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This Sunday we celebrate All Saints' Day, a day devoted to remembering the ministry and legacy of those who have gone before us as fellow ambassadors of Christ. We will consider the purpose of the Christian, based on Jesus' words in Matthew 5.

This Sunday, we will celebrate Reformation Day: observing the marvelous work God began when Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany. One of Luther’s best known hymns, “A Mighty Fortress is Our God,” is a paraphrase of our sermon text: Psalm 46. The hymn is a majestic song of praise; the Psalm expresses our deep need for God’s protection and strength in times of trouble. Do you often feel like praising God when facing trouble? How can we understand our circumstances in such a way that leads to hope and trust, rather than despair? This Sunday, our eyes will be drawn to the city Psalm 46 celebrates, the city of God that is already in our midst but yet to come in its fullness. It’s a city in which we will finally and forever celebrate our mighty God, a bulwark never failing.

Message from Rev. Bryce Waller on October 18, 2026

In this section of Romans 12, the Apostle Paul quickly lists a variety of ways that Christ’s Church (1) relates to each other, followed by how we (2) relate to a hostile world. In both directions, the Christ of the Gospel is put on display by the Spirit’s cultivation of something Paul sees as a special kind of “goodness:" we relate to one another in genuine love rather than manipulation or rivalry, and we entrust ourselves to our just God rather than carry out vengeance in the face of the world’s threats.

But Christ is not only put on display in terms of his holy character; he is also put on display in terms of his victory over sin, death, and evil, as his great conquest finds mysterious but real expression in the Church’s goodness which truly and actively “overcomes" evil and advances the interests of Christ’s kingdom.

This Sunday is the first Sunday in Redeemer's new fiscal year and, providentially, we’ll be studying Paul’s command in Romans 12 to give ourselves to God as living sacrifices. God doesn’t just require generosity; he requires absolute commitment of body and soul and of material goods and spiritual interests.

How does this command flow from the rest of Paul’s letter to the Romans? And, what does it have to do with the gospel? This Sunday, we’ll celebrate the good work we have already accomplished as a church and prepare ourselves for a new year of sacrificial living and giving as our spiritual worship to God.

In Romans 11, Paul wraps up his counter-argument to the concern that maybe the resistance of Israel to the gospel is proof that the gospel isn’t the power of God for salvation. Already, he has demonstrated that just being a physical descendant of Abraham isn’t enough and that God had always intended for the gospel to go to the gentiles and that God can even use a temporary hardening of Israel for his own purposes. But now, he tells us that the story of Israel isn’t over yet. At various times in their history, it looked like Israel was abandoned and forgotten but God was always faithful to rescue and redeem—and that will happen again! This is more than a chapter about Israel. This is a promise that we ourselves need to claim when our friends and family seem far from God or when we can’t understand what God is doing in our lives: the story isn’t over yet!

Guest Preacher Rev. Chris Fisher delivers a sermon over Romans 9

Reformed Christians are known for their love of deep Bible study, mining the riches of God’s Word. There is no mine deeper than Romans 9-11, the section of the letter we are now entering. But we must also be careful not to miss the forest for the trees. Paul isn’t writing a systematic theology designed to answer all our theological questions. He is a pastor, writing to a church about the power of God’s gospel. And like any good pastor, Paul anticipates an objection—a concern: if the gospel is the power of God for salvation, then what happened to God’s ancient people Israel? Did the gospel not work for them? Has God failed? Suddenly, the deep theological questions become intensely personal: can God be trusted? Are his promises sure? Will the gospel work for me? Join us this Sunday as we begin our study of Romans 9-11.

Amidst the weight of suffering, we are all prone to believe lies that plague our souls and pull us away from the grace and glory of God. This Sunday we will explore three lies that Romans 8 directly counters, so that we might know the truth of God's love for us, be full of the joy of Christ, and walk in the glory of God's grace.

This Sunday, we taking a short break from our sermon series in the book of Romans to celebrate our life together as a church. As part of our fall ministry launch, we’ll consider the Apostle Peter’s list of gifts that build up the body of Christ and glorify God. As those who have been loved to life by the Lord Jesus Christ, we have been given gifts to bless the world and those around us. Let’s celebrate together what the Lord is doing in our midst and encourage one another in our service.