Redemption Church in Brookfield, WI

Running from the God We Don't Fear

Preacher: Danny D'Acquisto

Passage: Jonah 1:1-16

Big Idea: If we really fear God, then we will follow him to the people we'd rather avoid.

Sermon Points:

1. God: Insists on getting his way with terrifying force.
2. Jonah: Claims to fear God, but foolishly runs from him.
3. Pagans: Actually do fear God, and wind up worshipping him.

Application Points:

1. God sends us to people we'd rather avoid.
2. If we run away, we don't really fear Him.
3. We can run, but we can't hide.

An Overview Sermon of Jonah

Preacher: Danny D'Acquisto

Passage: Jonah 1:1-3

Big Question: What is the book of Jonah really about?

Sermon Points/Application

1. The Surprising Power of God's Mercy
   • Do we really believe in the surprising power of God's mercy?
2. The Incredible Foolishness of our Hypocrisy
   • Do we really want others to experience God's mercy, or just us?

Big Idea: God is surprisingly merciful, and we can be incredibly hypocritical.

How to Preserve the "Good Life"

Preacher: Carl Dernell

Passage: Psalm 16

Big Question: How do we preserve ‘the good life’?

Sermon Points:

1. The King's Request and Reason
2. The King's Good Relationships
3. The King's Chosen Portion
4. The King's Unshakeable Confidence

Big Idea: We preserve the good life by making God, the source of all good, our chosen portion and seek to be in His presence. 

Application:

What is your chosen portion and the source of all your good?

1. Examine the heart of your relationships
2. Examine your estimation of life circumstances

 

Humble Confidence

Preacher: Greg Alles

Passage: Psalm 121

Sermon Points:

1. A personal confession of faith (vs 1-2)
   • The Need for help
   • The Helper
2. The Community affirmation in faith of Yahweh the Keeper (vs 3-8)
   • Always Alert
   • Always Present
   • All Powerful
   • Forever Committed

Big Idea: We can make it through this life by humbly trusting in Yahweh to be our Helper.

Application Points:

1. Jesus is Yahweh
2. God only helps the week and helpless
3. Get lost in awe and wonder

The God Worth Praising Forever

Preacher: Danny D'Acquisto

Passage:  Psalm 113

Big Question: Why can’t we exhaust the praise-worthiness of God?

Sermon Points:

Why praise Him forever?

• He looks down on all Creation.

Application Points:

Is your God this big?

• But He also lifts up lowly people.

Big Idea: An exalted God who lifts up lowly people is always worthy of praise.

Getting Along With The Family

Preacher: Danny D'Acquisto

Passage: 3 John

Big Question: How should we relate to other churches and their leaders?

Sermon Points:

1. GAIUS: A good example of both truth & love in ministry
2. DIOTREPHES: A bad example of unloving self-importance

3. DEMETRIUS: The reason we need to love those who walk in truth

Big Idea: Let's not get in God's way.

Application Points:

1. Gospel truth trumps everything else.
2. Gospel love trumps our “position” or “status.”

3. God’s gospel mission must trump our agenda.

A Family of Truth & Love

Preacher: Danny D'Acquisto

Passage: 2 John

Big Question: What is the relationship between truth & love?

Sermon Points:

1. The Church
2. The Deceivers
3. Our Response

Big Idea: The truth of the gospel is what binds us together in love.

Application Points:

1. Our love sets us apart, together.
2. Some truths are worth dividing over.
3. God's truth & God's love are never at odds.

Confidence - Under One Condition

Preacher: Danny D'Acquisto

Passage: 1 John 5:13-21

Big Question: Are there any conditions to this confidence?

Sermon Points:

• Part 1 - The Confidence We Have Toward God
  1. God hears our prayers.
  2. God restores us when we sin.
  3. God protects us from the evil one.
  4. God will deliver us from this world.
  5. God has made us one with his Son.
• Part 2 - The One Condition of our Confidence

Big Idea: We can know we have eternal life if we remain in God's eternal Son.

The Life-giving Testimony of God

Preacher: Danny D'Acquisto

Passage: 1 John 5:6-12

Big Question: Why is it so important for us to understand who Jesus is?

Sermon Points:

1. Jesus really died
2. God has really spoken
3. Eternal Life is at stake

Big Idea: Because our eternal life depends on the eternal human life of Jesus.

Application Points:

1. God has told us his plan of redemption
2. God has given us his life
3. God has offered us his precious Son

Why our Confidence Matters

Preacher: Danny D'Acquisto

Passage: 1 John 5:1-5

Big Question: Do we really need this kind of spiritual confidence?

Sermon Points:

1. How to have the confidence of a child.
2. Why we need the confidence of a child.

Big Idea: Because our confidence in Christ is the only way to overcome the world.

Application Points:

1. This confidence is a joy, not a burden.
2. We do need this confidence to overcome the world.