Michael Teddy

Advent, Advent 2024, Devotions, Featured

Advent Day 1 | 2024 | The Weary World Rejoices

Lift your eyes. Higher. No, higher still. Beyond the rooftops, the towers, the clouds. Lift them past the highest peaks until your neck strains and the weight of your world begins to fall away. There, on the mountain that does not crumble, stands the King.

December 1, 2024December 1, 20243 Min Reading

Church, Culture Building, Featured

Culture Building Project: Discipled to do what?

What am I being discipled for? To know who Jesus is? To understand how salvation works? To be useful in the church? To get married and raise a family? To learn how to parent my kids well? What is the ultimate goal of discipleship?

November 30, 2024November 30, 20247 Min Reading

Church, Featured, Songs, Theology

Why I dare to sing Hillsong, Bethel and other Unholy Hits!

Take a deep breath. We’re going to talk about Hillsong, Bethel, and those other so-called “unholy hits” that many in the church today want to boycott with a level of fervor that might make John the Baptist blush.

November 27, 2024November 27, 202427 Min Reading

Featured, Hermeneutics, Theology

Biblical Genres: Law & Epistles

This blog explores the purpose, principles, and practical applications of the Law and the Epistles, helping us understand how to live faithfully under the grace of Christ.

November 25, 202414 Min Reading

Featured, Songs

This is why we Sing!

At Redemption Hill Church, we gather to hear and tell, to sing and shout, to soak in the glory of Christ through tales and tunes that echo His name.

November 22, 2024November 22, 20243 Min Reading

Church, Featured

The Joy that Submits in the Church

For members, submission to their elders fosters spiritual growth by cultivating humility, teachability, and a willingness to be shaped by God’s Word.

November 21, 202414 Min Reading

Church, Culture Building, Featured

Culture Building Project: That Sola Scriptura Thingy

The Word of God does not come to us as a fragmented collection of spiritual tidbits for our devotional moments. No, it is a roaring fire, burning with clarity and authority over all of life. From the smallest whispers to the great rumblings of the world, the Bible speaks to every facet of human existence – and it does so with sufficiency, authority, and finality.

November 16, 2024November 16, 202412 Min Reading

Featured, Hermeneutics, Theology

Biblical Genres: Wisdom Literature

We see that wisdom doesn’t start with human experience or intellect but with reverence for God. The fear of God is not a cringing terror, but a deep awe, a recognition that God’s ways and thoughts are infinitely higher than ours

November 13, 2024November 24, 202410 Min Reading

Featured, Theology

When Proper is Improper

Alright, buckle up, because there’s no way to dive into this without getting into some nitty-gritty realities, a few practical examples – and any similarity between the examples below and actual people you know is strictly coincidental and entirely unavoidable.

November 11, 2024November 11, 202413 Min Reading

Featured, Suffering, Theology

Your Troubles are always Greater than Everyone else’s

We think that because our suffering is “lesser,” it should be ignored or shoved down. But the Bible knows nothing of such stoicism. This is no game of comparative agony; it’s a reminder that God’s mercy applies to the smallest inconvenience as well as the greatest tragedy.

November 5, 2024November 5, 20248 Min Reading

Michael Teddy

Why Covenant Membership is Important in the Local Church

Culture Building Project: Get Off the Hammock

How to Keep your New Year Resolutions