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Rock Point Church · all sermons
Pastor Bill Bush · May 4, 2026
Drawing from Ecclesiastes 4 and Isaiah 6, Pastor Bill argues that government — like pleasure and work — is a genuine gift from God, but it becomes a destructive idol when we expect it to satisfy the deep longing for eternity that only Jesus can meet. Laws can restrain evil, but only the gospel regenerates hearts. Christians are called to engage politically as good citizens while refusing to let politics replace the mission of making disciples, because it is the living water of Christ — not the salt water of political solutions — that truly transforms people from the inside out.
Pastor Bill Bush · Apr 30, 2018
Drawing from Ecclesiastes 4 and Matthew 16, this sermon argues that political power and activism — though real gifts from God that Christians should steward — are ultimately unable to deliver the lasting security, stability, and satisfaction only Jesus can provide. Solomon's ancient observation that leaders rise and fall like the wind mirrors every generation's experience. The answer is not disengagement from civic life, but a reordering of priorities: letting our theology shape our politics, spreading the gospel of Jesus more fervently than any political platform, and engaging our culture with love so that people see Jesus rather than just another argument.