Rooftop Church - Sermon Podcasts

The Apostle Paul writes to the Romans that the children of God are led by the Spirit of God. How does the Spirit lead us? How do we know it's the Spirit? And what does He give us to do?

In this sermon, Pastor Josh Nix discusses the importance of unity in the body of Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit. Drawing from Ephesians 4:1-13, he explains that the unity of the Spirit is already a reality for believers—not something we create, but something we must make every effort to maintain. This unity has eternal implications and is essential for the church to fulfill its missio...

To be a Christian means to talk to our Heavenly Father. But God is perfect, transcendent, and removed, and we don't know what to say. So God sends us His Spirit to intercede on our behalf. He teaches us what to say and helps us hear what God is saying.

The Apostle Paul tells the Corinthians that God is too mysterious and the gospel too offensive for us to discover or believe on our own. So how would we ever get to know God? By the Holy Spirit, who reveals to us what we otherwise could not see.

The Holy Spirit gives us power. But what does it mean to be empowered by the Holy Spirit? What does that look like? Learn what it means for Christians to be empowered by the Holy Spirit in our summer sermon series, Holy Spirit Summer

While the Holy Spirit may not get as much credit as being a creator as God and Jesus, He has a deeply creative side found all throughout scripture. Listen in, as we discuss creation and re-creation by the Holy Spirit and how we can be participants with Him.

Christians believe the Holy Spirit of God is real and He comes to help us live our lives and do His work. How do we live in the presence and power of God? By following the example of Jesus, who was anointed by the Spirit of Christ.

The Bible says the Spirit is God's gift to us, so we can do His work and be His people. But what even IS the Spirit? A person? A ghost? A force? Check out the first in our summer 2025 series called "Holy Spirit Summer."

God speaks to us in His Word to challenge and inspire us. But He speaks to us in different ways. Listen to nine Rooftoppers share how God's Word has encouraged them over the years in this special Voices from the Roof service called, "My Favorite Passage."00:00 - Matt Herndon (introduction)02:37 - Dan Brouk (Hebrews 7:23-25)12:58 - Denise Koch (Psalm 34:4-5)23:00 - Blake Ahrens (John...

With Noah and his family planted in the new world, and sin and violence washed away, humanity is ready for a new beginning! There's only one problem: sin. It resides in the human heart and tragically reappears in Noah's family, ruining everything once again.

God is a covenant maker. He is a promise keeper. The first covenant mentioned in Scripture is the covenant with Noah. This sign, the reminder of this covenant with Noah and all of creation, is the rainbow. While this promise holds some profound truths that remain relevant today, what may be more evident is the character of God.

After God floods the earth, creation begins again. How will things be different? God gives a new set of instructions to Noah that sounds a lot like the first he gave to Adam and Eve. There are some differences, though, and we learn a lot about God and ourselves by reflecting on these new instructions.

After Noah's flood, something changes. God promises to not curse the ground and never destroy humankind. What happens? Noah offers a sacrifice. Some sacrifice, right? What made Noah's offering so special? And what does it mean for us?

Noah and his family have been on the ark for 150 days. Will they ever leave? What can we learn from Noah's story about waiting on the Lord?

The story of Noah's flood is darker and different than the one we learned about in Sunday school. It's also more complicated: How should we read it? As a historical account, religious myth, or spiritual parable? What do we have to learn from God's judgment of the earth and His rescuing of life by one righteous man? Let's "dive" in!

Hope is a dangerous thing. It can drive a man insane. You better get used to that." So says Ellis Redding to his friend, Andy, in the famous movie, Shawshank Redemption. Hope can be hard. But it's what Easter is all about. On Good Friday, Jesus died to give us forgiveness, and on Easter, he rose to give us hope.

With the impending flood, God gives Noah instructions to build an ark to save him and his family. What can we learn about their partnership, and what does it mean for us today?

The Bible has strange things in it -- especially in the book of Genesis. It's a different world from ours, but understanding this world in Genesis helps us understand the story of Noah. And it helps us answer an important question: What would possibly motivate God the Creator to utterly wipe out His creation?

Everybody knows the story of Noah and the flood. Or do they? There's plenty in the story that we skip or ignore--for starters, where the story begins. Before we can discuss the story of Noah in Genesis 6, we have to talk about his family tree in Genesis 5.

Jesus tells his people to go into the world and spread God's love and truth. That should start with our friends. But what if we don't have any friends—or any good ones, or enough of them? Friendliness is increasingly common in our disconnected world, and it comes with great cost. God can help us here. Not only can he give us friends, but he can make our friendships the kind of deep relatio...

The Bible gives us many examples of people who struggled with depression and anxiety. How did God respond to those people? Find out in a message with Pastoral Intern Ariel Stephens.

How do you show the love of God to someone who doesn't even believe in Him? Pastor Matt Herndon has some ideas.

We all have people in our lives who are addicted to unhealthy behaviors and thinking. (There's a good chance we have an addiction ourselves.) It can feel powerless to help these friends and loved ones. Is there anything we can do? Perhaps--by loving these people as Jesus loves us.

We all have people in our lives who claim to be "spiritual but not religious". Listen in as Pastor Josh pulls directly from scripture to lay out a framework for how we, as Christians, can and should show up for our friends who may believe in God, but want nothing to do with the church.

If we're not broke ourselves, we have friends who have financial need themselves. We want to help them, but how should we? How can we love them the way Jesus loves us?