Christ the Redeemer

Lamentations 4 - "Your Days Are Numbered"

Lamentations 3 - "Seek, Wait, Bear"

Lamentations 2 - "River of Tears"

Lamentation 1 - “Righteous Lord, Rejected People”

Jeremiah 52.1-11 - "When All Around My Soul Gives Way"

Jeremiah 51 - "Stir it Up"

Jeremiah 42.1-22 - "Trust Not in Egypt"

Jeremiah 29.1-14 - "Bloom Where You're Exiled"

Jeremiah 31-35 - "The New and Everlasting Covenant!"

Jeremiah 23.1-8 --“The Righteous Rod of the Good Shepherd”

Jeremiah 17.1-18 - “Searching a Heart of Deceit”

Jeremiah 7 & 8 - "Is There No Balm in Gilead?"

Jeremiah 5 - "Consuming & Fiery Words"

In this message, Matt guides us through the question: Why did Israel forsake God? From Jeremiah 5, we see five reasons how they slowly drifted away from deep communion with God.

Jeremiah 1.1-19 - "Prophesying Ain't Easy"

Deuteronomy 32 - "Moses' Song"

As Moses gets ready to die, he gives this parting song of reminding Israel where they came from, tells them where they are going, and what God will do for his Name's sake.

Deuteronomy 30 - "Prosperity Gospel?"

Four problems with what is known as the "prosperity gospel" are discussed. Essentially, the prosperity gospel stops short of the ultimate promises of eternal life with God, where the humble will inherit the earth.

Deuteronomy 28 - "Blessings & Curses"

Deuteronomy 12 - "One Place of Devotion"

Why would God be so adamant to have just one place of devotion for Israel? Deuteronomy 12-26 elucidates the Ten Commandments and helps us consider how we are to have no others gods before God. Deuteronomy 12 begins by explaining that there is one God and how God prescribed one place to preserve his people.

Deuteronomy 10-11 - "Love and Obey"

Deuteronomy 7-8 - "God's Treasured Possession"

Deuteronomy 5-6 - “Love is the Fountain of Obedience”

Deuteronomy 4 - "Confirmed By God's Oath"

Romans 12.1-8 - "One Spirit, Many Gifts"

Revelation 22 - "Surely, He is Coming Soon"

Revelation 21 - "He is Glorious"

“He is Glorious” — Revelation 21 — May 26, 2019 What does it mean for something or someone to be glorious? We heard the word from the beginning of our book in Revelation 1.6: “To him be glory and dominion forever and ever.” The word occurs 19 times in the book. So what does it mean? The word for glory in the Old Testament originally meant that something or someone had weight to them. For someone to have glory, literally meant they were weighed down with gold. Where did this gold come from? It ca...

Revelation 19.1-10 - "He is Righteous"

“He is Righteous” — Revelation 19.1-10 — May 19, 2019 A king engaged to a beautiful princess. Well, a commoner. Actually, not very pretty. // But stole his heart. King went on a journey. // To a battle. Warning: Others will try to sit on my throne. Try to entice my people. BUT I WILL COME BACK…Only after I secure your freedom The King left. He was gone weeks. Months. Years. We have been looking at several portraits of Jesus in Revelation these last four weeks. We have done this because in our da...

Revelation 7.9-17 - "He is Enthroned"

Last week we heard from Revelation 5 and the setting was the same as today in chapter 7—the throne room of God. Just like the Prophet Isaiah was allowed to peer into the throne room of God and gain confidence at his magnificence, so also John, so also we are able to look into this heavenly gathering and gain confidence. Last week we saw that the slain Lamb was worthy to open the scroll. This week we’re going to consider the fact that the slain Lamb is on his throne. The point of apocalyptic lite...

Revelation 1 - "He Is the Firstborn of the Dead"

“He is the Firstborn of the Dead” — Revelation 1 — April 28, 2019 Last week we celebrated the beginning of Easter. Yes, I said the “beginning” of Easter because it is a season not just a day. Though we’re not entirely sure of where the word came from, I am prone to believe it comes from the Old German word—which comes from the Latin word—signifying “East” or “the morning light”. This is a 40-day celebration that culminates in Pentecost. We have spent 40 days in the season of Lent thinking about ...

Various Texts - Resurrection

“Resurrection” — Various Texts — April 21, 2019 The point of the death of Jesus is the Resurrection. Thousands upon thousands upon thousands were crucified in the Roman Empire. But it is the Resurrection of Jesus that makes our faith utterly unique. Fulfilled It could be easy to think that the Resurrection were something that just happened and that it was really something unexpected and really new. We live in a day when people are not familiar with the Old Testament. Elijah and Elisha, prophets ...

Psalm 22 - An Unshakeable City

“An Unshakeable City” — Psalm 22 — April 14, 2019 Today is Palm Sunday. As we have heard in the third Suffering Servant Song (five of them: Isaiah 42:1-4; Isaiah 49:1-6; Isaiah 50:4-7; Isaiah 52:13-53:12; 63:1-3), we hear the Suffering Servant sing: 6 I gave my back to those who strike, and my cheeks to those who pull out the beard; I hid not my face from disgrace and spitting. 7 But the Lord GOD helps me; therefore I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set my face like a flint, and I know...