Redeemer Community Church

Psalm 130 ( Listen ) My Soul Waits for the Lord A Song of Ascents. 130:1    Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD! 2      O Lord, hear my voice!   Let your ears be attentive     to the voice of my pleas for mercy! 3    If you, O LORD, should mark iniquities,     O Lord, who could stand? 4    But with you there is forgiveness,     that you may be feared. 5    I wait for the LORD, my soul waits,   ...

James 5:19–20 ( Listen ) 19  My brothers, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone brings him back, 20  let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from his wandering will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins. ( ESV )

James 5:13–18 ( Listen ) The Prayer of Faith 13  Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise. 14  Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. 15  And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed s...

James 5:12 ( Listen ) 12  But above all, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath, but let your “yes” be yes and your “no” be no, so that you may not fall under condemnation. ( ESV ) Matthew 5:33–37 ( Listen ) Oaths 33  “Again you have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform to the Lord what you have sworn.’ 34  Bu...

James 5:7–11 ( Listen ) Patience in Suffering 7  Be patient, therefore, brothers, 1 until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient about it, until it receives the early and the late rains. 8  You also, be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand. 9  Do not grumble against one another, brothers, so that you may...

Matthew 2:1–13 ( Listen ) The Visit of the Wise Men 2:1  Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men 1 from the east came to Jerusalem, 2  saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose 2 and have come to worship him.” 3  When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him; 4  and...

Matthew 1:18–25 ( Listen ) The Birth of Jesus Christ 18  Now the birth of Jesus Christ 1 took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed 2 to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. 19  And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. 20  But as he considered these things, beh...

Matthew 1:1–17 ( Listen ) The Genealogy of Jesus Christ 1:1  The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. 2  Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, 3  and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram, 1 4  and Ram the father of A...

Psalms 148–150 ( Listen ) Praise the Name of the Lord 148:1    Praise the LORD!   Praise the LORD from the heavens;     praise him in the heights! 2    Praise him, all his angels;     praise him, all his hosts! 3    Praise him, sun and moon,     praise him, all you shining stars! 4    Praise him, you highest heavens,     and you waters above the heavens! 5    Let them praise the name of the LORD!...

James 5:1–6 ( Listen ) Warning to the Rich 5:1  Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you. 2  Your riches have rotted and your garments are moth-eaten. 3  Your gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up treasure in the last days. 4  Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed...

James 4:13–17 ( Listen ) Boasting About Tomorrow 13  Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— 14  yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. 15  Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or...

James 3:13–18 ( Listen ) Wisdom from Above 13  Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom. 14  But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth. 15  This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. 16  For where jealousy and selfish a...

Psalm 88 ( Listen ) I Cry Out Day and Night Before You A Song. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. To the choirmaster: according to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil 1 of Heman the Ezrahite. 88:1    O LORD, God of my salvation,     I cry out day and night before you. 2    Let my prayer come before you;     incline your ear to my cry! 3    For my soul is full of troubles,     and my life draws near to Sheol. 4...

James 4:6–10 ( Listen ) 6  But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” 7  Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8  Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9  Be wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned...

James 3:13–4:6 ( Listen ) Wisdom from Above 13  Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom. 14  But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth. 15  This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. 16  For where jealousy and selfish...

James 3:1–12 ( Listen ) Taming the Tongue 3:1  Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness. 2  For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body. 3  If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole b...

Psalm 40 ( Listen ) My Help and My Deliverer To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. 40:1    I waited patiently for the LORD;     he inclined to me and heard my cry. 2    He drew me up from the pit of destruction,     out of the miry bog,   and set my feet upon a rock,     making my steps secure. 3    He put a new song in my mouth,     a song of praise to our God.   Many will see and fear,     and p...

James 2:14–26 ( Listen ) Faith Without Works Is Dead 14  What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? 15  If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, 16  and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed for the body, what good 1 is that? 17  So also faith b...

James 1:26–2:13 ( Listen ) 26  If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person’s religion is worthless. 27  Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world. The Sin of Partiality 2:1  My brothers, 1 show no partiality as you hold the f...

James 1:18–25 ( Listen ) 18  Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures. Hearing and Doing the Word 19  Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; 20  for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God. 21  Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickednes...

James 1:18–25 ( Listen ) 18  Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures. Hearing and Doing the Word 19  Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; 20  for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God. 21  Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickednes...

Psalm 42 ( Listen ) Book Two Why Are You Cast Down, O My Soul? To the choirmaster. A Maskil 1 of the Sons of Korah. 42:1    As a deer pants for flowing streams,     so pants my soul for you, O God. 2    My soul thirsts for God,     for the living God.   When shall I come and appear before God? 2 3    My tears have been my food     day and night,   while they say to me all the day long,     “Where...

James 1:9–18 ( Listen ) 9  Let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation, 10  and the rich in his humiliation, because like a flower of the grass 1 he will pass away. 11  For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in the midst of his pursuits. 12  Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under tria...

James 1:1–8 ( Listen ) Greeting 1:1  James, a servant 1 of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: Greetings. Testing of Your Faith 2  Count it all joy, my brothers, 2 when you meet trials of various kinds, 3  for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. 4  And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lac...

Joel Brooks speaks on the role and influence of technology in our faith. How does Twitter, Facebook, blogging, smartphones, etc. effect the way we relate to God and one another? Would Jesus have used Facebook? Would he have broadcast on television to communicate his message? How can technology help and hurt our purpose in life?