SonRise Community Church Evening Seminars

Good evening, thank you, hello, hi guys. Thank you for being here for our last Sunday evening of the spring. We're going to continue on, well, continue on. Tonight we're going to finish another installment of the tough text series. Last week we did the psalms of imprecation, or the imprecatory psalms. Tonight we're going to look at a probably not as difficult topic, but I think for many a tough te...

Tonight we turn to Psalm 137. We will read the whole psalm and then dive into it as we unpack it together. Psalm 137 By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down and wept when we remembered Zion. On the willows there we hung up our lyres, for there our captors required of us songs and our tormentors mirth, saying, "Sing us one of the songs of Zion." How shall we sing the Lord's song in a foreign la...

Semper Reformanda We now come to Semper Reformanda. Although it is not one of the five solas, it is a Reformation teaching that helps tie them all together. Over the last seven weeks, we traced the ecclesiological history of the medieval church, the need for the Reformation, and the development of the five solasScripture alone, grace alone, faith alone, Christ alone, and for the glory of God alone...

Transcription: Soli Deo Gloria So as I said, we come tonight to Soli Deo Gloria, the final sola on our list. So this is the fifth of the five solas, and we've worked through up to this point now. Sola Scriptura, that's at the foundation for everything that we've discussed, that from scripture alone, we understand who God is, we understand who we are, we understand salvation. So it all begins with...

Well, tonight, we're continuing on in the five solas series, the five big themes of the Protestant Reformation, which are sola scriptura. What does this mean? Scripture alone, sola gratia, what's this mean? Sola fide. We come now to solus Christus, or in other words, Christ alone is what this means. That is tonight, Lord willing. Next week, Pastor Andrew will do the penultimate study, soli deo glo...

Romans chapter 1, verses 16 and 17 say the following. For I am not ashamed of the gospel. For it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes. To the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it, it being the gospel, the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith as it is written. The righteous shall live by faith. This passage is not only the distinctive theme of Pauls lett...

Sola Gratia - Transcript And we are going to be in Ephesians chapter 2 have your Bibles go ahead and open up Ephesians chapter 2 looking specifically at it from the context of sola gratia grace Alone, there's a lot of passages you could go to to talk about grace alone But this is one of the foremost and so we're just going to spend time in this Enjoying what we see but tonight we're continuing on...

And so, today we continue in our new series on the solas. So kicking it off with sola scriptura is what is before us tonight. Again, Pastor Adam opened us last week with a bit of a history of the Middle Ages, a bit looking at the ecclesiological side of some of the mess with the papacy and kind of the breakdown of the church, which is what led to the Reformation. And so, today Im given the opportu...

The Ecclesiopolitical Trajectory of the Late Medieval Age: A Precursor to the Reformation I'm going to do something that is absolutely riveting: I'm going to read a long paper for you, part of it. This is 30% of chapter three, what I'm reading you tonight. So, I'm going to be going fast. Please write down any questions you have; we'll save them for after. Without further ado, tonight we are lookin...

So in Philippians 4, last week we talked through verses 2 through 9, and Paul moves from sweeping themes of chapter 3, pressing on, standing firm, to grounding us in a call for a gospel-shaped life together in the church. So he begins by addressing, if you recall, a fracture that happened between Judea and Syntyche, and their urge to agree in the Lord, not by pretending necessarily that nothing ha...

Last Sunday, in Philippians 3, verse 12, all the way to chapter 4:1, Paul showed us what it looks like to press on and stand firm. So with our eyes forward and our hearts anchored in our citizenship in heaven, the pursuit of Christ, as Paul gives an example, is like a runner, an athlete, pressing toward the finish line. Paul openly confesses that he has not arrived yet; he's not perfected this lif...

So, last week in Philippians 3, verses 1 through 11, Paul warns the church against a dangerous kind of religion, one that puts confidence in the flesh, and he tells the Philippians to watch out for those who boast on outward performance and human credentials, as though righteousness can be earned by a proven religious performance. So then, Paul turns the spotlight on himself, if you recall. He say...

So in Philippians 2, 12-30, which we preached on last time, Paul shows us what the Christ hymn looks like when it is lived out in real people. So in chapter 2, verses 12-18, having just unfolded, if you recall, Christ's descent and exaltation, he says, Therefore work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. Not to suggest that we earn salvation, but to call us to live out with a reverent se...

A reverent perseverance that depends on God's power, and a unity that refuses grumbling. A witness that shines in a dark world. And two living examples, Timothy and Epaphroditus, who embody the same gospel-shaped self-forgetfulness. So as we read, we're in chapter two, finishing it up. We're going to be doing 12, verses 12 through 30. Again, three points. Verses 12 through 18, worked out salvation...

So, as we continue through this letter together, Paul has already shown us what gospel-shaped love looks like. So, just to kind of give you a recap, in chapter 1, we watched it overflow in Paul's prayers and anchor his joy in suffering and fuel his partnership with the church. But now, as we step into chapter 2, Paul lifts our eyes even higher. He moves from his example of humility and love to thi...

As weve seen in Philippians 1:1-11, Paul begins this letter by reminding the church who they are and how deeply he loves them. They are saints in Christ Jesus at Philippiset apart by God, bound together in a rich gospel partnership, and carried along by a God who always finishes the good work He begins. Pauls heart overflows with gratitude for them, and his prayer is that their love would abound m...

Imagine receiving a letter from a dear friend who is in prison. You might expect a detailed description of the harsh conditions, the uncertainty of the trial, perhaps even notes of fear, frustration, or despair. Philippians is a letter from prisonbut when Paul writes to this little church in a Roman colony, the first words that pour out of him are not complaint, but thanksgiving, joy, and heartfel...

And so tonight in this tough text, we'll explore how this shocking statement, properly understood, does not call us to emotional rejection of our loved ones, but rather to something far more profound, a complete reordering of our of our affections that enables us to love others more deeply than we could ever do before. Through the lens of Augustine's concept of the ordo amoris, the proper ordering...

As I begin Id like to trace out the context of our passage tonight. The tough text in view is Romans 11:25-26, but in order to understand it we need to see most of Romans 11 that led up to it. So lets see it. In 11:1-10, as Paul begins Romans 11 hes eager to remind us that God has not rejected His people Israel, but has kept a remnant of faithful followers throughout the ages even down to today. S...

Beloved SonRise family, we are in the midst of our Tough Texts series, where we intentionallywrestle with passages of Scripture that challenge, perplex, or even discomfort us. These are theverses that make us stop, reflect, and lean harder on Gods Word. Tonight, we confront one suchpassage: 1 John 5:13-17. If I were to ask you today, What is the single greatest struggle in the Christian life? many...

The Role of Women in Church? 1 Cor. 14 Our tough text this evening is 1 Cor. 14:33b-35 which says, As in all the churches of the saints, the women should keep silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be in submission, as the Law also says. If there is anything they desire to learn, let them ask their husbands at home. For it is shameful for a woman to speak in church...

Psalm 137, By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down and wept, when we remembered Zion. On the willowsthere we hung up our lyres. For there our captors required of us songs,and our tormentors, mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion! How shall we sing theLord's song in a foreign land? If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill! Let mytongue stick to the roof of my m...

I. Introduction: The Mystery at the Heart of Divine and Human Agency Few subjects have provoked greater controversy in theology than the relationship between Gods sovereignty and human will. It is a question that has occupied philosophers, divided denominations, and humbled saints: How can God be absolutely sovereign over all things, and yet human beings act freely and be held morally responsible?...

1 Cor. 11:2-16, Now I commend youbecause you remember me in everything andmaintain the traditionseven as I delivered them to you. But I want you to understand thatthe head of every man is Christ,the head of a wifeis her husband,andthe head of Christ is God. Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head,but every wifewho prays orprophesieswith her head uncovered dishono...

1 Peter 3:18-22 says, For Christ alsosufferedonce for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous,that he might bring us to God, being put to deathin the flesh but made alivein the spirit,in whichhe went andproclaimedto the spirits in prison,becausethey formerly did not obey,when God's patience waited in the days of Noah,while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is,eight persons, were bro...