Liferoads Sermons

Pastor Donnie Johnson continues our current study of the Upper Room Discourse, Jesus' teaching to His disciples right before being betrayed. Recorded on Sunday, April 28, 2024, at Liferoads Church in Spokane, Washington.

Craig Shafer continues our current study of the Upper Room Discourse, Jesus' teaching to His disciples right before being betrayed. Recorded on April 14, 2024, at Liferoads Church in Spokane, Washington.

Pastor Donnie Johnson explains three new things that happen to each of us when we receive the resurrected Jesus as our Lord and Savior. Recorded on Easter Sunday, March 31, 2024, at Liferoads Church in Spokane, Washington.

Pastor Donnie Johnson teaches on the 10th of God’s 10 Commandments … don’t covet. Recorded on March 24, 2024, at Liferoads Church in Spokane, Washington.

Pastor Donnie Johnson teaches on the 8th of God's 10 Commandments ... don't steal. Recorded at Liferoads Church in Spokane, Washington, on March 10, 2024.

The seventh of God's 10 Commandments says "You shall not commit adultery." In our sex-obsessed world, is that commandment still possible or relevant today? Absolutely, says Pastor Donnie Johnson, during his message given at Liferoads Church in Spokane, Washington, on March 3, 2024.

Murder is wrong. Most in this world would agree with the sixth of God's 10 Commandments ... but, why is human life inherently valuable? Pastor Donnie Johnson says that our culture has a casual view of the value of human life. Recorded on Sunday, February 25, 2024, at Liferoads Church in Spokane, Washington.

What does it mean to not take the name of God in vain? The third of the 10 Commandments means much more than not using the Lord's name as a curse word, says Pastor Donnie Johnson in his sermon given at Liferoads Church in Spokane, Washington, on Sunday, February 4, 2024.

The first two of the 10 Commandments given by God in Exodus 20 are key to being able to keep the other 8, says Pastor Donnie Johnson in his message "10 Words, Pt. 2," given at Liferoads Church in Spokane, Washington, on January 28, 2024.

The Bible says a lot about "the soul," so ... what is it? And what can we do as part of our healthy spiritual practices to nurture it? Pastor Donnie Johnson gave this message at Liferoads Church on Sunday, January 7, 2024.

Our culture seems obsessed with pursuing happiness, and yet it seems more and more out of reach. In John 15, Jesus promised His disciples a "fullness of joy." Is there a difference between "happiness" and the "joy" that Jesus promised? Pastor Donnie Johnson asks that question in his message delivered at Liferoads Church in Spokane, Washington, on December 17, 2023.

Forgiving wrongs done to us, shedding that weight of unforgiveness, can transform our lives, says Pastor Donnie Johnson in this final part of his 4-week study of the life of Joseph. Just how God meant Joseph's extreme trials and suffering for good becomes obvious to us, just as it did to Joseph some 22 years after his brothers sold him into slavery. When Joseph finally sees them face-to-face, he had the power to punish them for their sin against him ... but instead he offers forgiveness and mercy. Sound familiar? Recorded at Liferoads Church on Sunday, December 3, 2023, in Spokane, Washington.

We should remember two things whenever we're going through difficulties in life: First: God is good. Second: God has a plan. Nowhere are those truths more obvious than in the Bible story of Joseph. Today Pastor Donnie Johnson shows Joseph's meteoric ascension from a prison cell to the Pharoah's court in a single day. Recorded at Liferoads Church in Spokane, Washington, on Sunday, November 26, 2023.

Do you tend to run toward or away from God when suffering comes into your life? Pastor Donnie Johnson looks at how, in Genesis chapter 39, God was with Joseph during his many trials and suffering as a slave in Egypt, and though Joseph couldn't have known the specifics of how God would bring good out of terrible circumstances, He did ... good for Joseph and many thousands of people. And God always will bring good out of suffering for His children.

"God Meant it For Good." These words come from the powerful story of Joseph recorded in the Book of Genesis, the focus of our new Sunday series. Here Pastor Donnie Johnson introduces Joseph in part one, and begins to address some of life's biggest questions, that were faced by Joseph and are asked by many people today, including: Where is God when we are suffering? Why doesn't God stop our suffering? How can we forgive those who have hurt us? Recorded on Sunday, November 12, 2023, at Liferoads Church in Spokane, Washington.

Pastor Donnie Johnson finishes our verse-by-verse study of the Book of Romans by teaching through chapter 16. Message recorded at Liferoads Church in Spokane, Washington, on Sunday, November 5, 2023.

The word "hope" is repeated many times by the Apostle Paul in Romans 15:8-33, and here Pastor Donnie Johnson unpacks what is meant there, and how desperately our world today needs the hope that only God can provide. Recorded on October 29, 2023, at Liferoads Church in Spokane, Washington.

In our verse-by-verse study of the Book of Romans, Pastor Donnie Johnson teaches on Romans 14:1-15:7. Recorded at Liferoads Church in Spokane, Washington, on Sunday, October 22, 2023.

How are Christians to regard human governments and authorities? Pastor Donnie Johnson teaches through Romans 13:1-14 where the Apostle Paul answers that question. Message recorded at Liferoads Church in Spokane, Washington, on Sunday, October 15, 2023.

If you had to sum up what Jesus has done for us in one word, what would it be, asks Pastor Donnie Johnson? His favorite one-word response is "love," and the kind of love the Apostle Paul describes in Romans 12:9 as "genuine love." What does that look like and how can we express that? Message recorded at Liferoads Church in Spokane, Washington, on Sunday, October 8, 2023.

Craig Schafer teaches on Romans 12:3-8 and how Paul described the relationship of believers to each other in the body of Christ. Recorded on Sunday, October 1, 2023, at Liferoads Church in Spokane, Washington.

After 11 chapters of discussion about what Jesus' sacrifice on the cross means to the world and believers, in Romans chapter 12 the apostle Paul tells us what the proper response to that sacrifice should be for believers. Pastor Donnie Johnson's teaching on the first two verses of Romans 12 was recorded at Liferoads Church in Spokane, Washington, on September 24, 2023.

Kylan Kracher teaches through Romans chapter 10 at Liferoads Church in Spokane, Washington, on September 10, 2023.

In our summer study of the Book of Romans, Daniel Cowger teaches through the first part of Romans chapter 8, a truly uplifting passage of Scripture. Part 1: verses 1-4, The Verdict: No Condemnation; Part 2: verses 5-8, The Futility of the Flesh; and Part 3: verses 9-11, The Spirit Filled Life. Recorded at Liferoads Church in Spokane, Washington, on August 13, 2023.

Pastor Donnie Johnson continues his verse-by-verse study of the Book of Romans, picking it up at Romans 7:13. Message recorded at Liferoads Church in Spokane, Washington, on August 6, 2023.

Jesus fulfilled the law and the prophets, so what do we do with the law today? Pastor Donnie Johnson takes a look at what the Apostle Paul had to say about that in Romans 7:1-13. Message recorded on Sunday, July 30, 2023.

Pastor Donnie Johnson continues his verse-by-verse study of the Book of Romans, picking it up at Romans 6:15. Recorded at Liferoads Church in Spokane, Washington, on July 21, 2023.

For believers in Jesus, our new identity in Christ should drive our behavior, according to Pastor Donnie Johnson in his study of Romans 6:1-14. Recorded at Liferoads Church in Spokane, Washington, on July 16, 2023.

Pastor Donnie Johnson continues his summer study of the Book of Romans, looking at Romans 5:12-21, where the Apostle Paul shows how Jesus came as the "second Adam" to fix a very broken earth, originally broken by the "first Adam" in the Garden of Eden. Recorded on July 9, 2023, at Liferoads Church in Spokane, Washington.

Are we justified by works or by faith? That’s the question the Apostle Paul addresses in Romans 3:27-4:12. Message recorded at Liferoads Church in Spokane, Washington, on Sunday, June 25, 2023.

Three times in Romans 5:1-11, the Apostle Paul tells us to rejoice in our sufferings ... not for, but in. Pastor Donnie Johnson explains how that is possible. Recorded at Liferoads Church in Spokane, Washington, on Sunday, July 2, 2023.

In our summer study of the Book of Romans, Pastor Donnie Johnson teaches on chapter 3, verses 21-31. Recorded at Liferoads Church in Spokane on June 18, 2023.

In our summer study of the Book of Romans, Pastor Donnie Johnson teaches on chapter 3, verses 1-20, where Paul continues to explain why sin is something everyone needs to be delivered from.

Pastor Donnie Johnson continues his verse-by-verse study of the Book of Romans, today looking at chapter 2, verses 1-29. Recorded on Sunday, June 5, 2023, at Liferoads Church in Spokane, Washington.

Pastor Donnie Johnson continues his summer study of the Book of Romans, looking closely at Romans chapter 1. Message recorded on May 28, 2023, at Liferoads Church in Spokane, Washington. Liferoads Church 2023

Pastor Donnie Johnson introduces a new summer series which takes "a deep dive" into the Book of Romans and the anatomy of our faith. Recorded on Sunday, May 21, 2023, at Liferoads Church in Spokane, Washington.

We were all created to worship something or someone, says Pastor Donnie Johnson. The choice we all have is where do we direct our worship? Jesus said that His followers will worship Him in spirit and in truth. Why does He want our worship? This Sunday and next Pastor Donnie will look at why singing, in particular, is such a wonderful form of worship. Recorded at Liferoads Church in Spokane, Washington, on Sunday, May 7, 2023.