Faith in the Promises of God

Each time we worship, we demonstrate our faith in the promises God made for us in our baptism.

The promise of his unconditional love and the forgiveness of sins and the resurrection to everlasting lasting.

The End of All is Just the Beginning for God

The Temple was the place where God communicated with his people, and where they sacrificed their offerings to him.  They saw the Temple as God's revelation of Himself on earth; it was where God dwelt with them.

So what a shock it must have been when Jesus said, “As for these things that you see, the days will come when not one stone will be left upon another."

"Your Faith Has Saved You"

Our gospel this morning contains several important lessons; any one of which could fill a sermon.

There’s the lesson about being faithful in doing what the Lord has given us to do.

As well as the lesson about the importance of giving thanks to God for using all the blessings he gives us
And finally, there’s the lesson of salvation; and more specifically about how we are saved through faith.

 
• 2 Kings 5:1-3, 7-15c and Psalm 111  • 
 
• 2 Timothy 2:8-15  • 
 
• Luke 17:11-19

Everybody Hurts Sometimes

Bum Phillips once said: “There are two types of coaches in the NFL; them that have been fired and them that are gonna be fired.”

And we might say that our lesson this morning reminds us that there are two types of people in the world; those who’ve been hurt and those who will be hurt.

We can’t escape it.  We can’t avoid it. At some time or another all of us get hurt.  Being a Christian doesn’t exempt us from it.

What being a Christian does give us, however, is the ability to hope even in the midst of our hurting.

 
• Isaiah 58:9b-14 and Psalm 103:1-8  • 
 
• Hebrews 12:18-29  • 
• Luke 13:10-17

Our Neglected Invitation

In our lesson this morning, Jesus invites us once again to choose the one thing that is more important than all other things: to spend time with him.

• Genesis 18:1-10a •
•  Psalm 15  • 
 
• Colossians 1:15-28  • 
 
• Luke 10:38-42

Christ is Our Good Samaritan

We're going to look at the parable of the Good Samaritan in two different ways.

The first way we’ll call the way of the Law: the way of thinking we need to do something to earn our salvation.

The second way, we’ll call the way of the Gospel: the way that reminds us that we can’t do anything to earn eternal life, because it’s a gift God has freely shared with us in our baptism.

• Deuteronomy 30:9-14 and Psalm 25:1-10  • 
 
• Colossians 1:1-14  • 
• Luke 10:25-37

The Master Gardener

Simply Say the Word

The Holy Trinity