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Redemption Church
We’re a new, gospel-centered church in Roanoke, Virginia, sent by Mercy Hill Church in Greensboro, North Carolina, to love the people and culture of the Roanoke Valley!
We live in a restless culture. And we know exactly what it feels like to be restless… always searching for rest and satisfaction, but never quite able to find them on our own. Thankfully, Jesus is our rest and satisfaction when we put our hope in him. So we want to be a church in Roanoke that’s a church for Roanoke. Our hope is to introduce others to the same rest we’ve found in knowing our Creator and Savior. We want to see people in the culture become Jesus-followers who transform into culture-leaders. Are you ready to be a leader?
This week we study Luke 5:17-26 to see how to tear the roof off our faith. A paralyzed man was brought to Jesus by some men who did whatever it took to get their friend healed. Faith in Jesus is the key to living the Christian life. We hope this message encourages and challenges you. Thanks for listening!
This week we finish our series by studying Luke 21:1-4 and Psalm 16. Let's do whatever it takes to find joy! We'll see from both the poor widow and from King David that when we follow Jesus, we will find joy that lasts forever. So many of us feel shaken and uncertain and insecure. But following Jesus leads to peace and security and happiness both in this life, and the life to come. God is our source of lasting joy. So learn to give extravagantly and live sufficiently as you follow Jesus and find joy. We hope this encourages and challenges you. Thanks for listening!
Today we'll study Jesus' parable in Luke 19:11-27. A Master who becomes king gives money to his servants to steward while he's away. He tells them to invest the money, and rewards those who obey him when he returns. The point is to teach us that we should invest our faith in Jesus, the true King. He's trustworthy, and we get to participate in multiplying his eternal kingdom when we leverage what we have for his mission! We hope this message encourages and challenges you. Thanks for listening!
Today we study Luke 18:18-30 in order to see what it takes to follow Jesus. What Jesus asks of the rich young ruler looks impossible. But what's impossible with people is possible with God! The rich young ruler is in direct contrast to Zaccheaus (last week), who saw his need for Jesus. The rich young ruler is blinded to his need, and money gets in his way. We'll see that money (1) builds us up in all the wrong ways, and (2) gives us a false sense of security. But our only hope of true security is in knowing and being known by Jesus. We pray that this message encourages and challenges you. Thanks for listening!
This week we began a new series called Whatever It Takes, looking at Luke 19:1-10. We see Zaccheaus do whatever it takes to see Jesus. And in his story, we can identify with one of the religious crowd who might try to keep "sinners" from Jesus. Or we can identify with Zaccheaus and see ourselves as sinners in need of a Savior. Jesus' radical grace transforms Zaccheaus. And we'll see how Jesus' radical grace can transform us, as well. We hope this message encourages and challenges you. Thanks for listening!
This week we finish our Guardrails series by studying Proverbs 14:30 and 23:17-18, along with Psalm 73. We hear from one of our leaders, Rich Ronald, who talks about guarding against envy through peace in the presence of Jesus. Envy is something we all struggle with and it can "rot our bones," as the proverb says. But worship works against envy. So go to Jesus and worship him for peace. We hope this message encourages and challenges you. Thanks for listening!
This week we see how important it is to guard against pride by looking at Proverbs 16:5, 18-20. Unguarded pride can negatively effect all of our relationships, including our relationship with God. We see through the proverbs a call to humility. In order to live the life God is calling us to live, we need to trust Jesus more than ourselves and he will help us guard against pride. We hope this encourages and challenges you! Thanks for listening.
This week we see how we need to practice self control with our emotion by looking at several selected Proverbs. Controlling your emotions requires wisdom, today we talk about few emotions as examples of how God calls us to live. Because of sin and our own hearts we. often over or under react with our emotions. We need to see the wisdom provided in the proverbs is invaluable and calls us to a better life with Jesus. We hope this encourages and challenges you! Thanks for listening.
This week we see how our work matters to God by looking at several proverbs, including Proverbs 10:4-5 & 22:29, among others. Work was made to be good and significant. But because sin became a reality, our work either feels like a curse now, or we make it an idol. We need to see that because Jesus did the work of salvation for us, now we're free to put work back in its appropriate place, and do it to serve others, to glorify God, and for our own enjoyment. We hope this encourages and challenges you! Thanks for listening.
This week we look at select verses from Proverbs 27 to talk about guarding our relationships. We all choose the people we let influence us. Let's choose those people wisely! We need to find the right people, whom we can be real with, and whom we can trust to build us up. The proverbs give us the wisdom to do this. And the kind of people we need influencing us should ultimately lead us to Jesus. We hope this challenges and encourages you. Thanks for listening!
This week, we study Proverbs 16:1-9 to learn that if we commit ourselves to God, he will confirm our plans. We get to choose how to live, but God is sovereign and ultimately directs our steps. So when we align our lives with God and his ways, we will become the kind of people who make wise and good choices. We hope this encourages and challenges you. Thanks for listening!
This week we look at Proverbs 18 (among others) to learn how to guard our words. Words are so impactful in our lives, whether they're our own words, or words from someone else. We'll see Proverbs 18 teach us that life and death are in the power of our words, so our words shape our world. Thanks for listening, we hope this message encourages and challenges you!
We're continuing our series, Guardrails, starting in Proverbs 1:10-19 to talk about guarding our finances. We will also look at quite a few other proverbs, including: Proverbs 10:15-16; 11:1, 24-27; 3:15-26; 22:1, 7, 9; 12:15. These help direct us on the path of wisdom and protect us from the dangers of greed and folly. Wisdom is more valuable than money, and Jesus is God's Wisdom, incarnate. So knowing Jesus is more valuable than all the money in the world. We hope this challenges and encourages you. Thanks for listening!
Today we'll be in Proverbs 1:1-9, starting a new message series called "Guardrails." God gives us wisdom for life, and it's a pathway we walk over time, not a door we can step through to get instant results. Wisdom is a product of knowing God's pattern for life, knowing ourselves, and most importantly, knowing God. Wisdom is a Person, not a principle! We hope this message encourages and challenges you. Thanks for listening!
Join us this week as we hear from guest speaker Bobby Herrington, from our sending church Mercy Hill Church. This week we are in 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11, talking about living with eternity in view, exploring how catching a vision of eternity can transform your everyday life, guiding you to live purposefully and joyfully. Thanks for listening!
Join us this week as we hear from Jacob Thomas one of our Lay Elders. We're in Numbers 21:1-9, talking about being patient and waiting on God. We look at how the Israelites are just like us, constantly wanting to do things through their own power and strength rather than Gods. God created a way for the Israelites to be saved from their sin and impatience just as he sent Jesus to save us from our sin and impatience. Thanks for watching!
This week we finish our DTR series by studying Ephesians 6:1-4 to learn that parents reflect God to their children. The parent-child relationship is so fundamental to human experience, and it's meant to push us toward our perfect Heavenly Father, and his perfect Son. We may not be perfect parents or children, but God is for us, as Father and Son, in the gospel. We hope this encourages and challenges you. Thanks for listening!
This week we're studying Proverbs 5 as we discuss sex and singleness. God gave sex for marriage. So we can learn from King Solomon that sex is risky outside of marriage, it's good inside of marriage, and at all times God is present with us. We get obsessed with physical attraction and beauty because we're trying to cover up our ugly sin. But Jesus made himself ugly in order to give us his eternal beauty. We hope this message encourages and challenges you. Thanks for listening!
We're in both Ephesians 5:22-33 & Romans 1:16-2:4 today as we look at what marriage is and is not according to the Bible. We're continuing the "DTR: Relationships According to the Bible" series to help us understand marriage as a symbol that reflects the gospel. Anything outside of God's design for marriage communicates a false gospel. But we can also see that homosexuality doesn't send anyone to hell. A heart of rebellions sends everyone to hell until Jesus steps in to save us. Therefore, our message isn't, "Be straight." Our message is, "Put your faith in Jesus." We hope this challenges and encourages you. Thanks for listening!
Today we study Genesis 2:15-24 as we continue our series, DTR: Relationships According to the Bible. The topic this week is Gender: Roles. We're going to see in Genesis that Male and Female must learn how to complement one another rather than compete with one another. But only Jesus can complete us. We hope this challenges and encourages you. Thanks for listening!
Today we study Genesis 1:24-28 as we continue our series, DTR: Relationships According to the Bible. The topic this week is Gender: Male & Female. We're going to see in Genesis, and through several other Scriptures, that our identity comes from alignment with Jesus, not gender. Only Jesus can save us, not a gender transition. But on the flip side, Christians must learn to engage people with gender dysphoria in a compassionate and truthful way. This is a hard discussion, but one we must have. We hope this challenges and encourages you. Thanks for listening/watching!
We're starting a new series on relationships! Studying John 15:9-17, we see a model for healthy friendships that Jesus himself lays out to his disciples. Cultivate healthy friendships with candor and consistency. There's a mutual vulnerability and a trust that you must intentionally build with a friend. Thankfully, Jesus is our truest friend. He was completely vulnerable on the cross and completely trustworthy to save us! We hope this is an encouragement. Thanks for listening!
This week we're celebrating Easter at Redemption by studying Philippians 3:1-11. The author, Paul, tells us to reject religion and rejoice in the resurrection! Religion is empty and leads to death. The resurrection brings joy and leads to life. We hope you're encouraged and challenged. Thanks for listening!
For this Send Sunday, we get to hear from Sam Copeland, a local Roanoker who is planting a church in Chicago! We see how Christ has made you a minister of the new covenant through the gospel of grace and the work of the Spirit which is transforming you. We hope that you see the Spirit is transforming you, from the inside out through intimacy with Christ, and sending you as ministers of the gospel to advance God’s kingdom on earth. Thanks for listening!
This week we study Philippians 2:19-30 to finish our series, Extremely Ordinary Christianity. Paul commends two fellow workers in ministry, Timothy and Epaphroditus. They're both great examples of living the successful Christian life. But at the end of the day, no one does this perfectly, except for Jesus. So pursuing success looks like pursuing Jesus. We hope this message encourages your faith. Thanks for listening!
We're continuing in Philippians by studying Philippians 2:12-18. Paul comes back to unity for the sake of the mission, and tells us to work out our salvation in humility, but also to do it without complaining or arguing. We learn that it's only by God's grace working in us, that we can work anything out in our lives. What God works in, we work out. And the result is that we shine like stars in a dark world. We hope this encourages and challenges you. Thanks for listening!
This week we continue in our sermon series Extremely Ordinary Christianity and dive into Philippians 2:1-11. We see how we are to pursue unity through our humility. Jesus set the ultimate example for us by humbling Himself, leaving heaven, and unifying with us for His mission. That should encourage us to seek unity as we maintain a mission mindset! We hope this message encourages and challenges you! Thanks for listening.
This week we look at Philippians 1:21-30 to see whether or not we're living lives worthy of the gospel. The problem is, none of us are! But Jesus lived the worthy life for us and applies his worth to our lives when we put our faith in him. That's the gospel of grace we believe. So now, we can live lives worthy of the gospel by living out of that grace we already have, not for it. We hope this message encourages and challenges you! Thanks for listening.
This week we'll study Philippians 1:12-21 as we continue our series, Extremely Ordinary Christianity. Paul will tell us to live for Jesus. It looks extreme to the world, but it's ordinary for us. Living means living for Christ, and even dying is gain, because in either case we get to be with Jesus. Even our suffering serves God's mission, because Jesus himself suffered for us. We hope this challenges and encourages you. Thanks for listening!
As we start a new series in Philippians this week, we study Philippians 1:1-11 to understand Christian love. Paul says love takes us low, makes us grow, and helps us know. Our tendency is to try to fix people the more we know them. Paul tells us the first thing we should always do is love them! We hope this message is an encouragement to grow in love. Thanks for listening!
For this Send Sunday, we get to start by hearing from Adrian and Rachel Parente, two of our missionary partners, in a Q&A! Then we study Isaiah 6:1-8 together to see what moves Isaiah from despair to delight, and from salvation to sharing. Salvation always results in sharing. Isaiah sees God, and instead of being consumed, he's cleansed then commissioned. The same happens to us when we follow Jesus. We hope this message encourages and challenges you to live on mission. Thanks for listening!
This week we're studying 2 Timothy 2:1-7 to learn about how leaders are equipped to multiply disciples. We must move from authentic community to mobilization for the mission of sharing the good news. As Paul calls Timothy to lead and mobilize his congregation we to must heed that call. An important reminder and prize for us in this race is seeing people's lives transformed by Jesus. We hope this message encourages and challenges you to get to invite others into our church or a local church near you so someone else can experience the life changing presence of Jesus in their life. Thanks for watching/listening!
This week we're studying 1 Peter 1:13-25 to learn about building authentic community. Building authentic community means loving the church like Jesus loves us. The mark of a true believer is love! So learning to love each other with brotherly love in a constant way is so important in the Christian life. We hope this message encourages and challenges you to get plugged into our church or a local church near you so you can grow in loving the church like Jesus loves you. Thanks for watching/listening!
We're continuing our Vision series today by studying 1 Peter 2:1-12 & 3:13-17. We want to demonstrate hospitality toward our culture. So, because we belong to Jesus, we invite others to belong to Jesus, too. We can't negate the beautiful message of the gospel by sharing it in an ugly way. We're to "give a defense of the hope within us" with gentleness and reverence. We hope this encourages your faith. Thanks for listening!
We're excited to start 2024 by studying 1 Peter 1:1-13 together. We want to keep our eyes on eternity. When we put our hope in Jesus, we're citizens of heaven, not this world. And that hope for our future affects how we live our lives now. This week we lay out a BIG vision for our church, and we can't wait to see God move in and through us. Thanks for listening!
If you missed Christmas with Redemption or simply wanted to relive this magical night please join us as we worship the birth of our Savior and how Christ was sent to us so we could be sent to the world. We pray that you will join us in 2024 as we continue to live on mission for Christ and reach the city of Roanoke. Have a Merry Christmas!
We're finishing Deep Dependent Worship today by studying 1 Corinthians 15 together. We'll mainly look at verses 45-58. Our worship now is shaped by our hope for the future. Christians look at death and eternity differently than anyone else in the world. We face death realistically, because death is not good! But we face it with hope, because Jesus defeated death for us. We hope this message encourages and challenges you today. Thanks for listening!
This week, we study 2 Kings 4:1-7 to see what depending on God alone actually looks like. It starts with taking a big step of faith. Our faith precedes God's provision in our lives. We tend to want our faith to be reactive. But God wants our faith to be proactive. We can trust his promises, and when we do, he will move in big ways in our lives. Thanks for istening!
Welcome back to another message in our Deep Dependent Worship series, studying Romans 12:1-2. Today we're also looking at parts of Genesis 1 and 2 to understand work and rest as worship. We tend to either idolize work and never rest, or idolize rest and hate work. Christians think differently about work and rest. They become expressions of our worship. So we need to find the right balance and glorify God in them both. We hope this message encourages and challenges you. Thanks for listening!
Last week we saw that worship is more than singing, it is everything, our whole being. Today we look at Psalm 150 and see that we can worship God through our singing. Not all of us have the voice of an angel, but if our praise is for God then it is beautiful and good to Him. We sing about what we love and what is in our hearts. Sing for the Lord this week! Thanks for listening.
We're starting a new message series studying Romans 12:1-2 to end 2023, called Deep Dependent Worship. We want to break down some misconceptions about what worship really is, starting this week by seeing that "everything is worship." We hope this message challenges and encourages you. Thanks for listening!
Join us this week as we hear from guest speaker, Randy Titus, Executive Pastor of Worship Serivces at Mercy Hill Church in Greensboro, NC. Randy brings us a powerful message from 1 Kings about how even through our fear, fatigue, and desperate life circumstances God is always there. At times, we can feel like God is absent from our lives, but as we see in the story of Elijah we can have hope in God's presence despite our circumstances. Thank you for listening!
This week, we finish our series He Gave by studying both Mathew 25:14-30 and Matthew 6:19-24. God gave treasure to us so he can use it through us. We know talking about money can make some of us uncomfortable. But Jesus isn't shy about connecting how we spend our money to what we believe about God and eternity. We give because he first gave to us. Let's learn to be a generous church. Thanks for listening!
We're continuing the series, He Gave, by looking at our Talents, from Matthew 25:14-30. God gave talent to us so he could use it through us. Everything we have is his, for his purposes and his mission. He gifted each of us with unique abilities and strengths to contribute to his "bottom line," which is nothing less than making disciples from every tribe, language, and nation. Thanks for listening!
Join us this week as we look at Acts 2:44-45 and Luke 16:1-15 to talk about giving. We're in a series on five growth practices to help us mature in our faith: gospel, gather, groups, give, and go. Generosity is not something God wants from you, it’s something he wants for you. Our giving allows us to grow by trusting God with what He has given to us. He gave money to us, so he could use it through us. And by laying our finances as Jesus feet we show that he is first in our life. We hope this message challenges you to give back to the kingdom, whether through your local church or another kingdom driven organization. Thanks for listening!
This week we're back in Acts 2:42-47, as well as John 13:34-35, to talk about groups! We're in a series on five growth practices to help us mature in our faith: gospel, gather, groups, give, and go. Groups get us into deeper community. It's great to meditate on the gospel, and to worship God in a larger gathering. But if we don't have deep community with other believers, we can't practically live out God's love in our lives. We need other believers in community. Groups is where it starts for us as a church. We hope this message challenges and encourages you. Thanks for listening!
This week we're back in Acts 2:42-47, as well as Hebrews 10:19-25, to discuss gathering. We started a series last week called "Grow: The Secret to Spiritual Maturity." And the secret is to grow deeper into God's love for us. But as a response, we want to gather with other believers. Gathering with believers is so important, that we can't grow more spiritually mature without it. We hope this challenges you to make the weekly gathering a normal rhythm in your life. Thanks for listening!
Do you feel like you're growing in your faith and spiritual maturity? We're studying Acts 2:42-47 in this new message series called "Grow: The secret to spiritual maturity." Today we'll learn the secret! It's that we can never do anything to make God love us any more or any less than he already does in Christ. We must grow deeper into the gospel. Thanks for listening!
This week as we close our series, Who Is Jesus?, we study Matthew 12:15-32 together. We'll see that forgiveness is costly, but reconciliation is worth it. When we fail to see our need, and fail to confess wrongdoing, there's no sin that God will forgive in our lives. But when we humble ourselves, confess our sins, and come to Jesus, there's no sin he won't forgive. Thanks for listening.
We studied Matthew 11:25-12:14 today to see that Jesus is the rest we need. Jesus argues that we're all weary and burdened by guilt. But if we'll simply come to him and "take his yoke upon us," we'll find rest for our souls. No matter who you are or what you've done, if you come to him like an infant, and follow him as your master, he will give you rest. Thanks for listening!
This week we're studying Matthew 11:1-6 to Jesus as a Savior. With guest speaker Neeko Williams from Mercy Hill Church. We see that Jesus is our true savior. We can come to him with our questions and he can handle them, how doubting in isolation tears down but questions in community builds up, and how he wants to transform us to be like him. We hope you see that you are today's disciples and you should share about the savior that transformed you. Thanks for listening!
This week we're studying Matthew 10:16-39 to Jesus as a warrior. We see that Jesus tells it like it is, He has confidence in us, and He has a plan through His challenge to His disciples. He wants all of us, and our friends, to walk free from sin and the things that tie us up. We hope you see that you are today's disciples and you must pick up your cross and follow Him. Thanks for listening!
This week we are studying Matthew 10:1-15 to see Jesus the Sender. Jesus has shown such compassion to us in drawing us near Him so that He can send us out to the harassed and hurting. Now we have a message to respond to: Come near Him if we haven't, or if we have, go out into a broken world. Thanks for listening!
This week we're studying Matthew 8:18-9:8 to see Jesus as the Authority over all things. Because his authority is absolute, following Jesus costs us everything. But the cost is worth it, because Jesus' authority leads to eternal life. We hope this is an encouragement and a challenge to follow Jesus with total abandon. Thanks for listening!
We're excited to start our series "Who Is Jesus?" in Matthew, chapters 8-12. This week Matthew 8:1-17 shows us Jesus' authority over sickness. He heals people physically to point us to a greater eternal healing that awaits us when we put our faith in him. It shows us that our now is shaped by our forever. What we believe about eternity impacts our lives today. Thanks for listening!
In Ruth 4, we learn that God's way is always the better way. He has weaved this incredible story together, a lineage of love and hope and salvation. And now we can be a part of that lineage through faith. Jesus is God's better way, and we have only to put our faith in him if we want to be a part of the family. We hope this message encourages and challenges you. Thanks for listening!
We're in Ruth 3 this week, where we'll see that redemption is worth the risk. Ruth goes out on a limb, risking everything in pursuit of redemption. How much more is God's eternal redemption worth it for us? And once we trust in Jesus as our truer and greater Kinsman Redeemer, how can we not take risks for the redemption of others? We hope this message encourages and challenges you. Thanks for watching!
We're in Ruth 2 together this week. And Boaz comes into the story. God uses him to protect and provide for Ruth and Naomi. We call this God's providence. But while God cares for our physical needs, he's ultimately leading to our eternal need. His providence is ultimately working toward our redemption. We hope this message encourages you. Thanks for listening!
We're excited to start studying the book of Ruth today by looking at Ruth 1. God's "hesed" is his unfailing love. And he works, even through our hardships, for our good and his glory. Let's learn to lean into his love for us, rather than leaving his love when things don't go our way. We hope this is an encouragement in your faith today. Thanks for listening!
As we finish up our Jesus Above All series in Colossians 4:7-18 today, we're studying what friendships within the church will look like. Oftentimes, we look at the end of a letter like Colossians and skip past the names (that can be hard to pronounce!). But Paul names these people for a very important reason; he'd learned how to build kingdom friendships. There are friends we send, friends who stay, friends who stray, and friends we salute. We hope this message encourages you! Thanks for listening!
We're studying Colossians 3:22-4:6 today, talking about Jesus in the workplace. As Christians, we work to serve Jesus and his mission in the world. We can work to glorify God because our work matters. But we have to be careful. We shouldn't fall into thinking our work is meaningless on the one hand. And we shouldn't think that it's our source of identity on the other. We hope this message encourages and challenges you. Thanks for listening!
We're continuing in Colossians 3:18-21 today, discussing Peace in the Family. Often times, we place unrealistic expectations on our family members. And it can lead to, what feels like, hell on earth, where everyone grows apart over time. But if we have peace with Jesus ourselves, it will lead to peace in our families. We'll never be perfect, but Jesus was perfect for us. Peace with Him empowers us and leads us to have peace in our family. Thanks for listening!
This week we're continuing our series by studying Colossians 3:11-17. The Apostle Paul will say: Above all, put on love. Love is the distinguishing mark of a true Christian. Some people in our culture today who say they're Christians don't look anything like one. Christians are characterized by love above all, which is the foundation for compassion, kindness, gentleness, forgiveness, and humility. We hope this message challenges and encourages you. Thanks for listening!
Today we continue in our Jesus Above All series in Colossians. Jacob Thomas, one of our Shepherding Elder, brings us a message about how we set the gospel above everything else. We don't know what the future holds, take one step at a time in faith and surround yourself with people that will remind you of the gospel. God is gracious, wise, merciful, and loving; he wants us to stop setting our minds on our past and set it on our Savior. Our identity is found in Jesus. Thanks for listening.
Don't be religious, be relational! In Colossians 2:16-23 we learn that following Jesus is a very narrow way. We can't fall off on one side into legalism and moralism. But we also can't fall off the other side into license and immorality. We're free from rules in Christ, but we shouldn't let our freedom lead us into sin. Our freedom must be led by love for God and for others. We hope this message encourages and challenges you. Thanks for listening!
Have you wondered what it means to be mature in your faith? Today in Colossians 1:24-2:15 we'll see that maturity is confidence in what Jesus has done, not in what you can do. And the first mark of maturity is baptism. Baptism is the outward symbol of the inward reality that we've been made new in Christ. We hope this message is encouraging! Thanks for listening.
As we celebrate Easter, we're starting a new series in Colossians 1:15-23, called Jesus Above All! We often try to make the wrong things primary in our life. But Jesus is the image of the invisible God, and he's reconciled us to God by raising from the dead. If he rose from the dead, then it changes everything. He's above all rulers, and authorities, and powers... even death. So have we centered our lives on him? We need a Copernican Revolution of the soul! Thanks for listening.
We're finishing up our BLESS series today with John 4:1-42. If we want to BLESS our neighbors, we must "Share Our Story" with them! Jesus has shared his story with us as a gift. His story is the gospel message that is the power of God to save those who believe (Romans 1:16). And when we believe Jesus' story, we'll share ours. We hope this message encourages you and challenges you to live on mission in your everyday life. Thanks for listening!
As we study Matthew 20:20-28, Jesus teaches us that if we want to BLESS our neighbors, we have to learn to serve them sacrificially. Serving will cost us something. To be the greatest, we must become the lowest. It's a classic Christian paradox that should convict us of what we believe true greatness really looks like. Just like Jesus, it's laying down our lives for others. Thanks for listening to this week's message!
We're in week 3 of our BLESS series, looking at how to Eat with Purpose from Matthew 9:9-13. Jesus ate with tax collectors and sinners to celebrate, not their sin, but that God had made a way to deal with their sin. He used eating to bless and care for the people around him. If we want to BLESS our neighbors, we should eat with them! Thanks for listening.
This is part 2, Listen With Intentionality, of our 5-part BLESS series. When we learn to listen to connect with the people in our lives, it will lead to lifechange. Jesus listened to us, so we can listen to others. We hope this message encourages and challenges you. Thanks for listening!
Join us today as we start a new sermon series called BLESS. Our Executive Paster, Michael Nunn, talks about how prayer should be a deliberate and planned encounter with God in our daily walk. Prayer should always come first in our mission to do God's will and we cannot BLESS others without prayer coming first. Thanks for listening!
Today, we're finishing our series called Sex, Marriage, and Singleness. Singleness is a gift from God for the mission of God. It's easy to see it as something less than marriage in our culture today. But God says it's something to be valued so that those who are single can live more intentionally for God's mission. You're not, and never will be alone. So believe singleness is the gift God says it is and seek a change in your heart, rather than in your circumstances. We hope this message encourages and challenges you. Thanks for listening!
This week we're in 1 Corinthians 7 to look at what Paul says about marriage. Marriage means mutual meekness. We have to be willing to make ourselves low and lift up our spouse so we can put the gospel on display. Jesus' meekness makes us right with God, and that gives us hope, even when we've been unfaithful in marriage, or unfaithful to God in some other way. We hope you're encouraged and challenged. Thanks for listening!
Today we're starting a short series called Sex, Marriage, and Singleness in 1 Corinthians 6-7. Sex is for God's glory, so when we think about and practice sex God's way, it's good for us and glorifying to him! But when we think about it and practice it our own way, it's always bad for us and grieves God. Thankfully Jesus covers all our sin, including sexual sin, which means we can be free from guilt, shame, and the sins that might try to enslave us. We hope this encourages and challenges you to look and live more like Jesus!
This week we welcome Tanner Hogue, pastor of Port City Church, a new church plant coming to Norfolk, VA this year for our annual Sending Sunday. We dive into 2 Corinthians 12:8-10 and look at how our weaknesses is the gap between what we posses and what is required as we pursue faithfulness. Thanks for listening!
Today as we close out our Vision 2023 series in Matthew 9:35-38 where we look at how we love others compassionately. This passage parallels Luke 10:2 and shows us how Christ's compassion on the cross should be motivation for our compassion towards others. Our ultimate goal should be to love others like Jesus loved us. Thanks for listening!
We continue our Vision 2023 series by looking at Ephesians 3:16-19 to learn to love ourselves correctly. We'll love ourselves correctly when we see ourselves as God sees us. Yes, we're broken sinners. But we're also valuable image-bearers whom God loves so much, that he sent his own Son to save. Be encouraged this week. Thanks for listening!
We're in Matthew 22:34-40 this week as we look at the Greatest Commandment, to love God and love others as ourselves. This is the origin of living the upward, inward, and outward life. God comes first, period. And then everything else in life comes out of the overflow of our love for him. But we don't have to worry, because he loved us first. And out of his love for us, we can love and live for him. Thanks for listening!
Today we begin our Vision 2023 series in Psalms 42-43. We'll find that we all thirst for something. And our thirst is satisfied in God alone. Jesus poured himself out so that we could be filled with all the fullness of God. Thanks so much for listening. We hope this message challenges and encourages you to follow Jesus more deeply in 2023.
If you missed Christmas with Redemption or simply wanted to relive this magical night please join us as we worship the birth of our Savior and how Christ was sent to us so we could be sent to the world. We pray that you will join us in 2023 as we continue to live on mission for Christ and reach the city of Roanoke. Have a Merry Christmas!
In week 4 of our Multiply series, we're looking at 2 Corinthians 8:1-15. Where we give our money is where we give our heart. Generosity is at the heart of the gospel itself, and it's a test for us to see how much we trust God, love others, and how mature we are in our belief that Jesus gave up the riches of heaven and became poor so that we could gain his eternal riches. Thanks for listening!
In week 4 of our Multiply series, we're looking at 2 Corinthians 8:1-15. Where we give our money is where we give our heart. Generosity is at the heart of the gospel itself, and it's a test for us to see how much we trust God, love others, and how mature we are in our belief that Jesus gave up the riches of heaven and became poor so that we could gain his eternal riches. Thanks for listening!
We're continuing our Multiply series this week by studying Isaiah 2:2-5. God's presence is better than everything we chase after on our own. We think we can reach the mountaintop experience, but only God's presence can satisfy. His presence is with his people, so as we enter into his presence, we reflect that to others. Let's live on mission for him this week by bringing others up the mountain with us!
Today we continue in our sermon series Multiply by studying Jeremiah 29. Pastor Michael brings a powerful message on reaching the city and being cultural leaders as followers of Christ. If we want to reach our city we must be God's vehicle of blessing for those in the city. We hope this message challenges and encourages you to seek the city! Thanks for listening.
Today we're starting a new series called Multiply by studying Psalm 67 together. We've been blessed by God with the gospel and material possessions. If we want to keep God's blessings, we have to learn to leverage them for his glory among the nations. We hope this message challenges and encourages you to live more like Jesus! Thanks for listening.
Today we study Psalm 95 with guest speaker, Pastor Chris Gaynor, from The Summit Church in RDU, NC. He will challenge you to examine how you are maintaining a grateful heart that delights in God. Thank you for listening!
This week we finish Esther in chapters 8-10. We see how violence gave the Jews rest from their enemies in this story, but how that foreshadows a greater rest that Jesus would win for his people. He would allow violence to befall him, rather than his enemies. And we're his enemies. His grace conquered our greatest enemy on our behalf.
As we continue in Esther chapters 5-7, we'll see that the only identity worth having is the identity God gives us. Esther finally steps into who she is as one of God's people, and he uses her to deliver the remnant of Jews throughout the Persian empire. Haman, on the other hand, is consumed with pride. He tries to find his identity in something that leads to destruction. We hope you'll check out this message from Esther, and that it challenges and encourages you to grow deeper into your relationship with Jesus. The identity he gives you is the only one worth having.
This week we dive back into Esther, chapters 3-4. We see Esther finally recognize that it's her moment. God is giving her a choice: step into the moment for his purpose, or continue to live for her own purposes. We have the same choice. Will we live for God, or ourselves? Thanks for listening. We hope this challenges and encourages you in your walk with Jesus!
Today we dove into Romans 8 with guest speaker, Pastor Gary Rivers from Mercy Hill Church. Join us as we look at how God makes Christlike people through all things. Thank you for listening!
This week we begin our new series, Made for this Moment, by studying Esther chapters 1-2. Esther and Xerxes weren't perfect people. But God tends to use those who aren't perfect, one way or another. God is always working in and through his people, for his glory and for our good. Let that challenge and encourage you this week. Thanks for listening!
We're in week three of our Emotionally Healthy Spirituality series looking at Matthew 11:28-30. Jesus gives rest to the weary and burdened. Have you trusted him to take your burdens? Check out the sermon and admit your limits, come to Jesus, and take his yoke that's easy and light.
As we enter the last week of our message series, Emotionally Healthy Spirituality, we're looking at parts of Colossians 1 and 2 to see what maturity looks like according to the Bible. We must learn to grow in our love for Jesus. Maturity isn't a state of being, but a state of growing. We put our roots down into the soil of the gospel, and build our lives on Jesus as our foundation. We hope this message encourages and challenges you!
In week two of our Emotionally Healthy Spirituality series, we're studying 2 Corinthians 5:14-17 to see how to let go and trust God. Looking to the past can be helpful, but we can't live there. We have to move forward in God's love for us and put on our new nature, to become more like Jesus. We hope this message encourages and challenges you. Thanks for listening!
This is our last week in our Sermon Series, Pray for the City, with our new Executive pastor Michael Nunn. We look at what intercession is, how praying for one another unties us and how Psalms 95 points us to prayer today! Thanks for checking out the message.
This week we get political! But not in the way you might think. Pastor Carter focuses on the end of Psalm 2 to show us how God wants us to engage with our governing authorities. Hint: it starts with prayer! We hope this will challenge and encourage you to pray for those who govern us. Thanks for checking out the message.
We dive back into our Pray for the City series today by looking at Psalm 9, 13, and others. They show us how racism is a justice issue God cares deeply about. Racism devalues human life, and God will listen to the cries of those who suffer and bring justice to their oppressors. As a church, we must learn to pray against racism, and to step into the suffering of others to bring unity in diversity. Thanks for listening to this message. We hope it challenges and encourages you!
We have a guest speaker, Andrew Hopper, today! Andrew is the Lead Pastor of Mercy Hill Church in Greensboro, NC. Mercy Hill sent our church planting team to Roanoke to launch Redemption Church! This week, Andrew teaches from Proverbs 1 about wisdom and folly. We have a choice in life: live in the wise path, or live by folly. One leads to heaven, the other to hell. Thankfully Jesus took our folly onto himself so we could choose life through his wisdom! Thanks for listening this week.
This week as we look at Psalm 8, it teaches us about human dignity. It's based on God's majesty, and he has made us to be like him in the world. That affects how we view things like abortion, and other justice issues where people are marginalized or devalued. We hope you'll be challenged and encouraged as you engage with us on this important topic.
Thanks for jumping back into our new series, Pray for the City! This week we are in Psalms 2, looking at what praying for justice means. We often conflate justice to favor ourselves, but true justice come from the True King. We also look to understand Mercy as something we have been given but do not deserve. We hope it encourages and challenges you. Thanks for checking out this message!
Thanks for starting a new series with us called Pray for the City! Today we're in Psalm 1 together to understand how praying produces doing. Prayer can never result in apathy; it moves us to action as we get to participate in God's mission with him. What's the key in this process? Meditation. It's a bridge between God's power and our lives. We hope it encourages and challenges you. Thanks for checking out this message!
Join us this week where we have the lead pastor from Ridgeview Church, Daniel Naff as he goes through Acts 28:1-10. We are excited to have Daniel with us to talk about what it means Paul's shipwreck means for us, and share about what God has called him to do in Boones Mill!
Join us for our final week in Genesis, where we talk about God bringing one of the first steps of completion of his promise to Abraham through the marriage of Isaac and Rebekah. In this we see how God is for us, not against us, what it means to depend on God, Commune with God and believing he is for you. Do you believe that God is for you?
We study Genesis 23 this week, talking about death. It's never a fun topic! But we will all face death at some point. The only sure thing in this life is that we'll die one day. For those who follow Jesus, death can be the beginning of eternal life with God. We'll learn that God fulfills his promise of life through death. We hope this sermon encourages your faith and challenges you to live more like Jesus.
This week we look in Genesis 22 at Abraham's test and God's faithfulness. God asked Abraham to sacrifice his only son, Isaac. Why would God do that? And why did Abraham obey? Because he finally learned that God is trustworthy, and that God will provide. So Abraham finally learned to surrender everything in his life to God. We must learn to surrender everything to God, as well. Thanks for checking out this week's message! We hope it encourages you to grow deeper into your relationship with Jesus.
Have you ever made a promise you can't keep. Of course! You're only human. But God always keeps his promises. He protects them, and we can celebrate when we see his promises fulfilled. as we study Genesis 20-21, we'll see that fear can lead to some serious consequences, but God's faithfulness is sure. And when we put our faith in him, it leads to joy and celebration. We hope this message is an encouragement to you as you dive deeper into your relationship with God.
We're continuing in Genesis 18-19 this week, looking at how Abraham is God's friend, versus Lot who is the world's friend. God doesn't want our destruction, he wants our friendship! But in rejecting him, we necessarily reject life. So Christians are called to intercede for the world, so that God will work to save the lost and make them his friend through Christ. We hope this message, while it deals with some hard topics, will encourage your walk with Jesus.
This week we continue our Made For More series as we look at Genesis chapters 16 and 17. Abraham and Sarah bring chaos into Hagar's life by sinning against her. They doubt God's promise, and commit a sin similar to Adam and Eve in the Garden. But, God brings order out of chaos. He enters into their story and shows care for the sufferer while he also shows grace to the sinner. Thankfully, he would deal with the chaos brought into the world by becoming the ultimate Hagar and the better Abraham in Jesus.
This week we're continuing our Made for More series in Genesis 15. God promises to bless Abraham, but Abraham's response is... doubt! But God isn't put off by his doubt, God doubles down and guarantees his own faithfulness, even through Abraham's doubt. Our God is faithful, even when we're faithless. We hope this message encourages you to bring your doubts to God, and to turn to Jesus, his guarantee to us that he loves us and will make us right with him.
This week we continue our series in Genesis looking at chapters 13-14. Abraham and Lot both have ambition, but one is for material wealth while the other is for God's mission. We'll see how ambition is good when it's directed at the right thing. Let's be ambitious for God and his kingdom and we'll always be satisfied and filled with joy!
As we begin a new series in going into Abrahams Story today, we look to Genesis 12 to set the framework of this series. We see how God calls Abraham to get out of himself and into God, and that God calls us all to get out of ourselves and get into him!
Thanks so much for joining our last message in this series from Acts 2:14-47. Peter preaches the first sermon after the Spirit descends and 3000 people repent and get baptized on the spot! His sermon shows us how to read the Old Testament, how to engage people in the culture, and it prompts a response: surrender. We have to learn to surrender the throne of our hearts to Jesus, and when we do, we'll be left in awe of all he's done in and through us. Then we'll want to devote ourselves to God's Word, each other, and prayer.
We're continuing our Witness series in Acts 2 today, looking specifically at Acts 2:1-13. The Holy Spirit descends on the believers like fire, then they go out and preach the gospel in all the known languages throughout Jerusalem. What in the world is going on here and how does it apply to us? We'll dig in to see how the Spirit of God fills all believers, and the gospel is for all cultures.
This week we continue our Witness message series by looking at Acts 1, and focusing on a few verses. When we believe and trust in the Risen Savior, he gives us his Spirit, and it turns us into witnesses of the gospel in the world. This message captivates our heart. Are you captivated by the gospel? Are you witnessing its power in your life?
Thanks for checking out our Easter message this week as we study Luke 24: Jesus' Resurrection. Pastor Carter takes us through three scenes in the story: the grave, the garden, and the encounter. Jesus' resurrection, if true, changes everything. When you encounter the Risen Savior, you're no longer stuck in the grave; you're brought into the garden! We pray this message helps you encounter the Risen Savior, Jesus, in a new way. If you've believed for the first time, and you want to talk more about it with one of our pastors, please email hello@redemptionroanoke.com! We're here for you. Thanks for watching.
Join us this Palm Sunday as we have guest speaker, Brant Gordon, from Mercy Hill Church as he goes through Ephesians 2:1-10. He shows us the Gospel, what that truly means for our lives, and the gift God has given us!
This week we conclude our series in 1 Timothy by looking at chapter 6. Guest speaker, Bryan Miller, asks us to consider what we seek in life. If we seek things of this world, like material possessions and wealth, we'll never find satisfaction. But if we seek God through what Jesus has done for us, then we'll always be satisfied!
As we get close to finishing 1 Timothy, this week we study 1 Timothy 5:1-6:2 to learn more about honoring one another. When we honor others, we show them deference, respect, and care, especially those who've cared for us and others. The problem is, we fail to honor God and others because we want to honor ourselves more. But Jesus took the dishonor we deserve and gave us his own honor before God. Now God honors us because he sees Jesus perfect life and death in our place. Let's respond by honoring God above all else, which will naturally push us to honor others.
Today we study 1 Timothy 4 to see what Paul teaches us about combating toxic leadership. There are two extremes: hedonism and asceticism that Timothy must fight against. Gospel living is found somewhere in the balance. We can never forget to nourish ourselves with the Truth of God's word, and to teach others and practice the truth in our everyday lives.
Today we jump back into chapter 3 of 1 Timothy to see how church leadership should be ordered. Elders and deacons are mentioned, so we talk about what those are, what they're supposed to be and do, and how that affects our church. Thanks for listening!
This week we slow down in 1 Timothy 3:14-16 so we can cnsider the mystery of godliness, God, and the gospel. We may not be able to grasp all that God has for us, but one thing is clear: He loves us and wants us to experience him in this life. He's our Father! Let's run back to him, instead of running away in rebellion.
We continue our 1 Timothy series, studying 1 Timothy 2. Paul's focus is on gathering and prayer, but he also includes one of the most misunderstood and misused passages of Scripture in this section! We try to tackle all these things well by pursuing humility. The point is to gather with humility toward God and one another because of what Jesus has done for us. Thanks for joining the discussion this week!
As we begin a new series in 1 Timothy today, we look at chapter one to learn how to lead the church. Paul affirms Timothy's calling, encourages him to combat false teaching that goes against the gospel of grace, and to keep fighting the good fight. We can keep fighting the good fight, too, because Jesus one the victory for us!
Today we look at Galatians 6:7-10, which teaches us that you reap what you sow. If we sow seeds of the gospel into the mission, we'll reap a harvest of disciples! It's time for us to choose... are we going to go all in with God and mission? Jesus went all in for us so that we could go all in for him. The gospel costs us nothing, but it demands everything. Let's "put our yes on the table" and live to invite the outsider in.
Join us this week as we hear from a special guest speaker, Gateway Church Planter, Brody Medford. He encourages us in James 1:19-27, talking about his journey as hearer of the word to a doer of the word and how we can also be ones who Listen to, Love and, Live Gods Word.
Today is our last message in the Vision 2022 series. We look at Matthew 28:16-20, and 2 Timothy 2:1-2 to inform why we multiply disciples and mobilize leaders as our fourth core value. Multiplication is about growth, but not for the sake of growth. It's growing deeper into the gospel, which compels us to make disciples.
We're studying Luke 14:12-24 today to understand true hospitality. This is our 3rd core value as a church: we demonstrate hospitality toward our culture. We want to bring the "stranger" into our lives and love them like Jesus loved us when we were strangers to him. Thanks for checking out our messages online!
We're studying Hebrews 10:23-25 to understand one important aspect of building authentic community: gathering together (oh the irony)! Being with one another is a vital part of living a healthy Christian life. The author of Hebrews tells us to make a habit of meeting together so that it's just second nature for us. Let's learn to do life together and build authentic community at Redemption Church.
We're kicking of our Vision 2022 series in Galatians 1:6-12. We look at the "gospel of grace" verses the "distorted gospel" the Galatians were tempted to believe. It's a gospel that says what we DO will lead to God's grace for us. But the true gospel of grace says God's grace is a gift, and it can lead to changing what we do. The order is so crucial. We hope this encourages you to trust in God's grace alone!
As we start the new year, Carter takes us through Psalm 127 to discuss how raising children is really a responsibility for the whole church. Whether we're parents or not, kids are an important part of God's mission. We're to send them out like arrows, sharpened, on the right trajectory, ready for battle.
Today we're studying Matthew 1 to see how Christmas gives us courage. Immanuel means "God with us." If that's true, then it changes everything in our lives. Not only does it give us courage to endure the ridicule of the world, but also to humble ourselves under the authority of Jesus, and to admit our need for God's intervention in our lives. This Christmas season, believe God is with us, and let that give you courage to live this Christian life.
We continue our Reimagining Christmas series today, studying Matthew 2. We'll see a contrast between king Herod and the wise men. Herod rejected the newborn King, but the wise men worshipped him. There's really only 2 responses to news like that! Either, we'll reject, or we'll believe and worship; there's no middle way. We'll see that true wisdom is to worship Jesus as king.
What if Christmas wasn't about you or your family, but about God building his? In this message, we study Matthew 3:1-12 to learn how baptism is really one of the greatest Christmas symbols! Baptism pictures a transformed life in Christ. Christmas is about Jesus' birth, so it's appropriate that baptism is a symbol of our rebirth! Thanks for following along in this series, Reimagining Christmas. We hope you'll invite your neighbors to join us for the rest!
As we bring the Fulfilled sermon series to a close today, we'll see Jesus in Matthew 7, summarize his teaching from all our previous weeks of study. There is a true Christianity, and a false one. Many will be tempted to believe what's false. But we can learn to identify what's false by looking at what's true. What looks like true Christianity isn't always true Christianity, but you can tell what's true when you look at the results. It's one thing to know the gospel, but it's another thing to really believe and live by it!
Jesus teaches us about the danger of judging others in Matthew 7:1-6, 12. Often, Christians are the worst at being judgmental! But in this week’s message, we see that judging others reveals what’s really in our heart, and it doesn’t look good! Pastor Carter lists at least seven ways you can tell when you’re judging others, and five very practical ways to engage those around us without judgment, but with the grace of the gospel message we believe.
How do you feel about giving? We come to a topic that we all struggle with and that can be awkward to talk about because we’re Americans. In Matthew 6:19-34, Jesus teaches us about Giving and how we should seek the One who provides, rather than the provisions we think we need. We'll see also in this message, where your money is, there often is your heart and we see giving examples and how God calls us to give and that we giving money away is a part of a godly, gospel-centered life.
How do you feel about prayer? We often make prayer something religious, when it's really about a relationship with our heavenly Father. In Matthew 6:5-18, Jesus teaches us how to pray. We'll see in this message, prayer is both relational and purposeful, but it's primarily about God and his mission.
We're continuing the Fulfilled series today by looking at Matthew 5:17-48. Jesus directly opposes the religious leaders of his day by teaching through the last 5 of the 10 Commandments to reveal what it really takes to please God... perfection! But thankfully Jesus took our place, coming not to abolish the law, but to fulfill it. Check out what all that means in today's message!
We continue our Fulfilled series by studying Matthew 5:1-16, looking at what are typically called The Beatitudes. These revolutionary characteristics are what Jesus calls us to as we follow him. It's an upside down way of thinking, because we often think money, or power, or influence, and things like these are the way to a fulfilled life. Jesus says it's the opposite of what we think. We have to make ourselves low... we have to repent. That's the way to the fulfilled life. We hope this message challenges you, not to try to be perfect, but to recognize you're not! And to worship Jesus, who was perfect on your behalf.
We're excited to start our new series in Matthew this week by looking at Matthew 3:13-4-11. Have you ever felt unfulfilled? We're all searching for fulfillment in something, we just never seem to find it in the things of this world. Jesus found fulfillment in God alone, then he lived the fulfilled life on our behalf so that, when we're in him, we too can live and experience the fulfilled life!
Join us this week as we hear from a special guest speaker, Port City Church Planter, Jeremy Dager. He encourages us in Acts 2:42-47, on what a church on mission looks like, what God's plan has always been for the church, and the difference it should make in the community it’s in.
This is the last week in our Thought Life message series. We hope it's been helpful! In this message, we see how Colossians 3:1-4 reminds us to set our minds on eternal things. We can learn to pray and praise God. Both prayer and praise affect change in the world, but also change in ourselves. Our brains literally change over time when we spend time in prayer and praise! We've seen how God enables us to replace lies, renew our minds, and reframe our thoughts. Today we see how he enables us to rejoice in the transformation that he's worked in us. It'll change how we think and how we live!
In Philippians 4:8-9, Paul encourages us to reframe the way we think. We have to learn to be intentional with our thoughts... think about what you think about! This week we look at both Scripture, and highly practical ways to reframe our thinking so that we form healthy habits that lead us to live with joy as we follow Jesus.
We’re excited to jump back into the Thought Life series this week! How you think affects how you live. In this message from Romans 12:2, we talk about how to be transformed by a renewed mind. How can we get out of those patterns of unhealthy thinking we often feel trapped in? It starts with dwelling on the truth, which begins a process of transformation in us. We’re not to conform to the world, but to be transformed by the truth, which renews our mind! Check out the rest of the message to learn how that plays out in our lives.
This message marks the first in our four-week Thought Life series! How you think affects how you live. Your life is always moving in the direction of your strongest thoughts. 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 teaches us we can capture our thoughts through the power of God and bring down the strongholds in our thinking that keep us from the freedom Jesus died to purchase. Truth sets us free! So we'll learn to replace wrong thoughts with truth, specifically the truth of the gospel. If you get this, it'll change your life!
This week we hear from Pastor Jacob as he shares what John 21:1-19 teaches us about Jesus' engagement and reengagement of a disengaged people. Maybe you're disengaged from God's mission like so many Americans today. Our culture is disengaging from many things at this time in our history. Do you feel frustrated, or empty, or restless? Reengage with the mission because Jesus has engaged with you in the gospel.
In the last sermon of our Return to Genesis series, we look at Genesis 11 and the Tower of Babel. We all erect towers in our life that compete with, or supercede God in our heart. But God is building something much better than the towers we raise. When we build our lives on Jesus, it never leads to disappointment, but to joy, purpose, and fulfillment.
Join us again this week as we go through Genesis 9-10. We dive into the continuation of the story after the flood and what that means for us today. We look at what the Bible says for our lives and about God’s plan, specifically at how sin is still carried through the flood. Sin isn’t a family tree, ethnic trait or genetic trait, we are all under the curse of sin. Most importantly, we learn the Jesus is our hope and he choose to become God’s way for us to reverse the curse of sin.