Tri-State Community Church - Sermons

Shame is one of the most horrible emotions that we can experience. It cuts deep into our soul like a razor and leaves a mess that can last for a lifetime. In this message Pastor Rick Anderson shows how the Lord takes away our shame and transforms it into glory!

Authority of every description has fallen on hard times these days. As a result we have all suffered a loss of intimacy and respect. What is the cure? In this message, Pastor Rick Anderson takes this up discussing biblical authority within the context of the gospel as it is proclaimed in Genesis 3:20.

In this message Pastor Rick Anderson discusses the effects of the fall upon men especially as it concerns marriage and the workplace.

In this message Pastor Rick Anderson discusses the effects of the fall upon women and especially the unique pain that a mom undergoes in bearing and raising children.

In the the life of the church there are all kinds of questions that can be answered correctly without any working understanding of the answer. On such question is, “How did Jesus defeat Satan?” In this message, Pastor Rick Anderson seeks to answer that question starting from the foundation given to us in Genesis 3:15.

The history of Israel and her kings teach us of a correlation that exists between the righteousness/ unrighteousness of the king and the welfare of the people. Once we understand this principle we can begin to see how the perfectly righteous Kingship of Christ is truly a blessing to His people.

God is active in the ordinary moments of life working for His glory and our good. In this message, Donald looks at ways we can glorify God in the ordinary and examines the ordinary means of grace.

Psalm 61 by Tri-State Community Church

We are constantly bombarded with the temptation to walk in the light of men, the world, and the flesh. But in Isaiah, through a great vision of hope, the Lord calls us to walk in His light. In this message Rick shows us that God’s light does not change, is trustworthy, and breaths life in to death, darkness, and hopelessness.

In this message, gleaning from the birth narrative of Jesus, Rick discusses the absolute sovereignty and providence of God.

What can we learn by Mary’s famous visit with Elizabeth? One of the answers is definitely worship. In fact, one of the core themes of the beginning of Luke’s gospel is worship. In this message, gleaning from this well known story, Rick develops God’s role in worship, our response, and the effect worship has on on the believer.

In this message Rick takes us through the well know story of Gabriel’s announcement to Mary. And through this story we learn what Luke wants us to know about Jesus which is really the same thing as saying, this is what the Holy Spirit wants us to know about Jesus.

Luke has set out to write his gospel so that we may have certainty concerning the things that have been accomplished. In this message, Rick takes us through a well known passage where we see that the silence has been broken. God has moved to accomplish His long awaited promises.

Romans 8:32 reveals God’s heart in a way that is truly amazing. The Father has bestowed such love upon His people that He has not even withheld the greatest of gifts--Jesus. If He will give us Jesus how will He not graciously give us all things. In this message, Rick attempts to open up the beauty and simplicity of this amazing passage.

In this message, standing upon an amazing statement made by Paul in Romans 8:31, Rick steps back for a moment in order to review the highlights of what we have studied so far in Paul’s letter to the Romans. In the course of this we learn one of the Bible’s key remedies for enduring hard times.

The words, taken from Romans 8:28, “All things work together for good” are often used as an absolute that applies to everyone. Is it true? Are all things working for the good of everyone? In this message Rick discusses how Romans 8:28 is often misapplied and leads us in the proper application of this tremendous truth of Scripture.

To a culture crazed by strength weakness is a bad word. But the truth is we are weak and frail. In this message, Rick discusses how the Holy Spirit meets us in our weakness and provides us precisely what we need.

We often think of suffering as dashing all hope. In this message, drawing from Romans 8:19-25, Rick discusses how biblical hope is not incompatible with suffering. To the contrary, the road to glory takes us right through suffering.

In this message, drawing upon the message of Romans 8:18, Rick discusses how the gospel empowers us to face suffering

In this message, expounding on Romans 8:14-17, Rick discusses the wonderful work of the Holy Spirit in leading us, adopting us, and assuring us.

Preached by guest speaker Jim Bean.

Preached by guest speaker Ken Rambo

One of the great causes of falling away from the church, dullness in the Christian life, and lack of joy in God through Christ is found in flirting with and entertaining sin. In this message, drawing on the writings of John Owen, Rick explains Paul’s charge to put this remaining sin to death. As we receive this charge, the blessings of the gospel bud and blossom in our hearts.

The fact that the Holy Spirit dwells in the heart of a believer is well known. And like all truths that are well known, familiarity can often leave us less than awed by it. In this message Rick reviews Paul’s argument up to Romans 8:9-11 and then presents five points that will hopefully set our minds and hearts into worshipful adoration of the fact that God’s dwells with us.

In Romans 8:5-8 Paul contrasts Spiritual mindedness with fleshly-mindedness. Paul informs us that to be fleshly-minded is death but to be Spiritually minded is life and peace. In this message Rick explains what Paul means by these two phrases, presents a practical way in which we can discern whether we are Spiritually minded or fleshly-minded and concludes by showing how the believer can increase...