Redeemer Presbyterian Church

On Sunday, March 4 we looked at Matthew 3:13-17 again as part of our Matthew sermon series at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC. We examined the baptism of Jesus: Communication was unhindered in that moment because the heavens opened up and God spoke to man, and Jesus' baptism was an act of connection with us and affirmation of the Trinity. God was conveying through the baptism that h...

This past Sunday, February 25 at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, our senior pastor continued in our Matthew sermon series focusing on Matthew 3:13-17. We explored the presentation of Jesus particularly his baptism by John the Baptist, looking at why God would present Jesus in the wilderness by the Jordan River. John the Baptist had objections to baptizing Jesus, but he couldn't sto...

At Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, we dove into Matthew 3 on Sunday, February 18 as part of our Matthew sermon series. Our senior pastor reminded us that our hearts are restless until we find rest in Jesus because true satisfaction is found only in him. Our message to the unbeliever must be timely, address our great need, be direct, and always be Christ-centered. Listen to the whol...

At Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, our senior pastor continued our Matthew sermon series this past Sunday, February 11 as we looked at Matthew 2:19-23 again. Last week's sermon focused on having a transcendent view above and beyond our world where Jesus is the only answer, a transcendent view of our place where we "unpack our bags" because God has put us where he wants us, and a tr...

We continued our Matthew sermon series this past Sunday, February 4 at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, focusing on Matthew 2:19-23. Our senior pastor encouraged us to see God's sovereignty at work in the Gospel of Matthew. If we don't have a transcendent perspective on where our hope lies, then we will not have hope or the heart to find our place in God's grand plan.

On our missions emphasis weekend at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, we enjoyed guest pastor Rev. Satoshi Kawachi's reminding us of true, real salvation: how we can receive it, be assured of true salvation, and rejoice in our true salvation.

This past Sunday, January 21 at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, our senior pastor continued our Matthew sermon series as we looked at Matthew 2:16-18. He encouraged us to find our security in Christ alone. We must find our "yes" in Jesus, though Satan does not want us to become secure in Jesus and live our lives from our fixed position in Christ. Satan knows that when we have a gli...

In our fifth sermon from our new Matthew series, our senior pastor on Sunday, January 14 at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, reminded us of the many interruptions that Matthew records in these early chapters: the grace-laden genealogy that would have shocked its readers, Joseph's nice and normal life interrupted by Mary's pregnancy, and the wise men's dropping everything to follow t...

This gospel shaped the early church the most of all the gospel accounts, and this Gospel of Matthew needs to shape our church as well.

On Sunday, December 24 our senior pastor at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, continued preaching in our Matthew sermon series with verses 18-25 of chapter 1 highlighting how Jesus' earthly father Joseph was unexpectedly interrupted when his betrothed Mary became pregnant. Our senior pastor encouraged us to embrace interruptions and view them in a different way because we believe in...

For our third Sunday in Advent at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, we continued our new Matthew sermon series with Matthew 1:1-17. Our senior pastor on Sunday, December 17 reminded us that the Gospel of Matthew, like all books in the Bible, are inspired by the Holy Spirit. We see the joy of Matthew as he writes about Jesus who came to call sinners--a group Matthew identified with si...

For the second Sunday of Advent on December 10, our senior pastor started a new sermon series in the Gospel of Matthew at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC. While Deuteronomy (our previous series) is about preparation, Matthew is summed up with one word: fulfillment. What does a full Kingdom look like here on earth? How is Christ fulfilling everything in our lives?

At Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, we marked the end of our Deuteronomy sermon series this past Sunday, December 3 after four-plus years. Our senior pastor began with the same question he asked back in September 2013: How are we living in the land? From the last five verses of Deuteronomy, he gave us three charges: 1. Be joyful 2. Step up in the power of the Spirit 3. Keep your lif...

This past Sunday, November 26 at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, our senior pastor preached from Deuteronomy 34 in his penultimate sermon in our epic Deuteronomy sermon series.

At Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, our senior pastor preached from Deuteronomy 34:5-8 as he finishes up his Deuteronomy sermon series over the next few weeks. He cautioned that a tombstone is coming for all of us, and he encouraged us to think of what might be written on ours. Without exception, our tombstones should read "our names, Servant of the Lord."

With our senior pastor out of town for a missions conference, we heard our own Rev. Chris Bennett bring us a powerful message on Sunday, November 12 about the persecuted church worldwide and our response as Christians in Charleston. In Philippians 1:12-30 God's Word points to persecution not to shock us but to energize us. We see many examples of God's turning evil motives of men into good ends be...

Our senior pastor continued in Deuteronomy 34:1-4 this past Sunday, November 5 at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, focusing on the deep love the Father has for us. He explored the four parenting styles, looking at how they offer details about God as our Father. How deep the Father's love for us and vast beyond all measure that He responds to us and requires of us.

On Sunday, October 29 at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, we continued to explore Deuteronomy 34:1-4 as our senior pastor encouraged us to not grow weary while we wait for the fullness of God's time. Just as we celebrate and remember that 500 years ago was the Reformation, so it was also 500 years from God's calling Abraham to the Promised Land to our passage in Deuteronomy where Mo...

Our Lowcountry Presbytery celebrated and remembered this historic church event-–and worshiped our glorious God and Savior Jesus Christ--with a joint evening worship service on Sunday, October 29 at 6 pm in Redeemer’s sanctuary at 43 Wentworth St. in downtown Charleston, SC. Rev. Howard Brown of Christ Central Church in Charlotte, NC, was our guest speaker.

On Sunday, October 22 at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, our senior pastor preached from Deuteronomy 34:1-4 as part of his Deuteronomy sermon series. He recounted the brief history of Redeemer, since we're five years this week from when the Lord provided for us in a mighty way! He encouraged us not to live any day like it was a warm-up to something greater or bigger. But that we'd...

This past Sunday, October 15 at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, our senior pastor cautioned us to build upon a firm foundation, as we looked at Deuteronomy 34:1-4. We see that God shows Moses the Promised Land, and then God speaks to Moses. God's showing is what we call general revelation, and God's saying is specific revelation. We often have spiritual experiences with what God sh...

On Sunday, October 8 our senior pastor moved into Deuteronomy 34 at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC. After reading the poem The Blind Man and the Elephant, our senior pastor encouraged us to take a view of the whole. Though our backgrounds and perspectives shape our views, these broken fragments all around us are restored to wholeness through Christ. Moses climbed Mt. Nebo to die, a...

At Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, our senior pastor challenged us on Sunday, October 1 to be people who live in the moment, as we looked again at Deuteronomy 33:24-25. Though we cannot determine how many our days will be, we can define how we live each day. He exhorted us to define every day the Lord gives us by depending on his strength.

At Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, we enjoyed Rev. Mark Hunt preach for us from Matthew 13:44-53 on Sunday, September 24 while our senior pastor was away. Rev. Hunt challenged us with this question: "How much do we value the Kingdom of God?" For how much we value the kingdom of God determines what we're willing to give up for it.

At Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, we continued in our Deuteronomy sermon series with our senior pastor preaching from Deuteronomy 33:24-25 on Sunday, September 17. Bad news or scary events--like Hurricane Irma, a recent ISIS bomb in Europe, and the Equifax data breach due to hackers--can fill us with fear and make us insecure. Yet God has called us to go out into the world without...