Riverside Church || Sunday Sermons

Our default setting is to be inward-focused. But...Jesus calls every one of His followers to do what He did and still does constantly, be OUTWARD-FOCUSED and reaching lost people.

One of the most common excuses Jesus followers and churches make about not being outward-focused: We have to be careful to not become too outward-focused because it will stop us from going deeper... So what does deep really look like?

Today let's unpack why it's so important that being outward-focused has to become the filter through which everything else in our lives and church is seen and evaluated, but why we are so often distracted and diverted from Jesus...

Jesus came to this earth to rescue lost people.  And Jesus calls every one of His followers to do what He did and still does constantly: be outward-focused and reaching lost people.

This week we look at the fourth of four questions we can utilize when facing Now What? moments in our lives. Is this decision/action a genuine reflection of God's love?

This week we look at the third of four questions we can utilize when facing Now What? moments in our lives. Does this decision/action hurt someone?

In this series we are looking at questions to ask yourself as you make decisions. This week we explore how our conscience impacts our decisions and actions.

Every person has to navigate important moments in our lives where we aren't sure what we should do...these are Now What? moments, and depending on what we do or don't do, these times will have significant impact in our lives and futures. How...

All of us come to important moments in our lives where we aren't sure what we should do...these are Now What? moments, and depending on what we do or don't do, these times will have significant impact in our lives and futures. Join us as...

When the stone was rolled away, it wasn't so Jesus could exit the tomb...it was so we could enter in. Explore with us the amazing difference Jesus makes in our lives.

…when Jesus is first place in our lives and everything we do or say is for His praise alone, it will have a positive impact on every relationship and personal encounter we have. So what does it look like to be someone who is focused out on reaching...

Paul wants the church in Colossae and us today to understand following Jesus and embracing His truth isn’t just about learning facts in a classroom to pass a course, but it’s all about seeing and experiencing how Jesus, by His Spirit and His truth...

Paul spends more time writing about slaves and masters and their relationship to each other and to God than he does writing about wives, husbands, children, and parents combined in Colossians. While Paul never condones slavery nor revolt against slave...

When Jesus is first place in our lives and everything we do or say is for His praise alone, it will have a positive impact on every relationship and personal encounter we have. So as God designed marriage (and Jesus affirmed, in Matthew 19:3-6), what...

The Apostle Paul used the imagery of clothing to help us see that following Jesus means an entire wardrobe overhaul. So what does our new wardrobe look like?

Paul uses the imagery of clothing to help us see that following Jesus means an entire wardrobe overhaul. Jesus knows there are old, tattered and ill-fitting attitudes and behaviors that genuine Jesus followers need to discard.

What we're focused on impacts everything about our lives personally, internally, spiritual, emotionally and relationally. So how can we determine if our focus on serving is healthy and rightly motivated?

As we begin to unpack Colossians one, we see that Paul wants us to have the big picture of who Jesus is - above all. Is He first in your life today?

What we're focused on impacts everything about our lives personally, internally, spiritually, emotionally, and relationally. The book of Colossians is an incredibly powerful letter is all about making sure that our focus is in the right place.

More than 2,000 years after the angels raised this chorus of peace, our world remains as it always has been, a planet in turmoil where violence is commonplace and death and destruction dominate the landscape. Is the message of peace the angels sang...