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 continue our “In One Body” series by talking about a reading from Ephesians that is considered offensive to many people, but we dive into it and look at what it means for us to be Christians, husbands, wives, and single persons. Sermon Scripture: Ephesians 5:22–33 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.…
Today we talked about wisdom and advice, and how God’s best piece of advice isn’t advice at all, but is the wisdom of the Cross that says “you are forgiven”. Sermon Scripture: Ephesians 5:6–21 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of…
We talk about what it means to be a part of the Body by talking about how it is like theft when we don’t function as our place in the Body. Sermon Scripture: Ephesians 4:17–32 Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in…
We talk about the Ascension, what God has given us in terms of responsibilities to serve others in the Church, and how it is a clear sign of His love for us that He trusts us with His Church. Sermon Scripture: Ephesians 4:1–16 I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a…
We continue our “In One Body” series, a walk through Ephesians, by talking about how we are all placed in the same family by God, and how that is a present tense reality for us. Sermon Scripture: Ephesians 3:14–21 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and…
Hatfields, McCoys, Noles, Gators, Canes, Republicans, Democrats, etc etc. We separate ourselves in all sorts of ways, but the amazing thing about the Gospel is how being covered in the Blood of Jesus means that we’re all together – at least in terms of our sins and forgiveness. Sermon Scripture: Ephesians 2:11–22 Therefore remember that at…
Today we start a new series based on the book of Ephesians called “In One Body” by looking at the pronouns and the communal nature of the Body of Christ that Paul is pointing churches to, both in early and later history. Sermon Scripture: Ephesians 1:3–14 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord…
“We pay a lot of attention to our failure,” but do we pay attention to sin and righteousness? We talk about Jesus’ “failure” to do a great work in His hometown and how winning and losing, succeeding and failing, is not the same as righteousness and sin. Sermon Scripture: Mark 6:1–13 He went away from there…
We talk about faithfulness and how God shows His faithfulness to us. Sermon Scripture: Mark 5:21–43 And when Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered about him, and he was beside the sea. Then came one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name, and seeing…
We talk transcendence vs immanence and how God brings us a world that is both transcendent and immanent through the gift of Holy Baptism. Sermon Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:13–18 Since we have the same spirit of faith according to what has been written, “I believed, and so I spoke,” we also believe, and so we also…