Riverside Community Church Sermons

Sermon given by Craig Wilcock for Riverside Community Church, 19 December 2021. Jesus, in the incarnation, reveals God to us and brings the character and nature of God down to us.

Sermon given by Stephen Pohlman online for Riverside Community Church, 12 December 2021. So many reject the central claims of Christmas because of a prior belief that miracles are not possible in a scientific age. However, if miracles become possible, then the reality of Christmas becomes possible.

Sermon given by Stephen Pohlman online for Riverside Community Church, 5 December 2021. In this first of our new Christmas series, we see how Jesus left the comfort and glory of heaven to the muck and mire of our human lives. This means that we can encounter Jesus in meaningful ways in the midst of all of our present challenges.

Sermon given by Stephen Pohlman at Riverside Community Church, 28 November 2021. Money occupies such a large portion of our lives and God's Word has so much wisdom to offer so that we can live well and wisely in God's world.

Sermon given by Stephen Pohlman at Riverside Community Church, 21 November 2021. We apologies for the audio and video breaks in streaming. The breaks are short and still worth learning about humility from the book of Proverbs!

Sermon given by Craig Wilcock at Riverside Community Church, 14 November 2021. Taking advice can sometimes be very difficult. We can choose to be foolish or wise on the way we receive wisdom according to Proverbs.

Sermon given by Stephen Pohlman at Riverside Community Church, 7 November 2021. Our words, according to the book of Proverbs, have the power of life and death. If we are to live well and wisely in God's world, that means we need to choose our words wisely.

Sermon given by Stephen Pohlman at Riverside Community Church, 31 October 2021. Work is where we spend our greatest portion of our waking time and God has some incredible wisdom for us from the book of Proverbs.

Sermon given by Stephen Pohlman at Riverside Community Church, 24 October 2021. God wants us to live well and wisely in his world. One of the greatest gifts from God is a good friend. This week Steve teaches from the book of Proverbs concerning how we can choose friends wisely.

Sermon given by Stephen Pohlman at Riverside Community Church, 17 October 2021. In this new series entitled "The Way of Wisdom", we will be looking at different practical topics learning God's Ways and God's Wisdom from the book of Proverbs. In this opening message, Steve encourages us to Pursue Wisdom, to Pray for Wisdom and to Pursue the Wise One.

Sermon given by Stephen Pohlman at Riverside Community Church, 10 October 2021. Both are monotheistic religions, both come from the line of Abraham, both believe in God as righteous, holy, One, ruler and judge. Does this mean that Christians and Muslims worship the same God? Steve addresses this question in the final part of the 'Glad You Asked' series.

Sermon given by Craig Wilcock at Riverside Community Church, 3 October 2021. 

Sermon given by Stephen Pohlman at Riverside Community Church, 26 September 2021. In this very practical sermon, Steve helps us discern how to know what we should and shouldn't watch, whether it be movies, online or streaming TV.

Sermon given online by Stephen Pohlman for Riverside Community Church, 19 September 2021. This question has troubled many people: What happens to those who grew up in another culture and never had an opportunity to hear the Gospel? What if they're good people? What happens if they are sincere in their devotion to their gods?

Sermon given online by Stephen Pohlman for Riverside Community Church, 12 September 2021. Jesus sometimes said some strange stuff about family. What did he mean when he treated his own family in dismissive ways, or when he said that if we want to be his disciple we must hate our own family? We can only answer these questions against the backdrop of the story of God's family. Here we discover that God is all about bring us all back into his family.

Sermon given online by Stephen Pohlman for Riverside Community Church, 5 September 2021. One of the most troubling questions for Christians concerns the violence in the Old Testament, particularly the violence concerning the elimination of the Canaanites in the book of Joshua. While this question has troubled many a Christian and a sceptic alike, Steve provides 5 biblical angles for how we can think about this story.

Sermon given online by Craig Wilcock for Riverside Community Church, 29 August 2021. Craig tackles Part 2 of this series answering this controversial question.

Sermon given online by Stephen Pohlman for Riverside Community Church, 22 August 2021. These are the questions you've always been wanting to ask. Steve opens this series looking at this important question, "What happens when we die?"

Sermon given online by Stephen Pohlman for Riverside Community Church, 15 August 2021. Join Steve for the final sermon on John 17. We'll be joining in communion after hearing how Jesus prays for us to grow in love and in his presence.

Sermon given online by Stephen Pohlman for Riverside Community Church, 8 August 2021. We can often look at the disunity between churches and different denominations and be discouraged by the fighting and lack of visible unity. Yet Jesus prays that despite our differences, that we would be able to display a powerful unity to the world.