Risen Life Church Utah Sermons

Chapters 5-7 will introduce us to the forbidden woman, really the opposite of lady wisdom. Unlike lady wisdom, the forbidden woman will steal, kill, and destroy the life of the one who engages with her. Solomon’s push to us this week will be to choose wisdom, walk in sexual purity, and experience God’s blessing.

This week we will consider Proverbs 4 together in our series Walking in Wisdom. In this chapter Solomon will make three important appeals to us: 1) to receive wisdom, 2) to walk on the path of righteousness, and 3) to embrace wisdom with our whole being. Solomon’s word to us is that if we will take these steps and embrace Godly wisdom, our life will go really well. The path to wisdom starts by mak...

Proverbs 3 reminds us to trust in the Lord with with all our hearts and lean not on our own understanding. It goes on to encourage us to acknowledge God in all our ways and he will make our paths straight. Join us as our executive minister Phil Hirz delivers our message this week.

As we continue in our sermon series in Proverbs, Walking in Wisdom, and look at Proverbs chapter 2. In this chapter we take one more step in our journey toward Godly wisdom for practical living. Last week, Solomon showed us that the starting point for Godly wisdom is the fear of the Lord. This week he will show us that all wisdom comes from God.

This week we will begin a new series for the summer in Proverbs called Walking in Wisdom! We will consider Proverbs 1-9, and 31 over the next ten weeks led by various members of our preaching team. This week I will get us started by looking at Proverbs 1. The most important verse in Proverbs is Proverbs 1:7 “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.”...

Join us as Ben Sutton, our College and Discipleship Minister, finishes our series in Delighting in the Lord as we look at His Salvation that He offers us.

This week we will look at how we delight in the Lord in his creation. We are blessed to live in UT and God’s glorious creative works are on display every day. Many of us live here because we love the outdoors. But the created world is meant to be a place that points us to God and says many things about him. Ultimately as we delight in the Lord in his creation it should lead us to praise our good c...

This week Pastor Jim Harding will be continuing our new sermon series entitled “Delighting in the Lord”. Pastor Jim will share with us about delighting in His character. We serve a great God who is all loving, faithful, and patient, who holds everything together, and still cares for each of us deeply and personally. Psalm 145:3 says: “Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised, and his greatness...

Sometimes it is easy to overlook the fact that God saved us with a great and enjoyable purpose in mind. Really the end of our salvation is that we get to know and enjoy the Lord forever. In this series we will look at how the Bible calls us to delight in the Lord in his word, in his character, in creation, and in the salvation Jesus has accomplished for us. Today we will consider how we delight in...

Today we will focus on Acts 20:7-38. In verses 17-38 we get a farewell speech by Paul to the Elders of the church of Ephesus. But more than just a speech to the Elders of Ephesus, Paul’s speech really serves as a final word to every church on how they can stay faithful and fruitful as the seek to live out the Gospel. Paul says three things in his final sermon to the churches: 1) stick to the Gospe...

This week we will be nearing the end of Paul’s third missionary journey looking at Acts 19:21-20:6. This is an interesting section of scripture with lots of what we have come to see as Paul’s travel log. But, if we slow down I think this text once again shows us all the things the Spirit of God is doing to advance his church. What the Spirit is doing is meant to be an encouragement to us! In fact,...

Join us as Jeremiah Johnston continues our series in Acts as we look at Paul's continued missionary journeys.

Join us as Ben Sutton, our college and discipleship minister, continues our series in Acts as we look at proclaiming the gospel message boldly even in the face of adversity.

We continue in our Acts series looking at Acts 17. At the center of the passage is the message of the resurrection of Jesus. The Gospel message preached by Paul is best summarized in Acts 17:2 where it says “[Paul] reasoned…from the scriptures, 3 explaining and proving that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead.” We will see the reasonableness of the Gospel, how we ca...

We will continue in our study of Acts looking at Acts 16:6-40. Here Luke will teach us through the lives of Paul and Silas that we have a great God who directs believers steps, transforms hearts, and cannot be stopped. If we have this kind of God we can live without fear as we work to be bold witnesses for Jesus wherever he takes us.

This week we will consider one of the most honest passages in the Bible in Acts 15:36-16:5. The first part of our text will deal with the separation of Paul and Barnabas after a sharp disagreement. I am glad this text is in the Bible as it highlights how our sin can separate us, but also how God’s grace can redeem and bring us together. We all have broken interpersonal relationships in the church,...

This week we are in Acts 15:1-35. In this passage the apostles worked to strive for unity amongst the believers who were from Jewish customs and new believers who were Gentiles. We will see how they had care and understanding for one another and that we receive grace through faith. I’m grateful for this passage as it reminds us we also need to strive for unity today and that we as Christians are t...

As we gather for worship we will continue in our Acts series To the Ends of the Earth as we look at Acts 14:1-28. We will consider Paul and Barnabas’ bold witness for the Gospel as they plant churches across the Gentile world. Their example challenges us to be a bold witness in a world that needs Jesus. If you live in Salt Lake City, God has you here to be a witness for him. They will also challen...

This Sunday we will be back in Acts 12:25-13:52 thinking about Paul and Barnabas as they head out on their first missionary journey. The passage will draw a strong contrast between those that believe the Gospel and those that reject it, even make fun of it, and stand in the way of its advance. In our lives we will be on one side of Jesus or the other. We will either believe and follow him, or reje...

Today we will be jumping into Acts 11 looking at the surprising work of God among the Gentiles and the surprising response by faithful believers to join God in what he is doing. Sometimes it is easy to miss what God is doing, or even be offended at his work. We want to know what God has said about what he is going to do in the world, be able to identify it, and be faithful to join him as he goes a...

Join us as Ben Sutton, our College and Young Adults minister, continues our series in Acts as we look at Cornelius and how Peter was sent to tell the Gentiles about Jesus.

In our message today, Peter travels beyond Jerusalem to visit and minister to other believers and performs two amazing miracles much like Jesus. Unbelievers that witness the miracles put their faith in Jesus and the church grows yet again. The passage will illustrate for us that our lives are transformed by meeting Jesus, and transformed lives multiply as they live for Jesus.

Throughout the history of Christianity, Christians placed their hope not in the temporalities of this life, but were constantly looking forward to the completion of their salvation when Jesus returns or they step into eternity. 1 Peter 1:3-9is a good guide in how to have a future hope that gives us life now. 1 Peter 1:3 says God has caused believers to be born again into a living hope through the...

We will be talking about Living in the Light of Community - How God has placed us as followers of Christ in his body, the church, to help us grow and persevere in him. The community of the church, the body of Christ does many things to help us live in the light of the Gospel. The church helps us identify and experience forgiveness and healing from sin. The church helps encourage us to persevere in...

This week we will continue in our series A Light in the Darkness applying the Gospel to the dark thoughts that swirl around in our hearts and minds. This week we will consider what the Bible has to say about anxiety. Anxiety is a growing problem in our world and particularly in younger generations. The good news is that the Gospel meets our anxiety with great hope and peace. In Philippians 4:5-9 P...