The recent terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino have put the whole world on edge. Fear, which is the terrorists’ ultimate goal, has spread through politicians, the media, and even some Christian groups. In this break from our Advent series, Pastor Rich addresses how Christians ought to respond to the current threats to our safety and security.
We beginthis Advent series by examining the angel Gabriel's visit to Mary. In this sermon, Pastor Rich discusses the message Gabriel brought to the world and Mary's response.
People are inescapably spiritual. It is noticeable in our society that is filledwith paranormal movies, ghost-hunting TV shows, and New Age book sections.Many churches are ill-equipped to respond to the spiritual hunger that is being expressed everywhere. In this sermon, Pastor Rich speaks about cultivatinghealthy spirituality in our lives.
God is not impersonal or abstract; he wants to be known to us. The Bible refers to God by lots of different names and each one reveals some aspect of his character or his relationship with us.In this sermon, Pastor Richconsiders some of the names by which God reveals himself to us through the Bible.
When followers of Christ try to make decisions, we earnestly want to hear what God thinks about what we’re doing. But how do we know what God is saying? In this sermon, Pastor Rich teaches on hearing God's voice.
Is it not the case that we often trade the significant for the spectacular? We want to be successful but we don't know how to sort out the world's advice from God's counsel. In this sermon, Pastor Rich talks about how to truly succeed in life.
Do you know that God calls all of us to push way out of our comfort zones? Regardless ofour personalities and temperaments, God wants us to know the thrill of risking and the exhilaration of going beyond our own limits. In this sermon on Peter walking on water, Pastor Rich talks about what it feels like to depend on God alone.
Do you think of God as being someone you need to persuade or convince of your need or your worthiness before God grants you your request? In this sermon, Pastor Rich addresses a distorted view we have of God that keep us from fully experiencing his goodness and generosity.
It is extremely common to have a desire to connect with God but be confused about where to start. There isn't one way that works for everyone. In this sermon, Pastor Rich will help us discover different paths that help usconnect with God.
Pastor Rich starts a new series to discuss thefalse views we have that keep us from really knowing, experiencing, enjoying, and loving the God we read about in the Bible. In this sermon, Rich talks about how we can know God and the many ways that his presence is near to us.
Can someone be said to have real faith only when they win, only when they have a favorable outcome to their prayers, or for their lives?In the final sermon of the Heroic Faith Series, Richconsiders the presence of faith in both victors and victims, winners and losers.
Do you sometimes wonder if you even have faith because you’re not certain, you struggle with doubts, or faith feels elusive? In this sermon, Pastor Rich talks about what faith actually feels and looks like in the Bible.
Some people expect all their problems to go away when they become a Christian and are disappointed when they do not. Does God have a plan for us when life is hard? In this sermon, Pastor Rich talks about the tests we go through as Christians.
How do you keep going despite great evil? How do you keep going despite nagging problems? How do you keep going despite illness, unemployment, difficult marriages, or unwanted singleness? In this sermon, Pastor Rich provides counsel from the book of Hebrews concerning how we can keep going despite everything.
In our modern world faith is often attacked as being irrational. Is there any way that faith can make sense? In this sermon, Pastor Rich lays out a foundation for how faith is rational.
Words have the power to wound and the power to heal. Words are the currency of relationship with God and others.In this sermon, Pastor Rich challenges us to examine our speech.
The Bible is filled with stories of the miraculous but do they still happen today? In this sermon Rich lays a foundation for understanding miracles and what prevents us from experiencing them.
In this sermon Rich addresses the issues of abortion, suicide, and euthanasia. Is personhood divinely given or humanly constructed? Rich also interviews two experts: Diane Bauman, Director of Value Life Ministry, and Dr. John Campo, Chair of Psychiatry at The Ohio State University’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine.
There are very few issues in society about which public opinion has shifted more quickly than Americans’ attitudes towards same-sex marriage. As Christians, how are we supposed to deal with this rapid change? In this sermon, Pastor Rich gives us five pictures to describe how we should handle the culture war and related to gay people.
Nearly every family in America hasbeen impacted by divorce. If not our own divorce, then the divorce of our parents, our children, or our sisters or brothers. In this sermon Pastor Rich will address what the Bible says about divorce and how we can avoid divorce.
We have all seen news anchors yelling at each other or seen harsh words shared between people on social media. The world we are living in is becoming increasingly rude and uncivil. In this sermon, Pastor Rich discusses how we should demonstrate civility by honoring all people.
Christians have had varying options about the ethics of war over the centuries, but how should we view war in our time? In this sermon, Pastor Rich addresses the question, "May a Christian go to war?"
Why does God allow good people to suffer? In this sermon Rich gives us ways to hang onto God when we encounter pain and suffering in this world.
What if Jesus didn't rise from the dead? In this Easter message, Rich examines the importanceof the resurrection of Jesus Christ.