Our sermons are only a part of our Sunday morning, but they are an important part – they are the Word of God presented to us in our context so that we can repent, seek to amend our lives, and receive God’s grace through the power of the Gospel.
We talk about what was happening when Jesus gave His disciples His Words of prayer, the Lord’s Prayer, and what those words mean for us today. Sermon Scripture: Luke 11:1–13 Now Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as…
We spent time this morning going through the business passed at our National Convention for our church body.
We continue our “valued” series by taking a look at the story of the Good Samaritan, but almost ignoring the Samaritan character and focusing on the character who is really important to Jesus, the young lawyer. Sermon Scripture: Luke 10:25–37 And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall…
We’re starting a new series in our education hour called “Idols” this week. “Idols” is conversant with the new book by David Zahl, “Seculosity” which is an examination of our cultural idols and things that get in the way of our following God. Today we discuss what an idol is, “enoughness” as a theological concept…
We continue our “Valued” series on discipleship by considering the singleminded discipleship that we are called to while considering the singleminded salvation that Jesus won for us. Sermon Scripture: Luke 9:51–62 When the days drew near for him to be taken up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem. And he sent messengers ahead…
In between our Bible study series we stop and play “Stump the Pastor,” which is an opportunity for people to voice questions that they have about the Bible, faith, the Church and anything else that they feel Pastor Jay might need to know. This time we talk about sex scandals, clergy shortage, and much much…
We kick off our “Valued” sermon series by talking about the first (but not last) step in our discipleship as we consider the sins and the evil that we need God to remove from our lives just as Jesus expelled demons from people. Sermon Scripture: Luke 8:26–39 Then they sailed to the country of the…
We finish our tour-de-force of the issues that will be presented and possibly voted upon by the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod National Convention this July. In this episode we talk about finances, structure, culture, and retention.
We celebrate Holy Trinity Sunday by talking about how God is distinctly different from us, but who still treats us as a Father.
Today we continue our study on the business and issues being tackled by the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, looking at things about our teaching and the function of the church body that we belong to.