Redemption Church in Brookfield, WI

When the Promise is Threatened

Preacher: Danny D'Acquisto

Passage: Genesis 12:10-13:1

Big Idea: God can protect his promise far better than we can.

Application Points:

1. The world will pose threats to God’s promise.
2. Those threats will tempt us to compromise.
3. We may even fail miserably, but God will not.

The Promise of God’s Blessing

Preacher: Danny D'Acquisto

Passage: Genesis 12:1-9

Big Idea: That this God has always been faithful to his promise, and He always will be.

Sermon Points:

1. God's Promise
2. Abram's Response

Application Points:

1. This God can still be trusted.
2. This God must still be trusted.
3. This God is still worthy of all praise.

The Secret to Contentment

Preacher: Dan Allen

Passage: Philippians 4:10-23

Shepherds of the Church

Preacher: Greg Alles

Passage: Acts 20:17-38

Big Idea: Faithful Elders are given by God to protect and build up the church.

Sermon Points:

1. Paul's Example (vs 18-27)

   • Serving the Lord.

      

   • Faithful Communication of God’s Word.

2. Paul's Exhortation (vs 28-38)

   • Guard Yourselves.

      

   • Guard the Church.

      

   • Build up the Church.

Application Points:

1. This Biblical teaching on elders is rarely seen in American churches today.

    

2. Our desire at Redemption Church is to follow this teaching.

    

3. Receive and value the pastoral care of faithful elders into your life.

The Life That is our Light

Preacher: Danny D'Acquisto

Passage: John 1:4

Big Idea: Christ's life is the light of ours.

Application: 

1. By His life We Can See.
2. By His life We Can Live.
3. By His life We Will Overcome.

The Life-Giving, Lifted-Up Child

Preacher: Danny D'Acquisto

Passage: Numbers 21:4-9 & John 3:1-15

Big Idea: Jesus was born so that we can be born again.

Sermon Points:

1. The Life-Giving, Lifted-Up Child: Foreshadowed
2. The Life-Giving, Lifted-Up Child: Fulfilled

Application Points:

1. Why don’t we have eternal life?
   • Answer: In our sin, we don’t believe in God.
2. Where does eternal life come from? 

   • Answer: The one who descended from heaven.

3. How do we gain eternal life?

   • Answer: By looking to Christ in faith.

The Despised-And-Rejected Child

Preacher: Danny D'Acquisto

Passage: Isaiah 53:2-6 & Luke 4:22-30

Sermon Points: 

1. The Despised-And-Rejected Child: Promised
2. The Despised-And-Rejected Child: Provided

Big Idea: Jesus was born to be rejected so that we can be accepted.

Application Points:

Why do we despise this child?

1.  

   He has become familiar to us.

    

2. He is not what we were expecting.

    

3. God knew that we would.

The Bad-News-Reversing Child

Preacher: Danny D'Acquisto

Passage: Isaiah 61:1-4 & Luke 4:16-22

Sermon Points:

1. The Bad-News-Reversing Child: Promised

2. The Bad-News-Reversing Child: Provided

Big Idea: Jesus was born to bring us good news in a world full of bad news.

Application Points:

1. Jesus cares deeply about our bad news.
2. He was born to reverse it into good news.
3. We should join him in reversing bad news.

The Bethlehem-Born Child

Preacher: Danny D'Acquisto

Passage: Micah 5:1-5 & Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon Points: 

1. The Bethlehem-Born Child: Promised

2. The Bethlehem-Born Child: Provided

Big Idea: Jesus was born in obscurity to rescue us from all corruption.

Application Points:

1. We will be subject to corrupt leaders.

    

2. God has not forgotten us.

    

3. Jesus is our pure and perfect rescuer.

The Treasure of Righteousness

Preacher: Greg Alles

Passage: Psalm 112

Big Idea: We Praise God for the Treasure of His Righteousness made available to mankind.

Sermon Points:

The Righteous

1.  Fear the Lord
     1) Power Over Eternal Death
     2) Impartial Judge
     3) Forgiver
2.  Greatly Delights in His Commands
3.  Gracious, Merciful, and Generous
4.  Trusts in the Lord

The Righteous

1.  Fear the Lord

2.  Greatly Delights in His Commands

3.  Gracious, Merciful, and Generous

4.  Trusts in the Lord

 

Application Points:

1). Righteousness is not always positively rewarded in our passing, fallen world.

2). The church is where God's righteousness is to be seen today
3). Desire Righteousness, not Riches or Power