One of our foundational ideas about God is that He is a reciprocating God, a God of karma. Yet the Book of The Twelve leads with Hosea's depiction of a God who stops at nothing to be with us. Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/redemptionhou⁠⁠⁠ Youtube: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@RedemptionHou⁠⁠⁠ Website: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.redemptionhou.com⁠⁠⁠

The often-overlooked story of Hagar is a shocking revelation of God. He finds the social outcast in the wilderness and identifies himself with her—transforming her status to become the woman who named God. Whoever and wherever you are, God sees you and comes to find you.

The love of God offered to the world in Jesus will mean nothing short of dismantling the powers of darkness. What that looks like may surprise us. Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/redemptionhou⁠⁠ Youtube: ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@RedemptionHou⁠⁠ Website: ⁠⁠https://www.redemptionhou.com⁠⁠

Does a Jesus centered life mean that wives should submit to their husbands? The answer is surprisingly political, subversive, and down right punk. Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/redemptionhou⁠ Youtube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@RedemptionHou⁠ Website: ⁠https://www.redemptionhou.com⁠

After a weekend of chaos, we are reminded of our great hope. The Spirit of the living God is here, even in the darkness, renewing all things. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/redemptionhou Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@RedemptionHou Website: https://www.redemptionhou.com

Jesus' resurrection does not magically whisk us away to a better place, nor does it magically transform this world. Jesus' invitation into His radically different story might just mean this is the worst timeline. Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/redemptionhou⁠ Youtube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@RedemptionHou⁠ Website: ⁠https://www.redemptionhou.com⁠

How does Jesus resurrect our ideas of what it means to be human? It starts and ends with love.

A Jesus centered life is far more than morality. Jesus invites us to join in His redemptive work in the ways we physically and bodily show up in the world. And this makes all the difference

You have an important job to do. Being a church goer with church going friends is fine. But what difference does that make to you or to the world? Jesus invitation is an invitation into a risky, exciting and deeply meaningful way of life. Jesus has given you a vocation.

Easter Sunday | This Tear-Stained HopeThere really is something beyond the relentless violence and meaninglessness of this reality. Something more robust than the ego defending toxic positivity, or thin optimism. A robust hope exists that all things will be well, and that we are deeply loved.