Sermon given by Stephen Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 28 April 2024. Jesus says that his words are full of the Spirit and life. However, our experience of God's word is often a far cry from this life-giving vision. In today's message, Steve encourages us with practical ways to know and enjoy Jesus through his words, and thus begin to experience the life and Spirit of his words.
Sermon given by Craig Wilcock at Riverside Community Church, 21 April 2024. This week Craig helps us transition from LOVING the words of Jesus to LIVING the words of Jesus.
Sermon given by Stephen Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 14 April 2024. Words matter. Words are used in every relationship to get to know the person intimately. The motive is not data, but relational knowledge. The same is true of Jesus. If we love him, we will love his words.
Sermon given by Stephen Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 7 April 2024. Faith is essential to the life of following Jesus. Today Steve helps us understand what faith is, and how we can grow our faith.
Sermon given by Stephen Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 31 March 2024. Today we learn about how the resurrection of Jesus gives me access to the eternal life of God, both for today as well as for eternity.
Sermon given by Craig Wilcock at Riverside Community Church, 29 March 2024. Jesus' death isn't just something that happened 2000 years ago. Today we learn what it means to be united with Jesus in his death.
Matthew 28:1-8. Consider the joy and the surprise of the resurrection. How does the resurrection give you hope in your situation?
Matthew 27:57-61. Consider the day where it seemed as if death had won and God was silent. Where does it seem as if evil has won in your life?
Matthew 27:32-56. Consider the public humiliation of Jesus, a picture of the ugliness of our sin he bore.
Matthew 27:11-28. Consider Jesus the truly innocent one, taking the place of the guilty, and how he does that for you.
Matthew 26:69-75. Consider Peter denying Jesus and the ways we do the same with our actions.
Matthew 26:47-56. Consider Jesus betrayed by Judas and deserted by his friends. Jesus can identify with how you've experienced betrayal and desertion.
Matthew 26:36-46. Consider Jesus wrestling with and then surrendering to the Father's will. Where are you struggling to surrender?
Sermon given by Stephen Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 24 March 2024. The invite to follow Jesus includes the invite to be called his friend. In turn, we learn how community is where we live the friendship of Jesus out.
Sermon given by Craig Wilcock at Riverside Community Church, 17 March 2024. Community is not something we have to do, but something we get to do. By design, community is the place we experience transformation, life and love.
Sermon given by Stephen Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 10 March 2024. How we accept one another is based on how we believe Christ has accepted us.
Sermon given by Stephen Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 3 March 2024. Today we learn that when Jesus calls us to follow him, his plan includes learning to follow him together with others who are following him. In other words, following Jesus is, by design, a groupwork exercise.
Sermon given by Stephen Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 25 February 2024. Jesus did not call us to be a Christian, nor did he call us to go to church. Rather, he called us to 'Follow him'. This is an invitation into a rich life of learning and transformation. This will be a year of learning what it means to take Jesus' invitation to follow him seriously.
Sermon given by Stephen Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 18 February 2024. As we begin our week of prayer and fasting we learn what it means to take on the ways of Jesus as learn from him.
Sermon given by Stephen Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 11 February 2024. Today gets to the heart of what it means to be a Christian as we are challenge around what it means to be a new creation in Christ.