The Bahamas Partnership On Sunday, November 4, 2018, River Oaks will be hosting Julian and Christiana Russell for our 2018 Missions Sunday! The Russells are missionaries to the Bahamas (and are originally from the Bahamas), serving as church planters and community developers with Mission to the World. Julian will be Read more…
New from Pastor Lanier Recently the result of Dr. Lanier’s doctoral work in England was published by Bloomsbury/T&T Clark, entitled: Old Testament Conceptual Metaphors and the Christology of Luke’s Gospel. That’s a mouthful! What is this book about? It explores how the Gospel according to Luke draws on ancient metaphors Read more…
An Outward Vision The goal of a Community Group is to produce and encourage God-glorifying relationships as we express the kingdom of God. Interestingly, this happens not just by focusing inwardly, but on looking outside our group to bless others. The result is that the members of the group grow Read more…
Why Did Jesus Do That? Recently Pastor Lanier authored a short article about the curious scene in the Gospels when Jesus curses the fig tree on his way into Jerusalem the last time. Why does Jesus cause the tree to wither? How does it relate to the broader storyline of Read more…
Dinner and Fellowship On Sept. 29th from 4 – 8 pm the Men’s Ministry will be hosting a dinner and get together at Eric Duncan’s house. Feel free to come and join in on the fellowship and great food provided. For more information, please contact Eric Duncan. There will be football on multiple Read more…
Casting a Vision The Community Group ministry seeks to be a vibrant expression of the Kingdom of God through renewed relationships by caring, encouraging, edifying, and teaching one another. CGs are, then, an expression of the vision and principles of River Oaks. What are the marks of an effective CG? Read more…
Wednesday Evening: Genesis We will be studying Nancy Guthrie’s, Promised One: Seeing Jesus in Genesis. This book compliments our Sunday morning corporate gatherings where we are also working our way through Genesis in the sermon series. However, Nancy Guthrie’s study has particular purpose — helping us to find Jesus in the Read more…
The Fear of the Lord Join us for a series through the book of Proverbs entitled, Wisdom From Above.” We often ask God for wisdom when we are facing difficult situations or unclear choices and we want to do what is right or make a choice that produces the most Read more…
The Essential Confession The belief that Jesus of Nazareth rose from the dead, in His body, 3 days after His crucifixion is the foundation of Christianity. Without a risen Jesus, the foundation crumbles. “I believe in the Resurrection” therefore, is the essential Christian confession. In this series we will explore Read more…
As a Ransom for Many Good Friday and Easter are at the very heart of the Christian Faith and for good reason. On Good Friday we remember that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, fulfilled His mission to serve sinners by giving His life as ransom on the Cross. Jesus Read more…
Eating Together In the January edition of Tabletalk magazine, Pastor Camera writes about the blessing of sharing a meal together as Christians now as a beautiful anticipation of the heavenly marriage feast of the Lamb. Of the practical and spiritual implications, he writes: In a world where we are growing Read more…
Pillar of Truth The church is the household of God. The church, therefore, is to be an expression of God’s character and reflect God’s design for renewed human relationships in the world. In 1 Timothy, the Apostle Paul shows how the gospel mission of the church rests upon the godliness Read more…
Matthew’s Birth Account The Gospel according to Matthew tells the powerful story of the coming of Jesus in the flesh as our king. Join us as we explore the genealogy of Jesus, the announcement of a divine king born of the virgin Mary, the persecution of this son by the Read more…
Remembering the Reformation In October 1517, Martin Luther posted his Ninety-Five Theses on the door of All Saints’ Church in Wittenberg, Germany. Little did he know then that this action would launch the Protestant Reformation. In honor of the 500th anniversary of that momentous occasion, we will be preaching through Read more…
The Short Books Some books, like Isaiah, justly receive a lot of attention in church because they are lengthy and cover a lot of theological ground. But there are some shorter writings that often run the risk of being overlooked due to their brevity—in fact, many folks may never have Read more…
Hope of Renewal Isaiah begins his monumental prophecy by exposing and denouncing the utter sinfulness of God’s people living in Jerusalem. Their social system was devoid of justice, their religious system was an abomination to the Lord, their political system was oppressive, and the people themselves were riddled with the Read more…
On the Third Day… For the weeks leading up to Good Friday and Easter, we will be encountering afresh the passion, death, and resurrection of our Lord Jesus through a short sermon series from Luke 22–24. Each Sunday we will see from God’s Word the horror of what Jesus endured Read more…
Cur Deus Homo One of the defining features of Christianity is the belief that Jesus Christ is truly God. That is, that the second person of the Triune God, who existed in eternity past before creation, took on flesh and became a man so that he could suffer and die Read more…
Faith…Virtue…Knowledge The second epistle of Peter begins with this prayer: “may grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord” (2 Pet 1:2). Knowledge of God is something that is given to us through our Lord Jesus Christ, and it is something Read more…
“To Us a Son is Given” For us, promises are easier to make than to keep. Thankfully, that is not the case with God. God always keeps His promises. Our Christmas series this year is entitled “Promised Child” because Christmas is the fulfillment of God’s promise made at the very Read more…