Pastor Tom takes into Genesis 2 and 3 to locate the origin of ‘the problem’ of this world, clearing the way for appreciating the significance of Christ’s advent.
Read More
Pastor Tom takes us to Psalm 138 to learn from David why we should be giving thanks and praise to God.
Read More
The Pharisees press Jesus for more signs, to prove his identity as Messiah. Pastor Tom helps us consider the ways in which we similarly clamor for more signs rather than responding with faith to what has been revealed.
Read More
In Matthew 12:22-37, the Pharisees call the work of the Holy Spirit in Jesus's ministry demonic. In doing this, Jesus says they both commit blasphemy and make themselves enemies of the Kingdom of God.
Read More
With people plotting against his life, we would expect Jesus to get body guards and raise an army to secure the deliverance expected of a Messiah. Yet he does none of that, and in process fulfills prophetic expectations for the Messiah.
Read More
Confronted by the Pharisees, Jesus reveals that he is the Lord of the Sabbath - a status that underscores his divine identity and mission and which highlights the lasting rest he has come to offer mankind.
Pastor Tom underscores the need to bring the Gospel to every nation and introduces Jeff Walsh, the ACGC Director of International Missions, who shares the work of Advent Christian denomination on this front.
Read More
In Matthew 11:25-30, Jesus offers further testimony about his identity and invites those who are weary and burdened trade their yoke in for the one he offers which brings rest.
Read More
In Matthew 11:20-24, Jesus explains why woeful judgment awaits the people of Chorazin, Bethaisda, and Capernaum.
Read More
In Matthew 11:1-19, Jesus begins revealing the places that he and and John the Baptist hold in God’s plan of redemption and the stature that we gain as members of his Kingdom.
Read More
Josh Hicks takes us into the book of Daniel to examine how God turned the heart of a Babylonian king to Him.
Read More
Do you fear the right things? Do you love the right things? When it comes to following Jesus, it's often our mistaken fears and disordered loves that undermine our service in God's rescue mission for humanity. Pastor Tom takes us the words of Jesus in Matthew 10:24-42.
Read More
Pastor Tom shares RCC’s vision for making disciples. The audio from this morning pairs well with this page explaining our discipleship process. Alternatively, you can watch the video version here.
Read More
RCC cancelled their in-person gathering due to Hurricane Henri and so Pastor Tom took us into John 6 to consider the response of the 12 disciples to Jesus’s “hard teaching”.
Read More
"Who are you to say I need Jesus?" It's a question demanding proof of authority. Yet the Christian claims no authority of her own - like the first disciples, we simply go as messengers of Christ, telling what we have been told. It's Jesus who first claims that we need him, that he has the salvation we've all been looking for. And he's not just a bunch of talk - his proof of authority is his power. And that power visibly reaches into the present in the lives and work of Christians today. The best Christian messengers evidence that power in every aspect of their lives.
Pastor Tom guides us in examining Matthew's account of Jesus's first commission to his 12 disciples to go town to town with the good news that God's Kingdom has come near to us.
Read More
Rev. Andy Rice, president of the Berkshire Institute for Christian Studies, takes us to the prayer of King David in 1 Chronicles 29, wherein David confesses who God is and what belongs to Him.
Read More
"Who are you to say I need Jesus?" It's a question demanding proof of authority. Yet the Christian claims no authority of her own - like the first disciples, we simply go as messengers of Christ, telling what we have been told. It's Jesus who first claims that we need him, that he has the salvation we've all been looking for. And he's not just a bunch of talk - his proof of authority is his power. And that power visibly reaches into the present in the lives and work of Christians today. The best Christian messengers evidence that power in every aspect of their lives.
Pastor Tom guides us in examining Matthew's account of Jesus's first commission to his 12 disciples to go town to town with the good news that God's Kingdom has come near to us.
Read More
When you look at the world, do you see the opportunities for the Gospel that Jesus sees? And before you blame the smallness of our churches on society, have you considered that the real problem is that we are not sending enough people out?
Join us for worship this Sunday as we hear the word of Christ in Matthew 9:35-38, orienting us to look upon the world with His vision.
Read More
Can Jesus really bring us back from dead? Can our sins truly be forgiven if we are united with him? Any positive answer to these questions requires us to have faith - to trust Jesus beyond what everyday realities reveal to us. But that trust can only find solid grounding if it is built on what Jesus reveals to us in the course of his earthly life. Matthew tells us that Jesus healed many who were stricken with diseases and demons and that he even brought the dead back to life. We see faith at the center of these episodes. These miracles come to those who have faith. It's under these conditions that Jesus is preparing us to see the relationship between faith and the greater miracle of our salvation that he is offering. Listen as Pastor Tom takes us into Matthew 9:18-34.
Read More
John Lotter explores examples of repentance found in Scripture and the necessary place it has in the Christian life.
Read More