Sermons

Rivertown Church is a Christ-centered community that exists to worship God and make disciples of Jesus for the glory of God and the joy of all peoples. For more about our church, please visit our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or join us Sundays at 10:30am at 28 Birge Street in Brattleboro, VT for our worship gathering.

Rivertown Church is a Christ-centered community that exists to worship God and make disciples of Jesus for the glory of God and the joy of all peoples. For more about our church, please visit our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or join us Sundays at 10:30am at 28 Birge Street in Brattleboro, VT for our worship gathering.

Rivertown Church is a Christ-centered community that exists to worship God and make disciples of Jesus for the glory of God and the joy of all peoples. For more about our church, please visit our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or join us Sundays at 10:30am at 28 Birge Street in Brattleboro, VT for our worship gathering.

In this sermon we ask the question: What does covenant mean, and how does God renew covenant with His people after their tragic sin. Does the golden calf change Gods plan and purposes, or does it provide the backdrop for God to showcase His mercy and restore and renew His people by His Word.

In this sermon from Exodus 34, we see that God's glory consists in the weight of his goodness. He makes his glory to pass before Moses and he proclaims to him his name and his attributes. Who is God? How would God describe himself? In this greatest instance of God's self-revelation in the Old Testament, we behold the God who is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in steadfast love, fai...

By Exodus 33, God has pardoned Israel for their adulterous sin with the golden calf, but would the God who is Holy continue to go with them. Would the tabernacle be built that he might dwell in their midst? Would we be content with the blessing of God and a heaven without Christ? Have you grown content with your current knowledge of God? In this sermon from Ben, we glory again in Christ our Mediat...

In this sermon from Al Whittinghill, we consider from Christ’s Sermon on the Mount how we can bless our Father in Heaven who is in secret. May God give you grace to choose to commune with Him and all your life and ministry flow from abiding in Him.

How do God’s covenant people respond to sin in the camp, and will God be faithful to His promises in the midst of grievous sin?

In his farewell message to our church family, pastor David Townsend calls us to be and love the Church. We are born into Zion, the city of God, the heavenly Jerusalem - all of which are synonymous with the church of Christ. Come rejoice in the privilege and duty of belonging to and building the city of God through belonging to and building the church of the Lord Jesus Christ.

In this sermon from Ben, we behold the artistry of God and his invitation to his people to join him in reflecting his glory in the world. May God use this message to re-awaken you to the glories of God in the world and stir in you a glad participation in creative productivity for the glory of God.

In this sermon from Exodus 30, we see that as God's royal priesthood, we're called to belong to Christ Jesus, to ongoing sanctification in him, and to the privilege of prayer. May the Lord bless you by his preached Word.

In this sermon from David Townsend, we see God consecrated his priests and how he consecrates and purifies us as his royal priesthood, through Word and water, bread and wine.

In this sermon from Ben, we see the purpose of the garments God prescribed for Aaron and his sons and how they pointed to Christ, the Great High Priest over the house of God who bears us on his heart and ever lives to make intercession for us.

In this message from pastor Dave, we continue our study of the Tabernacle and find that, though the worship of God ended at the altar for God's people under the Mosaic covenant, in Christ our worship begins at the altar, the cross of Christ. Join us as we boast in the cross of Christ and learn to present ourselves to God as living sacrifices in Christ Jesus our Lord.

In this sermon from Pastor Ben, we see that God's solution for the separation His people's sin created between them was to come dwell among them in a tent. He did that then with the tabernacle, in Christ at the incarnation, and now He's made his people His dwelling place until He comes again and we will dwell with and in Him forever.

In this sermon from Ben, we behold the glory of the holy God desiring and making a way to live among His people. God gave Israel the tabernacle and its articles to be shadows that truly pictured heavenly realities to come, and the substance belongs to Christ.

In this sermon from David, we see God's heart and design for covenant worship in his confirmation of the Mosaic covenant with Israel.

In this Easter 2024 sermon, we behold the resurrected Christ and the good news of peace with God through Him. How are we called to bear witness to Him? In this message from Ben, we see that Peter proclaims that God the Father anointed Christ, the resurrection proved Him, the apostles witnessed Him, and the prophets proclaimed Him. Let us worship Him!

In this sermon from Dave, we behold God's provision and promises to his covenant people. In this text, we see God's call to us to be careful to listen to and obey him as he continues to dwell with us and to save us in His slow and steady work of sanctification.

In this sermon from Ben, we continue to dive into applications of God's moral law in the civil life of Israel, and we behold both God's holiness and his mercy and his call on us to be like him.

In this sermon from Ben, we behold what God's law requires of us with regard to the property he's entrusted to us and the property he's entrusted to others. We see the dignity he's given to all in giving them a right to private property, and we see the glory of laying our rights down when he calls us to for the sake of Christ and his gospel.

In this message from David, we dive into the book of the covenant, God's civil laws to the nation of Israel. In these laws, we behold the character and wisdom of the God who is holy, righteous, and good. The law of God was not written in a vacuum. They come to humanity and speak to us as we are. They are a reflection of God’s heart, and in it true righteousness and justice are revealed. We have to...

In this sermon from Ben, we see how God reveals himself to his people in his holiness so that they might learn to fear him and keep his commandments. In Exodus 20, the people plead with Moses for a mediator, and God has gloriously answered in sending the Lord Jesus Christ to be both our atoning sacrifice and the one Mediator between God and man. So how now shall we consider the fear of God and thi...

In this sermon from pastor Ben, we behold Christ's call to faith and prayer as our primary means of building his kingdom with him. As Bunyan said, we can do more than pray after we have prayed, but we cannot do more than pray until we have prayed. Will we take up this spiritual weapon that has divine power and be a channel of Christ's life and power in our town? May he help our unbelief as we look...

As we continue to talk about joining Christ in building his church, we consider in this sermon from pastor Ben the privilege and opportunity in front of us in getting to give to the house of our God. May God use us to build a church for the glory of God that serves the worship of the nations and future generations.