Multiple Issues - Layout, etc.

I'm installing SermonSpeaker, updating from an older site. We just decided to re-upload the sermons by hand.

I seem to be having a few different issues that I'm guessing are user-error on my end, but I'd love to be able to make this World-Class.

First, on the sermon player page, the Speaker name shows up at the top of the page. It can be viewed here:
met2.downbeatdev.com/index.php/resources...mon/6-metconnections

Second, on the sermon series list, it is displaying from the oldest to newest, even if I change the order in the global settings. Here is an example:
met2.downbeatdev.com/index.php/resources/messages-archive

I would appreciate any input!

Details:
Joomla 2.5.6
Sermon Speaker 4.5.3
Template: Joomlabamboo Inspire, T3 Framework

The first issue is caused by your template. It has the following rules for the "modal" class:

This is incompatible with Joomla as the regular way of creating a modal window is using the "modal" class for an element.

You can try disabling the modal window for speakers so it directly links to the speaker page instead of opening a modal window. The option is available in the SermonSpeaker options.

Otherwise you need to fix your CSS

Your series/sermons list does sort after the series first (using the ordering column) and then it should use the sermons ordering like specified in the SermonSpeaker options. If that is not the case, I would have to dig deeper into it.
Are you sure it's not just an issue with caching or something?

Thank you very much for the quick response!

I just turned off the modal speaker pop up for now.

On the series ordering... I was hoping to sort them by reverse-date order (newest series first). If I use the "ordering" column in joomla, then this week's series will be #1. How do I add another one after that... would I need to move them all down the list every time?

Joomla should automatically reorder the whole list when you save it.
But then it's a bit longer since the last time I looked at this mechanism.