Redeemer OC Podcast

You’ve heard the accounts of what happened on the first Easter, but do you know why Jesus was raised from the dead? In Romans chapter four the Apostle Paul makes a thought-provoking statement: “[Jesus] was raised for our justification.” On Sunday we’ll consider these words together and hope to grow in our appreciation of the significance of the resurrection for the people of God. Pastor Josh

Palm Sunday is a perplexing day. The crowd cheers and Jesus sheds tears. Come ready to celebrate, alongside the children waving palm branches during our annual Palm Processional prior to the Gospel reading and sermon. Also prepare yourself to be shocked and perplexed by where Palm Sunday leads us, and why Jesus would weep after such a triumphal entry. I look forward to worshiping with you all this...

This week concludes our sermon series Something More. Pastor Danny Morgan will be speaking about success, and how the gospel reorients our vision of success from one of accumulating wealth, power, and influence to giving of oneself for the glory of God. See you on the Lord's Day! Pastor Josh

This week we will be talking about beauty. Not the beauty of a sunset or the ocean but our appearance, attractiveness, body image. In Orange County we are fixated on beauty, but the Lord wants something more for us. Join us on Sunday to learn what the Scriptures teach about beauty and how the gospel sets us free. Pastor Josh

In Orange County we work hard, play hard. We love our entertainment, hobbies, and play. Who doesn't want to be happy? But there must be something more? Join us this Sunday as learn about the generosity of God and the way to lasting joy. Pastor Josh

The Scriptures speak about money more than 2,300 times! That is good news for us who live in Orange County, where we enjoy, and are surrounded by, unusual prosperity. On Sunday we’ll consider Jesus’ words in Matthew 6. He teaches about how your life can be about something more than money and how to seek first his kingdom. See you soon… Pastor Josh

This Sunday Danny Morgan will be ordained to be a minister of the gospel! As such, we’ll be taking a break from our Something More sermon series in order to consider Jesus words in Matthew 16:19, “I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.” It’s going to be a great Sunday. Gr...

This week we continue our sermon series Something More by thinking about Paul’s words on the Christian life to the ancient church in Colossae. He says that covetousness is idolatry. For many of us, this is a curious claim. Isn’t idolatry something from bygone ages when superstitious people bowed down to ridiculous statues? What does idolatry have to do with our passions and desires, as Paul says?...

What comes to mind when you think of hospitality? Tea parties? Hotels? Entertaining? This Sunday we will continue our Something More sermon series by looking at the Parable of the Great Banquet from the Gospel of Luke 14. We will see there is something more to hospitality then what immediately comes to mind. In fact, the more we study the Christian understanding of hospitality, the more we realize...

How do you envision your Christian life connecting to the great redemptive work of God in the world? How does your work, play, neighborhood, etc. intersect what God is doing? This Sunday we’ll take up these questions in a practical way as we continue to consider how God is using the community of the church to fulfill the mission of the gospel. I hope that as we do so we’ll grow in our vision for t...

Why does your life matter? What do you live for? Where do you find purpose & meaning? These are the type of questions we are considering in our sermon series Something More. This week we come to Jesus’ famous words at Caesarea Philippi in Matthew 16:13-20. There Jesus speaks about community and mission, two things we all long for. See you on the Lord’s Day! Pastor Josh

This Sunday Redeemer will have two worship services: our normal service in Newport Beach and a special service in Palm Springs for the 80+ guys attending our Men’s Retreat! In Newport Beach, we are excited to announce that the Rev. Paul Kim, from Redeemer City to City Los Angeles, will be preaching. He will teach from Luke 18:9-30, 35-43, and gave us the following teaser…  This passage speaks to h...

This Sunday we continue our new series “Something More” by considering two parables in Matthew 13:44-46. Jesus uses the ideas of hidden treasure or finding a great gem to help us think about what we long for, ultimately value, and love. See you on the Lord’s day! Pastor Josh

This week we start a new sermon series titled Something More. We begin in Mark 2, with the story of a cripple who experiences redemption. It is a story that helps us to think about ourselves—our longings, what we think will make us whole—as well as what Jesus is doing in the world. See you on Sunday Pastor Josh

This Sunday we conclude our series Advent & Christmas in Luke with the baptism of Jesus. It is a short passage but for its size it tells us a shocking amount about Jesus. Join us, and together we’ll listen to the voice from heaven and watch the Spirit move. We’ll also have some baptisms of our own and Three Kings’ Cake! Pastor Josh

“We love stories for countless reasons. Two considerations may be the way they allow us to see the world or the hope they offer us in moments of love, peace, and joy. Stories also help us make sense of the darkness in our lives. That darkness comes in many forms; illness, grief, sorrow, struggle, etc. Christmas is the ultimate story through which our own stories come together as darkness is pushed...

Merry Christmas Eve! The advent candles have all been lit and the last door on the advent calendar has been opened. Christmas, in all its glory and joy, is about to burst forth! Join us this evening at 5pm as we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ with our annual Lessons and Carols service. The service will be an hour or less and is the perfect way to welcome the shift of seasons from Advent to Ch...

Last week we were introduced to John the Baptist. He entered the story of Scripture when times were bleak. God’s people were occupied by foreign enemies, their faith had become sectarian and corrupt, and their prophets had gone silent. John comes with a singular message, the advent of God. This is what John the Baptist proclaimed, but his ministry was also one of preparation, to ready people for t...

PCA minister Tim Keller writes, “Christmas is not simply about a birth but about a coming.” This week we continue to consider the coming of Christ in the gospel of Luke. Like the other gospel authors, Luke begins with John, the son of Zechariah, who we know as John the Baptist. He sought to prepare Israel for the advent of God and declared, “All flesh shall see the salvation of God.” Join us this...

Advent is a time between.   This season holds the tension between Jesus’ first advent (coming) and his second. A time that reminds us: things currently are not the way they are supposed to be - but one day they will be. On one hand it is “the most wonderful time of the year,” and on the other hand it is one of the darkest times of year.  This Sunday we’ll begin our Advent sermon series by reflecti...

Give thanks in every season! Thanksgiving is upon us, reminding us how important it is have a spirit of gratitude rather than entitlement. This Sunday we have the privilege of hearing a sermon on giving thanks from Pastor Derek Rishmawy, our RUF Campus Minister at UCI. To best prepare for Sunday, read and pray through Psalm 136 and 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18. I look forward to worshiping, in joy and...