Podcasts about redemption city church

May 31, 2026Pastor Matt KendrickBecoming a People of Radical AcceptanceLuke 7:34-50In this passage, we explore what it means to build a culture of radical acceptance in an age of deep division and loneliness. By looking at how Jesus engaged with outcasts, we are challenged to move away from judgment and step toward the pain in our society. Discover how we can turn everyday spaces into sacred opportunities for reconciliation simply by opening our homes, sharing our tables, and offering the hope of God's forgiveness.Jesus welcomes every kind of personJesus always made the party betterJesus wants to forgive sinThank you for listening!For more info on Redemption City Church check out our website.If you'd like to connect with us further, please fill out a Connection Card and one of our staff will get in touch with you.Follow us on on social media: Instagram, Facebook and YouTube

May 24, 2026Pastor Chris WrightGiving with Gratitude & FaithMalachi 3:7-1In this passage , we look at the heart behind our resources and why God calls us to return to Him with sincerity.  Discover how giving is more than just a financial obligation—it is a spiritual discipline that shifts our perspective from "have to" to "get to," fueling our mission to make disciples for the glory of God. Giving to God is an act of gratitude & faithGod's command to give isn't legalism, it's loveThe attitude of your giving is more important than the amount of your givingThank you for listening!For more info on Redemption City Church check out our website.If you'd like to connect with us further, please fill out a Connection Card and one of our staff will get in touch with you.Follow us on on social media: Instagram, Facebook and YouTube

A sermon from Redemption City Church's series on the book of Philippians

A sermon from Redemption City Church's series on the book of Philippians

May 17, 2026Pastor Matt KendrickDavid and Goliath1 Samuel 17In this passage, we explore the iconic story of David and Goliath not as a self-help manual for personal bravery, but as a powerful testament to Jesus Christ being the true and better King. Discover how David's victory points us to Jesus, our ultimate Representative who went to battle alone to defeat the giants of sin and death on our behalf. By shifting our focus from self-confidence to God-confidence, we find the courage to face life's challenges because the greatest battle has already been won.David stayed on mission, even when his brother discouraged himDavid was not self-confident. He was God-confidentJesus comes as the true and better RepresentativeThank you for listening!For more info on Redemption City Church check out our website.If you'd like to connect with us further, please fill out a Connection Card and one of our staff will get in touch with you.Follow us on on social media: Instagram, Facebook and YouTube

Redemption City StoriesEpisode 10Landon WomackThe purpose of Redemption City Stories is to share and celebrate the diverse experiences and testimonies within our church family.Subscribe to get notifications when new episodes are released.Thank you for listening!For more info on Redemption City Church check out our website.If you'd like to connect with us further, please fill out a Connection Card and one of our staff will get in touch with you.Follow us on on social media: Instagram, Facebook and YouTube

May 10, 2026Pastor Matt KendrickWhat Do These Stones Mean to You?Joshua 3-4In this passage, we look at how radical obedience and personal consecration pave the way for God to do the impossible in our lives today. You'll see how this Old Testament miracle points straight to Jesus, our true and better Ark, who stepped into the waters of judgment so we could walk through on dry ground. Obedience to God leads to deliverance and freedomPreparation precedes provisionGod can do the impossibleI need to remember what Jesus has doneThank you for listening!For more info on Redemption City Church check out our website.If you'd like to connect with us further, please fill out a Connection Card and one of our staff will get in touch with you.Follow us on on social media: Instagram, Facebook and YouTube

A sermon from Redemption City Church's series on the book of Philippians

May 3, 2026Pastor Chris WrightThe Anointing of David1 Samuel 16:1-13In this passage we encounter the story of God choosing David and anointing him as the next king of Israel. It's a surprising and somewhat unexpected story as David was the least likely candidate to be chosen.He was actually quite ordinary, yet God chose him and set him apart to accomplish the extraordinary for God's purpose.When we pursue our own glory above God's glory we're destined for destruction.Trusting God's way instead of relying on our own way leads to a much better outcome every single time.God often uses the ordinary to accomplish the extraordinary.Thank you for listening!For more info on Redemption City Church check out our website.If you'd like to connect with us further, please fill out a Connection Card and one of our staff will get in touch with you.Follow us on on social media: Instagram, Facebook and YouTube

A sermon from Redemption City Church's series on the book of Philippians

April 26, 2026Pastor Matt KendrickDaniel and the Lion's DenDaniel 6Daniel's story is full of risk, courage, and standing up for what's right under immense cultural pressure. He trusted God, lived by faith, and left the outcome to God.Like Daniel, Jesus was thrown to the lions, even though He didn't deserve it. But unlike Daniel, God would not protect His Son from the den. Jesus allowed Himself to be crushed on our behalf. Daniel's story points to Jesus who died in our place.Thank you for listening!For more info on Redemption City Church check out our website.If you'd like to connect with us further, please fill out a Connection Card and one of our staff will get in touch with you.Follow us on on social media: Instagram, Facebook and YouTube

A sermon from Redemption City Church's series on the book of Philippians

April 19, 2026Pastor Matt KendrickShadrach, Meshach, and AbednegoDaniel 3The Old Testament reveals one clear story: God loves you, and He'll do anything to save you. What we see from Genesis to Revelation is a God who steps into the fire on our behalf, to rescue us. And that's the headline of this story today. The story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego is one of the most inspiring and relevant accounts in all of the Bible, and it points directly to Jesus.These stories don't provide heroes that we try to be but point to a Savior who we desperately need.Thank you for listening!For more info on Redemption City Church check out our website.If you'd like to connect with us further, please fill out a Connection Card and one of our staff will get in touch with you.Follow us on on social media: Instagram, Facebook and YouTube

A sermon from Redemption City Church's series on the book of Philippians

April 12, 2026Pastor Matt KendrickVision SundayIn today's message, Pastor Matt walks us through where our church has been, who we are, and where we're going.Our Mission Statement:To make disciples who make disciples in FW and around the world, for the glory of God.Thank you for listening!For more info on Redemption City Church check out our website.If you'd like to connect with us further, please fill out a Connection Card and one of our staff will get in touch with you.Follow us on on social media: Instagram, Facebook and YouTube

Redemption City StoriesEpisode 9Cody and Jessa HensonThe purpose of Redemption City Stories is to share and celebrate the diverse experiences and testimonies within our church family.Subscribe to get notifications when new episodes are released.Thank you for listening!For more info on Redemption City Church check out our website.If you'd like to connect with us further, please fill out a Connection Card and one of our staff will get in touch with you.Follow us on on social media: Instagram, Facebook and YouTube

A sermon from Redemption City Church on Easter Sunday 2026

A message from Redemption City Church on Good Friday 2026. Teaching text: Matthew 27:27-54

April 5, 2026Pastor Matt KendrickThe Father's Heart at EasterLuke 15:11-24Easter morning is not just a date on the calendar. It is the day death lost its grip, that the grave gave up its victory. Easter is the day that the Father's love ran down the road to bring lost children home.Thank you for listening!For more info on Redemption City Church check out our website.If you'd like to connect with us further, please fill out a Connection Card and one of our staff will get in touch with you.Follow us on on social media: Instagram, Facebook and YouTube

A sermon from Redemption City Church

March 29, 2026Guest Speaker- Kevin RodgersLet Mercy LeadGalatians 6:1-10Living by grace doesn't mean freedom to live for yourself but freedom to live for God. Keeping in step with the Spirit means living by the Spirit's power. In this passage, Paul shifts gears and talks about what this looks like in community! He is going to show us that you can't do this on your own. We need each other, which means we need accountability and expectations, but we also need help, and we need mercy.Characteristics of a merciful church:They restore fallen brethrenThey relieve heavy burdensThey reject arrogant boastingThey relish God's businessThey reward good leadersThey refuse to give upThank you for listening!For more info on Redemption City Church check out our website.If you'd like to connect with us further, please fill out a Connection Card and one of our staff will get in touch with you.Follow us on on social media: Instagram, Facebook and YouTube

A sermon from Redemption City Church's series on the book of Philippians, preached by guest preacher Trip Forgeng 

March 22, 2026Pastor Matt KendrickKeep in StepGalatians 5:16-26In this passage, Paul encourages us to walk by the Spirit. Walk by the Spirit, and you'll have the fruit of the Spirit. Walk in the flesh, and that rotten fruit will come out. The world's way and our fleshly desires offer hollow promises. We enjoy grace by keeping in step with the Spirit. By obeying God's way and following His Spirit. Thank you for listening!For more info on Redemption City Church check out our website.If you'd like to connect with us further, please fill out a Connection Card and one of our staff will get in touch with you.Follow us on on social media: Instagram, Facebook and YouTube

A sermon from Redemption City Church's series on the book of Philippians

March 15, 2026Guest Speaker- Ted CabalChrist Has Set Us FreeGalatians 5:1-12The Christian life is not one of perfection but progress by trusting in Jesus who is the perfect one. This passage challenges us to stop running the race of self-justification and start walking in the freedom that Christ has already won for us.Thank you for listening!For more info on Redemption City Church check out our website. If you'd like to connect with us further, please fill out a Connection Card and one of our staff will get in touch with you.Follow us on on social media: Instagram, Facebook and YouTube

A sermon from Redemption City Church's series on the book of Philippians

March 8, 2026Pastor Matt KendrickSlavery versus SonshipGalatians 4:8-31You can be out of spiritual slavery, but still have slavery in your reflexes. In this passage, Paul is reminding us that we are not slaves! We are adopted, wanted, and forever in the family of God. Slaves obey out of fear. Sons obey out of belonging.Many of us today fall into legalism by treating Christian obedience as a means to earn God's favor, rather than a grateful response to grace already received. What would it look like for you to stop earning God's approval and start resting in it?Slaves obey out of fear. Sons obey out of belongingSpotting Legalism: Identify the Trap, Name the RegressionThank you for listening!For more info on Redemption City Church check out our website. If you'd like to connect with us further, please fill out a Connection Card and one of our staff will get in touch with you.Follow us on on social media: Instagram, Facebook and YouTube

A sermon on Philippians 1:1-11 from Redemption City Church's series on the book of Philippians

March 1, 2026Guest Speaker- Peyton HillJohn 15:9-17We love a lot of things, but there is only one love that is so transformative and worth abiding in. It's the love of Jesus.Obedience is how to remain in Christ's love.Obedience leads to joy, not misery.Obedience is tested by how you love others.Obedience is not slavery –– it's friendship.Thank you for listening!For more info on Redemption City Church check out our website. If you'd like to connect with us further, please fill out a Connection Card and one of our staff will get in touch with you.Follow us on on social media: Instagram, Facebook and YouTube

February 22, 2026Pastor Matt KendrickThe GospelGalatians 4:1-7We are free spiritually, but we so often circle back to spiritual slavery by trying to secure our own security. But we were not saved by our righteousness, nor do we keep our salvation by doing good. We're saved because Jesus stepped onto the cross, in our place, died the death we should have died, so that we can have His life!In this passage, we see that God wants a personal relationship with us. He's our Dad. That it's not about standing at attention and reciting the right words, but that this is a relationship with a loving Dad who wants us to know Him.We were slaves to sinThe Father sent the Son to redeem and adopt usOur relationship with God is close and personalThank you for listening!For more info on Redemption City Church check out our website. If you'd like to connect with us further, please fill out a Connection Card and one of our staff will get in touch with you.Follow us on on social media: Instagram, Facebook and YouTube

February 8, 2026Pastor Matt KendrickIt's Not What You ThinkGalatians 2:15—3:1-9In this passage, Paul drives home that you're not saved by your own effort, but through faith in Jesus Christ. Not only are you initially saved by faith… You're continually saved by faith! Christians often think that we're saved by the gospel, but then we grow by our own efforts. But we are not just saved by the gospel. We grow by applying the gospel to every part of life.Thank you for listening!For more info on Redemption City Church check out our website. If you'd like to connect with us further, please fill out a Connection Card and one of our staff will get in touch with you.Follow us on on social media: Instagram, Facebook and YouTube

February 1, 2026Pastor Matt KendrickTaking Titus AlongGalatians 2:1-10We could never save ourselves. So God the Father sent His Son to save us from our sin, pay the penalty we could never pay,and rise again from death. However, Jesus didn't save you just to get you to heaven—He saved you to make disciples and change the world, for His glory. Jesus' disciplemaking strategyCome and seeFollow meFollow me, and I will make you fishers of menGo and bear fruitThank you for listening!For more info on Redemption City Church check out our website. If you'd like to connect with us further, please fill out a Connection Card and one of our staff will get in touch with you.Follow us on on social media: Instagram, Facebook and YouTube

January 18, 2026Pastor Chris WrightA Purposeful JourneyGalatians 1:11-24Paul's message in Galatians is one centered on the grace of Jesus, not the works of man. Our salvation and purpose are given and sustained by Jesus. Once God saves us through His grace, it completely changes our lives. It transforms how we see the world, what we live for, and who we depend on for significance and purpose.Thank you for listening!For more info on Redemption City Church check out our website. If you'd like to connect with us further, please fill out a Connection Card and one of our staff will get in touch with you.Follow us on on social media: Instagram, Facebook and YouTube

January 11, 2026Pastor Matt KendrickNo Other GospelGalatians 1:1-10All the promises being made to you by the world appear so attractive. But hope is only found in Jesus and He gave up so much to deliver you from the world's way. Step toward Him today!Put God first in:My day (Bible and prayer)My week (church)My money (tithe)Thank you for listening!For more info on Redemption City Church check out our website. If you'd like to connect with us further, please fill out a Connection Card and one of our staff will get in touch with you.Follow us on on social media: Instagram, Facebook and YouTube

January 4, 2026Guest Speaker- Kevin RodgersEvery Day is New Year's DayRevelation 21:1-6Every day should feel like New Year's Day. The key to that is not the specific day or your self-determination to keep resolutions, but instead is the God of the universe who makes all things new. Our God is a God of future promises, but He is also a God of abundant life today. Every day is New Year's Day through Him.Thank you for listening!For more info on Redemption City Church check out our website. If you'd like to connect with us further, please fill out a Connection Card and one of our staff will get in touch with you.Follow us on on social media: Instagram, Facebook and YouTube

December 21, 2025Pastor Matt KendrickChristian HumilityPhilippians 2:1-11Jesus loves you so much, that He humbled Himself and took on human flesh to be our Immanuel; God with us. In this passage, Paul is encouraging us to be humble like Jesus. Choosing humility is better, safer, wiser for you because God created the world to work in such a way that people who exalt themselves will be humbled, and people who choose humility will prosper. How to practice humility:Love sacrificiallyGive radicallyThank you for listening!For more info on Redemption City Church check out our website. If you'd like to connect with us further, please fill out a Connection Card and one of our staff will get in touch with you.Follow us on on social media: Instagram, Facebook and YouTube

December 14, 2025Pastor Matt KendrickThe Genealogy of JesusLuke 3:23-38In Luke 3, we see the genealogy of Jesus. These verses are some of the most important words written in world history. They are part of God's master plan from the very beginning, to verify Jesus' credentials as the Messiah— the Christ.Thank you for listening!For more info on Redemption City Church check out our website. If you'd like to connect with us further, please fill out a Connection Card and one of our staff will get in touch with you.Follow us on on social media: Instagram, Facebook and YouTube

December 7, 2025Pastor Chris WrightLight in the DarknessIsaiah 9:1-7God's people were experiencing darkness and gloom. In Isaiah 9 God promises light in the midst of their darkness – a future light, a future hope, and a future promise. Jesus has the power to bring us from darkness to light, from death to life, and from despair to hope.God's greatest victories often come in the darkest parts of our livesThe promise of who we get in Jesus: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of PeaceThank you for listening!For more info on Redemption City Church check out our website. If you'd like to connect with us further, please fill out a Connection Card and one of our staff will get in touch with you.Follow us on on social media: Instagram, Facebook and YouTube

November 30, 2025Toby Dingler-Student MinisterThe TabernacleExodus 25-40God's tabernacle is all about His presence. The Tabernacle wasn't God withdrawing from sinners; it was God drawing near. It was His way of preparing His people for a glory they were not yet ready to behold.Thank you for listening!For more info on Redemption City Church check out our website. If you'd like to connect with us further, please fill out a Connection Card and one of our staff will get in touch with you.Follow us on on social media: Instagram, Facebook and YouTube

SEND US A MESSAGE! We'd Love to Chat With you and Hear your thoughts! We'll read them on the next episode. As we prepare for thanksgiving, there will be many contentious topics around the dinner table. Will you find your self on the hateful end of a sibling in Christ? Following up from my conversation with Rachel from last week, I continue to discuss the growing divisions within the American church and the need to fight to maintain peace in the church. Unity in Christ is granted through Him and for Him, to that end, we seek practical unity among one another. How has the growing politicization affected how we've responded to the tragedies of this year and the ensuing conversations stemming from them? Leave me your comments!Keep in touch with Brandon's Planting Residency at Redemption City Church in BaltimoreSupport the showHosts: Brandon and Daren Smith Learn of Brandon's Church Planting CallPatreon: www.patreon.com/blackandblurredPaypal: https://paypal.me/blackandblurredYouTube: Black and Blurred PodcastIG: @BlackandBlurredPodcastX: @Blurred_Podcast

November 23, 2025Pastor Matt KendrickAre We There Yet?Numbers 13-14God delivered His people over and over in dramatic and only-God-could-do-it ways. Then they face a trial, and all seems lost. All of a sudden, they began to see themselves as grasshoppers to be stepped on instead of seeing themselves as God's chosen people. The people of Israel idolized the Promised Land over God Himself. Idols cannot simply be removed. They need to be replaced. By what? By Jesus taking the burden of sin and shame from you, and by looking to Him for ultimate satisfaction, joy, fulfillment, identity, and more. Thank you for listening!For more info on Redemption City Church check out our website. If you'd like to connect with us further, please fill out a Connection Card and one of our staff will get in touch with you.Follow us on on social media: Instagram, Facebook and YouTube

November 16, 2025Guest Speaker- Chris KoubaHow to Handle Anxiety?Philippians 4:6Are you constantly battling anxiety? You're not alone — but you can find peace. This passage provides us a practical and powerful way to combat anxiety using the simple acronym P.R.A.Y. Learn how presenting your concerns, remembering God's faithfulness, acknowledging His goodness, and saying yes to His will can guard your heart and mind with God's peace. How to Handle Anxiety:Present your concernsRemember God's faithfulnessAcknowledge his goodnessYes to God's willThank you for listening!For more info on Redemption City Church check out our website. If you'd like to connect with us further, please fill out a Connection Card and one of our staff will get in touch with you.Follow us on on social media: Instagram, Facebook and YouTube

November 9, 2025Pastor Matt KendrickStand Firm, Go ForwardExodus 14:10-14God had shown His people that He would fight on their behalf, and He had proven that He would not abandon them. How quickly they forgot those lessons when confronted by an enemy. It's like they forgot who they were and who they belonged to. God hasn't delivered yet? Hang on and have faith, because He's a God who delivers. God hasn't answered yet? Listen up and have faith, because He's a God who answers. Remember… we can trust the Almighty God who knows all, sees all, and is good. Planted faith grows into bigger faithFear notStand firmExpect God to saveGo ForwardThank you for listening!For more info on Redemption City Church check out our website. If you'd like to connect with us further, please fill out a Connection Card and one of our staff will get in touch with you.Follow us on on social media: Instagram, Facebook and YouTube

November 2, 2025Pastor Matt Kendrick“I Am Who I Am”Exodus 3:1-14Our God's name is Yahweh. The fact that God has a name is far more significant than most of us realize. This detail can completely reshape how you relate to God (to Yahweh). He's not an abstract force but a known, personal, named God. And he wants to know you personally.Yahweh never changesYahweh is near and knowableGod's timeline is different than my timeline.I get my identity from YahwehThank you for listening!For more info on Redemption City Church check out our website. If you'd like to connect with us further, please fill out a Connection Card and one of our staff will get in touch with you.Follow us on on social media: Instagram, Facebook and YouTube

October 26, 2025Pastor Matt KendrickBetrayal, Forgiveness, and God's SovereigntyGenesis 50:15-21We are following an invisible God who is active in your life. We see in Joseph's story, with God, silence is not absence. Often, when things seem like they're going wrong, God's working for our good and for His glory. God does some of His best work in the dark and you can trust Him. God is working… always!God's place is highest… always!Thank you for listening!For more info on Redemption City Church check out our website. If you'd like to connect with us further, please fill out a Connection Card and one of our staff will get in touch with you.Follow us on on social media: Instagram, Facebook and YouTube

October 19, 2025Pastor Matt KendrickThe Sacrifice of IsaacGenesis 22God asks Abraham to take Isaac—his long-awaited son of promise— up onto a mountain to sacrifice him on the altar. It's a picture of what Jesus would do for us. Except on that wooden cross, atop that hillside, God the Father would not stop the knife allowing His own Son to be sacrificed for us.When life tests you, when the climb is steep, when obedience hurts— remember this story.You may not understand the test. But on the mountain of the Lord, it will be provided. And in Christ, it already has been.Thank you for listening!For more info on Redemption City Church check out our website. If you'd like to connect with us further, please fill out a Connection Card and one of our staff will get in touch with you.Follow us on on social media: Instagram, Facebook and YouTube

Dan Hacker is one of the pastors at Redemption City Church in Philly.

October 12, 2025Pastor Matt KendrickHow was Abraham Saved?Genesis 12-17The Old Testament and New Testament are not two separate stories but one unified story about our great God. The Old Testament presents endless opportunities to discover Jesus. We can see His glory in every Bible theme, every genre, every deliverance storyline, every major image and every major figure. Today, we'll see that our God always keeps His promises.God never breaks His promises.To be saved is to receive credited righteousness. Thank you for listening!For more info on Redemption City Church check out our website. If you'd like to connect with us further, please fill out a Connection Card and one of our staff will get in touch with you.Follow us on on social media: Instagram, Facebook and YouTube

October 5, 2025Pastor Matt KendrickNoah and the Great FloodGenesis 6-9The rainbow is a declaration that God's patience continues, even though we deserve judgment. The rainbow points us to the cross. We're lifted up above the waters of judgment, because Jesus was submerged into them. God is full of love and justice.The ark points us directly to Jesus.God's patience continues, even though we deserve judgment.Thank you for listening!For more info on Redemption City Church check out our website. If you'd like to connect with us further, please fill out a Connection Card and one of our staff will get in touch with you.Follow us on on social media: Instagram, Facebook and YouTube

September 21, 2025Pastor Matt KendrickCreation and the Image of GodGenesis 1Genesis 1 is the foundation of all Scripture. And it tells us— not just how the world came into existence— but more importantly, who is at the center of all reality: God Himself. It tells us who God is, what He has done, and why it matters for us today.God is the eternal CreatorGod brings order by His WordWe are made in God's imageThank you for listening!For more info on Redemption City Church check out our website. If you'd like to connect with us further, please fill out a Connection Card and one of our staff will get in touch with you.Follow us on on social media: Instagram, Facebook and YouTube