Solid Rock Church Sermons

In this sermon, we looked at how Psalm 51 reveals the transformative power of repentance and how God works in our repentance to lead us to abundant life. In this Psalm, we see that our repentance begins when God lovingly and mercifully reveals our sins to us, leading us to have broken and contrite hearts. It’s in our brokenness that the loving kindness of God begins to work powerfully in our lives. He tenderly creates a new heart within us that is renewed and restored, leading us to abundant life filled with joy and gladness.

In this sermon, we looked at where God’s people go to find perfect peace. In contrast to the peace that we find in the world when we are comfortable and things are going our way, perfect peace can only come from trusting in the Lord. Isaiah reminds us that when the people of God put their trust in the Lord, He keeps them in His perfect peace; a peace that is not contingent on our circumstances or our environment but, instead, surpasses all human understanding. This is the perfect peace that can only come from the safety of dwelling in the salvation of the Lord.

With this sermon, we began our Listen to the Music series, looking at the importance of the Truth we sing and declare in worship. Ephesians 5:25-27 tells us that believers are the Bride of Christ and we wait with great anticipation for the day when we will be reunited with our Bridegroom. Until that day, He continues to lovingly redeem us as we prayerfully ask Him to continue working in and through us.

In this sermon, we looked at the reason we do not lose heart amidst the growing darkness we experience in the world around us on a daily basis. In 2 Corinthians 4, we are reminded that we live in a fallen world with an enemy who is seeking to devour us. Despite this, we do not lose heart because we know that, through our perseverance, things that are unseen by the world are being made visible. When the world sees Christians suffer without being destroyed, God’s power in the resurrection of Jesus is made visible, shining like a light of hope that extends the grace of Jesus to more and more people for the glory of God.

In this sermon, we looked at how the Church is called to be a light in the midst of suffering. In Luke 10:25-37, Jesus uses a parable to illustrate what it means to love your neighbor as yourself. In this parable, a man who was beaten by robbers and left for dead was passed up by two religious leaders. The only person willing to stop and show compassion for the dying man was the most unlikely candidate: a Samaritan. Not only were Samaritans considered to be social outcasts, but this Samaritan man was already in the middle of his own difficult journey. Nevertheless, the Samaritan was willing to set aside his personal agenda, comfort, and resources in order to bridge the gap between death and life for this beaten man. Through the example of the Samaritan’s sacrificial love, we see what it looks like for the Church to be the light of the world in the midst of suffering.

In this sermon, we looked at Galatians 6:1-5, in which the Apostle Paul calls us to bear one another’s burdens through the power of the Holy Spirit. Through His death, burial, and resurrection, Jesus defeated the ultimate burdens of sin and death. Now when our brothers and sisters are caught in sin, we are to seek restoration with gentleness and humility. As we bear one another’s burdens, we act as extensions of God’s grace and redemption, and a light to the world around us.

In this sermon, we looked at the light that comes from proclaiming the true Gospel. In 2 Corinthians 3:7-4:6, the Apostle Paul contrasts the glory of God revealed through the Law (Old Covenant) with the glory of God revealed through the Gospel (New Covenant). While the glory of God can be seen in the Law, that glory is veiled to us because of our unrighteousness. It’s the light of the Gospel that shines in our darkness when we hear and believe the Good News that we are made righteous by faith alone in Christ alone.

In this sermon, we saw that through the death of Jesus on the cross, the divisions and distinctions that we see in the darkness the world promotes have no place within the church. Believers are responsible for working towards unity and peace within the church and are called to go into their communities and workplaces, bearing the Light of the Gospel, to those who are trapped in darkness and sin.  

In this sermon, we looked at Jesus' command to His followers to reflect the light of His love toward one another. In John 13, Jesus reveals the depth of His love for His church by humbling Himself to wash His disciples’ feet then commands them to do the same for one another as an expression of their love. In this act of sacrificial love, we see a glimpse of the humility our Savior displayed when He died a criminal’s death on the cross and washed away our sins. It is by our sacrificial love toward one another that the world will know that we belong to Jesus. Before we can be a shining light of hope to the world around us, we must first humble ourselves before one another in sacrificial love.

With this sermon, we began our new series, “The Light in the Darkness.” In this series, we’ll explore what Jesus meant in Matthew 5:14-16 when He declared that His followers at the light of the world. In this sermon, we looked at Psalm 96 and were reminded that the light of the Church is seen when we gather in worship, bringing glory to God by singing the Gospel and declaring His glory to one another. When we exalt the splendor, majesty, strength, and beauty of Christ together, we remind one another that all of our idols are worthless and only God is worthy of our praise. Before we can be a shining light of hope to the world around us, we must first knit our hearts together in Christ-exalting worship.

In this sermon from John 6:35-37, we looked at what it means to find our ultimate satisfaction in Jesus. Earlier in John 6, Jesus fed the multitude and they all ate, at no cost to them, until they were satisfied. In the same way, when we believe in Jesus as the Son of God, He completely satisfies our souls, and our only payment is to simply believe in Him. Though this passage, we’re reminded that the source of our greatest satisfaction in life comes at the lowest cost to us. When we truly believe in Jesus, He satisfies every longing of our souls, and gives us eternal satisfaction for free.

In this sermon, we looked at how Jesus challenged the crowd that followed Him to evaluate their motives for seeking Him. In John 6:22-34, we see that the crowd Jesus had miraculously fed has now followed Him Capernaum. They were hungry for another meal and wanted to see what miracles Jesus would perform next. As He addresses the crowd, Jesus questions why they are following Him and exposes their pure heart motives. As our church body begins to gather in person again today, this is a good reminder for us to consider what draws us together. Are we gathering to worship Jesus as our Savior or are we gathering seeking temporary satisfaction in other things? May we be true followers of Jesus, knowing Him as our Savior and finding our satisfaction in Him alone.

In this sermon, we looked at how Jesus intentionally led His disciples into difficult situations in order to reveal Himself more deeply to them. In John 6:16-21, Jesus tells His disciples to get into a boat at night and travel to Bethsaida and, eventually, Capernaum. This led to a long and difficult time of rowing against the wind in rough seas and the dark of night.  Walking on water in the midst of the raging sea, Jesus went out to the disciples and said to them, “It is I; do not be afraid.” Through this event, Jesus shows us that part of God’s perfect and loving plan for His followers sometimes includes sending us into difficult, and even scary, situations. He does this not to show off His power, but to show us who He is and to lead us through the sanctification process to something better.

In this sermon, we looked in 2 Timothy 1:3-14 at a message for moms that applies to us all. In one of the final letters before his death, Paul writes to a young pastor to encourage him to remember his spiritual heritage. Paul reminds Timothy that his sincere faith, which produces power, love, and self-control, first dwelt in his mother and his grandmother. Paul encourages Timothy to fan this spiritual gift of faith into flame by following the pattern that has been set for him and by guarding it like a precious deposit. This is a call for mothers to see the significance of their role in their children’s spiritual journeys. It’s also a reminder for all of us to fan into flame the gift of faith deposited into our lives by living boldly for Jesus in power, love, and self-control.

In this sermon, we looked at John 6:1-15, in which Jesus miraculously fed a group of 15,000 to 20,000 people on the shore of the Sea of Galilee. This large crowd was following Jesus from town to town in order to witness His miracles of healing. From a small amount of bread and fish, Jesus created a meal for the entire crowd and everyone ate until they were satisfied. The people were so enthralled with Jesus’ miracle-working power that they wanted force Him to be their king. Knowing that He would soon be crowned King through His gracious sacrifice rather than by the force of men, Jesus withdrew from the crowd to be alone on the mountain. Through this miracle, we see a distinct difference between being part of the crowd who follows Jesus for what He has to offer and being part of the few who follow Jesus solely for who He is. At a time when we are not able to gather as a large crowd, this challenges us to consider why gathering on Sundays is important. While there are many good reasons we desire to be tog

In this sermon, we looked at the role of the Bible in revealing Jesus to His followers. In John 5:30-47, Jesus names three sources that bore witness to His identity as the Son of God. The first witness was John the Baptist and the second witness was the miraculous signs that Jesus performed in His public ministry. However, these two witnesses were insufficient to open the eyes of the people to see Jesus as the Son of God. Jesus tells us that a better witness is His Father’s witness, revealed in the Scriptures. Jesus says that when the Scriptures abide in us, God’s love lives in us, and leads us to salvation.

In this sermon, we continued The Gospel of John series by looking at John 5:18-29. Here we find Jesus’ response to the Jews who were seeking to kill Him because He claimed to be equal to God. Instead of attempting to pacify those who were growing in hostility toward Him, Jesus further explained His identity. Jesus challenged the Jews, and the crowds who followed Him, to see Him in His full authority as the Son of God. Too many of us come to Jesus as our Savior but reject Him as our Lord. If Jesus is your Savior, the only way He has authority to save you from sin and death is because He truly is the Son of God, the King of Kings, and the Lord over all the Earth.

In this sermon, we looked at the powerful hope found in the resurrection of Jesus. Before the resurrection, Jesus’ followers were in the middle of the greatest tragedy in human history: The Son of God was brutally put to death for our sins. His followers had placed all of their hope in one man and this man, their Messiah, had been killed. In Luke 24, Mary Magdalene and Mary, Jesus’ mother, visited the tomb to drop off spices they had prepared for the body of Jesus. To their surprise, they found the tomb empty and two angelic beings who reminded them that Jesus had said He would be crucified, buried, and raised from the dead on the third day. With great excitement, they immediately left the tomb to go tell the world about the risen Savior. The resurrection isn’t the end of the story; after the resurrection, Jesus transferred to His followers His mission to take the Gospel to the ends of the earth. Easter is not the happy ending; it’s the happy beginning that reminds us that something ne

In this sermon, we looked in Matthew 21:1-11 at Jesus' return to Jerusalem, where he rode into town like a new King victoriously returning from battle. Despite this triumphant return, Jesus is greeted with mixed responses, from the adoration of His faithful followers to the hatred of the Jews seeking to kill Him. As Jesus made His way into Jerusalem, some people gathered along the streets to shout that He was their King, the Messiah, the Savior of Israel. Despite these proclamations, the parade fell short of the standard welcome for a respected and adored King. Some responded to Jesus with faith and adoration, others as fans following at a distance until things became hard, while others altogether despised Jesus. There were no valuable gifts offered and Jesus wasn’t ushered to the most important place in the city to be adored. Instead, Jesus headed to the temple to drive out the money changers, who had distorted God’s house of prayer. As Matthew points out, everything that happened on this day was

In this sermon, we looked at the fullness of Jesus’ grace displayed in an unusual occurrence of healing, leading to a confrontation with the Jewish religious leaders over His identity as the Son of God. In John 5:1-18, Jesus went to the Pool of Bethesda, where there was a crowd of people in need of healing. After Jesus sought out and healed an invalid man, the Jews’ persecution of Jesus turned from disgruntled opposition into a plot to kill Him. Not only did Jesus heal a man who didn’t have faith, He chose to heal him on the Sabbath, and He didn’t use the Pool of Bethesda for the healing. While the persecution began because Jesus had healed the man outside of Jewish religious customs and cultural superstitions, the persecution quickly intensified into a death-plot because Jesus claimed to be the Son of God as He announced, “My Father is working until now, and I am working.” Through this healing encounter, we see the grace of Jesus fully displayed and we’re reminded th