Grace From Redeemer

It is easy for preachers and listeners to "swing for the fences", to go for the big exciting sermon. But sometimes just making contact is enough. Here is the latest from Pastor Gregory Alms and "Grace from Redeemer". 

The Holy Spirit isn't as "spiritual" as we might think. Jesus tells us where and how the Spirit works in John 16:14.

We all know about Rudolph. The famous one. The red nose. But how come we never hear about the other reindeer? What is their story? Pastor Greg Alms talks about them in the latest episode of "Grace from Redeemer". 

The resurrection of Jesus means a new world is coming. The Scriptures (Revelation 7) give us pictures of this new world so that we can rejoice in what God promises. 

There can be a lot of noise at church, sounds that happen whether we want them to or not. Here are Pastor Alms five favorite sounds at church. What are some of yours?

Ananias says Paul is evil, a persecutor. Jesus says he belongs to Him, chosen. Who is right? A sermon on Acts, chapter 9. 

Success ... what we want more than anything. Success can run our life and form the image we have of ourselves. That is not a good thing. Listen to the latest form Grace from Redeemer and Pastor Greg Alms.

Why do we have the Bible? Is it a good luck charm up on the shelf? A weapon to bash others with? Plenty of wrong answers floating around. John 20 gives us the right answer. 

Easter is about eating. But who eats what? Who gets eaten and who does the eating? Pastor Gregory Alms and the latest from "Grace from Redeemer".  

It's easy to be cynical, to never get your hopes up, to expect the same old thing. Then the resurrection of Jesus happens and things are never the same. Sermon for Easter Sunday from Pastor Gregory Alms.

Jesus had one desire on the Thursday before his crucifixion. Listen to this Holy (Maundy) Thursday sermon by Pastor Greg Alms recorded live at Redeemer Lutheran in Catawba, NC.

On Palm Sunday, Jesus goes a short distance into Jerusalem. But that is just a bit of his entire life's journey. That walk intersects with ours. Nothing is the same afterwards. Palm Sunday sermon from Pastor Greg Alms at Redeemer Lutheran in Catawba, NC. 

It is all going wrong, headed for disaster. Then suddenly out of the jaws of calamity comes ... joy! This is God's way of working. Listen to the latest episode of "Grace from Redeemer" form Pastor Greg Alms. 

Evil. Disobedience. Punishment, Anger. Wrath. All sounds like the end, the last straw. But in God's surprising way such things are flipped and become the beginning of the story. The first straw. 

God is not angry with you. Really, He isn't. Not mad, not out to get you. For real. Listen to hear more. 

The story of the crazy old man. Also known as the Parable of the Prodigal Son. It is the crazy actions of the father that tell the tale. Latest sermon from Pastor Greg Alms and Redeemer Lutheran in Catawba, NC.

In this episode Pastor Alms tries to imagine how to describe going to church to someone who has never been. What is it like? What is going on? 

What would it be like to watch the news, scroll through your phone with Jesus? What would he have to say about what was going on and how we react to it? That's the latest sermon from Pastor Gregory Alms.

Acronyms abound when you text or or use social media. Two of them  -- BOGO and FOMO -- have a lot to say about us. They say something about us spiritually. Listen Pastor Gregory Alms to hear what that is.  

Foxes seek and devour little animals like baby chickens. But Jesus says he is like a mother hen who faces the deadly fox. Here is the latest sermon from Pastor Gregory Alms at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Catawba, NC.