Rock Of Ages

Luke 19:28-40 ● 2021-11-28 ● Advent Series “When the Lord Comes Near” ● Print ● Listen ● Watch View Service Folder It seems that many people enjoyed the live-action remake of the Disney film Aladdin. In one of the more memorable scenes the main character is parading into the city. He is actually a beggar […]

View Service Folder Many years ago while attending seminary I finally had enough money to purchase a pair of tailored suits. Money was tight and I hadn’t even done that when I got married. But I finally got the chance to spend more than I had ever spent on clothes before and went to the […]

Psalm 11 ● 2021-11-14 ● Print ● Listen ● Watch View Service folder (Nov 14, 2021) Watch on Vimeo channel | Watch on YouTube channel Someone recently shared with me a video clip from a pastor in Australia. The video had the title of something on the lines of, “I never thought I’d say this.” […]

John 5:19-24 ● 2021-11-07 ● Print ● Listen ● Watch View Service Folder (Nov 7, 2021) Jerry Hartfield is unique among murder cases. He was charged with murder in 1977. But he ended up escaping from the death penalty. Only he did it without a trial and without anyone else confessing to the crime. His […]

Mark 13:5-11 ● 2021-10-31 ● Festival of the Reformation (View Service Folder) ● Print ● Listen ● Watch As President Abraham Lincoln entered to give his inaugural address in 1861, a senator tried to humiliate him. He said, “Mr. Lincoln, you should not forget that your father used to make shoes for my family.” The whole […]

2 Chronicles 26:16-23 ● 2021-10-24 ● Print ● Listen ● Watch Download Service Folder (Oct 24, 2021) Did you hear about the recent publicity stunt with space travel? A few days ago, the second richest man in the world made history by inviting a 90-year-old celebrity to take a journey into space. The celebrity had […]

2 Kings 5:14-27 ● 2021-10-17 ● Print ● Listen ● Watch View service folder (Oct 17, 2021) I can remember as a child my parents would take an occasional trip to the big wholesale store in our area. It was a little different. You had to pay a membership fee. I can recall entering the […]

Ephesians 5:21-6:4 ● 2021-10-10 ● Print ● Listen ● Watch Download Oct 10, 2021 Service Folder Martin Luther wrote something at the end of his Small Catechism that rings true for every generation. “Let each his lesson learn with care and all the household well shall fare.” The instructions he included for the Christian household […]

James 4:7-12 ● 2021-10-03 ● Print ● Listen ● Watch View Service Folder (Oct 2, 2021) Watch on YouTube ● Watch on Vimeo Did you catch that seemingly out of place comment last week from Numbers 12? Moses’ brother and sister were envious of Moses’ position. They saw him standing in the spotlight every day […]

James 3:13-18 ● 2021-09-26 ● Print ● Listen ● Watch Have you ever had to distinguish between a poison berry and an edible one? It’s not always easy just by looking at the surface. Growing up my family had a yard filled with all kinds of edible fruits. We had currents, grapes, raspberries, plums, and […]

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1 Kings 18:16-39 ● 2021-09-19 ● Print ● Listen ● Watch Watch on YouTube According to a 2021 survey, church membership in our nation has dropped below the majority for the first time ever. That survey includes all types of churches and religions. Yet the majority of churches in our nation have been Christian churches […]

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Isaiah 35:4-7 ● 2021-09-12 ● Print ● Listen ● Watch Imagine you arrive back at your home today only to find it is all in flames. One of your neighbors comes to you and says, “Don’t worry, I called the fire department as soon as I saw the smoke. They are on their way.” When […]

Mark 7:1-23 ● 2021-09-05 ● Print ● Listen ● Watch It’s a sad and crippling condition. It causes the parent of a newborn to hourly sanitize every toy and wipe down every surface with disinfectant. It makes some paralyzed with paranoia. It’s called mysophobia: the pathological fear of contamination. It’s commonly called “germaphobia.” And it’s […]

Joshua 24:14-18 ● 2021-08-29 ● Print ● Listen ● Watch I find it interesting when an Olympic athlete chooses to compete for another country from the one which they have spent most of their lives and training in. It’s not uncommon. An athlete who grew up benefiting from the training facilities and coaches of their […]

2 Corinthians 9:8-11 ● 2021-08-01 ● Series: A Faithful Minister ● Print ● Listen ● (Watch a previous message) There’s an interesting account in 2 Kings 4 about Elisha and a woman who had been married to a prophet and had children. Her husband, a prophet, had died, and she was in panic because their […]

Hebrews 13 v7-8,17-21 ● 2021-07-25 ● Series: A Faithful Minister ● Print ● Listen How do you suppose most people view pastors? If you’re like me, you probably know some pastors that you hold in the highest regard and others which you might not hold in quite such high regard. I looked at some surveys […]

Titus 1:5-9 ● 2021-07-18 ● Series: A Faithful Minister ● Print ● Listen I still have a vivid picture in my mind of a college class from around twenty years ago. I was enrolled at Martin Luther College, our church body’s worker training college. It was one of the first classes required for those studying […]

2 Timothy 2:1-13 ● 2021-07-11 ● Series: A Faithful Minister ● Print ● Listen Have you ever wondered why we have pastors in the Christian Church? We could, of course, come up with many misguided answers. Someone might simply say, “Because no one else wants to talk in front of a crowd.” Others might say […]