Sermons

November 19, 2018 Luke 23. 44-49 As we place our loved ones into god’s hands,so god places them into our keeping. All for the best…  In a better place…  God’s will… It’s amazing, at times like this, what we won’t do,…
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November 18, 2018 Mark 13. 1-8 The church doesn’t need a building; it needs the Cross! by Gretchen Shults, deaconess When students were asked to list the seven wonders of the world, the teacher noted that one student hadn’t turned…
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11 November 2018 1st Kings 17. 8-16 Love doesn’t come from the top down, but from the bottom up. I always knew him as the Monopoly man.  Mr. Monopoly.  Well, this week, I discovered his real name.  Milburn Pennybags!  Rich…
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04 November 2018 Mark 12:28-34 God loves, we love. by Fred Behnken, parish lay minister My preparation for today’s sermon began several weeks ago after Pastor Bob asked me.  I looked up the lectionary text for November 4th, 2018 and…
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28 October 2018 Jeremiah 31. 31-34 Believing is for the here and now, not the there and then. First thing I do, most Monday mornings, is type out the sermon from the day before.  Type it out.  Run it off. …
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21 October 2018 Isaiah 53. 4-12 What the world sees as defeat, the church believes is victory. Knute Rockne! Player! Coach! The name itself means football! And at the University of Notre Dame, it’s the closest thing to heaven, this…
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07 October 2018 Genesis 2. 18-24 We see Christ and Christ crucified!  Period. Exclamation Mark! End of Sentence I wish I could say that I’ve read this statement from start to finish.  I wish I could say I’ve read, even,…
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30 September 2018 the Preface, Small Catechism The church doesn’t love god like god loves the church; the church loves the world like god loves the world! And they all lived happily, ever after!  That’s how we’ve come to believe…
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23 September 2018 Jeremiah 11. 18-20 God saves us not just from sin, death, and the devil, but from ourselves! On the morning of September fifteen, about seventeen-and-a-half centuries ago, a huge crowd gathered at the command of Galerius Maximus, the…
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16 September 2018 Isaiah 50. 4-9a We’re redeemed not for heaven’s sake, but for the sake of the world! Way back in seminary, the preaching professor told us a story.  About a boy who found a wheel to a bike.  Just…
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