Latest Exhortations

Jesus Is With Us

Tyler Yoder

June 20, 2021

Jesus is not like a basketball coach who trained the players in practice but now all He can do is yell from the sideline until the game is over. No, by His Spirit, Jesus is out there on the basketball court of life with us--strengthening and teaching us, guiding our actions and…

Living a Gospel-Centered Life

Pastor Kyle McIver

June 13, 2021

Have you ever heard someone you know talk about living a cross-centered life? Or perhaps tell you that they belong to a gospel-centered church? Or that they’ve embraced the beauty of God-centered theology? Phrases like these have become popular in the church today, each hoping to…

Living With Anticipation

Tyler Yoder

June 06, 2021

Every year on the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend, the world experiences “the greatest spectacle in racing:” the Indianapolis 500. For most of you, this event comes and goes without much notice at all, but as a native Hoosier, this is a significant event, even for someone who is…

Does Where We Worship Matter?

Pastor Dan Nichols

May 30, 2021

The present New Covenant reality is that God's people do not have a home, a specific location in which they must do life together. There is no holy land on earth for us. We have no temple building in which we must worship. Which is why the Apostle Peter calls us sojourners and…

Pay Attention to What You Have Heard

Pastor Kyle McIver

May 19, 2021

Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it. For since the message declared by angels proved to be reliable, and every transgression or disobedience received a just retribution, how shall we escape if we neglect such a great…

Thinking About Risk

Pastor Kyle McIver

May 09, 2021

How do you feel about taking risks? Perhaps the first area that comes to mind is finances and investing. Or maybe it’s the risk of asking someone out on a date. Or the risk of starting a home remodeling project that will challenge your skills… or playing a sport for the first…

Magnifying The Wrong Thing

Scott Hansen

May 02, 2021

Verses like John 3:16 tell us what the gospel is: “For God so loved the world that he gave his only son that whoever believes in him should have eternal life.” Now we might find ourselves asking, “…but how, Jesus?” How does this salvation come to us? We don’t have a perfect…

Union With Christ

Bob Osburn

April 12, 2021

To be an American is to be, in some way or another, defined by our uniqueness, separateness, our individualism. But, to be a follower of Christ is, in a very real way, to emphasize instead our connectedness, our inextricable linkage, and our unity with Jesus Christ. As His…

Delighting In The Resurrection

Pastor Kyle McIver

April 04, 2021

Ever since the days immediately following his resurrection and ascension to the right hand of the Father, Christians have gathered on Sundays to worship Jesus. There is a real sense in which every time we gather on Sunday, we are remembering and celebrating his resurrection…

Encourage One Another

Pastor Kyle McIver

March 21, 2021

This is one of my favorite times of the year, for three simple reasons: the days are getting longer, the temperatures are getting warmer, and the Twins are about to start playing the regular season. I’m always buoyed and excited when these spring months roll around, and yet this…

Consider Jesus

Tyler Yoder

March 14, 2021

When I say the word “consider”, what images come to mind? We have a lot of things vying for our attention, crying out for us to consider them as an option, to give them more than a passing glance as their advertisements fly in and out of our awareness. Our lives are often so…

Dare to Be a Sinner

Scott Hansen

March 08, 2021

I think it safe to say that most people in this room have had a job interview at some point in their life. And we know that there are things you do to sell yourself to the interviewer. We give lip service to the fact that this is our dream job at our dream employer as if we have…

The Idol Factory

Bob Osburn

February 22, 2021

Not a few commentators have observed that humans are idol-making factories. In our sinful humanity, we love, cherish, and worship the creature rather than the Creator. In the Apostle Paul’s words in Romans 1, we “exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images”….and…

Nature’s Instruction: What we can learn from sub-zero temperatures

Pastor Kyle McIver

February 14, 2021

The weather has always been an easy talking point for Minnesota residents because we get both ends of the hot and cold spectrum, with a whole lot of variety in between. This week especially reminded me of Psalm 148:17, which reads: "He hurls down crystals of ice like crumbs; who…

Sing to The Lord

Zeke Hernandez

February 08, 2021

Every Sunday we gather together and we sing to the Lord, it’s a huge part of what we do as a church. And if that’s the case, then it’s important that in our singing we are still carrying out the mission of remembering, rejoicing, and relating the gospel. Colossians 3:16 says…

Desire and Doubt

Tyler Yoder

January 31, 2021

Jesus teaches in Matthew 6 that we shouldn’t be anxious about food or our clothing because God loves us and knows we need those things. Rather, when we seek His Kingdom and righteousness first, He will meet our needs—and sometimes in ways we never expect.

Amidst the Waiting

Scott Hansen

January 25, 2021

Whether waiting for your food to arrive, the pandemic to be over, or waiting for the day that we dwell with Jesus forever, we would do well to heed Paul's encouragement to the Colossians: "Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, making the best use of the time" (Colossians 4:5).

The Priority of Prayer

Pastor Kyle McIver

January 20, 2021

Throughout the history of the church, the Psalms have been prayed, sung, memorized, and treasured by God’s people. However, they are also particularly helpful for prayer - not only in that we can take the Psalms and pray them back to God, but the Psalms themselves also teach us…

Mourning the Capitol Riots

Pastor Dan Nichols

January 10, 2021

The events that transpired this week in our nation’s capital are to be mourned. Wrongs have been done, lives have been lost. The state of the country is one of division, and we are plagued by the seeming inability to speak with clarity without being motivated by an agenda. But it…

Why We Have Exhortations in our Sunday Service

Pastor Kyle McIver

January 04, 2021

The last time we had an exhortation like this in one of our services was March 8th, 2020. For many of us that feels like a lifetime ago given the way these last nine months have passed. So tonight for our first exhortation in such a long time, I want to remind us why - in our…

Faithful are the Wounds of a Friend

Pastor Mike Schumann

March 08, 2020

I hear all the time that we are to “speak life” to one another. People like this idea of speaking life to others, and few people seem to have a problem with it, and that’s likely because the idea of “speaking life” is thought to be equivalent to speaking encouraging things to one…

Bringing the Bible Into Life

Pastor Kyle McIver

March 01, 2020

If you’ve been around Redeemer for a little while, you may have heard people using the term “Life Groups”. Over the next few weeks here, the pastors are going to do a mini-series of exhortations to help us all understand what a Life Group is and why we have them at Redeemer. Here…

Fighting Complacency with Joy in Jesus

Scott Hansen

February 23, 2020

I am not usually a very impulsive person. But every once in a while, I will do things that I regret almost immediately. For example, I recently signed up for a race just a few weeks beforehand with little time to get in shape. Despite my regrets for having signed up, I was not…

An Unlimited and Eternal Perspective

Pastor Dan Nichols

February 16, 2020

There is a special, powerful narrative in the book of John situated in the final days before Jesus’ crucifixion. In it we see the act of a servant. In it we see the one who spoke the universe into existence entering into a role that most of us wouldn’t even consider filling. In…

What Our Tears Can Teach Us

Pastor Mike Schumann

February 10, 2020

Tears can teach us much about life — The Bible is a book that is full of them — from Abraham, to David, Job, to Jeremiah, and on, and on — The Bible is a book that is full of tears — tears which fell from the eyes of men and women of the past, often, for the same reason they fall…

God is not Ashamed of His Word

Zeke Hernandez

February 03, 2020

Why do I get embarrassed about what the Bible says? We’ve learned these past few weeks that the Bible is the King’s Word. God is my king. I know that He is above and before all, that He made all that was and is, and yet sometimes when I read His Word, I’m embarrassed. I’m even…

For Those Who Thirst

Tyler Yoder

January 26, 2020

An exhortation to draw from the living well

Two Words That Define You

Pastor Kyle McIver

January 20, 2020

Think about the last book you read. Did it have an introduction? Did you actually read that introduction? Or did you figure “Ehhhh - let’s get on with it” and move straight to chapter 1. I know I’ve skipped many an introduction, and frankly, we’re free to do so! Nobody said you…

The Habit of Discipleship

Pastor Dan Nichols

January 13, 2020

If you are making a conscious effort to infuse the message of Jesus Christ into relationship you are making a disciple. So how are you caring for those around you with the word of God? An exhortation from Matthew 28:19

Be Holy

Pastor Mike Schumann

January 06, 2020

My exhortation to us all, for the year 2020, is to be holy. Regardless if you’re a student, at home, in the workplace, or retired, in the year 2020, strive to be holy. Why am I exhorting us this way? For one, God exhorts us this way in His word. In the Old Testament, Leviticus 1…

The Best Resolution You Can Make

Pastor Kyle McIver

December 30, 2019

I want to commend this morning a simple commitment for the coming year: read the Bible. Read the Bible! There are no shortage of articles and other voices out there encouraging you to do this very same thing, but I want to exhort you this morning as someone who cares for and is…

Enjoying God For Eternity and Today

Pastor Mike Schumann

December 22, 2019

God dwells in the midst of His people, today. The maker of the universe, the creator of the galaxies, the sustainer of every heart which beats — This God dwells in the very midst of his people, today.  And, God has always dwelt in the midst of his people, but prior to the life…

Where's Your Attention

Pastor Kyle McIver

December 16, 2019

We live in a distracted age. The rise of smartphones, tablets, streaming, and other new technologies have profoundly reshaped many of our habits. So extreme is our distraction that we have new categories for things such as distracted driving - where we see that this addiction is…

Real Sin, True Repentance

Zeke Hernandez

December 08, 2019

An exhortation to speak of our sin the way the Bible speaks of it and repent.

Expecting Jesus

Pastor Dan Nichols

December 04, 2019

What is the Advent season all about? The anticipation of the birth of Jesus Christ. Yet, many would say that celebrating Christ is the last thing they have on their minds as Christmas draws near. This reveals a tendency to lose sight of His worth, which speaks to our need to be…

The Power of The Gospel

Pastor Mike Schumann

November 24, 2019

The Gospel is not weak, but it must be spoken! An exhortation from Romans 10:14

An Antidote For Pride

Pastor Kyle McIver

November 18, 2019

Knowledge is not guilty of pride. People are. An exhortation from Romans 11:25

What's Up With Kanye?

Pastor Dan Nichols

November 10, 2019

In an attempt to determine the authenticity of a man’s confession, we have unwittingly placed ourselves in the position of kingmaker and gatekeeper. And neither of these belong to us. So what should we do when a pop icon professes faith in Jesus Christ? Often our immediate…

Bear One Another's Burdens

Pastor Kyle McIver

November 08, 2019

We can't bear one another's burdens if you don't share our burdens with each other. An exhortation from Galatians 6:2 I want to make an observation this morning. This is something I know to be true for myself, and I have a feeling that it’s true for many of you as well. Think…

Trusting God

Pastor Mike Schumann

October 27, 2019

Which is easier for you: obedience to God, or trust in God? Ask the question in another way, Is it easier for you to obey God — to do what he has asked you to do, or to trust God — that He will do what he has promised to do? I think for many of us, obedience to God comes more…

The Church In A Customizable World

Pastor Mike Schumann

October 13, 2019

We can't grow in patience unless our patience is tested. We can't grow in our ability to forgive unless forgiveness is needed. God uses the people in our churches that don't fit our preferences to shape our character to be more like Jesus. An exhortation to stop trying to…

Hopeful Honesty

Pastor Dan Nichols

October 06, 2019

An exhortation on being honest about who we are and hopeful for what God is doing in us.

Seeing Kids For Who They Really Are

Pastor Kyle McIver

September 29, 2019

Children are not just full image bearers of God, but they are worth the best we have to offer. An exhortation for both adults AND kids!

Quit Hiding Your Happiness

Pastor Dan Nichols

September 22, 2019

An exhortation from Psalm 30

Disarming Fidelity

Pastor Mike Schumann

September 15, 2019

Opposition is our invitation into sharing God's Word. An exhortation from 1 Peter 3

The Spaces We Love Belong to Jesus

Pastor Dan Nichols

September 08, 2019

An exhortation from Matthew 9

Who is Jesus?

Mike Schumann

July 25, 2019

First, Jesus is a man who was born. Born in shame: His birthplace was in a smelly, dirty, animal-filled barn. His crib was a manger — a rickety wooden food trough. His mother was a woman many likely rolled their eyes at, “pregnant before marriage huh? And yet, Jesus is a man born…

Rejoice

Kyle McIver

July 21, 2019

We have three discipleship rhythms at Redeemer: Remember, Rejoice, and Relate. As someone who loves alliteration, those four R’s make me very happy! Last month Dan preached from Psalm 40 about our first rhythm, remembering the gospel of Jesus Christ. This morning, we’re moving to…

Look to Your Union

Kyle McIver

June 03, 2019

Well, if you haven’t noticed, this church has a lot of young families. We all know at least a family or two with young children and if you have you asked one of those parents how they’re doing lately their response probably sounded something like this: “Life with a newborn has…

Your Community Needs You

Dan Nichols

May 27, 2019

I fear that many have bought into the principle that, while each of us may be of some benefit to one another in the here and now, in the grand narrative we are relatively inconsequential in the effect we have on each other’s lives. You may have, in your head and heart, purchased…

Family Talk

Mike Schumann

May 20, 2019

The word Family is emotionally-loaded. It can warm the soul with nostalgia and wholeness, and it can cut the heart like a dagger. Often, at least in our culture, the word family causes a rolling of the eyes — “Oh, family.…” It connotes a unique kind of annoyance. Sometimes…