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.
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.
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…