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Happy Birthday Redeemer!

February 12, 2011
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We celebrated Redeemer Church of Dubai’s one-year anniversary last night. I am still in shock that it’s been a whole year since we launched the church! The evening celebration was wonderful and worshipful– some people were baptized, we sang our favorite songs, we heard testimonies about how peoples’ lives were changed through the ministry of [...]

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Redeemer ladies’ Christmas

December 12, 2010
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There was delicious food, great books, friendly greeters, Christmas crafts to be made, and Christmas carols to be sung. That’s me leading 100 women in singing Christmas carols. (Those who know me assumed I was joking about the singing part. ) I got the easy job of sharing the message of Christmas. What a fun [...]

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A sermon five years in the making

December 9, 2010
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I was talking with a friend about Dave’s sermon last week on Jesus and the leper in Mark 1:40-45. We discussed how the theology of suffering and the sovereignty of God was something that few pastors preach on, but when someone does preach on this subject in a personal way then the Lord tends to [...]

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Tripp on gospel-centered ministry

October 28, 2010
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It’s Tripp Conference Eve, and Redeemer had the privilege of helping co-host a dinner featuring a talk by Paul Tripp for the leaders of our church and our sister church on the other side of city. Chinese food, great friends, The Mustache, applied theology… it was a great night! While I was feverishly taking notes [...]

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Paul Tripp in Dubai

October 22, 2010
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I’m really looking forward to the Paul Tripp conference next weekend. Last year Tripp came to Dubai and did a conference on marriage based on his book What Did You Expect? and it was a big catalyst for growth in my life and others’ lives. This year the conference is about the role that community [...]

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Water party!

October 15, 2010
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Fellowship at the mall

October 12, 2010
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We’re so thankful that we can gather together as Redeemer Church and worship God with one another and hear the gospel proclaimed each week. What a blessing! And because we gather in a hotel ballroom that is attached to a mall, my kids always wonder if we’re going to church when I say we’re going [...]

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