Riverside Community Church Sermons

It is an understatement to say that the debate about what the Scriptures teach about what women can and cannot do is hotly contested. There are strong biblically-informed opinions on both sides. This week Steve starts in Genesis 1 to build a biblical theology of women in leadership.

God uses the desires that he places in our hearts to move us towards his will and purposes for our lives.

God has uniquely designed each one of us for his kingdom purposes.

The Scriptures teach us to passionately and intentionally obtain wisdom. However, we also need to be willing to count the cost as we invest in obtaining wisdom.

Today we look at how the book of James teaches us to discern between wisdom that leads to good fruit and wisdom that leads to chaos.

Today Steve looks at how Proverbs chapter 9 teaches us to discern the voices in our world that either lead to life or death.

Jesus invites all those who are burdened and weary to come and find rest in him.

Biblical rest is so much more than collapsing on the couch after a week of hard work. If we are to complete the purposes that God has for our lives, we need to learn how to incorporate revitalising rest into our lives.

In order for us to be effective in God's kingdom, we need to learn how to find rhythms of resting and being renewed in God's Presence. Today we learn how God wants to refresh our souls!

The Scriptures speak of both the fear of the Lord as well as friendship with God. These two ideas seem to be in opposition to each other, but a healthy Christian will learn how to lean into the tension provided by both of these transformative truths.

This sermon is for all those who find themselves having veered off the path God has for them. These are prayers you can pray that will help you find your way back.

Steve speaks about how we can keep connected to the fire that God has started in our church and in our lives.

Stephen wraps up this entire series on Acts 2 by looking at how an Acts 2 church should display the FLAVOUR of God as we seek God's FAVOUR. This may be the end of this series on Acts 2, but our prayer is that this is just the beginning of our journey into being an Acts 2 church!

An Acts 2 church is a church renowned for Praising God. This is not something we need to preach about, but something we need to practice. This service and sermon was interspersed with preaching and praise. We have stitched the preaching parts together for this video.

Acts 2 describes this brand new community of faith as a community that was so radically generous that there was no need among them. This is an incredible challenge and invitation for us today!

The church in Acts 2 lived lives of prayer and devotion to the Presence of Christ in community and the breaking of bread. They also saw great works of God's power in and through their community.

Acts 2 describes a community that are deeply bound to each other because they are deeply bound to Christ. This challenges and invites us to further devotion to fellowship.

Acts 2 describes this incredible new church community who were continually devoted to God's Word.

Sizwe shows us from Acts 2 how when we are desperate, we cling to corrupt idols in a corrupt world. However, in our desperation, we need to cling to the life that is Jesus!

God's intention is that the flow of God's Spirit starts with us, flows to the next generation and also flows to those who are far from God. Today's challenge is that we become unblocked so God's love and power can flow.

Many of us have prayed for more of God's Presence. While we cannot control God, we CAN control how we relate and respond to God. Today we look at things we can do that will align ourselves with God's Presence and remove obstacles that get in the way of more of God's Presence in our lives.

Today Steve helps us understand why baptism is such a celebration of the work Christ has done in us.

The first step towards Christ and Christlikeness is repentance.

Steve looks at the part of Peter's sermon in Acts 2 where Peter shares about the Good News of the Resurrection.

On this Easter Sunday, Steve helps us see how Jesus reigns and rules from God's throne as the risen lamb!