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.
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Sermons from March 2019
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…
We talk about how repentance is God’s repair of our souls. Sermon Series: Luke 13:1–9 There were some present at that very time who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. And he answered them, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans,…
We continue our “REDIAL” series talking about when God calls us again talking a little bit about St. Patrick and a lot about how God calls to us again so that we can repent and be gathered to Him. Sermon Scripture: Luke 13:31–35 At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to him, “Get…
Here at University Lutheran, when we get done with a Bible Study or Christian Education series, we take a Sunday to break and play “Stump the Pastor”. The rules of Stump the Pastor are simple, you just bring a question that you feel Pastor Jay should know, and we talk about what the answer is.…
We start off our Lent series “REDIAL” by talking about who we rely upon, and how the story of Jesus’ temptation is really the story of Jesus’ reliance. Sermon Scripture: Luke 4:1–13 And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness for forty days,…
We finish out Missio Dei sermon series with the Sunday of Transfiguration and talking about who Moses was and what that has to do with us and our sense of who we are in God’s kingdom. Sermon Scripture: Luke 9:28–36 Now about eight days after these sayings he took with him Peter and John and…
We talk about the “General” epistles of the New Testament (Hebrews through Jude) paying special attention today to Hebrews, James, and Peter’s first and second letters. PDF Bible at 10,000 – General Epistles 1