Riverside Community Church Sermons

Sermon given by Stephen Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 20 April 2025. Thomas was someone who was experiencing incredible doubt and a crisis of his faith. But the way the resurrected Jesus encounters Thomas is an encouragement for our own faith in the midst of doubt.

Sermon given by Sizwe Tshabangu at Riverside Community Church, 18 April 2025. Sizwe speaks on how the cross shows us why we can experience peace from Jesus in the midst of our turmoil.

Sermon given by Stephen Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 13 April 2025. The Christ poem in Philippians 2 speaks clearly and powerfully about WHO Jesus, inspiring us to worship and living great lives for him!

Sermon given by Stephen Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 6 April 2025. Philippians 2 includes some of the riches theology concerning who Jesus Christ is. But not only is this something to believe, but our behaviour and what we are becoming is to reflect this Jesus we believe in.

Sermon given by Stephen Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 30 March 2025. Today we are encouraged to prepare ourselves for opposition to our faith.

Sermon given by Stephen Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 23 March 2025. In this message we look at how Paul understood the meaning of his life and death.

Sermon given by Stephen Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 16 March 2025. This week we learn how to relate to ministries that differ from what you may believe, or ministries that you may have some concern about regarding their motives.

Sermon given by Sizwe Tshabangu at Riverside Community Church, 9 March 2024. In this TOGETHER SERVICE, Sizwe shows us how we were created for community with God and others. Learning to be vulnerable in relationship with God and others is how we truly connect.

Sermon given by Stephen Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 2 March 2025. Let God flip the script when our lives hit the rocks of reality.

Sermon given by Stephen Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 23 February 2025. We believe that this year God wants to form us to become a Community Compelled.

Sermon given by Stephen Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 16 February 2025. Our theme for the coming week of Prayer and Fasting is that we desire for more of God's kingdom to come!

Sermon given by Stephen Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 9 February 2025. Today as Steve unpacks Philippians 1:9-11 we notice that as we grow in our knowledge of Christ, this should cause an overflow of love in us.

Sermon given by Stephen Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 2 February 2025. When we see how the story ends, we see that the church is revealed to be the victorious city of God. In this message, we learn how to participate together in this work of Jesus in his church.

Sermon given by Stephen Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 26 January 2025. When we understand what the New Testament church actually is, we realize that the question, "Must I go to church" is the wrong question. Rather it should be, "If I am the church, how do I most faithfully be the church?"

Sermon given by Stephen Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 19 January 2025. We kick off our study in Philippians by learning all about why the Scriptures call us Saints. This is a fascination invitation to our new life in Christ.

Sermon given by Dr. Martin Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 12 January 2025. Dr Pohlmann encourages us to look at our worlds through what we learn from Jer 29:11.

Sermon given by Dr. Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 5 January 2024. Dr Pohlmann encourages us from Psalm 1:1-3 to sink our roots down deep and bear fruit in the seasons we find ourselves in.

Sermon given by Stephen Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 24 December 2024. Christmas reveals WHO God is and WHAT God is like.

Sermon given by Stephen Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 22 December 2024. The story of God is not only a God who comes to be WITH us, but a God who comes to be IN us.

Sermon given by Stephen Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 15 December 2024. Lost in the nostalgia of is the darker side of the real Christmas story, the story of the war and the battle. However, through all of this we see such powerful evidence that the Christmas story is a story of how God is FOR us.

Sermon given by Craig Wilcock at Riverside Community Church, 8 December 2024. In his farewell sermon, Craig reminds us that Christmas is about a God who is THERE, who is WITH us.

Sermon given by Stephen Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 1 December 2024. As we prepare our hearts for Christmas, one of the things that Jesus wants for us is to experience his peace. We can grow in the peace of God as we learn the secret of contentment.

Sermon given by Stephen Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 24 November 2024. As the end of year draws near, we are tired, stressed and anxious. Yet in the middle of it God wants to give us joy by teaching us to cultivate a grateful spirit.

Sermon given by Craig Wilcock at Riverside Community Church, 17 November 2024. When we truly understand how we have been forgiven by the Father, we in turn are empowered to forgive others!

Sermon given by Stephen Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 10 November 2024. Doubt can be extremely unsettling. However, we can also allow doubt to lead to a deeper faith in Jesus.

Sermon given by Stephen Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 3 November 2024. Jesus highlights how the power dynamics of the world are actually upside down and the power dynamics of the kingdom are the true path to greatness.

Sermon given by Stephen Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 27 October 2024. Jesus wants to free us from the power of anxiety in our lives, allowing Him to truly be God in our lives.

Sermon given by Craig Wilcock at Riverside Community Church, 20 October 2024. Craig shows how Jesus uses this parable to teach on the nature of the king and the kingdom, particularly the king's heart of compassion for the poor.

Sermon given by Stephen Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 13 October 2024. Today we see how Jesus teaches us to be responsible and effective with all that God entrusts to us.

Sermon given by Stephen Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 6 October 2024. Steve unpacks two parables that help us see Christ as the greatest treasure.

Sermon given by Stephen Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 29 September 2024. In this parable, Jesus helps us understand some of the ways our hearts are not prepared to receive the seeds of his kingdom. But he also invites us to surrender our hearts to him in order that we might receive the life he promises.

Sermon given by Craig Wilcock at Riverside Community Church, 22 September 2024. Not only does Jesus bring his kingdom by forgiving and healing, he also demonstrates his love and compassion by bringing freedom to those under demonic influence.

Sermon given by Stephen Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 15 September 2024. Some of Jesus' harshest warnings were not for sinner but for the religious elite of the time.

Sermon given by Stephen Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 8 September 2024. The church is often the last place people feel welcome with their sexual shame. However, in the ministry of Jesus we see that His Presence is the safest place for us to bring our sexual shame and pain.

Sermon given by Stephen Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 1 September 2024. When we look at the Scriptures we see that healing ministry was significant in both Jesus' ministry as well as the ministry of the early church in the book of Acts. Today Steve unpacks how we can think about engaging the ministry of healing today.

Sermon given by Stephen Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 25 August 2024. This week we learn Jesus' heart for the outsider and how we as a church ought to adopt the exact same heart.

Sermon given by Sizwe Tshabangu at Riverside Community Church, 18 August 2024. This week Sizwe brings the challenge home to every single one of us: who do YOU say Jesus is?

Sermon given by Craig Wilcock at Riverside Community Church, 11 August 2024. While Jesus is fully divine, He is also fully human. Craig helps us understand how this helps us follow him.

Sermon given by Stephen Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 4 August 2024. Explore the stories of Scripture that lead to the fulfilment of Jesus as the Son of Man and the Son of God.

Sermon given by Stephen Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 28 July 2024. The first thing the New Testament wants us to know about Jesus is that He is Messiah. Today Steve talks about what that means for us.

Sermon given by Stephen Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 21 July 2024. Jesus teaches us to pray into the very real and spiritual battles that we face every day in this part of the Lord's Prayer.

Sermon given by Stephen Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 14 July 2024. Forgiveness is one of the biggest ways that God wants to pour grace into the pain of our lives and our broken relationships.

Sermon given by Craig Wilcock at Riverside Community Church, 7 July 2024. Jesus teaches us to ask.

Sermon given by Stephen Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 30 June 2024. What is God's will for my life or my situation? This is one of the biggest questions we ask. Today we are encouraged to press into praying, "Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven".

Sermon given by Stephen Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 23 June 2024. Jesus was all about the Kingdom of God and he invites us to prioitise praying into the Kingdom, "YOUR kingdom come ... on earth as it is in heaven."

Sermon given by Stephen Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 16 June 2024. The first line of the Lord's Prayer is an invitation to an intimate relationship with the Father as well as to see Him as majestic and glorious!

Sermon given by Stephen Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 9 June 2024. As we follow Jesus, He reproduces his life within us. This is the true fruit of being a disciple.

Sermon given by Stephen Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 2 June 2024. God's desire for us is to fulfil our God-given purpose in loving God and loving others. Sin prevents us from living these lives of loving God and neighbour. The gift of forgiveness is how God restores us to this right relationship.

Sermon given by Stephen Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 25 May 2024. Repentance is an invitation to keep on track with the life that God has available for us.

Sermon given by Craig Wilcock at Riverside Community Church, 19 May 2024. Craig teaches about how in Jesus we can have an unshakable confidence in Gods love for me. His work and the work of the Spirit means that nothing can separate me from His love.

Sermon given by Stephen Pohlmann at Riverside Community Church, 12 May 2024. Jesus says that he has loved us in the same way he has been loved by the Father. However, in order for us to receive this love, we need to allow God to deal with the obstacles that stand between us and his love such that we can remain in the love Jesus has for us.