Identity Trumps Motherhood: Sermon Recap
Bob Putman reviews Benny's sermon from this past Sunday about motherhood and identity. How God sees us is infinitely more important than how anyone else sees us, including ourselves. ...
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....
May 14, 2015 by Bob Putman | Category: Sermon Review | Tags: Redeemer Church, Lake Nona Church, lake Nona, parenting, Identity, motherhood, Redeemer Church at Lake Nona, complementarianism, gender, Mother's Day, Genesis, creation
Bob Putman reviews Benny's sermon from this past Sunday about motherhood and identity. How God sees us is infinitely more important than how anyone else sees us, including ourselves. ...
Keep ReadingMay 13, 2015 | Category: Cultural Values | Tags: Redeemer Church, Lake Nona Church, lake Nona, Redeemer Church at Lake Nona, ethics, for-profit prisons, criminal justice, prison-industrial complex, corporations, fiduciary duties, duty of care, prisons, incarceration rates
Jake Phillips writes about for-profit prisons and the problem of fiduciary duties. ...
Keep ReadingMay 10, 2015 by Benny Phillips | Category: Sermon Review | Tags: Redeemer Church, Lake Nona Church, lake Nona, gospel, Redeemer Church at Lake Nona, Jesus, sermon on the mount, kingdom living, Matthew 5, oaths, swearing, lying, truth, Red-letters
What did Jesus mean when He said "let your yes be yes and your no be no?" What should we think about oaths, truth-telling, swearing, lies, and the differences and distinctions between them?...
Keep ReadingMay 6, 2015 | Category: Cultural Values | Tags: Redeemer Church, Lake Nona Church, lake Nona, Redeemer Church at Lake Nona, ethics, morality, criminals, for-profit prisons, Christian ethics, prison, criminal justice
Jake starts the first of a couple of posts about Christian ethics and for-profit prisons by dispensing some facts....
Keep ReadingMay 4, 2015 | 2 Comments by Benny Phillips | Category: Church Values | Tags: Redeemer Church, Lake Nona Church, lake Nona, the gospel coalition, John Piper, Redeemer Church at Lake Nona, sermon on the mount, kingdom living, TGC, premillennialism, amillennialism, Revelations 20, eschatology, end times, 1000 years, dragon, devil
Benny Phillips explains why he holds an amillennial perspective on eschatology, and how it influences the way we interpret Scripture more generally. ...
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