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’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.
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…