The Rock Sermon Podcast

🎧 The Rock Sermon Podcast Join us each week as we dive deeper into God's Word and discover practical ways to live out our faith. New episodes are released every Monday with a sermon recap and conversation, along with additional Bible study episodes throughout the week. Find all of our resources, podcast platforms, and social media here: https://linktr.ee/ctrfallriver 🙌 Join us at Christ The...

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In this episode of The Rock Sermon Podcast, Pastor Rob Canavan serves as guest host and talks with Pastor Erica Canavan about her message, Unshaken , from Week 3 of the Unstoppable series. Together they unpack Acts 4–5 and discuss how believers can overcome fear, pray for boldness, receive a fresh filling of the Holy Spirit, resist compromise, and continue living as witnesses for Jesus when opposi...

Acts 2 shows us a church marked by devotion, awe, family, generosity, and the power of the Holy Spirit. In this episode, Tim and Pastor Rob talk through Week 2 of Unstoppable and ask what it looks like for the church today to reflect Jesus in a way people can actually see. Song referenced: DC Talk, “He Works” ht tps://youtu.be/EtEGZqXOPns?si=w-KLv8L_gmiO-PSA Connect with Christ The Rock: https://l...

We've all done it. We go back to places, habits, thoughts, and struggles that have never truly given us life, yet we keep hoping this time will be different. In this episode, Pastor Rob explores the question the angels asked at the empty tomb: "Why do you look for the living among the dead?" Together we'll talk about why we keep returning to dead places, what the empty tomb means...

Unstoppable, Week 1: Empowered | Acts 1:1–11 What happens when ordinary people are filled with the power of the Holy Spirit? In this first episode of our Unstoppable series, Pastor Rob and Tim unpack Acts 1:1–11 and explore Jesus' final instructions before His ascension. The early church wasn't built on talent, resources, or influence. It was built on complete dependence on God. In this co...

Show Notes Barabbas walked free because Jesus took his place. In this episode of The Rock Sermon Podcast, Pastor Rob looks at what the cross really means for us personally. Jesus willingly carried our sin and shame, opened the way home to God, and calls us to stop making peace with the chains He died to break. We’ll talk about grace, surrender, forgiveness, and trusting God when life feels like yo...

Show Notes In this episode of The Rock Sermon Podcast, Pastor Rob continues the I Believe series with a look at one of the most powerful lines of the Apostles’ Creed: Conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary. This isn’t just a Christmas phrase. It points us to the miracle of the incarnation, God becoming man and coming near to save us. Pastor Rob talks about why the virgin birth matte...

Gradually, Then Suddenly, Week 3When Faith Takes a Step This week on The Rock Sermon Podcast , Pastor Rob and Tim close out the Gradually, Then Suddenly series with a conversation about faith, small beginnings, and the moment where God calls us to move. Sunday was one of those services where the Word didn’t just encourage us, it pressed on us. The altar call was powerful, with many people stepping...

Is Jesus Your Savior or Actually Your Lord? This week on the Rock Sermon Podcast, Pastor Rob continues the I Believe series, walking through the Apostles’ Creed and focusing on one powerful phrase: “I believe in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord.” A lot of people are comfortable with Jesus as Savior, but what does it really mean to call Him Lord? In this episode, Pastor Rob talks about the diff...

Why does spiritual growth sometimes feel so slow? In this solo episode of The Rock Sermon Podcast, Pastor Rob continues the “Gradually, Then Suddenly” series with a deeper look at Week 2, “Constant Use.” We talk about: • Why consistency matters more than intensity • How God builds mature believers through repetition • Why obedience can feel painfully uncomfortable • What to do when growth feels hi...

I Believe in God, The Father Almighty (Part 1) What do you actually believe… and why does it matter? In this brand-new series based on the Apostles’ Creed, Pastor Rob begins unpacking one of the most foundational statements of the Christian faith: “I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth.” This week at Rock Life, worship and prayer led us deep into God’s presence, so thi...

Episode Description / Show Notes Most people love the “suddenly” moments of God. Suddenly healed. Suddenly restored. Suddenly breakthrough. But what if the greatest things God does in our lives are built slowly, quietly, and faithfully over time? In this episode of The Rock Sermon Podcast , Pastor Rob and Tim unpack Week 1 of the brand-new series Gradually, Then Suddenly . They talk about hidden o...

What’s the point of hearing God if we don’t actually do what He says? In this final week of the Hearing God Clearly series, Pastor Rob recaps a powerful night at Rock Life and talks about why obedience is often the missing piece when it comes to spiritual clarity. Many times the issue isn’t that God stopped speaking. The issue is that we hesitate to respond. In this episode we talk about: Why obed...

How does sin actually grow in our lives? It rarely starts big. It starts small, hidden, and unattended. What we ignore, excuse, or keep in the dark doesn’t stay small for long. It grows. In this episode of The Rock Sermon Podcast, Pastor Rob walks through the spiritual reality that what we feed will grow, whether it’s faith or sin. Looking at Scripture and real-life patterns, this message exposes...

How do you know if it’s really God speaking… or just your own thoughts? In this episode, Pastor Rob breaks down how to recognize God’s voice in a real, practical way. After a powerful weekend of worship, prayer, and people stepping out in faith, we’re not just talking about hearing God… we’re seeing it happen. This episode will help you: • Understand the difference between God’s voice, your though...

🎙️ Episode Title Learning God’s Voice (Week 3) | Hearing God Clearly What does God actually sound like? That’s the question we all wrestle with. In Week 3 of Hearing God Clearly , we start moving from “God is speaking” to actually learning how to recognize His voice in everyday life. We didn’t rush through everything this week. Instead, we slowed down and went deeper into three foundational ways G...

🎙️ The Rock Sermon Podcast Baby Monsters – Week 2 “It Didn’t Happen All at Once” This week’s episode takes a deeper look at the life of Samson and how spiritual drift rarely happens overnight. It starts small, grows quietly, and if left unchecked, can lead to real damage. We talk through how compromise, desensitization, and distance from God develop over time… and more importantly, how grace meets...

📄 Show Notes If God is speaking… why does it still feel like we don’t hear Him? This week we’re talking about the real issue. It’s not that God is silent. It’s that life is loud. In this episode, we walk through what’s actually blocking us from hearing God clearly and how to begin creating space to recognize His voice in everyday life. Whether you missed Bible study or were there in the room, thi...

🎙️ The Rock Sermon Podcast Baby Monsters – Week 1 It didn’t start big…It started small. A thought you ignored. A habit you justified. A compromise you told yourself you could manage. In this episode, Tim and Pastor Rob kick off the Baby Monsters series by talking about the things we tolerate when they’re small… and how those little things can grow into something that wrecks our faith, relationship...

📝 SHOW NOTES What if God isn’t silent… what if we’ve just stopped recognizing His voice? In this episode, we kick off a brand new series, Hearing God Clearly, by laying the foundation: God is already speaking. A lot of believers struggle with hearing God, not because He isn’t communicating, but because we don’t always recognize how He speaks. This episode breaks that mindset and brings it back to...

🎙️ The Rock Sermon PodcastEpisode: He’s Alive… Now What? What if what felt final… actually wasn’t? In this episode, Tim and Pastor Rob unpack this past Sunday’s Easter message and bring it into real life. The resurrection isn’t just something we celebrate once a year, it’s something we’re meant to live every single day. If Jesus is alive… what does that change for you? 🔥 In This Episode, We Talk...

🎙️ SHOW NOTES Keep Jesus First, Everything Else Follows In this episode, Pastor Rob walks through Days 29–32 of the devotional journey and brings it back to what matters most: 👉 Keeping Jesus at the center of everything It’s easy to get caught up in life, growth, goals, and even spiritual routines… while slowly drifting from the foundation our faith is built on. This episode is a reset. 🔥 What Y...

🎧 You Are Sent | Easter People Week 4 What if the resurrection wasn’t just something we celebrate… but something that sends us? This week, we wrapped up our Easter People series with a simple but powerful truth: 👉 You are sent. We all know how easy it is to talk about things we enjoy… a restaurant, a show, a deal we found. But when it comes to sharing what Jesus has done in our lives, we can hes...