In this message, gleaning from the birth narrative of Jesus, Rick discusses the absolute sovereignty and providence of God.

What can we learn by Mary’s famous visit with Elizabeth? One of the answers is definitely worship. In fact, one of the core themes of the beginning of Luke’s gospel is worship. In this message, gleaning from this well known story, Rick develops God’s role in worship, our response, and the effect worship has on on the believer.

In this message Rick takes us through the well know story of Gabriel’s announcement to Mary. And through this story we learn what Luke wants us to know about Jesus which is really the same thing as saying, this is what the Holy Spirit wants us to know about Jesus.

Luke has set out to write his gospel so that we may have certainty concerning the things that have been accomplished. In this message, Rick takes us through a well known passage where we see that the silence has been broken. God has moved to accomplish His long awaited promises.

Romans 8:32 reveals God’s heart in a way that is truly amazing. The Father has bestowed such love upon His people that He has not even withheld the greatest of gifts--Jesus. If He will give us Jesus how will He not graciously give us all things. In this message, Rick attempts to open up the beauty and simplicity of this amazing passage.

In this message, standing upon an amazing statement made by Paul in Romans 8:31, Rick steps back for a moment in order to review the highlights of what we have studied so far in Paul’s letter to the Romans. In the course of this we learn one of the Bible’s key remedies for enduring hard times.

The words, taken from Romans 8:28, “All things work together for good” are often used as an absolute that applies to everyone. Is it true? Are all things working for the good of everyone? In this message Rick discusses how Romans 8:28 is often misapplied and leads us in the proper application of this tremendous truth of Scripture.

To a culture crazed by strength weakness is a bad word. But the truth is we are weak and frail. In this message, Rick discusses how the Holy Spirit meets us in our weakness and provides us precisely what we need.

We often think of suffering as dashing all hope. In this message, drawing from Romans 8:19-25, Rick discusses how biblical hope is not incompatible with suffering. To the contrary, the road to glory takes us right through suffering.

In this message, drawing upon the message of Romans 8:18, Rick discusses how the gospel empowers us to face suffering