Solid Rock Church Sermons

In this week's sermon from Malachi in our Story of Redemption series, we were reminded of God's unchanging declaration to His people: "I have loved you." We saw that His love is not something we earn, but something that has always existed, continues today, and will never end. Yet we also recognized how easy it is to question that love, often trying to earn what God freely gives. Throughout Malachi, we see God confront His people&rs...

In this week's sermon from Zechariah in our Story of Redemption series, we saw how Jesus is the Pierced One who brings grace, mercy, and cleansing from sin. Zechariah prophesied that God's people would one day look on the One they had pierced and mourn for what they had done. From kings and priests to the least of the families, all would recognize their sin and grieve the weight of it. Yet even in th...

In this sermon from the Story of Redemption series, we looked at Haggai 1 and saw a God who lovingly invites His people to consider the emptiness of their disobedience. Though they had returned from exile, their focus had shifted from rebuilding the temple to building their own houses. By calling them to consider their ways, God exposed how spiritual drift can lead to lives that feel busy, yet ultima...

In this sermon, we looked at the book of Zephaniah and studied a dimension of God that we often struggle to believe. While the early chapters confront sin and announce the coming Day of the Lord, we saw the book take a surprising turn toward joy. The Lord removes judgment, restores His presence, and promises that His people will no longer fear evil. Even more surprising, He rejoices and sings over Hi...

In this week's sermon from Habakkuk in our Story of Redemption series, we looked at what it means to trust God enough to be honest about our confusion and doubt. Following Habakkuk's journey from the desperate cry, "How long?" to the declaration, "Yet I will rejoice," we were reminded that faith is not the absence of doubt but the courage to bring our questions int...

In this sermon, we looked at the story of Nahum and were reminded that God's justice and God's love are not opposites but work together for the healing of His world. We saw how Nahum speaks to a weary and wounded people, assuring them that God is not indifferent to their suffering and that evil will not have the final word. God's judgment was revealed not as impulsive anger, but as love's settled res...

In this sermon, we looked at Jonah 2 and were reminded that God meets us even in the depths of our distress. We saw how Jonah's prayer from the belly of the fish reveals that salvation often begins when we stop running, let go of control, and honestly cry out to the Lord. What Jonah initially experienced as punishment, he came to recognize as God's mercy—using desperation to expose his helpless...

In this sermon, we studied the book of Micah and learned that God’s plan for redemption doesn't move forward through human strength, status, or self-reliance, but through human weakness, humility, and trust. Micah shows us that Israel's broken leadership would lead to defeat and a deep longing for a better King. God promises that this King would come from an unexpected place, Bethlehem, and would be both humble and eternal. J...

In this sermon, we looked at the book of Amos and explored how God's justice and kindness ultimately meet in the person of Jesus. Through Amos, we saw that God refuses to ignore injustice and rejects worship that overlooks sin or harm. The book of Amos exposes a tension we all live with: we long for justice when wrong is done around us, yet we struggle when that same standard of justice is applied to...

In this sermon, we walked through the book of Joel and God's promise to restore nearness with His people through the Holy Spirit. We were reminded that when sin broke communion with God in Genesis 3, Scripture began pointing forward to a renewed relationship between God and His people. In Joel 2:28, God promises to pour out His Spirit, revealing His mercy and His desire to dwell with His people and r...

In this sermon, we explored the story of Hosea and the shocking beauty of God's covenant love revealed through a lived parable of betrayal, pursuit, and redemption. Hosea's marriage to an unfaithful wife exposes our own tendency to wander—trusting other loves to give us what only God can. Yet instead of rejecting His people, God relentlessly pursues them, pays the price to redeem them, and rest...

In this sermon from Luke 2, we were reminded that true joy is not something we manufacture, but good news God announces. God sends a heavenly messenger to ordinary, fearful shepherds, showing us that the joy found in Jesus is offered to all. The angel's message centers on the identity of the Child—Savior, Christ, and Lord—revealing that lasting joy flows from who He is and what He has don...

In this sermon, as we continue our Advent series, we reflected on Jesus' teaching that true joy is not found in the absence of sorrow, but in the transformation of sorrow through His presence. In John 16:20–24, Jesus prepares His disciples—and us—for a life in which weeping and rejoicing coexist. He promises that our sorrow will turn into joy, not be ignored or replaced by it. We co...

In week two of our Advent series, we explored how Habakkuk stood in the middle of a collapsing world and still declared, "Yet I will rejoice." His joy wasn't rooted in circumstances but in the unchanging character of God. At Christmas, we see the fulfillment of that hope in Jesus—Immanuel—who stepped into our broken, hurting world to offer a joy that isn't fragile, circumstantial, or thre...

In this sermon, we looked at Psalm 16 and were reminded that the joy we often chase through moments of anticipation can leave us uncertain, disappointed, and still wanting more. But true joy—lasting joy—comes from a personal and intimate relationship with Jesus. In his presence, we receive a joy that does not fade and does not leave us lacking. As believers, we can rest knowing that joy comes from Jesus himself, and in ...

In this sermon, we looked at Daniel 7 and saw "one like a son of man" who came with the clouds of heaven and was presented to God, the Ancient of Days. This Son of Man was given dominion, glory, and an everlasting kingdom where all people and nations serve him. This Son of Man is Jesus—fully human and identifying with our struggles, yet fully God and sinless. Jesus took on the title "Son of Man" from Daniel 7 to fulfill his m...

In this sermon, we looked at Ezekiel 34 and saw the heart of a God who refuses to abandon His people to unfaithful shepherds. While Israel's leaders were like shepherds who took advantage of the flock, God promised to come to us Himself, to search for the lost, bind up the wounded, and bring His sheep home. That promise is fulfilled in Jesus, the True Shepherd. He sees the weary and helpless and moves toward them with compassion. H...

In this sermon, we looked at Lamentations 3 and saw that even in the ashes of Jerusalem's ruin, the author of Lamentations rediscovers an unchanging truth: when everything falls apart, God's compassion remains. His love doesn't end when we reach the end of ourselves, and His mercy rises like the morning sun after the darkest night. Waiting becomes the place where faith grows, not because our circumst...