In his book Heresy: A History of Defending the Truth Alister McGrath opens with the following words: “Never has there been such interest in the idea of heresy. Ancient heresies, seen by earlier generations as obscure and dangerous ideas, have now been sprinkled with stardust. The lure of the religious forbidden never seems to have … Continue reading 2 John 7-13 – The Elect Lady, part 3

In the midst of pastoral work here at the church one of the things that often gets pushed to the bottom of my to-do list is yard work. I know some of you enjoy such work and look forward to cultivating a wonderful looking lawn and landscape on the weekends. For some reason that joy … Continue reading 2 John 4-6 – The Elect Lady, part 2

Here at SonRise it has been our custom to set apart some time each January to examine the nature of the Church. We make time for this each year because we’re not only a church but we are the Church, and we want to do life together as the Church in ways that are biblical … Continue reading 2 John 1-3 – The Elect Lady, part 1

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 we do not aim … Continue reading John 8:31-36 – Free Indeed!

Jesus challenged the Pharisee’s. He challenged their teaching, that it more reflected their own preferences and customs rather than God’s Law. He challenges their lifestyle, that they were little more than whitewashed tombs, squeaky clean on the outside and dead on the inside. Jesus challenged them so much and in so many various ways that … Continue reading John 8:21-30 – A Frightful and Fantastic Sermon

It happens every time we get on an airplane before take off. The flight attendants ask for our attention in order to go over and explain the safety instructions for that particular plane. And without fail, 99.9% of the passengers don’t even look up. You’d think people would look up, if there’s a crash it’d … Continue reading John 8:13-20 – Eternal Accusations

Before we get into our text for this morning I’d like to give a brief explanation as to why we’re temporarily moving past John 7:53-8:11. In most of our Bibles you’ll find brackets around this text with a little note that says, “The earliest and most reliable manuscripts omit this passage.” At first a comment … Continue reading John 8:12 – The Light of the World

In the Bible the idea of ‘the week’ really matters. God created the world in six days and rested on the seventh day satisfied with His work. This gives us the pattern and structure of what a week should be and look like. That’s why we see the command of the Sabbath rest as the … Continue reading John 7:37-52 – A Satisfying Division

With our pastor out of town for the thanksgiving holiday we've invited Reverend Brian Zitt to come and preach to us. He picked up where pastor Adam left off the previous week, in John 7:25-36, enjoy!

This Sunday we move into our second week of John 7-8. Here the enemies of Jesus bring more objections against Jesus than any other place in Scripture. And Jesus answers them all. With Thanksgiving a few days away and Christmas and New Years right around the corner, it’s good for us to see this. Why? … Continue reading John 7:14-24 – Christ the Scholar