The Cost of Following Christ

The Cost of Following Christ

The Cost of Following Christ This is a guest post by Zack Chatterton. Zack is a good friend of Pastor Ryan. They served in ministry together in Phoenix, AZ. Zack currently serves as a volunteer leader at Phoenix Bible Church and is an Adjunct Instructor of Christian...
The Grace to Live

The Grace to Live

The Grace to Live At Redeemer, we recently finished a three-week study on the doctrine of sanctification. Sanctification is the formal theological word which describes the immediate act of a Christian being made holy through the forgiveness of sins and the transfer of...
Does Church Membership Matter?

Does Church Membership Matter?

Does Church Membership Matter? If you are a Christian, you should become a member of your local church. Perhaps I’ve already lost some of you by placing a should in that sentence.  Why is that? One reason might be that we tend to think of church membership as “not a...
Difficult Teachings of Jesus

Difficult Teachings of Jesus

Difficult Teachings of Jesus Some of the things that Jesus said are hard. How many of us have come across some chunk of red letters in the gospels and discovered something that we either didn’t understand, or didn’t want to understand? We have company. Even a cursory...