Riverbluff Church Sermons

In this message, Pastor Curt Bradford teaches from 1 Kings 8 on how to stay wholly devoted to the LORD and one another.

This Sunday we welcome Pastor John Henry Corcoran to lead our teaching time in the book of Phillipians. Born in Ireland, Pastor John Henry began his ministry in the early 90's as part of the Presbyterian Church in Tipperary Ireland, leaving his homeland in 1996 to serve in pastoral roles for many years in California. He now calls Edisto Beach home

This Sunday we will look at one of my favorite men from the Bible. We will look at the life of Moses.  As Pastor Joe mentioned last week, I love that the Bible includes the whole story - the good and the not-so-good areas of Moses' journey. Join me this Sunday as we examine part of Moses' story. God had and plan and purpose for Moses' life and He has a purpose and plan for you and me too! Pastor D...

For a Father’s Day gift this year, Kathy gave me “Frameo Digital Photo Frame”! We already had one at home that I think our kids gave Kathy for Christmas, so now, I have one in my office! The awesome thing about this digital frame is my adult kids now email me photos of them and my grandkids directly to the frame. They just show up! I don’t have to mess with transferring files using Thumb Drives or...

Have you ever asked for a second chance?  Maybe it was a mistake. Maybe we don't deserve it. But if I could have one more opportunity...  Many times in our world, we do not receive a second chance. We lose the job... the relationship ends... the decision results in disaster. However, as Christians, we serve a second chance Savior. Jesus knows us and calls us by name into a second chance of new lif...

This July 4th our nation will celebrate it’s 247th anniversary as an independent nation, no longer under the oppression of a foreign ruler. Our freedom as a nation is something we should never take for granted and for which we should constantly give thanks to GOD! But greater than our national freedom are the freedoms we have in Christ! In this message from Pastor Joe Still will encourage you to c...

"Pastor’s Picks part 1: When JESUS Turns the Tables" Welcome to summer at the River! Starting Sunday, June 25, and running through the month of July, we are beginning a new Sermon Series entitled PASTOR’S PICKS. Each week, Pastor Dean and I will pick one of our favorite Bible stories or Bible passages to share with you. I think it’s going to be a great six weeks; but it won’t be the same without y...

You don’t have to look far to discover that our culture today suffers much confusion and conflict over gender issues. Some have even suggested that there is nothing significant to gender, so we should just do away with the idea all together. At times that mindset has been expressed in ways that deny the significance of men in the life of children and their necessity to healthy families. GOD knows...

Some of us have begun to discover that the longer we live the less we seem to remember! This problem also seems to invade our life in Christ. Far too often, the longer we’ve walked with JESUS, the less we seem to clearly recall how truly dark and wretched our sin was. We seem to lose sight of the fact that our sin is what put JESUS on the Cross. Unfortunately, that forgetfulness seems to show up m...

All around our nation, students have been celebrating their learning accomplishments through a ceremony we call “Graduation”. These graduation ceremonies are taking place in pre-schools and prominent universities, as well as every kind of learning institution in between.  During the course of our lives, we will experience many “graduations”; and not just from institutions of learning, but in every...

Like me, I’m sure there came a moment in the pandemic, when many of you grew tired of the phrase “the new normal”.  I will confess though, that there are some new habits in my life that have stuck around because of the pandemic, which I guess you could say are part of my “new normal”. PENTECOST, in Acts 2, is about the “New Normal” GOD intended for all HIS people to live in.  The “New Normal” of P...

"Are You Just Amazed, or AMAZED & ALTERED?" When it comes to delivering a sermon, I know that GOD only holds me accountable to be faithful to HIS Word. HE does not hold me accountable for the outcomes in the lives of the listeners. Knowing that still doesn’t keep me from sometimes wondering about those outcomes. This Sunday, we come to the end of our 26 week journey through JESUS’ Sermon on the Mo...

While comedians would like us to believe that a day set aside to honor moms is a conspiracy of Greeting Card companies, the Word of GOD calls us to honor moms. For me, Mother’s Day is wrapped in my greatest hope and that gives me great reason to rejoice! That hope is in the Gospel of Jesus. My mom passed from this life to be with our LORD over 8 years ago. So now, when Mother’s Day comes, my thoug...

Have you ever thought – “does God really love me?” Or have you thought – “how can God love me; I’ve messed up so bad!” I can assure you that God does indeed love you. We will discover the incredible aspects of this love together on Sunday.  We will see the heart of God as He gives us an object lesson from the Bible. He displays His heart and His role as our Redeemer. A redeemer who loves us and re...

"The Life-Building Plan of Jesus" Many of you know that I grew up in a home where my dad was a “custom home builder”. While sometimes all that does is make me “slightly dangerous” with power tools, it also equipped me to know that the most successful building projects begin with a really good set of plans! While good house plans are important, they pale in comparison to the importance of JESUS’ pl...

"How to be Wary of the Wolves" This world can be a terribly confusing place to call home. If ever a generation need the LORD to once again, “pour out HIS Spirit on all flesh; [so that] your sons and your daughters shall prophesy… it is our generation! And if GOD would do this once again, HIS people need a “Divine Ability” to discern the difference between True & False Prophets. As JESUS begins to...

"Entering the Narrow Gate Without Becoming Narrow Minded" In this message, Pastor Joe Still returns to our journey through JESUS’ single comprehensive teaching on how to live now in the Kingdom of GOD; we know it as the Sermon on the Mount! We will look at Matthew 7:13 &-14, which is one of the more controversial and often misunderstood statements JESUS made in the entire sermon. We will see how J...

In his phenomenal work MERE CHRISTIANITY, C.S. Lewis states: “If I find in myself desires which nothing in this world can satisfy the only logical explanation is that I was made for another world.” We all, every one of us, live with that “ache” in our souls that Lewis described as “desires which nothing in this world can satisfy”. GOD has the answer for our “ache” and it is what we celebrate at EA...

What we celebrate as PALM SUNDAY began a week that ends with JESUS dead and buried in a borrowed tomb. That Sunday which started with much celebration, closes with confusion and seeds of frustration and disappointment planted. By weeks end, those seeds had sprouted, leading to a city filled with people living with many unmet expectations. Unmet expectations are something that we all face. So what...

"Ask, Seek, & Knock To Find Golden Rule Treasure" In His Sermon on the Mount, JESUS gives us the secret path to discover the great “GOLDEN RULE” Treasure. That path is “ASK, SEEK, & KNOCK! In this message, Pastor Joe Still leads us to learn from JESUS how to strategically move from judging others to treating them the way we want to be treated!

"To Be The Light We Must Let Go of The Gavel" For decades, the BARNA RESEARCH GROUP has provided incredibly reliable, up-to-date, data-driven information, to help churches understand the current beliefs, thoughts, and trends of the culture into which we are to take the “Good News” about JESUS. Sometime back, David Kinnaman, the CEO of BARNA, wrote a book entitled UN-CHRISTIAN, based on survey resu...

The Good News of Jesus for the Anxious! Have you ever been “worried sick”? Being worried sick is more than just a catchphrase. It’s a legitimate health concern! The Mayo Clinic informs us that excessive anxiety can lead to physical problems including high blood pressure, migraines, indigestion, or asthma. Additionally, chronic worry is linked to the development of several mental health conditions,...

"How to Choose the Best Storage Unit" Do you know what the biggest difference between that shiny new vehicle, you wish you could purchase, and the one that was crushed in the junk yard yesterday? Time! Everything in the junkyard today, was once an object of value. There was a day when it was bright, shiny, and new, and somebody said, "I want that. I'll pay money for that!" Then a moth got it, rust...

"What Prayer’s Doxology Proclaims" Many of us are familiar with a hymn, often referred to as “The Doxology”. In many Baptist churches, it would be sung immediately following the collection of the offering. The opening line is “Praise GOD from whom all blessings flow.” While many may think that is the only “doxology”, the word itself is defined as “an expression of praise to GOD”. There are actuall...

" Lead Us…Deliver Us" In February of 2015, the Seattle Seahawks faced the New England Patriots in Super Bowl 49. The Patriots were leading 28-24 with 26 seconds left in the game. It was second down and goal-to-go with the ball less than two yards from the goal line and the Seahawks had one time out remaining. In their backfield, the Seahawks had arguably the best short-yardage running back that se...