Redeemer Connects

You're sitting around the table for family dinner when all of a sudden, Uncle Jim blurts out that anyone who doesn't vote Donald Trump for president in 2020 is an idiot. How do you respond? If you disagree, do you even try and begin a conversation? Join Pastor Sam and special guest, Dr. Joel Biermann from Concordia Seminary St. Louis as they discuss politics around the table. How should a Christia...

Join Pastors Sam and Caleb and special guest, Pastor Scott Coerber as they discuss how important it is for thriving and abundance of life to have relationships and community. Even though we can get by on our own, that's not how God designed us. We were created to do life together with others--to both celebrate and grieve with others. This episode especially focuses on the concept of Life Groups th...

Join Pastors Sam and Caleb for their conversation on the new world that is almost exclusively virtual and the emotional, mental and physical toll that it can take on us. How can we find rest in a world that has gone virtual? Our days are full of video calls where we are limited in our engagement as virtual beings only. It's become exhausting. Every single one of us needs rest, even from a schedule...

Join Pastors Sam and Caleb and special guest, Dr. Brenda Neyens, for their conversation on Emotional Intelligence and the effects that COVID-19 is having on our Emotional Health. Even though this pandemic puts us all in the same storm, it doesn't necessarily mean that we're all in the same boat. In order to respond to that, we discuss practical ways to pinpoint where and how these stressful times...

Join Pastors Sam and Caleb and special guest, Dr. Jeff Mallinson, for their conversation on a religion of cruel power. We discuss how so often we exchange the good news of the Gospel for a religion of power--cruel power at that. We willingly sacrifice the things in life that are good, true and virtuous for things that bring us power, prominence and prestige. But maybe during this pandemic of COVID...

Join Pastors Sam and Caleb and special guest, Luke Bond, for their conversation on hurts, habits and hangups. We discuss how everyone is shaped and affected by a variety of things that happen in life--and not always for the better. We are all in need of authentic and vulnerable community that reminds us of the love, grace and mercy that God has for us. Every one of us needs recovery from something...

Join Pastors Sam and Caleb and special guest, Dr. Joel Oesch, for their conversation on how we might be able to find authentic and genuine community in a world that has suddenly been forced to operate primarily online. Is that even possible? What do we miss from not being physically present together? Should church and other community groups begin to exist exclusively online and virtually? How has...

Join Pastors Sam and Caleb, along with special guest, Pastor Tim, for their conversation on why Holy Week seems to be such a big deal for some Christians. Isn't Easter all that really matters? What's with Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday and Good Friday? What are these days all about and why do we seem to set apart this week specifically? Do you have any memories from past Holy Weeks that have stood o...

Join Pastors Sam and Caleb for their conversation on why God would let the COVID-19 pandemic happen. Is this God's judgment? Did God cause this pandemic or allow it? What's the difference? When will this all end and is it dependent on something that we need to do? What is the hope that we have in the middle of all this despair? On this episode, we have a conversation as well as answer questions fr...

Join Pastors Sam and Caleb for their conversation on how we all are dreaming about the freedom that we'll have once things "get back to normal." We all have dreams for what we're going to do, where we're going to go and who we're going to spend quality time with once we're free to do so. The bigger question might be though, what is God doing in this moment? On this episode, you will hear the video...

Join Pastors Sam and Caleb for their conversation on how we are to live and act and what we can do during our current "stay-at-home" orders. It's difficult and unsettling, but we believe that God works all things out for good and that we are called to a purpose, even in these unsettling times. On this episode, we have a conversation as well as answer questions from our Facebook Live video.  With e...

Welcome to this special edition of The Table as Pastors Sam and Caleb are joined by Dr. Rebekah Kading, Infectious Disease Specialist from the Department of Immunology & Pathology at Colorado State University and member of Redemer Lutheran Church in Northern Colorado. On this episode, we discuss the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic in order to discover facts and truths behind this virus and it's spre...

Welcome to Season 3 of The Table where we're learning to have a seat at the intersection of Christ and culture. This season, we're looking at some popular Christmas movies and drawing out key themes to look at through the lens of faith, Christianity and Jesus. The movies we're looking at either are or have been engrained into culture and dramatically influence our Christmas traditions.   We believ...

Welcome to Season 3 of The Table where we're learning to have a seat at the intersection of Christ and culture. This season, we're looking at some popular Christmas movies and drawing out key themes to look at through the lens of faith, Christianity and Jesus. The movies we're looking at either are or have been engrained into culture and dramatically influence our Christmas traditions.   We believ...

Welcome to Season 3 of The Table where we're learning to have a seat at the intersection of Christ and culture. This season, we're looking at some popular Christmas movies and drawing out key themes to look at through the lens of faith, Christianity and Jesus. The movies we're looking at either are or have been engrained into culture and dramatically influence our Christmas traditions.   We believ...

Welcome to Season 3 of The Table where we're learning to have a seat at the intersection of Christ and culture. This season, we're looking at some popular Christmas movies and drawing out key themes to look at through the lens of faith, Christianity and Jesus. The movies we're looking at either are or have been engrained into culture and dramatically influence our Christmas traditions.   We believ...

Welcome to Season 2 of The Table on the Redeemer Connect Podcast Channel! *Cue applause* In Season 2, we will be focusing on Whole Person Health and Discipleship and how Jesus is returning to redeem and restore our whole person--not just part of us. We hope that you'll be blessed by this season of the podcast. In this podcast, Pastors Sam and Caleb are joined by special guest, Darrell Zimmerman fr...

Welcome to Season 2 of The Table on the Redeemer Connect Podcast Channel! *Cue applause* In Season 2, we will be focusing on Whole Person Health and Discipleship and how Jesus is returning to redeem and restore our whole person--not just part of us. We hope that you'll be blessed by this season of the podcast. In this podcast, Pastors Sam and Caleb are joined by special guest, Julia Riedel from ou...

Welcome to Season 2 of The Table on the Redeemer Connect Podcast Channel! *Cue applause* In Season 2, we will be focusing on Whole Person Health and Discipleship and how Jesus is returning to redeem and restore our whole person--not just part of us. We hope that you'll be blessed by this season of the podcast. In this podcast, Pastors Sam and Caleb are joined by special guest, Pastor Doug Mauss, f...

Welcome to Season 2 of The Table on the Redeemer Connect Podcast Channel! *Cue applause* In Season 2, we will be focusing on Whole Person Health and Discipleship and how Jesus is returning to redeem and restore our whole person--not just part of us. We hope that you'll be blessed by this season of the podcast. In this podcast, Pastors Sam and Caleb are joined by special guest, Troy Ismir, personal...

Welcome to Season 2 of The Table on the Redeemer Connect Podcast Channel! *Cue applause* In Season 2, we will be focusing on Whole Person Health and Discipleship and how Jesus is returning to redeem and restore our whole person--not just part of us. We hope that you'll be blessed by this season of the podcast. In this podcast, Pastors Sam and Caleb are joined by special guest, Darci Larrarte, M.A....

Welcome to Season 2 of The Table on the Redeemer Connect Podcast Channel! *Cue applause* In Season 2, we will be focusing on Whole Person Health and Discipleship and how Jesus is returning to redeem and restore our whole person--not just part of us. We hope that you'll be blessed by this season of the podcast. In this podcast, Pastors Sam and Caleb are joined by special guest, Pastor Doug Mauss fr...

Thank you for joining us for our tenth episode of The Table! We have truly enjoyed putting these episodes together for your benefit as well as our own. The variety of topics we have discussed has only scratched the surface, and we can't wait to continue the conversation. In this podcast, Pastors Sam and Caleb look back on Season 1 of The Table. We discuss comments that you made to us in passing as...

Abortion is one of the hottest and most divisive topics in our culture today. Lines are drawn, and people think it's a black and white issue where there is no in-between. From politics to religion, there are countless influences on how we view abortion and those who have had an abortion. Christians and the church typically get a particular reputation for how we see and treat those who have had abo...

When it comes to politics, we typically focus more on what divides us over what unites us. Unfortunately, we tend to do the same in our churches. But because of what Jesus has done for us, we have one big thing, the most important thing, in common. And this commonality in Jesus unites us much more than the division that comes from politics. We are so much more than just our political party affilia...