A collection of sermon series from previous years at Rose City.
Pastor Josh teaches from John 7 this morning, Jesus at the Feast of the Booths:
“…(T)his is the mark of those who have not believed in Jesus: when they hate him because their sin is exposed…the world hates to have its sin exposed. The believer loves the discipline of the Lord…”
(Originally preached on January 20th, 2019)
Listen in as Pastor Josh teaches us from the Bread of Life discourse found in John 6:
“God pursues and woos his people as his bride; gently but always effectively. Overcoming their rebellion and rejection by His love. And he does this by opening self-blinded eyes and softening callused hearts, bringing them to life by His Spirit.”
(Sermon originally preached on January 6th, 2019)
Listen in on Pastor Josh teaching from John 6 this morning:
“Jesus is the bread of life…Jesus is the once and for all source, the once and for all sacrifice…God invites us this morning to share in the best food and wine, metaphorically, in Jesus. Don’t waste your money, your efforts, trying to find life somewhere else - when the only source of true life is found abundantly in Jesus…”
(Originally preached on December 9th, 2018)
Pastor Josh teaches us from the remainder of John 5 this morning:
“If you read Scripture seeking life betterment and self help, you will find most of it very dry and unhelpful. But come to Scripture seeking to know God and there you will find Him when you seek Him with all your heart. Come to the Word of God to know God and you will be richly rewarded…”
(originally preached on November 25th, 2018 - unfortunately the original audio file was corrupted has suffered some quality issues)
Listen in as Pastor Josh teaches us from John 5 this morning, explaining what it means when Jesus refers to himself as the Son of Man:
“…So Jesus is claiming to be the unique Son of Man who was granted everlasting dominion, ruling an eternal kingdom with all of the Glory of God. And at the same time as being God, who has eternal dominion, an eternal kingdom, and the worship of all peoples — He belongs to humanity! He’s born of a woman. He has walked where humans have walked. And it’s not one or the other of these, but its the combination of these features that make him uniquely qualified to judge. So Jesus will be the one who judges - but he won’t just judge as God, but he’s also human. He’s fully God, fully man. And as such he is uniquely qualified to judge us…”
(Originally preached on November 18th, 2018)
Pastor Josh preaches from John 3 this morning introducing us to Nicodemus, and what the Evangelist, empowered and inspired by the Spirit is teaching us through his story. (Note: The first few minutes of the scripture reading and sermon were corrupted, so the recording starts mid-sermon. Sermon was originally preached on October 7th, 2018)
Pastor Josh teaches us this morning from John 2, the wedding at Cana and the cleansing of the temple: “The purpose of the miracle is to reveal Jesus’ glory, ‘the glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.’ But Jesus’ glory would be revealed in greatest measure in his cross, resurrection and exaltation, and every step along the course of his ministry was an announcement of that glory.”
Pastor Josh continues teaching from John 1 this morning: “John is writing to share his perspective, sometimes "filling in the blanks" where he feels that the earlier gospels could have explained it better. Such is the case with the story of the calling of the first disciples…” (Originally preached on September 23rd, 2018)
Pastor Josh introduces the Gospel of John this morning preaching from John’s prologue: “This prologue is designed to whet our appetite, drawing us in and introducing the major themes of John so that we know what we are meant to see and understand from the life of Jesus…” (Originally preached on September 9th, 2018)
