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The Deception of Dead Faith - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2022 31:41


Mateo Perez preaches through James's exhortation against the deception of thinking that simple belief in God is enough, even though our works may demonstrate a different reality,

The Deception of Celebrity Part 2 - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2022 40:25


Rich Titus continues with James's warning against treating people of wealth or talent in ways that are counter to a Kingdom of Jesus mentality.

The Deception of Celebrity Part 1 - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2022 43:59


Rich Titus preaches on how our current culture of celebrity worship is destructive to the cause of Christ and his church.

Controlling the Tongue Part 1 - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2022 34:36


Mateo Perez teaches part 1 of Controlling the Tongue.

Thanksgiving Giving Under Trial - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2022 23:39


Mateo Perez encourages us with James's words to continue in thankfulness, even when life seems like a trial.

Trial Of Temptation - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2022 45:09


Rich Titus continues our series in James with a look at the nature of temptation and its purpose in the life of a follower of Jesus.

RESIST Cynicism Through Celebration - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2022 42:29


Rich Titus wraps up our RESIST! series with a call to all followers of Jesus resist the cynicism that dominates our culture with celebration of all God has done through Jesus.

RESIST Hate Through Love - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2022 26:30


The last two years our society has witnessed an explosion of hatred. Mateo Perez takes a look at how the only logical resistance to hate is to love others at least as much as you love yourself.

RESIST Privilege Through Sacrifice - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2022 47:09


RESIST Contempt Through Honor - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2022 44:06


We live in a society where people contempt for anyone who challenges their beliefs, but Rich Titus points out that followers of Jesus are called to live lives of honor and resist having contempt for others.

RESIST Fear Through Hospitality - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2022 30:55


Mateo Perez teaches on how fear robs us of all God has for us and others, but hospitality resists fear.

RESIST Idolatry Through Worship - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2022 39:46


According to John Calvin, our hearts are idol factories. Rich Titus explores the idea of resisting destructive and heart-breaking idolatry through the worship of the one and only true God.

Resisting Cultural Compromise - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2022 41:58


Rich Titus intros our new sermon series aimed at helping followers of Jesus resist cultural compromise without attacking the culture. The series is simply titled, "RESIST".

Disciples of Jesus in Community, For the Community - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2022 30:52


Mateo Perez kicks off the new year with an exploration of RCC's new mission statement: We are disciples of Jesus in community, for the community.

Hope In Exile - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2021 44:51


Rich Titus concludes the 2021 Advent sermon series, "Resolute Hope", with a discussion of what it means to be a church living in exile, even as Jesus spend much of his boyhood as an exile in Egypt.

Hope Received - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2021 39:33


Rich Titus preaches on how, ultimately, true hope will be hope received as he examines when Jesus and his folks meet Anna and Simeon in the Temple.

Hope In Unlikely Places for Unlikely People - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2021 27:38


Mateo Perez continues our Advent 2021 series with an examination of the unlikely folks God chooses to reveal the birth of Jesus to and the hope that announcement brings.

Hope In Uncertainty - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2021 42:56


Rich Titus begins our 2021 Advent sermon series with a close look at Mary and Joseph and how they personified hope in uncertain times.

The Opposite of Joy - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2021 35:09


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Law of Reaping and Sowing - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2021 41:55


Rich Titus concludes our series in the Letter to the Galatians with a look at the universal law of reaping and sowing.

Carrying Burdens Restoring Others - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2021 40:08


Mateo Perez examines how Paul switches gears and zeroes in on what kind of community is created when people walk in the Spirit together.

Carrying Burdens and Restoring Each Other - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2021 40:08


Mateo Perez contrasts and compares the commands to help each other with our burdens, while carrying our own load.

Fruit of the Spirit - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2021 43:55


Rich Titus teaches how Paul contrasts the fruit of the Spirit and the works of the flesh.

Fruit Of the Spirit - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2021 43:55


Rich Titus teaches on the Fruit of the Spirit and the practices that cultivate its growth.

Flesh Has No Inheritance in the Kingdom - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2021 52:28


Rich Titus continues to teach on how Paul further emphasizes the importance of walking in the Spirit.

Flesh Has No Inheritance in the Kingdom - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2021 52:28


Rich Titus shows how Paul creates a contrast between walking in the the flesh and walking in the Spirit, and how the flesh cannot inherit all that the Kingdom of God promises

Victory Over the Flesh - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2021 45:39


Rich Titus explores how Paul describes the Christian life as a battle between the flesh and the spirit.

Victory Over The Flesh - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2021 45:39


Rich Titus teaches on how we can have victory over the devil, the world, and the flesh.

Freedom - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2021 25:32


Mateo Perez explores our freedom in Christ as he teaches through Galatians chapter, 5 verses13-15.

The Lure Of False Teaching - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2021 55:55


Rich Titus explores how the Galatians came to this place of legalism after being taught the Gospel by Paul.

All That Really Matters - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2021 41:20


Rich Titus teaches on Paul's synopsis of what the Christian life looks like in Galatians chapter 5.

The Cage Is Empty - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2021 42:40


Rich Titus preaches on Galatians 4:21-31.

A Visit from Ken and Gracie Odhiambo of Imarika Youth in Kenya - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2021 40:37


Ken and Gracie Odhiambo are inner city missionaries in the Kibera slum of Kenya. Their message was both encouraging and and compelling, as they they shared their vision for reaching the youth of Kibera with the good news of Jesus!

Living By Faith or By the Law - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2021 34:53


Rich Titus teaches on Paul's contrast of living by faith or by the Law.

Two More Questions - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2021 37:32


In today's sermon from Rich Titus, Paul continues asking questions which have obvious answers that are not so obviously lived out.

Living By the Promise or By The Law - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2021 38:45


Rich Titus preaches on Paul's contrast between Living by the Promise of the Holy Spirit or by the Law.

A Rhetorical Question - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2021 51:20


Rich Titus explores how Paul contrasts living by the Law with living by the Holy Spirit.

The Law Fulfilled - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2021 51:03


Rich Titus teaches on how Jesus came, not to destroy the Law, but to fulfill the Law.

Justification By Faith - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2021 37:10


Nat Porter preaches his last sermon at River Community Church, while taking the opportunity to share his passion for the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the doctrine of justification by faith alone.

Unity In Diversity - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2021 51:33


Rich Titus explores Paul's own claims of of what is necessary to unity within the Church versus areas where diversity is allowed and even encouraged.

Just Say No To Circumcision - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2021 36:06


Nat Porter explores Paul's claims that adding the act of circumcision to the Gospel can nullify the grace of God.

A Time Of Preparation - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2021 42:10


Rich Titus teaches on how Paul's time of preparation for his church planting mission holds some keys for all Christians as we balance spiritual preparation with action and service,

Called By Grace - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2021 27:06


Mateo Perez explains Paul's extraordinary claims that those who follow Jesus, do so by the unmerited grace of God.

No Comfort In The Law - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2021 52:40


Rich Titus explores Paul's teaching that the Law cannot save us from our own sin; that only the Gospel can bring us true comfort and transformation.

Don't Skip The Intro - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2021 45:00


Nat Porter intros our journey through Paul's Epistle to the Galatians with Grounded In The Gospel...Don't Skip the Intro.

An Easter Sunday Testimony - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2021 8:14


Tammy Sage shares her journey with Jesus where, she has not only gained Jesus, bt has also received a new family while being adopted into a new people.

The Precious Blood Of Jesus - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2021 33:20


Nat Porter teaches on Palm Sunday and reminds us of the necessary and precious death that Christ died on our behalf.

And So It Ends Much As It Begins - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2021 46:24


Rich Titus wraps up our series on the Book Of Jonah as he explores Jonah's apparent lack of spiritual transformations, even as he witnesses one of the greatest spiritual revivals of the Bible.

Relenting Grace - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2021 42:03


We often hear of God's unrelenting grace. Today, Nat Porter looks into the grace of God expressed in his relenting from handing out the judgement we deserve.

A Hard-Hearted Obedience - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2021 44:29


Rich Titus explores the concept of joyful obedience.

An Unimaginable Grace - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2021 38:54


Nat Porter continues our study through the Book of Jonah with a teaching on God's grace and how it goes beyond what we could ever imagine.

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