Redeemer Presbyterian Church

On Sunday, July 17th guest speaker Robin Holmes challenged Redeemer Presbyterian Church, in Charleston, SC with the question, "are we living as a great commission church?" Before Jesus' ascension into heaven, he gathered his disciples in Galilee, where his ministry started, and kicked off their ministry with the Great Commission, "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in t...

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 this Independence Day weekend Senior Pastor Craig Bailey of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC highlighted the apostle Paul's claim of freedom in Christ in Galatians 2:20-21. In order to declare independence, one must release control of something in order to gain their desired freedom. The Founding Fathers of the United States knew what it was like not to be free and long for the fe...

We do not live in a world void of different perspectives than our own. I am sure most of us can recall a Thanksgiving dinner or two that may as well have been the 2016 presidential debate. It is easy to let disagreements and differences get in the way of healthy relationships and unity within the church, so why did God create diversity? Redeemer Presbyterian Church's Senior Pastor Craig Bailey ans...

This week marks the one year anniversary of the tragedy at Mother Emmanuel. Guest speak Pastor Philip Pinckney encouraged Redeemer Presbyterian Church, in Charleston, SC, to wage war, not according to the flesh, but according to the Word. We are human and are often reminded of it in moments of weakness and attacks. The prophet Habakkuk demonstrated how we walk according to the flesh and cry out to...

The story of Jesus washing the disciples’ feet in John 13 is often studied and used as an example of Jesus’ humility. While it is indeed a testament to his humble nature, this past Sunday, senior pastor Craig Bailey used the passage as a demonstration of Christ’s confidence in his identity. Because he had such a strong sense of who he was, where he came from, and where he was going, Jesus was able...

On Sunday, June 5th, Senior Pastor Craig Bailey continued his exposition on I Thessalonians 2:17-20. He reminded Redeemer Presbyterian Church, in Charleston, SC, that in times of trial and hardship, it is easy to self-pity and feel hopeless, as though there is nothing you can do to reconcile the wrong. The Lord did not leave us to fight these battles on our own, but gave us the gift of the Holy Sp...

In honor of this Memorial Day weekend, Sunday, May 29th, Senior Pastor Craig Bailey reminded Redeemer Presbyterian Church (Charleston, SC) of the certainty of death and the briefness of life. “None of us are going to make it out alive.” So what are we to do with the lives that the Lord has given us? In I Thessalonians 2:17-20 the Apostle Paul speaks of his love and passion for the people of Thessa...

On Sunday, May 22 Senior Pastor Craig Bailey continued with his exploration of Pentecost and the purpose behind the Lord’s gift of the Holy Spirit. He opened the sermon with a question: If the whole world is going down anyway, why should we bother protecting it or changing it? A 180-shift in a thought pattern such as this is necessary to reveal the meaning of Pentecost. We must understand that God...

Why do we need God's Spirit? What does He want us to understand about Him? What are we to do with this tremendous gift? In celebration of Pentecost Sunday, Pastor Craig focuses on several aspects of the day The Holy Spirit was given to us. Pentecost was originally observed to honor God's abundance to His children and to celebrate the giving of the Law. But as modern Christians, we often find ourse...

At Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, we continued our John 21 sermon series by focusing on John 21:18-25 this past Sunday, May 1. As Jesus noted in verse 19 that Peter would glorify God in his death, we know from Peter's life and death that glory for him (and many of the other apostles) didn't mean comfort or preferential treatment. May we glorify God in our lives as Peter did, so th...

The simple words follow me have never been so laden with deeper meaning than when Jesus utters them throughout his time on earth. This past Sunday, April 24 we studied an instance in which Jesus says this single phrase to Peter in John 21:15-22. Our senior pastor notes that by surveying the various times Jesus commands, “Follow me” in Scripture, we can learn that heeding the decree compels us to l...

On Sunday, April 17 at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, we turned our attention to the gospel of John. The dialogue between Peter and his risen Savior in John 21:12-19 leads to a deeper charge for all believers. Repetition in this passage drives home important truths about our individual places in the kingdom of God. This particular scene helps us see that we bear many similarities...

Our senior pastor at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, continued in John 21 this past Sunday, April 10 looking at changes resulting from The Week That Changed the World. We saw last week that Jesus' Resurrection had the power to preserve the disciples, evidenced by their being together even after the disruptive events of the resurrection. For this sermon, Craig asks, "What will happe...

Yesterday, Craig continued his “Week That Changed the World” sermon series based on the gospel of John. Specifically, he focused on John 21:1-2—“Afterward Jesus appeared again to his disciples by the Sea of Galilee. It happened this way: Simon Peter, Thomas (also known as Didymus), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples were together.” It seems as though the s...

Our Easter worship service at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, on Sunday, March 27 wrapped up our current mini sermon series The Week That Changed the World. Our senior pastor preached from Mark 16:1-8 asking “what does this historic event mean to us?” The Week that shattered all expectations requires a transformation in us. The implications of the resurrection must change us, so we...

We continued our mini sermon series this past Sunday, March 20 at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, titled The Week That Changed the World. Our senior pastor preached from Mark 14:1-11, highlighting that the Gospel writer Mark (like his companion the Apostle Peter) wrote his story for his audience and in a way to showcase God's sovereignty. Mark flashes back in the middle of this nar...

Unstoppable. Many in our country associate that term with a certain person running for the highest office in the land, the thought of which brings either great enthusiasm or great consternation. This Sunday's sermon spoke of another unstoppable person...the One who trumps all others! Of course, I speak of Jesus Christ. Our pastor has been doing a sermon series titled The Week That Changed the Worl...

This Sunday, March 6 at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, we continued our Easter mini sermon series by reading events of the Monday of The Week that Changed the World in Mark 11:12-21. This passage walks us through two stories which challenge conventional characterizations of Jesus. Through God's infinite mercy and wisdom, however, these stories ultimately bring us to see Him rightl...

Sermon Series, Redeemer Presbyterian Church, Charleston, SC, Easter 2016This past Sunday, February 28 at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, we began a new mini sermon series as we prepare for Easter. Be sure to read our senior pastor's introduction to this new series titled The Week That Changed the World. We began this first week in the series in Mark 11:1-11 with Jesus' Triumphal En...

On Sunday, February 21 at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, our senior pastor continued our Deuteronomy sermon series with Deuteronomy 26:11-19. The week before in the first part of chapter 26 we left God's People worshiping and bowing before the Lord, giving their best of the harvest to the Lord. In their posture of worship, we see that worship changes us--but changes us into what?...

Craig opened up his Valentine’s Day sermon focusing on the unlikely love match between sinful humans and a holy God. What do we owe a God who orchestrated this relationship to provide us with eternal life? Deuteronomy 26:1-11 delves into the appropriate way to worship. God explains to the worshipers exactly how to approach the Throne, giving their first fruits and reciting the story of God’s 180-t...

From this week's passage in Deuteronomy 26:17-19, Pastor Craig expounds on the unchanging nature of our just and loving God. As His imperfect children, we often try to fit God into a box, or call Him to prove Himself over and over and over to us when we encounter parts of His nature we don't understand. For example, how do we reconcile this passage that seems vengeful? By finding the heart of it—G...

In our continuing Deuteronomy sermon series at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC, this past Sunday, January 31 brought an "embarrassing" section in chapter 25, verses 11-12. Though our society may look down on propriety, decorum, and modesty, we see from God's law that modesty is important. Modesty is not a sign of repression but of redemption and renewal. Then our senior pastor moved...

Until I came to Redeemer, Deuteronomy had been one of those books that I often skipped over in my scripture reading. It was difficult on my own to understand what all of the archaic rules and family lineages meant. However, every Deuteronomy sermon for the past two years (has it really been two years?!) has revealed the heart of God in the most obscure of laws. This past Sunday, Craig preached abo...