Risen Church NC

In this message, we listen Jeremiah's lament over Jerusalem in the aftermath of its destruction. Filled with great sorrow, he finds comfort and perspective in God's sovereignty.

In Paul's most personal and passionate letter, he defines and defends the Gospel. Listen as Paul pours out his heart and shares his testimony, laying a clear foundation for what it means to be in an authentic relationship with God.

In this message we reflect on Abraham's imperfect journey as he learned what it meant to trust and follow the Lord. What is made obvious in his story - and any of our stories - is that God is the main character. He bears with our shortcomings and sin in order to magnify and underscore His grace. As His grace has its perfect work on us, we are progressively sanctified and discover our source of joy...

The story of King Saul is earmarked by unreached potential and repeated mistakes. Perhaps the most tragic part of it all is fate of his loyal son, Jonathan. In this message, we dig into the complicated relationship between father and son, and discover one of the greatest Christ-like examples in Jonathan. With all that went wrong for Jonathan and as unfair as his story went, he remained full of hop...

As we near halfway in our Genesis study, we take the opportunity to recap God's faithfulness to Abraham and the nature of the covenant He made with him. In this message we discuss the broader, longterm implications of the Abrahamic Covenant and how it is still in effect to this day. We discuss both the spiritual and terrestrial aspects of the covenant, with looks at Galatians 3 and Romans 11 with...

Genesis 19 is one of the most infamous chapters in the Bible. The story of hostility, immorality, and compromise echoes thousands of years later. Overlooked by many, a similar scenario plays out within Israel's own borders a few generations afterwards. As we discover, this parallel story actually ties into the story of Sodom and Lot in multiple ways. Listen as we discuss the sin of Sodom, Lot's fa...

Life is full of letdowns. It can be hard to recover and bounce back from some of our toughest falls and failures. There are so many factors that influence how quickly any of us will be able to get back up. No matter how great the letdown and how difficult the recovery, could it be possible to look up immediately? Is there a way to find the strength and faith to look up to God, even when we're stil...

Every season of life is finite. Some may seem to last longer than others, but ultimately everything exists within a short window of time. In this message, the prophet Jeremiah brings one final warning to Judah, which nears the end of a long, grueling summer. After suffering from famine and pestilence, the outlook for the winter months appears grim. At this eleventh hour, a turnaround seemed unlike...

Humanity has a long, complicated history of pretending to worship God, but all the while, we're really just worshipping ourselves. Since the beginning, we have been crafting idols and stamping God's name on them, insisting that we are living for Him, but our devotion and behavior suggests otherwise. In this message, we look at the infamous story of an impatient Israel at Mt. Sinai's base, wherein...

In our final Passion + Purpose study, we discover the endgame of our Salvation. From justification to sanctification, the endgame of our maturation in Christ is the passion and purpose laid for us in Romans 14 and 15. Listen as we hold up our broken world to these passages and seek God's grace and truth to navigate us through these days. In this message we discuss: - How Christians have always bee...

God invites us to trade pressure for purpose, to exchange stress to perform for power to serve God.

The first 8 minutes contains a reflection on recent tragedies in our country. "Lord haste the Day, but until then may we continue to seize the day." --- At the 8:15 mark, our message on Sodom and Gomorrah begins. Listen as we discuss the outcry against those cities and the severity of their sins. We hear from Romans and Ezekiel on what led these cities down this dark road and we answer questions a...

In this message, we study Lot's drift away from God into darkness and learn how we should conduct ourselves as lights and witnesses for Christ.

We often pray for God to hold up the systems and institutions of the world wherein we have placed our hope. However, the Bible invites us to shift our hope entirely - out of this world, on to Christ alone. When everything around us moves and fails, Christ remains secure.

God promised Abraham and Sarah that their prayers for a son would be answered soon. When God appeared to their homestead in Genesis 18, Abraham was determined to make the most of this opportunity. In this message, we look at the template for true worship that is presented and modeled in this text. We also discuss how the long wait was part of a necessary process to prepare their hearts for this mo...

In this message, we discuss the Scripture's call over all of us to pursue and find our prophetic voice for our generation. Listen as we learn the following: - The Biblical Prophets did much more than predict the future - To prophesy is to speak God's Truth with boldness, clarity, and purpose - The New Testament encourages us all to seek this gift "above all" - Have you ever asked God to anoint you...

Everyone wants to be independent and autonomous. Unfortunately, this just isn't a reality for humanity. We all are dependent on something. We all take orders from someone. In this message, we discuss our sinful nature and how we are often unaware of sin's influence and grip on us. We learn that in order to achieve true, lasting victory over sin we must find a new and better master. Listen as we he...

God reaffirms His covenant with Abraham after a series of setbacks and struggles.

In this message we see Abraham continue along in his faith journey and cover the following topics: - How Salvation always precedes Sanctification - How Circumcision was a sign of the Covenant, and how it correlates to our faith - How we can navigate our waiting periods and possess a true heart of worship

We've all taken risks before- some that have paid off and others that we've regretted. Following and trusting in Jesus is often portrayed as a great risk, asking us to step into the unknown. However, as we learn in this message, to not follow Jesus is actually the greatest risk of them all. Romans states clearly that we have all lost our way from God, having a disconnect from God at our core. We a...

There's often a great misconception when it comes to faith - specifically the Christian faith, as it pertains to living by and acting upon it. Unfortunately, many have assumed and been taught that faith is merely wishful thinking, reduced down to blind hope. This couldn't be farther from the truth. In this message, we discuss what it means to possess faith in Jesus and how faith in God is rooted i...

Following Jesus will improve every aspect of our lives. We all want to live the best possible version of life, but that is only obtainable if we apply Jesus' most practical teachings. Jesus often addressed our tendency to worry when we can't control or predict how things will play out. Our best life - and our even better, eternal future - lives and dies on our willingness to trust every unknown to...

The book of Romans is held up as one of the great, if not the greatest, resources for theology and Christian living. The backstory to why it was written only adds to its importance. In this message, we marvel at the Apostle Paul's journey from sworn enemy of the church to a devoted evangelist of the Gospel. His desire to see the world won for Jesus ultimately compelled him to visit Rome and bolste...

Genesis 16 tells the story of one of the most consequential episodes in all of history. By no means did those involved and making decisions intend on the conflict that would perpetually stem from their actions, but alas such is the history of the Middle East. In this message, we discuss God's Will and how He permits us to get "our way" if we insist and persist in our selfishness. While God has a p...

If anyone understood the benefits of wealth and power, it was King Solomon- he only ever experienced life from the most advantageous, blessed vantage points. This is why his remarks and reflections on this life's vanity and the vapidness of his material gains stand out so strongly. He had it all, but decried it all as unable to satisfy his deepest wants and desires. In this message, we learn from...