Solid Rock Church Sermons

In the sermon this past Sunday, we looked at how Abraham and Isaac’s story continues to point us toward Jesus. As he constantly walked in obedience and trust, Abraham obeyed God all the way to the point of offering his son Isaac as a burnt offering. From the beginning of man’s relationship with God in the Garden, God’s law has prescribed death as the requirement for sin. So, for...

In the sermon this past Sunday, we looked at the heart of what it means to truly trust God. In Genesis 22, we see how Abraham’s trust in God compelled him to continue his journey to sacrifice Isaac, even in the midst of uncertainty. At this point in the journey, Abraham had no indication that God was going to provide a substitute sacrifice. Abraham trusted God because he believed that God wa...

In the sermon this past Sunday, we looked at a portrait of true obedience through the story of Abraham and Isaac in Genesis 22. God approached Abraham to test, refine and solidify his faith by asking him to give up his one and only son, whom he loved dearly. When God calls for Abraham’s attention, His authority is rooted in who He is, not what He is asking for. Similarly, Abraham’s obe...

In the sermon this past Sunday, we recognized how easy it is to affirm the goodness of God in general terms. It’s easy to proclaim God’s goodness when things are going well but it becomes much more difficult when our plans and our lives seem to be going backward on a daily basis. The Psalmist David reminds us that, no matter our life circumstances, fear of the Lord leads us to a heart...

In the sermon this past Sunday, we looked at how God redeems our suffering for our good. In James 1, God calls Christians to find joy in suffering because He is redeeming what was intended to bring us harm and using it to lead us to something better. God is using suffering to expose where our faith is diluted by doubt and where it is rooted in false doctrine, in order to bring to completion the wo...

In the sermon this past Sunday, we looked at how the Gospel calls and empowers Christians to wage war against the sin that we face in our daily lives. In Romans 8, we see that the Holy Spirit leads us into battle. The war for our souls has been decisively won with one very specific battle victory: the resurrection of Jesus. However, the war has yet to come to an end and we fight this war in small...

In the sermon this past Sunday, we looked at how the forgiveness we receive from God should compel us to readily forgive our neighbor. In Matthew 18, Jesus uses a parable to tell Peter that there should be no measure to the forgiveness we extend to one another. The debt we owe God for our sins is immeasurable and impossible to fathom ever paying back in 10,000 lifetimes. Yet He freely offers His f...

In the sermon this past Sunday, we looked at how the Gospel informs and impacts the way we pray. In Matthew 6, Jesus lays out a framework for how His followers should pray, in light of the Gospel. Because of what Jesus has done for us, we are not praying to a far-off, unknown spiritual being; we are praying to our Heavenly Father. Our familial bond to God means that we are praying to One who loves...

In the sermon this past Sunday, we looked at how the Gospel impacts the way we view our money and possessions. In Matthew 13:44, we learned that the Kingdom of Heaven is the greatest treasure a person can find. In fact, the Kingdom is so valuable that the person who finds Him willingly and joyfully trades allegiance with every earthly treasure out of the joy of finding Him. He is infinitely more v...

In the sermon this past Sunday, we looked at how the Gospel impacts our physical health. Because of our sin nature and ever-present battle with our flesh, we have a tendency to see our bodies as irrelevant to spiritual living. As we saw in 1 Corinthians 6, Jesus died and resurrected that we might experience the eternal resurrection of our physical bodies. Therefore, our bodies matter to Jesus. Our...

In the sermon this past Sunday, we continued the Everyday Gospel series and looked at how the Gospel impacts our work. In Genesis 1 and 2, we see that God created human beings to flourish through work. As a part of God’s original design, untainted by sin, work is the cultivating and  harvesting of God’s creation in order to receive God’s good provision. Because of sin, the w...

In the sermon this past Sunday, we looked at the Biblical mandate for children to obey their parents and for parents to bring up their children in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. This is a calling to walk in faith toward complete restoration of what was before The Fall. Parents, the purpose in disciplining your children is to imitate your Heavenly Father. Your children should see a ref...

In the sermon this past Sunday, we looked at how gender is part of God’s design for humans flourishing. Our gender-based identities are inherently part of the Imago Dei and the way we interact within our genders reflects the way that the Godhead interacts within Himself; This is especially true in marriage. The Bible presents a blueprint for marriage that leads to human flouri...

In the sermon this past Sunday, we looked at how the Gospel shapes how we invest our greatest commodity in this life: our time. Every calendar entry reflects our personal theology on happiness. Our commitments govern how we spend our time; How we spend our time reflects what we give our lives to; And what we give our lives to is guided by the answer to one primary question, “What will make m...

In the sermon this past Sunday, we looked at how the Gospel is good news in our justification and sanctification. Trusting in Jesus, and His work alone, changes who we are. And because the Gospel changes who we are, it changes what we do and how we live. Jesus says that he who hears and believes the Gospel is like a farmer planting seeds in good soil; genuine faith produces good fruit. James says...

Last Sunday, we began our new series: The Everyday Gospel. We started off the series by looking at how the Gospel shapes our identities and the way we see ourselves and each other. Unlike the cultural worldview that determines your identity based on what you do and how well you perform what you do, the Gospel declares that who we are is 100% based on who God is. We are image bearers. In the same w...

In the sermon this past Sunday, we wrapped up the sermon series “Even Sinners Such As I” by looking at how Jesus alone truly satisfies the longing of the human soul. Ironically, as fallen people, we are prone to seek satisfaction in things on Earth that can’t satisfy. In Isaiah 55:1-3 we were reminded that true satisfaction for the soul comes from placing our faith solely in Jesu...

In the sermon this past Sunday, we looked at how we have been set free from our slavery to sin by Christ and we are called to stand firm in that freedom through walking by the Holy Spirit, not giving ourselves, once again, as slaves to sin. As Christ followers, we don’t have to convince God to lead us toward His will. The Holy Spirit is consistently leading us towards holiness, compelling us...

In the sermon this past Sunday, we looked at how the Gospel frees us from our slavery to idols. In Deuteronomy 4:15-20, God reminds us that anything can become an idol. An idol is anything or anyone that takes the place of “first love” in our lives. Idols are most often the good things that we have received from God that have become ultimate things. Idols draw us away from worshipping...

In the sermon this past Sunday, we looked at how the Gospel rescues us from our fears and anxieties. In Philippians 4:4-9, we were reminded that our battles with anxiety and fear are common struggles among Christ followers. The Apostle Paul calls Christians to combat anxiety through worship, prayer and living in Christian community. We set our attention and affections on Jesus by recalibrating our...

In the sermon this past Sunday ,  we looked at the miraculous  work of God in redemption.  1 Corinthians 1:26 - 31  says that  God chose us in our weakness in order to redeem us by working in us and through us for His glory. He takes what is weak, makes it strong and t hen uses it to save the world. This is  the essence of our redemption: God redeems us,  not bec...

In the sermon this past Sunday, we looked at how the finished work of Jesus is enough to earn God’s approval for us and secure our calling in ministry. In 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8, Paul reminded the church that this was the basis for his encouragement and confidence to share the Gospel boldly in the midst of much persecution. This is also why Paul didn’t give in to the temptation to becom...

This past Sunday, we looked at how sin and shame can impact our lives. Through the story of the Exodus, God reveals how the sin of Israel and the sin of the Pharaoh brought shame upon the people of Israel. Just like the people of Israel, shame tries to identify us as worthless and unacceptable, and pushes us far from people and the presence of God. However, God shows Himself to be faithful to clai...

In the sermon this past Sunday ,  we looked at how the Gospel produces hope in our suffering.  In Romans 5, Paul reminds us  of the justification that we have through our faith in Jesus and how that justification brings us peace with God and access into God’s presence. Additionally, our faith in Jesus has secured for us God’s  forgiveness for our sins and  eter...

In the sermon this past Sunday, we looked at how God’s abounding grace works in our lives to eradicate sin and transform us into the image of Jesus. In Romans 6, Paul give us two primary commands in our battle against sin: consider ourselves dead to sin and alive to Christ and present ourselves near to God rather than near to sin. Paul says that when we obey the command to consider our ident...