Redemption Church in Brookfield, WI

Competing Narratives

Preacher: Greg Alles

Passage: Psalm 12

Big Idea: In a world of competing narratives, it is the LORD’s narrative that is true and can be trusted to keep us from being deceived.

Sermon Ideas:

1. A Prayer for Salvation (vs 1-2)
2. A Prayer to End Ungodly Speech (vs 3-4)
3. The Lord’s Salvation (vs 5-7)
4. The Continuing Ungodly Triumph (vs 8)

Application Points:

1. The Gospel is not the controlling narrative, but it will continue
   to spread.
   • Matthew 24:14
2. God’s word is not the controlling narrative, but it is the truth
   about reality.
   • John 8:31-32
   • John 18:37-38
3. As the church, we are called to know, live, and proclaim the
   truth of God’s word.
   • John 17:14-17
   • Romans 12:2
   • Ephesians 4:14

Closing Questions:

1. How central are God’s pure words in your life?
2. Are You Considering the Sources?
3. Who or What is Being Exalted?

Refuge in the Righteous King

Preacher: Carl Dernell

Passage: Psalm 11

Claim: There is no better refuge than the Righteous King in heaven.

Sermon Points:

1. Bad News
2. Good News

Application Points:

1. We will be tempted to Flee
2. There is a Righteous King in Heaven
3. Take refuge in the Righteous King

Father Knows Best

Preacher: Ron Sanchez

Passage: Psalm 10

Claim: God has a plan.

Sermon Points:

1. God Is King, Forever and Ever
2. God Hears the Desires of The Afflicted
3. God Strengthens the Heart of The Afflicted
4. God Will Do Justice to the Afflicted
5. God Will Bring a Permanent End to the Terror

Application Points:

1. Be Still
2. Hold Fast

Keeping in Step with the Spirit

Preacher: DAnny D'Acquisto

Passage: Galatians 5:16-26

Claim: Let's allow God's desires to determine our behavior.

Sermon Points:

How we should walk:

1. Our Desires: Why we walk the way we do.
2. Our Discernment: How we walk.

Application Points:

If we want to keep in step with God's Spirit:

1. We need to pay very close attention to our desires.
2. We will never be controlled by God's desires, until we crucify our own.
3. If we truly belong to Christ we will keep in step with God's Spirit.

Standing Firm In The Freedom Of Our Family

Preacher: Danny D'Acquisto

Passage: Galatians 5:1-15

Primary Claim: Let’s stand firm in the freedom of our Father’s grace.

Sermon Points: 

How do we “stand firm” in our Father’s grace?

1. By rejecting ministry practices that lead us to rely on our flesh.

2. By rejecting leaders and the views they use to justify them.

3. By committing to love the brothers we are standing firm with.

Takeaways:

1. Our spiritual freedom can be at stake in the way we “do church.

2. Some professing Christian leaders and their views must be rejected.

3. We will never stand firm on our own.

The Family Born From Above

Preacher: Danny D'Acquisto

Passage: Galatians 4:21-31

The Claim: We need a heavenly perspective about God's promised family.

Sermon Points:

1. Paul's Argument: We are God's heavenly children, not just his earthly children.
2. Paul's Appeal: We have to be very clear about which family we're a part of.

Application Points:

1. Not everyone who thinks they're a son of God really is a son of God.
2. It really matters that God's heavenly sons are gathered together in local churches.

How the Family Treats Each Other

Preacher: Danny D'Acquisto

Passage: Galatians 4:12-20

Sermon Points:

Paul's relationship with the Galatians:

1. How it used to work - When the Galatians had no regard for their flesh, they received Paul as if he was Christ.
2. Why that changed - When the Galatians started relying on their flesh, Paul became their enemy.
3. What can fix that - When Christ is formed in the Galatians, their family relationship can be repaired.

The Claim: Let's get back to treating one another as if Christ is living in us.

Application Points:

If Christ is living in us:

1. We will care for our brothers, even when our flesh is weak.
2. We will receive our brothers, even when they tell us hard truths.
3. We will make much of our brothers, rather than ourselves.

 

The Father Who Turns Slaves Into Sons

Preacher: Danny D'Acquisto

Passage: Galatians 4:1-11

Preface: The Flesh & The Elementary Principles of This World

Sermon Points:

What we gained when we were adopted in christ:

1. Total freedom from our slavery to this fallen world.

    

    

    

2. All authority over everything in heaven and on earth.

    

3. An intimate spiritual knowledge of God the Father.

Application Points:

1. Relying on our flesh will never set us free from our sin.

2. We will never inherit all things by relying on our flesh.

3. We will never make God our Father by relying on our flesh.

The Claim: We will never gain more than God the Father.

The Family God Promised to Create, Part 2

Preacher: Danny D'Acquisto

Passage: Galatians 3:23-29

Primary Question: What has changed about God's family - now that he's sent His promised Son?

Sermon Points:

1. Before God's Son came: Israel's law was a guardian leading us to Christ.
2. Now that God's Son has been revealed: Faith is how God unites all people in Christ.

Primary Claim: God is now uniting all nations into one spiritual family by faith in His Son.

Application Points:

Now that God's Son has come...

1. Faith in God's Son sets us free from the law.
2. Faith in God's Son unites us to one another.
3. Faith in God's Son supersedes our earthly identities.

The Family God Promised to Create, Part 1

Preacher: Ron Sanchez

Passage: Galatians 3:15-22

The Claim: It is only through faith God's Son that we become part of the promised family.

Sermon Points:

1. The Certainty of a Promise
2. God's Promise to Abraham
3. The Relationship between the Law & the Promise.

Application Points:

1. The Law is Good
2. God's Promise is Certain