RiverValley Church - Sermons

Speaker: Pastor Dave Barber | Series: Rooted

Speaker: Pastor Dave Barber | Series: Rooted | When Jesus shares the parable of the sheep and the goats it sounds like the ones who had compassion on the poor, imprisoned, and sick will get to heaven and the rest are heading for destruction. However, a closer look may help you to understand this text much better. In this message we discover the keys to Biblical compassion.

Speaker: Pastor Dave Barber | Series: Rooted | "Why are you here?" is the question posed in this message. The Scriptures are actually very clear that we have been left here for ministry. Pastor Dave takes a look at the call to ministry, including the motive and model for ministry.

Speaker: Pastor Dave Barber | Series: Rooted | It is my conviction that every believer has to deal with strongholds. Strongholds are areas where Satan has taken a natural desire and supercharged it to create something that controls us. At the core of a stronghold are lies built up to drive a wedge between you and God. In this message we talk about how to overcome strongholds.

Speaker: Pastor Dave Barber | Series: Rooted | Suffering is a common experience. In this message Pastor Dave looks at a philosophical question generated by pain. He also explores the theological answer to suffering and a few practical reasons for pain. Although we try hard to avoid pain, it has some very good results.

Speaker: Pastor Dave Barber | Series: Rooted | Every believer is equipped to hear from God. Jesus said that the indwelling Holy Spirit would lead us into all truth. In this message Pastor Dave teaches about how we hear from God. He also teaches on the principles guide us in discerning whether we are hearing from God or something else.

Speaker: Pastor Wyatt Fisher | Series: Rooted | Pastor Wyatt goes over God's plan for redeeming his people from the depravity of sin that we are in.

Speaker: Pastor Dave Barber | Series: Rooted | In Acts 2:42 we have the job description for every believer.  As the church explodes on the scene of history,  they begin to establish the key commitments. These four things that we are all to be constantly devoted to will lead to a full Christian life.

Speaker: Pastor Dave Barber | Series: The Gospel of Mark | Why do verses 9 through 20 of Mark 16 have a parenthesis that says "Earlier manuscripts do not include these verses"? This message explains the manuscript evidence we have and the confidence we can have in the Scriptures.

Bible Text: John 15 | Speaker: Pastor Dave Barber | Series: Life Group ABCs | As Jesus prepared His disciples to be His witnesses he encouraged them to press on, even if the world hated them. The cultural Christianity that pervades the US churches is working towards getting the world to like us, something that Jesus says is an incorrect focus. This does not mean we are to be unkind or obnoxious, b...

Speaker: Pastor Dave Barber | Series: Life Group ABCs | In this message from John 15:12-17 we look at Jesus' command to "love one another".  This was not a call to love the world, but a call to the disciples to love each other, as they were only a day away from being questioned and persecuted for their faith. We look at the command, the example, and the new status Jesus gives us today.

Speaker: Pastor Dave Barber | Series: Life Group ABCs | Jesus invites His followers to abide in Him.   This high honor is not meant to be something for the Spiritually elite, but is for every follower. We are invited to live every day in a relationship with our Savior. Pastor Dave explains how we abide in Christ and what the results are in this message.

Speaker: Steven Blader | Series: RiverValley Church | The Bible tells us that the Gospel is the power of God for salvation. This means that the Gospel is the power of God for both our justification as well as our sanctification - not just for the forgiveness of our sins, but also the power to grow in the righteousness Christ has given us. How does this work? In Colossians 1, Paul prays for believe...

Speaker: Pastor Dave Barber | Series: The Gospel of Mark | What do you need to know about the end times? The day before Jesus was arrested He sat down with his inner circle and told them what to watch for that would be a sign of things to come. The message he shared that day is still important for us today as we see what we need to do in response to the end.

Speaker: Pastor Wyatt Fisher | Series: The Gospel of Mark | It isn't enough to know that loving the Lord is the most important thing. It begins with making Jesus your Lord and living out your love for Him intentionally.

Speaker: Pastor Dave Barber | Series: The Gospel of Mark | In Mark 12, Jesus gives the Jewish religious leaders a clear warning about their plan to kill the Son of God. He speaks to them out of the very Psalm they use for the passover so they can't miss it. In this message the characteristics of true grace are also outlined to counter the worldly concept of cheap grace. Proving even at the end God...

Speaker: Pastor Dave Barber | Series: The Gospel of Mark | Immediately after Jesus tells them that he is going to die in Jerusalem a third time, James and John ask if they can sit on His right and left. Talk about oblivious to the needs of others... Which gives Jesus a great opportunity to teach about the difference between the path of this World and the path of the Kingdom of God. They aren't jus...

Speaker: Pastor Dave Barber | Series: The Gospel of Mark | This week in Mark, Jesus encounters the rich young ruler. The text says that Jesus loved him. In our culture we seem to think that love equals acceptance of everything. He loved him so much that he addressed the misunderstandings that he had about the gospel. He offers him the solution and an invitation to follow Him, but the rich young ma...

Bible Text: Mark 10 | Speaker: Pastor Dave Barber | Series: The Gospel of Mark | The heading in the Bible says "Teaching About Divorce" for Mark 10:1-12. But actually it was the Pharisees trying to get Jesus in trouble, the people wanting to know the acceptable conditions for divorce, and Jesus' reply that they are asking the wrong questions. The real equation is what did God design marriage to be...

Speaker: Pastor Dave Barber | Series: The Gospel of Mark | A lot of people in our culture want to make Jesus into a blob of love and forgiveness. Of course those are part of His attributes, but He is also dead serious about sin. In this message he uses graphic language to express how serious he is about sin. He also clarifies what it looks like to be a follower of Christ every day.

Speaker: Pastor Dave Barber | Series: The Gospel of Mark | Nobody likes to fail, but a failed attempt at something can be a great teacher. The disciples fail to cast out an unclean Spirit and it becomes a teaching opportunity for Jesus. He teaches them that their faith isn't in their ability to use thought format, but is in Christ and that some are only affected by preparedness in prayer. This mes...

Speaker: Pastor Wyatt Fisher | Series: The Gospel of Mark | This message tells the story of the transfiguration and the life-altering moment the disciples had with Christ and the life-altering moment you can have with Christ.

Speaker: Pastor Dave Barber | Series: The Gospel of Mark | In Mark 8 Jesus begins to set his face toward the cross. He also begins training the disciples. Lesson #1- the values and truths of the Kingdom will collide with the values and ideas of the world. If you want to follow Jesus you will need to deny yourself, take up your cross, and follow.

Speaker: Pastor Dave Barber | Series: RiverValley Church | This week we are taking a look at what the Bible says about baptism. We are celebrating 9 baptisms this morning and then talking about the process of coming to faith and then proclaiming it in baptism. We will look at why be baptized, what does baptism do, and who should be baptized.

Speaker: Pastor Dave Barber | Series: The Gospel of Mark | This Easter morning we took a look at the first Easter. The first Easter wasn't a joy-filled victory celebration. It began wondering if there was any hope at all. It moved to confusion as they tried to figure out what happened to the body of Jesus and concluded with Mary seeing Jesus for herself. Soon after that the joy turned into resolve...