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The Gift of Biblical Fellowship

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."...

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New Beginnings

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....

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The Gathering: Q&A With Bob Kauflin

January 28, 2016 | Category: Friends of Redeemer | Tags: Redeemer Church, Lake Nona Church, lake Nona, Worship, Redeemer Church at Lake Nona, church, The Gathering, worship conference, Bob Kauflin, Lake Nona worship conference, True Worshipers

Jake Phillips asked Bob Kauflin a few questions in anticipation of The Gathering....

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Real Life Faith When Real Life Hurts

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....

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Gay Marriage: What Will the Supreme Court Decide and How Can We Respond?

January 29, 2015 | 1 Comments | Category: Current Events | Tags: Redeemer Church, Lake Nona Church, lake Nona, abortion, marriage, culture, discrimination, Redeemer Church at Lake Nona, politics, church, homosexuality, gay marriage, Supreme Court, civil rights, slavery, pop culture, Justice Kennedy, Justice Scalia, Windsor, Native Americans, Roe v. Wade

Jake Phillips writes about the different possible outcomes of the Supreme Court gay marriage case, and how we might respond as a church. Will our response be predominantly political, cultural or Gospel-centered?...

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Chesterton and the Year in Review

December 31, 2014 | Category: Current Events | Tags: Redeemer Church, Lake Nona Church, lake Nona, Racism, ISIS, rape culture, race, Ferguson, Redeemer Church at Lake Nona, 2014, year, review, Chesterton, G.K. Chesterton, Staten Island, Ebola, Putin, optimism, pessimism, jingoism, patriotism, church, Year In Review

Jake Phillips writes about why 2014 was such a bad year for American society, and what we can do about it. Should we view it, and the year to come, optimistically? Pessimistically? Some combination of the two? Jake argues that G.K. Chesterton shows a better way: we must simultaneously be irrational pessimists and irrational optimists....

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