Redemption Church Sermons (Huntington, WV)

We must be careful and above all biblical when thinking about miracles. The Bible teaches us that when it comes to the miraculous we can be open and expectant while maintaining discernment and honesty. When we do God will get the glory and people will come to Christ.

The resurrection of Jesus Christ was a turning point for the 1st century believers in the book of Acts, and Christian’s today still live under that same power and influence. The boldness, courage, and strength the early disciples had didn’t come from sheer force of will power or good intentions. It came from the assurances they had because the resurrection was real. The apostle Paul encourages us...

If we are going to become a church like the early church, then we must be a church centered upon Christ. To do that, we must look to the Scriptures for our model of a Christ-centered church. Paul’s opening passage of thanksgiving to God for the Philippian church shows us what the realities of a Christ-centered church looks like.

God isn’t looking for strong willed individualists. No matter how gifted. He wants humble, broken, bruised, and dependent sons and daughters. People who have learned they can’t make it on their own.

It's essential for life and ministry to intentional be set aside or set apart to enter a time of deep soul searching, learning from God’s word, but more importantly personal rearrangement of your life and lifestyle. To form habits in the private part of your life that will be essential for godliness, relationships, and ministry.

God is all knowing and unchanging. No detail escapes notice. Faithful to complete his plans. But when it comes to our experience He deliberately surprises us with difficult assignments. Sometimes he uses surprises to expose a sin, cultivate a Christ like quality in us or open a door of ministry. But he always supplies sufficient grace to handle the unexpected.

There is no one more persistent than God. We are no match for Him. When He wants to do something, He does it. When He wants someone, He gets them. No thing is impossible. No person is out of reach. When God decides to pursue a person, he gets them every time.

The work of salvation is God's from start to finish. He invites us to the joy of being a means by which He does it. In Acts 8, we have an example of how a simple clear conversation about Jesus is all it takes. In Christ, we can do this.

We know that a ministry is authentic when the person of Christ is central, accompanied by a freedom from the power of sin, and evidencing contagious joy.

When a person dies in faith in Jesus Christ, they are welcomed home, not rejected. This gives us confidence and hope to live boldly before God and others in the here and now.

Times of stress allow us to demonstrate the power of the gospel in real time, to all who see, that we can take it. Those of you under pressure, have no idea how God is using your life right now. You are displaying what faith in Christ looks like to a watching world.

As a church grows and becomes more programmed, individuals can be overlooked. Add to that the scattering of our membership during the pandemic and it can be hard to know who is still with us. There may be individuals asking: Does anyone even know my marriage is struggling or that I’m engrossed in sin or facing financial hardship? Do they even care? Who is there to help and walk with me through it?...

After Jesus was presented in the Temple, two elderly persons rejoiced at the sight of him. The woman, Anna, shows us how ordinary obedience, even in life’s drudgeries and setbacks, is how God chooses to work in extraordinary ways. In quiet obedience, she models who we are, what we are, and why we are, always pointing to where we are—in Jesus.

Jesus is offering you Himself as your God and Savior. Right now. He quietly, every year, gets the message across. And of all years, he would love to just show up in your life. And the way that happens isn’t just to read about him, but personally know Him.

It’s Christmas. He’s given us another one. Yet another season of time to reflect and respond to him. Do you know him? Have you felt compelled by his life today? What did he cause you to feel? Amazement, astonishment, marveling, questions? Has there been a time where you believed? When you said Jesus you became sin for my sake.

How do I know that Jesus is the Son of God? John 1 gives us 4 reasons. He is eternal. He created all things. He gives spiritual life to man. He was the very representation of God on earth. Receive Him in His fullness.

Advent is a time dedicated to the truth that God always and forever keeps his promises. God makes promises, keeps promises, and fulfills his promises. Ultimately, all his promises have their "yes and amen" in Jesus. Advent reminds us that Jesus is the promise God keeps.

Christ, the Chief Shepherd, has decided that He will do his winning through his sheep. It's not on us to be attractive, powerful, and skilled extraordinary people. All we do as sheep is depend on the ability and wisdom of the Shepherd to know what to do and how to do it.

This is a story that took place in the first century, but is relevant to us, as a warning. A warning against being a Christian fake. Not just in pulpits, but in the pews. And messages like this need delivered on occasion to wake us up to take God seriously and to take these words personally.

These are great days in which to live as a Christian. We have the opportunity and calling to boldly make known the person and work of Jesus Christ. This requires courage. This courage comes through a humble dependence on God's sovereignty and power, as well as our personal dependence and involvement with fellow believers.

Religion is the enemy of authentic Christianity. It seeks to intimidate any who oppose it and it's based on human wisdom. It rejects it's need for Christ and it lacks God's power. Authentic Christianity, has the hope of resurrection, the confidence of the Spirit's power, and the promise of salvation. The main thing we need is a relationship with Jesus. The last thing we need is any other substitut...

We all are born spiritually crippled. Jesus raises us up by his mercy and gives us faith. The result is total forgiveness, spiritual refreshment, and total restoration.

All of us have mental and emotional memories of church embedded in us. Our default setting is to form opinions based on our church experiences. The goal in this sermon is to set those aside and instead let God’s opinion permeate regarding what a local church's priorities are to be.

Acts 2:37-41 isn't in our Bible to cause theological controversy but to bring the offer of hope and salvation to sinners. We can arrive at some very firm convictions from the Bible about God’s plan of saving sinners. That includes sinners then and there in the first century and the sinners here and now at Redemption Church.

The first thing that happens when the Spirit is poured out on the church is the preaching of Jesus Christ. Great preaching is simple, biblically based, and Christ centered. Peter's sermon is all three. He preaches six Christ centered doctrines that call for an immediate response from his listeners, including us.