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Redemption City Church exists to seek the renewal of the city of Boston spiritually, socially and culturally with the gospel of Jesus Christ. We gather on Sundays in the South End (90 Warren Ave). www.redemptioncityboston.com
The Sermon on the Mount is a beautiful vision of what life in God’s kingdom is suppose to look like - a vision of beauty and the flourishing life. When it comes to prayer we're all beginners. In this teaching we slow down and consider Jesus' invitation to pray with simplicity and clarity.
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The Sermon on the Mount is a beautiful vision of what life in God’s kingdom is suppose to look like - a vision of beauty and the flourishing life. When it comes to prayer we're all beginners. In this teaching we slow down and consider Jesus invitation not only pray but to be silent. It's an invitation to commune with God in the quiet place.
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Jesus cautions and reminds us that it’s easy to do the right and good things for all the wrong reasons.
There is a propensity in all of us to do the right things for all the wrong reasons. This is especially true in the church. This isn’t just at the giving level – in chapter 6 Jesus identifies 3 important practices he assumes we’ll do: give to the poor, pray, and fast.
In short Jesus is teaching us how to not be religious
The Way of Jesus is marked by love for God and people. The Sermon on the Mount is an invitation to live into this way fully. The Sermon on the Mount is wisdom from God to live a life that flourishes.
Redemption City Church is built around the idea of practicing the way of Jesus, together, for the renewal of the city. We believe that to be an apprentice of Jesus is to order your life around three goals: be with Jesus, become like Jesus, and do what Jesus did. Our dream is that as we live this way, our lives, our communities, and our city, will be transformed. Our prayer is as Jesus prayed, that God’s will would be done in Boston as it is in Heaven.
Redemption City Church exists to seek the renewal of the city of Boston spiritually, socially and culturally with the gospel of Jesus Christ. We gather on Sundays in the South End (90 Warren Ave). www.redemptioncityboston.com
We live in a time of history when it's never been easier to listen to the best content in the world, and yet to do almost all of it with a complete lack of accountability. We listen to sermons as entertainment. We have access to the best and latest teachings regarding Jesus and Scripture.
But the point of all of this is for you and me to become like Jesus by obeying Him. The Sermon on the Mount is a call to more information but transformation from the inside out.
The Sermon on the Mount is a beautiful vision of what life in God’s kingdom is suppose to look like. A vision of beauty and the flourishing life. According to Jesus, learning to love and pray for your enemies is one of the most sacred and flourishing things you can do to walk in the way of Jesus. This is holy. This is Christ being formed in you. Join us as Jesus speaks to us about loving and praying for our enemies.
The Sermon on the Mount is a beautiful vision of what life in God’s kingdom is suppose to look like - a vision of beauty and the flourishing life. But what happens when we are wronged? What do we do when our first instinct is to get even and exact our justice to wrongdoers? Join us as Jesus speaks to us about revenge and loving our enemies.
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Christianity declares that a first-century Jewish man, crucified between two common thieves, was actually God and rose from the dead. Did Jesus actually raise from the dead? If it’s true it changes everything If it’s false why bother? Join us for Church Online for this short teaching series called Raised and consider with us why the resurrection matters, and why to believe it.
Christianity declares that a first-century Jewish man, crucified between two common thieves, was actually God and rose from the dead. Did Jesus actually raise from the dead? If it’s true it changes everything If it’s false why bother? Join us for Church Online for this short teaching series called Raised and consider with us why the resurrection matters, and why to believe it.
Christianity declares that a first-century Jewish man, crucified between two common thieves, was actually God and rose from the dead. Did Jesus actually raise from the dead? If it’s true it changes everything If it’s false why bother? Join us for Church Online for this short teaching series called Raised and consider with us why the resurrection matters, and why to believe it.
Christianity declares that a first-century Jewish man, crucified between two common thieves, was actually God and rose from the dead. Did Jesus actually raise from the dead? If it’s true it changes everything If it’s false why bother? Join us for Church Online for this short teaching series called Raised and consider with us why the resurrection matters, and why to believe it.
Christianity declares that a first-century Jewish man, crucified between two common thieves, was actually God and rose from the dead. Did Jesus actually raise from the dead? If it’s true it changes everything If it’s false why bother? Join us for Church Online for this short teaching series called Raised and consider with us why the resurrection matters, and why to believe it.
We don’t know how much longer this pandemic, and the accompanying social unrest, will last. We were all hoping that by the beginning of 2021 life would start to return to normal. That, clearly, has yet to happen.
So, here’s the question: How do we not just survive the coming season – but rather come out the other side of it with a new inner strength and fortitude, and above all, spiritual formation in the the person of Jesus?
Is there a way to travel this road of pain together with joy?
Join us as we pause to reflect this past year and begin looking forward with joy.
In Jesus’ time, making promises one could not keep was prevalent. Lack of integrity was seen as something acceptable and Jesus says lack of integrity has no place among God’s people. Jesus taught that if you say you are going to do something, do it and if you can’t say no. Live with integrity. Thats it. Simple, profound, but so challenging.
Attitudes about marriage in culture have been shifting in a downward trend and is disappearing fast. There are many reasons for this. One reason among many why people choose not to get married is divorce. Many come from divorced backgrounds. Others have parents in a bad marriage and many don’t want that life. Whatever the reasons are for not getting are not always for godly reasons but broken ones.
What does all this mean for followers of Jesus? How do we interact with the realities of marriage in a broken and fallen world? How can we commend commitment in an age of divorce?
We live in a sex driven society. The church has responded to it in one of two ways: condemnation or accommodation. The problem with condemning or accommodating views regarding sex culture is that it assumes we are passive victims of desire, and in both views it places all blame for our struggle “out there” in the culture. Jesus’ words on from the sermon on the mount offers us a more nuanced view.
All the warnings in the Bible about sex are designed around the idea that sex is good and the warnings are there to protect something that is powerful and fragile – it is not designed to suppress freedom.
One of the things Jesus teaches is that calling someone a fool/idiot is closely related to anger, in that it represents a destructive attack on one’s character and identity. Jesus warns us that the person who violates another person made in God’s image in this grievous way is liable to the hell of fire. Followers of Jesus are commanded to treat others with dignity and respect rather than giving anger a place in our human interactions, especially with other Christians. All devaluing of people has no place in the kingdom of God.. How do we respond to Jesus' ethic of honor in the midst of a shame and outrage culture?
So many Christians don’t know what to do with the Old Testament or how to apply it. Sadly, this results in having a low view of the OT and thats unfortunate because Jesus loved the OT and because in it we see the very character of God.
If Jesus is who he claims to be, then his opinion should be very influential in shaping our own. Jesus had a high view of Scripture that included all of the Old Testament. He loved and obeyed it. Like Jesus, followers of His are called to the same care and ethic.
In this teaching we explore ways we can bring gospel influence in our cultural moment. As Christians we follow a Savior who suffered, so we must expect to suffer. How do we respond when we find ourselves in those difficult spaces? In this teaching, Jesus shows us the way of influence.
In Matthew 5:1-12 Jesus invites us to live into a way of living called The Beatitudes. He calls us into a life of true blessedness. The Beatitudes are an invitation from Jesus the prophet and sage into a way of being in the world that results in true human flourishing now and the age to come.
The Sermon on the Mount is more than a sermon, it’s an invitation to flourish. It’s a vision and a way of being inside the kingdom of God. It’s an invitation to take Jesus seriously.
2020 is coming to an end and who knows what 2021 will bring but I think we can all agree its been a bruising and difficult year. Perhaps this year, more than ever, you need no convincing that the world is not right. You can’t really long for the better world Jesus promises until you admit the messed up parts of this one. Advent is a chance to do this. The word “advent” means “the arrival.” In advent we wait for the arrival of Jesus not as a baby but as judge who will come to make all things new…the one who will restore our humanity. Advent is an invitation for you to slow down and reorient hope around Christ.
2020 is coming to an end and who knows what 2021 will bring but I think we can all agree its been a bruising and difficult year. Perhaps this year, more than ever, you need no convincing that the world is not right. You can’t really long for the better world Jesus promises until you admit the messed up parts of this one. Advent is a chance to do this. The word “advent” means “the arrival.” In advent we wait for the arrival of Jesus not as a baby but as judge who will come to make all things new…the one who will restore our humanity. Advent is an invitation for you to slow down and reorient hope around Christ.
The Way of Jesus is the pattern of discipleship that is aligned with his Kingdom and empowered by his Spirit. The Way of Jesus is his lifestyle, priorities, habits, and power—all of which he has shared with us. The way of Jesus is learning how to be with Jesus, become like Jesus, and do what Jesus did.
The Way of Jesus is the pattern of discipleship that is aligned with his Kingdom and empowered by his Spirit. The Way of Jesus is his lifestyle, priorities, habits, and power—all of which he has shared with us. The way of Jesus is learning how to be with Jesus, become like Jesus, and do what Jesus did.
No matter what our differences are politically, we can all agree that this election cycle has been demoralizing, traumatizing, and blistering for most of the country. If you are angry, anxious, disappointed, confused, or disillusioned this teaching is for you.
No matter what our differences are politically, we can all agree that this election cycle has been demoralizing, traumatizing, and blistering for most of the country. If you are angry, anxious, disappointed, confused, or disillusioned this teaching is for you.
The Way of Jesus is the pattern of discipleship that is aligned with his Kingdom and empowered by his Spirit. The Way of Jesus is his lifestyle, priorities, habits, and power—all of which he has shared with us. The way of Jesus is learning how to be with Jesus, become like Jesus, and do what Jesus did.
The Way of Jesus is the pattern of discipleship that is aligned with his Kingdom and empowered by his Spirit. The Way of Jesus is his lifestyle, priorities, habits, and power—all of which he has shared with us. The way of Jesus is learning how to be with Jesus, become like Jesus, and do what Jesus did.
The Way of Jesus is the pattern of discipleship that is aligned with his Kingdom and empowered by his Spirit. The Way of Jesus is his lifestyle, priorities, habits, and power—all of which he has shared with us. The way of Jesus is learning how to be with Jesus, become like Jesus, and do what Jesus did.
The Way of Jesus is the pattern of discipleship that is aligned with his Kingdom and empowered by his Spirit. The Way of Jesus is his lifestyle, priorities, habits, and power—all of which he has shared with us. The way of Jesus is learning how to be with Jesus, become like Jesus, and do what Jesus did.
The Way of Jesus is the pattern of discipleship that is aligned with his Kingdom and empowered by his Spirit. The Way of Jesus is his lifestyle, priorities, habits, and power—all of which he has shared with us. The way of Jesus is learning how to be with Jesus, become like Jesus, and do what Jesus did.
We began a new teaching series in the Gospel of Matthew called the Way of Jesus. The Way of Jesus is the pattern of discipleship that is aligned with his Kingdom and empowered by his Spirit. The Way of Jesus is his lifestyle, priorities, habits, and power—all of which he has shared with us. The way of Jesus is learning how to be with Jesus, become like Jesus, and do what Jesus did.
Habakkuk is a short but powerful book about trusting God when it doesn’t make sense and how He speaks to our struggles and doubts. Habakkuk discusses the doubt and pain we feel when things go horribly wrong. But it ultimately explains why God allows us to experience pain, suffering and doubt. In short this is a book for those that struggle with God. And truth is we all struggle and need grace.
Habakkuk is a short but powerful book about trusting God when it doesn’t make sense and how He speaks to our struggles and doubts. Habakkuk discusses the doubt and pain we feel when things go horribly wrong. But it ultimately explains why God allows us to experience pain, suffering and doubt. In short this is a book for those that struggle with God. And truth is we all struggle and need grace.
Habakkuk is a short but powerful book about trusting God when it doesn’t make sense and how He speaks to our struggles and doubts. Habakkuk discusses the doubt and pain we feel when things go horribly wrong. But it ultimately explains why God allows us to experience pain, suffering and doubt. In short this is a book for those that struggle with God. And truth is we all struggle and need grace.
Habakkuk is a short but powerful book about trusting God when it doesn’t make sense and how He speaks to our struggles and doubts. Habakkuk discusses the doubt and pain we feel when things go horribly wrong. But it ultimately explains why God allows us to experience pain, suffering and doubt. In short this is a book for those that struggle with God. And truth is we all struggle and need grace.
Habakkuk is a short but powerful book about trusting God when it doesn’t make sense and how He speaks to our struggles and doubts. Habakkuk discusses the doubt and pain we feel when things go horribly wrong. But it ultimately explains why God allows us to experience pain, suffering and doubt. In short this is a book for those that struggle with God. And truth is we all struggle and need grace.
Habakkuk is a short but powerful book about trusting God when it doesn’t make sense and how He speaks to our struggles and doubts. Habakkuk discusses the doubt and pain we feel when things go horribly wrong. But it ultimately explains why God allows us to experience pain, suffering and doubt. In short this is a book for those that struggle with God. And truth is we all struggle and need grace.
Habakkuk is a short but powerful book about trusting God when it doesn’t make sense and how He speaks to our struggles and doubts. Habakkuk discusses the doubt and pain we feel when things go horribly wrong. But it ultimately explains why God allows us to experience pain, suffering and doubt. In short this is a book for those that struggle with God. And truth is we all struggle and need grace.
Redemption City Church exists to seek the renewal of the city of Boston spiritually, socially and culturally with the gospel of Jesus Christ. We gather on Sundays in the South End (90 Warren Ave). www.redemptioncityboston.com
Advent season is about awakening the angst of waiting, longing, and yearning for Christ. In Advent Season, we re-live all of the longing and yearnings for the coming of the Messiah that our fathers and mothers in the faith experienced before us. We look back and remember the people of the Old Testament as they waited for the Savior that God had promised through the prophets.
Advent season is about awakening the angst of waiting, longing, and yearning for Christ. In Advent Season, we re-live all of the longing and yearnings for the coming of the Messiah that our fathers and mothers in the faith experienced before us. We look back and remember the people of the Old Testament as they waited for the Savior that God had promised through the prophets.
One of the most difficult things to do is learning how to share the gospel in a post Christian culture. Where do we begin to talk about God in culture that has no framework for faith? In Acts 17, Paul models for us how to share Christ with those without any knowledge of the Bible.
The church is at its best when it prays. Every time the church prays in Acts, the impossible happens! Every major movement, every season of awakening and renewal has been characterized by intense, persistent corporate prayer. In this teaching we learn how God uses prayer in our lives to re-orient our fears and anxieties towards Him.
Easter is the culminating moment of the Christian calendar and the foundation of our faith. We believe the Resurrection of Jesus is the hope of the world and a foretaste of the world to come.
This new teaching focuses on the necessity of regular prayer as a central practice in the church― we'll examine what Jesus taught about prayer and how to prioritize prayer in our community life.
This is the final installment in our Exiles in Hope Vision Series. As we close out we learn as a church what suffering means, what it looks like, and how we can be joyful in suffering.
This is part 2 of our teaching and vision series through 1 Peter as we learn what it means to be a church for the city by practicing the way of mission.
We continue our teaching and vision series through 1 Peter as we learn what it means to be a church for the city by practicing the way of mission.
The Way of Jesus is about life together. Discipleship occurs when we are intentional in living out the teachings of Jesus within community. We recognize and submit to the command of scripture to love one another and this cannot happen if our lives do not intersect.
We are a Church community in the middle of Boston. Our vision and our desire is to live as those who pursue God and practice the Way of Jesus in our time and place, with an ambition to see the fame and deeds of God renewed in our time, and to practice a powerful faith in word and deed that brings renewal to our relationships, workplaces, and neighborhoods.
In this sermon we learn what it means to live and age in faithfulness towards God and others.
We took a break from the book of Ecclesiastes to consider the cultural moment we are in. We are living in one of one of the most divisive times of our country and while the country seems to be fracturing, the church has to remain a place not defined by the politics of the day but by hope in God who restores and renews His people. Still, how do we make sense of the political madness we find ourselves in and what is the way forward for the church?
Most of us aspire to know it all, do it all, and have all the answers. That's what we hope for. But what guarantees do we have of tomorrow? If you knew what would happen to you tomorrow, how would you live today?
One of the big messages in Ecclesiastes is learning to grasp this reality - life in this world eludes our control. How then should we live? We'll wrestle with this question and learn what it means to walk in the way of wisdom.
In Part 2 of Listening to God we talked about the spiritual discipline of listening to God's Word and what it looks like to form our everyday lives around it. Listen in and begin your journey of forming your life around God's Word.
This is a message about learning how to listen to God through His word. And one of the ways Ecclesiastes exposes our need to listen, comes from identifying and repenting of hypocrisy in our lives.
This chapter tells us we have to share what we enjoy because there are two ways to live in the world. You can either hate your neighbor and so destroy yourself, or you can love your neighbor and so love yourself
Living well in God’s world means recognizing that when it comes to our own lives, we are not mini-gods, and this is his creation, not ours. Our life is given to us and things come and go and seasons change, and it is only God who knows exactly where everything is meant to go, in which order, at what time, and why.
Ecclesiastes 1-2 teaches that only God gives to us enjoyment and satisfaction in life. Endless enjoyment does not come in a box, does not come from sex, it is not the key ring to your dream house. We all know what it’s like to have tasted the best life has to offer and still be left wondering what comes next. God has to give us enjoyment, or the thing itself (box, sex, house) will leave us unsatisfied.
If we won’t live forever, or even long enough to make a lasting difference to the world, how then should we live? It takes the whole of Ecclesiastes to answer that question – the argument is cumulative and we need to allow the Preacher to give us the answer bit by bit, like an artist painting a canvas – here is the 1st answer: Accepting death is the first step in learning to live
The stories of Scripture aren’t just their stories…it is our stories. Acts 11 speaks to the issue of racism. Acts 11 speaks into the dynamics of racism that are still being debated till this day and the reality of that tells us that the Scriptures are anything but irrelevant in this cultural moment.
In this talk we'll look at Saul, disappointment, and the grace to keep pressing on when life gets discouraging.
Acts 9:1-19, tells us the story of Saul, an unlikely convert who opposed Christians and Christianity. In this sermon we talk about how grace works and changes people - even the most unlikeliest ones.
In this passage we see how ordinary everyday Christians proclaim the gospel in both word and deed and because of it the city flourishes.
You don’t need a spotlight to make a difference you just need humility. Today we are going to profile a man named Stephen who had one principle that he lived by: Its not about me!
In this teaching we are going to see a moment of failure and tragedy in the early church, God is using it to warn some of us directly in it to look to Christ with fresh honesty.
What does Easter mean? The message of Easter is a message of hope in a world full of empty hope.
Is Jesus Christ really the only way to God? In this teaching we address one of the primary objections people have about Christianity: That salvation is found only in Jesus. Throughout the span of all human history, this has always been the fundamental religious question… Are there multiple ways to God?
Acts 3 is the first instance of a miracle, and if you understand this miracle, in a way, you understand them all. This miracle shows you how God feels about suffering in the world and what he’s doing about it, and what he’s saying to us in that suffering; and it shows us, as the church, what our mission is in the world.
In Acts 2:42-47, we get a sneak peak into the everyday life and rhythms of the early church. Quickly, we see that Christianity isn’t a call to find ourselves, but to lose ourselves in him and to learn to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. When the church is comfortable and cultural – she tends to be weak. When the church uncomfortable and countercultural – she tends to be strong.
Acts 2 tells us the story of the church and how she was born. In this teaching we explore both necessary of means of the word and power if the church is going to exist in the world today.
Since it’s inception, Christianity was never popular or accepted in the broader culture. Christians were seen as ‘bizarre’ ‘weird’ ‘outlandish’ ‘repellent’ The overall culture resented Christians and its beliefs. Yet the church flourished because it refused to accommodate to culture. It flourished because it was distinctively different.
This is why we need Acts to help us understand our place in this culture and God’s purposes in this world. We need Acts to teach us that our convictions must run deep…
We need a Vision that is not based on fear or survivor mode – but rather a rich presence in our own time that inspires the beauty and possibility of Christ’s church. The good news is that the church has advanced and borne beautiful fruit in cultural situations much more complex and challenging than our own
The advancement of the KOG does not depend on the cultural situation we find our selves in nor upon our performance. Rather – the book of Acts invites us to follow the way of Christ in His great redemptive work in our time.
What is 2018 going to look like for you? Will it look like a commitment to a better self through self-improvement or a better self through confession, repentance, and faith? What if 2018 was more about knowing Christ and pressing into the future rather than dwelling and living from the past?
Redemption City Church exists to seek the renewal of the city of Boston spiritually, socially and culturally with the gospel of Jesus Christ. We gather on Sundays in the South End (90 Warren Ave). www.redemptioncityboston.com
We step into the story of Mary and the miracle that was the virgin birth of Jesus. The virgin birth is not simply a sweet Christmas story. The virgin birth is not a comforting idea. The virgin birth is scary because if we understand what is going on, we will see that in the uterus of this little Nazarene virgin girl, God is declaring war against Satan, sin, and death.
The season is a time for rejoicing and giving. As soon as Thanksgiving is over (and sometimes even before), we start putting up the tree and listening to our favorite Christmas songs. There’s nothing wrong with doing these things, of course, but over the next 3 weeks our goal is to prepare you for Christmas instead of celebrating Christmas. By doing this we will look at the 3 birth narratives from the book of Luke. In this teaching will explore hope through the pain and joy of Zechariah and Elizabeth.
In this sermon we talk about stewardship and at the center of the biblical concept of Biblical stewardship is the tithe. We see tithing instituted in the Old Testament and many wonder if it carries into New Testament. Listen in as we deal with the subject of money and giving. We pray you are encouraged and challenged.
Jim Carrey once said "I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it's not the answer."
We’ve been talking about money, its influence and how to relate to it. In this sermon we talk the biggest roadblock to living a generous life: Materialism.
In Matthew 6 Jesus puts it bluntly: what are you living for? Where is your hope? What can't you live without? We continue our study this morning on money and the way Jesus calls us to view money in light of all eternity.
Money matters - there is no getting around it. In a very significant way your life will be shaped by what you think about money, and in a way that is inescapable, somehow, someway, your heart will struggle with money. In this new teaching series we'll talk about how we relate to money and possessions.
Jonah 4 is perhaps the most puzzling and mysterious chapter because it ends abruptly. What happened to Jonah? The reason Jonah ends so abruptly is because it suppose to make us think. In this sermon we talk about self-righteousness and how it exhibits itself in our anger, hypocrisy, and lack of compassion.
Jonah 3 describes the unprecedented change that takes place in Nineveh. In this story we are reminded that God can change people and places. Here in Boston we are in need of that change. In need of God's compassion.
Jonah is faces a spiritual crisis and is in a dark place. Like Jonah, we sometimes end up in the belly of the beast. How do you pray through struggle? Dark circumstances? Sometimes life is perplexing but we learn in Jonah that God is a sovereign Father who only does good to his children. The question is: are you an Orphan or a Child of God?
Running from God often results in ignorance, apathy, hypocrisy, and indifference. Is something of Jonah reflected in God's purpose for the city? Is something of Jonah reflected in your life?
Jonah is one the most well-known stories in the Bible, and the least understood! This story of God’s thick-headed and small-minded prophet levels a challenge to every generation of God’s people who are prone to hypocrisy and spiritual apathy. As Jonah runs from God and hides behind his religious piety, God’s wide mercy softens the hearts of the most unexpected people. This is a story meant to shake us awake to the surprising ways God works in our world, and in our own lives.
Generosity is at the heart of Christian faith. According to the Bible, money is a gift to be stewarded for Kingdom advancement. If we view money as a gift then the act of giving results in joy. However, if we view money as ours alone then the act of giving results in a burden. In this sermon we see how the Bible moves us to gratitude which results in generosity.
It's not enough to just know the Story of God. Christians are called to tell the story of God. In this practical sermon, we learn what it takes to share the story with those who don't believe.
Redemption City Church exists to seek the renewal of the city of Boston spiritually, socially and culturally with the gospel of Jesus Christ. We gather on Sundays in the South End (90 Warren Ave). www.redemptioncityboston.com
The promise of Immanuel in Isaiah 7 is fulfilled in Jesus. Jesus is our Immanuel. Immune means God with us. We celebrate Christmas because God kept His promise. In this sermon we talk about the love of God and what that really means for the Christian and the non-Christian.
Advent hope is the story of the God is who is there and the God that willingly chooses to step into this world with the goal of making all things new in Him again. During advent we are reminded that in this tragic and broken world that things will not always remain broken. God in Christ will come to heal broken people damaged by the reality of sin. He is the God who draws near to each of us.
The 2016 presidential election is now over, and, in what very few could ever have imagined, Donald Trump is elected President of the United States. No matter what our differences are politically, surely we can all agree that this campaign has been demoralizing and even traumatizing for most of the country.
Now what? What do we say? What should be the posture of the church?
WE don’t have all the answers but we know its time for us, the church, to get back to what we were meant to be and what were called to do. Jesus is on his throne, He is the true King, He is the one we pledge allegiance to. This ought to comfort us is because Jesus left his throne to love persons not like him. May we follow in his steps.
The Bible assumes money belongs to God therefore it goes to great lengths to give us a correct understanding of how to view and use money. This is especially true in the Proverbs.
The question Proverbs asks: “Do I control money, or does money control me?”
The book of Proverbs says a lot about friendship. It won’t help you find friends. But Proverbs will help you be a better friend. And the best friends usually have the best friends.
Proverbs invites us to ask three questions relative to friendship:
Are you fake? Are you foul? Are you faithful?
In Proverbs, we have wisdom for our emotions – our turbulent emotions, our negative emotions, our dead emotions, our distorted emotions. We need the emotional life of Christ. In this sermon, we'll look at and examine fear, anger, envy, and joy.
The vision at Redemption City Church is that it would become a place that honors and promotes marriage no matter what culture says or feels. That by the grace of God marriages in this church will flourish for the glory of God and the good of the city. Here is how Proverbs can help us and how wisdom makes all the difference in the world.
If we’re honest, humility doesn’t come easy to us. Pride is way too easy. We really love ourselves. Yet, the theme of humility is pervasive throughout the book of Proverbs. This book never stops begging us to have a teachable spirit. The Bible is so clear on this as well. In this sermon we explore what humility is and how to cultivate it on our life.
Words matter and Proverbs shows us why our words matter and how to speak redemptively in our relationships, in the church, and in culture.
All of us face daily pressures that make or break us.Wisdom makes all the difference whether you make or break.
In Proverbs 9, nn one side, a house stands open, with an elegant lady named Wisdom inviting us in. On the other side of the road, a house stands open, with a seductive lady named Folly inviting us in.
Which way will we turn? What’s your decision?
What is the blessed life? What is your vision of the good life?
We often define the blessed life in relation to what we do or what we have. According to Proverbs 8 the blessed life isn’t measured in stuff or accomplishments but in wisdom.
In a city like Boston we need to be reminded that what makes life meaningful isn’t money, power, success, good education, or fun experiences.
What makes life meaningful is the beauty of Christ. Proverbs 8 is about God giving us a whole new way of seeing everything.
Your sexuality matters, whether married or single. Being a man is a gospel privilege, and being a woman is a gospel privilege. What we are is about the gospel. That’s why we need to learn gospel sexuality. Proverbs 6-7, the father counsels his son about this massively significant area of life. The counsel is addressed to a son but applies equally to women.
Sacrifice and devotion is the means God uses to advance His kingdom. In this sermon, you'll hear the heartbeat of the church and what it will take to get there.
Proverbs is warning us that flourishing is hindered by irresponsibility, laziness, and disunity. More from our sermon series "Proverbs: Wisdom that Work."
Bitter Honey and Sweet Water - Proverbs 5:1-23, from our sermon series "Proverbs: Wisdom That Works"
The Only Path To Life - Proverbs 4:1-27, from our sermon series "Proverbs: Wisdom That Works"
Why Wisdom Matters, What Wisdom Creates - Proverbs 3:13-35, from our sermon series "Proverbs: Wisdom That Works"
Wisdom at the Extremes of Life - Proverbs 3:9-12, from our sermon series "Proverbs: Wisdom That Works"
The Wisdom That Helps Us - Proverbs 3:1-8, from our sermon series "Proverbs: Wisdom That Works"
How We Can Grow - Proverbs 2:1-22, from our sermon series "Proverbs: Wisdom That Works"
A Storm Is Coming - Proverbs 1:20-33, from our sermon series "Proverbs: Wisdom That Works"
The Beginning of Wisdom - Proverbs 1:1-7, from our sermon series "Proverbs: Wisdom That Works"
This week, Pastor Juan wraps up our series on Nehemiah and challenges us to be a people of conviction, not of compromise.
Pastor Juan preaches on Nehemiah 11 and 12, focusing on how we are called to be a people who celebrate the deeds of God, as well as who encourage and pray for the leaders within our church.
What does it mean to covenant together as the people of God? This week, Pastor Juan breaks down how the Israelites entered into a covenant with one another after the rebuilding of the wall (Nehemiah 9:38-10:28) and how we as a church should do the same.
In this week's sermon on Nehemiah 9, we see that God is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. Repentance is our response to the kindness of God.
This week, we see through Nehemiah 8 how the word of God transforms the people of God. Pastor Juan also discusses how we should approach scripture and apply it to our lives.
As we look at Nehemiah 6:1-7:4 this week, we learn about Nehemiah's endurance to build the wall and apply that same endurance to our lives as followers of Jesus.
How do we handle injustice, both outside and inside the church? How does the gospel shape how we view justice? Listen as Pastor Juan unpacks Nehemiah 5 and why we are called to be merciful people.
Nehemiah and the Israelites rebuilding the wall faced great opposition as they worked, and as followers of Jesus, we should not be surprised when we face the same. In this sermon, Pastor Juan shares how Nehemiah received and responded to opposition, and how our confidence in Christ causes us to be immovable in the midst of it.
“Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?" 1 Corinthians 15:55
In this week's sermon, we look at Nehemiah 3 and hear about the people who served in rebuilding Jerusalem's walls. Pastor Juan shares how this group of people mirrors the church today, and why we as Christians are called to serve.
Just as Nehemiah had a vision for rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem, we have a vision as a church to see God renew the city of Boston. Listen as Pastor Juan unpacks how we walk out this vision.
We focus on Nehemiah 2:1-8 this week and hear about Nehemiah's courage to take action towards rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem.
We begin our sermon series in Nehemiah, an Old Testament book full of brokenness, vision, hope and renewal.
Baptism is a biblical means of outwardly celebrating an internal, heart-transforming work of Christ. Listen as Pastor Juan lays out why we hold to the sacrament of baptism at Redemption City Church.
What makes a disciple of Jesus Christ? Listen as we look to the Word to find out what marks a true disciple of Jesus Christ.
What makes a disciple of Jesus Christ? Listen as we look to the Word to find out what marks a true disciple of Jesus Christ.