Download Life Guides >Sermon Text: Philippians 3:12-21 Citizens of Heaven Bear Fruit between Two Ditches1) Pharisee- confidence in your rule-keeping2) Prodigal- no rules, your god is your stomach To all God’s holy people in Christ Jesus… Grace and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. (Philippians 1:1,2) That’s the greeting…
Download Life Guides >Sermon Text: Ezekiel 33:7-11 God Wants You to Live!1) So he sends watchmen to warn you2) So he sends you as a watchman to warn others. In the name of our great God and Savior who wants all people to be saved and come to a knowledge of the truth! Jump into…
Sermon Text: Hebrews 13:7-8 We Remember Our Leaders with Thanksgiving1. Well done, good and faithful servants2. We will miss you3. The Lord himself will be with us Today, I think we can safely say, is a bittersweet day—for you, Pastor Raasch and Pastor Zank, for me and for all of us, the people you’ve so…
Download Life Guides/Closer Look >Sermon Text: 1 Timothy 6:11-16 11But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness. 12Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many…
Download Life Guides >Sermon Text: John 7:37-39 Drink and Live: From Dry Wadis to Flowing Rivers This weekend marks a weekend of holidays. On the church calendar, 50 days after Easter is the day of Pentecost, the day Jesus poured out his Holy Spirit on his fledgling church. On the modern U.S. calendar, Monday is set…
Download Life Guides >Sermon Text: John 14:1-11 1“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. 2My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? 3And if I go and prepare…
Download Life Guides >Sermon Text: Romans 8:11-19 In the name of the God who gives life to the dead. Picture yourself lying in a hospital bed and the doctor’s report hits like a ton of bricks. “You need a transplant.” A few of you don’t have to imagine it, those words were actually spoken to…
Download Life Guides >Sermon Text: Matthew 17:1-9 1After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. 2There he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light. 3Just then there…
Download Life Guides >Sermon Text: Matthew 3:13-17 13Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John. 14But John tried to deter him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?” 15Jesus replied, “Let it be so now; it is proper for us to do this to fulfill…
Download Life Guides >Sermon Text: Matthew 3:1-12 Prepare the Way of the Lord:A Message to Confront and Comfort the Heart If someone walks up to you and says, “I’ve got good news and bad news,” typically they tell you two different, but maybe somewhat related pieces of news. For example, good news: we had a…