RiverValley Church - Sermons

Speaker: Pastor Dave Barber | Series: Romans: Gospel-Rooted Living | In this second part of Romans 6, Pastor Dave lays out in 5 practical steps how we defeat sin. The steps include knowing our position in Christ and then responding to that position. The steps are: 1. You are justified by faith. 2. You died with Christ and rose with Him to new life. 3. So consider yourselves dead to sin. 4. Do not...

Speaker: Pastor Dave Barber | Series: Romans: Gospel-Rooted Living | Part Three of Romans is about living the Christian life. So far we have looked at condemnation and justification. Today we start sanctification. Sanctification is God's work of making us more like Christ. This week's message starts with: "Why we should not jump ahead to the application of Paul's books without first understanding...

Speaker: Pastor Dave Barber | Series: RiverValley Church | This Easter we are celebrating via the internet. Our theme is Jesus' victory over death. In this Easter message we see that death is unnatural. We weren't created to die so this whole aging thing feels quite unnatural. Jesus comes on the scene and defeats death by His resurrection, and at His return promises to destroy death once and for a...

Speaker: Pastor Dave Barber | Series: Romans: Gospel-Rooted Living

Speaker: Pastor Dave Barber | Series: Romans: Gospel-Rooted Living | The results of Adam and Eve's disobedience have reached through the centuries. Two of those consequences are a broken relationship with God and the decay and death of all creation. Romans 8 says that all of creation was subjected to the curse unwillingly, but with hope. Things like the coronavirus are results of that curse and th...

Speaker: Steven Blader | Series: RiverValley Church

Speaker: Pastor Dave Barber | Series: Romans: Gospel-Rooted Living

Speaker: Pastor Wyatt Fisher | Series: RiverValley Church | Have you ever wondered if your prayer does any good at all? Pastor Wyatt answers this question in this sermon as we realize that God works through our prayers to unleash Gods power upon the earth.

Speaker: Pastor Dave Barber | Series: Romans: Gospel-Rooted Living | Living by faith is the point of Romans 4. It is by faith alone, in Christ alone, for His glory alone. In this text, Pastor Dave reminds us that Old & New testament people are saved by faith in Christ alone: Some looking forwards, and us looking backwards.

Speaker: Pastor Dave Barber | Series: Romans: Gospel-Rooted Living | How can anyone be righteous apart from their behavior? The answer is in Romans 3:21 and following. There is a righteousness that was promised 430 years before the Law of Moses was given. It is revealed in Jesus Christ and is accessible in only one way... Listen and find out.

Speaker: Pastor Dave Barber | Series: Romans: Gospel-Rooted Living

Speaker: Pastor Dave Barber | Series: Romans: Gospel-Rooted Living | Many Jews thought their place in heaven was reserved because they were Jewish, and because they had been circumcised. Once Paul explains that neither will save them, they are left wondering, "What is the benefit of being Jewish?" In the same way, you don't get to heaven by being Catholic or Protestant or by being baptized. So wha...

Speaker: Pastor Dave Barber | Series: Romans: Gospel-Rooted Living | What happens to people who have no access to a Bible? Paul anticipates the question as he shares how people are judged who have the law and how they are judged without the law. In this message we look at the truth that God has written his law on our hearts.

Speaker: Andy Barber | Series: Romans: Gospel-Rooted Living | In this message we talk about the danger of self-righteousness. We tend to label some sins terrible and some sins excusable. When we think too much of ourselves and minimize our need for grace, we are blind to how kind God's mercy really is. The kindness of God should lead us all to repentance.

Speaker: Pastor Dave Barber | Series: Romans: Gospel-Rooted Living | When David sinned against God with Bathsheba, his greatest fear was God removing His Spirit from Him. In this message in Romans we see the consequences of not repenting quickly. When we choose to suppress God's righteousness, our hearts become darkened because God withdraws His presence and revelation. The result is that every pa...

Speaker: Pastor Dave Barber | Series: Romans: Gospel-Rooted Living

Speaker: Neil Wilson

Bible Text: 2 Kings 22 | Speaker: Pastor Wyatt Fisher

Speaker: Pastor Dave Barber | Series: Expecting God

Speaker: Pastor Dave Barber | Series: Expecting God

Speaker: Pastor Dave Barber | Series: Pressed. Stressed. Depressed.

Speaker: Pastor Dave Barber | Series: Pressed. Stressed. Depressed.

Speaker: Pastor Dave Barber | Series: Pressed. Stressed. Depressed.

Speaker: Pastor Dave Barber | Series: Rooted | There are a lot of modern distortions of the church. The Bible makes clear that the church isn't a building, nor is it an order of superior priests. The Church is the body of Christ and every single member is a minister of Christ in this world. Paul prays for the church in Ephesus and this message not only calls out distortions, but also shares the th...

Speaker: Pastor Dave Barber | Series: Rooted | Acts 1:8 explains that we are witnesses. For many that word brings fear, anxiety, and guilt. In this message we look at the difference between your part and God's part. The Holy Spirit softens hearts, convicts of sin, righteousness, and judgment, and draws people to Jesus. Our part is to be a witness of what God has done in our lives.