Solid Rock Church Sermons

In this sermon from James 3:1-12, we looked at a warning from James about the power of our words. Throughout this chapter, James uses the "tongue" to represent our speech, and he especially emphasizes the destructive potential our words have. He compares the tongue to a horse’s bridle, a ship’s rudder and a small fire to show that even though the tongue is a small part of our body, it...

In this sermon from James 2:14-26, James reminds us that genuine faith is more than words, knowledge, or a profession of belief—it is a living faith that produces action. While salvation comes by grace through faith alone, true saving faith never remains alone; it reveals itself through obedience, compassion, and good works. Abraham demonstrated his faith through obedience to God, and Rahab...

In this sermon from James 2:1–13, James confronts the sin of favoritism and calls believers to see people through God's eyes rather than the world's standards. Because every person is created in the image of God, human worth is not earned through wealth, status, appearance, influence, or achievement; it is received from the Creator. Favoritism reveals a distorted view of people and a forgetf...

In this sermon from James 1:19–27, we see that God's Word was never meant to simply inform us but to transform us. James reminds us that spiritual maturity begins with a humble and teachable heart that is quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger. Human defensiveness, self-protection, and the need to be right often keep us from receiving what God wants to show us. James calls believe...

In this sermon from James 1, we saw how the struggle of enduring trials often becomes a deeper battle with temptation. We were reminded that temptation does not begin with God, but with our own desires, which, when left unchecked, can lead us away from Him and ultimately toward sin and death. We explored the progression James describes—from desire, to temptation, to sin—and saw the imp...

In this sermon from James 1:1–12, we see that trials are not meaningless interruptions to the Christian life but one of the primary ways God forms us into mature and steadfast people. Writing to weary believers scattered by suffering, James reminds us that hardship reveals what we trust in and invites us into deeper dependence on God. Trials expose our self-reliance and control while produci...

In this sermon, we explored how hurt impacts the human heart and how God meets people in pain with compassion, truth, and healing. Psalm 34 reminds us that God does not shame the wounded, ignore the brokenhearted, or abandon those carrying disappointment, betrayal, conflict, rejection, or loss. David writes Psalm 34 from his own experience with fear, disappointment, danger, and rescue, reminding u...

In this sermon, we explored how marriage often exposes the unhealed wounds, survival patterns, and generational dysfunction we bring into relationships. In Malachi 2, God confronts His people for abandoning "the wife of their youth," reminding them that marriage is not merely a contract, but a sacred covenant marked by faithfulness, grace, and commitment. Through the story of one couple's redempti...

In this sermon from the Gospel of Luke 10:38–42 in the Redemption Stories series, we explore how the beauty of motherhood can quietly shift from a meaningful calling into an overwhelming burden. Through the story of Martha and Mary, we see how doing good things can become heavy when they are driven by anxiety, control, and the fear of not being enough. Martha's struggle reveals a deeper narr...

In this sermon from Psalm 27:7–10 and Romans 8:14–16 in our Redemption Stories series, we saw how God meets us in the pain of rejection and speaks a new identity over our lives. Through David's words, we were given language for the ache of not being seen or affirmed—a wound that can lead us to strive for acceptance or withdraw in protection, quietly asking, "Am I enough?" Yet we...

In this week's sermon from Psalm 139:13–16, we explored how what the world often labels as a "learning disability" is not a flaw in how God created us, but a reflection of how human systems define and measure value. We were reminded that we are intentionally formed by God with dignity that is not diminished by our struggles to meet human standards. This truth confronts the shame that can com...

In this week's sermon from Romans 6, we saw that what we often call addiction, the Bible describes as a kind of slavery—a pattern of sin that begins to take authority over our lives. But rather than calling us to try harder, we were reminded that Paul begins with something deeper: our identity. Because of our faith in Jesus, our old self has been crucified, and we are no longer enslaved to s...

In this week's sermon from Genesis 3, as we began our Redemption Stories series, we saw how the voice of shame entered the human story through the lies of the serpent, leading Adam and Eve into sin and hiding. We explored how shame is more than just a feeling—it is a voice that accuses, distorts our identity, and drives us into isolation, whispering lies about who we are, how God sees us, an...

In this week's sermon from Ephesians 2, we saw how the resurrection power of Jesus meets us in our deepest brokenness. We were reminded that apart from Christ, we were not merely struggling, but spiritually dead—living in the effects of the fall through separation from God. Yet we also saw the turning point of the gospel: that God, being rich in mercy and love, stepped into our story and mad...

In this final sermon in our Story of Redemption series, we looked at how Jesus meets us in the middle of our disappointment and confusion. Through the story of the two disciples on the road to Emmaus in Luke 24, we saw how easy it is to lose sight of hope—even when we've been walking closely with Jesus. As they wrestled with what had happened, we were reminded that Jesus draws near, not afte...

In this week's sermon from Malachi in our Story of Redemption series, we were reminded of God's unchanging declaration to His people: "I have loved you." We saw that His love is not something we earn, but something that has always existed, continues today, and will never end. Yet we also recognized how easy it is to question that love, often trying to earn what God freely gives. Throughout Malachi...

In this week's sermon from Zechariah in our Story of Redemption series, we saw how Jesus is the Pierced One who brings grace, mercy, and cleansing from sin. Zechariah prophesied that God's people would one day look on the One they had pierced and mourn for what they had done. From kings and priests to the least of the families, all would recognize their sin and grieve the weight of it. Yet even in...

In this sermon from the Story of Redemption series, we looked at Haggai 1 and saw a God who lovingly invites His people to consider the emptiness of their disobedience. Though they had returned from exile, their focus had shifted from rebuilding the temple to building their own houses. By calling them to consider their ways, God exposed how spiritual drift can lead to lives that feel busy, yet ult...

In this sermon, we looked at the book of Zephaniah and studied a dimension of God that we often struggle to believe. While the early chapters confront sin and announce the coming Day of the Lord, we saw the book take a surprising turn toward joy. The Lord removes judgment, restores His presence, and promises that His people will no longer fear evil. Even more surprising, He rejoices and sings over...

In this week's sermon from Habakkuk in our Story of Redemption series, we looked at what it means to trust God enough to be honest about our confusion and doubt. Following Habakkuk's journey from the desperate cry, "How long?" to the declaration, "Yet I will rejoice," we were reminded that faith is not the absence of doubt but the courage to bring our questions into our covenant relationship with...

In this sermon, we looked at the story of Nahum and were reminded that God's justice and God's love are not opposites but work together for the healing of His world. We saw how Nahum speaks to a weary and wounded people, assuring them that God is not indifferent to their suffering and that evil will not have the final word. God's judgment was revealed not as impulsive anger, but as love's settled...

In this sermon, we looked at Jonah 2 and were reminded that God meets us even in the depths of our distress. We saw how Jonah's prayer from the belly of the fish reveals that salvation often begins when we stop running, let go of control, and honestly cry out to the Lord. What Jonah initially experienced as punishment, he came to recognize as God's mercy—using desperation to expose his helpl...

In this sermon, we studied the book of Micah and learned that God’s plan for redemption doesn't move forward through human strength, status, or self-reliance, but through human weakness, humility, and trust. Micah shows us that Israel's broken leadership would lead to defeat and a deep longing for a better King. God promises that this King would come from an unexpected place, Bethlehem, and...

This service was pre-recorded as we continued our Story of Redemption series. Due to inclement weather, we worshipped together from our homes rather than in person. Today's message was a good reminder that while we may be physically apart, we remain united as the body of Christ, trusting God to meet us wherever we are and to speak through His Word. Click here for our service video!

In this sermon, we looked at the book of Amos and explored how God's justice and kindness ultimately meet in the person of Jesus. Through Amos, we saw that God refuses to ignore injustice and rejects worship that overlooks sin or harm. The book of Amos exposes a tension we all live with: we long for justice when wrong is done around us, yet we struggle when that same standard of justice is applied...