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Before we just jump into our text today I need to set up some things to help us understand a little bit about this letter to the Hebrews. The reason why I need to explain a few things is because Hebrews poses some very interesting challenges, especially when it comes to it’s author and it’s audience.…

Introduction: If you have your Bibles let me invite you to open with me to the book of Mark chapter 10… Lets begin reading in verse 32 and we are going to read all the way to verse 45. 32 And they were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them. And they were amazed, and…

Intro: Dr. Karl Barth was one of the most brilliant and complex intellectuals of the twentieth century. He wrote volume after massive volume on the meaning of life and faith. On one occasion when Barth was visiting in America, a student at a theological seminary asked him in this question "Dr. Barth,…

14 But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. 6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who…

Christmas is filled with all sorts of images, sights, and sounds. Christmas lights, Christmas trees, Santa Clause, reindeer, candy canes, gifts, wreaths, mistletoe, nativity scenes, a baby in a manger. Mary and Joseph. All these things show up everywhere and remind us of the themes that we have been…

Intro This is the Linus passage. If you’ve seen A Charlie Brown Christmas then you likely can picture the scene in your head. But if you haven’t seen it - which I would incredibly surprised by - since it has been on television nearly every year since 1965. However, if you for someone reason have not…

Intro : This world has witnessed many nights since it was created by God. Many of those nights passed without anything remarkable taking place. Others saw profound changes in history take place. One day Noah was loading animals in an ark as the world laughed and mocked him. The next morning when they…

Our Scripture lesson this morning is taken from Luke 5:1-11 : On one occasion, while the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret, and he saw two boats by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets. Getting into…

Do you appreciate your capacity to remember? Memory is a gift of God many don’t appreciate until it diminishes. Memory is a blessing to see the good God has done. It aids us in our worship of Him. Memory leads to oral tradition to writing so that history continues to tell the story of God work in this…

There are a lot of things that we can and have taken away from these pages in scripture. However, there are only two things we are going to look at today. 1) The willingness of an individual to submit to God’s will and 2) That God is close to those that are seen as the powerless and the forgotten in…

Text: “Come; for all things are now ready” (Luke 14:17). Scripture Reading: Luke 14:15–24 Luke 14:15-24 English Standard Version 15 When one of those who reclined at table with him heard these things, he said to him, “Blessed is everyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!” 16 But he said to him,…

Intro: Who is the G.O.A.T.? ( greatest of all time ) - Greatness — it is something we all strive for and sometimes even fight for … correct? Who wouldn’t want to be the GOAT! All throughout life we have had this thing called the pecking order. Life is literally filled with pecking orders and all we want…

This is the first of seven signs seen in heaven. It is a vision of salvation history and its coming future. Revelation 12:1-6 is an overview. Revelation 12:7-17 expands on the overview. There is good news - Jesus wins, we win through his work on the cross, and Satan is defeated. We have victory in Jesus!…

Introduction: What’s the best news you’ve ever gotten? Maybe you have gotten the all-clear with a health issue you were struggling with. Some of you may have aced a test you were studying for or gotten a job or promotion you worked hard for. Some of the greatest news this country got occurred on Nov.…

We are reminded that God has always had a plan of salvation in mind. We are encouraged to accept the brokenness of the world and pray for Christ's return.

Leper Cleansed 1 When he came down from the mountain, great crowds followed him. 2 And behold, a leper came to him and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, if you will, you can make me clean.” 3 And Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I will; be clean.” And immediately his leprosy was…

Introduction to the book Setting: City of Susa, winter palace of the Persian King Artaxerxes Longimanus (464-423). Susa is a city in Elam, about 200-miles east of Babylon. Nehemiah was a man born in captivity but had a heart for Israel, for Jerusalem. You can find Susa in book of Esther, for that is…

This evening’s text from Revelation is from the same vision that we visited about last week: the vision of the seven seals. As the Lamb began to open the seals, John saw many of the horrible things in store for Christ’s flock on earth. There would be false christs, war, famine, and death ( Rev. 6:1-8…

1 In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. 2 This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria. 3 And all went to be registered, each to his own town. 4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to…

Introduction Last week we began our journey through Isaiah First chapter set the foundation for us Isaiah is about salvation, it’s about Jesus By looking at the message to Judah we were confronted with reality of our own situation, our own sinfulness We were also lifted to see the mercy of God He is…

The Power of His Great Love # 15 1 John 4: 17-21 There are three words we never tire of hearing: I love you. No doubt we all have spoken those words many times in our lives, and I am sure we have been sincere, hopefully most of the time. I do fear there are times when words are empty though. There can…

In The Freedom of a Christian , Luther asserts that the Christian is a free lord, servant to none, and a bound servant, subject to all (Martin Luther, Christian Freedom: Faith Working through Love [St. Louis: Concordia, 2011]). Today’s sermon text speaks directly to this paradox. Here Jesus proclaims…

The Consequences of Disobedience When we make our bed we have to lie in it. For a child of God that is on the run from God, there will be discipline from God. A child of God that is disobedient to God is fair game for whatever means necessary that God sees fit to use to bring His wayward child back in…

Paul is telling us that how we ought to behave is a result of who and what we are. So a proper understanding of what it means to be a Christian in the biblical sense is essential to how we ought to live our lives.