Browse published messages from Pastor Nate Roschen in Whispering Pines Church.
Jun 19, 2022 5:00 AM America/Denver
Students of the Savior: Lord of the Sabbath Matthew 12:1-14 At long last, we have the opportunity to explore the God-given command to rest. Here in the first section of chapter twelve, Jesus is confronted for supposedly breaking sabbath laws. Jesus seems
Jun 12, 2022 5:00 AM America/Denver
Students of the Savior: Hidden Things Revealed Matthew 11 Matthew chapter eleven helps us to answer the question, “To whom is Christ revealed?” When John the Baptist was preaching a message of repentance in the wilderness, people did not come to him b
May 29, 2022 5:00 AM America/Denver
Students of the Savior: Sent Out Matthew 10 Having witnessed many miracles and having seen the tender compassion of the Lord firsthand, Jesus now sends the disciples out. They are told to take nothing extra with them, for God would provide for them. Jesus
May 22, 2022 5:00 AM America/Denver
Students of the Savior: Mercy, not Sacrifice Matthew 9:9-38 In Matthew nine, we find Jesus showing kindness after kindness. He raises a girl from the dead, heals a woman who had suffered for twelve years, and restores the blind and the mute. As Jesus sees
May 15, 2022 5:00 AM America/Denver
Students of the Savior: Committed Matthew 8:18-34 As we continue to follow Christ’s early ministry and teachings, we come to a challenging section in the second half of Matthew 8. We find Jesus essentially turning away two potential disciples who come t
May 8, 2022 5:00 AM America/Denver
Students of the Savior: Not Just Words Matthew 8:1-17 Join us this Sunday at Whispering Pines Church as we celebrate Mother’s Day, and continue on in our study of Christ’s teachings in Matthew 8. After preaching the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus applies
May 1, 2022 5:00 AM America/Denver
Students of the Savior: The Narrow Road Matthew 7:13-29 When hiking in the woods you may come to a fork in your path. As you consider which trail to take, you may consider a number of factors. Does one trail seem to be more difficult? Where will each trai
Apr 24, 2022 5:00 AM America/Denver
Students of the Savior: The Cost of Compassion Matthew 7:1-12 I’m sure that all of us have had a splinter at one time or another. I hated splinters as a child. They were painful, and even though I knew a splinter would have to be removed or it would bec
Apr 10, 2022 5:00 AM America/Denver
Palm Sunday Matthew 21 The people were ecstatic! They shouted: “Hosanna to the Son of David; Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord; Blessed is the King of Israel!” They laid down palm branches and their cloaks on the ground before Him. Their
Apr 3, 2022 5:00 AM America/Denver
Students of the Savior Matthew 6:19-34 Trust For the remainder of Matthew 6, Jesus turns to address our personal interior lives. Jesus raises the issue of greed and hoarding wealth among the people of God. These are not new issues, but in our modern world
Mar 20, 2022 5:00 AM America/Denver
Students of the Savior Matthew 6:1-18 Giving, Fasting, and Prayer In Matthew 6:1-18, Jesus questions our motivation for three common expressions of our faith: giving to the poor, prayer, and fasting. These response to God can become stale, mundane and ord
Mar 13, 2022 5:00 AM America/Denver
Students of the Savior: Matthew 5:38-48 Loving Enemies In the final eleven verses of Matthew chapter five, Jesus presents His most countercultural commands. Here He speaks of not resisting an evil person (v. 39), and of loving our enemies (v. 44). Jesus'
Mar 6, 2022 4:00 AM America/Denver
As we continue to make our way through Christ's Sermon on the Mount, we come next to a challenging passage where Christ affirms that He has not come to abolish the law, but to fulfill it. Through the rest of Matthew 5, we do not find Jesus lowering the mo
Feb 27, 2022 4:00 AM America/Denver
Matthew 5:13-16 It would be hard to imagine a lightless and tasteless world. Thankfully God gave us all we needed to enjoy good food and the beauty of His creation. We call those elements salt and light. For difficult times when the world seems broken, da
Feb 20, 2022 4:00 AM America/Denver
Students of the Savior: The Beatitudes Jesus’ first public address was not to kings or dignitaries, but to ordinary people like you and I. He delivered good news to all the people, that there was hope for the left out and left behind. The poor, the mour
Feb 13, 2022 4:00 AM America/Denver
Ekklesia: The Lord - Part 2 Matthew 13, John 16 In our last week of our study of expectations, we’ll look at what Jesus Christ, the Son of God, expects of us. Obviously, this is once again a topic that could be nearly endless is scope. Indeed, Christ ha
Jan 30, 2022 4:00 AM America/Denver
Join us this week as we continue to explore our expectations by looking at the very heart of Christ. Throughout the four gospels, there is only one place where Christ explicitly speaks of His own heart, Matthew 11. How we understand Christ will determine
Jan 16, 2022 4:00 AM America/Denver
Ekklesia: The Church: Part 2 This week in our continued look at the church and our expectations, we’ll explore what the church expects of us. We won’t find a demand to be busy, or perfect. What we will discover is a call to honesty and vulnerability,
Jan 9, 2022 4:00 AM America/Denver
Ekklesia: The Church In our continued study of our own expectations, this week we turn to address the church itself. What are your beliefs about the church? What is the church supposed to accomplish? What role are you to play? We know, from the Greek word
Jan 2, 2022 4:00 AM America/Denver
Ekklesia: The Pastor - Part 2 This week, in our continued discussion of the role of pastors as shepherds after God’s own heart, we’ll look to our Good Shepherd in John 10. The analogy of a shepherd caring for sheep is a powerful one, and draws all of
Dec 26, 2021 4:00 AM America/Denver
Ekklesia - Part 1 - The Pastor We are launching into our new sermon series together! In this series we’re going to be talking about expectations within the church. What is a pastor? What is a church? What ought we to expect of Christ as we journey toget
Dec 24, 2021 11:00 AM America/Denver
Christmas Eve 2021 We celebrate Christ’s birth! It was a love that came down to us all at Christmas, a Lord and Savior to rescue us from evil and ignorance. The way God provided through Jesus is incredible, because instead of coming to earth in power, C
Dec 19, 2021 4:00 AM America/Denver
Love Came Down at Christmas: The Only Salvation Greetings! I hope that your celebration of Christmas this year allows you room to consider how great of a gift Christ’s coming truly was! Christ’s birth changed the lives of all those who were there to s