It's a special time of year as we approach the day we celebrate our Savior’s birth. This sermon series, titled "God Gives", explores the gifts of Advent... Hope, Peace, Joy, Love. In this message, Pastor Dean Infinger will be lighting the “HOPE” candle. Do you have hope? Hope is often defined as a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen. What are you expectantly waiting for this year?
It’s a special time of year as we approach the day we celebrate our Savior’s birth. This sermon series, titled “God Gives”, explores the gifts of Advent… Hope, Peace, Joy, Love. In this message, Garrett Walker, Director of Student Ministry, will be lighting the “PEACE” candle. As we prepare for the coming of Jesus, we remember that Jesus is our HOPE and PEACE.
There is a undeniable connection to GOD’S Grace and Thanksgiving! God’s Grace declares… …that IN SPITE OF my deepest FLAWS and even BEYOND my own beliefs about myself...I AM GOD'S BELOVED! …that I am already ACCEPTED, I have already ARRIVED! …that I am COMPLETELY and TOTALLY LOVED by the GOD of all CREATION! …that I have NOTHING to PROVE! …that I have EVERYTHING to IMAGINE! …that now I can LIVE LIFE, Growing in HIS GRACE, so FILLED with GRATTITUDE for all that HE HAS DONE, that I OVERFLOW with...
This Sunday is International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Christian. We join with churches all around the world to hear GOD’s heart for our global extende family, more than 360 million who suffer high levels of persecution and discrimination for their faith. In this message, Pastor Joe Still leads us to explore the words JESUS gave us to live by in a world of persecution.
In this message, Pastor Joe Still takes a look at what Deuteronomy 7 calls “The Faithful GOD”! We’ll learn how FACING the FUTURE with FAITH will require a FAITHFUL GOD!
In my 35 years of serving on staff here at Riverbluff, our LORD has continuously amazed me with the incredible ministry opportunities HE bring to us. One of those amazing opportunities is our partnership with Pastor Brian Miller, his wife Katherine, and the Kingdom work GOD has given them in Medellin, Colombia. Their work of saving babies by rescuing single moms from homelessness through ESTHER’S HOME, is a wonderful Christ-Centered ministry. We’ve had the privilege of sending teams to serve the...
Pastor's Picks part 13: Following Christ While Facing War This week, we’ve all once again been faced with the atrocities that terrorism and the war that follows can bring. The pain and human suffering that comes is both immeasurable and incomprehensible. What can we, as followers of Jesus on the other side of the world, do? In this message from Pastor Joes Still we'll learn how to follow Christ while facing war.
Here is the truth about human beings, we live either at the mercy of God or the mercy of our circumstances. Many times we’re tempted to think that we’re in control, that we’re self-sufficient. But then something happens, something we can’t control, and in an instant it becomes clear “What a fool I was! I have no control.” But God is involved in all things, and if we can learn to live in that reality, we can live with freedom and confidence that is liberating. We no longer have to live at the mer...
In this message, Pastor Joe Still continues in our series, “Pastor’s Picks”. The primary text comes from 2 Samuel 3 where we learn together, “How To Avoid The Death Of A Fool”!
In this message, Pastor Curt Bradford teaches from Romans 15. He shares three essential things disciples of Jesus can use to strengthen their hope.
"How to Disable Disciples" In this message, Pastor Curt Bradford continues teaching in the book of Daniel. He shares the strategies the world uses to try to disable disciples of Jesus AND how disciples can stay strong as a disciple in this world.
In this message from Dean Infinger, we are in the book of Daniel. We will witness the courage of four men from Jerusalem who chose to Stand Firm in the Faith. We live in a culture that serves the idols of success, money, power, fame, and sexual freedom. How do we live as Christians in these times? How do we let our light shine before men? It can be done when we put God first. When we trust the Living God – even when captive in an immoral land.
In this message, guest speaker Pastor Daniel Norman teaches from the books of Ephesians and 1 Timothy. Daniel shares his personal testimony and journey with God. Daniel came up through Midland Park and Riverbluff. He has served for many years in local churches as worship leader. Daniel plans to serve as Community Pastor and Worship Pastor at Kingdom Church, a new church plant, beginning in January 2024.
In this message, Pastor Curt Bradford shares scripture from 1 Corinthians written to encourage disciples of Jesus to embrace His goals for life. You’ll want to hear the practical suggestions Pastor Curt shares!
I encourage you to read Matthew 16 to prepare for this message. There are so many truths to learn when we observe Jesus and his interactions with the religious elite and his disciples. He gives warnings to his disciples, praises them, and rebukes them. On the journey, Jesus teaches us how to live and leads us to focus our attention on our heavenly father. Pastor Dean Infinger
In this message, Pastor Curt Bradford teaches from 1 Kings 8 on how to stay wholly devoted to the LORD and one another.
This Sunday we welcome Pastor John Henry Corcoran to lead our teaching time in the book of Phillipians. Born in Ireland, Pastor John Henry began his ministry in the early 90's as part of the Presbyterian Church in Tipperary Ireland, leaving his homeland in 1996 to serve in pastoral roles for many years in California. He now calls Edisto Beach home
This Sunday we will look at one of my favorite men from the Bible. We will look at the life of Moses. As Pastor Joe mentioned last week, I love that the Bible includes the whole story - the good and the not-so-good areas of Moses' journey. Join me this Sunday as we examine part of Moses' story. God had and plan and purpose for Moses' life and He has a purpose and plan for you and me too! Pastor Dean Infinger
For a Father’s Day gift this year, Kathy gave me “Frameo Digital Photo Frame”! We already had one at home that I think our kids gave Kathy for Christmas, so now, I have one in my office! The awesome thing about this digital frame is my adult kids now email me photos of them and my grandkids directly to the frame. They just show up! I don’t have to mess with transferring files using Thumb Drives or SD Cards, which I’m horrible at keeping up with. (Yes, I know that sounds lazy…1st world problem an...
Have you ever asked for a second chance? Maybe it was a mistake. Maybe we don't deserve it. But if I could have one more opportunity... Many times in our world, we do not receive a second chance. We lose the job... the relationship ends... the decision results in disaster. However, as Christians, we serve a second chance Savior. Jesus knows us and calls us by name into a second chance of new life. Pastor Dean Infinger leads us as we look at one such encounter and discover that no one is irredeem...
This July 4th our nation will celebrate it’s 247th anniversary as an independent nation, no longer under the oppression of a foreign ruler. Our freedom as a nation is something we should never take for granted and for which we should constantly give thanks to GOD! But greater than our national freedom are the freedoms we have in Christ! In this message from Pastor Joe Still will encourage you to celebrate the freedom we have in Christ!
"Pastor’s Picks part 1: When JESUS Turns the Tables" Welcome to summer at the River! Starting Sunday, June 25, and running through the month of July, we are beginning a new Sermon Series entitled PASTOR’S PICKS. Each week, Pastor Dean and I will pick one of our favorite Bible stories or Bible passages to share with you. I think it’s going to be a great six weeks; but it won’t be the same without you! Consider this your special invitation to join us Sundays at 9:30 or 11AM, or watch our livestrea...
You don’t have to look far to discover that our culture today suffers much confusion and conflict over gender issues. Some have even suggested that there is nothing significant to gender, so we should just do away with the idea all together. At times that mindset has been expressed in ways that deny the significance of men in the life of children and their necessity to healthy families. GOD knows the significance of men, that’s why HE created them “male & female” when creating human beings! ...
Some of us have begun to discover that the longer we live the less we seem to remember! This problem also seems to invade our life in Christ. Far too often, the longer we’ve walked with JESUS, the less we seem to clearly recall how truly dark and wretched our sin was. We seem to lose sight of the fact that our sin is what put JESUS on the Cross. Unfortunately, that forgetfulness seems to show up most often in the way we treat people who don’t yet know the JESUS of the Bible! In this message, Pas...
All around our nation, students have been celebrating their learning accomplishments through a ceremony we call “Graduation”. These graduation ceremonies are taking place in pre-schools and prominent universities, as well as every kind of learning institution in between. During the course of our lives, we will experience many “graduations”; and not just from institutions of learning, but in every area of life! Jesus’ first disciples went through multiple “graduations”. In Luke chapter 5 we are i...
Like me, I’m sure there came a moment in the pandemic, when many of you grew tired of the phrase “the new normal”. I will confess though, that there are some new habits in my life that have stuck around because of the pandemic, which I guess you could say are part of my “new normal”. PENTECOST, in Acts 2, is about the “New Normal” GOD intended for all HIS people to live in. The “New Normal” of PENTECOST was not prompted by a pandemic, but by a great and ancient Promise from GOD! Why don’t you en...
"Are You Just Amazed, or AMAZED & ALTERED?" When it comes to delivering a sermon, I know that GOD only holds me accountable to be faithful to HIS Word. HE does not hold me accountable for the outcomes in the lives of the listeners. Knowing that still doesn’t keep me from sometimes wondering about those outcomes. This Sunday, we come to the end of our 26 week journey through JESUS’ Sermon on the Mount. That sermon had a varying degree of impact on all who heard it. Many were “amazed” by the t...
While comedians would like us to believe that a day set aside to honor moms is a conspiracy of Greeting Card companies, the Word of GOD calls us to honor moms. For me, Mother’s Day is wrapped in my greatest hope and that gives me great reason to rejoice! That hope is in the Gospel of Jesus. My mom passed from this life to be with our LORD over 8 years ago. So now, when Mother’s Day comes, my thoughts turn to the day that I will see her once again. It will be that great day of Christ’s return. Th...
Have you ever thought – “does God really love me?” Or have you thought – “how can God love me; I’ve messed up so bad!” I can assure you that God does indeed love you. We will discover the incredible aspects of this love together on Sunday. We will see the heart of God as He gives us an object lesson from the Bible. He displays His heart and His role as our Redeemer. A redeemer who loves us and rescues us from sin and the traps of our world. In this message, Pastor Dean Infinger walks through the...
"The Life-Building Plan of Jesus" Many of you know that I grew up in a home where my dad was a “custom home builder”. While sometimes all that does is make me “slightly dangerous” with power tools, it also equipped me to know that the most successful building projects begin with a really good set of plans! While good house plans are important, they pale in comparison to the importance of JESUS’ plan for building a life prepared to live in HIS Kingdom, the Kingdom of GOD! I pray you’ll engage in ...
