Redemption Hill Church Sermons

Why did Jesus question the religious leaders for coming at night to arrest him? This week we see how the disciples abandoned Jesus when the religious leaders led by Judas arrive to arrest Him at Gethsemane. Jesus questions the religious leaders for arresting him under the cover of the night. Speaker: Mike Hooper Series: The Gospel According to Mark - Week 47  Sermon: Mark 14:43-52 - "The Arre...

Jesus tells the disciples that they will desert and deny him, but he will be raised from the dead and meet them in Galilee. Then Jesus goes on and prays to God asking him to take away his suffering to come. Then Jesus returns to the disciples and says to them to keep watch and pray so they don't fall into temptation because his betrayer is here. May 28, 2023 Speaker: Mike Hooper Series: The Go...

Pastor Mike preaches on how Jesus was the fulfillment of the Passover lamb. Jesus ordained the institution of the Lord’s supper as a means of grace to all who put their hope in him for their salvation May 21, 2023 Speaker: Mike Hooper Series: The Gospel According to Mark - Week 45 Sermon: Mark 14:10-26 "The Last Supper"

Should we give everything we can to glorify God? Why was it important that Mary did? May 14, 2023 Speaker: Mike Hooper Series: The Gospel According to Mark - Week 44 Sermon: Mark 14:1-9 "The Anointing of Jesus by Mary"

Part 3 of the Olivet discourse: Jon preaches on knowing the differences between the symbolic-figurative language and the literal language that Jesus is using in this passage about his return. May 7, 2023 Speaker: Jon Herrera Series: The Gospel According to Mark - Week 43 Sermon: Mark 13:24-37 "The Olivet Discourse - Part 3"

April 23, 2023 Speaker: Mike Hooper Series: The Gospel According to Mark - Week 41 Sermon: Mark 13:1-23 "The Olivet Discourse - Part 1"

Jesus take it to 11! Jesus confronts the scribes who take advantage of widows and bolster their own pride. April 16, 2023 Speaker: Mike Hooper Series: The Gospel According to Mark - Week 40 Sermon: The Scribes and the Widow - Mark 12:38-44

When Jesus was teaching in the temple (Mark 12:35-37) he spoke of someone greater than King David (Psalm 110). Who was this Adonai that David was referring to? The Gospel According to Mark - Week 39 April 9, 2023 Speaker: Mike Hooper Series: The Gospel According to Mark - Week 39 Sermon: The Dominion of Jesus Christ - Mark 12:35-37

What is the greatest commandment? What did Jesus mean when he told the scribe "You are not far from the kingdom of God.”? The Gospel According to Mark - Week 38 April 2, 2023 Speaker: Mike Hooper Series: The Gospel According to Mark - Week 38 Sermon: The Great Commandment - Mark 12:18-27

Speaker: Mike Hooper Series: The Gospel According to Mark - Week 37 Sermon: Mark 12:18-27 "The Resurrection" [18] And Sadducees came to him, who say that there is no resurrection. And they asked him a question, saying, [19] “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies and leaves a wife, but leaves no child, the man must take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother. [20] There...

Speaker: Mike Hooper Series: The Gospel According to Mark - Week 36 Sermon: Mark 12:13-17 "God and Caesar" [13] And they sent to him some of the Pharisees and some of the Herodians, to trap him in his talk. [14] And they came and said to him, “Teacher, we know that you are true and do not care about anyone's opinion. For you are not swayed by appearances, but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawf...

Speaker: Mike Hooper Series: The Gospel According to Mark - Week 34 Sermon: Mark 11:20-33 "Faith Filled Prayer" [20] As they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away to its roots. [21] And Peter remembered and said to him, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree that you cursed has withered.” [22] And Jesus answered them, “Have faith in God. [23] Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this m...

Speaker: Mike Hooper Series: The Gospel According to Mark - Week 33 Sermon: Mark 11:12-19 "The Fig Tree and the Temple" [12] On the following day, when they came from Bethany, he was hungry. [13] And seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see if he could find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs. [14] And he said to it,...

Speaker: Mike Hooper  Series: The Gospel According to Mark - Week 32  Sermon: Mark 11:1-11 "The Triumphal Entry"  [1] Now when they drew near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples [2] and said to them, “Go into the village in front of you, and immediately as you enter it you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever sat...

Sermon: Mike Hooper The Gospel According to Mark - Week 31 Mark 10:46-52 "Son of David Have Mercy on Me!" [46] And they came to Jericho. And as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a great crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the roadside. [47] And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on...

Speaker: Mike Hooper Series: The Gospel According to Mark - Week 29  Sermon: Mark 10:23-31 "The Eye of the Needle" [23] And Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How difficult it will be for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!” [24] And the disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said to them again, “Children, how difficult it is to enter the kingdom of God! [25...

Speaker: Mike Hooper Series: The Gospel According to Mark - Week 28  Sermon: Mark 10:13-32 "The Rich Young Ruler and the Ultimate Question" [13] And they were bringing children to him that he might touch them, and the disciples rebuked them. [14] But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God....

Presenter: Mike Hooper Series: The Gospel According to Mark - Week 27 Sermon: Mark 10:1-12 "Jesus Teaching About Divorce" [1] And he left there and went to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan, and crowds gathered to him again. And again, as was his custom, he taught them. [2] And Pharisees came up and in order to test him asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” [3] He answered t...

Epiphany: Mike Hooper Matthew 3:13-17 "The Baptism of Jesus" [13] Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him. [14] John would have prevented him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?” [15] But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he consented. [16] And when Jesus was baptized...

Christmas 2 Homily; Mike Hooper Matthew 2:1-12 [1] Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, [2] saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.” [3] When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him; [4] and assembl...

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Series: Advent - Week 4 Speaker: Mike Hooper Sermon: Matthew 1:18-25 [18]  Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother  Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was  found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. [19] And her husband  Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to  divorce her quietly...

Series: Advent - Week 3 Speaker: Mike Hooper Sermon: Matthew 11:2-11 [2] Now when John heard in prison about the deeds of the Christ, he sent word by his disciples [3] and said to him, “Are you the one who is to come, or shall we look for another?” [4] And Jesus answered them, “Go and tell John what you hear and see: [5] the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed and the...

Series: Advent - Week 2 Guest Speaker: Matthew Brogdon Sermon: Matthew 3:1-12 "The Righteous Branch" [1] In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, [2] “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” [3] For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said,        “The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord; make his paths...

Series: Advent - Week 1 Speaker: Mike Hooper Sermon: Matthew 24:36-44 [36] “But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only. [37] For as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. [38] For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah enter...