Redeemer Church, Huntsville

In Romans 13:1–2, Paul teaches Christians to submit to governing authorities because all authority ultimately comes from God. In this sermon, Zach Carter slows down to ask where civil authority comes from, why it is real, and why it is also limited. Tracing the biblical story from creation, family, and cultural dominion to the post-fall need for public justice, he shows that Christians must neithe...

In Romans 13:1–7, Paul teaches Christians how to live under governing authorities without confusing Caesar for Christ. Government is instituted by God, appointed as a servant for public good, and given real but limited authority to preserve justice in a fallen world. In this sermon, Zach Carter explains how Christian submission to civil authority is not rooted merely in fear of punishment, but in...

In Romans 12:9–21, Paul shows us that Christian love is never mere sentiment, niceness, or conflict avoidance. Genuine love is morally ordered: it abhors what is evil, clings to what is good, honors others, serves the Lord, opens the door in hospitality, blesses enemies, and refuses retaliation. In this sermon, Zach Carter explains that the life offered to God is a life of sincere love—a love that...

What does humility look like in the body of Christ? In Romans 12:3–8, Paul teaches that grace does not erase the Christian, nor does it inflate the Christian. Grace teaches us to think truthfully. We are not the whole body, but we are members of the body. We have nothing to boast in, but we do have something to offer. This sermon considers how Christ gives different gifts to his people so that the...

Every scar tells a story. Some are visible, others are hidden beneath the surface—scars of grief, disappointment, loss, and disillusionment. In John 20:19–31, the risen Jesus comes to his fearful and disbelieving disciples, not with condemnation, but with peace. He shows them his scarred hands and side so that they might believe, and then he sends them into the world by the power of the Holy Spiri...

In Romans 12:1–2, Paul shows us that spiritual worship is not the suspension of the mind but the renewal of it. Because God has shown us mercy in Christ, the Christian life becomes a whole-life offering: our bodies, habits, work, relationships, desires, and discernment presented back to God as living sacrifices. This sermon explores how Romans 12 reverses the tragedy of Romans 1. Where sin desecra...

In Romans 11:33–36, Paul does not end one of the most difficult sections of Romans with a chart, table, or tidy explanation. He ends with worship. After considering God’s purposes in election, Israel, Gentile inclusion, mercy, and judgment, Paul lifts his eyes to the depth of God’s wisdom and knowledge. In this sermon, Pastor Zach shows that every human heart is always appraising something as weig...

What does the Bible mean when it speaks of “Israel”? Is Israel a person, a people, a nation, a remnant, a modern state, or something fulfilled in Christ? In this sermon from Romans 11, Pastor Zach helps us slow down and ask the question biblically rather than politically or sentimentally. Beginning with Jacob’s new name in Genesis 32 and tracing the story through Exodus, Galatians, Ephesians, and...

Pastor Zach explores one of the most theologically weighty chapters in Paul’s letter to the Romans and shows how God’s mercy is bigger than human unbelief. Though many in Israel have stumbled, God has not failed in his promises. Through a remnant chosen by grace, a temporary hardening, and the inclusion of the Gentiles, God is unfolding a plan of redemption that leads not to pride or despair, but...

In this sermon from Romans 10:14–21, we consider why the gospel must be heard if it is to be believed. Paul shows that faith does not arise from atmosphere, ritual, or religious familiarity, but through the proclaimed word of Christ. In a world flooded with noise, this passage reminds us that God saves through the ordinary means of heralding the good news of Jesus. This message also presses the de...

From Romans 9:30–10:13, we confronts one of the most subtle dangers in the Christian life: the temptation to trust religious effort, zeal, and respectable morality instead of Christ alone. Paul shows that righteousness before God is not earned through devotion, discipline, or performance, but received by faith in the finished work of Jesus. Pastor Zach explains the difference between outward serio...

In this sermon on Romans 9:14–29, we confront one of Scripture’s hardest and most humbling truths: God is not obligated to explain himself to us, yet he is gloriously free to show mercy to sinners who do not deserve it. Moving through Paul’s imagery of the potter and the clay, this message explores God’s sovereign right to save, the difference between justice and mercy, and why the gospel is such...

In Romans 9:1–13, Paul confronts one of the most emotionally and theologically weighty questions in all of Scripture: Has God’s Word failed? If the promises were given to Israel, why have so many rejected Christ? And what does that mean for the people we love who have not believed? In this sermon, we walk through Paul’s anguish, his defense of God’s faithfulness, and his bold articulation of divin...

In this sermon on Romans 8:31–39, Pastor Zach brings us to the emotional summit of Paul’s letter, where the apostle answers one of our deepest fears: What if something can separate me from God’s love? Beneath our anxieties about diagnoses, drifting children, fragile marriages, hidden sin, or public opposition lies a more searching question—will God still be for me when everything feels against me?...

Kirk Miller lingers over one of the Bible’s most quoted—and most easily misused—promises: Romans 8:28. He acknowledges how this verse, offered too quickly, can feel less like a lifeline and more like a slap in the face—rushing sufferers toward a silver lining, dismissing real pain, or subtly implying that ongoing grief is a failure of faith. The aim is twofold: to help believers apply Romans 8:28...

When suffering strips away clarity and prayer feels impossible, where does assurance come from? In this message from Romans 8:26–27, we zoom in on one of Scripture’s most tender promises: when we do not know how to pray, the Holy Spirit intercedes for us. This sermon explores how suffering not only brings pain but distorts judgment—and why God does not leave his people to navigate that weakness al...

Why does creation matter—and what does it have to do with suffering, hope, and endurance? In this episode, we return to Romans 1 and Romans 8 to recover a richer, more biblical doctrine of creation—one that goes far beyond debates about the age of the earth. Paul shows us that creation is not a backdrop to the Christian life but a central stage for the display of God’s glory and the endurance of G...

What does it mean to hope when suffering feels crushing—and the future feels unseen? In this sermon on Romans 8:18–30, we explore how the apostle Paul trains Christians not merely to feel better, but to think rightly about suffering, endurance, and future glory. Paul reframes the present age as one marked by groaning—creation groaning, believers groaning, and even the Spirit groaning on our behalf...

What does it really mean to be “filled with the Holy Spirit”? In this sermon from Romans 8:12–17, we explore Paul’s most concentrated teaching on life in the Spirit—and discover that Spirit-filled Christianity is not driven by fear, moralism, or mystical experiences, but by adoption, assurance, and transformation. Paul shows us that the Spirit creates a new obligation in the Christian life—not sla...

What does it really mean to live without condemnation—especially when the struggle with sin remains real and ongoing? In this sermon from Romans 8:1–11, Pastor Zach traces the full arc of Paul’s argument in Romans to answer one of the most pressing questions of the Christian life: If I am justified by faith, why do I still wrestle so deeply with sin—and does that struggle threaten my peace with Go...

What does it mean to walk in the light after Christmas is over? In this sermon from 1 John 1:5–10, we’re invited to consider how the incarnation of Christ doesn’t merely comfort us—it exposes us. John reminds us that God is light, and that fellowship with Him cannot be separated from a life lived openly before Him. Christianity, then, is not simply a collection of right ideas about God, but a way...

Every December, we carry expectations into Christmas—of peace, joy, and picture-perfect moments. But reality often feels far messier: crowded calendars, strained relationships, financial pressure, and quiet disappointments. In this Advent message from Luke 2, Thomas invites us to look again at the first Christmas and discover why the gap between expectation and reality is exactly where the good ne...

[Producer Notes: There are known audio issues with the sermon that relate to the microphone's receiver. Thank you for your patience as we work on the issue for future sermons.] In this sermon on Malachi 4, we hear the final words of the Old Testament as a wake-up call against spiritual complacency and eschatological amnesia. God’s people were still worshiping, still showing up, yet living as if th...

In this Advent message from Isaiah 60, Pastor Zach Carter invites us to see what the prophet saw: that even when we look into what feels like the deepest darkness, God has already aimed His light toward His people. Like the Hubble and James Webb telescopes that revealed galaxies where we once saw only emptiness, Isaiah peers through the world’s thick darkness and unveils a greater reality—the dawn...