Heal Us, Emmanuel, edited by Doug Serven
Heal Us, Emmanuel is “a call for racial reconciliation, representation, and unity in the church.” This collection of essays written by PCA Teaching and Ruling Elders was published in 2016. It came as a response. In 2015 Ligon Duncan and Sean Lucas brought a Personal Resolution on Civil Rights Remembrance to the 43rd PCA General…
Read MoreCountry Profiles: Yemen
For the next few weeks, we’ll turn our attention to areas of the world in crisis. This week, we’re praying for Yemen, a middle eastern nation that is currently experiencing a humanitarian crisis due to civil war. In addition to violence, the nation is struggling with food insecurity (leading to famine/starvation in some areas) and…
Read MoreThe Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
World War II history tends to be about strategies and battles, fronts and guns, heroes and power. It’s a tale told about men. It’s a tale told by men. But that’s only half the story. Kristin Hannah paints a vivid picture of Nazi-occupied France during World War II. It’s historical fiction, but she creates a…
Read MoreSame Lake, Different Boat, by Stephanie Hubach
I once heard an excellent sermon from Luke 14. The Gospel was applied it in a real way to our lives. The preacher firmly and compassionately spoke about our spiritual blindness, our spiritual disability. But there was a problem: “He said also to the man who had invited him, ‘When you give a dinner or…
Read More2019 Mission to Broadmoor Blitz Week!
Join us as we pray for our annual Mission to Broadmoor Blitz Week July 15-19! Please pray that our friends and neighbors would see the love of Christ in all our actions and words and that God would prepare hearts and minds to hear, receive, and embrace the good news of Jesus Christ as Lord…
Read MoreBoundaries with Kids, by Cloud and Townsend
In his excellent sermon at PCA General Assembly this year, David Cassidy said, “Our kids are always being discipled. The question is by whom and into what.” Right now, your children are learning boundaries. The question is whether they are good boundaries or bad boundaries. Boundaries define our limits and freedoms. They teach responsibility and…
Read MoreBrent Kooi, MTW Australia (UPDATE)
Please pray with us for fellow Redeemer member Brent Kooi. Brent served as a missionary in Osaka, Japan until the Genesis International College start-up closed earlier this year. Now he’s headed to Sydney, Australia to serve with another Mission to the World team! His main role will be ministering to college graduates as they navigate post-college life.…
Read More2019 PCA General Assembly
Join us as we pray for the PCA’s 2019 General Assembly being held this week (June 25-28). Please pray for our Redeemer representatives and all those attending and returning to their churches and organizations. Pray that the Lord would give grace, wisdom, humility, and strength to church and organizational leaders as they trust Him to…
Read More2019 Vacation Bible School Follow-up
Redeemer’s 2019 VBS wrapped up yesterday — what a blast! Thank you for praying for the kids, staff, and volunteers! Please continue to pray for the kids and their families as Zack and others follow up with them over the summer. Pray that they would see Jesus our Savior and trust in him for salvation.…
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