What if I told you that an 8-year-old became the president of the United States? Would you be baffled?

Josiah became King of Israel at the young age of 8, and he was not just a king - he was an exceptional king, and there are some big reasons why.

Listen to this week's lesson and hear how taking your faith seriously does not just start one day. It starts NOW.

Imagine being swallowed by a whale. That would be insane right? It would probably be one of the most memorable moments of your life.

Jonah, a prophet of God, was swallowed by a big fish and was in its belly for 3 days! While this was probably one of the most memorable moments of his life, it surprisingly is not the most memorable moment in the book of Jonah. The story of Jonah is a lot less about the fish and more about the gourd.

Listen in this week and hear a story that highlights the compassion of God and our need show compassion to others!

Think about the time you felt most alone. Were you terrified? Was there a deep pit in your stomach? Did you feel a sadness you did not even know was possible to feel?

There are times in our lives when we feel helpless, hopeless, and powerless. In these dark times of sadness and fear, we are supposed to seek God and not run from him because in his love is where we find our true purpose and home.

In this week's lesson, Alex is going to retell the story of Elijah and show us that God meets us in our brokenness and knows exactly what we need to be made whole.

This week at the Rock, we are talking about what Oak Pointe's vision is for this year: to reach those across the street and around the world.

When we think of a mission, we might think that missions are reserved exclusively to special agents and secret task forces. However, God has called all of his followers to a mission: the reach the whole world with the good news of Jesus' love.

But how can we do that? Do all of us have to go overseas to help the world know about Jesus?

Listen in and find out how you can spread the Gospel across the street and around the world with 4 words: Live, Pray, Give, and Fold.

In movies, there are main and side characters. The main characters often get more screen time, more lines, and more attention while the side characters support the main characters and get little screen, little to no lines, and little attention.

For movies, main and side characters make sense. For our lives, they don't. We as humans try to be main characters when there is only one who deserves the spotlight. We make life all about us and our wants when we should be focusing on being a side character who supports the main character.

Someone who understood her role as a side character in life is Mary, the mother of Jesus.

Listen in to our last lesson of 2025 and hear about how life isn't about us.

Think about the biggest gift you have ever received. How did you react?

Think about the biggest news you have ever heard. How astounded were you to hear it?

The biggest news of Zechariah's life is about to come to him...but what will his reaction be? Will it be awe? Will it be disbelief? Will it be disrespect?

Listen in to this week's lesson and hear about a person who played an instrumental role in the coming of baby Jesus into the world.

What is Baptism and why should believers do it?

This is the question we will answer in this week's lesson about Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch.

When the eunuch is reading from the book of Isaiah, he is confused about what it all means. However, his confusion changes when Philip, an evangelist and a disciple of Jesus, explains to him that Isaiah is talking about a man who would come and die just like a lamb. This lamb is Jesus!

How does the Eunuch respond? Does he believe? If he does, does he publically declare his faith?

Listen in to this week's lesson and hear what baptism is all about.

What would you say is one of the most well-known stories in the Bible? I think one of your answers might be the story of a little shepherd boy with a sling and stone fighting a 9 foot mammoth of a human being--goliath.

This story is awesome. It's an underdog story: the little guy winning against the big bully.

However, what should we gather from this story? Is this story mainly about how we need to fight the "giants in our lives"?

Listen in to this lesson and hear how even a story we are very familiar with might show us truths about Jesus we would have never expected.

In this lesson in Famous and Forgotten, we are looking at a story you could say is quite...spooooooky! When a guy named King Nebuchadnezzar starts to get a big head about how great and powerful his kingdom is, God humbles him in a spooky yet funny way: by turning him into a cow-man for 7 years. Listen in to hear about it!

Note from Nate: In this lesson, I tell the story about the 3 men thrown into the fiery furnace by King Nebuchadnezzar. However, I get the details wrong and say repeadetly that 4 men get thrown into the fire including Daniel. This is not true! There were only 3 men, and a fourth man appears in the fire, which is most likely Jesus himself. I apologize for not reading, remembering, and teaching God's Word correctly. This is why it's so important to read the Bible well and hear what it is actually saying!

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Abraham is one of the most well-known people in the Bible. One of the biggest moments in his story involves his son Isaac, some wood, and an altar. You might think you already know what happens, but this week’s message will help you see this story in a whole new way, and for you who haven't heard this story before, don't miss it on this week's lesson on thisistheROCK!