Church Matters

Redeemer is located in the Pacific Northwest, an area that is notoriously secular in culture, life, and faith. How do we think about the area we live in and how does our identity as the church inform how we think about moving or staying in a particular area?
Gabe, Riley and Jerod unpack what we think is a biblical way of thinking about where we live.

SHOW NOTES
Pew Research Religious Landscape Study
Pew Research Religious Attendance By State
Religion New Service Article: The Pacific Northwest is the American religious future
Seattle Times: The Unchurched Northwest
Gallup: U.S. Church Membership Down Sharply in Past Two Decades

Gabe and Riley are joined by Cameron and Robin to talk about Student Ministry at Redeemer. Hear about how Student Ministry is done at Redeemer and how we view the role of parents in the church partnering with the church to disciple the young people in our care. 

The topic of the reliability of scripture is one that many Christians do not feel qualified to argue, or simply take at its face value, or even concede some points on! In this episode, we make a case for the reliability of scripture historically, internally, and coherently.

Show Notes:

Unity of Scripture Graphic

Ancient Manuscript Comparison Chart

On this installment of our recurring series "Knowing Redeemer" Gabe and Jerod ask Riley a few questions. 

Gabe, Riley, and Jerod discuss how best to listen to an expository sermon offering 7 tangible points and a couple of cautions.

NOTES:
https://blog.tms.edu/the-art-of-enjoying-an-expository-sermon

Every Summer Redeemer goes through the Psalms. We started at the beginning and will go through all 150 Psalms. Many of these Psalms are imprecatory or have imprecatory passages. What is the meaning of an imprecatory Psalm, and how should we as new covenant Christians relate to them? Should we sing and pray the imprecatory Psalms? Or were they simply relegated to the old covenant and ancient hebrew culture?

SHOW NOTES
Sam Storms - Imprecations in the Psalms

everypsalm.com - poor bishop hooper
the corner room
Brian Sauvé 

In Part two of our conversation on complementarianism, we discuss the historical underpinnings of the doctrine and how it can play out in the home and the church. 

Today we discuss the last of our theological distinctives: Complementarianism. Listen as Gabe, Lauren and Riley break down what Complementarianism is, its scriptural basis, and why it is God's good plan for humanity. 

SHOW NOTES:
https://www.amazon.com/Men-Women-Church-Practical-Introduction-ebook/dp/B08K3PZMZF/r[…]sprefix=complementarian+theology%2Cdigital-text%2C153&sr=1-10

https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/podcasts/tgc-podcast/biblical-complementarianism/

https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/course/biblical-womanhood/#biblical-womanhood-overview

https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/topics/masculinity/

https://www.amazon.com/Feminist-Mistake-Radical-Feminism-Culture-ebook/dp/B002AWX75Q[…]=the%2Bfeminist%2Bmistake&tag=dietofbookwor-20&qid=1483362739

https://www.amazon.com/Recovering-Biblical-Manhood-Womanhood-Redesign/dp/1433537125

On June 4th, 2023 Redeemer Church held its first service in a new location on SE 38th St. after officially merging with Eastgate Bible Fellowship. In this episode of Church Matters Gabe and Robin, the former lead pastor of Eastgate, walk through the history of the merger and how we got there. 

On this installment of our recurring series "Knowing Redeemer" we sit down with Lauren Schneringer, our Director of Women's Ministry.