Browse published messages from Pastor Nate Roschen in Whispering Pines Church.
Jan 21, 2024 3:30 AM America/Denver
As we take our first steps into the second half of the book of Romans, we move from the human struggle against sin, and our desire to please God through works, to the wonderful and refreshing text of chapter 8. Here we find a most beautiful and comforting
Jan 14, 2024 3:30 AM America/Denver
In this final week before we launch back into the second half of the book of Romans, we take another look at one of the most distinctive characteristics of Christ - His unhurried nature. Jesus did many things over the course of His life, taught many incre
Jan 7, 2024 3:30 AM America/Denver
This past week, we talked about Christian love, defining and distinguishing it from how we typically consider “love” within our society. Having a working understanding of love is foundational to Christian belief and practice. This week, we’ll discus
Dec 31, 2023 3:30 AM America/Denver
As we prepare for the year to come, we take a look at one last word to live by. Love is a cardinal Christian value. Love is to be a defining characteristic. For followers of Christ, being known as a loving person is not meant to be aspirational, “someth
Dec 24, 2023 3:30 AM America/Denver
Join us this Sunday morning for the final sermon on our advent series – looking at the birth of Christ through the eyes of the prophets. This week we’ll look at the prophet Zechariah and what God communicated through him about the coming of a Savior.
Dec 17, 2023 3:30 AM America/Denver
Living at the same time as the prophet Isaiah, Micah faced many of the same pressures and concerns. The Northern Kingdom of Israel had already fallen, and the people of Judah were caught between mighty powers of the earth. The book of Micah brings many of
Dec 10, 2023 3:30 AM America/Denver
William Stafford was once asked in an interview, “When did you decide to be a poet?” He responded that the question was put wrongly: everyone is born a poet. I just kept on doing, he said, what everyone starts out doing. “The real question is why di
Dec 3, 2023 3:30 AM America/Denver
Each week of this Advent season, we will be looking at Advent through the eyes of those who prophesied about the coming of Christ. In this first week, we are going to be looking at a couple of the key passages about Christ’s coming in the book of Isaiah
Nov 26, 2023 3:30 AM America/Denver
We are forgetters. I know that’s probably not a word, but it’s true. We are people in constant need of reminders, lest we wander off and lose sight of what we’re living for. One of the great tools of combating our forgetfulness and tendency to drift
Nov 19, 2023 3:30 AM America/Denver
Whispering Pines Church invites you to join us for our Community Thanksgiving Service! The service will be a time of praise and reflection on the goodness of God. After the service we will enjoy a time of fellowship and share a wonderful Thanksgiving meal
Nov 5, 2023 3:30 AM America/Denver
This second segment of chapter 6 describes the new servanthood of believers to righteousness. Christians are freed from sin’s power for a reason, to serve righteousness. They have been brought from death to life, brought on by their new master. Follower
Oct 29, 2023 4:30 AM America/Denver
In Romans 6, Paul uses a human argument to convey the message that Christians are free from the bondage to sin. Many members of the Roman congregation, statistically, would have been slaves or former slaves. Paul does not avoid this issue but uses it to m
Oct 22, 2023 4:30 AM America/Denver
In the second half of Romans 5, Paul discusses the reign of death brought about by the sin of Adam and all human beings from Adam until Christ. All people have sinned and face death as a result. But now, the grace of God has come to believers by the grace
Oct 8, 2023 4:30 AM America/Denver
Romans: In View of God’s Mercy 4:1-25 One of the great mysteries of the Christian faith is this: we are at the same time in the eyes of God, sinful and righteous. We are both worthy and unworthy. Both need to be held in tension. Without remembering that
Oct 1, 2023 4:30 AM America/Denver
Romans: In View of God’s Mercy 3:21-31 God is not fickle. He doesn’t change his mind. In the time leading up to Christ, He made His desires for His people clear – they should live with faithful obedience. This hasn’t changed. The requirements are
Sep 24, 2023 4:30 AM America/Denver
Romans: In View of God’s Mercy 3:1-20 It is a shame that we are not all asked more often, “Where do you place your hope?” If only to give us the opportunity to affirm that our hope is not in who we are, what our title is, the things we have done, or
Sep 17, 2023 4:30 AM America/Denver
Romans: In View of God’s Mercy 2:17-29 Growing up it was easy to think that Scripture was mainly written for other people. As I read the stories of the lepers Jesus touched and healed, prostitutes He sat with and forgave of their sins, and the thief han
Sep 10, 2023 4:30 AM America/Denver
Romans: In View of God’s Mercy 2:1-16 For the Jewish Christian living in Rome, Romans 1 would have been an anthem they could fully get behind. The Gentile world is sinful! We agree! In Romans 2, Paul turns the tables to reveal their own sinfulness and j
Sep 3, 2023 4:30 AM America/Denver
Romans: In View of God’s Mercy 1:18-32 In this second half of Romans 1, Paul sounds like the psalmist, wondering why there is such evil and sin in the world. We look for God to make right what has been so wrong. Paul is honest about sin, holding nothing
Aug 27, 2023 5:00 AM America/Denver
Romans: In View of God’s Mercy 1:1-17 Join us this Sunday as we begin a new series in the book of Romans. The letter to the Romans was written by Paul in AD 57. Here, Paul writes to churches that he has never met, never visited. Christians in Rome face
Aug 20, 2023 5:00 AM America/Denver
Words to Live by: Endurance We all want to endure, to be truly resilient. Paul spoke of running the race so as to win, “to get the prize” (1 Cor. 9). But our hope is to not merely find a way to sneak across the finish line, to “survive” this life,
Aug 6, 2023 5:00 AM America/Denver
Words to Live by: Surrender All that matters is… How we finish that sentence will tell us much about who we are and what we value. What comes to mind for you? This week in our ongoing series of words to live by, we look at the word surrender. What role
Jul 30, 2023 5:00 AM America/Denver
Words to Live by: Forgiveness “Forgiving” may be one of the sweetest ways to describe Jesus Christ. As Christians, we stand forgiven because of what Christ has done for us. To be forgiven is an incredible thing, a life-giving reality. We praise God be
Jul 23, 2023 5:00 AM America/Denver
Words to Live by: Vulnerability This Sunday we’re going to begin a new series of study that I'm calling, “Words to Live By,” about the difficult practices that Christ calls us to. Each week we will explore transformative words like: Forgiveness, Rec