Redwood Church Preaching
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How should we worship? Part 1: the regulative principle
When we come to our Father’s house, we ought to greatly fear transgressing the rules for appearing before him. Lest we worship presumptuously, we must be careful to pattern everything we do after what is laid down for our instruction in the Bible. Scripture alone must regulate our worship. 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 128: Praise Yahweh for The Patriarchal Blessing
An exposition and application of Psalm 128. 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
What makes a church a church? Part 4: communion with God
Since the church is the house and temple of God, a holy priesthood offering spiritual sacrifices, its ministry is actually the substance of the shadows modeled in the temple worship of the old covenant. The nature of Old Testament sacrifices are therefore of great importance for showing us that the very end and purpose of worship is table fellowship with God himself—fellowship that we have by entering into heaven itself through Christ and the Holy Spirit. 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 125: Saints as an Immovable City
An exposition and application of Psalm 125. 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
What makes a church a church? Part 3: key ingredients
There are certain fundamental elements, without which a church cannot be (or fails to properly be) a church at all. Three of these elements are: (1) Gathering together physically on the Lord’s Day; (2) Holding fast to and instructing its members in the full counsel of God; (3) Discipling its members to apply that counsel to all of life. 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 122: Praise God for Christian Prosperity
An exposition and application of Psalm 122. 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
What makes a church a church? Part 2: duty & jurisdiction
Although the church is exclusively governed by Christ, and is commissioned to disciple and train the nations in righteousness, it is not the only authority that Christ has instituted in the world. It must co-exist with, and uphold the lawful authority of, the natural institutions of household and state. 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 133: The Blessing of an Oily Beard
An exposition and application of Psalm 133. 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
What makes a church a church? Part 1: governance
A church is a body that participates in the universal church—a body, a self-regulating nexus of powers, governed exclusively by Christ, its head. This exclusive government, and all that it implies about who does not govern us, is foundational to our existence. 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 17: The Pleas of a Righteous Man
An exposition and application of Psalm 17. 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
Scriptural patterns should shape our thought patterns
We are taught to listen to what Scripture says, but we are not generally taught to listen to how it says it. But the structure of Scripture reflects the mind of God just as much as the content, and we should be paying careful attention to both. The ending of John 3, for instance, “rhymes” or “resonates” with many themes developed in the beginning of the gospel, and teaches us how to discern patterns between like ideas. 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 14: Fools that Deny the Obvious
An exposition and application of Psalm 14. 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 13: Singing of Someone Else's Sorrow
An exposition and application of Psalm 13. 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 100: Marked by Thankfulness
An exposition and application of Psalm 100. 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 65: Breaking the Untenable Silence
An exposition and application of Psalm 65. 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 12: In the Midst of Apostates
An exposition and application of Psalm 12. 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 29: Praise God for Destructive Weather
An exposition and application of Psalm 29. 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
Qualifications for pastors that pastors won’t preach
The biblical qualifications for elders in the letters to Timothy and Titus are well-known—but some of their implications are carefully avoided by the many preachers who don’t meet them. The requirements for rulers in the church were not invented out of whole cloth in the first century. They are grounded in the law of Moses. 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 15: The Works of the True Worshipers
An exposition and application of Psalm 15. 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
Guardian angels or ghosts? Testing scripture with scripture
The common assumption that Matthew 18 and Acts 12 give us glimpses of guardian angels is probably mistaken. Rather, the term angel in these passages is referring to human spirits. 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 119: Loving a Minister of Death
An exposition and application of Psalm 119. 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 96: Singing Outside the Church
An exposition and application of Psalm 96. 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 11: A Remedy for Escapism
An exposition and application of Psalm 11. 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 6: How to Sing Through Troubles
An exposition and application of Psalm 6. 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 1: A Song that Teaches Happiness
An exposition and application of Psalm 1. 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 9: Nations Sinking into Their Own Pit
An exposition and application of Psalm 9. 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 8: The Intangible Strength of Children in Church
An exposition and application of Psalm 8. 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 7: Give Me Justice, Even if it Hurts
An exposition and application of Psalm 7. 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 5: The Hatred of God Toward Sinners
An exposition and application of Psalm 5. 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
Hermeneutics and Christianese
In obeying our duty to read scripture well, we must sometimes identify key points at which translators obscure the text, rather than clarifying it. Certain terms have become like jargon in modern Christianity, with their own meaning which we import to them. Using these terms in translation can skew our understanding, or even obliterate how the text would have been understood by its original audience. Two examples of this are the words Christ and baptize. 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