Redemption Church in Brookfield, WI

Sharing in the Upward Life

Preacher: Danny D'Acquisto

Passage: Philippians 1:1-11

Sermon Points:

1. The upward life we share.
   • Takeaway: We are engaged in a cosmic war together.
2. The temptation to "look down".
   • Takeaway: At times, it may seem like we're losing.
   • Takeaway: We're not.

Claim: Let's keep sharing in Christ's upward life, even when it gets really hard down here.

Doctrinal Deviation

Preacher: Pastor Nathan

Passage: 1 Timothy 6:2b-10

Sermon Points:

1. The Believer's Action against False Teachers:
   • The act of teaching doctrine.
   • The act of encouraging the practice of doctrine.
2. The Believer's Awareness about False Teachers:
   • Being aware about the teachings of false teachers.
   • Being aware about the fruit of false teachers.
3. The Believer's Attitude:
   • Believer's love Jesus.
   • Believer's live for Jesus.

Take Home Truth: Commit to loving, encouraging, and supporting the believers and leaders in your local church and around the world that are laboring for the Gospel of Christ for His Glory.

What Life Is All About

Preacher: Greg Alles

Passage: Ecclesiastes 12:9-14

Sermon Points:

The Man:

1. Wise
2. Effective Teacher

The Message:

The Message Is...

1. Convicting
2. Stabilizing
3. Inspired
4. Fear God and Keep His Commandments

Remember Your Creator

Preacher: Greg Alles

Passage: Ecclesiastes 11:1 - 12:8

Sermon Points:

1. Where We Are: Under The Sun
2. What We Experience: Vanity, Evil, Trouble
3. Who God Is: 1 - Vanity, Evil, Trouble 2 - Joy
4. How Do We Respond?

Four Final Quiet Words of the Wise:

1. Be Generous
2. Be a Sower
3. Be Joyful
4. Be Godly 

Quiet Words of the Wise One: Be Shrewd as Snakes

Preacher: Greg Alles

Passage: Ecclesiastes 9:13 - 10:20

Big Idea: Saving Wisdom is Despised and Ignored Under the Sun

Sermon Points:

The Fear of God/Wisdom in Ecclesiastes:

1. To trust God is doing a beautiful work in time, and humbly submit to His correction rather than resist Him.
2. To carefully listen to God rather than talk a lot.
3. To have a right self-assessment before God that is not overly righteous or too wise.
4. To not be corrupted by evil power when the wicked prosper.
5. To keep God's commandments knowing judgement is coming.

Four Quiet Words of the Wise:

1. Beware of Folly in High Places
2. Be Wise at Work
3. Be Wise with Words
4. Be Wise About Money

Live Like You’re Dying

Preacher: Greg Alles

Passage: Ecclesiastes 9:1-12

Big Idea: In the midst of death and judgement there can be joy.

Sermon Points:

Four Truths About Death -

1. We all are under the judgement of death.
2. Death is the just judgement for evil human hearts.
3. Death ends the opportunities of life.
4. Death is unpredictable and sometimes sudden.

The Love of God -

1. The living have hope.
2. God has good gifts that can be enjoyed.

Power

Preacher: Greg Alles

Passage: Ecclesiastes 8:2-17

Big Idea: God fearers joyfully submit to governing authority and refuse to be corrupted by power.

Sermon Points:

1. Power Commands
2. Power Corrupts

Application Points:

4 Responses to Power and Corruption

1. Subject yourself to governing authorities.
2. Fear God
3. Be joyful
4. Don't think you can figure it all out - trust God.

The Resurrected King of all Nations

Preacher: Danny D'Acquisto

Passage: Revelation 5

Sermon Points:

• Question: Why did Jesus rise again and ascend into heaven?

• Answer: To rule over all of creation as our heavenly King.

   

Application Points:

Because Jesus is ruling over all of creation today…

1. Let’s bow down before him.

    

2. Let’s tell all nations the good news.

    

3. Let’s tap into his power.

What is Man?

Preacher: Greg Alles

Passage: Ecclesiastes 6:10-8:1

Sermon Points:

1. Whatever has come to be
2. What is Man?
3. How to get this Wisdom
   • Through Wise Conduct
     1. Through mourning not parties and laughter.
     2. Through wise rebuke not songs of fools.
     3. Avoid corrupting activities.
     4. Avoid danger and be patient.
     5. Don't think life was better in the past.
4. Consider God's Work and Fear God
   • God's Work
     1. God makes days of prosperity and adversity - and we have no control or pre-knowledge of what our days will be like.
     2. God allows good things to happen to "bad people", and bad things to happen to "good people".
   • The Wise Responses to God's Work
     1. Don't be Overly Righteous.
     2. Don't be Too Wise.
     3. Don't be Overly Wicked or a Fool.

Goads & Nails:

1. We Need a Humble Self-Evaluation before God.
2. Hope in God Alone.

God’s Gift of Satisfaction

Preacher: Danny D'Acquisto

Passage: Ecclesiastes 5:10-6:9

Sermon Points:

1. Love of money does not satisfy (5:10-12)
   • 2 Things Money Can't Buy
     1. Enough Stuff
     2. Sleep
2. Grievous Evil #1: Riches Guarded and Lost (5:13-17)
3. The Good Life: God Gives Satisfaction (5:18-20)
   • 3 Fold Gift of God (5:19)
     1. The "power to enjoy" wealth and possessions.
     2. Accept one's lot.
     3. Rejoice in one's work.
4. Grievous Evil #2: Riches Gained but Not Enjoyed (6:1-6)
   • Having wealth does not equal enjoying wealth.
5. Working to Feed Desire Does Not Satisfy (6:7-9)
6. The Better Way: Want What You Have

Application Points:

Goads & Nails

1. Don't Love Money - Love God
   • 4 Questions
     1. Are you enjoying life?
     2. Are you anxious?
     3. Are you content with what you have?
     4. Are you humble and generous?