Rock and Refuge
Sermon archives for Rock and Refuge Church.
Episodes
Speaker: Pastor Dan Latta
In this message, we take a look at a concept called a Rule of Life. Simply stated, it's a plan for following Jesus. A plan to help us grow in our spiritual lives. In this message we look at what a Rule of Life is, how it works, why it's important, and then we begin the process of building our own Rule of Life. This message is inspired by the book Practicing the Way by John Mark Comer. ...
Speaker: Pastor Dan Latta
This podcast is a combination of two messages I shared at Rock and Refuge Church regarding homosexuality. I chose to combine them into one for this podcast because the messages are designed to go together so if you only listen to one of them you get an incomplete picture.
The world has a lot to say about homosexuality. The church, not so much these days. That is why I felt so strongly that these ...
Pastor Dan Latta
This is week one of a three week series titled PG-13. In this series we dive into difficult topics into which the church all too often avoids speaking. This first message looks at God's original design for sex and how that relates to our lives today. It also gives helpful advice for how to overcome lust and other unhealthy sexual practices and move to a place of sexual purity.
Speakers: Pastor Dan Latta, Matthew & Karli Von Herbulis.
In this message we get a chance to hear about the amazing work that Matthew and Karli Von Herbulis are doing on the mission field in Rwanda and beyond.
Matthew is the director of Sowers of Hope, a ministry that empowers farmers in Rwanda to embrace their God given call to their profession of working the land and showing the value of their work and how it relates to the ...
Speaker: Pastor Dan Latta
Most Christians are familiar with the giving of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost but did you know there are other significances to this special day. Long before the Holy Spirit descended on those early followers of Jesus, the Jewish people celebrated this holiday (also called "the feast of weeks"). In this message we take a look at three significant things celebrated at Pentecost and then we take...
Speaker: Pastor Dan Latta
Message three in our series "Do What Jesus Did". This mini series is a part of our year long dive into the book- Practicing the Way by John Mark Comer. In this message we take a closer look at what the gospel is and how we can best communicate it to others.
Speaker: Pastor Dan Latta
This is the first message in our five week series, Do What Jesus Did. In this message we explore the Holy Spirit: Who is is, where He lives, and how we tap into His power in order to live transformed lives.
Speaker: Pastor Dan Latta
This message is an overview of the first 8 weeks we have spent going through the book Practicing the Way by John Mark Comer. This review allows those that are new to R&R church to get up to speed on what we have covered so far and it also provides a reminder for our regular attenders of what we have been committing to each week. Each topic discussed in this message can be further explored by list...
Speaker: Pastor Dan Latta
In this message we start by looking at how Jesus uses parables to communicate his message. We then do a deep dive into the parable of the dishonest (shrewd) manager in Luke 16 and strive to discern what Jesus is teaching in this very difficult parable.
Speaker: Pastor Dan Latta
In this message we take a look at "The Messianic Secret" and how Jesus, upon His entry into Jerusalem, was finally boldly proclaiming to the masses that He was the promised Messiah. We then look at how we can take the crowd's attitude of praise and apply it to our own lives this week.
Speaker: Pastor Dan Latta, Rose Sichel, and Josh Knauer
A spirited retelling of the events in the book of Esther. We are doing our best to honor the longstanding tradition of retelling this story in Jewish Synagogues every year on the anniversary of the Jewish people's victory over the vile Haman and his plot to kill all jews.
Speaker: Pastor Dan Latta
This message is week 1 of our 5 week series on the gospel of Luke. In this message we explore how Luke, very intentionally shows in these first six chapters, that Jesus is no ordinary man. We then zoom in on the story of the temptation of Jesus and we look at how Jesus modeled a way for us to overcome temptation in our own lives.
Speaker: Pastor Dan Latta
Part three of our three part mini-series, Be Like Jesus. This is the second of several mini-series Rock and Refuge Church is doing as we explore what it means to apprentice under Jesus in the 21st century. This apprenticeship journey is birthed out of the book Practicing The Way by John Mark Comer.
This this message, we look at a strategy for change that involves us working in connection with the Holy S...
Speaker: Lee Ann Crochunis
Part two of our three part mini-series, Be Like Jesus. This is the second of several mini-series Rock and Refuge Church is doing as we explore what it means to apprentice under Jesus in the 21st century. This apprenticeship journey is birthed out of the book Practicing The Way by John Mark Comer.
In this episode we take examine losing strategies and short falls we encounter in trying to transform oursel...
Speaker: Pastor Dan Latta
Part one of our three part mini-series, Be Like Jesus. This is the second of several mini-series Rock and Refuge Church is doing as we explore what it means to apprentice under Jesus in the 21st century. This apprenticeship journey is birthed out of the book Practicing The Way by John Mark Comer.
In this episode we take a close look at how we are being formed by the world and then explore how we can inst...
Speaker: Pastor Dan Latta
Part three of our three part mini-series, Be With Jesus. This is the first of several mini-series Rock and Refuge Church is doing as we explore what it means to apprentice under Jesus in the 21st century. This apprenticeship journey is birthed out of the book Practicing The Way by John Mark Comer.
In this episode we face the reality that most of us are too busy to apprentice under Jesus. We take an hone...
Speaker: Pastor Dan Latta
Part two of our three part mini-series, Be With Jesus. This is the first of several mini-series Rock and Refuge Church is doing as we explore what it means to apprentice under Jesus in the 21st century. This apprenticeship journey is birthed out of the bock Practicing The Way by John Mark Comor.
Programing Note: The contemplative prayer time at the end of the service included a recording of Holy Holy Hol...
Speaker: Pastor Dan Latta
This is week one of our three week mini-series- Be With Jesus. It's based on the content in the book Practicing The Way by John Mark Comer. In this lesson we learn how to focus on Jesus all throughout our day.
Speaker- Pastor Dan Latta
January 18th 2025 we offered people the opportunity to become a member of Rock and Refuge Church for the very first time. This message explained what we were asking of our members and why.
Speaker: Pastor Dan Latta
Episode 2 in our series based on the book Practicing The Way by John Mark Comer.
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