Dear Friends,
 
When we planted Redeemer, we decided for a number of reasons that we would take the Lord’s Supper each week.  Many of you have told us that you value this weekly time of reflection and celebration.
 
Why weekly?
 
First, we do it because there is strong biblical evidence that this was the pattern of the early church.  Acts 2:42 says that the breaking of bread was something the early church was devoted...

Dear Friends,
 
I’m concerned that we are living in a culture of slander.  It is not simply tolerated, it’s celebrated.  Name calling and demonizing our opponents has become a new national pastime. 
 
And we seem to be unaware of the corrosive impact of the slander epidemic on our collective soul as a country.
 
The dictionary defines slander as “making a false and damaging statement about another person.” 
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Dear Friends,
 
Mary Ann and I had not been dating very long when something very intimidating happened. 
 
We were sitting together at a Bible study, and the guy leading the study made a passing reference to the fact that believers are sealed in their relationship with Jesus by the Holy Spirit.  The speaker didn’t cite a verse in support of his statement.  But Mary Ann started flipping in her Bible and landed at Ephe...

Dear Friends,
 
I was 12 years old.
 
Our family was getting ready for our spring break trip to Panama City Beach.   This was in the days when our nation’s interstate highway network was still being created.  So a trip from suburban St. Louis to the panhandle of Florida meant a lot of miles on two lane roads that snaked through Mississippi and Alabama.  Today, it’s a 12 hour drive.  In 1968, it was a longer journey,...