Ray Noah
Mark 10:1-16
How does God feel about my marriage? How does God feel about my misplaced priorities? How does God feel about…
Cultivate Self-Control
The Apostle Paul’s listing of the nine-fold fruit of the Spirit ends with self-control. That was neither random nor accidental…
Cultivate Goodness
Pastor Ray continues our series Cultivate, teaching about Goodness of God.
Cultivate Kindness
The fifth of the nine-fold Fruit of the Spirit is kindness. Interestingly, in the early centuries of the church, Christianity…
Cultivate Patience
Patience is the most difficult of the nine-fold fruit of the Spirit to cultivate. Nevertheless, since God saw fit to…
Cultivate Peace
The Fruit of the Spirit is, in essence, the character of Jesus cultivated in our character. In this message, we…
Cultivate Love
How do you know if you’re growing as Jesus’ disciple? Is it seen in how hard you try or how…
Practice Community
God created us for community. But how do we practice community as we endure the relational restrictions of Covid-19? In…
Practice Faith
Whoever said it was absolutely right: “A faith that hasn’t been tested is a faith that can’t be trusted.” And…
Practice Prayer—Ask Bigly, Expect Bigly
The Bible tells a very short story in just two verses hidden inside a mind-numbing genealogy about an obscure man,…
Practice Hope | Part 3
C.S. Lewis said, “We delight to praise what we enjoy because the praise not merely expresses but completes the enjoyment…
Hope: The Great Activator
Christians are called to practice hope, or as the Apostle Paul says, to “put on the hope of salvation as…
Practice Hope
Nothing is as important to our walk of faith than the practice of hope. “Put your hope in God,” the…
Altar of Remembrance
As Jesus was about to go into his final battle, knowing that his life would be sacrificed, he uttered these…
Knowing the God Who Wants to be Known
Do you desire to have the kind of relationship with God where he, himself, calls you his friend? Is that…
Palm Sunday | 2020
How do we direct others to a reachable God during this season of live? Joe Aldrich said it well: You…
Waiting Time Is Not Wasted Time
In seasons of uncertainty, Pastor Ray teaches about the importance of waiting on the Lord.
Pandemic Panic and God’s People
The Levitical laws regarding infectious disease reveal that God cares about both personal and public health. So rather than feeling…
Go | Living Beyond Myself
Pastor Ray teaches that if we are to "go," we are called to go beyond ourselves to carry out God's…
Grow | You Can Make A Difference
Pastor Ray continues through our Vision 2020 series, talking about how we can facilitate growth in our church community.
Vision 2020 | Community Groups – Part 2
Pastor Ray continues a two part teaching on the importance of community groups in the future of our church.
Vision 2020 | Community Groups – Part 1
Pastor Ray starts a two part teaching on the importance of community groups in the future of our church.
Vision 2020 | Launch
Pastor Ray lays out the vision for Portland Christian Center as he kicks off our new series, Vision 2020.
Mark 9:30-37
Pastor Ray talks about the trust that we have in eternal life given to us by Jesus.