Redeemer Weekend Sermons

Living a Life Worthy of the Calling Ephesians 4:1–16 | Pastor Dave Brown In Episode 8 of our Ephesians series, Pastor Dave Brown explores the pivotal transition in Paul’s letter from theology to practice. After spending the first three chapters describing everything God has done for us in Christ—choosing, adopting, reconciling, and uniting us—Paul now asks a pressing question: How should we live i...

Pastor: Daniel Bunn Series: Ephesians Week 7 Ephesians 3:14–21 | Knowing the Love That Surpasses Knowledge Scripture: Ephesians 3:14–21 In this message from our Ephesians series, we reflect on Paul’s prayer that believers would be strengthened by the Spirit, that Christ would dwell in their hearts through faith, and that they would come to know the love of Christ—a love so wide, long, high, and de...

EPHESIANS – WEEK 6 Pastor: Dave Brown Series: Ephesians Ephesians 3:1–13 | Administrators of Grace What does it mean to receive God's grace—and then live it out? In Ephesians 3, Paul shares his own story as an example of a life transformed by the Gospel. Once a persecutor of the Church, Paul became an administrator of God's grace, carrying the good news of Jesus to people who had previously been c...

EPHESIANS – WEEK 5 Pastor: Daniel Bunn Series: Ephesians 📖 Sermon Summary (Ephesians 2:19–22 with Scripture) Main Idea: A Declaration of Identity Ephesians 2:19 “Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household.” The core message is this: ✅ If you have believed in Christ, you already belong. Paul is not: Giving a co...

EPHESIANS – WEEK 4 Pastor: Dave Brown Series: Ephesians 📖 Sermon Summary – Ephesians 2:11–18 1. Purpose of the Church Primary Text Context: Ephesians 1–2 The church is not merely a gathering, but a people formed in Christ . It exists to embody the kingdom of God —living out grace, peace, love, and unity together. 📖 Ephesians 1:22–23 “And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to...

EPHESIANS – WEEK 3 Pastor: Dave Brown Series: Ephesians 📖 Ephesians 2:1–10 | From Death to Life | Walking in Our True Identity In this message from Ephesians 2:1–10, we explore the powerful transformation that takes place through God’s grace—and what it means for how we live every day. Paul reminds us that we were once spiritually dead, walking in sin and shaped by the patterns of this world. Thi...

EPHESIANS – WEEK 2 Pastor: Leanne Benton Series: Ephesians Sermon Summary: “Open Eyes” (Ephesians 1:15–23)   Main Message Paul’s prayer is that believers would move beyond knowledge and experience spiritual revelation —having the “eyes of their hearts enlightened” to truly know God. (Ephesians 1:17–18) Transformation comes not from information alone, but from a heart awakened to God. Key Truth Man...

EPHESIANS – WEEK 1 Sermon Notes Summary: Ephesians 1:1–14” Pastor: Dave Brown Series: Ephesians   Series context: Beginning a 14-week journey through Ephesians. This opening message sets the stage for the letter’s big themes and asks what kind of people—and what kind of church—God is forming us to be. Why Ephesians matters: Ephesians gives a sweeping vision of the gospel, the church, and God’s pur...

HOLY SPIRIT – WEEK 4 Sermon Notes Summary: The Holy Spirit & Our “Why” Pastor: Dave Brown Series: Holy Spirit (Final Week) Text: 1 Corinthians 12:1–11 (with references to ch. 13–14, Acts 1:8) Main Theme The Holy Spirit empowers believers with power ( dunamis )—not for personal gain or spiritual moments, but to advance God’s kingdom on earth. To rightly use this power, we must align with God’s “why...

HOLY SPIRIT – WEEK 3 Sermon Notes — “You Will Receive Power, You Will Be My Witnesses” Pastor Daniel Bunn — May 3, 2026 Text: Acts 2:1–21 1. Scripture Reading — Acts 2:1–21 Pastor Daniel begins by reading the Pentecost narrative: Acts 2:1 — “When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.” Acts 2:2–4 — Violent wind, tongues of fire, filling of the Holy Spirit, speaking in othe...

HOLY SPIRIT – WEEK 2 April 26, 2026 Pastor Dave Brown Moving from simply understanding the Holy Spirit to actively living in relationship with Him daily . KEY IDEA The Holy Spirit is meant to be experienced, not just studied. 1. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS NOT JUST A CONCEPT The Spirit lives in us and is active in our lives We are meant to understand and experience what God has given Scripture: John 14:16–...

Holy Spirit April 12 2026 Teacher: Pastor Doug McHenry The Holy Spirit is the life-giving presence of God. “Now the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.” – Genesis 2:7 The Trinity is One Being, Three Persons; one essence, three personalities; Father, Son, Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the life-givi...

Confirmation Sunday April 12 2026 In this episode Middle School Director Jordan Black and High School Director Andrew Randoll host a Q&A discussion with 5 guests ' I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus, who is going to judge the living and the dead, and because of his appearing and season; correct, rebuke, and encourage with great patience and teaching. For the time will come when peao...

Easter Service April 05, 2026 Teacher: Pastor Dave Brown Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! Sin is when we live contrary to God’s intention for creation.   Our relationship with God Our relationship with others Our relationship with ourselves Our relationship with creation Our relationship with truth At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, th...

Maundy Thursday April 02, 2026 Teacher: Pastor Dave Brown “Again the high priest asked him, ‘Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One?’ ‘I am,’ said Jesus. ‘And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven.’ The high priest tore his clothes. ‘Why do we need any more witnesses?’ he asked. ‘You have heard the blasphemy. What do you...

Palm Sunday March 29, 2026 Teacher: Pastor Dave Brown The next day the great crowd that had come for the festival heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem. They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting, “Hosanna!” “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Blessed is the king of Israel.” Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, as it is written: “Do not be afraid, Daught...

Lamentations March 22, 2026 Teacher: Pastor Leanne Benton Summary of “Your Kingdom Come: From Lament to Participation” (Based on “Lamentations March 22 2026 Final.docx” by Leanne Benton) The sermon reflects on Lamentations 5 as the closing message in a series on lament, showing how honest grief becomes a pathway to restoration and renewed participation in God’s kingdom. 1. Context of Lamentations...

Lamentations March 15, 2026 Teacher: Pastor Dave Brown To ask questions of God is not a lack of faith, but an expression of trust. Healing begins when hidden pain is brought from darkness into the light of God’s presence and the care of a trustworthy community. Discovering hope in hardship by intentionally remembering who God truly is. An essential part of healing involves honest reflection and a...

Lamentations March 08, 2026 Teacher: Pastor Dave Brown The message explains that many people look forward to Lamentations 3 because it finally introduces hope, but that hope has to be understood within the structure and emotional movement of the entire book. Lamentations doesn’t offer quick fixes or simplistic spiritual answers; instead, it honestly portrays how real grief works. The book follows...

Lamentations March 01, 2026 Teacher: Pastor Dave Brown A healthy spirituality is always an honest spirituality. Healing begins when hidden pain is brought from darkness into the light of God’s presence and the care of a trustworthy community. My eyes fail from weeping, I am in torment within; my heart is poured out on the ground because my people are destroyed, because children and infants faint i...

Lamentations February 22, 2026 Teacher: Pastor Daniel Bunn LAMENTATIONS 1:1-7 Babylonians destroyed Jerusalem (587 B.C.) Tisha B'Av Lamentations is meant to be felt. "How?" Lamentations names the pain and looks it in the face. When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long (Psalm 32:3) What is hidden cannot be healed. How long, O LORD? Will you forget me forever? How lon...

Teach Us To Pray February 15, 2026 Teacher: Pastor Dave Brown “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. “Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? If you, then,...

Teach Us To Pray February 08, 2026 Teacher: Pastor Dave Brown Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? If you, then, th...

Teach Us To Pray February 01, 2026 Teacher: Pastor Dave Brown Since I myself have carefully investigated everything from the beginning, I too decided to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus. — Luke 1:3 As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet...

My Witnesses January 18, 2026 Teacher: Pastor Michael White The golden rule Matthew 7:12   Intro: “We are an underwear family” I need you to get on board with this. It’s the done thing in our family I would assume that we are all underwear people, if not, please don’t tell me.   Families have characteristics.  Ways that they do things,  things they don’t do,  values they have.    When you think ab...