Redemption Church

The Coming of the King: 2023 Advent Series Part 2

In this sermon we examine the faith of Mary as she receives the announcement that she will give birth to the Son of God. Mary functions as an example of what true faith looks like, which doesn’t mean the absence of doubt but rather looking to the source of faith as its grounding. 

The Coming of the King: 2023 Advent Series Part 1

The message of Christmas often gets trivilalized into sentimentality and false, generic hope that somehow good will triumph over evil and darkness. But in the True story of Christmas, we are confronted with both the darkness of our world and our our own hearts, but then paradoxically with the extravagant grace of Jesus in breaking into our darkness. 

Gospel Realization: Gospel and Relationships

The reason for all of our conflicts, James tells us, is our own evil desires. In other words, all of our relational strife comes from not believing and appropriating the Gospel in our hearts. In this sermon, Pastor Scott deconstructs why we all struggle with relationships and then reconstructs how to apply the Good News of Jesus to our hearts to strengthen our relationships.

Gospel Realization: Gospel Realization Examples

Since sin is fundamentally a failure to realize the implications of the Gospel, the New Testament writers seek to implant the Gospel to their hearers as the motivation to change. In this sermon, Pastor Scott analyzes the five graces of generosity, purity, humility, love, and kindness, showing how realizing the Gospel is the remedy. 

Gospel Realization: Gospel and Idolatry, Part 2

In this part 2 on Idolatry, we did a deeper dive into each of the 4 core idols: Power, Approval, Comfort, and Control. Since the gospel is for all of life, that means Jesus can both speak to and replace our idols, and actually empower us to speak the good news into each other as well. 

Gospel Realization: Gospel and Idolatry, Part 1

Gospel Realization: Gospel and Self Righteousness

Gospel Realization: The Nature of the Heart

We continue our series on Gospel Realization by examining the Nature of the Human Heart. We all know the gospel is important, but how does it apply to all of life? The only way to do this is to understand the Heart. The Scriptures describe the Heart as the Control Center of all Humanity, so in this sermon we examine how our Heart (our Loves) are formed, and how only when we transfer our Love and Faith to Jesus can we actually change our Heart. 

Gospel Realization: The Story of the Gospel

Gospel Realization: What is the Gospel? Towards A Definition

In this new series, "Gospel Realization,” we want to examine how the Gospel functions in the everyday life of the Christian. We will see how all of our sin is fundamentally a failure to appropriate or believe the Gospel. This means that the Gospel has power to save us, keep saving us, and finally save us. To delve into this understanding, we must clarify what the Gospel truly is. While many Evangelicals use the term 'Gospel,' our interpretation might differ. Join us as we unpack from the Scriptures what the Gospel is.