Download Life Guides >Sermon Text: Luke 1:1-4; 24:44-53 Three words change lives. A family anxiously gathers around a computer screen. The email notification came in. Now begins the wondering whether or not the recently turned eighteen-year-old will be attending the college of his dreams. Login. Click. “I got accepted!” A mom and dad are greeted…
Download Life Guides >Sermon Text: Isaiah 25:6-9 Head for the HillsWe have a mountain of problemsGod has prepared the feast of salvation Do you know where the nearest fallout shelter is? Probably not…and neither do I. But if you were around during the cold war, you may be familiar with that term – fallout shelter.…
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: 2 Kings 6:8-17 What Army Do You See?(The sermon is written as a first-person narrative.) I got to see what very few have. So, I guess it’s fitting I speak to you on this Festival of St. Michael and All Angels. My name is, well…debatable. In the section of Scripture…
Download Life Guides >Sermon Text: Matthew 20:1-16 Mercy Rewarded Equally “Do you believe you are a better person than me?” You can picture the situations where this question gets asked. Perhaps you’ve lived them…at work, at home, among friends. There’s an intense discussion or argument. As one person is heavily implying superiority, the other asks…
Download Life Guides >Sermon Text: Matthew 18:21-35 Why does Jesus tell this parable? Because we need to hear it! Jesus tells this parable the way he does, with intense situations and outcomes, because the point of the parable, the point of the chapter is of major importance and we need direct guidance from Jesus. This…
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…
They ran the wrong way. Less than 2 weeks from now, on Friday, September 11, our nation will mark the 25th anniversary of 9/11. Those of you old enough to remember that day, or if you’re younger but have seen the images, saw people who ran the wrong way, for all the right reasons. While…
Sermon Text: Matthew 16:13-20 It is tough when you realize you’ve asked a question with a very obvious answer. Such as if you ask a resident of Green Bay if they’re a Packers fan…if you ask a bride if she’s wearing white on her wedding day…if you inquire of someone, “Do you want to have…
Sermon Text: Ephesians 2:13-22 Can you imagine living in Berlin when, all of a sudden, a tall wall was built through the middle of town? This didn’t produce a comforting feeling like being within the cozy walls of your home on a cold day. This wall wasn’t built to reduce interstate noise in the neighborhood…