Redwood Church Preaching
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Romans 1: A Christian response to pride month
An exposition and application of Romans 1:14-32. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit redwoodchurch.substack.com
Psalm 124, part 1: God sides with the baptised
An exposition and application of Psalm 124. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit redwoodchurch.substack.com
Repentance, part 9: sanctification via sustained attention
When we fix our attention on something, we are caring for it. This is why the heart follows the eyes, and our affections are transformed by our attention. Unfortunately, we live in an age where sustained attention and deep thinking are harder than ever. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit redwoodchurch.substack.com
Repentance, part 12: the fallen vs redeemed pattern for consumption
Mankind fell through an act of thankless, selfish consumption: take, eat, give. Christ gives us a redeemed pattern of thankful, sacrificial consumption in the Lord’s Supper: take, bless, give, eat. We should cultivate this liturgical pattern in everything we take hold of to consume. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit redwoodchurch.substack.com
2 Timothy 3, part 3: the scope of the postmil pulpit
An exposition and application of 2 Timothy 3. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit redwoodchurch.substack.com
Acts 16: How a household is saved
An exposition and application of Acts 16. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit redwoodchurch.substack.com
Repentance, part 7: how Christ models peace and joy in Gethsemane
Gospel peace and joy are not necessarily tranquility or happiness in very situation. Christ models for us how to rejoice in God and find peace even in circumstances where what we naturally feel is great turmoil and agony. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit redwoodchurch.substack.com
2 Timothy 3, part 2: Timothy’s lesson from the last days
An exposition and application of 2 Timothy 3. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit redwoodchurch.substack.com
Repentance, part 6: war as the precondition of peace
Whereas the modern church has become convinced that appeasement and avoiding confrontation are required to ensure peace, scripture requires us to wage war against everything that opposes Christ in order to be peace-makers. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit redwoodchurch.substack.com
Repentance, part 5: why peace surpasses understanding
Whereas we tend to think of peace as just one of many fruits of the Spirit, it is in fact central and foundational to the gospel itself. The gospel is described as the gospel of peace, and this peace is said to exceed our ability to understand it, not just experientially, but doctrinally. This is because biblical peace gathers up every blessing of God’s presence, and in fact is shorthand for heaven itself. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit redwoodchurch.substack.com
Repentance, part 8: look where you want to go
Man is designed to go where he looks, and to become like what he looks at. For this reason, scripture instructs us not only to fix our attention on God through prayer and reading of his word, but also to think upon whatsoever things will direct our attention upward to the true and the good and the beautiful. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit redwoodchurch.substack.com
2 Timothy 3, part 1: Wolves are after our women
An exposition and application of 2 Timothy 3. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit redwoodchurch.substack.com
Repentance, part 3: its sorrow
While God leads us to repentance through discipline, we must be careful not to let our obedience become a matter of mere outward observance, nor be deceived into thinking that he is far from us. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit redwoodchurch.substack.com
Psalm 134: Blessing the members of your body
An exposition and application of Psalm 134. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit redwoodchurch.substack.com
Repentance, part 2: its exhaustiveness
Our deceitful flesh would have us treat repentance as one-and-done, or at best intermittent. But unless we are continually working at it, we are in grave danger. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit redwoodchurch.substack.com
Repentance, part 1: what actually is it?
Whereas Christians tend to think of repentance as an occasional act, scripture describes it in terms of the continual renewal and transformation of the mind. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit redwoodchurch.substack.com
Psalm 126 (part 2): Covenantal Concern for Disobedient Brethren
An exposition and application of Psalm 126. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit redwoodchurch.substack.com
Repentance, part 4: the head, the chest and the belly
To live in repentance, our reason must rule over our appetites. But this is only possible if we become men with chests, ordering our affections and passions toward the true and the good and the beautiful, so that they in turn can rule over our animal desires. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit redwoodchurch.substack.com
Psalm 126 (part 1): The laughter of the liberated
An exposition and application of Psalm 126. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit redwoodchurch.substack.com
Walking into a new year of wicked days
An exposition and application of Psalm 121. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit redwoodchurch.substack.com
How we participate in Christ through gift-giving and Christmas trees
Since we should be celebrating Christmas, the question is how. Are the forms of our celebration good? What spiritual patterns do they embody? We examine the scriptural symbolism of gift-giving and Christmas trees, to show that they are indeed good forms of liturgical practice that involve us in the incarnation of Christ. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit redwoodchurch.substack.com
Liturgical conquest through celebrating Christmas
Since Christ is Lord over time as well as space, and the church is authorized to act on his behalf to establish his reign on earth, it is our responsibility to determine the liturgical times and seasons to observe. The church throughout history has included Christmas in this. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit redwoodchurch.substack.com
The subtle snare of lifted eyes & false tongues
Bnonn preaches from Proverbs 6:16–19 on how to avoid being someone God hates in 2024, focusing especially on the subtle ways in which modern culture tempts us toward lifted eyes and false tongues. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit redwoodchurch.substack.com
Psalm 121 (part 2): Who does God keep?
An exposition and application of Psalm 121. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit redwoodchurch.substack.com
Vocation, part 13: the call to rest
Because sacrifice is built into creation, we are always living sacrificially. But what are we giving up, and to what? Christians are called to live in a way that puts the right things in the right places, and gives up the right things in the right way. This can only be done by placing God in his proper place. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit redwoodchurch.substack.com
Psalm 121 (part 1): The Wisdom of Faith in the Invisible
An exposition and application of Psalm 121. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit redwoodchurch.substack.com
Vocation, part 12: living sacrificially
Because sacrifice is built into creation, we are always living sacrificially. But what are we giving up, and to what? Christians are called to live in a way that puts the right things in the right places, and gives up the right things in the right way. This can only be done by placing God in his proper place. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit redwoodchurch.substack.com
Psalm 120 part 1: A Song for the Christian in a Lying Land
An exposition and application of Psalm 120. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit redwoodchurch.substack.com
Psalm 129 part 3: Fruitfulness from Flogging
An exposition and application of Psalm 129. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit redwoodchurch.substack.com
Vocation, part 11: the calling to sacrifice
Although we tend to think of sacrifice in terms of atonement, it is actually built into the nature of creation before the fall. The pattern of giving something up to a higher thing is found in everything from seeds to offerings. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit redwoodchurch.substack.com
Psalm 129 part 2: Voting in Gutter Grass
An exposition and application of Psalm 129. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit redwoodchurch.substack.com
Vocation, part 10: the calling of mothers
If women image God especially by being life-givers, how does this affect how they live? Is it just a question of having babies, or are there implications that should direct how they order their whole lives? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit redwoodchurch.substack.com
Vocation, part 9: how God calls mothers to image him as life-givers
If men image both the Father and the Son as name-givers and dominion-takers, how do women image God? When we examine Eve's creation and naming, we find patterns that strikingly resemble the Holy Spirit's eternal procession and economic work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit redwoodchurch.substack.com
Psalm 129 part 1: Kids and Covenantal Identity
An exposition and application of Psalm 129. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit redwoodchurch.substack.com
Psalm 130 part 3: The Sanctification of Israel
An exposition and application of Psalm 130. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit redwoodchurch.substack.com
Vocation, part 8: how God calls fathers to image him as name-givers
Just as the Father gives his name to the Son, so human fathers confer identity and meaning upon their children—and the name of Christ himself, the greatest inheritance possible. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit redwoodchurch.substack.com
Vocation, part 7: how men are to rule their houses
Knowing how sin wars against our calling to image God as Father, ruling over our houses on his behalf, we now turn to the positive vision that scripture provides of how to do this, by learning to rule over ourselves. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit redwoodchurch.substack.com
Vocation, part 6: obstacles to husbands obeying their calling
Like women, men are cursed by God, and that curse combines with their fleshly desires to war against ourselves and our households. We must know our enemy to defeat our enemy—so we must understand all the ways in which sin tries to sabotage us in obeying our calling as men. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit redwoodchurch.substack.com
Vocation, part 5: obstacles to wives obeying their calling
Because Eve comes from Adam, and is called to help Adam, when God curses her, he curses that work. Just as he made Adam’s work toilsome by setting the ground against him, he makes Eve’s work toilsome by setting her against him. The curse creates a paradoxical ambivalence in woman: by nature she desires to serve her husband, but in the flesh she is no longer willing to give herself up to him. Fortunately, scripture gives us guidance to understand what this looks like, so as to avoid it, and models virtuous women like Abigail, so that wives may know what to strive for instead. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit redwoodchurch.substack.com
Vocation, part 4: household calling
If a wife is to glorify her husband, there must be something he is doing for her to glorify. How can a husband know God’s particular calling for himself and his household—and how can he cast a vision for that to his wife and children? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit redwoodchurch.substack.com
Vocation, part 3: the calling of women
While the vocation of mankind is to glorify God in the work of dominion on his behalf, women have a special place in this, as they are called to be the glory of their husbands. While the vocation of men is focused outward to building the world, the vocation of women is focused inward to building their own houses. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit redwoodchurch.substack.com
Psalm 130 part 2: Eagerly Waiting for Final Salvation
An exposition and application of Psalm 130. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit redwoodchurch.substack.com
Psalm 130 part 1: Out of the depths to mountain air
An exposition and application of Psalm 130. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit redwoodchurch.substack.com
Vocation, part 2: the end of our work
Contrary to common pop-theology, what God is preparing us for in glory is not a purely spiritual state, but a complete, embodied joining of heaven and earth. In eternity, we will continue to participate with God in the work of stamping his will into the world—a work no longer cursed by toil, but restful, blessed, and fruitful. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit redwoodchurch.substack.com
Vocation, part 1: the calling of mankind
Mankind through Adam, and redeemed in Christ, is called to exercise dominion on God’s behalf, impressing the heavenly pattern into the physical world, so that his will may be done on earth as it is in heaven. Yet this grand, cosmic vision is fulfilled through ordinary, daily work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit redwoodchurch.substack.com
Psalm 127 part 5: Open Carry with a Full Quiver
An exposition and application of Psalm 127. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit redwoodchurch.substack.com
Psalm 127 part 4: The Renovations of Sanctification
An exposition and application of Psalm 127. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit redwoodchurch.substack.com
Psalm 127 part 3: Building a Lasting Heritage Through Babies
An exposition and application of Psalm 127. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit redwoodchurch.substack.com
Psalm 127 part 2: Security in Yahweh or the State?
An exposition and application of Psalm 127. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit redwoodchurch.substack.com
Psalm 127 part 1: The Beams That God Builds With
An exposition and application of Psalm 127. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit redwoodchurch.substack.com