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Vision Sunday

April 6, 2025

A healthy human body is identified when every part is working properly, with all the internal and external parts doing exactly what they were designed to do. Paul reaches for that analogy when he talks about the Church in Ephesians 4. Pastor Nate presents our Spring Vision Sunday message of maturity – growing up as the body.

(2024) Psalms

Psalm 44

August 18, 2024

We all suffer. We all go through hardship and pain, or as the Dread Pirate Roberts says in The Princess Bride, "Life is pain, and anyone who tells you otherwise is selling something." Andrew Brooks, River City's Student and Youth Director, teaches from Psalm 44 and uncovers the truth that orienting our hearts around God's word before we suffer is what drives us through the challenges of suffering. If we're oriented around what is true before hardship comes, it's much easier to re-orient ourselves in and after the moment.

(2025) Acts

Gospel Proclamation

October 8, 2023

The Spirit came, and a crowd assembled when they heard the noise. But, upon hearing these Galileans speak other languages fluently, they assumed these hillbillies had been drinking before prayer. Peter, now filled with the Spirit, stands up and corrects them, giving the first explicitly Christian sermon ever given.

(2023) Footholds of Faith

Evidence for the Resurrection

June 25, 2023

Is the resurrection of Jesus all about faith? Is there only "The Bible says it, I believe it, that settles it"? Or is there evidence to the resurrection that helps us see it as a historical event that really happened?

(2022) Do You Believe?

The Doctrine of Creation

July 10, 2022

Genesis 1 and 2 aren't as much about the "when" and "how" the universe came to be, as much as they are about the "Who" and the "why" it came to be.

(2023) The Gospel of Jesus (Luke)

Neutral is Not an Option

May 22, 2022

If your team doesn't make the championship game, you might still watch, albeit with a large helping of "I don't really care" on your plate of nachos. Jesus lays it out pretty strongly that when it comes to him, we don't have the luxury of that option.

(2021) The Hidden Hand of God (Esther)

The Chameleon Dies Today

May 2, 2021

Esther chapter 4 describes Esther and Mordecai’s reaction to Haman’s legislation. Esther now must decide: Am I Esther or Hadassah?

(2020) Contend For The Faith

Armor of God – Part 2

August 30, 2020

In this message, we look at the five pieces of spiritual armor a believer puts on as we head into battle.

(2020) Did God Really Say That?

Your Feelings Are Reality

July 5, 2020

One of the common deceptions of the enemy is to trust our feelings. He’d like us to rely on how we feel instead of what we know to be true. In this sermon, Nate King (one of River City’s leaders) walks us through the story of Job to help us see that what we feel isn’t necessarily what’s real.

(2020) Did God Really Say That?

Did God Really Say That?

June 7, 2020

Counterfeit gospels are part of our everyday life, which is why scripture calls us again and again to be on our guard, be watchful, and put on the armor of God. This series will take a look at 8 of the more popular lies that we are often tempted to believe.

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