Rocklane Christian Church Sermons

This week we are talking about Jesus – we will be examining His nature, what exactly He did for us and how He was able to accomplish it. There are some profound, essential truths about Jesus that Vermeer is communicating to us in his work “Allegory of Faith”. Take some time to read Philippians 2:5-8 and John 1:1-3,14. What do these verses tell you about Jesus Christ?

This week we examine three items that are on the floor in Vermeer’s painting “The Allergory of Faith”. These items are an apple with a bite taken out of it, a serpent, a stone or brick that has apparently crushed the snake. This week we are examining sin – what R.S. Sproul calls “cosmic sin”. In preparation you may consider reading the story of the fall of man in Genesis 3, as well as what scriptu...

This week we begin a new series called “Vermeer’s ‘Allegory of Faith’”. We will be examining a painting that is full of Christian metaphor that has been preaching the Gospel in its own way for over 400 years. This week we will talk about the Christian discipline of setting our minds on things above found in Colossians 3:2-10. You can find the painting online in different places. Here’s one: (https...

This Sunday we are going to do something a little different. We are going to do our very first “State of the Church” address. 2020 was a long and difficult year for many. Our church has gone through a lot. This Sunday we are going to recap 2020 and talk about our exciting future as we continue with our mission here at Rocklane to help people know God!

Last week we ended with this Quote from Ray Steadman; “God’s first concern is not what the church does, it is what the church is……..” We asked; what if the Church was just the Church? We will pick up right there and answer, What the Church is! The Holy Spirit reveals this to us in Acts 2: 43-47. So get a head start and start devoting yourself to this scripture!

Session 6 of the Galatians' Bible study.

Join us this Sunday we will be taking a look at Acts 2:42 and asking the questions, "How did this small group of new believers operate in a way that completely changed the world? What can the Church today learn from the early Church about how to operate in a way that can alter human history?"

This week we continue our study of the book of Acts, continuing to learn how the New Testament Church did things. So far we have talked about how the church began and how the church decides and this Sunday we will examine Acts 2:1-41 and learn how the church speaks. Read the text and jot down what happened before Peter preached the first Christian sermon after Christ. Also, take note of the main p...

Session five of the Galatians Bible study.

This week we continue our series in Acts called “The Acts of the Holy Spirit: Beginners Guide to Church.” We will be covering Acts 1:12-25 and 16:6-10 and examining how the church made major decisions. Moral decisions aren’t that tough – at least we know what we should do. It is the amoral decisions- the ones where there is no clear right or wrong that can be difficult. Read the text and jot down...

Session Four of the Galatians Bible study.

This week we begin a study in the book of Acts. We will be doing several studies out of Acts this year. This first one is called “The Beginners Guide to Church”. We will be examining how the church started and get refreshed and reminded on how we need to operate and what we ought to be doing as His church today. Read Acts 1:1-11 and consider what the text says about the church and how it is/should...

Session Three of Seth's Thursday night Bible study on Galatians.

This week we bring to a close our study of 2nd Peter with a look at 2 Peter 3. Here Peter’s goal is to stir up our “sincere minds”, another translation says to “stimulate wholesome thinking”. Read through chapter 3 and jot down the things Peter mentions that would help us think correctly. Prayerfully consider which and how you may need to apply them.

Session two of the Thursday night Galatians Bible study.

This week we look at 2 Peter 2 and examine what the adversary’s response to the Bible is. Peter warns us of false teachers and what their teaching produces in our lives. Read the chapter and make a list of what Peter says about false teaching, and prayerfully examine your life for any of these affects.

This is session one of the Galatians Thursday night Bible study.

This week we continue our study in the book of 2 Peter with a specific focus on the importance of scripture in our lives. Sunday we will be examining 2 Peter 1:12-21 and talking about how we can know the Bible is the Word of God and should be trusted. Read the text and consider the following questions: Why is Peter so committed to reminding his readers of something that they “already know”? (v.12-...

This week we begin a new year with a study in 2 Peter as we strive to awaken within ourselves a hunger for the Word of God.

After an incredible Christmas holiday this week we will look ahead in anticipation of the New Year. New Year’s is always a time of renewed hope and purpose! It is a time when we often resolve to move forward and be better. Unfortunately - more often than not - our good intentions are quickly overwhelmed. This week God’s word will challenge us to make one very significant resolution. Join us Sunday...

Christmas Eve Service

These days many of us are longing for things to return to “normal”. This week, this Christmas we are going to be looking at Isaiah 9:6 and learning some wonderful truths that will never change not matter how “normal” or abnormal our lives may become!

This week we finish our series in Joseph and we watch Joseph display one of the most meaningful moments of forgiveness in all of scripture. Joseph will teach us that part of trusting God means forgiving people who sin against us. If you want to read ahead read Genesis 44, 45, and 50 and be prayerfully considering who you need to be forgiving.

So far, Joseph has displayed relentless trust for God in times of great adversity – but can he trust God in times of prosperity? This week Joseph finally catches a break and it’s a big one. Here we examine the discipline it takes to maintain trust in God in an environment that is even more hostile toward faith than adversity – the times of prosperity. If you would like to read ahead we will be foc...

This is the Sunday after Thanksgiving! And we are going to spend the Sunday after Thanksgiving with Joseph in prison where he has been serving for years with no end in sight for a crime that he did not commit. The challenge this week is this, “trusting God means being thankful, even when He allows you to suffer.” If you want to read ahead we will be covering Genesis 29:19-23, 40, 41:1. Happy Thank...