Risen Church - Concord, NC

Listen as guest preacher John Whiteaker guides us through Jesus' instruction on prayer in the Sermon on the Mount. To learn more about Risen Church, visit www.risennc.com or connect with us on Facebook and Instagram  

In Jonah 2, we join God's prodigal prophet as he prays a prayer of thanksgiving to God for sending a fish to rescue him from the depths of the sea. Listen to find out what we can learn about God's salvation from Jonah's prayer! To learn more about Risen Church, visit www.risennc.com or connect with us on Facebook and Instagram  

To learn more about Risen Church, visit www.risennc.com or connect with us on Facebook and Instagram  

This week's sermon concluded our series "Christ Formed In You." We learned from 2 Corinthians 5 what it means to be an Ambassador for Christ. Listen to learn more about how God has welcomed you into his plan for the world. To learn more about Risen Church, visit www.risennc.com or connect with us on Facebook and Instagram  

This week we explored Colossians 3:1-10. Paul challenges the Colossians to set their hearts on things above and put to death earthly desires. This sermon dives into the transformation found in Christ, urging believers to embrace their new identity in Him. Discover how making Christ your life leads to true joy, purpose, and lasting change in every area. To learn more about Risen Church, visit www.r...

This is the second installment in our "Fully God | Fully Man" Advent series. Jesus Christ, God the Son and the second Person of the Trinity, became fully human, just like us. Why does this matter? Listen to find out. To learn more about Risen Church, visit www.risennc.com or connect with us on Facebook and Instagram  

This is the first in a two week series on the two natures of Christ. Jesus, our Virgin-Born Savior, is fully God and fully man, two distinct Natures in one perfect Person. In this message, pastor / elder Bob Hammond leads us through the prologue to John's Gospel, where we learn about the divine nature of God's Son, the Eternal Word who became flesh! To learn more about Risen Church, visi...

1 John 4 tells us a phrase that people love to quote: "God Is Love." What does that really mean? How should it change the way we live? Listen to this exposition of 1 John 4:7-21 to learn more! To learn more about Risen Church, visit www.risennc.com or connect with us on Facebook and Instagram  

You shouldn't believe everything you hear. But how can you know whether a message or its preacher is trustworthy, and worth listening to? The Apostle John shows us in 1 John 4:1-6. To learn more about Risen Church, visit www.risennc.com or connect with us on Facebook and Instagram  

Does your heart ever leave you feeling condemned? As if there's no way God could love and save you ? Although 1 John challenges us in many places, John also writes so that we would have confident assurance that we belong to God. Let this passage be an encouragement to you, as pastor/elder Bob Hammond leads us through the text. To learn more about Risen Church, visit www.risennc.com or connect...

When it comes to loving God and His people, we need more than words. We need action. 1 John 3:11-18 is a challenging passage that reminds us that God aims to produce real, action-oriented love in us. To learn more about Risen Church, visit www.risennc.com or connect with us on Facebook and Instagram  

John tells us in this passage that Jesus came to destroy the devil's works. What does that look like in real life? How should it change our lives? Listen to this teaching on 1 John 3:4-10 to learn more. To learn more about Risen Church, visit www.risennc.com or connect with us on Facebook and Instagram  

In 1 John 2:28 - 3:3, the Apostle John pauses to reflect on the blessing of being God's children (if we have faith in Christ). It changes our hope for the future  and  how we  live our life in the present. Listen to this sermon to hear just how transformative this knowledge should be! To learn more about Risen Church, visit www.risennc.com or connect with us on Facebook and Instagram  

In this episode, Risen elder (pastor) Bob Hammond leads us through 1 Corinthians 3:1-9. In this passage, the Apostle Paul addresses the Corinthians' divisions, urging them to stop idolizing human leaders and focus on Christ. We'll be challenged to examine our loyalties, both in the church and our daily lives. Are we following fallible people, or building a stable foundation in Christ?  T...

We usually think of the "antichrist" as a future political figure. But in 1 John 2:18-27, John warns us that many antichrists have "already come" and departed from the church. What caused them to be antichrists? How can we avoid the same fate? Listen to find out. To learn more about Risen Church, visit www.risennc.com or connect with us on Facebook and Instagram  

So far, the Apostle John has given a great deal of focus on  love as a defining characteristic of the Christian. But here, he tells us what we should  not  love: the world. What does he mean by this? Are we guilty of loving the world? Listen to this exposition of 1 John 2:15-17 to find out. To learn more about Risen Church, visit www.risennc.com or connect with us on Facebook and Instagram  

In 1 John 2:3-6 we get John's first, explicit application of the "obedience test." If we claim to know God, we must obey His commands and "walk as Jesus walked." Listen to learn more about what this looks like in the everyday Christian life. To learn more about Risen Church, visit www.risennc.com or connect with us on Facebook and Instagram  

What does it mean to "walk in the light"? It means, first, that we seek to walk away from sin, and to avoid evil - because God is without sin and without evil. Second, it means that when we do sin, we confess it to the God who is able to forgive and cleanse us. Walking in the light means dealing honestly with our sin. Listen to this sermon on 1 John 1:5 - 2:2 to learn what this looks lik...

In 1 John 1:1-4, we see the Apostle John's opening words to an ancient church he ministered to. He writes to declare the "Word of Life" that is found in Jesus Christ alone, to defend the truth of the gospel he has deposited to them, and to encourage them that they may know that they have eternal life. This is the first of a planned fourteen sermons in the letter of 1 John. We hope y...

Our desires are both our greatest strength and our greatest weakness. Beneath every good deed is an foundational desire, and beneath every sin is an unruly desire. The sin of coveting, dealt with in the 10th Commandment, occurs when our desires get out of order, focusing on what someone else has, or what God has not given to us. Listen to this exposition of Exodus 20:17 to learn the definition of,...

The Ninth Commandment tells us - "Do not give false testimony against your neighbor." Are the words we speak, about God and others, true? Do we speak the truth, even when it's not to our own advantage? Listen to this exposition of the Ninth Commandment from our recently elected elder, Bob Hammond, to learn more of how to speak truth to the glory of God. To learn more about Risen Chu...

When we come to the eight commandment ("Do Not Steal"), we might be tempted to breathe a sigh of relief. "At least I don't steal!" But if we look beneath the surface, we'll see that it still has something to say about us. Listen to James Sharp, pastor of Life Church in Salisbury, NC, teach us what the eighth commandment has to say to all of us.  To learn more about Ri...

The Seventh Commandment - "Do Not Commit Adultery" - cuts to the heart of our culture's greatest sins, but even to the depths of our own hearts. Listen to this teaching on Exodus 20:14, as well as Scripture's overall teaching on marriage and sexuality, to learn more about God's good design for this area of our lives. To learn more about Risen Church, visit www.risennc.com...

Almost anyone can agree to the three words of the sixth commandment - "Do Not Murder" - regardless of their religious, cultural, or ethical background. But how do we define  what constitutes murder? How do we define  who  must be protected from it? The Sixth Commandment, and the rest of Scripture, establishes this for us. Listen to this exposition of Exodus 20:13 to learn why human life...

Abnel Calderon, our worship leader and one of our founding members, led us through Romans 12:1-2 on Sunday, June 30th. We were reminded of what the good news of the gospel should produce in us - a life of "living sacrifice" to God, and ongoing transformation to become more like Christ. To learn more about Risen Church, visit www.risennc.com or connect with us on Facebook and Instagram