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The Sacrificial Love of the Church
June 21, 2020 21:55 - 44 minutes - 40.6 MBIn this sermon, we looked at Jesus' command to His followers to reflect the light of His love toward one another. In John 13, Jesus reveals the depth of His love for His church by humbling Himself to wash His disciples’ feet then commands them to do the same for one another as an expression of their love. In this act of sacrificial love, we see a glimpse of the humility our Savior displayed when He died a criminal’s death on the cross and washed away our sins. It is by our sacrificial love t...
The Church is the Light of the World
June 14, 2020 05:39 - 37 minutes - 33.9 MBWith this sermon, we began our new series, “The Light in the Darkness.” In this series, we’ll explore what Jesus meant in Matthew 5:14-16 when He declared that His followers at the light of the world. In this sermon, we looked at Psalm 96 and were reminded that the light of the Church is seen when we gather in worship, bringing glory to God by singing the Gospel and declaring His glory to one another. When we exalt the splendor, majesty, strength, and beauty of Christ together, we remind one...
I Am The Bread Of Life
June 07, 2020 14:15 - 36 minutes - 33 MBIn this sermon, we looked at Jesus' claim that He is the bread of life that comes from heaven. In John 6:41-59, we see the crowd, that had been enthusiastically following Him over the last few days, struggling to understand what Jesus was saying...
Satisfied in Jesus (2020)
May 31, 2020 05:39 - 37 minutes - 33.9 MBIn this sermon from John 6:35-37, we looked at what it means to find our ultimate satisfaction in Jesus. Earlier in John 6, Jesus fed the multitude and they all ate, at no cost to them, until they were satisfied. In the same way, when we believe in Jesus as the Son of God, He completely satisfies our souls, and our only payment is to simply believe in Him. Though this passage, we’re reminded that the source of our greatest satisfaction in life comes at the lowest cost to us. When we truly be...
Jesus is Enough
May 24, 2020 05:39 - 38 minutes - 34.8 MBIn this sermon, we looked at how Jesus challenged the crowd that followed Him to evaluate their motives for seeking Him. In John 6:22-34, we see that the crowd Jesus had miraculously fed has now followed Him Capernaum. They were hungry for another meal and wanted to see what miracles Jesus would perform next. As He addresses the crowd, Jesus questions why they are following Him and exposes their pure heart motives. As our church body begins to gather in person again today, this is a good rem...
Facing Difficulties as a Disciple
May 17, 2020 05:39 - 63 MBIn this sermon, we looked at how Jesus intentionally led His disciples into difficult situations in order to reveal Himself more deeply to them. In John 6:16-21, Jesus tells His disciples to get into a boat at night and travel to Bethsaida and, eventually, Capernaum. This led to a long and difficult time of rowing against the wind in rough seas and the dark of night. Walking on water in the midst of the raging sea, Jesus went out to the disciples and said to them, “It is I; do not be afraid...
The Legacy of a Sincere Faith
May 10, 2020 05:39 - 50.3 MBIn this sermon, we looked in 2 Timothy 1:3-14 at a message for moms that applies to us all. In one of the final letters before his death, Paul writes to a young pastor to encourage him to remember his spiritual heritage. Paul reminds Timothy that his sincere faith, which produces power, love, and self-control, first dwelt in his mother and his grandmother. Paul encourages Timothy to fan this spiritual gift of faith into flame by following the pattern that has been set for him and by guarding...
The Gracious Savior
May 03, 2020 05:39 - 48.6 MBIn this sermon, we looked at John 6:1-15, in which Jesus miraculously fed a group of 15,000 to 20,000 people on the shore of the Sea of Galilee. This large crowd was following Jesus from town to town in order to witness His miracles of healing. From a small amount of bread and fish, Jesus created a meal for the entire crowd and everyone ate until they were satisfied. The people were so enthralled with Jesus’ miracle-working power that they wanted force Him to be their king. Knowing that He w...
The Word of God
April 26, 2020 05:39 - 54.6 MBIn this sermon, we looked at the role of the Bible in revealing Jesus to His followers. In John 5:30-47, Jesus names three sources that bore witness to His identity as the Son of God. The first witness was John the Baptist and the second witness was the miraculous signs that Jesus performed in His public ministry. However, these two witnesses were insufficient to open the eyes of the people to see Jesus as the Son of God. Jesus tells us that a better witness is His Father’s witness, revealed...
The Authority of Jesus
April 19, 2020 05:39 - 43.6 MBIn this sermon, we continued The Gospel of John series by looking at John 5:18-29. Here we find Jesus’ response to the Jews who were seeking to kill Him because He claimed to be equal to God. Instead of attempting to pacify those who were growing in hostility toward Him, Jesus further explained His identity. Jesus challenged the Jews, and the crowds who followed Him, to see Him in His full authority as the Son of God. Too many of us come to Jesus as our Savior but reject Him as our Lord. If ...
The Resurrection
April 12, 2020 05:39 - 21 minutes - 19.7 MBIn this sermon, we looked at the powerful hope found in the resurrection of Jesus. Before the resurrection, Jesus’ followers were in the middle of the greatest tragedy in human history: The Son of God was brutally put to death for our sins. His followers had placed all of their hope in one man and this man, their Messiah, had been killed. In Luke 24, Mary Magdalene and Mary, Jesus’ mother, visited the tomb to drop off spices they had prepared for the body of Jesus. To their surprise, they fo...
Jesus, Our King
April 05, 2020 05:41 - 21 minutes - 19.9 MBIn this sermon, we looked in Matthew 21:1-11 at Jesus' return to Jerusalem, where he rode into town like a new King victoriously returning from battle. Despite this triumphant return, Jesus is greeted with mixed responses, from the adoration of His faithful followers to the hatred of the Jews seeking to kill Him. As Jesus made His way into Jerusalem, some people gathered along the streets to shout that He was their King, the Messiah, the Savior of Israel. Despite these proclamations, the par...
The Grace of Jesus
March 29, 2020 05:39 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MBIn this sermon, we looked at the fullness of Jesus’ grace displayed in an unusual occurrence of healing, leading to a confrontation with the Jewish religious leaders over His identity as the Son of God. In John 5:1-18, Jesus went to the Pool of Bethesda, where there was a crowd of people in need of healing. After Jesus sought out and healed an invalid man, the Jews’ persecution of Jesus turned from disgruntled opposition into a plot to kill Him. Not only did Jesus heal a man who didn’t have ...
Believe in Jesus
March 22, 2020 05:39 - 21 minutes - 19.3 MBIn this sermon, we continued The Gospel of John series by looking at what happened when Jesus returned to His hometown after revealing Himself as the Christ in Samaria. In John 4:43-54, Jesus encounters a servant of the king whose son is sick and dying. John tells us that Jesus is without honor among those who know Him the best. Even though the people of His hometown had seen and believed in His miracles, they stopped short of believing that He was the Savior of the world. While they were ex...
Invited into the Harvest
March 15, 2020 05:41 - 15 minutes - 14.2 MBIn this sermon, we continued The Gospel of John series in John 4:27-42. We looked at how having an encounter with Christ can allow us to put down the things that hinder us from being faithful to share the Gospel with others. The woman at the well had such a transformative heart-changing meeting with Christ that she left the reason she was at the well to go back to those who made her feel like a shame-filled outcast and invite them to ‘come and see’ Christ for themselves. Jesus tells His disc...
The Woman at the Well
March 08, 2020 05:41 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MBIn this sermon, we followed the Gospel of John's narrative of the woman at the well. Although this woman attempted to protect herself from the cultural and personal shame she carried by visiting the well in the middle of the day, when most people would not be there, she was met by Jesus. We saw Jesus seeking a personal relationship with her by intentionally having a conversation in which He revealed Himself as the Messiah. Jesus addressed the idols of her heart and met her in the midst of he...
For God So Loved the World
March 01, 2020 05:39 - 31 minutes - 28.5 MBIn this sermon, we continued The Gospel of John series in John 3:16-36, where we looked at God’s character as a loving judge who saves sinners from condemnation. Out of His love for us, God sent Jesus into the world, not to bring condemnation, but to rescue us from the condemnation that was already here. God’s love for us doesn’t mean that His moral standard for righteousness changes; Instead of changing the moral standard for righteousness, God did something better: He made a way for us to ...
Born Again
February 23, 2020 05:41 - 42 minutes - 38.9 MBIn this sermon, we looked at the encounter between Jesus and Nicodemus in John 3:1-15. Jesus told Nicodemus, an expert in the Jewish scriptures, that he must be born again in order to enter the Kingdom of God. Despite his vast knowledge of the Bible, Nicodemus was unable to make sense of what Jesus was saying about being born again. To help Nicodemus understand, Jesus compared Himself to the serpent that was lifted up in the desert in Numbers 21. By making this comparison, Jesus revealed Him...
The Temple
February 16, 2020 05:41 - 26 minutes - 24.3 MBIn this sermon, we looked in John 2:12-22 at the first of two times when Jesus confronted corruption of the temple. In this confrontation, the disciples of Jesus were further convinced of His identity as the Messiah when they saw His zeal for the purity of the temple (Psalms 69:9). Jesus unveiled His death and resurrection to the people as He prophetically pointed to the future, when He would raise up a better temple that allowed God’s people real access into His presence. In His death, Jesu...
The Glory Revealed
February 09, 2020 05:39 - 37 minutes - 34.3 MBIn this sermon, we looked at the first miracle performed by Jesus: turning water into wine at a local wedding. In John 2:1-11, we see key elements that reveal the glory of Jesus. Through the miracle of turning water into wine, we see that Jesus’ Kingdom is a Kingdom of faith and that His primary purpose on earth was to carry out the will of His Heavenly Father. We also see Jesus’ authority over our spiritual cleansing, as He pours out immeasurable grace in our lives. Through this simple stor...
Seeing the Glory of Jesus
February 02, 2020 05:41 - 34 minutes - 31.5 MBIn this sermon, we looked at what happens when someone beholds the glory of Jesus. Far too often, we look at things from a worldly perspective so we don’t see them as we should. This can mean that we also don’t see Jesus as He truly is. In John 1:35-51, two disciples of John the Baptist beheld the glory of Jesus. This changed everything about them, including their identities and their lives’ missions. Upon seeing Jesus as the Lamb of God, the two disciples immediately shifted their loyalty f...
The Witness
January 26, 2020 05:39 - 40 minutes - 36.6 MBIn this sermon, we looked at the role of John the Baptist in the life and ministry of Jesus. John the Baptist was a rugged man who lived in the wilderness and spoke boldly to all who would listen. His message to Israel was controversial, as he proclaimed that just being born a Jew wouldn’t get you into heaven. He called the nation of Israel to prepare for the coming of the Messiah by repenting and being baptized for the forgiveness of sins. Though he proclaimed the coming of the Messiah, Joh...
The Incarnation
January 19, 2020 05:39 - 37 minutes - 33.9 MBIn this sermon, we continued The Gospel of John series by looking at John 1:14-18. After building the case for Jesus being God, through whom all things were created, John makes the astounding announcement that God came to earth to dwell with man. Through John’s firsthand account of the life and ministry of Jesus, we see deity taking on flesh and dwelling among humanity. As the Son of God, He was both fully God and fully man. He was able to obey the Law perfectly in His flesh, thus fulfilling...
The True Light (2020)
January 12, 2020 05:39 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBIn this sermon, we continued The Gospel of John series by looking at the true light, referred to in John 1:9-13. Last week, we looked at how the Creator became our Redeemer through Jesus coming to earth to be the light that shines in our darkness. In this week’s passage, John proclaims that the true light (Jesus) came into the world and was rejected by His chosen people because they didn’t recognize Him. However, we know that Jesus made Himself available for all to know Him and receive new l...
The Word
January 05, 2020 05:39 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MBIn this sermon, we began The Gospel of John series by identifying the main character, referred to as the Word. John proclaims to his readers that the Word was with God in the beginning, the Word was God, everything has been created through the Word and, more importantly, that the Word is the light of men that has come to earth to have victory over the darkness. Through John’s Gospel, we see that Jesus is the Word who came to earth to bring light into our darkness. After laying His life down ...
Investing In the Next Generation
December 29, 2019 05:39 - 27 minutes - 24.7 MBIn this sermon, we looked at both Old Testament and New Testament writings to see the importance of spiritually investing in others. In differing ways, these passages point out that living, breathing examples of faith, and teaching through word and action, can help grow the faith of others. This spiritual investment, often from the older generation to the younger generation, equips disciples to continue the work of disciple-making. God uses this intentional spiritual investment to eternally ...
God With Us
December 22, 2019 05:39 - 30 minutes - 28 MBIn the final sermon of our Advent series, we looked at how the birth of Jesus ushers in a new covenant in which God promises to dwell with His people: “God with us.” This is first seen in the incarnation of Jesus, fully God and fully man, living among His people. However, this was only temporary because the birth of Jesus was the beginning of His journey to the cross, where He would die, resurrect, and ascend back to the right hand of the Father. All of this had to take place in order to beg...
The King of Kings
December 15, 2019 05:39 - 42 minutes - 38.7 MBIn this third sermon in our Advent series, we looked at how Christmas reminds us that we were meant for a king and a kingdom. With all of our diversity, we were created by God to live in one Kingdom, under the kingship of one Righteous King. In Isaiah, God describes the coming Messiah as a righteous king who would be a wonderful counselor, mighty God, everlasting father, and prince of peace. Over 700 years later, the angel appears to Mary and announces to her that the promise of the Messiah ...
The Good Shepherd
December 08, 2019 05:41 - 36 minutes - 33 MBIn this sermon, we looked at the connection between Jesus and the shepherds who first heard the angels’ announcement that the Messiah had been born in Bethlehem. In the Old Testament, we see hints of this connection in the prophesies of the coming Messiah. These prophesies pointed to a future ruler, from Bethlehem, who would lead the people of God like a shepherd. This shepherd would be crushed and wounded so that God’s people could find peace and be healed. In John 10, Jesus refers to Himse...
The Lineage of Jesus
December 01, 2019 05:39 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBIn this first sermon of our Advent series, we looked at the hope we have in the promises of “The Long-Awaited One,” Jesus Christ. Since the fall in Genesis 3, God has been unfolding His story of Redemption, while protecting the lineage of the coming Messiah. After 42 generations and deep longing for the fulfillment of the promises of God, Emmanuel finally arrives to defeat sin and death. While Advent is about looking at the fulfilled promises in the New Testament coming of Jesus, it’s also a...
Esther
November 24, 2019 05:39 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MBIn this sermon, we looked at the book of Esther. Though God is not mentioned in the book, we saw that He sovereignly orchestrated the events of Esther’s life to accomplish His purpose. In our own lives, there may be moments when we feel that God is not present or that He has forgotten about us. However, just as with Esther, we can trust that He is always present and working, and that His outcome is for our good and His glory.
Hosea
November 17, 2019 05:41 - 39 minutes - 35.7 MBIn this sermon, we looked at how God called Hosea to do something that seemed completely ridiculous in order to display God’s love toward His people. Through Hosea and Gomer’s story, God reveals what happens when His people pursue idols as a source of abundant life. God warns Israel that if they continue cheating on Him with other gods, they will no longer be His people. However, we also see that God will not keep His unfaithful wife (the Church) at a distance or withhold Himself from her, b...
Zephaniah
November 10, 2019 05:41 - 27 minutes - 24.7 MBIn this sermon, we looked at the book of Zephaniah and how God called Judah, and all the nations, to repent to avoid the judgement He is going to pour out on the Day of the Lord. Our good and perfect God is coming to purge sin and its destructive effects from His creation once and for all. Those who are still in sin’s grip will be carried away along with it in the coming judgment. Those who place their faith and trust in Jesus Christ will not taste the judgement of God, but will experience r...
Daniel
November 03, 2019 05:39 - 34 minutes - 31.1 MBIn this sermon, we looked at the story of Daniel and how God revealed Himself as the ruler of all rulers. God used Daniel to interpret King Nebuchadnezzar’s dream. He showed the king that his kingdom would give way to other kingdoms and that God would send a king who would be like a large rock, not made with human hands, that would bring down all earthly kingdoms. All of this was pointing to the coming of Jesus. He is the stone that brings all earthly kingdoms to nothing and who establishes ...
Ruth
October 27, 2019 05:41 - 67.9 MBIn this sermon, we looked at how God’s story of redemption flows through the story of Naomi and Ruth to bring about His plan of redemption. Their story serves as both a figurative portrait of the redemption of Jesus and a literal part of Jesus’s lineage. As Boaz steps into the story of Naomi and Ruth to sacrificially redeem when no one else will, we see a picture of Jesus’s redemption for the church. God used this story about the redemption of two widows to give us a picture of His redempti...
King David
October 20, 2019 05:41 - 33 minutes - 30.7 MBIn this sermon, we looked at God’s plan to raise up a better king for the nation of Israel. God reveals to Samuel that He is looking for a king who would be a man after His own heart. Through David’s story, we see that even though God is now going to place a man after His own heart on the throne of His people, he will still be a man with a deceitful heart and a sinful nature. Even though David is a better king than Saul, he is still not the ultimate King to sit on the throne of God’s people....
King Saul
October 13, 2019 05:39 - 33 minutes - 30.9 MBIn the sermon this past Sunday, we saw how God’s People rejected Him as their king and asked for a human king so they could be like other nations. Through King Saul’s story of sin, the humiliation that his sin brought upon the People of God, and the attempt to shift blame for that sin, we see that God’s People need a better king. Christ is our Better King. He undoes our shame and humiliation, allowing us to walk in transparency and freedom. Through His blood, He purifies us and transforms ou...
Moses, Part 2
October 06, 2019 05:39 - 33 minutes - 30.9 MBIn the sermon this past Sunday, we looked at how God used Moses to deliver His Law to His people, foreshadowing the Gospel that was to come. Jesus validated the Law by teaching that only those who are perfectly righteous, by obeying every letter of God’s Law, will be accepted into heaven as God’s people. Jesus obeyed the Law perfectly, qualifying Him to take our place on the cross and to take our punishment for our disobedience to the Law. Through Jesus, God made a way for His people to be m...
Moses
September 29, 2019 05:41 - 38 minutes - 34.8 MBIn the sermon this past Sunday, we took an in-depth look at Moses’ role in the larger story of the Bible. God came to Moses during a time in which the nation of Israel was experiencing great suffering in its slavery to the Egyptians. Through God’s interaction with Moses, we see that God is completely aware of what His people are going through and He hears their cries to be rescued. We also see that God does not observe His people from a distance; He is intimately involved and knows the suffe...
Joseph
September 22, 2019 05:41 - 41 minutes - 37.7 MBIn the sermon this past Sunday, we continued The People of God series by looking at the story of Joseph. Through his story, we get a beautiful picture of redemption and forgiveness and a better understanding of how God’s will for our lives unfolds in seasons of blessing and seasons of suffering. Joseph understood that his life didn’t belong to him. Because of this, he was able to be part of God’s story of redemption by letting go of his right and desire to repay his brothers for their evil t...
Jacob
September 15, 2019 05:41 - 46 minutes - 42.6 MBIn the sermon this past Sunday, we looked at the story of Jacob and saw how God’s grace in Jacob’s life is a reflection of God’s grace toward the entire world. Jacob was a deceitful younger brother who advanced himself in life by manipulating and lying to the people closest to him. Through Jacob’s role in God’s redemption story, we see that God displays His sovereign plan over the lives of His people, even before they are born. He does this despite our brokenness and self-centeredness. As in...
Abraham
September 08, 2019 05:39 - 33 minutes - 31 MBIn the sermon this past Sunday, we looked at the how Abraham’s story fits into the larger story of the Bible. Is Genesis 12, God made a promise to Abraham to make his family into a great nation, through which all the families of the earth would be blessed. Abraham believed God’s promise and it was counted to him as righteousness. Abraham’s righteousness was a free gift that he received as a result of his faith in God’s promises to him. Through Abraham’s story, we learn that when the people w...
Noah
September 01, 2019 05:39 - 43 minutes - 39.4 MBIn the sermon this past week, we looked at the story of Noah. Like Enoch, Noah walked through life in fellowship and obedience with God. Through Noah’s story, we were reminded that God is Holy and He punishes sin. However, in His mercy, He also saves those who truly trust in Him and walk with Him. Noah was considered righteous, not because his life was free from sin, but because He walked with God and trusted God even when called to do something that seemed impossible. Through Noah’s story...
Adam
August 25, 2019 05:41 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MBIn the first sermon of The People of God series, we looked at who the people of God really are and how Adam is the pattern for all who would follow after him. Adam and Eve were created as image bearers and the image of God was passed on from them to the rest of mankind. As the apostle Paul reminds us in Romans 5, the image of God that was marred by the sin of Adam has been passed down to you. The good news of the Gospel is that Jesus has made available to each of us an abundance of grace an...
SR Adults
August 18, 2019 05:41 - 42 minutes - 38.8 MBIn the sermon this past Sunday, we wrapped up our One Church, Multiple Generations series by looking at how God is still working in us as adults. In Romans 12, we see that God calls us to have a genuine love for one another. Genuine love comes only from the work of the Gospel in our lives and by the church engaging in Biblical community. We are to urge each other on through genuine love, prayer, rejecting evil, and serving one another. We need to be challenged by the truths of Scripture and ...
SR Young Adults
August 11, 2019 05:41 - 31 minutes - 29.3 MBIn the sermon this past Sunday, we looked in Titus 2 at the Biblical model for discipleship, in which Paul calls the spiritually mature adults in the church to invest in the next generation. He lays out this discipleship model: while pastors and elders are responsible for teaching sound doctrine to the whole church, spiritually mature men and women are responsible for discipling younger men and women by teaching them how to apply sound doctrine to their lives, urging them toward Godliness an...
SR Students
August 04, 2019 05:41 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MBIn the second sermon of the One Church, Multiple Generations series, we looked at God’s encouragement to students and how SR Students ministry is leading our Junior High and High School students to set an example for adult believers. There may be times when students do things that are looked down upon. Immaturity occurs when a person encounters freedom without a sense of responsibility. Maturity is the ability to bridle independence and freedom through self-control and displaying a deep sens...
SR Kids
July 28, 2019 05:41 - 40 minutes - 36.6 MBIn the sermon this past Sunday, we began a new series looking at how God has called Solid Rock to be one church that spans multiple generations. We began this past Sunday by looking at Solid Rock Kids ministry through the lens of Deuteronomy 6:4-9. We learned that leading children to know and love Jesus is rooted in who God is, instead of who parents want their children to be. Seeing children become everything God created them to be begins with seeing God clearly. Secondly, we learned that l...
Redeemed by Christ
July 21, 2019 05:41 - 42 minutes - 38.5 MBIn the sermon this past Sunday, we ended the Colossians series by looking at Colossians 3:18-4:1. In this section of Colossians, Paul reminds the church how Christ has redeemed the hierarchy of relationships on earth. Before the Fall, Adam and Eve walked in righteous submission to God that led to abundant life and human flourishing. They were to reflect this leadership and submission by the way Adam led Eve and the way they displayed their dominion over creation. Because of sin, God’s good c...
Put on Christ
July 14, 2019 05:41 - 36 minutes - 33 MBIn the sermon this past Sunday, we continued the Colossians series by looking at Colossians 3:9-17. In this section of Paul’s letter, he declares that “Christ is all and in all.” Therefore, all that is Christ is in us. This means that the indwelling power and presence of the Holy Spirit, and His transformational power, is conforming us into the image of Jesus. Additionally, because Christ is all and in all, He leads His followers into a community that bears the identity of Christ through dis...