River Community Church: Recent Episodes
Richard Titus
Mateo Perez preaches through James's exhortation against the deception of thinking that simple belief in God is enough, even though our works may demonstrate a different reality,
Rich Titus continues with James's warning against treating people of wealth or talent in ways that are counter to a Kingdom of Jesus mentality.
Rich Titus preaches on how our current culture of celebrity worship is destructive to the cause of Christ and his church.
Mateo Perez encourages us with James's words to continue in thankfulness, even when life seems like a trial.
Rich Titus continues our series in James with a look at the nature of temptation and its purpose in the life of a follower of Jesus.
Rich Titus wraps up our RESIST! series with a call to all followers of Jesus resist the cynicism that dominates our culture with celebration of all God has done through Jesus.
The last two years our society has witnessed an explosion of hatred. Mateo Perez takes a look at how the only logical resistance to hate is to love others at least as much as you love yourself.
We live in a society where people contempt for anyone who challenges their beliefs, but Rich Titus points out that followers of Jesus are called to live lives of honor and resist having contempt for others.
Mateo Perez teaches on how fear robs us of all God has for us and others, but hospitality resists fear.
According to John Calvin, our hearts are idol factories. Rich Titus explores the idea of resisting destructive and heart-breaking idolatry through the worship of the one and only true God.
Rich Titus intros our new sermon series aimed at helping followers of Jesus resist cultural compromise without attacking the culture. The series is simply titled, "RESIST".
Mateo Perez kicks off the new year with an exploration of RCC's new mission statement: We are disciples of Jesus in community, for the community.
Rich Titus concludes the 2021 Advent sermon series, "Resolute Hope", with a discussion of what it means to be a church living in exile, even as Jesus spend much of his boyhood as an exile in Egypt.
Rich Titus preaches on how, ultimately, true hope will be hope received as he examines when Jesus and his folks meet Anna and Simeon in the Temple.
Mateo Perez continues our Advent 2021 series with an examination of the unlikely folks God chooses to reveal the birth of Jesus to and the hope that announcement brings.
Rich Titus begins our 2021 Advent sermon series with a close look at Mary and Joseph and how they personified hope in uncertain times.
Rich Titus concludes our series in the Letter to the Galatians with a look at the universal law of reaping and sowing.
Mateo Perez examines how Paul switches gears and zeroes in on what kind of community is created when people walk in the Spirit together.
Mateo Perez contrasts and compares the commands to help each other with our burdens, while carrying our own load.
Rich Titus teaches how Paul contrasts the fruit of the Spirit and the works of the flesh.
Rich Titus teaches on the Fruit of the Spirit and the practices that cultivate its growth.
Rich Titus continues to teach on how Paul further emphasizes the importance of walking in the Spirit.
Rich Titus shows how Paul creates a contrast between walking in the the flesh and walking in the Spirit, and how the flesh cannot inherit all that the Kingdom of God promises
Rich Titus explores how Paul describes the Christian life as a battle between the flesh and the spirit.
Rich Titus teaches on how we can have victory over the devil, the world, and the flesh.
Mateo Perez explores our freedom in Christ as he teaches through Galatians chapter, 5 verses13-15.
Rich Titus explores how the Galatians came to this place of legalism after being taught the Gospel by Paul.
Rich Titus teaches on Paul's synopsis of what the Christian life looks like in Galatians chapter 5.
Ken and Gracie Odhiambo are inner city missionaries in the Kibera slum of Kenya. Their message was both encouraging and and compelling, as they they shared their vision for reaching the youth of Kibera with the good news of Jesus!
In today's sermon from Rich Titus, Paul continues asking questions which have obvious answers that are not so obviously lived out.
Rich Titus preaches on Paul's contrast between Living by the Promise of the Holy Spirit or by the Law.
Rich Titus explores how Paul contrasts living by the Law with living by the Holy Spirit.
Nat Porter preaches his last sermon at River Community Church, while taking the opportunity to share his passion for the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the doctrine of justification by faith alone.
Rich Titus explores Paul's own claims of of what is necessary to unity within the Church versus areas where diversity is allowed and even encouraged.
Nat Porter explores Paul's claims that adding the act of circumcision to the Gospel can nullify the grace of God.
Rich Titus teaches on how Paul's time of preparation for his church planting mission holds some keys for all Christians as we balance spiritual preparation with action and service,
Mateo Perez explains Paul's extraordinary claims that those who follow Jesus, do so by the unmerited grace of God.
Rich Titus explores Paul's teaching that the Law cannot save us from our own sin; that only the Gospel can bring us true comfort and transformation.
Nat Porter intros our journey through Paul's Epistle to the Galatians with Grounded In The Gospel...Don't Skip the Intro.
Tammy Sage shares her journey with Jesus where, she has not only gained Jesus, bt has also received a new family while being adopted into a new people.
Nat Porter teaches on Palm Sunday and reminds us of the necessary and precious death that Christ died on our behalf.
Rich Titus wraps up our series on the Book Of Jonah as he explores Jonah's apparent lack of spiritual transformations, even as he witnesses one of the greatest spiritual revivals of the Bible.
We often hear of God's unrelenting grace. Today, Nat Porter looks into the grace of God expressed in his relenting from handing out the judgement we deserve.
Nat Porter continues our study through the Book of Jonah with a teaching on God's grace and how it goes beyond what we could ever imagine.
Rich Titus observes how in the story of Jonah, Jonah appears to be the least "Christian" of any character in the story and what the implications are for us as New Testament followers of Jesus.
Nat Porter opens our series through the Book of Jonah entitled "Boundless Grace". He explores the idea that Jonah is much more than a big fish story, but in fact is a hard look at how God's people relate to people inside and outside the Church.
Mateo Perez teaches on what Psalm 19 has to say about God's view of our failures and how the Gospel deals with those failures.
Rich Titus intros our short mini-series through Psalm 19 with a look at the two books of God's word to his people.
Jesus's life was a model of unexpectedness! Rich Titus teaches from Luke chapter 2 as he explores how the Messiah was not what people expected.
Nat Porter teaches on the supernatural power of the Holy Spirit in the lives of Jesus's followers.
Rich Titus kicks off our 2020 Advent Preaching series, The Real Magic of Christmas, with a look at the incarnation of Christ.
Nat Porter helps us see that while Jesus's death reconciles us to God, his resurrection gives us the promise of new life.
Rich Titus shows us how Jesus's death reconciles us to God, giving us a ministry of reconciliation to share with the world.
Nat Porter shows us how the wounding of Jesus was necessary to heal what is most broken in each of us.
Nat Porter wraps up a mini-series focused on what Jesus's prayer in the Garden Gethsemane reveals to us about the nature of prayer. Today's sermon focuses on the importance of prayer in community.
Rich Titus continues a mini-series focused on what Jesus's prayer in the Garden Gethsemane reveals to us about the nature of prayer. Today's sermon focuses on the reality of unanswered prayer.
Nat Porter begins a mini-series focused on what Jesus's prayer in the Garden Gethsemane reveals to us about the nature of prayer. Today's sermon focuses on how do we pray when encompassed by sorrow.
Rich Titus share insight on the Last Supper and what it tells us about the nature of Jesus's sacrifice.
Aaron Peterson takes a closer look at Jesus's sharing of a meal with the one he knows will ultimately betray him
Nat Porter explores the nature of Mary's extraordinary sacrifice and the Apostles inability to really understand.
Nat Porter explores what Jesus wants us to know about the future, and how we are to respond to his teachings.
Rich begins a mini-series within the current series where we begin to explore what Jesus wanted us to to know about the end of world as we know it. This Sunday, Rich looks at endurance in the face of pain and suffering.
Nat Porter explores how the author of Mark juxtaposes Jesus's evaluation of the lavish offerings of the rich and the seemingly small sacrifice of the widow's penny.
Pastor Rich Titus explores Jesus's conversation with a scribe who was so close, but still so far from the Kingdom of God.
Nat Porter teaches through Jesus's confrontation with the Jews regarding paying their taxes to Caesar.
Rich Titus explores the applications of Jesus's parable of the Vineyard and the Evil Tenants from Mark Chapter 12.
Nat Porter explores the authority of Jesus and how we, as citizens of his kingdom, relate to the authorities around us.
Rich Titus explores two of Jesus's most controversial acts: The cleansing of the temple and the cursing of a fig tree.
Mateo Perez shares two lessons that we might have missed from the healing of Bartimaeus.
Nat Porter explores the tendency of all human beings towards self-promotion and Jesus's example of what greatness in the Kingdom of God looks like.
Nat Porter challenges what may be many people's preconceived notions of divorce using the words of Jesus.
Rich Titus explores Jesus's position on the seriousness of sin and it's destructive power.
Mateo Perez examines Mark 9:14-29 and the disciples inability to cast a demon out of a boy as Jesus challenges them on their lack of faith.
Mateo Perez explores Jesus's disciples lack of effectiveness in ministry as a failure of how their faith directed.
Nat Porter takes a look at Mark 9:2-13 and examines the most imperative qualifications for a disciple of Jesus.
Rich Titus kicks off our new series, "A CROSS-WARD Path to TRIUMPHANT Joy" with a look at Jesus's hard, but decisive, words In Mark chapter 8 that ultimately separate the people of the world into one of two camps, with one of two ultimate destinations.
Nat Porter wraps up our "Who Do You Say That I Am" series on Easter morning with Jesus's first public revelation that he is indeed the Christ, the Messiah of Israel.
Rich Titus examines a rerun miracle of sorts in Mark chapter 8 and discusses why would Mark record the same type of miracle twice.
Nat Porter shares the first sermon presented on Facebook Live due to our community being sheltered in place due to the Covid-19 containment effort. The live video can be found at https://www.facebook.com/RiverChurchRedBluff/videos/148817419733907/ .
In this sermon, Rich Titus continues looking at Jesus as he confronts vain religious traditions and their in-born prejudices which run counter to the Gospel.
Nat Porter teaches through Jesus's encounter with the religious folks of the day over their confrontation with him regarding religious practice and tradition.
Jesus walked on water...you might ask, so what? Nat Porter explores this familiar story from Mark 6:45-56.
Here, Rich Titus shares a fresh look at the famous story of Jesus feeding the 5000 from Mark chapter 6.
In this teaching Nat Porter shows how what seems like meaningless violence actually demonstrates God's ultimate sovereignty over life and death and everything in between!
In this sermon, Nat Porter takes us through the sending out of the 12 Apostles to share the Good News.
Rich Titus explores the joys and discomforts of small town and rural ministry as he takes a look at Jesus's own small town ministry.
Nat Porter explores the contrast between Jesus's healing ministry and the ministry of healing that people often expect from him.
Nat Porter continues our series through the Gospel of Mark with a close look at how Jesus's' mercy can be unsettling and disruptive to the status quo of life.
Rich Titus teaches on a shift in Jesus's ministry from teaching the truths of the Gospel to demonstrating them through action.
Nat Porter continues our journey through Mark titled,"Who Do You Say That I Am", as he examines Jesus as the Light of the World.
Nat Porter teaches on Jesus moving onward in his ministry, even as his disciples desire him to stay put.
Nat Porter continues our series through Mark as he teaches through Jesus's reaction to his family's desire to see him.
Rich Titus walks us through the choosing of the Jesus's 12 closest disciples, while examining what discipleship is and what it is not.
Rich Titus uses the example of Pharisees to demonstrate how our own prejudices can cause us to miss God working in our world.
Nat Porter teaches on the healing of the paralytic and his greater need for forgiveness.
Nat Porter teaches about discipleship as we take a look at the initial calling of the first disciples.
Rich Titus introduces us to the Gospel of Mark as we kick off a new sermon series titled, "Who do You Say That I Am?".