The Blessing of Persecution
A recap of the latest sermon in our "Sermon on the Mount: Kingdom Living in a Fallen World" covering the topic of persecution. ...
Keep ReadingJanuary 31, 2012
"The gospel, applied to our hearts every day, frees us to be brutally honest with ourselves and with God. The assurance of His total forgiveness of our sins through the blood of Christ means we don't have to play defensive games anymore. We don't have to rationalize and excuse our sins. We can say we told a lie instead of saying we exaggerated a bit. We can admit an unforgiving spirit instead of continuing to blame our parents for our emotional distress. We can call sin exactly what it is, regardless of how ugly and shameful it may be, because we know that Jesus bore that sin in His body on the cross. With the assurance of total forgiveness through Christ, we have no reason to hide from our sins anymore."...
January 6, 2012
I'm at a season of life where it seems like it's time to slow down. Nothing is working quite right anymore. I need glasses for aging eyes and anti-inflammtories for aging joints. I forget names and what commonly used household gadgets are called. Solitude invites me to steal away (which I enjoy doing at times!) while a growing family and new church lovingly require me to get even busier than ever. The commercials say Benny and I should be anticipating retirement after all the years of being in the throes of parenting and pastoring. Sometimes I envy those who can....
March 30, 2015 | 1 Comments by Bob Putman | Category: Sermon Review | Tags: Redeemer Church, Lake Nona Church, lake Nona, sermon review, Middle East, ISIS, Redeemer Church at Lake Nona, Jesus, sermon on the mount, kingdom living, blessed, beautitudes, Matthew, persecution
A recap of the latest sermon in our "Sermon on the Mount: Kingdom Living in a Fallen World" covering the topic of persecution. ...
Keep ReadingMarch 24, 2015 | 5 Comments | Category: Compassionate Complementarianism | Tags: Redeemer Church, Lake Nona Church, lake Nona, leadership, Redeemer Church at Lake Nona, complementarianism, Compassionate Complementarianism, myths, patriarchy, June Cleaver
Jake Phillips continues our series on Compassionate Complementarianism by analyzing some myths and misconceptions about what complementarianism actually is. ...
Keep ReadingMarch 20, 2015 | 1 Comments | Category: Musings of a Pastor's Wife | Tags: Redeemer Church, Lake Nona Church, lake Nona, family, Virginia, Redeemer Church at Lake Nona, Heaven, home, Rockwell Road, Nannie
Losing the home that we grew up in, a place that we loved more than any other place on earth, reminds us that our true home is yet to come. ...
Keep ReadingMarch 19, 2015 | Category: Evangelism | Tags: Redeemer Church, Lake Nona Church, lake Nona, Sin, Redeemer Church at Lake Nona, philosophy, Jesus, apologetics, Problem of Evil, Dostoyevsky, Brothers Karamasov, evil
Joey Phillips discusses the problem of evil and how Christians should respond to this objection. It is the most difficult philosophical and apologetic problem we will face. And while the answer might not be satisfactory, it exists. ...
Keep ReadingMarch 17, 2015 | Category: Compassionate Complementarianism | Tags: Redeemer Church, Lake Nona Church, lake Nona, women, leadership, sex, Redeemer Church at Lake Nona, complementarianism, egalitarianism, gender, roles, men, compassion, male, female
Sheree Phillips introduces our series entitled "Compassionate Complementarianism." What does it mean? What does it look like?...
Keep ReadingMarch 16, 2015 by Joey and Jake Phillips | Category: Cultural Values | Tags: Redeemer Church, Lake Nona Church, lake Nona, cultural values, immigration, Redeemer Church at Lake Nona, politics, President Obama, C.S. Lewis, sojourners, Leviticus, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Alan Noble
Combining two older posts into one, Joey and Jake argue that immigration is a theological issue more than a political issue, which should inform the way we think about it. ...
Keep ReadingMarch 13, 2015 | Category: Book Review | Tags: Redeemer Church, Lake Nona Church, lake Nona, poetry, Redeemer Church at Lake Nona, Kevin DeYoung, reviews, Hannah More, Fierce Convictions, Karen Swallow Prior, slave trade, David Platt, Do Hard Things, convictions
Jake Phillips reviews the book "Fierce Convictions" by Karen Swallow Prior, which detailed the life of Hannah More, who helped fight to abolish the slave trade in England along with Wilberforce. ...
Keep ReadingMarch 12, 2015 by | Category: Evangelism | Tags: Redeemer Church, Lake Nona Church, lake Nona, evangelism, parenting, Redeemer Church at Lake Nona, preaching, Great Commission, drowning, ocean, park, courage, Calvinism
Janelle Garrett writes about what she learned regarding evangelism through a near-drowning experience and watching her son play at the park. Evangelism is possible because we aren't alone....
Keep ReadingMarch 11, 2015 | Category: Musings of a Pastor's Wife | Tags: Redeemer Church, Lake Nona Church, lake Nona, family, Adoption, Redeemer Church at Lake Nona, serving, cruise, Souvenir, Haiti, priorities
Sheree Phillips explains how a man from Haiti named Souvenir taught her again what it means to serve and love family. ...
Keep ReadingMarch 9, 2015 by Bob Putman | Category: Sermon Review | Tags: Redeemer Church, Lake Nona Church, lake Nona, Mercy, sermon review, Redeemer Church at Lake Nona, sermon on the mount, kingdom living, beautitudes
Bob Putnam reviews the latest sermon from our Sermon on the Mount series, "Kingdom Living in a Fallen World." This sermon covered the topic of mercy....
Keep ReadingMarch 6, 2015 | Category: Christian Living | Tags: Redeemer Church, Lake Nona Church, lake Nona, Sin, Racism, abortion, ISIS, Ferguson, discrimination, Redeemer Church at Lake Nona, righteousness, sermon on the mount, kingdom living, #blacklivesmatter, justice, anger, injustice, zealot, The New Jim Crow, Michelle Alexander
Joey Phillips writes about our pursuit of corporate and personal righteousness, and how such pursuit is impossible without anger. ...
Keep ReadingMarch 5, 2015 | Category: Gospel Substitutes | Tags: Redeemer Church, Lake Nona Church, lake Nona, theology, John Piper, Desiring God, Redeemer Church at Lake Nona, Jesus, Apostle Paul, Gospel substitutes, Biblicism, knowledge, Give Me Jesus, relationship
Jake Phillips writes part 6 of our "Gospel Substitutes" series, analyzing the issue of Biblicism. What happens when we reduce the Gospel to mastering Christian theology and/or biblical content?...
Keep ReadingMarch 3, 2015 | Category: Gospel Substitutes | Tags: lake Nona, Lake Nona Church, Redeemer Church, Redeemer Church at Lake Nona, Gospel substitutes, relationships, friendship, Facebook, Socialism, Sanctification, Jesus, cross, friends, social media
Part 5 of our "Gospel Substitutes" series focuses on Socialism. Is sanctification the goal of our relationships and friendships? If not, there is a danger that we are succumbing to the temptation of a gospel substitute. ...
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