Redeemer Presbyterian Church

On Sunday, July 22 at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, our own Rev. Mark Hunt preached from Romans 8:22-28, while our senior pastor was away. He encouraged us to remember that God meets us in our weakness to give us hope. Godly hope is not a wish; it's a longing made and fulfilled by our good God.

On Sunday, July 15 at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, Mr. David Wright brought the Word of God to us from Acts 4:23-31 while our senior pastor was on vacation. He encouraged us to pray for boldness in sharing the gospel without fear because God is in control. He also encouraged us to strengthen our prayer efforts in corporate, community, and collegial prayer.

This past Sunday, July 8 at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, our own Rev. Chris Bennett preached from God's Word in Philippians 1:3-11 while our senior pastor is on vacation. Though we're all different, we're all in transition from the familiar to the unknown because God is doing a good work in our lives. His work is to conform us to Christ, and his work is perfect. And God complete...

Our senior pastor at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, continued this past Sunday, July 1 our Matthew sermon series by preaching through Matthew 5:1-6. He examined four instances where God used hunger coupled with his provision for the good of his people.

With popular culture constantly mocking meekness, who really wants to be considered meek? This past Sunday, June 24 at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, our senior pastor continued our Matthew sermon series with the third Beatitude in Matthew 5:1-5. He listed seven characteristics of meekness based on seven snapshots of Jesus' life since he embodied meekness. True meekness is complet...

This past Sunday, June 17 at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, our senior pastor focused on the second Beatitude. The mourning that Jesus talks about in verse 4 is a grief that's so great it cannot be hidden, mourning over our loss of relationship to God and our sin. We must be unhappy about our sin and mourn over it to be made happy through Christ. This "mourning" is specific, and t...

On Sunday, June 10 at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, our senior pastor continued in our Matthew sermon series with the Beatitudes. He asked, “What does it mean to be poor in spirit?” and “What does it not mean to be poor in spirit?” Poverty of spirit is the attitude we have when we come face to face with God: utterly needy. Jesus lived on earth totally dependent on the Father; Jes...

This past Sunday, June 3 at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, our senior pastor continued our Matthew sermon series as we explored shalom and peace as a context for Scripture. We must choose the blessings of God and seek to live lives of peace. Matthew's gospel records Jesus' first words from the Sermon on the Mount as "Blessed are..." Our senior pastor reminded us that being "blesse...

At Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, our senior pastor continued our Matthew sermon series covering Matthew 5:1-2 this past Sunday, May 27. He reviewed the companion sermon from last week, and he continued his list of actions that Jesus our King does. Last week we examined how Jesus stirs things up, sees, and sits, and then we saw how Jesus our King speaks this week. Matthew writes h...

At Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, our senior pastor continued our Matthew sermon series this past Sunday, May 20 focusing on Matthew 4:25 - 5:2. Since we have a king who rules, we must submit to Christ, our King. Jesus is a king who stirs things up, sees, sits, and speaks.

At Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, we enjoyed a guest preacher this past Sunday, May 13. Dr. Douglas Kelly is the Professor of Theology Emeritus at Reformed Theological Seminary. He preached from Psalm 9, reminding us that praise is a major part of the Christian life. If we don't feel like praising, then we should start with confessing that it's hard to praise. We should praise God...

Our senior pastor at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, returned to our Matthew sermon series this past Sunday, May 6 picking up again in Matthew 4:23-25. He encouraged us to pursue Kingdom work with steadfastness because our labors are not in vain. Through resurrection power, our work for the Kingdom lasts and matters; therefore, we must work with great hope and great purpose.

What an awesome joint service with our neighbors at St. John’s Reformed Episcopal Church! Our congregations joined this past Sunday, April 29 for our third joint service. Rev. Willie Hill from St. John’s preached from Matthew 9:1-8, and our choirs combined to sing some amazing hymns.

This past Sunday, April 22 at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, our senior pastor returned to our Matthew sermon series as we examined Matthew 4:12-22. He challenged us with this question: What makes the life of Jesus beautiful? Matthew so beautifully highlights in his gospel how Jesus fulfills the prophecies of the Old Testament. This passage alone is the fifth fulfillment passage i...

This past Sunday, April 15 at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, our own Rev. Mark Hunt preached to us from John 20:10-31. He challenged us with asking: How does Jesus' resurrection impact us? Then we looked at three characters from this passage, examining how the resurrection impacted their lives: 1.Mary Magdalene's Story - The resurrection made ordinary into extraordinary. 2. Discip...

On Easter Sunday at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, our senior pastor preached from Matthew 28:1-10, reminding us that the world needs people who have "come alive." He challenged us with a few questions: Are you alive in Christ? How alive are you in Christ? Are you bringing change and hope to the world? The resurrection life is a beautiful life, and he outlined four facets of a bea...

On Palm Sunday last week at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, our senior pastor continued our Matthew sermon series with Matthew 4:1-11. Though our culture values preeminently our own personal perceptions of the world, He reminded us that we Christians should have a cristocentric worldview. Jesus is King whether we acknowledge it or not. He's just as much a King in the wilderness or...

In continuing his exploration of Matthew 4:1-11 from last Sunday, our senior pastor at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, on Sunday, March 18 reminded us that when we're doing extraordinary things for God, we'll be tempted. In order to be in a good position to do extraordinary things, we must be secure in our identity, work out of our identity, and know who we are in Jesus. If we're a...

We continued our Matthew sermon series this past Sunday, March 11 at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, with Matthew 4:1-11. Though this passage about the Devil's tempting of Jesus may seem out of touch or irrelevant to some, we must be faithful disciples of Christ by asking questions about the Devil. God says that the Devil is real, and his influence in our lives is relevant, so we m...

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.