Sermons About Redemption
The Shack Part 4 - Outbound Ripples
We have all been hurt at some level, but what do we do when those hurts feel insurmountable or unforgivable? When they paralyze us or cause us to run from God and even blame Him. In this message, Scott Wilson interviews Auntie Ann Pretzel's founder, Ann Beiler, how her life went into a tailspin after the death of her 19-month-old daughter, who was run over by a farm tractor in 1975. We will hear about how God redeemed her from such a tragic loss and the powerful way God is using her to help and bless countless others. God wants to restore, heal, repair us - to bring us beyond a place of existence, but to that place of joy and fulfillment - where we can use our hurts to heal others.
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The Song of Redemption
TThe throne of God and the taking of the scroll by the One who is worthy.
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The Story of Everything - Jesus
In the Story of Everything, this third chapter is about Jesus. Most of us reduce his part in the story to his death but there is more to the story than that. In this message we discuss the incarnation, the atonement, and his return and restoration.
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Guilt and Grace
Because the perfect justice of God and the perfect grace of God met at the cross of Jesus Christ, we can be declared innocent before God; made right with God and reconciled to Him.
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The Cross And The End Of Boasting
When the Scriptures talk about boasting the issue isn't two friends teasing each other about who caught the biggest fish or ran the fastest mile. Nor is it talking about the person who has worked hard and done a good job and really accomplished something, sharing the joy of that accomplishment with close friends. No, this issue of boasting is different than that. It all has to do with the heart and with God. The boasting the Bible is concerned about is a boasting that reveals a heart that isn't humble in relationship to God and isn't relying on the grace of God. When boasting is a self-centered parading of every trophy possession and every real or imaginary accomplishment in the attempt to somehow demonstrate that you are somebody worth knowing and respecting it reveals the irony of a heart that is, at the same time, proud and pathetic. It reveals a heart puffed up with self-righteousness and undercut with self-doubt at the same time.
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Fear in the Life of Faith
This week Pastor Kevin examined what the fear of the Lord is, how the gospel changes our fears and how we can go on the offense against sin in our lives.
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The Hard Edges Of The Cross
The message of the Bible is not just aimed primarily at our feelings. Don't misunderstand, feelings are important. But the changes that so many people want to experience in their feelings can only come when there are deeper changes. What the Bible offers us is not just comfort for when we are discouraged, or joy when we are sad but something much more substantial. What the Bible offers us is the cross and it’s a cross with hard edges. What that means is that the cross is not first of all about our feelings but about something that actually happened. The cross is about something God did for his glory and for our redemption. The cross is about the way in which God actually reveals His love for us and changes our relationship to Him.
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The Blessings of Redemption and Forgiveness
Paul continues to describe the spiritual blessings that God has lavished on us in Christ. God’s loving plan redeems us from the slavery of sin and brings us into the new life of the forgiven.
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The Cross Is Crucial
Some people might say that to speak of the cross as therapy for the heart is to trivialize it. It is true that in Christian faith the cross isn't just therapy for wounded hearts, it is the source of our total and eternal redemption. However, because the cross is the source of our redemption and reconciliation, it is also a demonstration of the heart of God toward us and a revelation of who we are to God, and out of all of that comes a great source of healing power for our lives today if we understand and believe it.
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Redemption
What does it mean to be "redeemed?" We are Christ's purchased possession and it is amazing, the circumstances that surround that transaction!
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