January 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....
August 26, 2015 | Category: Church Values | Tags: Redeemer Church, Lake Nona Church, lake Nona, Mercy, Redeemer Church at Lake Nona, church, vacation, forgiveness, brokenness, apology
If we walk in close proximity to others, we will be hurt. And we will hurt them. But we don't have to give up or resort to bitterness, because we can extend and be shown mercy that flows from the cross....
Keep ReadingAugust 25, 2015 | 2 Comments | Category: Current Events | Tags: Redeemer Church, Lake Nona Church, lake Nona, abortion, psalms, Redeemer Church at Lake Nona, Hands Up Don't Shoot, justice, Planned Parenthood, Summer in the Psalms, wickedness, #defundplannedparenthood
The seventh Planned Parenthood video was released last week. Break the arm of the wicked, oh Lord. ...
Keep ReadingAugust 20, 2015 | Category: Worship | Tags: Redeemer Church, Lake Nona Church, lake Nona, Worship, psalms, Redeemer Church at Lake Nona, Carl Trueman, Summer in the Psalms, authentic, middle-class, consumerism
Is our worship service and the songs we sing only appropriate for comfortable, middle-class Christians? Or is it also appropriate for the dispossessed, sad and broken among us?...
Keep ReadingAugust 18, 2015 by | Category: Current Events | Tags: Redeemer Church, Lake Nona Church, lake Nona, Sin, abortion, cross, Redeemer Church at Lake Nona, Obama, redemption, Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln, Nightengale, Louis Pasteur, Planned Parenthood, Planned Parenthood videos
Janelle Garrett asks what would have happened if some of the most influential people in history had never lived? What if abortion had always been legal?...
Keep ReadingAugust 7, 2015 by | Category: Uncategorized | Tags: Redeemer Church, Lake Nona Church, lake Nona, Prayer, Scripture, Addiction, Sin, abortion, Redeemer Church at Lake Nona, Jesus, brokenness, Second Coming, enough, intercession
Jesus' sacrifice was enough to defeat our sin. When will the wicked have prospered for long enough? When will we see the Rider on the White Horse?...
Keep ReadingAugust 6, 2015 by Ryan McLaughlin | Category: Friends of Redeemer | Tags: Redeemer Church, Lake Nona Church, lake Nona, Moses, salvation, Redeemer Church at Lake Nona, transfiguration, transgenderism, transgender, Bruce Jenner, Jenner, Kardashian, Feast of the Transfiguration, Elijah, soteriology, Friends of Redeemer
Ryan McLaughlin writes about the transfiguration and the soteriological essence of all of our stories, fictional or otherwise, including that of Bruce/Caitlyn Jenner. ...
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