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Teaching & instruction from Redwood Reformation Church, Rotorua NZ. redwoodchurch.substack.com

  1. Good kissing & glorious dancing (Song of Songs part 2)

    FEB 13

    Good kissing & glorious dancing (Song of Songs part 2)

    Being discipled by chick flicks and pop songs, we tend to think of love as the initial flames set ablaze when we meet the person of our dreams. But the “flame of Yah”—true love as God designed it—is a cultivated fire from start to finish. To keep this marital fire burning brightly, Song of Songs depicts key elements of romance which we can cultivate in our own marriages. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit redwoodchurch.substack.com

    41 min
  2. Tuning the modern ear to biblical poetry (Song of Songs part 1)

    JAN 31

    Tuning the modern ear to biblical poetry (Song of Songs part 1)

    If Song of Songs is truly named, then it is the best and most important song ever written. Yet the modern reader finds its poetry awkward, unsatisfying, and confusing. What help does God offer through this song for cultivating romantic affection in our own marriages—and how can we train our modern ears to find it profitable? Three elements contribute to poetic excellence, and help us to discern the value in Solomon’s work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit redwoodchurch.substack.com

    44 min
  3. The truth that grounds every new year, and time itself

    12/27/2025

    The truth that grounds every new year, and time itself

    Psalm 47 is a psalm that grounds all of time, drawing history together into a meaningful whole. Always it has been true, always it is true, and always it will be true. It is the great foundation of the past; the great promise of the future; the linchpin of yesterday, today, and tomorrow: King is God over the nations; very ascended is he. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit redwoodchurch.substack.com

    34 min
  4. The inconvenience of Christmas

    12/20/2025

    The inconvenience of Christmas

    Despite the celebrations, Christmas is a time of many mundane hardships and difficulties — from annoying relatives to stretched finances. Since it is easy for us to feel set-upon and inconvenienced, it is helpful to reflect on how the first Christmas is a story of stress and anxiety, confusion and unknowns for Mary and Joseph, who had their expectations, hopes, and plans for their lives completely upended. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit redwoodchurch.substack.com

    29 min
  5. Judges 4, part 3: Yael, deceiver and piercer of the serpent

    05/10/2025

    Judges 4, part 3: Yael, deceiver and piercer of the serpent

    Yael, the lady of a house in league with the Canaanite king, defies her husband by deceiving and slaying Sisera, the principal of the Canaanite army. What should we make of Yael’s treatment of Sisera? Is she a liar and a murderer? Or is she indeed blessed among women? And if so, what is the implication for women in the church, and spiritual warfare? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit redwoodchurch.substack.com

    48 min
  6. How are we to let go of rage and forgive our enemies?

    04/26/2025

    How are we to let go of rage and forgive our enemies?

    Scripture tells us we are to participate in Christ by forgiving our enemies — sacrificing ourselves and our anger, knowing that ultimately God is the one sacrificing us for the sake of shaping us into his image. Yet the New Testament doesn’t give much practical instruction in how. This is because the Psalms already do. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit redwoodchurch.substack.com

    36 min
  7. What does it mean to forgive our enemies?

    04/19/2025

    What does it mean to forgive our enemies?

    Contrary to popular belief, we can and must forgive even those who wrong us unrepentantly. Repentance is not a necessary precondition for forgiveness — but, in fact, forgiveness is a necessary precondition for repentance. The doctrine of the cross helps us to understand how and why — and the scriptural distinction between forgiveness and reconciliation. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit redwoodchurch.substack.com

    49 min
  8. Jesus’ arguments against anxiety, part 3

    04/12/2025

    Jesus’ arguments against anxiety, part 3

    Jesus distilled his wisdom about worry into seven simple arguments in his Sermon on the Mount. We can follow these arguments to reason our way out of anxiety, and into mental fortitude. His third argument is that God provides food for all creatures through various means — even birds who don’t have to work for it. Since we are of superior worth, we should trust that God will provide our food also, through the means he has ordained for man: work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit redwoodchurch.substack.com

    33 min
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Teaching & instruction from Redwood Reformation Church, Rotorua NZ. redwoodchurch.substack.com

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  • Creator
    Redwood Church
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    153
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © Redwood Church
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