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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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Upside Down Kingdom 07
What is prayer? Why (and how) should we pray? Prayer is communication with God, and Jesus assumes we will pray since communication is vital to a relationship…
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Upside Down Kingdom 06
Through the gospel, God gives us a new heart that enables a new kind of love: one that loves the needy and doesn't look for credit from man! If we fail to do…
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Upside Down Kingdom 05
How are we to treat our enemies? Not from self-vindication or hatred, but with a readiness to serve and seek the good of those who deserve the opposite. Let go…
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Upside Down Kingdom 04
In the gospel, God gives a new heart to enable new obedience to his law. We must obey from the inside, not just the outside. And there is a positive attached…
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Upside Down Kingdom 03
God’s law has various purposes. It reveals the holiness of God, reveals our sinfulness (to drive us to Jesus), holds before us a moral behavior and life that…
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Upside Down Kingdom 02
Jesus says we are Salt and Light to the world. These are not character awards; they are job descriptions. Jobs that are both powered by the gospel. Ruling…
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Upside Down Kingdom 01
Matt Lomenick launches this series of messages based on the Sermon on the Mount. He gives us an overview of the series that encourages us to "have an encounter…
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All in
Sometimes it feels comfortable to compartmentalize our lives: work, family, friends, hobbies, church. The Bible, however, tells us to live EVERY aspect of our…
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Lost Your First Love
Bishop Clarence Glover from Mount Bethel Baptist Church brings us the message from Revelation about the church at Ephesus. Jesus praised them for their works…
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Voice of Reason 08
God's Word does not call us to deny our differences to achieve uniformity, nor does it call us to deny our convictions in the name of unity. Instead, it…
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Voice of Reason 07
God is the Author and Creator of the Great Feast. He made you for it, and your appetites are the part of you that makes this divine celebration come to life…
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Voice of Reason 06
Real wealth is the riches that are ours in Christ. There is a path that leads to our souls being satisfied, and our work having meaning and honor. This week…
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Voice of Reason 05
There is no place where wisdom is more important, and each of us feels less wise than parenting our children. Compassion, training, discipline, teaching God’s…
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Voice of Reason 04
Justice and Mercy are necessary if we want to live as skillfully as Proverbs sets before us. Followers of Jesus must not ignore one for the other; both are…
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Voice of Reason 03
Work is a more substantial part of our identity than we’d perhaps like to admit. Finding the balance between work and rest becomes all-important. This week, we…
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Voice of Reason 02
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. That phrase, from the Book of Proverbs, is as challenging to understand as anything we find in the entire…
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Voice of Reason 01
As we launch our new series from the Book of Proverbs, Co-Director of Student Ministries Will Buschmann opens with a look at Solomon and his legendary wisdom…
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What He Gave Us part 07
Our series on what Jesus gave us concludes with Pastor Matt explaining that Jesus gave us each other. Jesus built his Church on the rock of Peter’s confession…
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What He Gave Us part 06
Our series examining the gifts God gave us after Jesus ascended continues with Pastor Sam Kastensmidt addressing the Word. God gave us his Word, and our Bibles…
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What He Gave Us part 05
Our look at prayer continues as Pastor Tom Hendrikse examines HOW to pray. Jesus gave us an example designed for precisely that. If you're uncomfortable with…
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What He Gave Us part 04
Scott Carson, our Director of Renewal, considers the next element God gave us to accomplish his mission: prayer. More specifically, WHY do we pray? Prayer is…
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What He Gave Us part 03
God sent his Holy Spirit to comfort us and guide us, but that's not all; the Spirit also empowers us. Pastor Tom Hendrikse says the gifts of the Spirit still…
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What He Gave Us part 02
Jesus told his disciples that after he ascended to heaven, he would send the Holy Spirit to live inside all who become his followers by faith, to comfort us…
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What He Gave Us part 01
Winston Miller, our Pastor-in-residence of Community Formation, kicks off our new message series, What He Gave Us, with a look at the Great Commission. Go, and…
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21 Questions part 20
The 21 Questions series reaches its conclusion with this Resurrection Sunday message answering the question "Why is Jesus Unlike Other Religious Leaders?"…
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21 Questions part 19
Last week, Pastor Sam Kastensmidt considered Job, who suffered because of extreme loss. Now he looks at Solomon, who suffers because of extreme gain and…
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21 Questions part 18
We continue with week two of three on the subject of suffering. How Can a Good God Allow Suffering? Our pastor of Spiritual Formation, Sam Kastensmidt, opens…
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21 Questions part 17
If God is supposed to be good, why am I suffering? Starting this week and continuing over the next two weeks, 21 Questions addresses the hard question of…
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21 Questions part 16
Christian hypocrisy is one of the most oft-cited reasons people don't believe in God. The church says one thing, but its members live another. Why? What is the…
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21 Questions part 15
Each of us is familiar with temptation; it's a shared human experience. Shared also by our champion Jesus, who faced a series of them when he was at his most…
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21 Questions part 14
Pastor Tom Hendrikse offers a thoughtful, compassionate response to the question of why God tells us who we can and can't love. Why is a person's sexual…
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21 Questions part 13
Marriage is an institution that's under siege today, from those who wish to redefine it, to those who want to ignore it altogether. What IS marriage, anyway?…
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21 Questions part 12
Not just our country, but the entire world is sharply divided over politics. Families have split up, lifelong friendships dissolved, all because two people…
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21 Questions part 11
How can we forgive those who have hurt us beyond all measure, especially those who continue to do so? Director of Renewal Scott Carson brings us the word from…
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21 Questions part 10
Why is there so much hate in the world? With only the most narrow of exceptions, hate is evil. Pastor Tom Hendrikse walks us through why evil exists, where it…
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21 Questions part 9
What happens to me when I die? That is a simple question with what most assume to be a complicated answer. Pastor Matt Lomenick, however, has a straightforward…
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21 Questions part 8
We examine another of life's difficult questions as asked by our congregation. "Why am I here?" Tom Hendrikse says understanding why we are here begins with…
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21 Questions part 7
The third and final question to come out from our Student Ministries, "What do I do with my shame?" To answer this, Tom Hendrikse examines the connection…
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21 Questions part 6
This week's question once again comes from the students in our high school and middle school ministries, and it is "Where do I find my worth?" Matt Lomenick…
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21 Questions part 5
Our series answering life’s hardest questions continues with Will Buschmann, Director of Middle School Student ministries, covering “What’s the big deal about…
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Christmas Eve 2018
Senior Pastor Tom Hendrikse brings us the message from God’s word on Christmas Eve.
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21 Questions part 4
If God exists, and if he speaks, how can we find what he wants us to do? Is that even possible? Our series on 21 Questions continues with a practical guide to…
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21 Questions part 3
Our series continues with Pastor Matt Lomenick answering the question "Why is Christianity so exclusive?" Which raises the question of whether it IS exclusive…
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21 Questions part 2
Is Christianity in conflict with science? Our 21 Questions series continues by examining the connection between faith and reason. It's more substantial than…
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21 Questions part 1
Any discussion of life's difficult questions from a Christian perspective will refer to the Bible as its source. Which in turn raises the question of "What…
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God Is With Us In The Storm
When we are hanging out on the beach, God is all around us. The sun, the shore, the waves - they all remind us of Him. But when we are right in the middle of a…
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What Do You Pray For?
Prayer is a vital part of our lives as followers of Jesus. And while it isn't wrong to pray for our physical needs or those of others, we should realize that…
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What Moves You: People (Part 10)
In the series conclusion, Tom Hendrikse looks back over our ten-week exploration of the process of moving from spectator to fan, and from fan to player. In the…
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What Moves You: People (Part 9)
In the penultimate message from this series, Tom Hendrikse tackles the question of how Christians should love and serve the city where they live. We feature…
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What Moves You: People (Part 8)
Between our families and the rest of the world, there exists another layer of people: our neighbors. How does Jesus define a neighbor, and what should our…
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What Moves You: People (Part 7)
Our exploration of what moves us shifts from worship to people. This week we talk about moving toward your family, including those friends who are as close as…
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What Moves You: Community (Part 6)
God has planted this church and its body of believers in a vast and beautiful city where his mission is both vital and challenging. Multicultural…
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What Moves You: Community (Part 5)
This week starts a conversation about Community that Moves You. The first part of which is what makes a true friend. Jesus prayed that God would give us unity…
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What Moves You: Worship (Part 4)
A vital part of worship is the Sacraments. We observe two, Baptism and the Lord's Supper (Communion). Tom explores the meaning of these sacraments and why they…
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What Moves You: Worship (Part 3)
Worship's setting is not fixed. We're an ever-changing people who worship a never-changing God. From one generation to the next, the people of God express…
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What Moves You: Worship (Part 2)
Worship tells God's story, but just what story is that? Pastor Tom Hendrikse explores that question in this week's message and uses illustrations from classic…
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What Moves You: Worship (Part 1)
Our series on What Moves You in Worship, Community, and Renewal begins with John's vision of heaven from Revelation chapters 4 and 5. Through his eyes, we see…
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Joshua Part 3
Our series in Exodus, from Bondage to Freedom, moves into Joshua for a few weeks so we can see what happens in Israel after Moses, arguably their greatest…
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Joshua Part 2
Our series in Exodus, from Bondage to Freedom, moves into Joshua for a few weeks so we can see what happens in Israel after Moses, arguably their greatest…
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Joshua Part 1
Our series in Exodus, from Bondage to Freedom, moves into Joshua for a few weeks so we can see what happens in Israel after Moses, arguably their greatest…