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 finish our “Call and Response” series by talking about how we can read Numbers 11 perhaps a little differently and how that might give us some insight into the Pentecost event.
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.
We continue our Call and Response series by looking at the call to discipleship and how we respond to God’s call by becoming little Matthiases ourselves. Sermon Scripture: Acts 1:12–26 Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey away. And when they had entered, they…
Over the next 3 weeks, University Lutheran’s education hour will turn to the issues that are being brought forth at the national convention of our church body. Today we go over what a convention is, how it works, and some of the proposed business. For today’s handout, click here.
We talk about patience and letting the Holy Spirit be the Holy Spirit and not getting in His way. Sermon Scripture: Acts 16:9–15 And a vision appeared to Paul in the night: a man of Macedonia was standing there, urging him and saying, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.” And when Paul had seen…
Every time we end a Bible study series and before we get into the next series, we stop and play “Stump the Pastor”. Stump the Pastor is simply a question and answer period where PJ tries to answer questions that people think he should know. Usually they end up having a sort of theme, and…
We talk a little bit about love, about the economy of love that is present with God and with us, and how we should think in terms of generosity instead of in terms of scarcity Sermon Scripture: Acts 11:1–18 Now the apostles and the brothers who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had…
“Before Christendom” is our current Christian education series. In it, we look at the writings of Christians (and heretics!) from just after the writing of the New Testament up until the time when Christianity was made legal by the Roman Government. Today we talk about two Christian writers who ended up being declared heretics (Eusibeus…
“Before Christendom” is our current Christian education series. In it, we look at the writings of Christians (and heretics!) from just after the writing of the New Testament up until the time when Christianity was made legal by the Roman Government. Today we talk about the Christian thinker Origen, a story about martyrs named Perpetua…
We talk about the pressure that arises when we start to consider our own personal missions, but also the relief that in that all of those things have been given to us by a God who loves us and will be our shepherd. Sermon Scripture: Acts 20:17–38 Now from Miletus he sent to Ephesus and…