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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

Rio Vista Church SermonsThe Hope of Heaven part 5
Part 5 of a series based on Revelation chapter 21 and chapter 22:1-5. Tom concludes the series by explaining that the vision John saw of a Heavenly City was…
Rio Vista Church SermonsThe Hope of Heaven part 4
Part 4 of a series based on Revelation chapter 21 and chapter 22 verses 1 through 5, covering the new heavens and the new earth. What will they be like? This…
Rio Vista Church SermonsThe Hope of Heaven part 3
Part 3 of a series based on Revelation chapter 21 and chapter 22 verses 1 through 5, covering the new heavens and the new earth. What will they be like? This…
Rio Vista Church SermonsThe Hope of Heaven part 2
Part 2 of a series based in Revelation chapter 21 and 22:1-5, covering the new heavens and the new earth. What will they be like?
Rio Vista Church SermonsMother's Day
Do you know someone who is a perfect mother? Do you feel the pressure to be Super Mom yourself? Tom examines the life of Mary, the mother of Jesus, and…
Rio Vista Church SermonsThe Hope of Heaven part 1: Questions and answers
The start of a new series based in Revelation chapter 21 and 22:1-5, covering the new heavens and the new earth. What will they be like? This week, Tom answers…
Rio Vista Church SermonsShare Life
A sermon on what our purpose is at Rio Vista Community Church: to share life in Christ with those around us! Part of a special Sunday experience that included…
Rio Vista Church SermonsWhat To Do When Life Isn't Fair
How do you handle it when you feel like you're doing the best you can for God, yet things aren't turning out right for you? Where is God at those times? Why…
Rio Vista Church SermonsGolden Calf
The story of Moses, Aaron, and the golden calf. Are we like the people who cried out for a God they could touch, or like Moses who offered himself to save his…
Rio Vista Church SermonsOne Story Part Two. Easter morning. Our King is risen!
The story of the resurrection and celebration of Jesus, from Psalm 22. 1000 years before He was born and 300 years before crucifixion was invented, David tells…
Rio Vista Church SermonsOne Story. Palm Sunday. Not the king you expect, but the king you need.
The crowd gathered to watch Jesus enter the city. They spread their cloaks and laid branches before him. They were looking for a king. They got one, not the…
Rio Vista Church SermonsGod's Word The Searchlight
Sin likes to hide. So God has shone the light of His Word into the caverns of our lives to expose sin, to search our thoughts and intentions, and to transform…
Rio Vista Church SermonsThe Kingdom and the Heart of Man part ten
What is the Kingdom of God? How does God intend for this kingdom to be built? What does it ask of you and what does it offer you? This series explores these…
Rio Vista Church SermonsThe Kingdom and the Heart of Man part nine
What is the Kingdom of God? How does God intend for this kingdom to be built? What does it ask of you and what does it offer you? This series explores these…
Rio Vista Church SermonsThe Kingdom and the Heart of Man part eight
What is the Kingdom of God? How does God intend for this kingdom to be built? What does it ask of you and what does it offer you? This series explores these…
Rio Vista Church SermonsThe Kingdom and the Heart of Man part seven
What is the Kingdom of God? How does God intend for this kingdom to be built? What does it ask of you and what does it offer you? This series explores these…
Rio Vista Church SermonsThe Kingdom and the Heart of Man part six
What is the Kingdom of God? How does God intend for this kingdom to be built? What does it ask of you and what does it offer you? This series explores these…
Rio Vista Church SermonsThe Kingdom and the Heart of Man part five
What is the Kingdom of God? How does God intend for this kingdom to be built? What price must be paid by those seeking to build it? This series explores these…
Rio Vista Church SermonsThe Kingdom and the Heart of Man part four
What is the Kingdom of God? How does God intend for this kingdom to be built? What price must be paid by those seeking to build it? This series explores these…
Rio Vista Church SermonsThe Kingdom and the Heart of Man part three
What is the Kingdom of God? How does God intend for this kingdom to be built? What price must be paid by those seeking to build it? This series explores these…
Rio Vista Church SermonsThe Kingdom and the Heart of Man part two
What is the Kingdom of God? How does God intend for this kingdom to be built? What price must be paid by those seeking to build it? This series explores these…
Rio Vista Church SermonsThe Kingdom and the Heart of Man part one
What is the Kingdom of God? How does God intend for it to be built? What price has been paid by those seeking to build it? This series explores these questions.
Rio Vista Church SermonsThe Great Conversation
A pharisee and a tax collector walked into a temple to pray. Which one found forgiveness? Which one are you?
Rio Vista Church SermonsHow to keep the new year from getting your goat
The sheep and the goats stand before Jesus at the final judgment. How can you know which one YOU are?
Rio Vista Church SermonsJesus came into the world, part 5
Christmas Eve! What is Christmas really all about to YOU? And what is Christmas REALLY all about?
Rio Vista Church SermonsJesus came into the world, part 4
What is Christmas really all about to YOU? And what is Christmas REALLY all about?
Rio Vista Church SermonsJesus came into the world, part 3
What is Christmas really all about to YOU? And what is Christmas REALLY all about?
Rio Vista Church SermonsJesus came into the world, part 2
What is Christmas really all about to YOU? And what is Christmas REALLY all about?
Rio Vista Church SermonsJesus came into the world, part 1
What is Christmas really all about to YOU? And what is Christmas REALLY all about?
Rio Vista Church SermonsThe AWAKE series part 8
The AWAKE series examines what the church looks like when it is working right. This is a study in the Book of Acts.
Rio Vista Church SermonsThe AWAKE series part 7
The AWAKE series examines what the church looks like when it is working right. This is a study in the Book of Acts.
Rio Vista Church SermonsThe AWAKE series part 6
The AWAKE series examines what the church looks like when it is working right. This is a study in the Book of Acts.
Rio Vista Church SermonsThe AWAKE series part 5
The AWAKE series examines what the church looks like when it is working right. This is a study in the Book of Acts.
Rio Vista Church SermonsThe AWAKE series part 5
The AWAKE series examines what the church looks like when it is working right. This is a study in the Book of Acts.
Rio Vista Church SermonsThe AWAKE series part 3
The AWAKE series examines what the church looks like when it is working right. This is a study in the Book of Acts.
Rio Vista Church SermonsThe AWAKE series part 2
The AWAKE series examines what the church looks like when it is working right. This is a study in the Book of Acts.
Rio Vista Church SermonsThe AWAKE series part 1
The AWAKE series examines what the church looks like when it is working right. This is a study in the Book of Acts.
Rio Vista Church SermonsThe Serve series, part 5.
Final sermon in the Serve series. The gospel and you. Find out what your thing is and then do it!


Rio Vista Church SermonsThe Serve series, part 2.
Mercy is the love language of God. We must speak it, if we wish to serve others.
Rio Vista Church SermonsThe Serve series, part 1.
The first message in a new series where we journey outside of our walls and ourselves, and step into a world full of need.
Rio Vista Church SermonsGood News of Great Joy | Week 4
From Luke's Gospel, we have the story of the birth of Jesus Christ and the announcement of that birth through shepherds who were in the surrounding area. It…
Rio Vista Church SermonsGood News of Great Joy | Week 3
This time we are considering the first ten verses of Isaiah chapter 11. This prophecy describes a future king and kingdom that is literally a utopia of peace…
Rio Vista Church SermonsGood News of Great Joy | Week 2
Our Advent series continues with Pastor Tom preaching from Isaiah chapter 9. For to us a child is born, to us a son is given—the ultimate gift! Tom explores…
Rio Vista Church SermonsGood News of Great Joy | Week 1
Pastor Sam Kastensmidt begins our Advent season from Isaiah chapter 7, where we see the Lord providing a sign. A virgin will conceive and bear a son, his name…
Rio Vista Church SermonsAwaken: Live Like It Matters | Week 3
The conclusion of Awakened is from Acts 4, where Peter and John had been arrested and threatened with imprisonment if they continued to preach and teach in the…
Rio Vista Church SermonsAwaken: Live Like It Matters | Week 2
From the story of Phillip the Evangelist and the Ethiopian eunuch, we have a clear example of the power of the gospel and God's commitment to bringing the…
Rio Vista Church SermonsAwaken: Live Like It Matters | Week 1
In the story of the Samaritan woman at the well, we learn that no matter what your story is, regardless of what you have gone through, God still has a purpose…
Rio Vista Church SermonsIsaiah: A Voice of Hope | Week 11
In the conclusion of our series from Isaiah, Pastor Tom lets the voice of the Messiah ring out from Isaiah chapter 61. He has come to open blind eyes and set…
Rio Vista Church SermonsIsaiah: A Voice of Hope | Week 10
Isaiah prophesies about a day when all nations on earth will be united into one, under one king, and that kingdom will last forever. Jesus is the king and he…
Rio Vista Church SermonsIsaiah: A Voice of Hope | Week 9
Isaiah prophecies about a time when God would call all the nations into the tent of his people. It's a foretelling of the Gospel Age, and of the Gentiles being…
Rio Vista Church SermonsIsaiah: A Voice of Hope | Week 8
In the fourth servant song, Pastor Tom comes to Isaiah 53. This remarkable prophecy of God's suffering servant connects with precise detail to the life and…
Rio Vista Church SermonsIsaiah: A Voice of Hope | Week 6
In the second servant song we are told how the servant will go about his mission. God's servant Jesus, as he did everything needed to secure our salvation…
Rio Vista Church SermonsIsaiah: A Voice of Hope | Week 5
What moves God's heart and occupies his mind is the salvation of God's people through the work of his servant. That is the message of the servant songs. Have…
Rio Vista Church SermonsIsaiah: A Voice of Hope | Week 4
In Isaiah chapter 40, the prophet records God wanting to comfort his people. God does this by telling them who he is, what he has done, and promises to pay the…
Rio Vista Church SermonsIsaiah: A Voice of Hope | Week 3
Why don't people ask us about our hope? Probably because we look as if we hope in the same things they do. Pastor Tom says the voice of our greatest enemy…
Rio Vista Church SermonsGospel of Mark | Week 10
Pastor Tom Hendrikse preaching from the Gospel of Mark on the Mission of Jesus. What does Mark show us about Jesus came to do?
Rio Vista Church SermonsGospel of Mark | Week 9
Pastor Tom Hendrikse preaching from the Gospel of Mark on the Mission of Jesus. What does Mark show us about Jesus came to do?