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Rock Point Church · all sermons
Pastor Daniel Goulding · Jun 24, 2024
When the gap between what we expect and what we experience produces doubt, our response depends entirely on who we believe Jesus is. If He is merely a spiritual guru or good teacher, unmet expectations will drive us away from Him. But if Jesus is truly God — as proven by fulfilled prophecy, witnessed miracles, and transformed lives — then even in the darkest seasons we can look for what He is doing, lean into Him rather than run away, and rest in the truth that His ways are higher than ours. Matthew 11 shows that doubt is not disqualifying; what matters is where we take it.
Pastor Pat McCalla · Sep 26, 2021
Drawing from Matthew 11 and Philippians 3, Pastor Pat McCalla shows that Jesus' kingdom is unlike any earthly empire — it has been forcefully advancing for two thousand years and cannot be stopped, not even by the gates of hell. From John the Baptist doubting in prison, to Rome's persecutions, to ISIS and the Taliban, history confirms Jesus' declaration. Because followers of Jesus are citizens of this kingdom, they are called to reject fear and half-heartedness, to love boldly, and — like Paul — to say 'I'm all in and I'm not turning back.'
Pastor Bill Bush · Nov 25, 2019
Drawing from the book of Malachi, the sermon argues that every failure to obey God — from halfhearted worship and dishonored marriages to cynicism about His justice — traces back to a single root: doubting that God truly loves us. The six disputes in Malachi reveal a pattern in which Israel's skepticism of God's love cascades into dishonoring His name, defiling the marriage covenant, denying His goodness, and ultimately despising His ways altogether. The answer is not trying harder out of guilt or fear, but genuinely receiving the unfailing love God demonstrated when Jesus — the Word made flesh — came to free us, bearing all human guilt on the cross.
Pastor Mark Collins · May 1, 2019
John 20 narrates the unfolding dawn of a new creation: the empty tomb with its undisturbed grave clothes, Mary's tearful encounter with the risen Gardener, the disciples' fearful commissioning, and Thomas's honest doubt resolved by a personal appearance of Jesus. Together these moments reveal that the resurrection is not merely a resuscitation but the launch of a whole new order — one in which Jesus sends His Spirit-empowered people into the world to announce forgiveness and carry the good news to every corner of creation.
Pastor Bill Bush · Apr 23, 2019
Drawing from the story of Thomas in John 20 and Peter's letter in 1 Peter 1, this Easter sermon declares that Jesus is the living hope — not a future outcome or earthly dream, but a risen person. When life's biggest setbacks strip away the things we've made our hope, God is not punishing us; He is setting us up to see Jesus clearly. Just as Thomas's doubt was met by Jesus appearing in the locked room and addressing his exact words, our moments of hopelessness are the very moments Jesus walks through the door to reveal Himself as the way, the truth, and the life.