Redeemer Church

We have seen the wealth, power and folly of the king and his empire. Now, against that backdrop we meet the main characters of the story: Esther and Mordecai. They are exiled Jews living under pagan rule. They have a Persian address, but it is not their home. We see unfold the dramatic tension (and failure) of living in a secular age, along with the providence of God invisibly at work not only thr...

650 years have passed as we leave the story of Ruth and come to the story of Esther. The golden age of Israel has passed. Deportation, loss, and isolation characterize the scattered people known as the Jews. A new king, a powerful king, a foolish king reigns supreme in the land, but God is still the king on the throne. His involvement is hidden and his name absent, but his providential fingerprint...

This beautiful story of love now draws to a close. The man and woman get their marriage celebration. The happy new couple have a bouncing baby boy. The widowed mother-in-law raises her grandson as her own. But none of these are the great exclamation point at the end of the story. God has fulfilled His promise to provide a Redeemer, not only for Naomi, and not only for Israel, but for all of mankin...

Desperation can make you do crazy things. Naomi had seen the physical famine they endured come to an end through the faithful gleaning of Ruth and overwhelming generosity of Boaz. But there was still no baby, no heir, and thus no future for their family. Rash, and perhaps a bit controlling, Naomi devises a plan for her daughter-in-law to remedy the famine of their family’s future. This scene in th...

In the midst of heartache and loss it can be extremely hard to see where God is at work, or even if He is at work. Naomi was there – Famine, death, loss, bitter circumstances that seemed to cling to her. But Ruth clung to her with love and loyal devotion, and God did too. Upon their return to Bethlehem, glimpses of a new story about to be written over the dark chapters of their lives begin to emer...

God wastes nothing is His commitment to preserve His people and advance His glory-cause in the world. During a tumultuous time for the Old Testament people of God, we are given the answer to the chaos in the little book of Ruth. The answer is God’s King, and the journey involves darkness, but hope is always around the corner. Come see God’s hand of providence amid famine, death, and disappointment...

You were built for relationships! A divine blueprint was established in the first two chapters of the Bible. But only one chapter later what you were built for becomes blocked by sin and its lingering effects. Yet, through the Gospel, that blueprint in redeemed. It is only as your relationship with Christ is established and growing that your human relationships will flourish as God designed. So, l...

If God is committed to His own glory, then our chief aim must be a commitment to His glory as well. And if the chief end of man is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever, we must be confident of just what it looks like to do that. In understanding what the Bible says about glorifying God, we can than obediently and joyfully live to the glory of God. Oh, the freedom that comes from knowing how to ord...

God will not share His glory with another! In other words, He’s a jealous God. So many times, in the Scriptures, we see those who tried to get God on their side, to fight for their cause. But guess what? God, jealous for His own glory, doesn’t take sides. He fights for Himself, stands for His glory, and isn’t manipulated by our clever ploys to get Him to bless us. If God is passionately committed...

This Sunday, we are taking the opportunity to discuss five current cultural idols that are shaping our generation and how we equip our youth to be salt and light in this culture. Rather than standing on the outside and critiquing the culture, it is our hearts desire that our young people would engage with the culture and share the good news of the person of Jesus Christ.

Our vision at Redeemer is to help people everywhere find their ultimate satisfaction in Christ the Redeemer. If we are going to help them find their ultimate satisfaction, we have to Winsomely talk to unbelievers about the Gospel. Paul gives the church in Colassae very practical instructions on evangelism that applies to every Christ follower, then and now.

At Redeemer, we want to be a church that is focused on the deepest parts of us: our hearts. We want to be more concerned about our affections than our behavior because wrong living always flows from wrong loving. The Apostle James will help us see if we have left our first love and begun loving/ worshipping a counterfeit god to try to extract from it what only God can give. This text will help us...

If you love the King, you will love His Kingdom. The King’s embassies here on earth are every local church where His beauty and message are exalted. As a follower of the King, connected to one of His embassies, that makes you an ambassador. This is what meaningful membership is all about – an invested ambassador living under the authority of the King in His church serving for the glory of the King...

What motivates Christians to care for the vulnerable? We explore how sacrificial care flows not from guilt or obligation, but from the love of Christ and the truth that every person is created in the image of God. Through Scripture, personal stories, and the example of Jesus, this sermon calls believers to embrace a life of compassion, justice, and courageous service to those who are hurting.

All too often we approach others with a spirit of selfishness, and that can also be the way we approach God in prayer. What can He do for me? How can I get what I need? When will the bad stuff of life be turning into the good stuff? But what if prayer is less about the stuff and the circumstances and more about the Person Himself? The Psalmist models the kind of prayer that seeks the face of God w...

As Christians, we are called to a Christ-centered community with one another. In John 13, Jesus models this sacrificial love and commands us to love one another. When Christ's love transforms us, we respond with love for one another. By this love, the world will know we belong to Christ. It is a radical way to live, and at Redeemer Church, we believe it is essential to our community life.

As we think about the kind of culture we want at Redeemer around the Scriptures, we come first to consider how Jesus handled the Scriptures. His method of teaching, along with the nature of the inerrant Word of God, become the central basis for how we teach and preach. Our commitment to verse-by-verse exposition with a careful eye on Christ in all the Scriptures is what we believe fuels a deep and...

The Reformation. A massive turning point in history. A major set of truths recovered for the Gospel. It is the Word of God alone, that teaches salvation by Grace alone, through Faith alone, in Christ alone, to the Glory of God alone. A message we want all our kids to know, love, and live. We look back to move forward!

In this message, we explore the nature of Christian worship and why congregational singing is central to the life of the church. Drawing from Colossians 3, we unpack a helpful framework — worship has one author and object, two contexts, and three audiences — that reveals how singing together is far more than an emotional warm-up, but a formational practice that shapes our identity, stirs our imagi...

Jesus in this text addresses weary people who were burdened by the pressures of the law and a legalistic system enforced by the scribes and Pharisees. Jesus provides us with one of the most comforting phrases in all of the Bible: "Come to me... and I will give you rest." In Christ, believers are able to find true soul rest, freedom from burdens, and peace for weary hearts.

We never stop following Jesus. That means we never stop laying down our lives for the sake of finding our greatest satisfaction in being a servant of the King. Jesus not only modeled being a Servant, but He also went to the cross as the Suffering-Servant and rose the Servant-King. We do not follow in the footsteps of Jesus, rather in our weakness we worship Jesus confident of what He has done to r...

The cross is not the end of the story. If it were, the messianic movement would have dissolved, the disciples dispersed, and the Gospel defeated. But, with all the human elements of authenticity, God declares the tomb empty and Jesus risen. The women-witnesses did not expect it and were shocked to hear of it. Then the Gospel of Mark abruptly closes, reminding us that the only appropriate response...

Supernatural events mixed with deeply human suffering mark the cup Jesus embraced drinking from the Father. In these events the whole message of the Gospel, from Genesis to Revelation unfolds – the curse of sin, the wrath of God, the sacrifice of the Son, and the varied responses of human hearts. Come consider the significance of the contents of the cup.

With a torrent of mockery, Jesus endures the shaming of the soldiers and the crowd as he is tortured and crucified. The One who came to save those very individuals from their life of sin, now humiliate Him with their words and actions. Their historical actions betray the real motivations and behaviors of every human heart. But Jesus, bearing our guilt and absorbing our shame, stands ready to put H...

In this message from Colossians 4:2–6, we’re reminded that the mission of Jesus doesn’t move forward through hype or religious performance, but through faithful people living with intentional habits. Paul calls the whole church, not just leaders or professionals, to be a praying people, a proclaiming people, and a discerning people in the world. This sermon explores how devotion shapes our depende...