July 30
Hello all,
I am afraid that I have some kind of sad news to share, but also some WONDERFUL news as well.
recently one of the members of RISEabove has moved to Michigan, and due to the upcoming college year beginning again, RISEabove will no longer be able to get together and make music to bring praise to our King. We wish that there was some way that we could be in 3 different states (MI, OH, PA) and make music together, but we aren't that good yet.
we hope that you will enjoy the two songs on the site and that you will continue to live for the Lord.
and so, in parting I (Lee) would like to offer these words: RISEabove was a christian band that wrote music for the honor and glory of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. We truly appreciate all the wonderful compliments that we recieved from everyone. But we would like you to realize that we weren't making music for our glory, but for God's glory. We did that because God loved us so much that He sent His only perfect son to earth to die on the cross to pay for our sins, even though we didn't deserve it. No one deserved Him dying on the cross for them, because we have all sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. But, God loves us, and so does His son, Jesus. They were both willing to offer the ultimate sacrifice for us.......Jesus died willingly and took the sins of all of us on his shoulders so that someday, we can go to Heaven and be there for eternity with Him and His Father. Now, some people say that in order to go to Heaven you have to know certain things, or be really "good." The Bible tells us different though, all we need to do is trust in A. the fact that Jesus was the son of God B. That He died to pay for our sins and C. that he came back to life again after dying. Now, people will say that its impossible for someone to come back from the dead, but Jesus just wasn't anyone, He was the SON OF GOD.......and NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM!! That was the reason that RISEabove wrote music, because of that awesome love that God showed for us, and that maybe we could impact the lives of other people here on earth that have not heard the good news about Jesus and how he paid the price for OUR sins. And we hope and pray that if you are reading this right now, and that you have never before trusted in Jesus as your savior, that maybe...you would do that now, just talk to God (pray) and tell him "Lord, I know that I have sinned, and i know that Jesus paid the price for me on the cross all those years ago, and I would like to now accept the gift of eternal life so that I can enter into the kingdom of Heaven and be there for eternity with you, in Jesus' name I pray, amen." but you must truly believe it before you pray. Now, you can't lose that salvation that you have after you do that, Jesus said himself "I will never leave you." Once you are saved, YOU ARE ETERNALLY SAVED! Now isn't that good news? That good news is what inspired us to write the music that we did, not for ourselves....but for God. If we we're worth dying for, then Jesus must truly be worth living for.
Good day and God bless
-the members of RISEabove
--Adrian Finkenbinder, Andrew "A.J" Frick, and Lee B. Caterson
"Soli Deo Gloria"
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March 24
we've got a new song posted! check it out everybody! the amazing thing is, this entire song was done in 9 hours! the music was written, then other guitars were added, and the lyrics were written, then we recorded it all! God is amazing!!! hope u enjoy it as much as i enjoyed making it!
also, i just added the lyrics to Dare and Shine on the site, enjoy!
AJ - the lead guitarist and vocals
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March 23
well, with that last version of Dare that we had up, Aj realized that the bass was pretty hard to hear so he went and worked his awesomeness and came up with the latest version of the song and this wioll probably be the last and final one all the levels should be set just right so that its even sweeter to your and His ears.
Enjoy, God Bless, and Stay True
-Lee
the Bass guy
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February 7
hey everybody! i just posted a new version of Dare! the vocal parts are balanced MUCH better than before now! (the volumes). tell us what you think! Thanks for your support everyone! you guys make it all worth it!
-RISEabove
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January 9
just wanted to let all of you know that we're workin on gettin some music recorded and on the site! we've been kinda busy but should get it up soon! hope you like what you hear!
-aj
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disciplezmyhero95
Yea sorry to hear that you guys are in different states
but don\'t worry i\'m sure that god will find a way
posted Jan 08
Chris Beck
Dare is a great song guys! Adrian, I haven\'t seen
you in about 10 years but, I have to say I wasn\'t
suprised to find you on a creative spirtual path. hope
you are doing well.Give my love to Stacey. I can\'t
wait to tell Maggie about your band !
posted Apr 27
AeQuItAsKnIgHtLeY
I go away for 3 months and look what happens. I\'m
sorry AJ they left you for the Devil. Not that you\'re
not with the Devil...but you didn\'t leave me. RISE
ABOVE WILL RETURN. i will make them.
posted Sep 26
disciplezmyhero95
sweet....you guyz are probably the best small band ive
heard
posted Jun 25
~NeSSa*LuVer~
nice
posted Jun 14
isayeekandohmyhead
aj, i think you should put the names in the order the
picture is... or get a new picture... or change your
name to adrian finkenbinder because if you i didn\'t
know you guys... i would think that the names go in
order of the picture... so then adrian would be andrew
and you would be adrian... lee would still be lee
though... so that\'s good. ok i\'m going to listen to
shine now. i LIKE that song. =)
posted May 04
isayeekandohmyhead
yeah i love it... it\'s been up for like 6 hours and
i\'ve listened to it like 5 times... and i was gone for
almost 5 of those hours. =) great job guys! keep it up!
wow... lee looks tall in that pic... eek... i\'m so
excited that i can hear dare whenever i\'m on the
internet!!!
posted Feb 04