Church Blog (Page 8)

Church Blog (Page 8)

Spreading Resurrection Hope

He is risen! He is risen indeed! Though social isolation continues and we will not be gathering physically to celebrate Easter this Sunday, the most important thing about Easter (and every day) remains unchanged: the tomb IS empty. Christ HAS risen from the dead! This will be a unique Sunday, and our celebration will feel different. But in unique times, we also have…

Question: Was Christ Forsaken?

“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” is what David cried about 3,000 years ago (Psalm 22:1). Famously, Jesus cried out these exact words of Psalm 22:1 while he was dying on the cross (Matt. 27:46; Mark 15:34). The question arises: was Christ really forsaken? There is a profound sense in which the answer is “Yes.” There is also an important sense in which the answer…

None Like Him, Supplements for Ch. 8

All Redeemer ladies are invited to join us as we read and discuss Jen Wilkin’s book, None Like Him, during our fellowship group meetings this year. In each of the book’s ten chapters, Jen explains and highlights one of God’s incommunicable attributes, like His Sovereignty and Self-Existence. Jen’s hope and prayer in writing the book is that as we learn more about our…

Spreading Smiles to Seniors

In these unique days, families in our church have opportunities to spread smiles to seniors. Many of our senior neighbors and health-vulnerable neighbors have less contact with friends or loved ones than normal. Families in our church family can help spread smiles through delivering drawings, or Scripture verses, or handwritten notes to seniors around us. Perhaps there…

Playlist for this Sunday 3/22/20

Church family, As we continue to navigate these days and weeks of social distancing and the absence of regular person to person fellowship, I want to encourage us all to keep pressing on to worship the Lord through singing!   You know who keeps on singing through uncertainty and fear?  Christians do.  Who keeps on singing even when the world seems to be crumbling around…

Overcoming Anxiety & Video Discussion

Overcoming Anxiety — Free minibook download! Click here to download. New Growth Press has made David Powlison’s minibook, Overcoming Anxiety available as a free download for a few days.  It’s a helpful resource for humans! I highly recommend you receive this free gift and spend 30-60 minutes reading it.  Josh Anderson plans to lead a video discussion…

Seminary-Level Bible Training Online

Here is one opportunity we’re trying to jump on quickly in this unique time.   While the current crisis is interrupting our local gatherings, it also creates opportunities for online training. As a church, we have an opportunity to run one or two cohorts with the online courses offered by the Charles Simeon Trust. These are seminary-caliber courses designed to help you…

Loving Your (Literal) Neighbor

The coronavirus has rapidly and radically changed almost everything we recognize as normal life. We are faced with dizzying restrictions and cancellations, but with those have also come a few new unique opportunities. One of the most obvious is the opportunity to care more intentionally for our neighbors.  If you already know your neighbors well, you can initiate that…

Healthy Helping Guidelines

#FlattentheCurve  Intentionally practice social distancing (keep at least 6 feet away from others).  Dr. Deborah Birx of the White House COVID-19 task force said on Monday, March 16 that social distancing has the biggest impact [to flattening the pandemic curve]. Dr. Birx also said that 14-day quarantine of households where one person is infected with COVID-19 has stopped…