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....
July 10, 2014 by Julie Brackin | Category: Cultural Values | Tags: testimony, Redeemer Church, Lake Nona Church, lake Nona, evangelism, bible, Lake Nona Churches, Scripture, lee vista, cultural values, redeemerchurch, redeemer, lakenonachurch, the gospel, conference, tgcw14, Islam, Muslim, redeemer blog
Walking purposefully along the winding sidewalk towards the host hotel for my final day at The Gospel Coalition’s national women’s conference, I was stopped by an inquisitive taxi driver who looked at my name tag and asked me what was going on inside. As if to aid me in my answer, I held out my nametag for him to read and replied “It’s an event put on by The Gospel...
Keep ReadingJuly 3, 2014 by Ginny Jacobson | Category: Testimony | Tags: testimony, Redeemer Church, Lake Nona Church, lake Nona, bible, gospel, grace, Lake Nona Churches, Doctrine, Holy Spirit, lee vista church, theology, redeemerchurch, redeemer, lakenonachurch, tgcw14, nehemiah,
I went to the Gospel Coalition Women’s Conference on the book of Nehemiah. That still makes me laugh. Who teaches Nehemiah at a women’s conference? And beyond that, no one taught a single leadership principle! Not one. Because that isn’t the heart of Nehemiah or the overall story of the Bible: the story is God, in love, redeeming His people....
Keep ReadingJuly 1, 2014 by | Category: Testimony | Tags: bible reading, bible, testimony, redeemerchurch, redeemer, lakenonachurch, conference, tgcw14, Lake Nona Church, Lake Nona Churches, lake Nona, Spirit Filled Church
This last weekend a few ladies from Redeemer went to The Gospel Coalition Women’s Conference. We heard from speakers including Don Carson, John Piper, Tim and Kathy Keller, Paige Benton Brown, and Nancy Guthrie. Those were only the plenary speakers! There were several breakouts to choose from including a list of speakers and authors who have contributed to the gospel wor...
Keep ReadingJune 26, 2012 by Taraleigh Davis | Category: Redeemer Church News | Tags: About Us, church life, community groups, Faith Rising, Fellowship, grace, healing, Lake Nona Churches, Lake Nona Church, miracle, ministry, Prayer, testimony, Redeemer Church
One of our members, Liz, is battling cancer and a sweet friend of ours, Rose, made a beautiful quilt to raise funds to help with expenses. Here is Rose's explanation of why she had this idea. ...
Keep ReadingMarch 29, 2012 | 1 Comments | Category: Member Testimony | Tags: evangelism, church life, About Us, gospel, grace, humility, lake Nona, Lake Nona Church, Prayer, Redeemer Church, testimony, vision
Along with evangelism prayer can often seem like the most excruciating discipline of a Christian's life. But perhaps unlike evangelism it is not so much a result of forgetful negligence, but rather our seemingly half-hearted, faith-deficient offerings before God that lead us to feel God's proverbial pebble in our shoe...
Keep ReadingMarch 20, 2012 | Category: Musings of a Pastor's Wife | Tags: Prayer, Faith Rising, healing, miracle, testimony, Sheree Phillips
(This is Part Two of this story. Please see yesterday's post for Part One.) The day my Uncle Rocky died I was heartbroken, but I knew I had to tell Josh and Jaime. I still remember feeling perplexed and disappointed. I didn't remember ever believing so strongly that God would heal. I had so wanted them to witness a real miracle......
Keep ReadingMarch 12, 2012 | Category: Musings of a Pastor's Wife | Tags: Redeemer Church, testimony, ministry, miracle, Lake Nona Church, grace, Fellowship, church life, Benny Phillips, Sheree Phillips
History isn't very important to a lot of people. But my husband was a history major who has transferred his love of history to our family. Sometime I will have to blog about the competition five of our kids engaged in with the same college history professor… This morning at Redeemer Church history was on display. ...
Keep ReadingFebruary 21, 2012 | 1 Comments | Category: Musings of a Pastor's Wife | Tags: Lake Nona Church, ministry, testimony, vision, church life, Redeemer Church
I don't remember the first time we met him, but it was close to 10 years ago. Alex was just out of high school and wanted to be a professional musician. He was giving his life to this goal - and it resulted in him leaning away from the church in which his family had been involved for years. ...
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