SonRise Community Church Morning Sermons

So community, what is it? Community is a word that gets used loosely in our world today. It can either refer to a neighborhood, a social media group, a fan base, or any gathering of people with something in common. In the broadest sense, community simply means a group of people bound together by shared location, interests, or identity. People gravitate naturally towards others with similar perspec...

I like to study. Uh, well actually, scratch that. I love to study. This is a thing in my house. Uh, I, I think, I think it's a thing in my house. Uh, I enjoy spending my time in a good book and just kinda gleaning from it. Um, my family likes to drop some subtle hints to me in some funny ways. Uh, last year for Christmas I received a T-shirt that says, "I put my book down to be here." And so I don...

So good morning, everybody. I didn't get to say that earlier. Happy Father's Day to the fathers in the room. Um, this is not specifically a Father's Day sermon this morning. There's no Proverbs 31 manly wisdom or what- whatever, uh, sermon on deck. But it is about serving, and the reality is to be a father is a call to serve. Serve family first and foremost because it is our first ministry. And so...

I don't know how you all came in to church this morning, but I came in provoked. I was provoked this morning, and no one else was here to provoke me. Let me explain. It's been a joy and a pleasure and part of just routine for me to get here on Sunday mornings between 5 and 6 a.m., and so I'm here first, right, so who provoked me, I'll tell you. I park out there, right, in the field, and I never wa...

This morning, we kick off our new series this summer, Pasco. This series is going to dive in each week to a different element of what we believe is essential in the Christian life, specifically, and all importantly, for the members here at Sunrise. Many of you have gone through a membership class here, if you are a member. You've gone through a class, and we've given you expectations and what we t...

Did any of you come in here this morning fearful, frightened, or with a sense of great dread? Most all of you, would answer no to that question. But, what would you think if I said that to be afraid would be a good way to enter the worship of God? Think of this. On one hand God is transcendent. For God to be transcendent means He is beyond anything we can ever imagine, He is bigger and grander, an...

So in-laws, in-laws are always fun. So as we come this morning, some of you, if you are married or have been married, you marry into a family beyond your own, which comes with parents of someone else. And so usually it stirs up all sorts of emotions. Whether you like your in-laws, whether you have a contentious love-hate relationship with your in-laws, everyone kind of has their own different stor...

What is the Christian life? Is it like an afternoon stroll through the park? Is it like walking on the beach at sunset? Is it full of rest and refreshment and peace? Well, we do get a taste of these things, dont we? Mainly, here is this fallen world, the Christian life is war. In his book A Banquet in the Grave Ed Welch describes war as he says, There is something about war that sharpens the sense...

The passage in view this morning is about Israel, its about their sin, their grumbling, their complaining, and yet its also about how God, despite His people, graciously provides for themthis time through Moses striking a rock and water flowing out. All this is there to see today. But there is more to see in this passage. The passage in view this morning is ultimately about Jesus Christ. I say tha...

The Bread from Heaven So, the year was 2008, I know, seems like a long time ago, right? That is when I packed up my bags and went to seminary. So, I finished college in December of 2007, I was a weird December grad student, and I wanted to get a jump start on school. School wasnt going to start until August, but I wanted to be prepared. So, I saved up money for a few months, had a good two months...

Have you ever experienced a beautiful moment ruined by something unexpected and revolting? This past week I experienced that very thing. We took the kids over to Legoland this past week for a day of fun and they loved it! It really is a cool place, seeing all the huge different Lego builds theyve done over the years. We got there early, did a few rides, walked around a bit, and it was time for lun...

Resurrection Sunday Introduction Today, we take a break from our regularly scheduled programming in the book of Exodus to return to the book of Romans. Right. There you go. Thank you, Arden. RomansPaul's magnum opus, if you will. It's been a minute since we've been in Romans, so let me take a very short time to catch you up on what the book of Romans is all about. This summary can be found in chap...

So just a few months ago, our culture experienced one of its pinnacle moments of the last 10 years. It had been waiting for it. It had been building. It had been so important that Americans could not wait any longer. It was the conclusion to Stranger Things. We had waited years for this thing to finally come to a close. Would they defeat Vecna? How would they defeat Vecna? What would happen? For t...

Ill never forget the first fight I got in. It was in third grade and it was with a kid who lived down the street. His name was Chris, we were in the same grade in school, and he had just gotten a new paintball gun and wanted to show me. I thought it would be cool and that he might let me shoot it, so I ran down to his house and was excited to see it. Heres what happened. I get down the street, and...

Confession time. This past week for me was difficult in ways I did not expect. It was a week where I became very aware of my lack and the many needs I have in life, and so for most of the week I felt weak and frail instead of sure and stable. I know Im not the only one who has weeks like this, many of you do too. All this got me thinking, so I did a quick AI search and asked for a list of basic hu...

After seven weeks we have finally come to the last message in our new year sermon series. Perhaps I can begin by reminding you of why we began this series in the first place. Back on January 4 I said to you that we were taking time to study the sins of the church because we need to. We need to see our sin as it is, dreadful and disgusting, and from seeing such things our hope was to be made more e...

So the very first C.S. Lewis book that I ever read, it was not Narnia, it was not mere Christianity, it was the Screwtape Letters. You are familiar with this text, it is a phenomenal work. So it works through the perspective of a demon instructing his nephew, a junior demon, on how to lead astray a new believer, roughly. So it gives different tips, topics, deals with all sorts of areas of the Chri...

Growing up one of my favorite movies was the original Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Being a lover of chocolate myself, one of the characters that most stood out to me was Augustus Gloop. Remember him? His insatiable desire for chocolate leads him to disregard the rules and ultimately suffer the consequences of falling into the chocolate river and getting sucked up the tube to who knows wh...

Today, well be looking at some hard things. Things that may challenge our assumptions, expose our weaknesses, and call us to a deeper level of examination. This is not intended to condemn, but to illuminate; not intended to discourage, but to encourage, not to tear down, but to till up the soil of our hearts. As we approach this difficult topic, let us do so with humility and an open heart, ready...

Introduction: In our sermon series through the sins of the church, we come today to the sin of envy. On the surface of things envy might seem like a minor sin because it doesnt make you fall down in the middle of the street, but envys effects on the soul are poisonous. In other words, there are good reasons why envy is in the list of deadly sins. To see this firsthand, lets turn to 1 Samuel 18. Wh...

Intro The Power of a Question: -Whats in the box? -Are you talking to me? -Why do we fall, sir -Are you not entertained? -What is the matrix? -What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow? These are but a few great questions found in movies over the last generation. Each one memorable in its own way. If you are familiar with any of the films simply saying the questions probably brought to m...

As the New Year begins we now enter into a new sermon series on the church. Weve done this in many ways over the years. Weve looked at the nature of the Church, the doctrine of the Church, the marks of the Church, the mission of the Church, and more. This year we turn toward a theme that is sobering, weighty, and necessary. This year were going look at the sins of the Church. Why take time to stud...