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Sermons on Belief
We talk about how our language ties us to things, and how we are tied to the Law and to the Gospel as Christians.
We consider what it means to be God’s people, His royal priesthood, His holy nation, His beloved disciples – even when we don’t knock out everything on our to-do list.
We finish the Church year and celebrate the confirmation of Molly by considering ends and beginnings and how we understand those things as Christians. Sermon Scripture: Luke 23:27–43 And there followed him a great multitude of the people and of women who were mourning and lamenting for him. But turning to them Jesus said, “Daughters…
We celebrate Reformation Day and 40 years of University Lutheran’s building talking about audacious belief in God’s promises, where that belief led Peter and where it leads us. Sermon Scripture: Matthew 16:13–20 Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man…
We start off a new sermon series today, “Believing the Call” with talking about how we may misconstrue God for our adversary instead of who He has promised to be, our Father. Sermon Scripture: Luke 18:1–8 And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.…
We wrap up our “Valued” sermon series talking about the hardest thing we could do, and how the hardest thing we can do is follow Jesus on the narrow way, but that He makes it accessible to us, and personalizes it to us. Sermon Scripture: Luke 13:22–30 He went on his way through towns and…
We talk about why Jesus seems to be excited about something that seems horrible to us, the division of families, but when we look deeper, we see that Jesus is showing us something deeper than even our family lives. Sermon Scripture: Luke 12:49–53 “I came to cast fire on the earth, and would that it…
We continue our “valued” series by taking a look at the story of the Good Samaritan, but almost ignoring the Samaritan character and focusing on the character who is really important to Jesus, the young lawyer. Sermon Scripture: Luke 10:25–37 And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall…
We finish up the Christmas season and our “Christmas Calling” series talking about Simeon, waiting, and how the promise of the Resurrection changes our waiting. Sermon Scripture: Luke 2:22–40 And when the time came for their purification according to the Law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord (as…
It’s Christmas Eve! But does it really “feel like” Christmas to us? We talk about the desperation and desolation that can happen, and how to identify a good place to say “this is Christmas.” Sermon Scripture: Luke 2:1–20 In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This…