This Week the guys take a moment from prepping their sermons to talk about what goes into Sermon Preperation. Take a listen as they discuss the similarities and differences in styles and how the ultimate goal isn't in the style used in preparation, but the how the work done along the way is to properly…… Continue reading A2: Episode 39- On Sermon Prep

Last week as we wrapped up the climate of the Church in the West, we mainly focused on how the invasions of the Germanic barbarian peoples invaded Rome and changed nearly everything for them. This week, which is the last evening in our series looking at the first 500 years of Church history, we turn…… Continue reading Evening = Church History, Divisions in the East

The Apostle Paul tells us, “So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love” (1 Cor. 13:13). If we were to seek an illustration of Paul’s great love text, it would indeed be Mary Magdalene. She drew the near the tomb on that first Easter morning, and I…… Continue reading Morning = John 20:11-18, The First Easter (Pt. 2)

This week on the Podcast Adam comes under the weather and Andrew is left all alone to cover the conversation. So what do you do in a pinch, well you give the people a look into your life. So on this week's podcast Andrew gives you a rundown on His testimony and how he came…… Continue reading A2: Episode 38- On Andrew………..?

BTonight is a celebratory occasion (for the cross of Christ is the launching pad that ultimately gets us to Easter morning). But tonight, is also a solemn occasion (for on it the sinless Son of God became sin and was forsaken by God for all who believe in Him). We speak of this often and…… Continue reading Good Friday = Boasting in the Cross

Whether you’re brand new to SonRise or have been around SonRise for a while, let me briefly state what we seek to accomplish in this sermon moment each week. During the preaching portion of our Sunday morning gathering we employ and enjoy a style of preaching called expositional preaching. Which means that whoever is preaching…… Continue reading Morning = John 20:1-10, The First Easter

This week the guys are joined by a special guest, Sam Knox. Sam is one of the Elders at SonRise and was excited to join the guys as they discuss the importance of Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday. In this Podcast the guys examine why they observe Good Friday along with Resurrection Sunday, along with…… Continue reading A2: Episode 37- On Holy Weekend

We’ve come through much in our survey of the first 500 years of Church history. We must draw it to a close somehow, and so in these last two weeks we have for this series we’ll be covering how both the West and the East ended up before we launch into the dark ages, or…… Continue reading Evening = Church History, The Fall of Rome & A New West

Today is Palm Sunday. The day on which we usually look back and remember what we call Jesus’ triumphal entry. When He rode into Jerusalem on a donkey and the people gathered round to shout out praise and hosannas saying as Mark 11 records, “Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the…… Continue reading Morning = John 19:38-42, The Humiliation of the King

On this week's episode the guys discuss the importance of understanding the transcendence and immanence of God in relation to knowledge of Him. They dive deep into the reality that God is beyond human comprehension and reason, and yet at the same time he has made himself known to us in such a way that…… Continue reading A2: Episode 36- On the Incomprehensibility of God