Sunrise Church

As the church, we reject what the world sees and values in exchange for God’s work and God’s wisdom. This grounds our hope, not in men’s vision, but in God’s for His church.

Informational knowledge is a short cut to perceived spiritual maturity. Theological text books and doctrinal learning are tools for examining the beauty and wonder of God, but can be misused to load our vocabulary with talking points and rhetorical arguments while knowing nothing of the God of the theology.

The kingdom of God is foolish in that it humbles the wise, shames the strong and values the low and despised. No rhetorical flare can accomplish this; only in Christ Jesus can we be made righteous, sanctified and redeemed. No one towers above this…no one.

Members of Christ’s church, been rescued, not by earthly leaders and teachers, but by the substitutionary sacrifice of Jesus on the cross whereon He drank the cup of God’s wrath against the sin of His people. This is the foundation of our unity.

Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians reminds us that church can be messy and there’s always time and space for course correction as long as we maintain the right things.

For all of the threats the church has faced, this threat of confusion around the Gospel cannot merely be endured, but must be addressed.

The full force of God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit is brought to bear in order that the prodigals and the lost sheep and the seemingly unredeemables might be gathered from every corner of the earth into His church.

Jesus resisted the temptations of the Devil in the power of the Sprit and with the Word of God, so he could fulfill the plan of God for his life and receive the promise of the Father.

God's sovereignty encompases every facet of His creation. This should bring hope to believers and a sense of urgency to share the hope of the gospel of Christ with those who are far from Him.