Redeemer Marquette Sermons

We were not designed to walk through life alone. Instead, God has given us godly people to lean on and learn from. God-honoring community, then, isn’t just being around others but being deeply connected with them.

In a time of incredible technological advancements, the importance of human connection can sometimes be forgotten. As the church, we are called to love and serve one another, which requires deep, human interaction.

Throughout history, our spiritual enemy has found ways to attack us and our families. With God’s help and through honest conversation, we can fight back by setting barriers in place to protect ourselves and the ones we love most from the dangerous side of technology.

As our journey through Revelation concludes, we hear Christ's threefold promise: "I am coming soon." The Spirit and the Bride respond, "Come!" This final dialogue invites us to add our voices to this prayer while extending God's invitation to a thirsty world. How do we live as people who pray "Come, Lord Jesus" and "Give us this day our daily bread"?

After the final judgment, John witnesses creation's renewal - a new heaven and earth where God dwells directly with humanity. The description of the New Jerusalem dazzles with imagery of beauty, security, and God's intimate presence. This isn't a spiritual fantasy but the fulfillment of God's original intent for creation. When God promises to "make all things new," He doesn't start from scratch -...

As we draw near to the end of Revelation, we’ve started to see some more wonderful things, but we also are reminded that God is a God of justice. One day Jesus Christ will dispense judgement on those who have rejected salvation through faith in Christ. This is bad but inevitable and should prompt us to do everything in our power to ensure as few as possible are on the receiving end of God’s judgem...

After hearing "Hallelujah!" echoing through heaven, John witnesses the most anticipated scene in human history - Christ returning as Conquering King. This vision invites us to see Jesus in His full glory and authority. For Christians facing seemingly insurmountable opposition, this picture of Christ's ultimate triumph reframes our present struggles.

"Babylon has fallen!" This declaration resonates through chapter 18 as the corrupt system that opposed God's people collapses. For us today, "Babylon" represents any system built on greed, exploitation, and self-worship. While such systems seem invincible, Revelation reminds us that they all share the same fate. The merchants weep, but heaven rejoices.

The seven bowls represent God's final judgments - complete, undiluted, and decisive. While these scenes are disturbing, they affirm an essential truth: God will not allow evil to continue forever. Yet even here, we find grace. We have to wrestle with the difficulty of God's wrath while finding reassurance that a world where evil goes unchecked is more terrifying than a God who judges it.

Revelation 14 depicts two harvests - one of redemption and one of judgment. This reminds us that history moves toward a definitive conclusion where God's mercy and justice will be fully revealed. For believers, this isn't cause for fear but for confidence. Today, we'll explore what it means to live as those already marked for the harvest of grace, while compassionately sharing God's invitation wit...

Revelation 12-13 pulls back the curtain on the cosmic battle beneath all earthly conflicts - a dragon waging war against the woman and her child. These vivid symbols reveal something profound: a spiritual reality lies behind our struggles and society's chaos. Today, we'll learn to recognize these influences in our world while finding hope in the Lamb's certain victory.

Revelation 10 introduces us to a “little scroll” but one with big meaning. We see in John’s interaction with the scroll indications for what God desires His church to know and do: to feast on His Word, to understand the two-fold effect of God’s Word (bitter-sweet), and to take the responsibility to pray, study, and preach His Word.

The trumpet judgments sound terrifying, yet they carry a surprising message of grace. Unlike the final bowl judgments, these are partial (affecting "a third"), giving humanity space for repentance. God's judgment never comes without warning or opportunity for return. We'll confront the uncomfortable truth that God's love includes judgment while finding encouragement in His persistent grace.

We’ve considered the first six seals, but before the seventh seal breaks, John sees two remarkable visions of God's people: the 144,000 sealed from harm and the countless multitude in white robes. These images remind us that though followers of Jesus aren't spared from suffering, we are sealed by the Holy Spirit and destined for victory.

Horsemen, seals, what does it all mean? The seven seals are the first of God’s judgement being poured out. Once we see the Lamb, Jesus, in his glory, we have to recognize that his glory stands at odds with evil, so something must be done. Chapter 6 helps us to understand this conflict before we understand our place in the multitude in Chapter 7.

Today, we look through heaven's door to witness the most breathtaking scene in Scripture: God enthroned in majesty and the slain Lamb standing victorious. When John weeps because no one can open the scroll of history's culmination, the surprising hero emerges - not as a conquering lion, but as a sacrificed lamb. This paradox forms the heart of Revelation and Christianity: victory through sacrifice...

When we begin to drift, it can chain us to empty tombs. We get caught in life’s currents, stray from loving God and others, and miss Easter’s victory. In a distracting world, we get stuck and lose track of the gratitude we should have for others. Our sense of duty fades as we drift away. Jesus’ resurrection breaks all chains. Jesus honored us by giving everything, including His life, for us. His e...

God has given us good news for every day of our life. That though we have gone astray, he welcomes us back into his kingdom by Jesus’ death and resurrection. This great news was not just meant for us but for all people. Through our conversations with the world, we do not bring condemnation but salvation.

As we have good conversations with God and with ourselves, they set the stage for our conversations with one another. God has brought us together to be with him and one another so that all the “one-anothers” in this world would know about Jesus.

God also teaches us what it means to thrive and become everything he has created and saved us to be. He does this so we will be lights and we will know without a shadow of a doubt exactly who we are and who God says we are.

Good conversations are so needed right now, and God wants to have good conversations with you. He listens to our every word, and he teaches us how to listen to him too.

If you parent a young child, you’ve probably been told by more than one person: “They grow up so fast.” And it’s true! In the short time that you have to raise your family, how do you leave a legacy? How do we leave a positive legacy for our families?

As if raising a family wasn’t difficult enough in and of itself, families face many crosswinds that make things even more difficult: in-laws, divorces, blended families, custody battles, financial hardships, and on and on the list goes. In this message, we look at the hardships that Naomi faced with her family and then discuss what God’s Word has to say about some of the hardships we face.

The average sitcom is 22 minutes. In 22 minutes, parents in a sitcom family must have a problem with their kids, confront the problem, struggle through the problem, and fix the problem. Family problems in real life are not so easily fixable. How do you parent for the long haul? How do you struggle through disagreements with each other and make hard decisions on how to raise and discipline your kid...

Before there were cities, before there was pop culture, before there were wars, before there was poverty, before there was even sin, there was the family. God brought Adam and Eve together as husband and wife and encouraged them to have children. This is home base for all of society. This is where it all begins. In a world where the value of family is being questioned, how can we winsomely hold th...