Hello Church Family, Based on 2026 data, love-related topics are among the most searched on the internet. People everywhere are looking for love and want to know what love means and how to find it. We are bombarded everyday with the world’s definition of love. We see daily images on tv, movies, social media, billboards,...
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Epistle to RiverStone May 7, 2026
Hello Church Family, I was having a conversation the other day about how differently I treat my kids. Some of that is due to their different personalities. Part of that is also because my perspective on parenting has changed from the first kid to the fourth kid. With the first kid, we were very strict...
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Epistle to RiverStone April 30, 2026
Hello Church Family, We had a wonderful night at the prayer and worship yesterday. It was a perfect place of God showing up in a powerful way. We were able to spend time worshiping, praying and being in God’s presence. So many times our schedules get very full and very busy. We try to make...
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Epistle to RiverStone April 23, 2026
Hello Church Family, This past Sunday we looked at Jesus’ command to go and make disciples. As we look into the book of Acts we see that the early church took that command seriously and began planting churches. They planted churches all over the known world as God multiplied their numbers. The apostles planted the...
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Epistle to RiverStone April 16, 2026
Hello Church Family, “…these I will bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer; their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on my altar; for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples.” Isaiah 56:7 What does it look like for RiverStone Church to be...
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Epistle to RiverStone April 9, 2026
Hello Church Family, This past Sunday we had the honor of celebrating two baptisms. Easter is such a great time to celebrate baptisms as we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is a reminder for all of us who call ourselves followers of Jesus Christ. Baptism is an important part of the life of...
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Epistle to RiverStone April 2, 2026
Hello Church Family, We are towards the end of Holy Week and tomorrow is Good Friday. It may seem a strange thing to call the day that Jesus was crucified good. You would think we would call it anything but good. But if we look back at Isaiah we understand why we can call it Good Friday. Isaiah 53:3–5 (ESV) 3 He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not. 4 Surely he has...
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Epistle to RiverStone March 26, 2026
Hello Church Family, Luke 24:32 They said to each other, “Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on theroad, while he opened to us the Scriptures?” So many times when we think of Jesus in the Bible we go just to the New Testament. We look there first because we are looking at Jesus being physically here on earth. We see his birth, death, resurrection and the ministry that occurred after he ascended to heaven. We don’t typically...
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Epistle to RiverStone March 19, 2026
Hello Church Family, This past Sunday I preached on Matthew 10 where Jesus sent out the twelve apostles. Jesus took time to teach them and live life with them, but he understood the urgency of the task ahead. Jesus knew that his journey on earth would lead him to the cross. The twelve apostles were...
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Epistle to RiverStone March 12, 2026
Hello Church Family, Acts 9:3–6 (ESV) 3 Now as he went on his way, he approached Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven shone around him. 4 And falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?” 5 And he said, “Who are you, Lord?” And he said, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. 6 But rise and enter the city, and you will be told what you are to do.” Saul was a persecutor of the Early Church until he had an encounter with the risen Jesus Christ. He was not the same person after the blinding light on the road to Damascus. His life had been radically changed and would be different from this point forward. Saul didn’t expect to encounter Jesus on that day. He woke up that morning with his plans set and was on the way to make sure...