Guest: Jason Miller - Sacred Questions
Jason Miller - This week’s teaching wrestles with the complicated nature of desire, focusing on Jesus’s surprising interaction with a beggar in Mark 10.
Oct 06, 2019•39 min•Ep. 223
Redeemer Central
Weekly talks from Redeemer Central. We are a diverse, vibrant church in the heart of Belfast, practicing the way of Jesus through simple, intentional, and inclusive community and seeking the peace and common good of our city.
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Intro: 03 Tables
David Armstrong continues our series INTRO that explores what makes us Redeemer. This week he speaks about Tables and how the table practice of Jesus informs the table practice of the church and the shape of church community as a whole.
Sep 22, 2019•35 min•Ep. 222
Intro: 02 Presence
Ryan Hawthorne continues our new series called Intro that explores what makes us Redeemer. In the second part Ryan speaks about the idea of the presence of God, and explores a sacramental way of seeing the world.
Sep 15, 2019•37 min•Ep. 221
Intro: 01 Story
David Armstrong begins a new series called Intro that is a great introduction to our community and explores what makes us Redeemer. In the first part David speaks about the significance of stories and how we all live in a story whether we realise it or not. Stories provide meaning and help us make sense of the world but they don't always lead to flourishing. The narratives we are immersed in can be either liberating or enslaving. It is only when our story intersects with the story of God that we...
Sep 08, 2019•47 min•Ep. 220
Revelation: Se7en Letters | Wrap-Up
A wrap-up of the series with a conversation between David Armstrong, Stephanie Wilson and Ryan Hawthorne.
Sep 01, 2019•48 min•Ep. 219
Revelation: Se7en Letters | 7. Laodicea
Stephanie Wilson reads from the final letter to the church in Laodicea. The letter talks about moving away from self sufficiency and towards dependency on Jesus.
Aug 25, 2019•31 min•Ep. 218
Revelation: Se7en Letters | 6. Philadelphia
David Armstrong continues our series Revelation: Se7en Letters with the letter to the church in Philadelphia that calls us to hold fast to the faithful, self-sacrifice way of Jesus.
Aug 18, 2019•46 min•Ep. 217
Revelation: Se7en Letters | 5. Sardis
Daniel Saunders continues our series Revelation: Se7en Letters with the letter to the church in Sardis.
Aug 04, 2019•40 min•Ep. 216
Revelation: Se7en Letters | 4. Thyatira
This week Ryan Hawthorne looks at the letter to the church in Thyatira and challenges us to consider if we have compromised our faithfulness to Jesus in these interesting times we live.
Jul 28, 2019•37 min•Ep. 215
Revelation: Se7en Letters | 2. Smyrna
Stephanie Wilson continues our series Revelation: Se7en Letters with the letter to the church in Smyrna.
Jul 07, 2019•29 min•Ep. 214
Copy of Revelation: Se7en Letters | 1. Ephesus
Ryan Hawthorne opens our new series Revelation: Se7en Letters with the letter to the church in Ephesus and calls us back to our first love.
Jun 30, 2019•47 min•Ep. 213
God | The Father
David Armstrong speaks on GØD as Father from Luke 15 and the radical countercultural parable of The Prodigal Son' reframing it as "The Parable of the Compassionate Father".
Jun 16, 2019•39 min•Ep. 212
God | The Spirit
Stephanie Wilson continues our mini series on Pentecost Sunday celebrating the friendship of the Holy Spirit and inviting us to contend for more of a Spirit filled life to bring healing to the City and the Nation.
Jun 09, 2019•29 min•Ep. 211
God | The Son
The week, David Armstrong kicks off our mini-series on the Trinity, introducing us to some of the background of the Jewish understanding of God and moving on to talking about Jesus, the son.
Jun 02, 2019•40 min•Ep. 210
Kingdom Ways | Hospitalty
This week David Armstrong continues our series on Kingdom Ways with the way of Hospitality. Explaining the power that hospitality can hold and how it is a weapon of love to be used against our enemies, he encourages us to offer a more radically freedom-giving version of hospitality to those around us.
May 26, 2019•39 min•Ep. 209
Embrace the mystery (Guest: Jason Miller)
Our friend and guest Jason Miller explores this simple yet profound paradox — the closer we move to the centre of faith the more elusive and mysterious it seems. God cannot be put in a box or category yet has been revealed in a very particular way in time and place... in the person of Christ. The invitation is to embrace the mystery. *** Jason Miller is a pastor, an artist, and a gifted teacher from South Bend, Indiana. He leads South Bend City Church, a community that seeks to practice the way ...
May 19, 2019•43 min•Ep. 208
Kingdom Ways | Compassion
Jesus was a contemplative activist, but never a reactivist. Dan Saunders speaks about the way of compassion from Matthew 14.
May 12, 2019•41 min•Ep. 207
Kingdom Ways | Generosity
David Armstrong speaks about the church's calling to be cheerful givers and a community of generosity that responds to the lavish grace of God. He examines how this impacts our relationship with our resources and money.
May 05, 2019•43 min•Ep. 206
The Resurrection of Jesus: The Equal Rights Campaigner
Stephanie continues our series "Road to Easter" by exploring women as the first witnesses to the resurrection. Stephanie invites us to consider how we live resurrected lives.
Apr 28, 2019•40 min•Ep. 205
The Road to Easter | Blackhole Son
This Easter Sunday, Ryan explores John 20:1-18, using the imagery of a black hole to help us understand the Resurrection. He then presents us with a fresh challenge, "Why don't we look more resurrected?" and seeks to answer, "How can we become more resurrected?"
Apr 21, 2019•35 min•Ep. 204
No Kingdom Without a King
David continues the series 'Road to Easter' with a talk that explores Jesus arrival as King in Jerusalem on Palm Sunday.
Apr 14, 2019•42 min•Ep. 203
The Temptation of Christ
David Armstrong begins a mini series 'Road to Easter' beginning with this significant moment in Jesus life before he starts his ministry bringing God's Kingdom — his 40 nights in the wilderness and the three dark temptations that come to him.
Apr 07, 2019•43 min•Ep. 202
The Upside Down | Part 8: Persecuted for Righteousness
This week David Armstrong completes our series in the Beatitudes with Matt. 5:10, "Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."
Mar 24, 2019•39 min•Ep. 201
The Upside Down | Part 7: Blessed are the Peacemakers
This week our guest and friend, Jonny Clarke, continues our series in the Beatitudes with Matt. 5:9, "Blessed are the Peacemakers, for they will be called children of God". As someone with over 20 years of experience in peacebuilding and reconciliation, Jonny is perfectly placed to explore the meaning of this passage, and how we can be the 'shalom-bringers' God intends us to be.
Mar 17, 2019•35 min•Ep. 200
The Upside Down | Part 6: Blessed are the Pure in Heart
This week, Ryan Hawthorne continues our series in the Beatitudes, with Matt. 5:8, "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God". He encourages us to reorientate our hearts towards Christ, offering us a valuable practice and posture to embody, and therefore aid, that re-orientation.
Mar 10, 2019•31 min•Ep. 199
The Upside Down | Part 5: Blessed are the merciful
Our guest and friend, Jarrod McKenna joins us this week to continue our series on the beatitudes, with Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. - Matt. 5:7. Pastor, activist and co-founder of First Home Project, Jarrod is well-placed to teach us about what mercy looks like and how God's people can show the mercy of God to others.
Mar 03, 2019•48 min•Ep. 198
The Upside Down | Part 4: Blessed are Those who Hunger and Thirst for Righteousness
Dave Armstrong continues our series on The Beatitudes with Part 4, which looks at the verse, Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled - Matt. 5:6
Feb 24, 2019•47 min•Ep. 197
The Upside Down | Part 2: Blessed are those who mourn
David Armstrong speaks on the second beatitude and this strange proclamation of Jesus that those who mourn are blessed. He explores grieving and it's role to enlarge our souls, to make way for human connection and participation and make room for the comfort and healing of others and God. The Series "The Upside Down" seeks to dig into the Beatitudes, understanding what Jesus is saying and seeing the upside-down world which He speaks about.
Feb 10, 2019•35 min•Ep. 196
The Upside Down | Part 1: Blessed are the Poor in Spirit
David Armstrong opens our new series on the Beatitudes, introducing us to the overall theme and diving into the first of the Beatitudes, "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." The Series "The Upside Down" seeks to dig into the Beatitudes, understanding what Jesus is saying and seeing the upside-down world which He speaks about.
Feb 03, 2019•34 min•Ep. 195
Words build Worlds | Part 4: Creative and Prophetic Words
This week Ryan Hawthorne completes our series on the power of words, looking at creative and prophetic words. Giving us an overview of the prophets in the Old Testament and showing the unglamorous side of a prophet's life - the expectation of 'prophetic humiliation' - Ryan encourages us nonetheless to become people who speak the creative, hopeful words of God. By doing this, we begin to speak the Kingdom of God into being; we build a new world of justice, without pain or suffering, and in the pr...
Jan 27, 2019•26 min•Ep. 194
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