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Rock Point Church · all sermons
Pastor Bill Bush · Jul 10, 2023
Using Jonah chapter 1 as his text, Pastor Bill shows that when God calls us to something hard, uncomfortable, or costly, our natural impulse is to run — and we always run toward strange, dangerous, and destructive places. But God is already everywhere we flee, so running is both futile and costly: it creates chaos in our own lives and in the lives of those around us. The only way out of the chaos is to stop, turn, and trust the God who is not waiting to punish us but to bring us back.
Pastor Daniel Goulding · Jan 16, 2023
Genesis 3 is not merely ancient history — it is the story of every human being. When Adam and Eve sinned, shame drove them into hiding, and that same impulse lives in every one of us. Yet God's first response to human failure was not condemnation but pursuit: He walked through the garden calling, 'Where are you?' — not because He didn't know, but because He wanted them to stop hiding. The rest of the biblical story, culminating in Jesus as the second Adam, is God's unfolding rescue mission to restore us to the original design: people who walk with Him openly, without shame or condemnation.