Redeemer Church
Enjoy weekly podcast sermons from Mark Spansel as he preaches at Redeemer Church located in the Santa Clarita Valley. http://redeemerscv.org
Episodes
The Reformation. A massive turning point in history. A major set of truths recovered for the Gospel. It is the Word of God alone, that teaches salvation by Grace alone, through Faith alone, in Christ alone, to the Glory of God alone. A message we want all our kids to know, love, and live. We look back to move forward!
In this message, we explore the nature of Christian worship and why congregational singing is central to the life of the church. Drawing from Colossians 3, we unpack a helpful framework — worship has one author and object, two contexts, and three audiences — that reveals how singing together is far more than an emotional warm-up, but a formational practice that shapes our identity, stirs our imaginations, and roots us in the gospel...
Jesus in this text addresses weary people who were burdened by the pressures of the law and a legalistic system enforced by the scribes and Pharisees. Jesus provides us with one of the most comforting phrases in all of the Bible: "Come to me... and I will give you rest." In Christ, believers are able to find true soul rest, freedom from burdens, and peace for weary hearts.
We never stop following Jesus. That means we never stop laying down our lives for the sake of finding our greatest satisfaction in being a servant of the King. Jesus not only modeled being a Servant, but He also went to the cross as the Suffering-Servant and rose the Servant-King. We do not follow in the footsteps of Jesus, rather in our weakness we worship Jesus confident of what He has done to ransom us from sin’s curse. When our...
The cross is not the end of the story. If it were, the messianic movement would have dissolved, the disciples dispersed, and the Gospel defeated. But, with all the human elements of authenticity, God declares the tomb empty and Jesus risen. The women-witnesses did not expect it and were shocked to hear of it. Then the Gospel of Mark abruptly closes, reminding us that the only appropriate response to this resurrection event beyond h...
Supernatural events mixed with deeply human suffering mark the cup Jesus embraced drinking from the Father. In these events the whole message of the Gospel, from Genesis to Revelation unfolds – the curse of sin, the wrath of God, the sacrifice of the Son, and the varied responses of human hearts. Come consider the significance of the contents of the cup.
With a torrent of mockery, Jesus endures the shaming of the soldiers and the crowd as he is tortured and crucified. The One who came to save those very individuals from their life of sin, now humiliate Him with their words and actions. Their historical actions betray the real motivations and behaviors of every human heart. But Jesus, bearing our guilt and absorbing our shame, stands ready to put His royal robe on all who trust Him,...
In this message from Colossians 4:2–6, we’re reminded that the mission of Jesus doesn’t move forward through hype or religious performance, but through faithful people living with intentional habits. Paul calls the whole church, not just leaders or professionals, to be a praying people, a proclaiming people, and a discerning people in the world. This sermon explores how devotion shapes our dependence, declaration clarifies our witn...
TameneIn his historical narrative, Luke takes us to the time when the early believers were persecuted, displaced from their homes, and scattered to the neighboring cities and towns, and the result indeed was the proclamation of the gospel throughout the regions of Judea, Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. The two major conversion movements, that of the Samaritans and the Ethiopian Eunuch, took place through the ministry of Phil...
Jesus came to reveal the glory of the Father and save men from their sin … simple enough to understand. But big dark questions loom large over such a simple statement. Jesus isn’t a vague answer to these questions; He brings light and clarity to the specific questions we all wrestle with. Consider how the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus answer these four fundamental questions in the dark haze of life on this planet …
The next scene in Jesus’ trials takes us to Pilate, the Roman ruler over Jerusalem. He questions Jesus and finds no reason to execute him, and yet the Jewish mob demands crucifixion. Instead of setting Jesus free, he sets Barabbas, the murdering insurrectionist free. And again, we can’t miss it – The just is condemned, while the unjust goes free.
Meanwhile, down in the courtyard, Peter is facing the ultimate test of his faith. But Jesus has prayed for him, and while we see him deny the Lord three times, the Lord will not deny him. It is at this pivotal moment in Peter’s life that he is brought to his knees in brokenness, and will then be restored by grace, to be empowered for useful service.
Marched from Gethsemane to Caiaphas, Jesus now faces the ultimate miscarriage of justice. Barraged with invalidated testimony and false accusations, He is condemned to death. The irony of the scene is unmistakable – The clearest declaration of His identity is met with rejection and scorn, while his sentence of death is the very thing which provided our release from judgment.
The Gethsemane prayer vigil (and naptime) is abruptly interrupted as Judas and the arresting party come for Jesus. Just as the Scriptures prophesied, Jesus knew what was to come and continued to submit to the will of the Father. But, in the squeeze of this nighttime arrest, we see the responses of the others around Jesus. We would do well to consider these complex responses as we reflect on our own behavior when we are squeezed, so...
Our watchful Savior calls His disciples to a watchful life. A watchful life is a prayerful life, and a prayerful life is pursued with purpose. We pray with a foundation built on Jesus’ submission to the will of the Father, and an eye to our “weakness of flesh”. Let’s pause and consider how we as individual disciples and as a local church build a life of watchful prayer.
As Jesus and His disciples leave the Upper Room and head across the Kidron Valley to the Mount of Olives, hearts are exposed and a falling away is called out. Come watch how this failure is the first step toward greater faith and faithfulness. There in the Garden of Gethsemane the true heart of dependance and trust is modeled through the soul-wrenching praying of Jesus before the Father. So much to consider, learn, and apply to ori...
All of us have ambition in our lives, however we must continually check what is driving it and where it is directed. In this short passage, Paul's life is an incredible example for us to know what it looks like to live with this Redeemed Ambition. As believers we should be living on mission with Redeemed Ambition. In our pursuit of the mission, we run hard believing God’s glory is worth it.
This was a meal for the ages! Reclining around the Passover table, Jesus identifies his betrayer as a close companion and initiates the greater meaning the Passover pointed to, with an even greater feast yet to come in the consummated Kingdom of God. The intricate liturgy of the Jewish Passover is so beautifully brought to completion with the story of redemption now finding its climax in the impending death of Jesus. We have every ...
With the cross clearly fixed in Jesus’ mind, and now only a few days away, Jesus and His disciples share a meal with friends in Bethany. This meal illustrates the only two real options for them when faced with the facts of Christ and His death on the cross – Beautiful Devotion or Disillusioned Betrayal. In this clear contrast, Mark asks us the very same question: What will your devotion to Christ look like?
King Jesus gave His disciples everything they needed to know to live with the end in mind. What He didn’t give them was a date and time. Rather, he exhorts them, and believers of all ages, to live with the characteristics of watchfulness built into their hearts and minds. Sleep can come upon us all, but life as a servant-disciple is a life of readiness.
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