Redeemer Marquette Sermons

Good conversations are so needed right now, and God wants to have good conversations with you. He listens to our every word, and he teaches us how to listen to him too.

If you parent a young child, you’ve probably been told by more than one person: “They grow up so fast.” And it’s true! In the short time that you have to raise your family, how do you leave a legacy? How do we leave a positive legacy for our families?

As if raising a family wasn’t difficult enough in and of itself, families face many crosswinds that make things even more difficult: in-laws, divorces, blended families, custody battles, financial hardships, and on and on the list goes. In this message, we look at the hardships that Naomi faced with her family and then discuss what God’s Word has to say about some of the hardships we face.

The average sitcom is 22 minutes. In 22 minutes, parents in a sitcom family must have a problem with their kids, confront the problem, struggle through the problem, and fix the problem. Family problems in real life are not so easily fixable. How do you parent for the long haul? How do you struggle through disagreements with each other and make hard decisions on how to raise and discipline your kids? The preacher of Hebrews reminds us that raising kids takes time, and we often don’t see the fruits of our hard-fought battles until “later on” (verse 11).

Before there were cities, before there was pop culture, before there were wars, before there was poverty, before there was even sin, there was the family. God brought Adam and Eve together as husband and wife and encouraged them to have children. This is home base for all of society. This is where it all begins. In a world where the value of family is being questioned, how can we winsomely hold the concept of family and, more importantly, our own family sacred?

There's a lot of build-up and excitement around the celebration of Easter. And the question that we're going to answer this year at Easter is, "Why?" Why so much focus? Why so much attention? The event we celebrate at Easter is the most important event in history and we're going to discover why.

On Good Friday comes the ultimate sacrifice, that of Jesus. His body is broken and his blood is shed so that we might have life, so that we would not have to live in our sin any more!

On Maundy Thursday, Jesus gives us a new command, to love one another and he demonstrates how to do that by washing feet and sharing the Lord’s Supper. Together we’ll learn how to live in that command and the wonder of Holy Communion within that.

The gaps in your union will stunt your fruit production. Apart from Jesus we can do nothing.

We rest in the assurance that God’s judgment toward us died with Christ Jesus so that we might live solely in the grace we receive in his resurrection.

Jesus is the answer to the ache within. There are many ways to miss heaven, but only one way to get there. He is the Way, the Truth, and the Life.

Together, we marvel at the news that God allowed all our turmoil to die on the cross so that we might live in the everlasting peace of Christ.

Jesus became human so you and I could have a shield. There are a lot of shepherds in this world, but Jesus is the only Good Shepherd—laying down His life for the sheep.

We recognize that God has made it possible for all our doubt to die with Christ the Crucified so that we might live by faith alone in him.

Jesus is God’s “open sesame” to everlasting life and abundance. On the other side of the door is more freedom, not less.

This week, we embrace the truth that our greed for the things of the earth died with Christ on the cross so that we might live to seek the treasures of God in heaven instead.

God sent Jesus to turn off the dark. Light is not only what He is, it’s who He is—the light of the world, and those who follow Him no longer walk in the darkness.

We recall that our arrogant pride has been buried with Christ so that we might selflessly live for others.

A full stomach is temporary, but a full soul is forever. This is what Jesus, the bread of life, is willing to give us if we ask.

On Ash Wednesday, we remember that Christ enables us to daily die to our sins to live a new life in him.

Why are “you” on the list of broken heroes? Because God certainly can and does use you to do incredible things, but you are broken by sin. You know what you’ve done, and you probably often feel inadequate or messed up as a result. But where you see broken, God sees perfect, just like the many other broken heroes in the Bible.

This one might be unexpected on the list of broken heroes. Yet, John definitely was one. Once, he wanted to reign down fire on people and he was often prone to outbursts of anger. On the other hand, John was Jesus’ beloved disciple. This was all because of Jesus’ gracious love and how he used all his disciples despite their flaws.

You would think based on Samson’s strength, that he would have been one of the Bible’s mightiest heroes, yet he trusted the wrong people and violated God’s laws on numerous occasions. From his story we learn not to trust in our own abilities, but to simply use them to advance God’s kingdom.

Jonah is probably the picture of a broken hero. He had the opportunity to go and share some news that would have caused an entire city to turn from their evil ways. But he ran away instead and, in the process, endangered the lives of some innocent sailors. Jonah’s story is one with great instruction for us especially when we feel like running from God.

Job. What a guy and what a story. To most of us, Job is just a hero, not a broken one. Yet, Job’s faith did eventually fracture, he began to argue with God, and he failed to completely surrender to God. But, in the end, Job repented, his faith was renewed, and he teaches us how to trust God completely in all circumstances.

Many of us have likely heard the story of Martha and we might like to echo the words of Jesus, “Martha, Martha.” She was impatient, expected others to agree with her priorities, and then threw a pity party when her efforts seemed unnoticed. Yet as a broken hero, she is faithful and helps us learn how to be with Jesus.

The story of Rahab is an incredible one. Her rap sheet includes her being a prostitute, certainly broken, yet she became a faithful follower of God. She becomes a hero in the story because she acts in faith according to the position God had placed her in.

We don’t hear a lot about Joseph in the Bible, but as Jesus’ earthly father, he’s an important character. His rap sheet? He lost young Jesus. But through Joseph’s blunder, we learn how to always do what is right according to God’s plan, even when the future seems murky.

Worship our newborn king at Redeemer on Christmas Eve!

Jesus’ very presence on this earth as true God and true man is a reminder of how He will never leave us or forsake us. In fact, His promise throughout Scripture is that he is “with us always, even to the end of the age.” (Matthew 28:20)

We go through many struggles and storms in life, but when they inevitably come, we don’t need to doubt the presence of God. He is always with us, even and especially at the worst times.

Join us for this special service for the season of Advent as we rejoice that Jesus brightens our lives through his birth, dispelling the darkness of sin to bring forgiveness to light.

Even when we feel all alone, God is with us, and He gives us hope. In this week’s message, we’ll talk about how we can find peace in Him even when we feel like we’re stranded in the wilderness.

God is with us, even when we’re at our lowest point. This week, see how He’s beside us in the valley as we start our new message series.

Jesus has given us every second we have on this earth, but so often we just make ourselves busy seeing our busyness as a symbol of our productivity or worth. Jesus desires that we manage our time well so there is always time for His Kingdom and for others.

Jesus has given us incredible forgiveness at an incredible price – the price of His very life. He asks that we manage that forgiveness by extending it to others.

Jesus is the One who has given us our wealth! Yet, too often, we hoard our wealth instead of being generous. Jesus explores in this parable how generosity is the key to good money management.

Jesus has given us our community – the city of Marquette or wherever we live – to bless! Will we let our light shine to transform our community with the love of Christ?

Faith is the gift that allows us to follow Jesus! But how do we manage our faith? Do we simply regard it as an internal state of our heart, or something that flows from our heart in our actions that blesses those around us? One of the ways that we can grow our faith and manage it well, and bless those around us, is in how we steward our financial resources.

Our ultimate ambition in life is to serve and glorify God. We do not serve to make our name great, but to make His name great.

You do not have the ability, like Jesus, to save people from their sins. However, you are uniquely wired and gifted.

It's one thing to think and strategize about serving. But, to truly serve like Jesus, is a call to action that often requires losing so that others win.

Jesus made Himself available to us by leaving His throne in heaven to come down into this world.

Jesus served us because He so loves us. Just as His attitude shaped how He served us, so too, does our attitude shape how we serve others.

Together, we’re embarking on this challenge to flip our “serve us” mentality to a “service” mentality as we learn from none other than our master servant, Jesus Christ Himself!

Our special guest preacher for Mission Weekend will be none other than Zach Zehnder, the author of Red Letter Challenge. He will share with us how to follow Jesus and how that impacts our mission to share about Jesus. This special weekend will also serve as a launchpad as we embark on the Serving Challenge.

We’re going to see the Apostle Paul finally fulfill his dream of getting the gospel to Rome, thousands of miles from where the Spirit first descended upon the church. And that’s going to bring us to the end of the book of Acts, if you can call it an ending, because it doesn’t really end.

Stand with Paul as he boldly proclaims the Gospel before rulers! As we examine more of Paul's words to the Romans, we’ll see clearly that all believers are set apart for the Gospel. We must embrace our identity as God's chosen ambassadors and discover His thrilling purpose for our lives.

A good story can change a mind, heart or even the world. So, what is the story God is telling throughout the Bible? We see the power of a good story including the story woven throughout the Bible in the story of Saul’s transformation into Paul and how he proclaims it to the Romans.

This weekend, we will explore Jesus' profound teaching: "It is more blessed to give than to receive" (Acts 20:35). This timeless wisdom challenges our natural inclination towards self-interest, inviting us to embrace a life of generosity that can transform individuals and communities.