Sermons - Redeemer City Church
Redeemer City Church is a gospel-centered, mission-driven, culturally-engaging church planted in the heart of Knoxville for the joy of Knoxville.
Gathering Every Sunday at 10:00AM
828 Tulip Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37918
Episodes
45 episodes
Contend: Keep Loving Jesus as He Keeps You - Jude 17-25
The pressure to “keep up” with the culture is real, and so is the quiet fear many Christians carry: What if I don’t make it? In this sermon, Pastor Trent opens Jude 17-25 where we find a better kind of strength, the kind that doesn...
How Do We Obey the Spirit? - Phillip Smith (Guest Speaker)
Revival is breaking out, joy is spreading, and the momentum is finally headed the right direction, then God tells Philip to leave it and walk into the desert. That tension is where we live a lot of our real faith: when the Holy Spir...
Making Sense of How People Respond to the Gospel - Luke 8:4-15
Some of the most confusing moments in church life come from watching people respond to the same message in totally different ways. One person hears the gospel and shrugs. Another person seems thrilled at first, then suffering hits and they vani...
The Gifts of The Holy Spirit in a Local Church (Gifted Series)
What if the most important question isn’t “Did you like the service?” but “What is a church?” We start by slowing down over the Bible’s word ecclesia and letting it challenge modern assumptions. Church is not just content to consume or a place ...
The Fruit of the Holy Spirit in a Believer (Gifted Series)
Joy can feel elusive, like something other people stumbled into while you’re stuck managing stress, temptation, and a noisy mind. In this sermon, we take that topic head-on by naming the real conflict under the surface: the battle between flesh...
The Work of the Holy Spirit in Redemption (Gifted Series)
You can hear the gospel a hundred times and still miss it. Then one day it lands with weight and clarity, and Jesus is no longer only a historical figure but your Savior. We walk through why that “wake up” moment is not self-improvement or bett...
The Baptism of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost (Gifted Series)
In this sermon, we walk through Luke’s big storyline where Jesus continues His work from the Father’s right hand through His church, and we slow down at Pentecost, the festival that brought Jews from every nation into Jerusalem. When tongues li...
The Promise of the Holy Spirit in the Bible (Gifted Series)
The Holy Spirit isn’t a vague force or a churchy idea. He is the living presence of God, and if you belong to Jesus, He truly dwells in you. We open Romans 8 and then walk back through the Old Testament to show that the Spirit has been at work ...
The Person of the Holy Spirit in the Trinity (Gifted Series)
Pastor Trent starts our GIFTED series on the Holy Spirit by slowing everything down and asking the basic questions most people skip: Who is the Holy Spirit, and what does it mean that the Spirit of the living God dwells in believers (Romans 8)?...
When The “Bad” Guest Gets It Right - Luke 7:36-50
A respected religious man invites Jesus to lunch, and a woman with a public reputation walks in and falls apart at His feet. The room reads her past like a label, but Jesus reads her heart like a story of grace, and that collision exposes somet...
Three Reasons To Open Your Bible Daily (Mother's Day) - 2 Timothy 3:14-17
If the Bible is truly God’s Word, then reading it is not a box to check. It is where God speaks words of truth, hope, warning, comfort, and life by his Spirit.Anchored in 2 Timothy 3:14-17, Pastor Trent's message lays out three reasons ...
Build Your Life on Jesus - Luke 6:46-49
“Lord, Lord” is easy to say. Letting Jesus rule your actual life is something else entirely.In this sermon, Pastor Trent walks through a tension many Christians feel but rarely name: the claim that salvation is by faith alone versus the...
Holiness Is Not Optional - Luke 6:43-45
Some people walk into a room and you can’t shake the feeling they’ve been with Jesus. That kind of life can look rare, like “super Christian” territory, but in this sermon Pastor Trent argues it should be the normal shape of Christianity. ...
Judgment: Hypocritical or Helpful? - Luke 6:37-42
“Judge not” is one of the most quoted lines Jesus ever spoke, and one of the most misunderstood. We sit in Luke 6:37-42 and ask the uncomfortable question beneath the slogan: are we using judgment to condemn people, or to help them walk toward ...
Love Like Jesus - Luke 6:27-36
Romans 5 says Jesus Christ didn’t die for His friends. He died for His enemies, and that includes us in our sin.In this message, Pastor Trent walks through the heart of the gospel message, why the cross is sacrificial love aimed at the ...
Because Of Jesus - Easter 2026
Easter isn’t a vague spiritual mood for us, it’s a claim about history and a decision that follows. We walk through four reasons we can celebrate “because of Jesus,” starting with the cross as a real, finished transaction: redemption. Jesus doe...
Between Two Worlds - Luke 6:20-26
Comfort feels like the clearest proof that life is going right, but Luke 6 refuses to let us keep that definition. We walk through Jesus’ blessings and woes and feel the tension immediately: the kingdom of God calls “blessed” what the world tri...
Lord Of The Sabbath - Luke 6:1-11
If you have ever felt like faith is just another way to measure yourself, Luke 6 cuts straight through that pressure. Pastor Spencer's message begins with an honest look at how many people define Christianity as moral effort and rule keeping, t...
He Came for the Undeserving - Luke 5:27-32
What if the moment that changed your life wasn’t a moral upgrade, but a mercy encounter? We walk through Luke 5:27–32 and watch Jesus lock eyes with Levi the tax collector, a man everyone labeled unpatriotic, untrustworthy, and unclean—and then...
Whatever It Takes - Luke 5:17-26
A packed room, a blocked door, and four friends who won’t take no for an answer—then a shaft of daylight as the roof opens. Pastor Trent leads us through Luke 5 and we watch love improvise a path to Jesus, revealing a surprising order of priori...
Living Dead No More - Luke 5:12-16
A man “full of leprosy” breaks every boundary to reach Jesus, and the crowd scatters—until a single touch rewrites his future. We walk through Luke 5:12–16 to explore the brutal reality of leprosy in the ancient world, why it isolated people ph...
The Call to Come and Go - Luke 5:1-11
A crowd gathered for a spectacle, but the miracle on the Sea of Galilee wasn’t the full story—it was the setup. When Jesus steps into Simon Peter’s boat and tells a tired professional to try again, daylight fills with fish, nets tear, and boats...
Even Demons Know - Luke 4:31-41
What if the battle between good and evil doesn’t drag on forever? We walk through Luke 4:31–41 to witness Jesus speak with a kind of authority that ends arguments, empties threats, and restores what’s broken. In a single day He silences an uncl...
Why Jesus Faced Temptation And What It Means For Us - Luke 4:1-13
A silent wilderness. An empty stomach. A question of identity. Our walk through Luke 4 isn’t about trivia or moralism; it’s about how Jesus stands where Israel—and we—so often fall. Fresh from His baptism and the Father’s approval, the Son is l...