Solid Rock Church Sermons

In this sermon, we began The Gospel of John series by identifying the main character, referred to as the Word. John proclaims to his readers that the Word was with God in the beginning, the Word was God, everything has been created through the Word and, more importantly, that the Word is the light of men that has come to earth to have victory over the darkness. Through John’s Gospel, we see...

In the final sermon of our Advent series, we looked at how the birth of Jesus ushers in a new covenant in which God promises to dwell with His people: “God with us.” This is first seen in the incarnation of Jesus, fully God and fully man, living among His people. However, this was only temporary because the birth of Jesus was the beginning of His journey to the cross, where He would di...

In this third sermon in our Advent series, we looked at how Christmas reminds us that we were meant for a king and a kingdom. With all of our diversity, we were created by God to live in one Kingdom, under the kingship of one Righteous King. In Isaiah, God describes the coming Messiah as a righteous king who would be a wonderful counselor, mighty God, everlasting father, and prince of peace. Over...

In this sermon, we looked at the connection between Jesus and the shepherds who first heard the angels’ announcement that the Messiah had been born in Bethlehem. In the Old Testament, we see hints of this connection in the prophesies of the coming Messiah. These prophesies pointed to a future ruler, from Bethlehem, who would lead the people of God like a shepherd. This shepherd would be crus...

In this first sermon of our Advent series, we looked at the hope we have in the promises of “The Long-Awaited One,” Jesus Christ. Since the fall in Genesis 3, God has been unfolding His story of Redemption, while protecting the lineage of the coming Messiah. After 42 generations and deep longing for the fulfillment of the promises of God, Emmanuel finally arrives to defeat sin and deat...

In this sermon, we looked at how God called Hosea to do something that seemed completely ridiculous in order to display God’s love toward His people. Through Hosea and Gomer’s story, God reveals what happens when His people pursue idols as a source of abundant life. God warns Israel that if they continue cheating on Him with other gods, they will no longer be His people. However, we al...

In this sermon, we looked at the book of Zephaniah and how God called Judah, and all the nations, to repent to avoid the judgement He is going to pour out on the Day of the Lord. Our good and perfect God is coming to purge sin and its destructive effects from His creation once and for all. Those who are still in sin’s grip will be carried away along with it in the coming judgment. Those who...

In this sermon, we looked at the story of Daniel and how God revealed Himself as the ruler of all rulers. God used Daniel to interpret King Nebuchadnezzar’s dream. He showed the king that his kingdom would give way to other kingdoms and that God would send a king who would be like a large rock, not made with human hands, that would bring down all earthly kingdoms. All of this was pointing to...

In this sermon, we looked at how God’s story of redemption flows through the story of Naomi and Ruth to bring about His plan of redemption. Their story serves as both a figurative portrait of the redemption of Jesus and a literal part of Jesus’s lineage. As Boaz steps into the story of Naomi and Ruth to sacrificially redeem when no one else will, we see a picture of Jesus’s redem...

In this sermon, we looked at God’s plan to raise up a better king for the nation of Israel. God reveals to Samuel that He is looking for a king who would be a man after His own heart. Through David’s story, we see that even though God is now going to place a man after His own heart on the throne of His people, he will still be a man with a deceitful heart and a sinful nature. Even thou...

In the sermon this past Sunday, we saw how God’s People rejected Him as their king and asked for a human king so they could be like other nations. Through King Saul’s story of sin, the humiliation that his sin brought upon the People of God, and the attempt to shift blame for that sin, we see that God’s People need a better king. Christ is our Better King. He undoes our shame and...

In the sermon this past Sunday, we looked at how God used Moses to deliver His Law to His people, foreshadowing the Gospel that was to come. Jesus validated the Law by teaching that only those who are perfectly righteous, by obeying every letter of God’s Law, will be accepted into heaven as God’s people. Jesus obeyed the Law perfectly, qualifying Him to take our place on the cross and...

In the sermon this past Sunday, we took an in-depth look at Moses’ role in the larger story of the Bible. God came to Moses during a time in which the nation of Israel was experiencing great suffering in its slavery to the Egyptians. Through God’s interaction with Moses, we see that God is completely aware of what His people are going through and He hears their cries to be rescued. We...

In the sermon this past Sunday, we continued The People of God series by looking at the story of Joseph. Through his story, we get a beautiful picture of redemption and forgiveness and a better understanding of how God’s will for our lives unfolds in seasons of blessing and seasons of suffering. Joseph understood that his life didn’t belong to him. Because of this, he was able to be pa...

In the sermon this past Sunday, we looked at the story of Jacob and saw how God’s grace in Jacob’s life is a reflection of God’s grace toward the entire world. Jacob was a deceitful younger brother who advanced himself in life by manipulating and lying to the people closest to him. Through Jacob’s role in God’s redemption story, we see that God displays His sovereign...

In the sermon this past Sunday, we looked at the how Abraham’s story fits into the larger story of the Bible. Is Genesis 12, God made a promise to Abraham to make his family into a great nation, through which all the families of the earth would be blessed. Abraham believed God’s promise and it was counted to him as righteousness. Abraham’s righteousness was a free gift that he re...

In the sermon this past week, we looked at the story of Noah. Like Enoch, Noah walked through life in fellowship and obedience with God.  Through Noah’s story, we were reminded that God is Holy and He punishes sin.  However, in His mercy, He also saves those who truly trust in Him and walk with Him. Noah was considered righteous, not because his life was free from sin, but because...

In the first sermon of The People of God series, we looked at who the people of God really are and how Adam is the pattern for all who would follow after him. Adam and Eve were created as image bearers and the image of God was passed on from them to the rest of mankind.  As the apostle Paul reminds us in Romans 5, the image of God that was marred by the sin of Adam has been passed down to you...

In the sermon this past Sunday, we wrapped up our One Church, Multiple Generations series by looking at how God is still working in us as adults. In Romans 12, we see that God calls us to have a genuine love for one another. Genuine love comes only from the work of the Gospel in our lives and by the church engaging in Biblical community. We are to urge each other on through genuine love, prayer, r...

In the sermon this past Sunday, we looked in Titus 2 at the Biblical model for discipleship, in which Paul calls the spiritually mature adults in the church to invest in the next generation. He lays out this discipleship model: while pastors and elders are responsible for teaching sound doctrine to the whole church, spiritually mature men and women are responsible for discipling younger men and wo...

In the second sermon of the One Church, Multiple Generations series, we looked at God’s encouragement to students and how SR Students ministry is leading our Junior High and High School students to set an example for adult believers. There may be times when students do things that are looked down upon. Immaturity occurs when a person encounters freedom without a sense of responsibility. Matu...

In the sermon this past Sunday, we began a new series looking at how God has called Solid Rock to be one church that spans multiple generations. We began this past Sunday by looking at Solid Rock Kids ministry through the lens of Deuteronomy 6:4-9. We learned that leading children to know and love Jesus is rooted in who God is, instead of who parents want their children to be. Seeing children beco...

In the sermon this past Sunday, we ended the Colossians series by looking at Colossians 3:18-4:1. In this section of Colossians, Paul reminds the church how Christ has redeemed the hierarchy of relationships on earth. Before the Fall, Adam and Eve walked in righteous submission to God that led to abundant life and human flourishing. They were to reflect this leadership and submission by the way Ad...

In the sermon this past Sunday, we continued the Colossians series by looking at Colossians 3:9 - 17. In this section of Paul’s letter, he declares that “Christ is all and in all.” Therefore, all that is Christ is in us. This means that the indwelling power and presence of the Holy Spirit, and His transformational power, is conforming us into the image of Jesus. Additionally, bec...

In the sermon this past Sunday, we looked at Paul’s call to live, not as who we used to be, but as we are in Christ. In Colossians 3:5-10, we are called to put the evil desires of the flesh to death and to cast off who we used to be. When we live our lives according to the desires of the flesh, it leads to death. However, when we die to ourselves we are free to live empowered by the Spirit o...