Redeemer Midland

In this message from Redeemer Church in Midland, Texas, Pastor Josh Gatewood walks through Acts 18:18–28, exploring what God teaches us in seasons when we lack the answers we want. Drawing from the end of Paul’s second missionary journey and the story of Apollos being more accurately instructed by Priscilla and Aquila, he highlights three foundational truths: the faithfulness of God, the community...

In this message from Acts 18, we see Jesus launch a global kingdom movement and call every believer to live as a sent missionary rather than a spectator. Through Paul’s example in Corinth—working as a tentmaker, reasoning in the synagogue, facing rejection, and receiving a vision that said “do not be silent”—we watch ordinary Christians, filled with the Spirit, push back darkness. Discover why dis...

 In Acts 17, Paul visits Athens and sees that the people are worshiping false gods. He boldly shares the truth about the one true Creator and proclaims Jesus’ resurrection, calling the people to repent and turn to God. In this sermon, pastor Jason Hatch reminds us that idolatry is anything we put above God, including money, relationships, success, or comfort. When we expect these things to give us...

In Acts 17, Paul reasons from the Scriptures in Thessalonica and Berea, proclaiming a suffering and risen Messiah as King even as opposition follows him from city to city. This message from Redeemer Church in Midland, Texas asks why material prosperity has not produced lasting joy, and shows how a kingdom message, a kingdom calling, and a kingdom response lead to a full and flourishing life. Liste...

In this sermon pastor Jason focuses on Gods design for money, emphasizing that money reveals what is truly happening in our hearts. From 1 Timothy 6, we are reminded that having wealth does not make us spiritually rich, and we should not put our hope, identity, or security in money. Instead, God calls us to enjoy His blessings with gratitude. Being generous and ready to share, using our resources...

In this message from Redeemer Church’s “God’s Design For” series, Pastor Jason teaches from 1 Corinthians 7 that singleness is not a waiting room or second-class status, but a good gift from God that can free believers for undivided devotion to Christ. Contrasting cultural idols of marriage and self with the unique Christian vision, he points to Jesus and Paul and calls the church to identity in C...

In an age of loneliness, “friendship recession,” and AI companionship, Pastor Josh Gatewood asks what Scripture actually says about friendship. From Ecclesiastes 4:9–11 and Proverbs, this message from Redeemer Church’s God’s Design For series shows why friendship is a necessity (not a luxury), why it has limits, and how friends help form us in Christ—because Jesus is the friend of sinners who laid...

In this message from Redeemer Church’s “God’s Design For” series, Pastor Jonathan Galvan teaches from Deuteronomy 6 that the family is God’s primary plan for passing the faith to the next generation and that the Great Commission begins at home. He calls parents to a God-centered, Word-saturated life—modeling genuine love for Christ in everyday rhythms of morning, mealtime, drive time, and bedtime—...

In this message from Redeemer Church’s “God’s Design For” series, we look at God’s original blueprint for marriage in Genesis 2: a covenant of unity, holiness, and intimacy that answers the first “not good” in creation and points beyond itself to Christ and the church. The sermon traces five implications of that design—covenant rather than contract, unity over being right, holiness before happines...

In this message from Redeemer Church’s “God’s Design For” series, Pastor Jason Hatch opens Genesis 1–2 to reveal that God is a worker from the beginning and that work is central to what it means to be made in His image—long before the Fall. He addresses the twin dangers of laziness and workaholism (drawing on Scripture and Tim Keller), shows that every vocation can be worship when done for the Lor...

In Acts 16, Pastor Josh Gatewood unpacks the dramatic story of Paul and Silas in Philippi—casting out a demon, enduring unjust beating and imprisonment, singing hymns at midnight, and seeing a jailer and his household come to faith. This message challenges us with a powerful question: What do you want the “dash” of your life to be about? Through counterintuitive worship in suffering and countercul...

This message from Acts 16:11-15 traces the gospel’s first arrival in Europe through the conversion of Lydia, a successful seller of purple goods and worshiper of God in Philippi. God opens her heart to the message of Jesus, leading to her baptism, the salvation of her household, and a lifestyle of radical hospitality that helps plant a thriving church. The sermon challenges every “worshiper of God...

In this message from Redeemer Church, Pastor Jason walks through Acts 15:36–16:10 as Paul and Barnabas part ways after a sharp disagreement, Paul recruits the young disciple Timothy, and the Holy Spirit redirects their second missionary journey toward Europe. The sermon highlights Timothy’s unlikely background, the quiet but world-changing faithfulness of his mother Eunice and grandmother Lois, an...

In this message from Redeemer Church in Midland, Texas, the sermon examines Acts 15 and the Jerusalem Council’s response to threats against the pure gospel of grace and tensions between Jewish and Gentile believers. It underscores that salvation rests solely on Christ’s finished work (“It is finished”), offers practical wisdom for unity across cultural differences by laying down freedoms that need...

In this sermon, Pastor Jason discusses the Jerusalem Council in Acts 15, which is a pivotal moment in the early church when leaders had to answer an essential question: Is salvation received by God’s grace through faith, or must people earn it through religious works? As the Gentiles were coming to faith in Jesus, some Jewish believers insisted they first obey the Law of Moses—including circumcisi...

In the powerful conclusion to Redeemer Church’s summer series on the Book of Job, Pastor Josh Gatewood unpacks Job 42 and shows how we can cultivate real, lasting hope in seasons of hardship and suffering. After encountering God’s majesty, Job shifts from demanding explanations to trusting in a deeper relationship with his sovereign, good, and covenantal Lord—relenting from his complaints and layi...

In this sermon Pastor Matt Stephens, focuses on Job 38–41, where God finally answers Job—not by explaining his suffering, but by revealing Himself. After 35 chapters of questions and silence, God speaks from the whirlwind and responds with a series of questions that highlight His wisdom, power, and care over all creation. Rather than giving Job the reason for his suffering, God reminds him that He...

This week in our sermon, Pastor Brandon Bergvall focuses on the long conversations between Job and his three friends (Job 4-37). Although the friends genuinely wanted to comfort Job, they assumed his suffering must have been the result of hidden sin. Their belief was simple: God always blesses the righteous, always punishes the wicked, and therefore anyone suffering must deserve it. While parts of...

This sermon from Job 23 focuses on the question, “How do we worship while we wait?” Pastor Josh Gatewood explains that seasons of suffering, weakness, and feeling distant from God are a normal part of the Christian life. Like Job, believers may experience times when God seems absent, yet God is often using those moments to deepen their trust, teach dependence on Him, and reveal that His grace is s...

 This sermon focused on how Christians can faithfully care for those who are suffering by following the example of Job’s friends in Job 2:11–13. Pastor Cole Rhodes emphasized that true comfort often comes through presence, sympathy, patience, prayer, and sometimes even silence rather than having the perfect words to say. Drawing from his own experience of deep personal loss and disappointment, he...

In this sermon pastor Jonathan Galvan walks us through Job 1–2 reminding us that suffering is a reality of life in a fallen world and can affect anyone, even the most faithful followers of God. Through Job’s response to unimaginable loss, we see an example of grieving honestly while continuing to worship and trust in God’s sovereignty. The message emphasized that Satan’s power is limited and that...

In the opening message of a new summer series on the Book of Job, Pastor Josh Gatewood explores how we respond to unexpected and unexplained suffering. Through Job chapter 1, this sermon examines the tension between the brokenness of our world and the goodness of God, highlighting three essential truths: God’s sovereignty, the mystery of His ways, and the steadfast love of His heart. Whether you’r...

In this powerful message from Redeemer Church, Pastor Josh Gatewood unpacks the end of Paul’s first missionary journey in Acts 14:19-28. He highlights four marks of the early church—constant opposition, gospel preaching, pastoral leadership, and deep discipleship—while challenging believers to pursue a thriving summer walk with Jesus rather than merely surviving it. Through themes of supernatural...

In this inspiring message from Acts 14:1-18, Pastor Jason Hatch unpacks Paul and Barnabas’s continued missionary journey through Iconium and Lystra, where bold gospel preaching leads to many believing while stirring fierce opposition and even attempts to stone the apostles. Witness dramatic signs and wonders, the apostles’ humble refusal to be worshipped as gods, and their powerful call to turn fr...

On this Mother's Day, Pastor reflects on the joys and sorrows of the day while diving into Acts 13, where Paul and Barnabas preach the gospel in Antioch of Pisidia. The response is powerful: crowds beg to hear more, the whole city gathers, and many Gentiles rejoice and believe—while others react with jealousy and persecution. The core message is that true, resilient joy is found only in Jesus and...