Pray for Brussels
Our statement on the Belgium attacks today in Brussels ...
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 22, 2016 | Category: Current Events | Tags: Redeemer Church, Lake Nona Church, lake Nona, ISIS, Redeemer Church at Lake Nona, terrorism, Belgium, Brussels, Belgium attacks
Our statement on the Belgium attacks today in Brussels ...
Keep ReadingNovember 19, 2015 | Category: Current Events | Tags: Redeemer Church, Lake Nona Church, lake Nona, ISIS, Redeemer Church at Lake Nona, compassion, terrorism, fear, Syria, refugees, #prayforfrance, #PrayforLebenon, #prayersforparis
Joey Phillips writes about the current refugee status, and why he thinks we should welcome as many as practicable ...
Keep ReadingNovember 16, 2015 | Category: Current Events | Tags: Redeemer Church, Lake Nona Church, lake Nona, ISIS, Redeemer Church at Lake Nona, terrorism, Paris, France, #prayforfrance, Lebanon, Beirut
Jake Phillips writes about how we shouldn't feel inadequate about posting our solidarity with France on social media. We should do the same for Lebanon. ...
Keep ReadingMarch 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 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 ReadingFebruary 20, 2015 | Category: Highlighted Links | Tags: Redeemer Church, Lake Nona Church, lake Nona, Redeemer Church at Lake Nona, Highlights from the Blogosphere, evangelism, ISIS, pop culture, Lent, Parks & Rec, Lol Interwebz, Carl Trueman
We've rounded up some of the most helpful articles from around the web. ...
Keep ReadingFebruary 16, 2015 | 4 Comments | Category: Current Events | Tags: Redeemer Church, Lake Nona Church, lake Nona, ISIS, Redeemer Church at Lake Nona, unplugged, digital age, terrorism, social media, Facebook, Twitter, IS, ISIL, executions
How should we think through the brutal executions orchestrated by ISIS, and the way that the news of such attacks spreads through social media?...
Keep ReadingDecember 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....
Keep ReadingSeptember 9, 2014 | Category: Evangelism | Tags: Redeemer Church, Lake Nona Church, lake Nona, evangelism, gospel, Lake Nona Churches, Racism, cultural values, redeemerchurch, redeemer, lakenonachurch, the gospel, Muslim, redeemer blog, social issues, cultural issues, preaching the gospel, evangelize, church blog, duck dynasty, Islam, ISIS
There are reasons to respect Phil Robertson, the patriarch of the family at the center of AMC’s blockbuster hit Duck Dynasty. He was a good enough athlete to start over 4-time Super Bowl champion Terry Bradshaw while in college even though he didn’t think much about practice. He was, by his own admission, a borderline alcoholic and druggie until he was miraculously sav...
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