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Rock Point Church · all sermons
Pastor Hunter Jones · Jun 22, 2026
True worship is not simply an emotional experience we seek on a Sunday morning — it is the culmination of a daily life cycle with God. In Psalm 119, the psalmist models six repeating stages: engaging God's Word, walking in obedience, enduring war (resistance), waiting on the Lord in dependence, experiencing the 'wow' of God's grace showing up, and pouring out worship. Each completed cycle sends us back to the Word at a deeper level, producing praise that is genuine, powerful, and unstoppable.
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 Daniel Goulding · Mar 13, 2023
Using the story of Ehud — a left-handed, physically deformed Benjamite whom culture had written off — Pastor Daniel argues that the very weaknesses we are tempted to hide are precisely what God wants to leverage. Just as Ehud's left-handedness allowed him to conceal a weapon the guards never searched for, our failures, disabilities, and painful histories are not disqualifiers but divinely designed tools. When we stop feeding the cycles that oppress us, remember God's past faithfulness, and allow Him to wield our weakness, what the world sees as defeat becomes the kingdom's greatest weapon — just as the cross itself demonstrates.
Pastor Brent Hatchett · Feb 13, 2023
Drawing from Genesis 22, Pastor Brent (speaking in the voice of Abraham) argues that God is less interested in spectacular faith than in steady, obedient faith. Abraham's inconsistencies — from fathering Ishmael to lying about Sarah in Egypt — never stopped God from being faithful, and that track record of faithfulness is precisely what gave Abraham the courage to obey when God asked him to sacrifice Isaac. Consistent faith means continuously saying yes to God, trusting that the God who provided in the past will prove Himself as Jehovah Jireh — the Lord who provides — again.
Pastor Bill Bush · Feb 27, 2022
In Romans 11, Paul corrects the assumption that Israel's stumbling proves God is unfaithful. Pastor Bill argues the opposite: Israel's story — a remnant always preserved, a temporary benching, and a promised restoration — is the greatest proof of God's faithfulness. Because God is the source, sustainer, and significance of all things, Christians must resist the fear-driven, self-centered posture that tripped up Israel, and instead move from information about God to adoration of God, trusting His promises even when circumstances are frightening.
Pastor Bill Bush · May 30, 2021
True trust is both a noun and a verb: a bold confidence that expresses itself in action. Pastor Bill traces this idea through Psalm 119 and the friendship of David and Jonathan, showing that God is the only perfectly trustworthy One because His Word and His ways are one. By anchoring our deepest relationships in a shared trust of God — and by understanding that broken trust requires sacrifice, boundaries, consistency, and faith to rebuild — we can become the kind of people whose ways genuinely match our words, just as Jesus, the Word made flesh, perfectly modeled for us.
Pastor Bill Bush · Aug 25, 2019
Using the story of Joseph, this sermon argues that peace in the midst of anxiety comes not from the absence of pain or the presence of easy blessings, but from embracing the truth that God is faithful and present through every dark season. Just as Joseph stayed true to his calling even while being sold into slavery, falsely accused, and imprisoned for years, believers are called to move from a 'falling' mindset — driven by avoiding pain, acquiring pleasure, and conserving energy — toward a 'calling' mindset that trusts God's faithfulness completely, even when His purposes take decades to unfold.
Pastor Bill Bush · Jun 25, 2018
Using his own road-trip experience as a lens, Pastor Bill teaches that Christians are prone to a 'destination mindset' — fixating on where God is taking them rather than on knowing Him along the way. Drawing from Genesis 15, he shows that God's covenant with Abraham was sealed by God alone walking through the sacrificial halves, foreshadowing the cross: God took care of both ends of the agreement. Because the deal rests entirely on God's faithfulness and not our performance, the proper response is simply to believe Him, live from His love rather than for it, and embrace the lifelong journey of knowing Jesus.