Redeemer Weekend Sermons

Repent for the kingdom of God is near Invitations • April 3, 2022 Teacher: Dave Brown -- Mark 1:14-15 NIV After John was put in prison, Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God. "The time has come," he said. "The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!" 1. Good News 2. Kingdom of God 3. Repentance 1. Good News N.T. Wright "In many churches, the good news ha...

Fishers of Men Invitations • March 27, 2022 Teacher: Adam Barnett -- Matthew 4:18 NIV As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. Matthew 14:19-20 NIV "Come, follow me," Jesus said, "and I will send you out to fish for people." At once they left their nets and followe...

Come and Drink Invitations • March 20, 2022 Teacher: Dave Brown -- Isaiah 12:3 NIV "With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation." John 7:37b-38 NIV "Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow within them." 1. Rest in Relationship 2. Not all water is the same 3. Only drink from Jesus 75% of our brain 7...

Come to Me Invitations • March 13, 2022 Teacher: Leanne Benton -- How goes your walk?  Hurry Sickness Come after me= a call to follow Jesus Come to me= a call to intimacy Matthew 11:28-30 NIV Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is ea...

Follow Me Invitations • March 6, 2022 Teacher: Adam Barnett -- Luke 9:51 ESV When the days drew near for him to be taken up, he set his fave to go to Jerusalem. K.N. Giles "The travel narrative of Jesus has an ecclesiological purpose that invites readers to see themselves as a community on mission, always on the move, always on the journey, always in the presence of the Lord. Disciples must learn...

Simplicity Unhurry • February 20, 2022 Teacher: Adam Barnett -- Jean Baudrillard "In the Western world, materialism has become the new dominate system of meaning. Atheism hasn't replaced cultural Christianity; shopping has." James Smith "We unconsciously learn to love rival kingdoms because we don't realize we're participating in rival liturgies. Don't think that the mall isn't religious. The mall...

Sabbath Unhurry • February 20, 2022 Teacher: Ryan Myers -- Karl Rainer, S.J. "Knowing God is more important than knowing about God." Genesis 2:1-2 NIV Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array. By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. Exodus 20:8-11 NIV "Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy...

Slow Down and Catch Up With God Unhurry • February 13, 2022 Teacher: Adam Barnett -- Am I addicted to hurry? Walter Adams "To walk with Jesus is to walk with a slow, unhurried pace. Hurry is the death of prayer." We need to slow down and catch up with God. John 14:6 NIV "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John Mark Comer "Jesus' weekly schedule...

Silence and Solitude Unhurry • February 6, 2022 Teacher: Dave Brown -- Luke 5:12-16 NIV While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came along who was covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell with his face to the ground and begged him, "Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean." Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. "I am willing," he said. "Be clean!" And immediately the l...

God's Mission Pursuit • January 30, 2022 Teacher: Adam Barnett -- 2 Corinthians 5:17-20 NIV Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people's sins against them. And...

Good Works Pursuit • January 23, 2022 Teacher: Adam Barnett -- Ephesians 2:10 NIV "For we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do." We are God's handiwork. Created in Christ Jesus. John Stott "The most common description in the Scriptures of a follower of Jesus is that he or she is a person 'in Christ.' The expressions 'in Christ,'...

God's Glory Pursuit • January 16, 2022 Teacher: Adam Barnett -- The glory of God is the public display of His infinite power, beauty, holiness, and worth. We are created for God's glory. - Isaiah 43:7 God created us for His glory, not to make Himself more glorious. Ephesians 1:6-8 GNT Let us praise God for his glorious grace, for the free gift he gave us in his dear Son! For by the blood of Christ...

Creation Pursued Pursuit • January 9, 2022 Teacher: Dave Brown -- Psalm 8:3-5 NIV When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them? You have made them a little lower than the angels and crowned them with glory and honor. Why has God been pursuing His people...

Wait January 2, 2022 Teacher: Daniel Bunn — Psalm 40:1–5 NIV I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear the Lord and put their trust in him. Blessed is the one who trusts in...

Decompress December 26, 2021 • Decompress Teachers: Adam Barnett, Alison Myers, Dave Brown, and Leanne Benton --- /// Adam Matthew 6:25-27, 34 NIV "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in b...

The Good News of Christmas is that Christ came to bring hope, joy, love, and peace to all the earth. Adam Barnett, Dave Brown, and Kayla Canfield shared a powerful reading of the Christmas narrative during our Christmas Eve worship.

Good News — God's Joy Good News • Week 4 • December 19, 2021 Teacher: Adam Barnett -- Luke 2:8-12 NIV And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Today in the town o...

Everything – Love = Nothing Good News • Week 3 • December 12, 2021 Teacher: Leanne Benton -- Mark 12:30-31 "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and soul and mind and strength, and love your neighbor as yourself." John 13:34 "A new command I give to you: Love one another." John 13:35 NIV "By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another." 1 John 4:7-8 "Whoever lo...

God's Peace Good News • December 5, 2021 Teacher: Adam Barnett -- Luke 1:26-28 NIV In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendent of David. The virgin's name was Mary. The angel went to her and said, "Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you." So why the Virgin Birth? 1. It high...

Arrival of Hope Good News • November 28, 2021 Teacher: Dave Brown -- Luke 2:10 NIV But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Today in the town of David a savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord." Advent means arrival Isaiah 7:14 NIV "Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive an...

Future Leaders Student Sunday • November 21, 2021 Teacher: Wopsle -- The call to being a disciple is a call to making disciples John Maxwell The best leaders lead today with tomorrow in mind by making sure they invest in leaders who will carry their legacy forward.   1. We should celebrate the faith of the next generation 2 Timothy 1:5 NIV I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in...

The Armor of God November 14 2021 • Ephesians • Week 6 Teacher: Adam Barnett --- Ephesians 6:10-18 AMP In conclusion, be strong in the Lord [draw your strength from Him and be empowered through your union with Him] and in the power of His [boundless] might. Put on the full armor of God [for His precepts are like the splendid armor of a heavily-armed soldier], so that you may be able to [successful...

Mutual Submission in Christ November 7 2021 • Ephesians • Week 5 Teacher: Dave Brown --- Ephesians 5:21-23 NIV Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives shou...

A Unified Body October 31 2021 • Ephesians • Week 4 Teacher: Adam Barnett --- 1. A local congregation 2. Members of neighboring churches 3. Believers around the world Ephesians 4:1 ESV I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, Ephesians 4:2 ESV with all humility... Ephesians 4:2 ESV with all humility and gentleness ... E...

An Uncovered Mystery October 24 2021 • Ephesians • Week 3 Teacher: Adam Barnett --- Ephesians 3:6 NIV This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are heirs together with Israel, members together of one body, and sharers together in the promise in Christ Jesus. Galatians 3:28 NIV There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in...