Redeemer Presbyterian Church

This past Sunday, September 10 at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, many of us braved the coming storm to join with a few other congregations whose buildings were closed due to the storm. Our senior pastor led us through Matthew 24:30-31, 36-51 asking us, "What impact is the certain knowledge of the imminent return of Christ having on me and my behavior?" As believers we find hope in...

On Labor Day weekend we enjoyed hearing our friend and local pastor Rev. Shawn Maze preach at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, from Romans 1:8-17.

Our senior pastor at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, continued our Deuteronomy sermon series this past Sunday, August 27 in Asher's blessing focusing on Deuteronomy 33:24-45. The image of bathing feet in oil is a picture of abundance, and we're reminded that our God is a god of abundance. We don't have to live, serve, and pray meagerly as Christians.

Our senior pastor continued in Deuteronomy 33 this past Sunday, August 20 at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, focusing on Asher's blessing as part of our Deuteronomy sermon series. Because Asher has the favor of his brothers, he has a unique opportunity to point people to the Lord. So we, when we're liked and favored, have an opportunity to point others to the Lord. Jesus seeks heal...

Our senior pastor was back this Sunday, August 13 at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, preaching in our Deuteronomy sermon series. He focused on Deuteronomy 33:23. O Naphtali, sated with favor, and full of the blessing of the Lord... Naphtali's blessing is a statement of their condition and position: They're abounding, sated, and satisfied with the favor, welcome, and goodwill of the...

On Sunday, August 6 at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, our own elder Kurt Brewer preached from Matthew 25:14-30, the parable of the talents. The previous chapter in Matthew records Jesus talking with his disciples and encouraging them to be ready and watchful and to be good and righteous. With the familiar parable, we see parallels to our lives today: God has entrusted us with reso...

Each week Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, posts new sermons from senior pastor Rev. Craig Bailey for listening free of charge. Guest pastors’ sermons are also posted.

On Sunday, July 16 at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, our senior pastor challenged us with a question: When does your joy begin? Zebulun's blessing from Deuteronomy 33:18-19 is a command to rejoice. While we can always find reasons not to rejoice, we were encouraged to be a joyful people while we work because Work is what God has created us to do. Work is not a curse for sin God gi...

At Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, on Sunday, July 9, our senior pastor continued our Deuteronomy sermon series looking at the blessing of Joseph in Deuteronomy 33:13-17. We see the superlative love with which the son is blessed, and we see that God is amazingly pleased to love us with his superlative love.

Our senior pastor continued our Deuteronomy sermon series this past Sunday, July 2 at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC.

For our Disability Awareness Sunday at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, on June 25, our senior pastor preached from Revelation 3:14-22. He began with Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s quote from his short book titled Life Together. Every Christian community must realize that not only do the weak need the strong, but also that the strong cannot exist without the weak. The elimination of the weak...

We enjoyed another guest preacher this past Sunday, June 18 at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, from our sister church in Mt. Pleasant. Rev. Ross Hodges, the assistant pastor at Christ Church Presbyterian, preached from Mark 1:40-45. He described the cultural context of leprosy and the compassion of Christ. He challenged us to see that leprosy is a picture of our sin, and we come to...

With our senior pastor out of town for training, we enjoyed worshiping with Rev. Shawn Maze and some of his family this past Sunday, June 11. He preached from Luke 10:25-37 on a familiar passage with familiar themes: As he put it, our hearts need reminding of what our heads may already know. What Scripture teaches--to love God and to love our neighbor--is not hard to understand; the hard part is d...

At Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, we continued our Deuteronomy sermon series on Sunday, June 4 looking at the blessings in chapter 33, focusing on Levi's blessing. With phrases like "favored ones of God," it's hard to believe that this was the blessing of Levi who received such a harsh blessing from Jacob in Genesis 49:5. Though we can't always see what could be, God alone redeems...

Last Sunday, May 28 at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, we continued in our Deuteronomy sermon series in chapter 33 covering two blessings for the tribes of Gad and Dan. These two blessings are the final two battle blessings, so we examined why it was unusual that Gad would fight. The tribe of Gad showed remarkable commitment for those who already have everything they need. Gad had...

For this past Sunday, May 21 at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, we continued in Deuteronomy 33 looking at the blessing of the tribe of Benjamin. Though we may want to stay safe or even view ourselves as helpless victims, we're called to be intentional warriors fighting the good fight of faith. Benjamin's place was in battle, as we saw in his original blessing in Genesis 49:27, but...

At Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, our senior pastor continued preaching through the blessings of tribes in Deuteronomy 33 focusing on Judah's blessing from Moses. As the people of Israel are poised to enter the Promised Land, Moses reminds them this land is a land of beauty and abundance, but it's also a battleground.

As we continued our Deuteronomy sermon series at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, we began Chapter 33 this past Sunday, May 7 examining the last words of Moses. Though his last words to the Hebrew people could have been bitter, Moses chose to bless the tribes of Israel because the heart of Moses' God is to bless his people. It's "blessing distribution time" for the Hebrew people now...

Yesterday at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, our special guest speaker Mr. William Hunter delivered an urgent message of reminders from I Corinthians 15:1-8. We're a forgetful people, so we need reminders. Though we know the content of the gospel, we forget its power and reality in our lives. Mr. Hunter reminded us of three important aspects of the gospel: the present saving power,...

We celebrated the resurrection this Easter Sunday, April 16, 2017 at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, with a message from the gospel of John, Chapter 20. Our senior pastor Craig Bailey described a few signs mentioned within the text which point toward the life Jesus has for us. Like Mary Magdalene, Peter, John, and Thomas in the days following Jesus' death, we often miss the signs o...

For Palm Sunday, April 9 our senior pastor at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, continued our preparation for Easter preaching from John 12:12-16. John the Apostle, as he writes his gospel many decades later, doesn't want us his audience to miss the triumph of Jesus and transformation he has our lives. On this Sunday when we celebrate and remember the Triumphal Entry, we see the triu...

"We are most prepared for Jesus when we are most repentant," said our senior pastor at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC. We are breaking from our Deuteronomy sermon series to prepare for Easter, and we started in John 12:9-11 as we looked at a story of repentance and a story of unrepentance. The crowds that were coming to Jesus show us repentance, and the chief priests who made plans...

Our senior pastor moved on to Deuteronomy 33 this past Sunday, March 26 at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC. For the last few weeks, he's preached through Moses' song in chapter 32, and now we see Moses' last words of blessing in chapter 33. Like John Wesley's last words, "The best of all is: God is with us," Moses also wants to bless God's people with his last words. Truth comes wit...

We continued learning from the Song of Moses in Deuteronomy 32 this Sunday, March 19, 2017 at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC. In verse 4, the name of the Lord is set forth as a reference point for comparison of the darkness of the world to the light of God and His character. Throughout the song, we are reminded that the Lord knows the truth of our hearts and the depth of the corrup...

Our senior pastor at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, on Sunday, March 12 looked at Moses' song from Deuteronomy 32, focusing on the reference point for our lives, the name of the Lord, and important linking verbs. We see that Moses established God as the first truth and point where the Israelites can always point to, and we see that rightly ordered lives always begin with praise.