Rise City Church

In this message, Pastor Brandon unpacks the response of three men who were given the option to bow or be burned in a fiery furnace. They declared an “even if ___________” that we’re challenged to embrace too.

Too frequently we are indecisive when it comes to choosing to be committed to our faith. In this message, Pastor Brandon unpacks the story of Elijah and the prophets of Baal to challenge us to stop wavering between two opinions and choose Christ.

What if every time you faced a problem, or any situation that seemed impossible or insurmountable that your first thought would be, "God's got this, I've got nothing to fear." How different would your life be? That was David's view of God in light of Goliath. Life is full of giants and is also all about our perspective. The bigger our view of God, the smaller our giants will appear.

Obedience is often times more like a rollercoaster than a lazy river. It’s filled with ups and downs, twists and turns, corkscrews, flips and stomach-in-your-throat moments. In this message, Pastor Brandon looks at the event when God called Gideon to use 300 men to fight the mighty Midianites and lead them to an improbable victory. This account provides five realities of obedience that all of us s...

Is your life more about comfort where the Kingdom? In this message, Pastor Brandon continues to the Vintage series looking at the burning bush incident in the life of Moses to discover how he was Kingdom-minded rather than comfort-driven..

Life consist of a multitude of seasons as does our spiritual lives. In this message, Pastor Brandon unpacks the ancient story of Joseph to discover while we may not be able to control seasons - we can control our response in and through the seasons confidently knowing God is with us.

Have you noticed how old is now considered cool? We love bringing back old styles, fashions, social media posts, etc. And here at Rise City Church - we love bring back classics from the Old Testament! In this message, Pastor Brandon talks about life as God intended life to be in Genesis 1 and 2 compared to life as we intend life to be in Genesis 3 in the Garden of Eden.

We are distracted by the many voices that flood our minds daily, which makes hearing from God a difficult challenge. From the story of a young man named Samuel in 1 Samuel 3:1-21 we learn 3 purposes for God speaking to us. To know and be known by God... to Reveal His purposes and to Share His Word with others. Now it's up to us to lean in a hear from God.

The story behind one of the most beloved Christmas classics is incredibly inspiring. Learn the story behind Rudolph and how it points to how great our Heavenly Father truly is!

Christmas carols are sung each year and are deeply embedded in the Christmas tradition. But how did some of these famous Christmas carols come to be? What’s the story behind the song? In this message, Pastor Brandon tells the story behind the beloved “O Come All Ye Faithful,” which reminds us that there’s something about beholding a baby that beckons faithfulness, joy and triumph.

The story behind the writing of the famous Christmas Carol, Hark the Herald Angels, is, unfortunately, an all too common example of how Christians struggle to be unified. This morning we examine why, as people called to be one in Christ, it is so important we actually live that out.

What does God deem to be great? Often what comes to mind in terms of greatness is skewed based on culture’s advocation that greatness equals bigger, better, faster, sleeker, viral, massive and more epic. However, greatness in God’s eyes can be as simple as a “thank you.” In this message, Pastor Brandon talks about the importance of obtaining greatness through gratefulness.

The pathway to be coming to King for Jesus included the cross. Greatness always includes some element of sacrifice. In this message, Pastor Brandon talks about the How sacrifice brings life in various elements of our lives and all around us.

Greatness is a desire embedded deep within all of us. However, we often fail to unleash it because we define greatness different from God. This message series is all about looking at the life and teaching of Jesus to see how greatness can be ours each and everyday. Particularly in this message, Pastor Brandon shares how greatness in God’s eyes is when we choose to trust and live out God’s best in...

On average, WORK consumes more than half of the persons waking hours. Unfortunately, most of us are not satisfied with our work and don't see how it relates to God's purposes. In Colossians 3:16-4:1, the Apostle Paul challenges many of our assumptions about our life and work and shows us how to start seeing our work as something more...WORSHIP. When we see our WORK as WORSHIP, we will gain a new u...

On September 23, 2017, Pastor Brandon’s father passed away. His passing brought a ton of perspective in Pastor Brandon’s life. This message series focuses on lessons learned from Pastor Brandon’s father that can have impact in all of our lives. In this message, Pastor Brandon talks about lessons regarding parenting that he learned from his earthly father but ultimately are grounded in our Heavenly...

On September 23, 2017, Pastor Brandon’s father passed away. His passing brought a ton of perspective in Pastor Brandon’s life. This message series focuses on lessons learned from Pastor Brandon’s father that can have impact in all of our lives. In this message, Pastor Brandon talks about lessons regarding our personal charcter and integrity that he learned from his earthly father but ultimately ar...

There is something that binds us all together and yet it is also something that we all despise... anxiety. We must have mental margin in order to slow down enough to hear from God and to obey. In Matthew 6:25-34, Jesus gives us some insight into how we can deal with this common struggle and how we can respond in faith and healthy ways.

Ephesians 5:14-20 tells us that we must redeem the time we have been given by God. If we allow our lives to be defined by busyness, we will miss the opportunities that God has given us to help those we love to know and love Jesus.

Tired. Exhausted. Confused. Angry. Do these words describe you? Perhaps one of the reasons is because we are so crazy busy. In this message, Pastor Brandon talks about what drives are crazy busy lives.

Tired. Exhausted. Confused. Angry. Do these words describe you? Perhaps one of the reasons is because we are so crazy busy. In this message, Pastor Brandon talks about the crazy busy lives so many of us lead and how it is breaking us. So what's the remedy? Take a listen to this message to find out!