Redeemer Marquette Sermons

Revelation 14 depicts two harvests - one of redemption and one of judgment. This reminds us that history moves toward a definitive conclusion where God's mercy and justice will be fully revealed. For believers, this isn't cause for fear but for confidence. Today, we'll explore what it means to live as those already marked for the harvest of grace, while compassionately sharing God's invitation with those around us.

Revelation 12-13 pulls back the curtain on the cosmic battle beneath all earthly conflicts - a dragon waging war against the woman and her child. These vivid symbols reveal something profound: a spiritual reality lies behind our struggles and society's chaos. Today, we'll learn to recognize these influences in our world while finding hope in the Lamb's certain victory.

Revelation 10 introduces us to a “little scroll” but one with big meaning. We see in John’s interaction with the scroll indications for what God desires His church to know and do: to feast on His Word, to understand the two-fold effect of God’s Word (bitter-sweet), and to take the responsibility to pray, study, and preach His Word.

The trumpet judgments sound terrifying, yet they carry a surprising message of grace. Unlike the final bowl judgments, these are partial (affecting "a third"), giving humanity space for repentance. God's judgment never comes without warning or opportunity for return. We'll confront the uncomfortable truth that God's love includes judgment while finding encouragement in His persistent grace.

We’ve considered the first six seals, but before the seventh seal breaks, John sees two remarkable visions of God's people: the 144,000 sealed from harm and the countless multitude in white robes. These images remind us that though followers of Jesus aren't spared from suffering, we are sealed by the Holy Spirit and destined for victory.

Horsemen, seals, what does it all mean? The seven seals are the first of God’s judgement being poured out. Once we see the Lamb, Jesus, in his glory, we have to recognize that his glory stands at odds with evil, so something must be done. Chapter 6 helps us to understand this conflict before we understand our place in the multitude in Chapter 7.

Today, we look through heaven's door to witness the most breathtaking scene in Scripture: God enthroned in majesty and the slain Lamb standing victorious. When John weeps because no one can open the scroll of history's culmination, the surprising hero emerges - not as a conquering lion, but as a sacrificed lamb. This paradox forms the heart of Revelation and Christianity: victory through sacrifice, power through weakness.

When we begin to drift, it can chain us to empty tombs. We get caught in life’s currents, stray from loving God and others, and miss Easter’s victory. In a distracting world, we get stuck and lose track of the gratitude we should have for others. Our sense of duty fades as we drift away. Jesus’ resurrection breaks all chains. Jesus honored us by giving everything, including His life, for us. His empty tomb calls us to lives of honor… praising God and respecting others. It brings our duty into focus and unsticks us to live faithfully.

God has given us good news for every day of our life. That though we have gone astray, he welcomes us back into his kingdom by Jesus’ death and resurrection. This great news was not just meant for us but for all people. Through our conversations with the world, we do not bring condemnation but salvation.

As we have good conversations with God and with ourselves, they set the stage for our conversations with one another. God has brought us together to be with him and one another so that all the “one-anothers” in this world would know about Jesus.

God also teaches us what it means to thrive and become everything he has created and saved us to be. He does this so we will be lights and we will know without a shadow of a doubt exactly who we are and who God says we are.

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.