Atonement Theory Week: Recapitulation (Part 2)
Ryan McLaughlin with Part 2 of the Recapitulation theory of the atonement...
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....
August 18, 2016 by Ryan McLaughlin | Category: Theology | Tags: Redeemer Church, Lake Nona Church, lake Nona, Sin, theology, salvation, cross, Redeemer Church at Lake Nona, atonement, recapitulation, Atonement Theory Week
Ryan McLaughlin with Part 2 of the Recapitulation theory of the atonement...
Keep ReadingAugust 17, 2016 by Ryan McLaughlin | Category: Theology | Tags: Redeemer Church, Lake Nona Church, lake Nona, Sin, salvation, cross, Redeemer Church at Lake Nona, Jesus, atonement, recapitulation, Eastern Orthodox, Atonement Theory Week, ontology
Ryan McLaughlin writes about the second theory we are highlighting in our Atonement Theory Week: recapitulation. ...
Keep ReadingAugust 16, 2016 by | Category: Theology | Tags: Redeemer Church, Lake Nona Church, lake Nona, gospel, Sin, Redeemer Church at Lake Nona, atonement, atonement theory, Christus Victor, penal substitution, ransom, Hell, harrowing of hell, Patristics, Atonement Theory Week
Jacob Phillips beings our "Atonement Theory Week" by look at the Patristic theory, i.e. "Christus Victor"...
Keep ReadingSeptember 8, 2015 | 2 Comments | Category: Women's Issues | Tags: Redeemer Church, Lake Nona Church, lake Nona, Sin, Redeemer Church at Lake Nona, pornography, confession, 1 John, Ashley Madison, lust
Confession breeds freedom....
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 ReadingJune 30, 2015 by | Category: Church Values | Tags: Redeemer Church, Lake Nona Church, lake Nona, Sin, Racism, race, Redeemer Church at Lake Nona, fish, race relations
Janelle Garrett writes about how we attack the cultural problem of racism -- by listening and examining our own hearts....
Keep ReadingApril 23, 2015 | Category: Compassionate Complementarianism | Tags: Redeemer Church, Lake Nona Church, lake Nona, Scripture, Sin, theology, leadership, Redeemer Church at Lake Nona, forgiveness, complementarianism, roles, Compassionate Complementarianism, brokenness
The latest in our "Compassionate Complementarianism" series: Sheree Phillips addresses the myth that complementarians always get theology right. ...
Keep ReadingApril 14, 2015 | 1 Comments | Category: Evangelism | Tags: Redeemer Church, Lake Nona Church, lake Nona, Sin, the gospel coalition, Redeemer Church at Lake Nona, Tim Keller, TGC, TGC15, Coming Home, tension, goodness, Old Testament, John Piper, D.A. Carson
Joey Phillips describes just one little gem he learned from listening to Dr. Tim Keller's opening address at TGC15. Thank God for godly, smart pastors, locally and globally. ...
Keep ReadingApril 12, 2015 | Category: Cultural Values | Tags: Redeemer Church, Lake Nona Church, lake Nona, Sin, Racism, unity, diversity, race, racial reconciliation, Redeemer Church at Lake Nona, Trip Lee, Thabiti Anyabwile, ERLC
Jake Phillips discusses the ERLC summit on racial reconciliation and the lectures delivered by Trip Lee and Thabiti Anyabwile. What type of unity is our goal? ...
Keep ReadingApril 2, 2015 | 2 Comments by Kyle Davis | Category: Worship | Tags: Redeemer Church, Lake Nona Church, lake Nona, easter, Worship, Resurrection, Death, Sin, cross, Redeemer Church at Lake Nona, Jesus, Calvary, Easter Sunday, I Am They, Kari Jobe, Sunday service, Tim Hughes
Kyle Davis explains the story we will try to tell through worship this Easter Sunday, and how we plan to accomplish that purpose. ...
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 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 3, 2015 | Category: Cultural Values | Tags: Redeemer Church, Lake Nona Church, lake Nona, Sin, rape culture, modesty, wisdom, Redeemer Church at Lake Nona, modesty movement, legalism, fundamentalism, evangelicalism, pornography
Jake Phillips asks whether the modesty movement contributes to the rape culture. Does talking about modesty necessarily objectify women?...
Keep ReadingFebruary 2, 2015 | 1 Comments by | Category: Member Musings | Tags: Redeemer Church, Lake Nona Church, lake Nona, Idolatry, Sin, marriage, John Piper, Redeemer Church at Lake Nona, functional gods, cheating, card games, depression
Janelle Garrett writes about idolatry and why our spouses make for terrible gods. Is your spouse (or children or friend) functioning as an idol? ...
Keep ReadingJanuary 30, 2015 | Category: Christian Living | Tags: Redeemer Church, Lake Nona Church, lake Nona, Sin, sermons, Redeemer Church at Lake Nona, martha, unplugged, technology, mortification, bonfires, music, albums, Jesus Movement, abiding in Christ, Mary, worldliness
Sheree Phillips tells the story of Paul and his useless bonfire. How do we mortify our temptations to worldliness? How do we find our contentment in Christ alone? What does it mean to abide in Christ?...
Keep ReadingDecember 9, 2014 by | Category: Poetry | Tags: poetry, Redeemer Church, Lake Nona Church, lake Nona, Orlando Church, Lake Nona Churches, Sin, Racism, lee vista, lee vista church, redeemerchurch, redeemer, lakenonachurch, redeemer blog, social issues, cultural issues, Redeemer Church of Lake Nona, cultural engagement, race, racial reconciliation, Ferguson, Redeemer Lake Nona, prejudice, equality, Redeemer Church at Lake Nona, hate
Janelle writes a poem about the hidden hatred in all of us, and what the solution is. ...
Keep ReadingDecember 3, 2014 by | Category: Member Musings | Tags: Redeemer Church, blog, Sin, Reconciliation, Justification, Shame, lee vista, lee vista church, redeemerchurch, redeemer, redeemer blog, church blog, Redeemer Church of Lake Nona, heart issues, nursing, Redeemer Lake Nona, Redeemer Church at Lake Nona, sorrow, godly sorrow, worldly sorrow
Recently I’ve been reminded several times of various situations, or particular patients I’ve taken care of, when I was a nurse. Maybe it’s because as a stay at home mom part of me misses my former job. Or perhaps it’s because these things had such an impact on me. I’ve written here about a particular patient who was diagnosed with cancer. I’ve also written here...
Keep ReadingNovember 13, 2014 | 1 Comments | Category: Musings of a Pastor's Wife | Tags: Redeemer Church, Lake Nona Church, blog, lake Nona, healing, Sheree Phillips, Lake Nona Churches, Faith, Sin, lee vista, Suffering, lee vista church, dark, redeemerchurch, redeemer, lakenonachurch, redeemer blog, church ministry, faithfulness of God, counseling, church blog, Redeemer Church of Lake Nona, Redeemer Lake Nona, Redeemer Church at Lake Nona, compassion
Often the moments I hear heart-wrenching comments like this are while sitting on the couch in my living room sharing a glass of sweet tea with women from my church. Like me, they’re dealing with the often-weighty consequences of sins by or against them: pain that runs deep like a knife being slowly twisted through the heart. It’s not always there. But when it’s trigg...
Keep ReadingSeptember 23, 2014 | 1 Comments by | Category: Poetry | Tags: Redeemer Church, Lake Nona Church, lake Nona, grace, healing, Orlando Church, Lake Nona Churches, Hope, Sin, lee vista, lee vista church, the coming light, redeemerchurch, redeemer, lakenonachurch, redeemer blog, church blog, poetry, Redeemer Church of Lake Nona
Constant friend, my soul's own darkness, constant still, my soul's repose In the alley of soul's shadow, lurks a monster of my own Chained by sinful thoughts immoral, chained by sinful deeds done bold Soul and spirit war between me, making war, my corpse gone cold...
Keep ReadingSeptember 17, 2014 by Eric Garrett | Category: Cultural Values | Tags: Redeemer Church of Lake Nona, Redeemer Church, Lake Nona Church, lake Nona, wealth, money, folly, Sin, wisdom, Proverbs
What does it mean to pursue wealth? We know that the love of money is the root of evil, but is pursuing wealth necessarily a bad thing? Eric Garrett explores what can often be a touchy subject....
Keep ReadingSeptember 12, 2014 | Category: Cultural Values | Tags: Redeemer Church, Lake Nona Church, lake Nona, bible, Orlando Church, Lake Nona Churches, Sin, lee vista, Fighting the battle of temptation, lee vista church, cultural values, redeemerchurch, redeemer, lakenonachurch, redeemer blog, social issues, cultural issues, church blog, sex, sexual ethics
“Oh, great,” said everyone. “Another church railing against promiscuity, homosexuality, and how society is going to hell in a handbasket. Just what I want to read today (this is not what I want to read today).” I know there is something archaic and cliché to read a blog post about sexual ethics from an evangelical church. Having admitted that, I hope you’ll bear...
Keep ReadingSeptember 4, 2014 | Category: Friends of Redeemer | Tags: criminal law, extrospective understanding, introspective understanding, Redeemer Church, Lake Nona Church, lake Nona, bible, Lake Nona Churches, Sin, Christian Character, lee vista, lee vista church, cultural values, redeemerchurch, redeemer, lakenonachurch, the gospel, redeemer blog, social issues, Gospel-centeredness, cultural issues, church blog
When I decided to go to law school, I received many comments like “Are you going to be one of the ones who keeps the criminals off the street?” and “Nice. So you’re going to get the bad guys and make sure they pay.” At the time, I had no difficulty with these statements. Though I had no intention of pursuing a career in criminal law, I figured that if I did, it w...
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