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Redemption Hill Church
by Redemption Hill Church
Telling the story of good news and renewal through worship, community, and work in DC. It's all about Jesus.Sermons from Redemption Hill Church in Washington, DC from Pastor Bill Riedel and other guest preachers. We are currently in a series through the book of Esther. Join us on Capitol Hill on Sundays at 9 AM at 400 D St SE.
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Matthew 20:17-34 – What Do You Want?
Our passage holds together three parts that may not seem to go together at first reading. There is a telling question that Jesus asked twice in this short section, though, “What do you want?” The responses of different people in the chapter, James and John (and their mom), two blind men, a crowd...
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Matthew 20:1-16 – Workers in the Vineyard
Last week we saw how Jesus turns our ideas of wealth, morality, and status upside-down and that “many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.” As we begin chapter 20, we will see a parable that Jesus told to show exactly that principle. The parable of “The Laborers in the…
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Matthew 19:13-30 – True Wealth
Over and over again, week in and week out, we have been encountering Jesus and his teaching. Over and over again, if we really pay attention to what he said, it’s shocking to us. When we encounter the real Jesus, not a warm-fuzzy caricature of a buddy Christ, not a mystical guru or abstract...
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Matthew 19:1-12 – Marriage, Sex, & Singleness in the Kingdom
This passage is intensely practical and important. Some of the most difficult conversations and issues of our time relate to sex, sexuality, marriage, divorce, and how and whether our identity is rooted and shaped by it all. The issues we wrestle with are not new to us. Modern Western culture and...
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Matthew 18:15-35 – Conflict & Forgiveness in the Kingdom
We pick it back up with Matthew 18:15-35. You may hear people reference “Matthew 18” as a kind of catch-all for conflict and confrontation for Christians, which can be as unhelpful as it can be helpful. The truth is that the church is messy. We’re God’s people and God’s family, brothers and...
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Tending the Vine – 15th Anniversary Series
This Sunday closes out our August celebration series, and I get to preach! We will return to our study in Matthew’s Gospel next week. This week we will focus our attention on Paul’s letter, 1 Thessalonians. This was the focus of our Leadership Retreat last weekend, and I think it will be…
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The Church as the Embodiment of the Gospel – Dr. Bill Kynes
This Sunday we get to hear from Dr. Bill Kynes. Bill was the pastor of Cornerstone Church in Annandale, VA, for nearly 40 years. He was the pastor who believed in planting Redemption Hill Church. Over the years we worked together and alongside each other, Bill became a spiritual father for me.…
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It's Your Birthday! – Carlton Harris
This Sunday we get to hear from Rev. Carlton Harris is the Acting President of the Evangelical Free Church of America (EFCA), our denomination. I have the privilege of serving alongside Carlton as a member of the EFCA Board of Directors. He has more than 3 decades of pastoral ministry experience...
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A Theology of Celebration – 15th Anniversary Series
Celebration without God glorifies the creation without the creator, and it misattributes the grace of God to something else (see Golden Calf). Celebrating without God elevates the human craving for pleasure and self-gratification above the greater joy of pleasing God. However, celebrating with…
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1 John 5:13-21 – Real Joy is Possible
This Sunday we will take some time to stop and look around in the letter of 1 John. Specifically, we will study John's conclusion to the letter. Our intermittent study of 1 John began half a year ago, and now, we have arrived at the finish line. In his final remarks, John, the old apostle, the...
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Romans 8:1-4 – There is No Condemnation
It’s a rare one-off weekend for me, not tied into a specific series that we’re walking through as a church. So, I took some time to think about what I would preach if I only had one sermon left. In some ways, that’s how I hope to preach every week, but I’m glad for the chance to search Scripture...
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psalm 139 – *even here
This week I am going to preach through Psalm 139. Along the way, I also hope to share with you some of the highlights of the Challenge Conference and what we have learned this week in Kansas City. Psalm 139 shows us that the transcendent God and Creator of all things knows us intimately and is…
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1 John 5:1-12 – Truth That Changes Everything
The gospel reshapes our imagination, our desires are transformed. We are now able to envision God’s best for our lives and for others. Our eyes are open to opportunities to bring greater blessings into the world. We see opportunities for decisive acts of faith, such as buying a boat and inviting...
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1 John 4:7-21 – No Ordinary Love
Why is love for one another such a high priority when there are so many lives at stake? How can we be sure that God really loves us when there are so many problems? How can we grow in our love for God and other people when we can barely make it through the week sometimes?...
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1 John 4:1-7 – Discerning Truth from Lies
In our summer journey through the letter of 1 John, chapter three ended with the two-part command to believe and to love one another. Chapter four is an elaboration of these two topics: the source of what we believe (1 John 4:1-6) and the source of our love for one another (1 John 4:7-21). This...
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1 John 3:11-24 – Love and Hate
In John's Gospel, just after Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead, the chief priests and Pharisees gathered to conspire against him. They wanted a way to get rid of him. Caiaphas, the high priest, unbeknownst to himself, accidentally says something prophetic: that Jesus would die for the nation.…
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Matthew 18:1-14 – Delusions of Grandeur
The previous chapter shows the clear contrast between the blinding glory of Jesus Christ and the helplessness and hopelessness of the crowds and disciples. And yet, as we begin chapter 18, we catch the disciples asking who will be greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven. Like everything else in Jesus’...
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Matthew 17:14-27 – When Evil Seems to Win
As Jesus headed down the mountain with Peter, James, and John, fresh from the revelation of his glory in the Transfiguration, he came back to the wakeup call of facing a helpless boy, a helpless father, helpless crowds, and helpless disciples. Faithlessness and inability to even understand the...
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Matthew 17:1-13 – The Transfiguration
In one of the most stunning passages in the Gospels, the glory of Jesus Christ is revealed, he was changed right before the eyes of three of his disciples and had a conversation with Moses and Elijah on top of a mountain. It’s a major event in Peter, James, and John’s lives that is reflected in...
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1 John 2:28-3:10 – Practicing Righteousness
Where we left off in 1 John, the churches were warned of false teachers, called antichrists, who were seeking to deceive everyone about the true identity of Jesus. Now, the old apostle tells the church to become what they already are. Having already been declared a child of God by faith in…
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Matthew 16:13-28 – Who Do You Say I Am?
This passage brings us to the first time that Jesus’ own disciples identify Him as the Messiah, and a controversial passage about the nature of the church. I’m excited to dig in with you. Peter is identified as a key leader, the rock on whom the church would be built. We will also see the costly...
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Matthew 16:1-12 – The Leaven of Religion
When we left off, Jesus and his disciples were in Gentile territory and we saw the grace of God in the Kingdom of Heaven through the Messiah extend even to the ancient enemies of Israel. As chapter 16 begins, Jesus headed back into the region of Galilee where he was immediately confronted by the...
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1 John 2:17-28a – Be Unmovable
This week we will be returning to our intermittent study of John's First Letter. Although it is a sweet and personal expression of his love, it is also an urgent warning. He is sounding the alarm. They are in danger, grave danger. John says he is writing ‘about those who are trying to deceive…
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Matthew 15:21-39 – Crumbs from the Table
After repeated attempts to get some time away and alone, Jesus left the region of Galilee and headed northwest into the region of Tyre and Sidon. Even in Gentile territory, though, He was recognized and people came to Him in need. Our author, Matthew, shows a clear contrast in this chapter…
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Matthew 15:1-20 – What Makes Us Clean
In our passage for Sunday, Jesus has yet another confrontation with the Pharisees and Scribes. This time it is over whether, or how, his disciples washed their hands. It led Jesus to bring stark clarity to the difference between God’s commands and man-made rules, and to clarify what it is that...
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Matthew 14:22-36 – Walking on Water
Matthew 14:22-36 gives us the account of Jesus walking on the stormy waters of the Sea of Galilee. While Matthew, Mark, and John all include an account of this event, only Matthew includes the detail of Peter asking Jesus to call him out to walk on the water as well. Peter climbed out of the…
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Mark 16:1-8 – The Resurrection in Life
This week I am going to preach on the resurrection of Jesus Christ. In some ways, that’s what I do every week, and if I get away from it, I ought to look for a new job. But this is a Sunday to especially highlight the resurrection. I will work to help us consider why the resurrection matters, why...
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Luke 19:28-48 – The King Draws Near
This past Sunday, Pastor Nathan preached on the Triumphal Entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem. It is the event we celebrate each year as the people who had been with Jesus ushered him into the city riding on the back of a donkey, waving palm branches, and crying out “Hosanna! Blessed is he who...
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Matthew 14:13-21 – Feeding 5,000
Jesus was rejected in his own hometown, his cousin John was beheaded by King Herod Antipas, and Jesus learned that the King had heard about his ministry and miracles. So, Jesus tried to get some time alone in a remote place. A massive crowd followed him. As we study the passage together this…
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Matthew 13:54-14:14 – The Scandal of Christ
This Sunday we continued The Upside-Down Kingdom in Matthew 13:54-14:14. The argument is often made that Christianity is behind the times and that the modern world has moved past the traditional emphases and stands of the church. What that argument misses is that Jesus was controversial and...
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Matthew 13:44-52 – Parables of Treasure, Pearls, & Fishnets
This chapter full of parables comes to its close with four additional parables. The parables this week – the treasure in a field, pearl of great price, fish in the net, and owner of a house – all parallel parables that have come earlier in this chapter. Individually and collectively, they show us...
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Matthew 13:24-43 – Parables of the Weeds, Leaven, & Mustard Seeds
After the Parable of the Sower and Jesus’ explanation to His disciples, a natural question came up. If Jesus is sowing good seed and it is a matter of the soil of our hearts taking in God’s Word and the proclamation of the Kingdom, then how do we make sense of all the “bad seed” sown around us?…
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Matthew 13:1-23 – The Parable of the Sower
After some heavy sections through the Sermon on the Mount, seeing the ministry of Jesus reflecting the Kingdom of God, and the confrontations between Jesus and the Pharisees, we get to settle into some parables. Parables are stories that reflect and express deeper themes using vivid imagery,...
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Matthew 12:38-50 – The Sign of Jonah
When we left off, the Pharisees confronted Jesus and claimed that his work in casting out demons was actually the work of Satan. Jesus put them in their place. The next angle comes this Sunday. In what seems to be the same conversation and moment, the Pharisees challenged Jesus to give them a…
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1 John 2:3-17 – Abiding with God in the Light
In the letter of First John, we get a clear picture of what the world is really like. As the early church wrestled to understand the Christian life, John wanted them to be reassured of their secure relationship with God in spite of a chaotic world. Feel free to look ahead. We will be covering 1...
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1 John 1:1-2:2 – Walking with God in the Light
What difference does it make to know God is there? For sure, in the midst of trials, it's very reassuring to know He is there to help us in our time of need. But, what about other times? What difference does it make to know God is there in the everyday stuff of life? He's there just as much in…
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Matthew 12:21-27 – The Unforgivable Sin
This week we get to the heart of one of the most difficult questions for each one of our souls – can we truly be forgiven? The heart of the gospel is God’s pursuit of us, His people, and the work Christ did on the cross – in our place, for our sin. Yet, in Matthew 12:21-27, Jesus called out the...
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Matthew 12:1-21 – The Lord of the Sabbath
The end of Matthew 11 gives us the beautiful invitation from Jesus that we can come to him to find rest for our souls. As we turn to Matthew 12:1-21, we also continue with the theme of rest because our author turns our attention to a series of moments that happened on the Sabbath. Sabbath laws...
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Matthew 11:20-30 – Rest for Our Souls
Flowing right out of the same context of John the Baptist asking Jesus if he really was the one he had waited and hoped for, Jesus continued teaching. The last two verses of Matthew 11 are one of the anchor points that I look to in what Jesus invites us into if we follow him. This Sunday is for…
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Matthew 11:1-19 – Is Jesus HIM?
Chapter 11 starts a new section in this Gospel that will show us the ways that Jesus’ ministry was questioned, doubted, and challenged. We expect that from some, but things take a surprising turn in our passage for Sunday as John the Baptist, Jesus’ own cousin, had doubts about him. So, this week...
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Luke 3:1-18 – The Broken Silence
God has been at work within the human race throughout all of human history, at first, preparing people for the coming Messiah and then, teaching us how to have an interactive relationship with Him. There was a point in history when God had decided the world was ready for Jesus. That moment was...
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Luke 2:8-14 – Christmas Eve Service
At our Christmas Eve service, Pastor Bill reminded us that Jesus’ coming is good news for all people. ------------------------------------------- Connect with us on Social Media Website | Instagram | Threads | Facebook | Vimeo ------------------------------------------- Download...
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Malachi 3:13-4:6 – The Son of Righteousness Shall Rise
When the Old Testament prophets speak of the kingdom of the coming Messiah, they point to his throne established and upheld with justice and with righteousness. This week we come to the end of our advent series in the book of Malachi. The end of Malachi is the sentencing phase of a courtroom…
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Malachi 2:17-3:12 – The Lord Does Not Change
We have already seen that Malachi confronted the complacency of God’s people and their leaders, the priests. It meets us right where we are because we, too, are waiting for the coming of Messiah, though in our case it’s for the return of Christ. In the meantime, the promises of God haven’t all…
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Malachi 2:1-16 – Guard Yourselves
Last week, Pastor Bill kicked off the season of Advent with our first of four sermons in Malachi. Because Advent is an annual reminder of God’s presence in the darkness and waiting, Malachi is perfect for Advent. He is the last of the prophets that God spoke through before 400 years of silence....
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Malachi 1:1-14 - The King is Coming
Through the end of the year we get to shift our focus to Malachi: The Sun Will Rise. The Minor Prophets (called that because they are shorter, not less important) are some of the least-read portions of the Bible for many Christians. They are perfect for Advent, though, because they address God’s...
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Matthew 10:32-42 – The Cost of Discipleship
This is part 3 of Jesus’ instructions to the disciples. The first third of the chapter showed us what the marks of Christ’s Kingdom are that His people bring with them into the world. The second portion was filled with warnings about the dangers of following Jesus – that His followers will be...
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Matthew 10:16-31 – The Dangers of Discipleship
Matthew 10 gives us the initial commission that Jesus gave to the 12 disciples. In the first third of the chapter we saw the Signs of the Kingdom as the proclamation, teaching, and ministry of Jesus was given to, and extended through, His disciples. As we continue with Matthew 10:16-31 this…
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Matthew 10:1-15 – Signs of the Kingdom
Over the next three weeks we will see the initial call of the 12 disciples, who would later become the Apostles who led the early church. Matthew 10 is the initial base of instruction to the 12. It’s a kind of manual for Christian discipleship. Throughout the chapter we will work to sort out what...
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Colossians 4:2-6 – A Life That Prioritises the Gospel
This Sunday we get to hear from Pastor Andrew Elder, who planted Village Church South Belfast. Redemption Hill has been invested in church planting in Belfast since 2012. There are now two churches in the capital of Northern Ireland that we have as brothers and sisters across the sea. Pastor…
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Telling the story of good news and renewal through worship, community, and work in DC. It's all about Jesus.Sermons from Redemption Hill Church in Washington, DC from Pastor Bill Riedel and other guest preachers. We are currently in a series through the book of Esther. Join us on Capitol Hill on Sundays at 9 AM at 400 D St SE.
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