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Rio Vista Church Sermons
From its base in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Rio Vista Church serves to lead people into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ. These are our weekly messages.
Episodes
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Christmas as Mission Part 2
On his way up to Jerusalem, Jesus explained to his disciples what was about to happen. He was on his way to face suffering and death. It was his mission, one…
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Christmas as Mission Part 1
The mission we're on is one of God's truth lived out and spoken out by us, in a world full of people who have trouble acknowledging that truth even exists…
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Our Refuge and Rest
God is our refuge and rest. A beautiful concept, a familiar statement, but do we truly believe it? David reveals in Psalm 62 why life necessitates this…
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Wilderness Temptations
Jesus faced the devil’s greatest temptations, willingly suffered to sympathize with our tears, and pressed on through that suffering while refusing to let go…
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Blessing and Mission Part 6
Jesus concludes his Sermon on the Mount by prompting us to examine ourselves so we might be able to answer the question: Are we in, or are we out? Are we doing…
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Blessing and Mission Part 5
When Jesus famously said that we should not judge others lest we be judged ourselves, what did he mean? When he said ask and it will be given to you, did he…
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Blessing and Mission Part 4
At Rio, we define your "treasure" as your time, your talents, and your money. In his Sermon on the Mount, Jesus tells us that treasure is that which directs…
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Blessing and Mission Part 3
Jesus cautions against practicing righteousness to gain the approval of men. The blessed life, which is a life lived in relationship with him, seeks the…
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Blessing and Mission Part 2
Jesus teaches in his Sermon on the Mount about the kingdom of heaven, which can only be found through faith in him. It exists in the hearts of his people right…
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Blessing and Mission Part 1
In the Beatitudes, Jesus describes the blessed life. That begins in a relationship with Him. Tom Hendrikse reveals how each Beatitude is another facet of the…
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Life is Mission Part 35
Tom Hendrikse reflects on the anticlimactic way the story ends for the Apostle Paul. Because, Paul's story wasn't about Paul, and our stories aren't about us…
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Life is Mission Part 34
The life Jesus lived on earth was one marked by sacrifice, self-denial, and suffering. Tom Hendrikse reveals that pattern in the story of Paul’s journey to…
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Life is Mission Part 33
The life lived in mission is a life of separations. We separate ourselves from everything we would cling to in this world, to live the life that God has…
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Life is Mission Part 32
A life lived in mission is one where every part of it belongs to God and follows the pattern of the life of Jesus. Even when we are waiting for deliverance, we…
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Life is Mission Part 31
The life in mission is one in which the gospel is demonstrated through our lives, how we care for one another and how we care for the weakest among us. But…
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Life is Mission Part 30
Life in mission is living as one who has been set free. Freedom comes from the gospel and is real even if our present circumstances say otherwise. Tom…
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Life is Mission Part 29
The Apostle Paul, on his way to Jerusalem, stopped in a city about 30 miles from Ephesus. There he called the elders from the church at Ephesus to come meet…
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Life is Mission Part 28
We are called to lay down our lives after the fashion of Jesus, to do what he did. To take his message and gospel mercies to the world. That mission requires…
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Life is Mission Part 27
What do you need to know in order to be saved? How does God prove himself and show that his message of salvation is true? Tom Hendrikse takes up the question…
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Life is Mission Part 26
The apostle Paul worked to change the ancient city of Corinth from the inside out, by transforming its people. And that's how we can change our own city, by…
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Life is Mission Part 25
To restore the peace of God and bring his order to a world of chaos, you begin with this: You must know God and have a relationship with him. Matt Lomenick…
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Life is Mission Part 24
On this Independence Day Weekend, Sam Kastensmidt delivers the message that the gospel and the church is the only hope of a nation.
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Life is Mission Part 23
To accomplish anything great, you must sacrifice. There is nothing more worthy of our sacrifice than the mission. God sacrificed his own son and while he may…
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Life is Mission Part 22
Life is Mission means ALL OF LIFE. The problem is our desire to compartmentalize our lives and offer God the pieces we think he should have, keeping the rest…
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Faithful Parents
If we're honest, being a parent is equal parts awesome and terrifying. In this message, Pastor Tom Hendrikse poses the question "What are you raising your…
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Life is Mission Part 21
The council of elders in the first church decided that the church stood for FREEDOM. Freedom from religious law, yes, but Tom Hendrikse tells us we stand for…
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Life is Mission Part 20
What do most of the people in your world have in common? They need God! There's a big difference between the gods of this world, that leave you empty, and…
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Life is Mission Part 19
We have a habit of focusing on the small, singular events in our lives while missing the bigger principle of which they are a part. A life in mission calls us…
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Life is Mission Part 18
When God tells us to let go of something, we know what the RIGHT answer is. We also know what our REAL answer will be. Pastor Tom Hendrikse tells us how we can…
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Influencing Children for the Kingdom of God (Mother's Day 2013)
The children we are raising today are the future of the church and the future of the kingdom. Not JUST mothers, but every Christian can influence children and…
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Life is Mission Part 17
A life in mission reproduces the life, death, burial, and resurrection of Christ. The first part of Acts 12 tells us the story of the murder of James and the…
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Life is Mission Part 16
One of the things life in mission requires is the encouragement of the Holy Spirit. Some comes directly as God’s Spirit interacts with our own, some comes…
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Life is Mission Part 15
God is not the author of discrimination. Despite that, ancient Israel had rules preventing them from even entering the home of a Gentile. When God told Peter…
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Life is Mission Part 14
What is the purpose God has for this mission? It’s to bring life! But what about healing? Does God bring healing? What does it mean when God does not heal?…
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Life is Mission Part 13
Before he was Paul the Apostle, Saul was a persecutor of the church. The church feared him, yet God chose Saul to be a part of his mission. Are there people…
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Life is Mission Part 12
Philip was an apostle and evangelist God used to send the gospel to Ethiopia. He meets an Ethiopian court official who was also a eunuch and had suffered much…
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Life is Mission Part 11
The mission is to be witnesses to the risen Christ. God allowed persecution to bring suffering on the church in Jerusalem, which scattered them to where Jesus…
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Life is Mission Part 10
Stephen, the first martyr after the ascension of Christ, was stoned to death. Why? Because the message he preached challenged their way of life. Christ always…
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Life is Mission Part 9
Almost as soon as it began, the first church ran into a serious problem: discrimination. The apostles appointed the first deacons to manage these matters. But…
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Life is Mission Part 8
How would your life change if you saw with your own eyes Jesus return from the grave? It changed His followers from timid bunglers to fearless agents who…
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Life is Mission Part 7
Life is Mission, and that includes your money. Be generous with God, and with each other. And whatever you refuse to let go of, that is what you treasure more…
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Life is Mission Part 6
The authorities warn Peter and John not to teach in the name of Jesus. They refused and made it plain that the name of Jesus was the only name given to people…
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Life is Mission Part 5
Peter heals a man unable to walk since birth, well known to the crowds that would pass by him at the temple gate. What changed this day? Peter stopped, and…
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Life is Mission Part 4
After Pentecost, the church devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, gathered together daily in the temple, and shared meals and met the needs of anyone…
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Life is Mission Part 3
Peter preaches his first sermon to the crowd at Pentecost. He explained the gospel to them, this gospel they were to carry throughout the world on their lips…
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Life is Mission Part 2
The followers of Jesus returned to Jerusalem after his ascension to wait for the Holy Spirit, which came upon them and filled them. What does being filled with…
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Life is Mission Part 1
After his resurrection, Jesus had a message for his followers, "Life is Mission." Whose life? What mission? Pastor Tom Hendrikse will answer those questions…
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The Gospel and The Fall
Eve and Adam decided they could run things on their own and wouldn’t need God. As a result both were placed under a curse. Jesus had to reverse every aspect of…
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The Great Escape
The battle between God and Satan has run for all of creation. But, throughout history, each time it has seemed as though Satan was about to deliver the blow…
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God With Us Part 5
Everybody makes a Christmas list. But with God, what you get is far better than what you asked for, because your heavenly father knows what you need, and he…
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God With Us Part 4
In this week's message, we meet some people desperately seeking Jesus. On the one hand, the wise men, seeking him that they might worship him. On the other…
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God With Us Part 3
A significant percentage of adults surveyed said they were under so much pressure from Christmas they wish it could be canceled -- it cost too much. It cost…
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God With Us Part 2
Mary goes to the home of her relative Elizabeth, who recognizes that the baby Mary is carrying is their Lord. Both are moved to praise. An encounter with Jesus…
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God With Us Part 1
One of the most amazing things about God is that he’s a God who seeks to be with us. God designed us in his image, we reflect who he is, and we can learn…
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Jesus and Wives
The mind of Jesus when it comes to wives is that they complete their husbands, making a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts. The power to do this…
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Jesus and Children
Doug Sauder, President of 4KIDS of South Florida, speaks to us on the subject of adoption. Doug says that Christians, more than any other group, should support…
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Jesus and Husbands
What is the mind of Christ when it comes to husbands? As Tom explains it, "God isn’t just your father, he is your father-in-law, since your wife is his…
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Jesus and the Family
Is there anything more important to you than your family? How can you effectively lead your children in worshiping God? From Deuteronomy chapter 6, Tom…
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Jesus and Love
What is the mind of Christ when it comes to love? Pastor Matt Lomenick brings us a message in which the topic of love is examined from all sides. The love we…
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Jesus and Culture
What is your culture? Well, really, culture is…everything. It’s what we do and how we do it. How we do we engage it? What is our reaction to it? How do we…