Redeemer Community Church

Isaiah 55:1–3 ( Listen ) The Compassion of the Lord 55:1    “Come, everyone who thirsts,     come to the waters;   and he who has no money,     come, buy and eat!   Come, buy wine and milk     without money and without price. 2    Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread,     and your labor for that which does not satisfy?   Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good,     and del...

Matthew 6:9–13 ( Listen ) 9  Pray then like this:   “Our Father in heaven,   hallowed be your name. 1 10    Your kingdom come,   your will be done, 2     on earth as it is in heaven. 11    Give us this day our daily bread, 3 12    and forgive us our debts,     as we also have forgiven our debtors. 13    And lead us not into temptation,     but deliver us from evil. 4 Footnotes [1] 6:9 Or Let your...

2 Corinthians 9 ( Listen ) The Collection for Christians in Jerusalem 9:1  Now it is superfluous for me to write to you about the ministry for the saints, 2  for I know your readiness, of which I boast about you to the people of Macedonia, saying that Achaia has been ready since last year. And your zeal has stirred up most of them. 3  But I am sending 1 the brothers so that our boasting about you...

2 Corinthians 8 ( Listen ) Encouragement to Give Generously 8:1  We want you to know, brothers, 1 about the grace of God that has been given among the churches of Macedonia, 2  for in a severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part. 3  For they gave according to their means, as I can testify, and beyond their mea...

Matthew 6:9–13 ( Listen ) 9  Pray then like this:   “Our Father in heaven,   hallowed be your name. 1 10    Your kingdom come,   your will be done, 2     on earth as it is in heaven. 11    Give us this day our daily bread, 3 12    and forgive us our debts,     as we also have forgiven our debtors. 13    And lead us not into temptation,     but deliver us from evil. 4 Footnotes [1] 6:9 Or Let your...

2 Corinthians 7:2–16 ( Listen ) Paul’s Joy 2  Make room in your hearts 1 for us. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have taken advantage of no one. 3  I do not say this to condemn you, for I said before that you are in our hearts, to die together and to live together. 4  I am acting with great boldness toward you; I have great pride in you; I am filled with comfort. In all our af...

2 Corinthians 6:14–7:1 ( Listen ) The Temple of the Living God 14  Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? 15  What accord has Christ with Belial? 1 Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever? 16  What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living...

2 Corinthians 5:18–6:13 ( Listen ) 18  All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; 19  that is, in Christ God was reconciling 1 the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. 20  Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implo...

Matthew 6:5–13 ( Listen ) The Lord’s Prayer 5  “And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. 6  But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secr...

2 Corinthians 5:10–17 ( Listen ) 10  For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil. The Ministry of Reconciliation 11  Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade others. But what we are is known to God, and I hope it is known also to your conscience. 12  We are not commending ours...

2 Corinthians 4:17–18 ( Listen ) 17  For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, 18  as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal. ( ESV ) 2 Corinthians 5:1–10 ( Listen ) Our Heavenly Dwelling 5:1  For we know that if...

2 Corinthians 4:13–18 ( Listen ) 13  Since we have the same spirit of faith according to what has been written, “I believed, and so I spoke,” we also believe, and so we also speak, 14  knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence. 15  For it is all for your sake, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase than...

Matthew 6:5–13 ( Listen ) The Lord’s Prayer 5  “And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. 6  But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secr...

2 Corinthians 4:6–12 ( Listen ) 6  For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. Treasure in Jars of Clay 7  But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. 8  We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but no...

2 Corinthians 4:1–6 ( Listen ) The Light of the Gospel 4:1  Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God, 1 we do not lose heart. 2  But we have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice 2 cunning or to tamper with God’s word, but by the open statement of the truth we would commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God. 3  And even if our gospel is veil...

2 Corinthians 3 ( Listen ) Ministers of the New Covenant 3:1  Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, as some do, letters of recommendation to you, or from you? 2  You yourselves are our letter of recommendation, written on our 1 hearts, to be known and read by all. 3  And you show that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of th...

2 Corinthians 2:12–17 ( Listen ) Triumph in Christ 12  When I came to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ, even though a door was opened for me in the Lord, 13  my spirit was not at rest because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I took leave of them and went on to Macedonia. 14  But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads the fragran...

2 Corinthians 2:5–11 ( Listen ) Forgive the Sinner 5  Now if anyone has caused pain, he has caused it not to me, but in some measure—not to put it too severely—to all of you. 6  For such a one, this punishment by the majority is enough, 7  so you should rather turn to forgive and comfort him, or he may be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow. 8  So I beg you to reaffirm your love for him. 9  For this i...

2 Corinthians 1:12–24 ( Listen ) Paul’s Change of Plans 12  For our boast is this, the testimony of our conscience, that we behaved in the world with simplicity 1 and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God, and supremely so toward you. 13  For we are not writing to you anything other than what you read and understand and I hope you will fully understand— 14  just as you did...

For our last coffee house of the summer, Dr. Gordon Bals speaks on “Relationships, Loneliness, and the Church: What’s So Redemptive About Being Together?”

2 Corinthians 1:1–11 ( Listen ) Greeting 1:1  Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God that is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia: 2  Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. God of All Comfort 3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of...

2 Timothy 4:1–8 ( Listen ) Preach the Word 4:1  I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: 2  preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching. 3  For the time is coming when people will not endure sound 1 teaching, but having itching e...

1 Corinthians 12:12–31 ( Listen ) One Body with Many Members 12  For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. 13  For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves 1 or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit. 14  For the body does not consist of one member but of many. 15  If the...

Acts 20:17–38 ( Listen ) Paul Speaks to the Ephesian Elders 17  Now from Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called the elders of the church to come to him. 18  And when they came to him, he said to them: “You yourselves know how I lived among you the whole time from the first day that I set foot in Asia, 19  serving the Lord with all humility and with tears and with trials that happened to me through...

Hebrews 10:11–25 ( Listen ) 11  And every priest stands daily at his service, offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. 12  But when Christ 1 had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God, 13  waiting from that time until his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet. 14  For by a single offering he has perfected for...