Redwood Church Preaching

Feb 07 2025 124 ep. 33 mins 2
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Teaching & instruction from Redwood Reformation Church, Rotorua NZ.

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Rightly ordered affections: natural vs covenantal identity

Nov 16 2024 51 mins  
As Western civilization collapses, Western Christians are struggling for identity. For some, the pendulum is swinging from woke radical individualism to ethnic allegiances. But without recovering these natural bonds as covenantal categories, we are trading one form of identity politics for another. To rightly order the bonds of blood and soil, they must ultimately be fitted togethe

Psalm 137, part 2: Singing psalms beyond their original context

Feb 07 2025 31 mins  
Psalm 137 expresses Israel’s grief in exile and longing for true worship. Though contextually bound to Babylon, the psalm applies to the church today as we seek worship that pleases God, mourn sin, trust in divine justice, and anticipate the perfect worship of heaven. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episode

Psalm 137, part 1: Praise God for cutting off Babylonian seed

Feb 03 2025 43 mins  
Worship should shape us—not be reshaped to our comfort. Psalm 137 calls believers to unashamedly embrace God’s justice, long for his kingdom, and trust his sovereignty in judgment. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit redwoodchurch.substack.com

What does it mean to pray in faith?

Oct 19 2024 33 mins  
How can it be true that “ask ye whatever ye may wish, and it shall come to be for you,” when our prayers so frequently go unanswered? The answer is that we do not pray as we ought—either continually enough, persistently enough, or with true faith: i.e., a living participation in Christ, discerning what God desires in him. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss

How we overcome by faith…even (especially) when we fail

Oct 12 2024 34 mins  
Though we seek continually to work out our salvation through righteous deeds, we often fall. How can we not be discouraged? By clinging to Christ, even in failure and humiliation—because in doing so, we share in his victory. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit redwoodchurch.substack.com

How the form of the law forms mature disciples

Jan 31 2025 40 mins  
An exposition and application of Psalm 132. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit redwoodchurch.substack.com

Repentance, part 21: individual transformation through Christ’s body

Sep 28 2024 36 mins  
It is impossible to become like Christ without being attached to his body, just as it is impossible for your finger to keep reflecting your will and intention if it is cut from your hand. Outside the church there is no ordinary possibility of salvation. The transformation of our minds is therefore not just a question of “what am I becoming,” but also fundamentally, “what are

The biblical lawlessness of IVF

Sep 14 2024 40 mins  
IVF violates three different biblical laws: (1) gross negligence, as many embryos die; (2) adultery, by introducing a third party into the sex act; (3) presumption, by creating life without the certainty of birth. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit redwoodchurch.substack.com

Repentance, part 19: we are all Cretans now

Sep 07 2024 45 mins  
Cretans are liars, sluggards and gluttons—and from this, Paul infers that they will desire to go after fables and myths. Why? Because they want to waste themselves on consumption, without care for whether it is false. Unfortunately, social media algorithms and on-demand entertainment is now shaping us all into Cretans. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this w

Repentance, part 18: fasting—scripture’s answer to consumerism

Aug 31 2024 44 mins  
The consumerism of our age shapes our souls, by instant gratification, to covetousness and impatience. These are antithetical to contentment and faith, and leave us numb. The biblical remedy is not to ascetically resist the urge to indulge—but rather to reorder our desires toward God. Fasting teaches us how to do this. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this w