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Rock Point Church · all sermons
Pastor Jeff Reinhart · May 19, 2025
Pastor Jeff Reinhart argues that the most counter-cultural path to genuine, lasting peace is biblical community. Drawing from Acts 2:42-47, he contends that the earliest believers modeled a 'we over me' way of life — being known, accepted, supported, and developed by one another — and that God uses these relationships to replace the enemy's lies with truth, bring healing through confession, bear one another's burdens in prayer, and sharpen each person into the image of Christ. Isolation is the enemy's strategy; devoted community is God's design for peace.
Pastor Bill Bush · Sep 5, 2022
Biblical community is not merely attending church or joining a group; it is intentional relationship in the context of a shared mission. Drawing from Galatians 6:1-5, Pastor Bill unpacks four essential elements — being known, being accepted, being supported, and being developed — and argues that followers of Christ desperately need and are called to this kind of community. Just as geese fly further together than alone, believers who pursue this vulnerable, purposeful togetherness become unstoppable in their growth toward Christlikeness.
Pastor Bill Bush · Jul 2, 2018
Pastor Bill argues that biblical community is not optional but mission-critical for every follower of Jesus. Drawing on Philippians 1 and Galatians 6, he contends that the enemy thrives when Christians stand alone, and that the church only becomes the unstoppable force God intends when believers intertwine their lives — like redwood roots — around four essentials: being known, accepted, supported, and developed. False community (social media, parasocial relationships, hyper-individualism) drains us without delivering what we truly need, and only physically present, honest, whole-cookie community can get us where God wants us to go.