Resources
This selection of resources is drawn from twenty years of teaching and ministry at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City. We will continue to add to this portal from our archives, as well as adding new resources by different authors and in different languages, all unified by the purpose of bringing the gospel to the city.
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The hope of the coming of Christ puts all things in a new perspective,
including money. We are called to have a deep spiritual contentment that
shows itself in a modest
lifestyle, avoids the idolatry of money and possessions,
and teaches us to use our money for the good of others.
This transcript is seventh in the series "The
Gospel, Hope and the World."
It is based on the audio
recording, which can be found at http://renew.redeemer.com.
File Format: pdf
Popularity Ranking: 1
The hope we have in the gospel creates a community that embodies the presence of God, encourages and challenges one another, and loves one another practically and counterculturally.
This transcript is the sixth in the series "The
Gospel, Hope and the World."
It is based on the audio
recording, which can be found at http://renew.redeemer.com.
File Format: pdf
Popularity Ranking: 2
The gospel
creates distinct patterns of
life inside the church that then profoundly affect our
participation in the world through our work. We cannot compartmentalize
our faith from our work.
This transcript is the fifth in the series "The
Gospel, Hope and the World."
It is based on the audio
recording, which can be found at http://renew.redeemer.com.
File Format: pdf
Popularity Ranking: 4
Our culture has lost a belief in covenants, and the family is the ultimate
form of covenant. Our own practice of marriage seeking and family
building should give the culture hope.
This transcript is the fourth in the series "The
Gospel, Hope and the World."
It is based on the audio
recording, which can be found at http://renew.redeemer.com.
File Format: pdf
Popularity Ranking: 11
Hope is the product of the new birth. It changes our lives, how we
handle suffering, our inner experience, and our relation to truth. Our
changed lives are our testimony to the world that there's hope.
This transcript is the third in the series "The Gospel, Hope and the World."
It is based on the audio recording, which can be found at http://renew.redeemer.com.
File Format: pdf
Popularity Ranking: 13
The hope of the Gospel creates love for the poor - a love with action
and service.
This transcript is the second in the series "The
Gospel, Hope and the World."
It is based on the audio
recording, which can be found at http://renew.redeemer.com.
File Format: pdf
Popularity Ranking: 10
Hope is a stance toward life that is neither sentimental nor cynical,
that is active and ambitious for church renewal and for life in this
world.
This transcript is the first in the series "The Gospel, Hope and the World."
It is based on the audio recording, which can be found at http://renew.redeemer.com.
File Format: pdf
Popularity Ranking: 17
Self-righteousness leads to mocking others or humorlessness. The gospel, however, creates a gentle sense of irony.
File Format: pdf
Popularity Ranking: 21
Anyone engaged in pastoral ministry today is faced with various frameworks for counseling. This article identifies four main spheres of counseling, the similarities and differences between them, and how one can carefully engage biblical principles in modern-day counseling.
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Popularity Ranking: 3
Christian community is to be an alternate society in which sex, money, and power are used in life-giving ways that differ sharply from the practices of the broader culture. This article addresses sex in the context of the gospel and Christian community.
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Popularity Ranking: 19
On both a theological and a practical level, forgiveness is at the very heart of what it means to be a Christian. True forgiveness comes at a cost and is pursued intentionally within a community of believers.
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Popularity Ranking: 15
The way in which a particular church functions, including its strengths and weaknesses and the role of lay and staff leadership, will change dramatically depending on the church's size.
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Popularity Ranking: 12
Ministry places enormous pressures on one's integrity and character, pressures which require extra vigilance and a deeper understanding of one's need for God.
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Popularity Ranking: 7
In order to have the greatest impact on the city, and to reflect all aspects of gospel transformation, we seek to achieve a balance along five key ministry fronts.
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Popularity Ranking: 8
This paper surveys the rise of global cities, the culture and dominant worldviews within these cities, and a framework for ministering in them.
File Format: pdf
Popularity Ranking: 9
One of the most effective ways for Christians today to be "a city on a hill" would be for a large number of believers to move into the largest cities and live out their lives there.
File Format: pdf
Popularity Ranking: 16
