Jay Winters is the pastor at University Lutheran
A Jesus Centered Community of Scripture, Faith, and Grace
Sermons by Jay Winters (Page 29)
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…
We all have those moments of surprise, both good and bad. But those moments are moments that make us think about who we are and where God might be leading us. Sermon Scripture: Acts 9:1–19 But Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest and asked…
“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 thinkers Tertullian and Irenaeus of Lyons as well…
We talk about the Resurrection and our call to be witnesses to the work of the living Christ in our lives. Sermon Scripture: Acts 5:17–32 But the high priest rose up, and all who were with him (that is, the party of the Sadducees), and filled with jealousy they arrested the apostles and put them…
We celebrate Easter Sunday today talking about Jesus’ vocation of Prophet and how Christianity is a future oriented faith. Sermon Scripture: Luke 24:1–12 But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared. And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb,…
We talk about Jesus’ kingship and what it means for us to confess Him as our King. Sermon Scripture: Philippians 2:5–9 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself,…
We talk about risk. We are called by God to risk our lives because He risked His life (and lost it!) on us. Sermon Scripture: Luke 20:9–18 And he began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard and let it out to tenants and went into another country for a long…
Today we continue our series of early Christian writings looking at some things written right around 100 AD: the histories of Josephus, the Epistle of Barnabas, and the Shepherd of Hermas.
We begin a new Bible study time looking at writings that came largely after the writing of the New Testament but before the “legalization” of Christianity. Today we do some introductions and look at the 1st Letter of Clement, the heretical gnostic Gospel of Thomas, and the document known as the Didache.
We talk about the prodigal son and what God won’t let us talk about with Him. Sermon Scripture: Luke 15:11–32 And he said, “There was a man who had two sons. And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of property that is coming to me.’ And he divided…