Grace From Redeemer

Peter tells us over and over in I Peter 2: 4-10 who we are as Christians. He also tells what we do. 

No, that's not how the hymns goes. Or John 10. Spiritually we are lambs, sheep, helpless and small.  We need a shepherd. 

Easter is much more than just Jesus being dead and then coming alive again. And the difference has to do with us. Luke 24 is the Scripture. 

The resurrection of Jesus changes things. Scriptures: Acts 5:29-30; 1 Peter 3: 3-5 and John 20: 19-31. 

In this pandemic we've all been worried about cancelling Easter on April 12th. Turns out its impossible to do. You can't cancel Easter!

On Good Friday we see and hear the truth about God and ourselves. 

Strange to have Maundy Thursday without taking the Lord's Supper. But it is a good time to meditate on the words that tell us what this Supper means.    

Eternal life is not clouds and floating with wings on. It is this life only fulfilled and completed and restored. 

Ezekiel 37 tells a story about dry bones. Turns out they are us. 

John's Gospel promises that whoever believes in Jesus will not perish. Not perish: a strong promise in these days of death counts. This is the podcast version of last night's Lenten online worship message. Scriptures are Psalms 107 and John 3:16.

A man born blind and the coronavirus seem very different. But Jesus' response helps us to know God's gracious presence with us in difficult circumstances. 

... you are a corpse. Romans 4. Sermon for Second Sunday in Lent. 

It's called "The Temptation of Jesus". But maybe we should call it "The Testing of Jesus". Here is Pastor Alms' sermon for the first Sunday in Lent. 

In Matthew chapter five, Jesus comments on the Old Testament law: murder, adultery, divorce. What he says might surprise you. 

Somethings don't matter. Worship does. It ought to change us. We are salted and enlightened. Now we are salty and we shine. Isaiah 58: 3-9 and Matthew 5: 13-16. 

Simeon teaches us how to wait, how to trust in the promises of God. Wait like Simeon.   

A great light shines in Capernaum. Why? Jesus moves there. Where Christ is, there is light. Sermon on Matthew 4:12-25.

John points at the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. That's a real Christ for real sinners. 

God is happy with you. That is what he says to His son, Jesus, and to you in your baptism. 

Caesar Augustus seemed the most powerful most important person of all the world. But he wasn't. There was a small unknown baby born in the middle of nowhere. He turned out to be the most important of all.