Sermon Text: 1 Kings 19:9-18 When certain things are happening, we expect a particular reaction to them. For example, when junior is about to attempt a triple backflip off of the top of the playset, you expect to hear his dad shout out, “What are you doing?! Get down from there before you break your…
Installation of Pastor Nathaniel Brauer Sermon Text: John 21:15-17 Preacher: Pastor Brett Brauer No sermon manuscript available this week. Please see the video/audio above.
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 Closer Look >Sermon Text: Psalm 84:1-4 “How Lovely is Your Dwelling Place, Lord Almighty”I. Where God comes to us with his graceII. Where God gathers as his family How lovely is your dwelling place, Lord Almighty!2 My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the Lord;my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.3 Even the sparrow has found…
Focus on God’s Faithfulness! (Philippians 1:3–11) 3 I thank my God every time I remember you. 4 In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy 5 because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, 6 being confident of this, that he who began a good…
Download Closer Look >Sermon Text: Matthew 22:15-22 When Kingdoms Collide on a Coin…Recognize the trapPractice holy citizenshipCling in awe to your holy Savior In God we trust. So says this dollar bill. But it wasn’t always that way. The use of that phrase on American currency began during our nation’s most divisive conflict – the…
Download Life Guides/Closer Look >Sermon Text: Jeremiah 1:4-10 Pastor, God Has Put You HereI. God Knows YouII. God Is With YouIII. God Has Put His Words in Your Mouth 4 The word of the Lord came to me, saying,5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,before you were born I set you…
Download Life Guides/Closer Look >Sermon Text: Ephesians 6:1-4 I don’t think of myself as a scary person. I’m not intimidating. As a coach, I shouldn’t even try to be because it’s not me. My #5 Clifton’s strength, if you’re familiar, is Developer. I like to help and watch people stick to things and make progress.…
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: 1 Timothy 1:12-17 God’s Grace OverflowsIn Paul’s LifeIn Our Lives 12 I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength, that he considered me trustworthy, appointing me to his service. 13 Even though I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man, I was shown mercy because I acted in ignorance…