Weekly talks from Redeemer Central.
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The Trinity is one of the great mysteries of the Christian faith. Jesus ultimate agenda was coming to humanity to reveal what God is actually like — a seamless, dynamic, interwoven community of love that sits at the centre of all things — and the invitation to us to participate in that love and allow it to shape who we are.
John Herron speaks from Acts 10 and Peter’s remarkable encounter on a rooftop with the Holy Spirit that reveals to him the radical inclusion and border transcending nature of the Gospel leading to the addition of Gentile believers to the church.
Stephanie Wilson speaks on the role women played in the establishing of the early church and how the Holy Spirit liberated and empowered women to pioneer, to lead and to bring the Kingdom of God in a world dominated by men.
David Armstrong speaks on Trinity Sunday and the remarkable invitation we have to experience and participate in the loving communion of the Father, Son & Holy Spirit. Part of our series ‘Liberated by Love’.
David Armstrong speaks on the events of Pentecost and the remarkable encounter between the disciples and the the Spirit of God come to do a new thing. Part of our series ‘Liberated by Love’.
Stephanie Wilson speaks on the encounter between the disciple Thomas and the resurrected Jesus. Part of our series ‘Liberated by Love’.
David Armstrong speaks on the encounter between Simon Peter and Jesus found in John 21 where we discover disappointment is never the final word when grace is present. Part of our series ‘Liberated by Love’.
John Herron shows how the small and, at first, seemingly insignificant story of Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch from Acts 8 demonstrates just how vast and inclusive the Kingdom of God is. Part of our series ‘Liberated by Love’
With a message on Easter Sunday Stephanie Wilson looks at the story of the two disciples travelling away from Jerusalem on the road to Emmaus who are joined on the journey by a stranger who helps them process all that has happened in the week that has been.
Stephanie Wilson continues our series ‘Liberated by Love’ looking at the parable Jesus tells in Luke 14:12-24 of the great banquet feast which gives his disciples (and us) yet another surprising look again at the unique kind of Kingdom he is establishing.
David Armstrong continues our series ‘Liberated by Love looking at the encounter between Jesus & Zacchaeus (Luke 19:1-10) that gives his followers yet another look at the kind of radical Kingdom Jesus is bringing about.
Stephanie Wilson continues our series ‘Liberated by Love looking at the encounter in between Jesus and the Rich Young Ruler (Luke 18:18-30) and the call to trust in the abundance of God over the fear of scarcity.
Stephanie Wilson continues our series ‘Liberated by Love looking at the encounter in Luke 9:10-17 when Jesus feeds 5,000 men (or approximately 15-18,000 if we count the women and children too).
David Armstrong continues our series ‘Liberated by Love looking at the encounter in Luke 10:38-42 when Jesus visits the home of Mary and Martha in Bethany.
David Armstrong continues our series ‘Liberated by Love looking at the encounter in John 7:53-8:12 where a women caught in the act of adultery is brought before Jesus by religious leaders demanding that he give his verdict.
Stephanie Wilson continues our series ‘Liberated by Love looking at the encounter in Luke 7 :36-50 where Jesus is eating at the house of a Pharisee when a women with a questionable reputation comes and anoints him with expensive perfume.
David Armstrong continues our series ‘Liberated by Love looking at the encounter in Luke 7 between Jesus, the dying daughter of a religious leader and a women suffering with a chronic flow of blood.
Stephanie Wilson reflects on the story of Jesus meeting and healing the demon-possessed man in the ‘region of the Gerasenes’ (Luke 8.26–39) and wonders if there is more going on than we might first assume and what we can learn from Jesus loving engagement with the distressed and ostracised man.
David Armstrong begins a new series ‘Liberated by Love looking at the experience of Mary & Elizabeth as unlikely people, in an unlikely place encountering the God of Dreams and the God of Grace.
Stephanie Wilson reflects on the story of the man with leprosy (Luke 5) who encounters Jesus and finds healing liberation from the condition that left him shamed and isolated. What are the things that operate like leprosy in our lives today leaving us separated from the love and connection we are created to live in.
