Rivercrest Presbyterian Church - Sermons

The temple in Jerusalem was the center of religious life in the days of Jesus. But He changes that. In this message, we look at Jesus as the Greater Temple, a true and better center of faith and life for His people.

The guarantee is not that Jesus is going to calm every storm that comes our way in this life, but that He will present with us in them, not as a passive observer, but as the Creator and Sustainer of all things.

In this Advent message we look at Jesus as the Greater Light, greater than all others, and what that means for us in the world today.

Looking at some of the major events in the life of Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew, this Advent Sermon Series leads us to better understand the nature of the searching human heart, and the answer that's found in the person and work of Jesus Christ.

In our message from Ephesians 5:8-21, we look at the commission of those who are in Christ to walk as those who are in Christ. We're called to intentionally pursue a counter-cultural life as children of the Living God, here in the darkness, walking as children of light, together.

Continuing the journey in Ephesians, we take a look at the calling on God's people to be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God .

Continuing in the Letter of Paul to the Ephesians, God calls on us as His redeemed, new creation sons and daughters to live counter to the culture around us in tangible and visible ways, challenging the Church to truly be an alternative society in the midst of the world.

Living the new life in Jesus Christ necessarily requires a change from the old self to the new self, the new creation identity in Christ. The Apostle Paul uses this illustration of putting off and putting on to communicate the real and tangible change that happens by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone.

In this passage, we're given a glimpse of the Spiritual Unity of the Church, the Spiritual Diversity of the Church, and how those two things work together for the Spiritual Maturity of the Church, as we all grow in Christ, together.

In this passage, we are given a picture of the Posture, the Petition, and the resulting Praise of missional prayer, and what it means for us in the Church today.

We are blessed to welcome Sammy Rhodes, RUF Campus Minister at The University of South Carolina, to share the Word of the Lord with us from Matthew 11:28-30. For more information about RUF (Reformed University Fellowship), or to support a local campus minister, like Sammy, please visit www.ruf.org. 

In this message, we look at The Mystery, The Ministry, and The Motivation of the life of a Christian in the context of the new creation community in Christ.

Jesus came and broke down the dividing wall of hostility between us and God, and between us and ourselves.  And  now He has given us all access to God, and He has given us all a new identity, and He has given us all a new mission.

"But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ." This is what God has done for us in Jesus. He has brought us near. He didn't just show us the way. He came and brought us home. So, we can trust Him with today.

In this well-known passage from Ephesians 2, we see how the sin situation in our lives is much worse than we think, how the problem of sin is not so much one that is out there, but one that is in here. And this makes the grace of God in Christ all the more astounding.

In this message, we close out chapter 1 of Ephesians, focusing on Paul's prayer for the saints in Ephesus, a prayer for Christian hope, for them to understand their position as God's chosen inheritance, and for them to know the resurrection power that is at work in them by the Holy Spirit.

The recurring theme or motif through each of the first three movements in Ephesians 1 is the lavish grace and mercy of God in redemption. And the response to that blood-bought redemption is the praise of His glory.

One of the things that's made really clear in the early verses of the Letter of Paul to the Ephesians is that Christ's glory is God's priority. It's that the Father's plan from before the foundation of the world was " to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth ."

In this message we take a look at the glorious grace of God in Christ to His people, the Church, and we consider the weight of that grace to a people called and equipped to praise the name of our Savior.

Our first sermon from a new series in the Letter of Paul to the Ephesians, looking at how the twin pillars of this introductory blessing really set the pattern for all that is to come.

A fresh look at our verses of the year for 2021, looking at tangible ways they apply to our core value of Community at Rivercrest.

Our concluding sermon to our series in the book of Jonah, looking at how forgotten grace in the hearts of God's people leads to a neglected mission in the life of the church.

As Jonah recounts the nature and character of God, we're struck by the reality that what he says about God is precisely what seems to be missing from himself.

In this sermon from our series in Jonah, we look at what it means to Take God at His word, to Turn away from our sin, and to Trust in God by faith.

Our sermon from Jonah 3:1-5, seeing how God never gives up, how His mission stays the same, and how we are called to change.