Redemption HOU podcast

Jesus invites us to reimagine our relationship to money and how we spend our lives. Journaling Prompts “You cannot serve God and money.” What is your reaction to Jesus’ words? What might be the reason for this reaction to Jesus’ teaching here? How do you view your work? What would it mean for you to consider your work as an avenue of serving God verses making money? God abundantly and generously g...

In John 10, Jesus reveals that he will sacrifice his body for the sake of his sheep. Let's spend this morning marveling at simplicity. We get to be God's sheep because we have a good shepherd. Generosity: Redemptionhou.com/give

This sermon explores four stories in Acts to demonstrate that Jesus Christ is the active and living Lord of the Church. He is the one leading the mission. His challenge and summons to the Church is: Catch up with what I am already doing. Eunuch Acts 8:26-38 Paul Acts 9:1-16, 26-27 Peter Acts 10:9-20, 27-35, 44-45; 11:1-4, 17-18 Antioch Acts 11:26; 15:1-19 Generosity: redemptionhou.com/give

In the face of the human concern of image curation, God fully knows us and calls us beloved (not cursed). Generosity: redemptionhou.com/give Resources: Breeze, Jacob. “Jacob Breeze.” Church on Morgan, 25 Feb. 2025, Spotify,https://open.spotify.com/episode/2l9rny8GTTdQEi4GVBPoed?si=ee4503f6499e4877. Goffman, Erving. The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life. Anchor Books, 1959. Kierkegaard, Søren....

For so many of us the assumed relational ideal is marriage and kids. But is that where Jesus is taking us? Journaling Prompts “In the resurrection, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage…” (Matt. 22:30) How does Jesus’ statement challenge or comfort you? What does it reveal about your deep longing for love—and how Christ is making all things new? What is it about your current relationshi...

Is there such a thing as a healthy Christian sexual ethic? Many of us have shed shame-based teachings, but are still searching for something life-giving. What does sex look like in light of resurrection? Journaling Prompts What is your relationship with your body in general—and your sexuality more specifically? How has your theology shaped that relationship, if at all? From abstinence to activity,...

Let’s navigate a hard conversation about sexuality and the Church—one marked by generosity, curiosity, and deep engagement with Scripture. Our hope is to cultivate an imagination for what a Jesus-centered life looks like within a global Church that is fracturing under the weight of theological disagreement about LGBTQ+ inclusion. Journaling Prompts: What does being named and embraced as God’s belo...

A resurrected Jesus means that life with God begins right here and now. So what does it mean to tap into that? Text: John 17:20-26 Resources: Peterson, Eugene. Living the Resurrection: The Risen Christ in Everyday Life. Colorado Springs: NavPress, 2006. Bondi, Roberta C. “Learning to Pray: An Interview with Roberta C. Bondi.” The Christian Century, March 20–27, 1996. Reprinted on Religion Online....

Life in the wake of a resurrected Jesus is a flourshing life, a life consumed in peace. Text: John 14:23-29 Peterson, Eugene. Living the Resurrection: The Risen Christ in Everyday Life. Colorado Springs: NavPress, 2006.Cavanaugh, William T. Being Consumed: Economics and Christian Desire. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2008.

Living a life with a resurrected Jesus at the center will mean being committed to love. Text: John 13:31-35 Resources: Peterson, Eugene H. Living the Resurrection: The Risen Christ in Everyday Life. Colorado Springs: NavPress, 2006. Wells, Sam. “Where Does My Love Go?” The Christian Century. https://www.christiancentury.org/article/faith-matters/where-my-love-go. Hauerwas, Stanley. “Love is Not Al...

The resurrection means whoever you are, whatever you've done you will always and forever belong. Text: John 10:22-30 Resources:Peterson, Eugene. Living the Resurrection: The Risen Christ in Everyday Life. Colorado Springs: NavPress, 2006.“Locking Preachers in the Pulpit.” 1517. Accessed May 12, 2025. https://www.1517.org/articles/locking-preachers-in-the-pulpit.“Hopeful Anthem Showdown.” Ploug...

Amid the beauty, noise, and burdens of life, the risen Jesus still stands — not demanding more, but inviting us to release it all and follow him into living the resurrection. Text:John 21:1-19 Peterson, Eugene. Living the Resurrection: The Risen Christ in Everyday Life. Colorado Springs: NavPress, 2006. Eugene H. Peterson, As Kingfishers Catch Fire: A Conversation on the Ways of God Formed by the...

The risen Jesus isn’t just offering us hope for the future, He is utterly remaking our present. A risen Jesus means you can now truly live. Text: John 20:19 -31Resources:Hauerwas, Stanley. “The First Task of the Church.” Plough Magazine

There is someone reaching through all of the noise to embrace you, and bring you to everything for which you ache. Listen. Can you hear His song? Text: John 20:1-18

Text: Luke 22:14-53 Our ideas of the way things should go and God’s ideas of the way things should go don’t always line up. So how does Jesus show us what it means to be fully human when it seems like all is lost?

Text: John 12:1-8 What does Jesus mean "You will always have the poor with you?" The answer explodes our notions of what church is and what Jesus is doing in the world.

Text: Luke 15:1-3; 11b-32 There is a plethora of self help advice out there centered on hacking your way to wholeness. But what if you already have everything you need to be whole?

Text: Luke 13:1-9 Jesus is confronted with the question of why seemingly senseless suffering happens. His actions show us God's answer.

Text: Luke 13:31-35 In an age when it seems as if all we hold dear is at stake, Jesus offers us God’s counterintuitive way forward.

Text: Luke 4:1-13 Jesus journey towards the cross begins in a familiar place. Jesus shows us what it means to be human in the wastelands and wandering of life.

Text: Galatians 6:1-18 The mosaic of Christ in the world is made up of a variety of people, cultures, ideas, and identities. But the Church will inevitably look like Jesus.

Text: Galatians 5:1-26 God's gift does not guarantee us an easy life. It doesn't even guarantee us a happy life. What God's gift does offer us is a beautiful life.

Guest preacher Rev. Jacob Breeze

Text: Galatians 4:12-31 How does what Jesus is doing seep into our every day lived experience? Galatian’s uncomfortable allegory opens our eyes to the reality of our life with God, even in this present chaos.

Text: Galatians 3:19-4:1-11 So much of life is driven by our attempts to grab for ourselves what God freely offers as a gift. So what might happen if we actually accepted it?