As a Christian have you ever wondered if you should be celebrating Easter? Is it strictly pagan? What are it's roots? Is it even about Jesus' death burial and resurrection? Should we be celebrating Passover instead?

We touch on all of these questions by looking at scripture and sharing our personal experiences with the holiday. Plus, stay tuned till the end to hear some great encouragement from Pastor Steve that will leave you feeling the deep freedom we have in Christ because of his blood that was shred on the cross.

One of the biggest questions in theology: Who is the Holy Spirit?

As we continue in our spiritual gifts series we have to spend time on the person of the trinity who is responsible for giving out the spiritual gifts. Throughout the history of the church he has gone from embraced to explored to avoided but is consistently misunderstood and sits in the realm of mystery.

He convicts us of sin. He advocates for us. He testifies to the Son. He comforts us. As believers he dwells inside of us. He is his own person that works in one esense with The Father and The Son.

Today we are taking on one of the most misused verses in scripture and one that has chained many of us over the years. Are we called to truly abstain from the appearance of all evil? Or are we called to abstain from every form/kind of evil? Join us as Tim helps us break down this verse by using different translations and the etomology of words to really get to the root of what Paul is actually telling us to do.

Join us in this episode as we dig into the nitty-gritty of what a fall campaign at Rising Sun looks like. You'll get an inside look at the planning process to help you understand the purpose of the next 120 days. Hear how the campaign team (with the help of the Lord) worked to nail down a theme that we can all get behind as we work to disciple the next generation of believers in a cutlure that presents so many unknowns and opprotunites to give into the fear of the world, rather than stand firm in the fear of the Lord.

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Did Jesus lay aside his divinity? If he did then how is he fully God and fully man? Was did being his sibling look like? What do we do with 'other gospels'?

We answer all these questions as Tim walks us through how Jesus operated within the power of The Holy Spirit.

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Do you need to be re-baptized if you reject your salvation? Was Jesus The Christ before the resurrection? What is a seeming contridiction? Is Jesus really not interested in our comfort? These are all questions that continued to roll in from our LIVE Q+A over 1 John.

Join us as Steve engages in these conversations with us on the fly.

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Listen in to our LIVE and on stage first podcast style Sunday morning 'sermon'. As we close out our final series of the summer, A Love Letter from John--a study of 1 John, Steve answers tough questions from us and live from the audience.

We tackle a wide range of topics, from gnosticism, types of love, the transformation of John and even the concept of 'once saved always saved'.

This was such a hit with our congregation that we continued to take questions + scheduled a follow up Q+A episode that you can find in episode 16.

The content of this podcast is recommended for 13 years and older.

Mandee Shivers joins us on the podcast today to share an incredible testimony of how God redeemed and continues to restore her out of a long season of brokenness. She beautifully describes how God sees, hears and knows our pain and suffering. He stretches out his hand because he needs us to join him in the process and that is just what she did.

I Have a New Name-Hosanna Wong

The Mark of the Lion-Francine Rivers

Spiritual Gifts: What are they? Who decides? Do they still exists? Did they cease? Does it matter? How do you know what yours is? Do we all have one?

All the things. Darson and Tim have an awesome conversation that stemmed from a Sunday morning class offering at Rising Sun this summer.

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Convergence-John Thompson

Today Tim and Darson take on one of the most popular verses in scripture, Philippians 4:13. One of the mega coffee cup, gym wall, t-shirt verses that is so often misused and misinterpretted. Join them as they dig into the nitty gritty of the context + theme of Philippians and what Paul actually means when he says, "I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength."