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June 02, 2019 Acts 22:30-23:35 - Take Courage
Leading up to this passage, Paul was attacked by a rioting crowd in the Temple courts. The Roman guards came through to save his life, but still arrested him. In this passage, Paul is put on trial before the Sanhedrin, a religious council that is the very council that was responsible for the death of Christ. Paul was thrown back into prison and as he sat alone in the middle of the night, Jesus met him and called him to take courage. This passage shows us that in our darkest, loneliest moments, Jesus doesn't abandon us. He is not distant or unaware of what we face. He stands by all who are His.
47 min
May 19, 2019 2 Corinthians 4:1-12 – Gospel-Driven Mission
Pastor Chuy Rodriguez focused on the part that we play in the big story of God's work in and through His people. He also had updates and highlights from the church plants that Redemption Hill is part of around the world.
55 min
May 12, 2019 Acts 21:17-22:29 - Good News for Culturally Heated Times
Paul finally made it to Jerusalem and stepped into a culturally divided context where the heat was getting turned up. As he tried to navigate the tensions of the day, it ended up being personally costly, but he was able to speak the beauty and hope of good news into a culturally heated context. There is massive crossover for us as we navigate the divides of our time and see the realities that we must understand if we are going to join God in His good work in our city.
44 min
May 05, 2019 Acts 21:1-16 - Walking in the Spirit
This Sunday we will jump into the fourth and final section of the book of Acts. The major theme of this section is that The Story Continues. The same Spirit continues to advance the Word of God and the gospel of Jesus Christ. We are part of the story God has written and continues to write. Acts 21:1-16 starts off Paul's journey back to Jerusalem. It's a crazy section. People around Paul claim to be hearing from the Holy Spirit and do some bizarre things, like tying themselves up with his belt. Paul continues on in the face of it. We are going to take time on Sunday to approach the question of what we do when Christians come to different conclusions while pursuing the will of the same Spirit of God. How do we deal with disagreement? How do we walk in step with the Spirit, or with any confidence that we are actually following Him?
56 min
April 28, 2019 Acts 20:13-38 - Farewell to the Ephesians Elders
As Paul headed back toward Jerusalem he stopped off to meet one last time with the elders of the church in Ephesus in Acts 20:13-38. It's an emotional scene that shows the tenderness between the Apostle and this church. It also shows us something of the calling to serve in leadership in local churches. We will see this week what the focus needs to be to keep a planted church on mission.
43 min
April 21, 2019 Acts 20:7-12 - Death to Life
This Easter’s sermon comes from Acts 20:7-12, continuing our current series in Acts with a dramatic story of a young man named Eutychus who fell from a window and was brought back from the dead. The raising of Eutychus is only a shadow of the glory of the resurrection offered to us in the resurrection of Jesus Christ. We will see that God sees our suffering and sorrow, and that death does not hold the final answer.
36 min
April 14, 2019 Acts 19:21-20:6 - Ephesus: A Riot
This Sunday we will continue our series with Acts 19:21-20:6. This passage is a riot. Literally. After two years in Ephesus, Paul's ministry was recognized as a threat to the social and economic order of the city. It shows us that the gospel truly does turn the world upside down. This passage will help us to assess the broader cultural idolatry of our city and to see the divergent paths of the Way of this world and the Way of Jesus.
52 min
April 07, 2019 Acts 18:24-19:20 - Ephesus: The Spirit and the Power of God
This Sunday, we continue our series with the beginning of Paul's 3rd missionary journey in Acts 18:24-19:20. This passage shows us a young upstart preacher who needed correction, a deficient understanding of repentance and baptism, and demons that whooped a group of brothers and sent them running down the street naked. In all of it, we see a distinction between ministry done from our own understanding and power, versus the Spirit-filled power of God brought to bear. This will be a fun one to explore together.
48 min
March 31, 2019 Acts 18:1-23 - Corinth: Keep on Speaking
In this passage Paul goes into the city of Corinth. Corinth was a notorious place, a financial and trade center and a city that offered its proud inhabitants anything and everything they could wish for. Paul ended up spending 18 months there planting a church, but it took a vision from God to give him the confidence to stick it out in the face of opposition.
52 min
March 24, 2019 Acts 17:16-34 - Athens: The Gospel to the Marketplace
This Sunday we come to a passage that has been foundational for Redemption Hill Church since the very beginning. Even before our church had a name, when it was just an idea, Acts 17 and Paul's time in Athens shaped what would be our approach to life and ministry in this city. I continue to believe that DC is our culture's Athens - a place of education and learning, where ideology is openly discussed in the marketplace, and it is filled with inhabitants who "spend their time in nothing except telling or hearing something new." I am eager to open this text up together and to see what we can learn as we continue to work to bring good news to this great city.
55 min