Tri-State Community Church - Sermons

Jesus, Victorious Over Temptation // Luke 4:1-13 by Tri-State Community Church

How Jesus’ Baptism Strengthens Our Faith // Luke 3:21-38 by Tri-State Community Church

Sharing the Good News // Luke 3:15-20 by Tri-State Community Church

The Necessity of Repentance // Luke 3:1-14 by Tri-State Community Church

I Must Be About My Father’s Business // Luke 2:21-52 by Tri-State Community Church

Giving and Receiving // Philippians 4:10-23 by Tri-State Community Church

The Importance of Right Thinking // Philippians 4:8-9 by Tri-State Community Church

(There are some slight connection issues, especially toward the beginning of the recording, which we apologize for)

The Magnificat // Luke 1:46-56 by Tri-State Community Church

The Beatitude of Elizabeth // Luke 1:39-56 by Tri-State Community Church

The text we come to this morning is truly HOLY GROUND. It has been called by the church as “The Annunciation.” After centuries, even millennia, of waiting the announcement is made—the Savior is coming. In this message, Pastor Rick Anderson takes us through the text verse by verse and from there draws a comparison with the text that comes before it. Here we will see some remarkable comparisons and...

You can be taught the truth and yet not be certain of it. And you can be a Christian and still have doubts from time to time. These are two important realities concerning our walk with Jesus. In this message, Pastor Rick Anderson shows how God has chosen to help us with these difficulties. From Luke 1:1-4 we get massive insights into God's own remedy to these common, pesky, and serious problems.

In our text this morning, Paul emphatically calls us to rejoice. This opens up a lot of questions. For example, can we rejoice on call like this? In other words, can we be commanded to rejoice? What if we are grieving? What if our health is failing? What if we have a loved one suffering? Can we rejoice regardless of what may be happening in our life? In this message, Pastor Rick Anderson discusses...

Our text this morning is highly practical. In it, Paul entreats two truly believing but estranged women back together and he enlists either an individual or the church at large to help in the reconciliation. What could be more practical than handling estrangement among true believers? What I want to do this morning is first go through our text and explain the verses best as I can and from there, e...

Have you ever experienced wavering in your faith and determination to follow closely after Christ? In our text Paul calls us to “stand firm in the Lord.” In this message, Pastor Rick Anderson, by way of explanation and contrast with verses 17, 18, and 19, shows us several powerful truths and promises which empower us to “stand firm in the Lord.” These truths and promises will help you stay true an...

Paul calls us to walk in imitation of him, not those who are enemies of the cross. In our text we see the importance of imitating the right example and the danger of imitating the wrong example. Horrifyingly, we may even find ourselves being the wrong example! How are we to identify the right example? How are we to avoid the wrong example? How are we to be the right example that others may be bles...

In our text this morning we get a great lesson in what our posture should be as we make our pilgrimage through this life. Paul confesses he has not reached perfection, but because Christ has made Paul His own, Paul presses on, forgetting the past and straining forward. In this message, Pastor Rick Anderson explains this glorious passage, making application of it to our daily lives.

In this message, Pastor Rick Anderson discusses a knowledge that progressively transforms us into the likeness of Christ.

In this message Pastor Rick answers three questions about church membership: 1) Is church membership biblical? 2) What is the role and responsibility of a church member? and 3) What are the blessings of being a church member?

In this message, Pastor Rick Anderson takes us through Paul’s words under these three headings: 1) Look out for false teaching 2) Put no confidence in the flesh 3) Count all things as loss for the sake of knowing Christ. This discussion is a "first coat of paint" and is meant to be an introduction toward a deeper understanding of what it means to come to Christ, grow in Him, and be glorified in Hi...

In this message Pastor Rick Anderson takes us to Paul’s description of two individuals, Timothy and Epaphroditus, in order to get a powerful illustration of what the Christian lifestyle is supposed to look like.

In this message Pastor Rick Anderson discusses the problem of complaining and arguing. In Philippians 2:14-18 we find: 1) A command to mortify complaining and arguing 2) Motivation to overcome complaining and arguing 3) Instruction in how to overcome complaining and arguing.

This morning we return to Philippians 2:12-13 where we continue in our consideration of the previously mentioned questions and concerns. In this message we pickup with question two asking, what is it to will and to work? And questions three and four: How does God work in us to will and to work? What is meant by fear and trembling.

Pastor Rick returns to Philippians 2:12-13 where he would have us to consider Four Questions: 1 What is it to work out our salvation? 2 What is it to will and to work? 3 How does God work in us to will and to work? 4 What is meant by fear and trembling?

Paul calls us to work out our salvation in fear and trembling. But what is meant by salvation? In this message, Pastor Rick Anderson takes us through ten ways the Scriptures speak about salvation. This is followed up by how salvation can be thought of in past, present, and future tense.