Forgiving is hard work. In order to forgive, we often believe that we need to be owed something in order to forgive the person. If we don't receive something we know it will cost us. Yet Jesus tells us that we should forgive endlessly. He knew

Matthew 10:24-33

Jul 6th, 2020 20m 3s

Jesus plants his disciples firmly in the world. Yet the world will bring difficulty for those who follow Jesus in a life of faith. Jesus gives some serious and sober warnings about what life would be like for those who follow him. Yet, in the m

2 Thessalonians 2:16-3:5

Jul 6th, 2020 24m 58s

So what do we do when the world seems like it is coming to an end? Do you try to hold on to the familiar to the things that you have built for yourself and for your family? Do you entrench yourself and start pointing fingers looking for someone

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Jun 8th, 2020 23m 8s

When it comes to an artist's work we usually first encounter their work then we learn about the artist. Maybe you have been listening to the radio or your favorite streaming service and you hear a new song... you don't know who it is by, so you

John 16:5-11

Jun 7th, 2020 22m

How do you feel about going into this world and making disciples of all nations? How do you feel about going into this world which is at war with itself? How do you feel about going into this world to make disciples of all nations—to make disci

Luke 24:44-53

May 27th, 2020 21m 46s

Goodbyes run a wide and varying gamut. Some goodbyes are pretty commonplace. You leave for work in the morning, you drop the kids off for school. Not a big deal, because you know you will see the person again. Other times you look forward to a

Luke 24:44-53

May 27th, 2020 21m 46s

Acts 17:22-31

May 18th, 2020 20m 42s

Paul was in the city of Athens. A religious city full of deep thinkers, cultural elite, and a menu of beliefs and ideas. Would what he had to say matter? Was the gospel of Jesus strong enough to overcome popular thought? We live in a community

1 Kings 18:16-39

May 10th, 2020 21m 54s

It was the poet Robert Frost who said, “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.” That’s great and all when you have made the decision but you know the feeling of having a fork i

John 10:1-10

May 4th, 2020 21m 41s

There are many voices out there which tell us where we can find meaning. But what is the once voice that can lead us to fullness of life?Support the show (https://nnyredemption.breezechms.com/give/online)

1 Peter 1:17-21

Apr 27th, 2020 17m 57s

FDR said, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." He said that in the middle of the Great Depression. And his point was that if people were consumed by fear there would be no recovery from the depression. What we desire for our lives i

John 20:19-31

Apr 20th, 2020 14m 49s

Where to find the peace that our hearts crave? We often seek it in what we can see. In our bank accounts. Within our families. Even, in our freedoms. However, we continue to find ourselves restless. Today, we hear of peace that surpasses what w

1 Corinthians 15:51-58

Apr 13th, 2020 19m 28s

Paul dedicates the entirety of 1 Corinthians 15 to speaking about the centrality of Jesus Christ's resurrection from the dead. Some of those Corinthian believers thought they were a little too modern for the idea of a resurrection. So he demons

Matthew 21:1-11

Apr 6th, 2020 17m 39s

When Jesus rode into Jerusalem for the final time the people of the city were stirred and asked, "Who is this?" Sometimes this is called Jesus' triumphant entry, but if it is supposed to be a triumphant entry it doesn't really seem to be that t

John 11:17-27, 38-45

Mar 30th, 2020 20m 9s

In 250 AD what became known as the Plague of Cyprian broke out. It lasted for 13 years. Many scholars now identify it as something like Ebola. Cyprian, the Bishop of Carthage, preached a series sermons throughout this time. In these sermons he

Hosea 5:15-6:3

Mar 24th, 2020 23m 2s

Jesus is the Valiant one who steps into the fray of battle and is supposed to fight sin, death, and the devil for us. But do you ever feel like he is fighting you? We might think to ourselves, “Whose side are you on?” Maybe those thoughts passe

John 9:1-7, 13-17, 34-39

Mar 16th, 2020 24m 20s

Have you ever been in a situation where you kind of knew something about yourself, but suddenly that thing was brought into clarity? Maybe you realized something through a particular experience where you realized a particular blind spot that yo

Genesis 12:1-8

Mar 9th, 2020 23m 28s

Abram packed up his whole household, uprooted his family, and moved to a completely new land when he was 75. Why? Because God offered him a promise. But living in the middle of a promise—between the promise given and the promise fulfilled can b

Matthew 5:21-37

Feb 17th, 2020 22m 24s

We have a tendency to lessen the demands of God's law or compare ourselves to someone else so that we feel pretty good about ourselves. However, keeping the law really isn't about the external action, but keeping the law is about motive, and th

Matthew 5:13-20

Feb 10th, 2020 21m 25s

"You are the light of the world," Jesus said. No one turns on a light only to put a cover over it. The purpose of a lamp is to give light and if a light does not light a house, what good is it? When Jesus called us out of the darkness into ligh

Isaiah 9:1-4

Jan 27th, 2020 22m 29s

When the sun rises in the morning we do not have to worry whether the darkness will scatter. That's because light is stronger than darkness. but what about other areas of life? Is the light of good actually stronger than the darkness of evil? I

John 1:29-41

Jan 21st, 2020 19m 44s

It's amazing how much excitement can be generated by having the right kind of person simply walk past you. Imagine for a moment that Chris Pratt or Lady Gaga walked by you. No one would need to tell you who just walked by you. Would you ask the

Isaiah 42:1-7

Jan 13th, 2020 22m 14s

Law and order was so popular that it ran for 20 seasons making it the second longest running scripted live action TV show. It was so popular that it produced a whole franchise of shows one of which was Law and Order: SVU which at 21 seasons is

Ephesians 3:2-12

Jan 7th, 2020 23m 58s

Certainly there are things we can observe about God. For instance, looking out into nature we can see that there is a creative force behind nature and that force is powerful. But those observations will only get us so far, and sometimes our obs

Matthew 1:18-25

Dec 23rd, 2019 23m 39s

Misunderstandings can be uncomfortable at best and destructive at worst. Just think of how uncomfortable it can be when someone gets your name wrong. Misunderstandings can be difficult, especially when it is about something much more consequent