Riverside Community Church Sermons

Sermon given by Stephen Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 13 October 2024. Today we see how Jesus teaches us to be responsible and effective with all that God entrusts to us.

Sermon given by Stephen Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 6 October 2024. Steve unpacks two parables that help us see Christ as the greatest treasure.

Sermon given by Stephen Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 29 September 2024. In this parable, Jesus helps us understand some of the ways our hearts are not prepared to receive the seeds of his kingdom. But he also invites us to surrender our hearts to him in order that we might receive the life he promises.

Sermon given by Craig Wilcock at Riverside Community Church, 22 September 2024. Not only does Jesus bring his kingdom by forgiving and healing, he also demonstrates his love and compassion by bringing freedom to those under demonic influence.

Sermon given by Stephen Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 15 September 2024. Some of Jesus' harshest warnings were not for sinner but for the religious elite of the time.

Sermon given by Stephen Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 8 September 2024. The church is often the last place people feel welcome with their sexual shame. However, in the ministry of Jesus we see that His Presence is the safest place for us to bring our sexual shame and pain.

Sermon given by Stephen Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 1 September 2024. When we look at the Scriptures we see that healing ministry was significant in both Jesus' ministry as well as the ministry of the early church in the book of Acts. Today Steve unpacks how we can think about engaging the ministry of healing today.

Sermon given by Stephen Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 25 August 2024. This week we learn Jesus' heart for the outsider and how we as a church ought to adopt the exact same heart.

Sermon given by Sizwe Tshabangu at Riverside Community Church, 18 August 2024. This week Sizwe brings the challenge home to every single one of us: who do YOU say Jesus is?

Sermon given by Craig Wilcock at Riverside Community Church, 11 August 2024. While Jesus is fully divine, He is also fully human. Craig helps us understand how this helps us follow him.

Sermon given by Stephen Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 4 August 2024. Explore the stories of Scripture that lead to the fulfilment of Jesus as the Son of Man and the Son of God.

Sermon given by Stephen Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 28 July 2024. The first thing the New Testament wants us to know about Jesus is that He is Messiah. Today Steve talks about what that means for us.

Sermon given by Stephen Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 21 July 2024. Jesus teaches us to pray into the very real and spiritual battles that we face every day in this part of the Lord's Prayer.

Sermon given by Stephen Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 14 July 2024. Forgiveness is one of the biggest ways that God wants to pour grace into the pain of our lives and our broken relationships.

Sermon given by Craig Wilcock at Riverside Community Church, 7 July 2024. Jesus teaches us to ask.

Sermon given by Stephen Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 30 June 2024. What is God's will for my life or my situation? This is one of the biggest questions we ask. Today we are encouraged to press into praying, "Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven".

Sermon given by Stephen Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 23 June 2024. Jesus was all about the Kingdom of God and he invites us to prioitise praying into the Kingdom, "YOUR kingdom come ... on earth as it is in heaven."

Sermon given by Stephen Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 16 June 2024. The first line of the Lord's Prayer is an invitation to an intimate relationship with the Father as well as to see Him as majestic and glorious!

Sermon given by Stephen Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 9 June 2024. As we follow Jesus, He reproduces his life within us. This is the true fruit of being a disciple.

Sermon given by Stephen Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 2 June 2024. God's desire for us is to fulfil our God-given purpose in loving God and loving others. Sin prevents us from living these lives of loving God and neighbour. The gift of forgiveness is how God restores us to this right relationship.

Sermon given by Stephen Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 25 May 2024. Repentance is an invitation to keep on track with the life that God has available for us.

Sermon given by Craig Wilcock at Riverside Community Church, 19 May 2024. Craig teaches about how in Jesus we can have an unshakable confidence in Gods love for me. His work and the work of the Spirit means that nothing can separate me from His love.

Sermon given by Stephen Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 12 May 2024. Jesus says that he has loved us in the same way he has been loved by the Father. However, in order for us to receive this love, we need to allow God to deal with the obstacles that stand between us and his love such that we can remain in the love Jesus has for us.

Sermon given by Sizwe Tshabangu at Riverside Community Church, 7 April 2024. This week Sizwe helps us understand how we can remain in the love that Jesus invites us to partake in.

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.