Redemption Church in Brookfield, WI

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

Declaring Christ in All the World

Preacher: Danny D'Acquisto

Passage: Colossians 4:2-18

Big Idea: There are many laboring with us to declare Christ in a ll the world.

Sermon Points:

1. How to pray: For the word to keep advancing in all the world.
2. How to walk: Being wise with our time and words.
3. Why to take courage: We are not alone in any of this.

When Christ is All in our Work

Preacher: Danny D'Acquisto

Passage: Colossians 3:22 - 4:1

Big Idea: Let's let Christ be all in our work.

Sermon Points:

When Christ is all in our work:

1. We work as if working for Christ Himself
2. We work heartily, with sincere hearts
3. We work with HIs reward in mind

When Our Families Walk In Christ

Preacher: Danny D'Acquisto

Passage: Colossians 3:18-21

Big Idea: Let’s let Christ be all in our families.

Sermon Points:

1. Wives & Husbands

Wives: Submit to your husbands

Husbands: Love your wives, do not be harsh

2. Children & Fathers

Children: Obey your parents in everything

Fathers: Do not provoke your children

Walking in a New Body (Part 2)

Preacher: Dan Allen

Passage: Colossians 3:12-17

Big Idea: The church must display and declare Christ to one another.

Sermon Points: 

1. The Command: Declare and Display Christ to one another.
2. The Fuel: Living out of our identity.