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Rock Point Church · all sermons
Pastor Bill Bush · Apr 10, 2022
Romans 16 is far more than an end-credits list of names — it is Paul's climactic declaration that the entire letter, all its theology and ethics, was always pointing toward this: people are the plan of God. From Phoebe to a slave named Ampliatus to the household of Narcissus, every name reveals that the gospel is meant to be lived out in deep, costly, cross-cultural community. The church is not an organization running programs for consumers; it is an organism of people called to love one another, serve sacrificially, and point the world to Jesus — because Jesus became a person, and died for persons, so that we might become His people.
Pastor Bill Bush · Jul 9, 2018
Drawing from Colossians 1:24–2:8, Pastor Bill challenges Rock Point to stop stretching their lives in multiple directions and instead go all in on the calling God has given every believer: to point people to Jesus by loving them like Jesus. Living intentionally means asking five honest heart-check questions — about our attitude toward suffering, our reason for serving, our heart for people, our source of strength, and our willingness to build our lives on Christ — and then directing our time, spiritual gifts, treasure, and testimony toward that singular mission.