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With All Your Heart
April 14, 2024 23:31 - 43.4 MBIn this sermon from Mark 12:38-31, we took a deeper look into what it means to be human, and the role of the heart in relationship with God. Even though our hearts are susceptible to sin, God has designed our hearts to give us passion, desire, and emotion. Jesus died not just to remove our sin but also to give us new hearts with renewed passions and desires. With our hearts transformed, we are able to bring all of these things to God in the way in which we were designed. Our hearts are an es...
Created
April 07, 2024 08:11 - 35.2 MBIn this sermon, we examined how we are made in the image of God while also existing as created, finite beings. To be in the image of God does not mean we look like Him physically, but that we were created to reflect who God is. We see this in Genesis 1 and 2 in three ways: We have stewardship over God’s other creation, we have rationality and choice, and we are designed to be in relationship. While we are image bearers of an all-powerful God, we are also created beings and, therefore, we are...
Many Shall Be Counted as Righteous
March 31, 2024 00:24 - 26.6 MBIn this Easter sermon, we looked at the prophetic words of Isaiah 53 and the significance of Jesus' resurrection. This passage foretells the suffering and resurrection of the coming Messiah and reminds us that Jesus' agony and death were the fulfillment of God’s will and essential for our redemption. Through His resurrection, Jesus conquered sin and death and made a way for us be rendered as righteousness before God by faith. Isaiah 53 ends by pointing out how Jesus shares the rewards of the...
He Set His Face on Jerusalem
March 24, 2024 19:25 - 31.7 MBIn this sermon, we looked at the Gospel of Luke's portrayal of Jesus' deliberate path to Jerusalem, culminating in the pivotal events of Holy Week. The narrative, starting in Luke 9:51, highlights Jesus' determination as He set His face toward Jerusalem and walked toward His impending death, burial, and resurrection. This journey ended in Luke 19:41 when Jesus stopped outside of town to overlook Jerusalem. As He looked down on the city, He was overcome with sorrow for its inhabitants because...
What it's like to be with God
March 17, 2024 18:45 - 41 minutes - 38.2 MBIn this sermon, we looked at what it's like to be with God. God values relationship, and in Matthew 11:25-30, we see the intimate connection between the Father and the Son. Jesus invites us to share in this relationship by showing us who the Father is. The call to enter this relationship is not through striving, good works, or perfection; we are simply invited to lay down our heavy burdens and rest. While the world would weigh us down, Jesus desires for us to take his yoke upon ourselves—a y...
The Kindess of God Revealed in the Son
March 10, 2024 05:33 - 30.9 MBIn this sermon, we looked at what it's like to be close to God by examining Jesus, who embodies "the radiance of the Glory of God and the exact imprint of His nature." In John 11, we see God's compassion for us and how His glory and power to save sinners is revealed through the brokenness of our world. After the death of Lazarus, Jesus' response to Martha's grief was kind and gentle, offering Himself as the solution to her pain. Jesus, Himself, confronted the brokenness of the world, sharing...
God is Just
March 03, 2024 05:33 - 39 MBIn this sermon, we looked at Romans 3:19-26 to explore the nature of God's justice. True justice requires upholding laws and consequences consistently and without favoritism. In Romans 3, Paul reminds us that every human has sinned under God's Law and is subject to God's judgment. Paul says that while God is just and always upholds His law, He is also kind and patient and has made a way for us to be made righteous without violating His own justice. Through the shedding of His blood, Jesus be...
God is Love
February 25, 2024 05:37 - 33 minutes - 31.1 MBIn this sermon from 1 John 4:7-10, we looked at how love is embedded in God's nature and how He is the source of all love that is experienced in the world. Love is not merely an attribute of God's personality or something He does in the world; love is part of the very essence of His being. Despite varying definitions of love in the world around us, the Bible describes love as a selfless and compassionate desire for the good of the one who is loved, initiated by the one who loves, with no exp...
God is Holy
February 18, 2024 05:33 - 40.4 MBIn this sermon, we looked at how Revelation 4 reveals the profound nature of God's character. The vivid imagery of God sitting on His throne magnifies the majesty and holiness of God. The four creatures hovering around God's throne repeatedly declaring God’s holiness further reveals that God is sacred, pure, worthy of awe, and unlike anything else in existence. This holiness is not just about moral purity; it signifies God’s unique position as the sole supreme being, deserving reverence and ...
The Triune God
February 11, 2024 05:33 - 34 MBIn this sermon, we continued our journey to answer the question, "Who is God?" We began by looking at how God reveals Himself in the Bible as one God in three persons: Father, Son, and Spirit. In the Gospel of John, we saw that the Father, Son, and Spirit have eternally existed in a loving and honoring relationship within themselves. God did not create us because He was lonely or needed relationship; He already had relationship before He created us. He created us as image bearers to reflect ...
The Great I Am
February 04, 2024 05:33 - 36.6 MBWith this sermon, we started a new series on the Greatest Commandments. In this series, we’ll spend time looking at the commands to love God and love your neighbor as you love yourself. This week, we began with the question, “Who is God?” If we are going to love God, we must first know who He is. We looked in Exodus 3:13-15 at the significance of God’s name: “I AM WHO I AM.” This name goes beyond human comprehension and speaks to God’s eternal, self-existent nature, unbound by time. Unlike u...
Created for Mission - Part 2
January 28, 2024 05:34 - 43.7 MBIn this sermon, we looked in Matthew 16:13-19 at the pivotal moment when Jesus asked His disciples, "Who do you say that I am?" This question was more than a theological pop quiz; Jesus was drilling into the core of the disciples’ personal faith. As Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God,” we were reminded of how the entire narrative of Scripture points toward that answer. The Old Testament’s anticipation, prophesies, and law all serve as a prelude to the coming of th...
Created for Mission - Part 1
January 21, 2024 05:35 - 39.8 MBIn this sermon from 1 Peter 3:15, we looked at how we were created to live our lives on mission to make disciples for Jesus, beginning in our own neighborhoods and reaching toward the ends of the earth. We were also reminded that our mission starts with living our lives with sincere love for God and others, serving as a beacon to draw others toward Him. The Bible tells us that living our lives in this way draws people toward us as they see a hope in us that they desperately desire for themse...
Created for Community
January 14, 2024 05:34 - 36.8 MBIn this sermon, we looked at God’s plan for His Church to grow together in biblical community. We began in Genesis 2 with a reminder that we were created with a need to be in relationship, with God and others, in which we can be fully known and fully loved. In Ephesians 4:11-16, Paul lays out God's plan for His Church and the essential roles of Church leaders in equipping Church members to minister to one another in order to build up the body of Christ. Growing together is the sanctification...
Created for Worship
January 07, 2024 05:34 - 34.4 MBWe begin 2024 with our Created sermon series, reminding us why the Church exists and how that connects to what we do at Solid Rock. In this sermon, we looked at how Psalm 95:1-6 calls God's people to worship. The Psalmist reminds us that we are created by God to worship Him for who He is and what He has done. Worship is a reverent acknowledgement of God's creative power, majesty, and authority over all creation. Psalm 95 begins by inviting us to express our joy and gratitude toward God throu...
A Fresh Start
December 31, 2023 05:35 - 34.4 MBIn this sermon, we looked in Acts 9 to see the grace of God at work in providing Saul with a fresh start. Saul was one of the early Church's biggest opponents: he watched approvingly as Stephen was stoned for his faith, and he obtained special permission to arrest anyone who followed Jesus. On his way to arrest believers in Damascus, he encountered Jesus, who asked, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?" Saul was blinded by the encounter so his travel companions led him into the city, whe...
Prince of Peace
December 24, 2023 05:34 - 25.9 MBAfter walking through Isaiah 9:6 over the last month, we ended our Advent series by looking at the final title given to the baby who was to be born in a manger: Prince of Peace. Our need for God's peace began in the Garden of Eden. After being banished, Adam and Eve no longer had peace on earth; they were left with a longing for the peace and blessing of Eden, where they once walked with God and one another without strife and division. Ephesians 2 reminds us that Jesus came into the world to...
Everlasting Father
December 17, 2023 05:34 - 29 MBIn this sermon from Isaiah 9:6, we focused on how "Everlasting Father," one of the prophetic titles ascribed to Jesus, foretells His birth and the profound impact it would have on humanity's relationship with God. This title emphasizes Jesus' role in revealing the fatherly nature of God and His eternal authority and care for us. The arrival of Jesus in the world signifies the birth of a Savior who would open the door for us to have a direct, enduring relationship with God as our Father. Thro...
Mighty God
December 10, 2023 05:36 - 28 minutes - 25.8 MBIn the second sermon of our Advent series, we looked at how Jesus fulfilled the Isaiah 9:6 prophesy to come to earth as a Mighty God. The nation of Israel would have understood this prophetic title of the coming Messiah as a "God who is mighty in battle." In 1 Corinthians 15:24-26, the apostle Paul explains that, through His resurrection, Jesus overcomes all dominions, authorities, and powers, effectively defeating sin and death. This triumphant victory over the grave reveals His divine powe...
Wonderful Counselor
December 03, 2023 05:34 - 31.1 MBWith this sermon, we launched our Advent series by looking at Isaiah 9:6 to see what God promised to the world through the birth of His Son. This week, we focused on God's promise that His Son would come to us as a Wonderful Counselor. John 14:15-26 tells us that Jesus promised to send His Holy Spirit to those who follow Him. The Holy Spirit, described as the "Advocate," or "Helper," is given to believers as a source of divine help, counsel, guidance, and comfort. Jesus said that the Holy Sp...
Evangelism in Your Story
November 26, 2023 05:36 - 43 MBIn this sermon, we looked at the Apostle Paul's account of how he was set apart and called into the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Paul testifies that he was saved by God's grace as the Gospel was revealed to him through Jesus Christ. Paul also shares how he had previously persecuted the Church and how God used his story to display the truth of the Gospel. If we are in Christ, we are called into the ministry of reconciliation. Like Paul, we have a story that God is using to display the truth of the...
Jesus’ Example in Evangelism
November 19, 2023 05:35 - 36.3 MBIn this sermon, we looked at John chapter 4 to see how Jesus shared the hope of His coming with a Samaritan woman. Jesus is at the center of the Gospel message, and He is also the best example of what it means to share the Good News with others. While it would have been taboo in first century society for Jesus to converse with this Samaritan woman, He ignored man-made regulations to boldly engage her. Jesus shared truth with the woman while also being sensitive to her story and struggle, as ...
The Calling of the Evangelist
November 12, 2023 05:37 - 36.3 MBIn this sermon, we looked at Romans 10:13-17, where Paul reminds us that salvation is available to everyone who calls on Jesus. He then uses a series of rhetorical questions to highlight God's call for every Christian be an evangelist by sharing the good news of the Gospel. Paul says that no one can call on the Lord if they don't believe, and they can't believe if they haven't heard about Jesus. Evangelism is God's plan for us to share the Gospel with those who don't know Jesus. God has chos...
The Cure to Self-Righteousness
November 05, 2023 05:38 - 35 MBIn this sermon, we closed our What is the Gospel? series by addressing the final question: "What is my role in my spiritual growth?" As human beings, it's our natural inclination to step away from the good news of the Gospel and toward lesser hopes. As we studied Scripture, we found that even the Apostle Paul had a list of things in which he could be tempted to find a sense of worth outside the Gospel. However, we also looked at the liberating truth that, through the sacrifice of Jesus, we h...
Faith and Repentance
October 29, 2023 05:38 - 36.4 MBIn this sermon, we looked at Acts 2:36-41 in which Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, declares to the people of Jerusalem that Jesus is the Lord and Messiah. Peter urges the people to believe the truth of Jesus' divinity and to see His redemptive work on the cross as a fulfillment of the Old Testament prophesies. When the people listening are "cut to the heart," they ask Peter what they are to do with the internal conviction they are feeling. He responds with a call to repentance and baptis...
Jesus, the Savior
October 22, 2023 05:35 - 48 MBIn this sermon, we looked at God’s great love for us and how it was always God's plan to offer His Son, Jesus, who has always existed as part of the Trinity with the Father and the Holy Spirit. Out of love, Jesus willingly came to rescue us from condemnation and the consequences of sin. The Bible says that He did this by dying on the cross then rising again on the third day, conquering sin and death. As a result of His sacrifice, we are freely given forgiveness of our sins, eternal life, and...
Man, the Sinner
October 15, 2023 05:34 - 42.5 MBIn this sermon, we looked at Romans 3:9-24, in which the Apostle Paul addresses the universal nature of sin. Paul begins by affirming that both Jews and Gentiles are under the power and judgment of sin. Referring to several Old Testament passages, Paul makes the point that no one is righteous or seeks God on his or her own, and that the sinfulness of humanity is made visible through the words that come out of our mouths and our violence toward one another. Paul concludes that every human has...
God, the Righteous Creator
October 08, 2023 05:35 - 46.3 MBIn this sermon, we looked at Isaiah 6:1-7 where the prophet Isaiah shares his transformative vision of the holiness and majesty of God, revealing the immense chasm between God’s holiness and our sinfulness. In this vision, God was seated on a throne as seraphim worshipped Him, declaring, "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; The whole earth is full of His glory!" When confronted with God’s holiness, Isaiah was brought to a place of humility where he confessed his sin and the sin of his peo...
Finding the Gospel in the Bible
October 01, 2023 05:36 - 56.3 MBIn this sermon, we looked at how Ephesians 2:1-10 unveils God's transformative kindness toward us in the Gospel. The good news of the Gospel is that, while all people are spiritually dead in their trespasses and sins, we are graciously offered a new and eternal life through Christ. The Gospel reminds us that God is our Holy Creator and we are accountable to Him for breaking His Laws. The Gospel also reminds us that Jesus did all that was required by the Law to pay for our disobedience and re...
The Great and Awesome Day of the Lord
September 24, 2023 05:38 - 47.1 MBIn this sermon, we looked at the kindness of God seen in Malachi 3:1-5 and 4:1-6, as He speaks through the prophet Malachi to give His people a vision of a future transformation when He will change their hearts. Malachi 3:15 points to the first Advent of Jesus, when His arrival will follow a divine messenger who will prepare the way for Him. The next time He speaks to His people, He won’t be sending a prophet to speak; He will be coming Himself to speak. Also, when He arrives, He will usher ...
Bring the Full Tithe
September 17, 2023 05:38 - 46.3 MBIn this sermon, we looked at Malachi 3:6-12 and saw how God confronted Israel's unfaithfulness in tithing. God begins by reminding Israel of His unchanging character and nature then confronts them about robbing Him through their neglect of tithes and offerings. God challenges them to bring the full tithe into the storehouse so there may be provisions for ministry. The principle of the tithe is that God provides more than enough for His people to live off 90% and give the additional 10% to pr...
Where is the God of Justice?
September 10, 2023 05:38 - 45 MBIn this sermon, we looked at Malachi 2:17, where Malachi addresses the Israelites' questioning of God’s justice. Israel was in a time of rebellion against God and was experiencing the consequences of God withholding His blessing. In response, they questioned why God seemed to favor the evildoers. Instead of asking God to reveal to them their sin and humbling themselves in repentance, they saw everyone else as the problem. We looked at the answer to their question in Romans 3:21-26, where Pau...
Guard Your Faithfulness
September 03, 2023 05:35 - 44.7 MBIn this sermon, we looked at Malachi 2:10-16 and how God spoke through Malachi to address the Israelites' negligence in maintaining their covenant with God and their covenants with one another. He rebukes the Israelite men because they were divorcing their Israelite wives and marrying wives who worshipped other gods. This violated their marriage covenants with one another and the greater covenant that God had made with them. This section of scripture ends by calling the people of Israel to g...
Where is My Honor?
August 27, 2023 06:57 - 37.6 MBIn this sermon, we looked at Malachi 1:6-14, in which God rebukes the people of Israel for their insincere worship. As God addresses Israel, He confronts the priests for offering defiled sacrifices and treating His name with contempt. God declares that He deserves better than their half-hearted offerings and threatens to close the temple doors to such offerings. This passage highlights the significance of sincere devotion and proper reverence in approaching God in worship. In verse 9, God in...
I Have Loved You
August 20, 2023 05:36 - 39.4 MBIn this sermon, we looked at how Malachi 1:1-5 reveals the amazing love of God, expressed through His sovereign choice of Jacob over Esau. Despite Israel's disobedience and shift to pagan worship, God's deep affection for His chosen people remained unwavering. Through His deliberate choice to love Israel before they even existed, God establishes a covenantal bond that transcends human shortcomings, displaying His unconditional love and commitment. This passage calls for God's people to retur...
The Suffering of Jesus, Part 2 - Healing the Heart
August 13, 2023 05:35 - 43.6 MBIn this sermon, we looked in Isaiah 61:1-4 at God's promise to send a Messiah who would bring good news to the oppressed, brokenhearted, and captive. In this passage, God promises to send a Messiah to comfort those in sorrow, liberate those who are imprisoned, and provide hope and healing to those who are suffering. Here we see a beautiful and kind invitation from God to bring our pain and sorrow to the Messiah. We learned that in and through our mourning, the Messiah will heal our heart wou...
The Suffering of Jesus
August 06, 2023 05:35 - 39.6 MBIn this sermon, we looked at the suffering of Jesus through the lens of Isaiah 53. Our Suffering Saints series began by looking at Adam and the fall, when sin and death came into the world. Sin and death had to be dealt with, overcome, and undone. Through His suffering, death, and resurrection, Jesus defeated sin and death once and for all. Jesus, the Lamb of God, the perfect sacrifice, the sinless substitute, was crushed for our sin. Through His sacrificial death, those who come to Him in f...
The Suffering of Paul
July 30, 2023 05:36 - 46.2 MBIn this sermon, we looked at 2 Corinthians 1:3-9 in which the apostle Paul praises God as the ultimate source of comfort and compassion in times of affliction. Paul reminds us that God doesn't promise to fix our afflictions this side of heaven, but He has promised the abundant comfort of His presence. God's presence and grace are sufficient to give us what we need when we face affliction. Paul also tells us that the ultimate purpose of suffering is to move our dependence away from ourselves ...
The Suffering of Stephen
July 23, 2023 05:35 - 40.1 MBIn this sermon, we looked at Acts 6:1-8:4 and saw how Stephen was persecuted for his faith in Jesus and how God used his suffering to bless others. Stephen was one of the chosen men appointed to oversee the distribution of food among the widows in Acts 6. Despite faithfully serving the community, some of the religious leaders falsely accused him and arrested him. In the face of these charges, Stephen fearlessly defended his faith and delivered a powerful sermon recounting the history of God’...
The Suffering of Job
July 16, 2023 05:35 - 39.5 MBIn this sermon, we looked in Job 2:1-13 at the suffering of Job and the comfort we can have from knowing that God is always in control, even when we don't understand the reason for our suffering. Because God is sovereign, we can know that our suffering is never meaningless and is always "preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison." We also looked at how we can walk with others who are suffering. When Job was facing affliction, Job's wife was harsh and urged him to fors...
The Suffering of Joseph
July 09, 2023 05:37 - 36.8 MBIn this sermon, we looked at the suffering Joseph endured at the hands of those around him. Joseph's own brothers sought to harm him, other people lied about him, and there were still others who forgot about him over the course of his difficult trials. Through all of this, God was with Joseph. In each instance, God preserved Joseph's life, blessed his endeavors, and gave him favor with those around him. When Joseph was reunited with his brothers, he did not seek revenge against them; he disp...
The Suffering of Daniel
July 02, 2023 05:38 - 37.5 MBIn this sermon, we looked at the how the prophet Daniel suffered under ungodly leadership. From the time he was born through his time in exile, the kings who ruled over him were most often in opposition to God's will. However, when confronted with the expectation to disobey God, Daniel stood firm in his convictions. In Daniel 1:8-16, God mercifully granted him favor among the leaders despite Daniel's resistance to the king's orders. When Daniel was specifically targeted by people seeking to ...
Adam and the Beginning of All Suffering
June 25, 2023 05:38 - 43.6 MBIn our opening sermon of the Suffering Saints series, we looked at the suffering of Adam and how all suffering began with him. Genesis 2:15-17 describes how God placed Adam in the Garden of Eden and entrusted him with the responsibility of caring for it. God allowed Adam to eat freely from all the trees, except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil which would lead to death, but Adam and Eve were tempted by the serpent and disobeyed God’s command by eating the forbidden fruit. Because o...
The Love of the Father (2023)
June 18, 2023 05:35 - 36.7 MBIn our Father’s Day sermon, we looked at how Jesus taught about the Father's love for us through a parable in Luke 15:11-24. In this parable, Jesus introduces us to a kind father who provided well for his family and was generous with his children. One of his sons asks for, and receives, his inheritance early then leaves his father's home. After living recklessly and losing everything the father had given him, the son comes to the end of himself, which is where he actually finds himself. Luke...
The Scriptures
June 11, 2023 05:35 - 52.5 MBIn this final sermon of our 2 Peter series, we looked at the Apostle Peter's view of the sacred Scriptures. In 2 Peter 1:16-21, Peter passionately affirms the credibility and reliability of his message as an eyewitness of Jesus Christ's majesty. He declares that he didn't follow cleverly devised myths but was an eyewitness of Christ's transfiguration, during which he saw the glory of God firsthand. Peter emphasizes the authenticity of the prophetic Word, reminding us that it serves as a ligh...
The New Heavens and the New Earth (2023)
June 04, 2023 05:37 - 44 minutes - 40.7 MBIn this sermon, we looked at Peter's encouragement to the exiled Christians in Asia Minor to ignore the skeptic false teachers who deliberately overlook the promises of God. Peter tells these suffering Christians to remember that God is not bound by time and, in His patience, God is allowing more people to come to repentance. While God's patience is prolonging the suffering of some, the big promise of the Bible is that Jesus will return to put an end to all His enemies and usher in the New H...
Warning Against False Teachers
May 28, 2023 05:35 - 44.7 MBIn this sermon, we looked into 2 Peter chapter 2 at Peter's warning against false teachers who will infiltrate the church and lead people astray by promising freedom while actually leading them into captivity. Peter says that these false teachers will preach destructive heresies and, ultimately, deny Jesus as Lord. He also warns that these false teachers will take advantage of "unsteady souls," luring them into temporary relief through sensuality that winds up enslaving them. They will teach...
Supplement Your Faith
May 21, 2023 05:38 - 43.8 MBIn this sermon, we looked at Peter's call for Christians to continue pursuing godliness and spiritual growth even in the midst of persecution and suffering. Drawing from the spiritual reality that Christians are partakers in God's divine glory, Peter calls Christians to add to what we already have in Christ by pursuing and practicing Christ-like qualities. He reminds us that God is restoring us back to the "Imago Dei" (Image of God) of Eden. While this transformation doesn't happen instantly...
A Mother's Song
May 14, 2023 05:38 - 34.9 MBIn this sermon from Luke 1, we looked at the fulfillment of prophecy through the promise of the coming Messiah. Luke writes of the unmerited favor given to Mary, the mother of Jesus, and shares her song, in which she praises God for all He has done for her and all those who fear Him. Through Mary’s beautiful song, we are reminded that the promises of God are true and that His unmerited favor is available to all who humble themselves before God and come to Him in faith.
Partakers of the Divine Glory
May 07, 2023 05:35 - 35.6 MBIn this first sermon of our 2 Peter series, we looked at Peter's call for persecuted Christians to find their strength in knowing God more deeply. Peter begins by reminding these Christians that God’s grace and peace are multiplied to them through knowing Him. This knowledge is more than knowing a lot about God; the Greek word Peter uses implies a full knowledge of God that can only come from a personal relationship with Jesus. Peter goes on to remind them that God gifts His divine power for...