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Rock Point Church · all sermons
Pastor Daniel Goulding · Dec 5, 2023
Drawing from Jesus' letter to the dead-yet-reputable church in Sardis, Pastor Daniel warns that comfort, wealth, and an obsession with reputation can quietly drain a church — and individual Christians — of spiritual life. The Holy Spirit will not indefinitely share space with unrepentant sin, and history shows that churches drift from movements to machines to monuments. Yet Jesus always leaves a remnant, and that remnant — people willing to surrender their reputation, face reality honestly, and live lives of repentance — is exactly what God uses to spark genuine revival.
Pastor Bill Bush · Oct 2, 2022
Drawing from Ezekiel 5, this sermon confronts the ancient and ongoing temptation to claim God's blessings while refusing His lordship. The Israelites believed their temple attendance and covenant status kept them safe, but God called out their idolatry and spiritual adultery. The same danger exists today: treating faith as a transaction to get God on our side, rather than surrendering to His side. True belonging to the remnant is proved by genuine repentance — not just stopping sin, but turning toward what God has called us to do.