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River of Life Church - St Joseph
Join us weekly to listen to the message from the St Joseph location of River of Life Church. Our goal is to share the word of God in a way that relates to you so you can put it to work in your everyday life.
Episodes
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Guest Speaker - Bobby Loukinen
This week features a guest speaker: Bobby Loukinen. Bobby served as a youth pastor for 18 years before transitioning to being a US home missionary. He serves…
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Gospel of John - Week 5
This week we venture into John 4 where Jesus has his famous conversation with the Samaritan woman at the well where he chooses to defy cultural expectations so…
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Gospel of John - Week 4
This week we dig into John 3 which covers one of the greatest conversations ever recorded. We key in on the idea of coming to Jesus the same way that Nicodemus…
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Gospel of John - Week 3
This week we dive into John 2 where Jesus does his first ever miracle (turning water into wine) and then proceeds to clear out the corrupt moneychangers at the…
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Gospel of John - Week 2
This week we take a look at John the Baptist and his response to recognizing Jesus as the Son of God. John leaves a powerful example of what it means to put…
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Gospel of John - Week 1
This week we begin our summer series on the Gospel of John. This sermon focuses in on introducing this book of the Bible and the main point that the author is…
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That's Not a Name Tag!
This is a standalone sermon exploring the topic of identity and not allowing false identities to stick to us. Using the story of David + Goliath we explore…
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Holy Healthy - Week 5
This week we turn our attention to being healthy in our physical bodies. This is not something churches often talk about, but everything we do in life and…
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Holy Healthy - Week 4
This week we get back to our Holy Healthy series by talking about how Christians should be healthy in our minds. When we believe, internalize, and build our…
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Global Focus
This week we take a one-week pause in our Holy Healthy series to discuss our Global Focus Month at RLC. God's heart is for lost people, both locally and…
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Story Sunday - John Caughlin + LA Mission Trip
This week was a special Sunday at RLC! We did our first ever Story Sunday where we interviewed people about the stories of what God had done in their life. You…
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Holy Healthy - Week 3 (Easter)
Happy Easter! This week we celebrated the resurrection of Jesus. Because he is alive, we can have health in our souls! This sermon focuses in both on…
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Holy Health - Week 2
This week we look at what the Bible has to say about Christians being healthy in their emotions. It may surprise you, but the Bible has a lot to say on the…
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Holy Healthy - Week 1
This week we begin a new series based on this idea: you cannot be healthy in your spiritual life if you are unhealthy in other areas. We are not segmented…
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Family Service - Power of Words
This week we held a family service where all the kids were also in service with the adults!* In this sermon we talk about the power of words, how we can use…
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In the Beginning - Week 7
This sermon closes out our In The Beginning series as we look at Genesis 11 and the story of the Tower of Babel. This story speaks powerfully to our culture…
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Guest Speaker: Pastor Sue Kollman - Breaking Free
This week, due to health issues during the week, Pastor Tyler called in a guest speaker! Pastor Sue Kollman is the Administrative Pastor for River of Life. She…
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In The Beginning - Week 6
Noah and the Flood are the topic at hand this week! We are nearing the end of our series on Genesis 1-11, and everything so far culminates in the flood…
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In The Beginning - Week 5
Cain and Abel is one of the tragic stories in scripture. The writers of Genesis use the story to show how sin has begun to spread after the choices of Adam and…
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In The Beginning - Week 4
Week 4! This week we turn our attention to Genesis 3 and the "Fall of Man." Pastor Tyler discusses how God's command not to eat from the Tree of Knowledge of…
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In The Beginning - Week 3
Oh the humanity! This week we cover what Genesis is saying about humans, our value, purpose, and role within God's good creation. The end of Genesis 1 and all…
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In The Beginning - Week 2
The next part of Genesis that we cover is the 6 days of creation in Genesis 1:1-2:3. Pastor Tyler talks in this sermon about how the 6 days are arranged…
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In The Beginning - Week 1
This series is about Genesis 1-11. Understanding the earliest parts of the Bible helps us know God deeper, engage with his Word better, and discover our…
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Vision Series Week 3 - Getting to Growth
This week we wrap up our vision series talking about how we will grow the Kingdom of God: through having a mentality that says we will GO out with the Gospel…
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Vision Series Week 2 - Staying The Course
This week we continue our Vision series and talk about how to stay the course during 2025. The main idea is that true discipleship (becoming like Jesus)…
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Vision Series Week 1 - Starting Out Right
This week we begin a vision series for 2025 that will be centered on what type of church that God wants RLC St Joe to be in the upcoming year.
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Christmas in Characters Week 4 - Joseph
We close out our Christmas series focusing in on Joseph. Joseph is just a regular guy that God uses in a big way--which is inspiring to all of us who feel like…
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Family Christmas
This originally took place on Dec 22nd and was our family Christmas service where we had the kids with us in service. The sermon was geared to be interesting…
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Christmas in Characters Week 3 - Herod
This week we discuss the villain of the Christmas Story, King Herod, and discover what not to do with Christ when we encounter him in our lives.
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Christmas in Characters Week 2 - Shepherds
This week we hear from one of our amazing church members, Jackie Leedahl, as she shares about the shepherds in the Christmas story.
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Christmas in Characters Week 1 - Mary
We begin our Christmas series where we will highlight different characters and see what we can learn from each one. This week we cover Mary, the mother of…
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Blessed - Week 3
This week we talk about how God has put the Church on mission and that by giving to Kingdom Builders (missions work), we are able to help fulfill that mission…
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Blessed Week 2 - Tithing
This week we talk about the blessing of tithing and what that looks like in our lives. Tithing is not meant to be a burden. It's meant to be a gift in your…
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Blessed Week 1 - About the Heart
This week we kick of a new mini-series called Blessed where we discuss the topics of generosity, greed, and giving. This sermon keys in on the idea of our…
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Uncomfortable (Kyle Peterson)
This week we get to hear from the Lead Pastor of all of our River of Life Churches, Kyle Peterson. He shares a great sermon on how comfort is the enemy of…
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The Big Words - Week 2
In this week, we cover the topics of Regeneration and Sanctification. God makes us new and makes us holy when we accept Jesus!
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The Big Words - Week 1
This week starts a new series covering what God does in our lives when we get saved. We are going to cover salvation, justification, regeneration…
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Practicing the Way Week 5
In this sermon, we bring the Practicing the Way series to a close by talking about how to practically live out our apprenticeship to Jesus through implementing…
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Practicing the Way Week 4
This week we cover the idea of Doing as Jesus Did and carrying the mission of God forward in our lives.
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Practicing the Way - Become Like Jesus
In week 3 of our Practicing the Way series we cover the idea of becoming like Jesus. Our faith has to lead to us becoming like Jesus for it to truly be…
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Practicing the Way - Be With Jesus
We continue our Practicing the Way series talking about the first and foremost call of a disciple: to be with their rabbi. For us today, that means we need to…
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Practicing the Way - Intro
This week we begin a new series about what it means to be a Christian and what it means to grow in our faith. This series is inspired by the concepts of the…
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Is Jesus Really?
This is a stand alone series where we discuss that if Jesus is really who he says that he is, then that should have a massive impact on how we live our lives.
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Slow Down - Seasons
This week we discuss the truth that life has seasons -- both good and bad -- that we get to navigate through. God is working in every season of our lives and…
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Slow Down - Peace
This week we continue the Slow Down series and turn our attention to our inner lives. Pastor Tyler talks about the idea of God's peace and how this is a strong…
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Slow Down - Abide
This week we continue our series Slow Down and focus in on John 15 where Jesus explains the concept that if we are to bear good fruit in our lives, it starts…
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Slow Down - Sabbath
This week we begin a new series called "Slow Down" where we talk about how to cease living in a constant state of rushing and anxiety--both internally and…
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Wisdom: Sermon on the Mount
This week we continue our Wisdom series by jumping to the New Testament and discussing the Sermon on the Mount. This famous sermon by Jesus is the foundation…
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Wisdom: Ruth
This week we continue our Wisdom series with our final Old Testament book we will cover in this series: the book of Ruth. While not usually considered a…
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Wisdom - Song of Songs
This week we cover the book of Song of Songs in the Bible. This book offers God's wisdom in the areas of love and sexuality.
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Wisdom - Ecclesiastes
This week we take a look at the book of Ecclesiastes. Although the book can seem depressing and even disturbing at times, it offers a powerful hope in the end…
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Revive (Guest Speaker - Jake Hemmesch)
This week we had a guest speaker Jake Hemmesch who is a pastor at The Waters Church in Sartell. Jake speaks a great message about being revived by God and the…
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Wisdom - Job
The sermon this week covers the book of Job. Job asks the question "How do God's wisdom and justice work in a world where suffering happens?" We explore the…