Seeing the Glory of God through Irony
When someone told me about the Irony of God in the Bible, it seemed absurd to me, people can be ironic, but God? How could a God who is holy, good, loving, just, omnipotent, and sovereign, be ironic? I couldn’t wrap my mind around this. To me this was impossible. The Bible is God’s Word, […]
HYMNS YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE HEARD: HAVE THINE OWN WAY LORD
Surrender. Many beautiful songs have been written over the years that speak of our need to die to self and live for Jesus. It’s biblical. It’s necessary. It’s hard. “Rid me of myself I belong to you” “Here I am, down on my knees again” “Whatever my lot, you have taught me to say, it […]
Thank you to Redemption Kid’s Ministry Workers
When my family first started attending Redemption back at Banting, we came from a small church where we were involved in almost everything. We were tired and ready to take a step back and just attend church for awhile. Well, this didn’t last long as we realized we weren’t getting to know anyone by just […]
God at Work: Redemption London Young Adults Ministry
Written by Tomi Ladele There he was, a young kid, alone, 3,000+ miles away from his parents and everyone he loved in a new, foreign land, Canada. Fast forward to today, a decade later, it is evident that everything I did and everything that’s happened to me has been God-ordained, to which I’m grateful […]
God at Work: Redemption London Young Adults Ministry
Written by Natalie Paterson When I moved to London almost five years ago, I would have never believed that God could use one ministry so much in my life. I had moved to London to go to school, and it wasn’t really in my plans to stay here for longer than that. I was […]
The Making of a Sermon
I sat down one morning praying and thinking about what to write for our new “Reflections” section of our website for our church family. The staff had decided these reflections should be sort of some of our personal thoughts or experiences in our ministries and as part of our church. As I thought about what […]
The Making of a Sermon – Extended
People have asked me about the process of making or writing a sermon. I have taught workshops and entire days about the process of creating sermons. I thought perhaps in this unique time we are in, as part of our “Reflections” section as we seek to communicate with our church family, I would walk through […]
I Miss Your Kids
There is a recurring theme in the New Testament. Well, to be honest, there are many recurring themes in the entire Bible. However the one I want to reflect on today is the one that you probably caught on to with the title of this. It’s the theme of “I miss you.” A lot of […]
New Habits
This week marks the fourth week in our official fight against the Coronavirus by self-distancing at home. There are many of us who have now moved the office to the bedroom or the classroom to the kitchen. Schedules have been rearranged. Plans have been altered. Life as we know it has been pretty much shut […]
Called to step up
I don’t know what it’s been like at your house during this lockdown, but ours, at times, has been how might you say, interesting? We’re normally a busy house of four working adults, who are always coming and going, and most often just see each other in passing. But that has all changed over the […]