ChristPresRVA Sermons

Nehemiah had every reason to look the other way. He was safe. He was comfortable. He had a good job in the king’s palace, hundreds of miles from the trouble. But when the news came about a broken city and a scattered people, he did not shrug it off and move on. He sat down and wept. For over a hundred days. What could grip a man that deeply about people he had never met and a place he had never se...

What happens when the leader you’ve relied on is suddenly gone? That moment reveals something surprising about God: His mission never dies with the man. This sermon speaks directly to the questions we face in real life: how to handle changes in Leadership stay unified when things shift, and keep following God without getting stuck looking backward. You’ll discover why God’s plan comes with clear i...

Most of us grew up thinking that getting along was the same as being unified. It is not. Tolerance keeps people in the same room. Unity keeps people moving in the same direction. And that difference is costing churches, families, and teams more than most of us realize. In this message, we open Genesis 11 and discover something surprising in the story of Babel. Those people were not a cautionary ta...

Now What? Week 2 | Grief in Transition Have you ever stood at the edge of something new and felt the pull to go back to what was familiar? Three thousand years ago, the people of Israel stood at the border of everything God had promised them. They had witnessed miracles. They had seen God show up in the most extraordinary ways. And yet, when the future felt uncertain and the giants looked too big,...

David was a man after God's own heart. And yet his greatest failure did not start with a dramatic rebellion. It started with a quiet decision to stay home when God called him to the battlefield. One idle evening. One rooftop. And a chain of consequences that cost him everything he never intended to lose. Most of us do not fall all at once. We just slowly stop showing up. We get tired. We find reas...

Remember, Celebrate, Anticipate - Acts 1:7-8; Acts 2:1-13 & 38-41 Bob Andrews, 26-05-24

Come and See - Isaiah 41:17-20 Roger Hershberger, 26-05-17

Suffering, Power, and Patience: Marks of the Christian Life - Revelation 1:9-19 Ward Davis, 26-05-10

At a Lodging Place on the Way - Exodus 4:18-31 Donald Marsden, 26-05-03

King, Brother and Priest - Mark 11 Allen Pickett, 26-04-26

Breakfast of Champions - John 21 Jason Emberger, 26-04-19

The Sixth Sense - John 20:24-29 Keith Hill, 26-04-12

New Day: New Way Bob Andrews, 26-04-05

Lent, Discipleship, and Anguish: Why Suffering is an Integral Part of the Christian Life - Romans 8: Ward Davis, 26-03-29

Plans for You - Jeremiah 29:4-11 Steve Hartman, 26-03-22

Answering the Call - Exodus 3:10-13; 1 Samuel 3:1-9; Jonah 1:1-3, 4:2 Jeremy Skaggs, 26-03-16

Laying Down the Law - Deuteronomy 5 Jason Kaiser, 26-03-08

Kingdom Come - Matthew 4:12-17 Keith Hill, 26-02-22

The Beauty of Work - Genesis 2:4-15; Isaiah 65:17-25; Revelation 21:1 Allen Pickett, 26/02/15

Now We Really Live, If... - 1 Thessalonians 3 Jonathan Worthington, 26-02-08

Relaxed Intentionality - Isaiah 58:6-8 Ken Peters, 26-01-18

Redeeming the Time - Ephesians 5:14-17; Luke 19:11-27 Jesse Carmichael, 26-01-11

New Year’s Resolution Unity ≠ Uniformity - Ephesians 4:22-24 & 32; John 17:20-23 Bob Andrews, 25-01-04

Light in the Darkness - John 1:1-18 Paige Savino, 25-12-28

What's at Stake? - Luke 2:1-7 Keith Hill, 25-12-21