church, real life, redemption, relationships, sermons
Some problems seem to resurface over, and over, and over again. The question is, can we have a different outcome this time, or are we just stuck with the same results? Join us as we continue to learn lessons from the reoccurring mistakes and occasional victories found in the story of Jacob and his family.
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Family Feud: Judah and Tamar
July 24th, 2022 | 48 mins 1 sec
2021, discipleship, family feud, generational sin, genesis, jacob, joseph, mission ridge, mission ridge church, real life, redemption, relationships, sermons
Some family drama persists because the root of the problem is never addressed. Instead, rash decisions are made (creating new problems), and old disfunctional patterns emerge. How do we break the cycle?