Living Way Reformed Presbyterian Church

10/25/2026

Pastor Rockhill opens the first four verses of Acts 13, where the gospel's advance from Jerusalem reaches the thriving church at Antioch. His central burden is to show how God calls, confirms, and sends laborers into His harvest, and how this pattern establishes the ordered, accountable life of Christ's church.

Pastor Rockhill walks through the leaders gathered at Antioch—Barnabas, Simeon, Lucius, Menaen, and Saul—noting that the gospel was now crossing geographical, ethnic, and social barriers in fulfillment of God's promise to Abraham. He stresses that Antioch was no independent congregation but was organically and doctrinally connected to Jerusalem, the seed of what would become Presbyterian government and the Jerusalem Council of Acts 15.

The key doctrine concerns the call to office. As the leaders ministered to the Lord in worship and fasting, the Holy Spirit set apart Barnabas and Saul. Pastor Rockhill distinguishes the inward sense of call from the outward call of the church, which tests and confirms it, and he explains the laying on of hands as consecration, delegation of Christ's authority, and public accountability.

By way of application, he commends fasting as a fitting means of seeking the Lord, warns against self-appointed ministry, and urges believers to value the God-ordained structures that guard both the flock and its officers. Through these appointed means the gospel still spreads and the church is built, all to the praise of God's glory alone.

10/25/2026

In this sermon from Job 42:1-6, Mr. Green brings the book of Job to its climax, where Job finally answers the Lord and repents in dust and ashes. His central burden is that this book is not chiefly about theodicy or the justification of suffering, but about God Himself—a sovereign Lord who is also immanent, present with His servant in the very depths of the storm. Pastor Green reminds the congregation that God initiated Job's trials from the heavenly courtroom, and that even Satan is restrained, a creature on a string serving God's purposes.

Working through Job's confession, Pastor Green unfolds three movements: revelation, reflection, and repentance. Job had heard of God by the hearing of the ear, but now his eye sees Him. True repentance, the sermon insists, is always grounded in God's self-revelation and flows into faith. Job cannot atone for himself or be his own redeemer; he points forward to Christ, the spotless Lamb and suffering Servant who alone could be crushed for His people.

Pastor Green presses the application toward pastoral care and personal holiness. Believers are called to counsel sufferers by beginning with revelation rather than scolding, and to grab hold of repentance boldly and joyfully, leaping at it as a sign of resurrection life. Repentance divorced from joy is not biblical repentance.

The sermon closes by urging hearers to let Christ be the bait that draws them, to live for an audience of One, and to trust the living Redeemer in the dark, sharing this hope with gentleness toward a watching world.

10/22/2026

Living Way missed Pastor Rockhill at our Wednesday Bible study, but are thankful for his service to Christ’s church and pray for the Lord’s blessing on his work in the presbytery.

Steve Rockhill (Living Way RPC) was elected moderator as the Midwest Presbytery begins our fall meeting.

10/18/2026

In this evening message, Pastor Rockhill continues his study of the parables of Jesus, turning from Luke to Matthew's record of the wise and foolish builders in the closing words of the Sermon on the Mount. His central burden is that genuine saving faith is never mere profession but is demonstrated by a life of obedience to the will of the Father. Drawing on the sobering warning that precedes the parable, he reminds the congregation that even those who prophesy, cast out demons, and perform wonders may still hear Christ say, "I never knew you."

Pastor Rockhill shows that both the wise and the foolish man hear the same words of Christ; the difference lies in whether they believe and obey. The wise man builds upon the rock of the person and work of the Lord Jesus Christ, the only foundation that can withstand the storms of trial, suffering, and the final judgment. The foolish man, concerned only with outward appearance and his own glory, builds upon sand, and his house collapses in great ruin.

The doctrine pressed home is that true faith rests wholly upon Christ and bears the fruit of love and obedience by the power of the Holy Spirit. Pastor Rockhill applies this searchingly, calling each hearer to examine whether they merely hear with the ears or truly receive the word in the heart.

As the congregation prepares to come to the Lord's table, he urges them to build their lives upon the sure and certain rock of Christ, that their faith may remain secure when the storms inevitably come.

10/18/2026

In this morning sermon from John 6:15-24, Pastor Rockhill draws the congregation to the central purpose of John's Gospel: that readers would believe Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and in believing have life in His name. Following the feeding of the five thousand, the crowd sought to seize Jesus and make Him an earthly king, and He withdrew to the mountain to pray while His disciples set out across the sea.

Pastor Rockhill unfolds the great sign of Jesus walking on the water in the midst of a violent storm. Drawing on the parallel accounts in Matthew 14 and Mark 6, he shows how this miracle, together with the boat's immediate arrival, confirmed to the disciples that their faith was not misplaced and that Jesus possesses divine power over nature itself. His words, "It is I, do not be afraid," reveal Him as both Son of God and Prince of Peace.

The central burden of the message is that Christ draws near to the fearful and anxious to bring His peace, and that believers, indwelt by His Spirit, need not fear the storms of life. Pastor Rockhill also teaches from Jesus' own practice the importance of resting the body and refreshing the soul, especially on the Lord's Day.

He closes with a searching application: many today seek a false Jesus who entertains and gratifies earthly desires without calling for repentance. Pastor Rockhill urges each hearer to examine which Jesus they are seeking, pressing them to trust the crucified and risen Christ of the gospel.

10/11/2026

In this evening sermon, Pastor Rockhill opens the closing scene of Acts chapter twelve, tracing the swift downfall of Herod Agrippa I. The central burden is the jealous glory of God: the Lord will not share His honor with any man, and those who exalt themselves against Him and persecute His people will surely be brought low.

Pastor Rockhill walks through the aftermath of Peter's miraculous escape, the ex*****on of the helpless guards, and Herod's journey to Caesarea, where, arrayed in dazzling royal garments, he accepted the blasphemous praise of the crowd as the voice of a god. Drawing on the historian Josephus to confirm the reliability of Luke's account, he shows how Herod, unlike the humbled Nebuchadnezzar of Daniel four, refused to give glory to God and was struck down, eaten by worms.

The doctrine pressed home is the sovereignty of God over kings and nations. Pastor Rockhill contrasts the tyrant's forgotten oration with the enduring Word of God, which, as Luke records, grew and multiplied through faithful men like Barnabas, Saul, and John Mark.

The application reaches both rulers and ordinary believers. Pastor Rockhill calls civil leaders to humble themselves before Christ the King, and he encourages the persecuted church to boldness, assuring the congregation that though proud opponents will be silenced, the gospel never will. God remains the God of the impossible, and His truth advances to the praise of His glorious name alone.

10/11/2026

In this sermon from John 6:1-15, Pastor Rockhill takes up the only miracle recorded in all four Gospels, the feeding of the five thousand, and presses home its enduring significance as a sign. His central burden is that this abundant provision was never meant merely to fill empty stomachs but to reveal that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and ultimately the true bread of life whom the Father sends to sustain His people forever.

Pastor Rockhill draws out two challenges the sign sets before every hearer. First, to those who profess faith in Christ, do they truly believe the Lord will provide? He shows how Jesus tested Philip and Andrew, who looked only at their meager resources and the impossibility before them rather than at the power of the One who had already turned water into w**e. Second, when the Lord does provide, do we rightly acknowledge what it reveals about the living God, or do we misunderstand and take it for granted as the crowds did?

Connecting the passage to the Passover and the manna in the wilderness, Pastor Rockhill explains how God pours out persistent, undeserved love even upon the ungrateful, leaving them without excuse. The crowd grasped that Jesus was the promised Prophet and Messiah, yet sought to seize Him by force as an earthly, bread-providing king rather than a Savior from sin.

He closes with pastoral application from Romans 8:32: since the Father has already given His own Son, the bread of life, believers may rest in confidence that He will surely supply every need, laying aside fretful worry and trusting His gracious promise.

10/04/2026

In this evening message from Acts 12:1-17, Pastor Rockhill considers the dramatic deliverance of Peter from Herod's prison and the fervent prayer of the church that surrounded it. He sets the scene against a shifting tide of persecution, as the Roman authorities, in the person of Herod Agrippa I, take up the sword against Christ's people, martyring James and seizing Peter during the Feast of Unleavened Bread.

Pastor Rockhill's central burden is that God truly hears and answers the fervent prayers of His people. While Peter lay chained between soldiers in a maximum-security cell, the church gathered to pray—not as a last resort, but as their first line of defense. He draws on James 5, that the effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much, and on Peter's peaceful sleep as a picture of confidence in a sovereign Lord.

The account exposes the believers' own surprise when the answer came: Rhoda's joy, the gathering's disbelief, and their astonishment when Peter stood knocking at the gate. Pastor Rockhill gently rebukes the doubt that so often accompanies even faithful prayer, reminding hearers that the God of the impossible delights to work beyond what we imagine.

The application is pointed and pastoral: believers are called to pray persistently, confidently, and without doubt, trusting that God answers according to His holy and perfect will—always for our greatest good and His glory. What a privilege, Pastor Rockhill urges, that we may bring our petitions before a God who hears, cares, and acts.