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River of Life Church - St JosephGospel of John - Week 1This 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 making. John is hyper-focused on one major idea: that Jesus is the Son of God and through him alone we can have eternal life. This is an idea that we all have to reckon with at some point. Are we going to accept Jesus as he claims to be--the Son of God--or are we going to reject Jesus through making him out to be anything less than that? 2025-06-0345 minRiver of Life Church - St JosephThat'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 what it means to be secure in our God-given identity and how our callings flow from our identity, not the other way around.
2025-05-2740 minRiver of Life Church - St JosephHoly Healthy - Week 5This 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 everything we experience happens through our physical bodies. If we are to be healthy, then stewarding the body God has given us is vital! We want to be the healthiest we can be so God can do the most in us and through us that he possibly can.
2025-05-2143 minRiver of Life Church - St JosephHoly Healthy - Week 4This 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 lives on God's truth, then the result is that we experience health and wholeness in our minds! Because of Jesus you can win the war in your mind, and in this sermon we discuss how to do just that.
2025-05-1441 minRiver of Life Church - St JosephGlobal FocusThis 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 globally! This sermon invites all of us to take a pause and ask ourselves what God would have us do in response to the massive amounts of people in the world who do not yet know Jesus.
2025-05-0639 minRiver of Life Church - St JosephStory Sunday - John Caughlin + LA Mission TripThis 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 will notice that it's more of a conversational interview format rather than our normal sermon format.
This Sunday featured three individuals: Sephra Kinser, Jackie Leedahl, and John Caughlin. We start with Sephra and Jackie both sharing about what God did on their recent mission trip to LA. Then we turn to John who shares his incredible story about having a heart attack during one of our s...2025-04-3058 minRiver of Life Church - St JosephHoly 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 explaining what Jesus did on Easter and how, because of this, Jesus is the only way that we can achieve true health in our souls.
2025-04-2242 minRiver of Life Church - St JosephHoly Health - Week 2This 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 topic! Healthy Christians process through their emotions in a god-honoring way, and in this sermon we discuss what that looks like. It's a great look at what it means to be an emotionally healthy follower of Jesus.
2025-04-1526 minRiver of Life Church - St JosephHoly Healthy - Week 1This 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 people. God has created us as fully embodied people with bodies, brains, emotions, and spirits, and he cares so much about us that he wants us to be healthy in every area. This series will explore how we can be healthy in areas that we might not have previously labeled as "spiritual" areas; however, every part of our lives matter and everything we do is spiritual according to God's...2025-04-0939 minRiver of Life Church - St JosephFamily Service - Power of WordsThis 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 our words for good, and how words are a reflection of our hearts. What we say matters! We need to use our words to bring life. (This sermon is both for kids and adults! Each point has explanations appropriate for each age group.)
*Also, please note that the early part of the sermon uses a very visual illustration of the kids lifting heavy weights up...2025-04-0138 minRiver of Life Church - St JosephIn the Beginning - Week 7This 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 today as we can easily fall for the same lie that the people of Babel believed. We talk about how to avoid the pitfalls of Babel and put our hope in Jesus.
2025-03-2634 minRiver of Life Church - St JosephGuest Speaker: Pastor Sue Kollman - Breaking FreeThis 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 delivers a powerful message about Freedom in Christ. A level of freedom comes when we are saved, but there is a whole other level of freedom in Christ that comes through God redeeming our inner life after we are saved. You are going to want to hear this message!
2025-03-1842 minRiver of Life Church - St JosephIn The Beginning - Week 6Noah 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 narrative of Genesis 6-9. We look at what God was doing in this story, why he chose Noah, and what we can learn from it.
2025-03-1842 minRiver of Life Church - St JosephIn The Beginning - Week 5Cain 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 Eve caused the Fall. This week we lean into this story to see what it can teach us about the Bible and our own personal lives.
2025-03-0734 minRiver of Life Church - St JosephIn The Beginning - Week 4Week 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 Good and Evil was not some arbitrary command. Instead, God was making a statement that Adam and Eve should get their life and wisdom from Him. Adam and Eve instead reject that so they can define their own terms for their lives. We face this same battle on a daily basis individually and in our culture at large.
2025-02-2540 minRiver of Life Church - St JosephIn The Beginning - Week 3Oh 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 of Genesis 2 have a lot to say about how we should view ourselves and our place in the world.
2025-02-2134 minRiver of Life Church - St JosephIn The Beginning - Week 2The 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 categorically to make some important theological points that can have a profound impact on our lives.
2025-02-2136 minRiver of Life Church - St JosephIn The Beginning - Week 1This 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 rightful place in God's creation. This week we open by focusing on the first two verses of Genesis 1.
2025-02-0634 minRiver of Life Church - St JosephVision Series Week 3 - Getting to GrowthThis 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 to the world around us.
2025-02-0536 minRiver of Life Church - St JosephVision Series Week 2 - Staying The CourseThis 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) happens outside the doors of the church. Sunday church is vitally important to our walk of faith, but we cannot have a Sunday-centric faith. The true expression of our faith to Jesus happens during the week.
2025-01-2234 minRiver of Life Church - St JosephVision Series Week 1 - Starting Out RightThis 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.
2025-01-1634 minRiver of Life Church - St JosephChristmas in Characters Week 4 - JosephWe 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 we aren't special enough for God to use us. This sermon highlights the truth that God can use anyone who is willing and available.
2025-01-0238 minRiver of Life Church - St JosephFamily ChristmasThis 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 both for kids and adults as we discussed 3 truths that Christmas teaches us.
2025-01-0231 minRiver of Life Church - St JosephChristmas in Characters Week 3 - HerodThis 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.
2024-12-1737 minRiver of Life Church - St JosephChristmas in Characters Week 2 - ShepherdsThis week we hear from one of our amazing church members, Jackie Leedahl, as she shares about the shepherds in the Christmas story.
2024-12-1247 minRiver of Life Church - St JosephChristmas in Characters Week 1 - MaryWe 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 Jesus.
2024-12-0237 minRiver of Life Church - St JosephBlessed - Week 3This 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 wherever God has placed us.
2024-11-2638 minRiver of Life Church - St JosephBlessed Week 2 - TithingThis 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 life.
2024-11-2133 minRiver of Life Church - St JosephBlessed Week 1 - About the HeartThis 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 hearts being set on God rather than on greed.
2024-11-1243 minRiver of Life Church - St JosephUncomfortable (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 spiritual growth and how we need to embrace being uncomfortable in our faith journeys.
2024-11-0645 minRiver of Life Church - St JosephThe Big Words - Week 2In this week, we cover the topics of Regeneration and Sanctification. God makes us new and makes us holy when we accept Jesus!
2024-10-2440 minRiver of Life Church - St JosephThe Big Words - Week 1This week starts a new series covering what God does in our lives when we get saved. We are going to cover salvation, justification, regeneration, sanctification, and glorification. These "big words" are simply theological terms that quickly describe the profound work God does in our lives. We are going to talk about what these words mean so that we can understand better what God does in our lives and better partner with what he is doing.
2024-10-1638 minRiver of Life Church - St JosephPracticing the Way Week 5In 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 the practices of our faith.
2024-10-1341 minRiver of Life Church - St JosephPracticing the Way Week 4This week we cover the idea of Doing as Jesus Did and carrying the mission of God forward in our lives.
2024-10-1348 minRiver of Life Church - St JosephPracticing the Way - Become Like JesusIn 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 discipleship.
2024-09-2542 minRiver of Life Church - St JosephPracticing the Way - Be With JesusWe 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 abide in Jesus. This is the start of growing in our faith.
2024-09-2542 minRiver of Life Church - St JosephPracticing the Way - IntroThis 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 book Practicing the Way by John Mark Comer.
2024-09-1146 minRiver of Life Church - St JosephIs 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.
2024-09-0541 minRiver of Life Church - St JosephSlow Down - SeasonsThis 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 we have a role to play no matter what season we are going through. We take five truths out of Ecclesiastes 3:1-13 that apply deeply to our lives.
2024-08-2843 minRiver of Life Church - St JosephSlow Down - PeaceThis 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 contrast to the inner turmoil and anxiety that plagues many of our lives.
**The song that was used at the end of the sermon is Peace by Anaiah Nikole. We cut the audio from the recording so we did not infringe on copyright, but we encourage you to go lookup the song on Youtube or Spotify.
2024-08-2149 minRiver of Life Church - St JosephSlow Down - AbideThis 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 by abiding in God.
2024-08-1546 minRiver of Life Church - St JosephSlow Down - SabbathThis 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 externally. This sermon lays the foundation for the series and covers the important concept of being Sabbath people.
2024-08-0844 minRiver of Life Church - St JosephWisdom: Sermon on the MountThis 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 for Christian wisdom in the New Testament. The principles that Jesus lays out for us in the sermon have influenced Christians for over 2000 years.
2024-07-2449 minRiver of Life Church - St JosephWisdom: RuthThis 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 "wisdom" book, this book has incredible truths to share with us today.
2024-07-1743 minRiver of Life Church - St JosephWisdom - Song of SongsThis 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.
2024-07-1143 minRiver of Life Church - St JosephWisdom - EcclesiastesThis 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 that can affect our lives deeply if we understand it.
2024-07-0345 minRiver of Life Church - St JosephRevive (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 power of God changing our story.
2024-06-2833 minRiver of Life Church - St JosephWisdom - JobThe 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 idea of what this book teaches us about God, suffering, and how to respond to it.
2024-06-1947 minRiver of Life Church - St JosephWisdom - ProverbsWeek 2 of our Wisdom series covers Proverbs, how to read Proverbs in the Bible, and how it's main theme--the Fear of the Lord--applies to our lives.
2024-06-0639 minRiver of Life Church - St JosephWisdom - Introduction to WisdomPastor Tyler speaks this week kicking off the new summer series about biblical wisdom. This is the introduction week where he discusses what biblical wisdom is and how we can apply it to our lives. Future weeks will key in on specific books of the Bible, what wisdom they emphasize, and how to read them to find wisdom in personal devotion time.
2024-05-2942 minRiver of Life Church - St JosephGlobal - The LostWe end our two-part miniseries on having a Global mindset as a church. The topic this week is lost people, God's heart for them, and the reality of the unreached around the world.
2024-05-2242 minRiver of Life Church - St JosephGlobal - Global GodThis is the first part of a two-part mini series on spreading the Gospel with a global focus.
2024-05-1640 minRiver of Life Church - St JosephHoly Apprentices - Outward PracticesIn the final week of our Holy Apprentices series, Pastor Tyler preaches on the Outward Practices of our faith: being in community with one another and serving God.
2024-04-3034 minRiver of Life Church - St JosephHoly Apprentices - Communication PracticesThis week we talk about growing in prayer and worship. These are the practices we use to communicate with God through what we say (prayer) and do (worship).
2024-04-2543 minRiver of Life Church - St JosephHoly Apprentices - The BibleThis week we take a deep dive into the Bible: what it is and how to engage with it.
*Note: Pastor Tyler was struggling with lahprengitis during this sermon.
2024-04-1739 minRiver of Life Church - St JosephHoly Apprentices - Growing in FaithWe talk this week about growing in your faith, why God wants us to grow in our faith, and what it means to be a disciple of Jesus.
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