How to Remember Your Baptism
By Ryan Couch
05/16/25
17mins

How to Remember Your Baptism

When you remember your baptism, you're not recalling a ritual. You're standing under a current of divine action that has not ceased to flow since the moment those baptismal waters hit your skin.
Why We Worship
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
05/15/25

Why We Worship

“The fear of the Lord” is our heart’s awakening to and recognition of God’s outrageous goodness.
Surprised by Easter
Sam P. Schuldheisz
Sam P. Schuldheisz
05/14/25

Surprised by Easter

The women at the tomb were surprised by Easter. Amazed and filled with wonder at Jesus' Easter eucatastrophe. And so are we.

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Jeffrey Pulse
Jeffrey Pulse
08/16/20

Old Testament: Isaiah 51:1-6 (Pentecost 12: Series A)

Isaiah first reminds the people of who they are and then tells them why they are who they are; to bring the teachings and promises of the LORD to all people.
Bror Erickson
Bror Erickson
08/11/20

A Q&A with Bror Erickson on "Faith Alone, The Heart of Everything

"Faith Alone, The Heart of Everything" written by Bo Giertz and translated by Bror Erickson, is now available for purchase from 1517 Publishing
Peter Nafzger
Peter Nafzger
08/09/20

Gospel: Matthew 15:21-28 (Pentecost 11: Series A)

This week’s miracle invites you to engage in an honest consideration of something pressing for every believer at some time in their lives: God’s silence.
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
08/09/20

Epistle: Romans 11:1-2a, 13-15, 28-32 (Pentecost 11: Series A)

God’s newly reconstituted Israel occurs in and around Jesus to include both Jew and Gentile, not by ethnic association but by faith and water (baptism) and blood (atonement and Eucharist).
Jeffrey Pulse
Jeffrey Pulse
08/09/20

Old Testament: Isaiah 56:1, 6-8 (Pentecost 11: Series A)

The scandal of this text for the Jewish people is the inclusion of all nations and peoples into the Holy House of the LORD.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
08/06/20

God's Love Is Unchangeable

Our Creator wants to restore us to a right relationship with him and all creation. So, in his goodness and mercy, he sent his Son to for us what we couldn't do for ourselves.
Bror Erickson
Bror Erickson
08/03/20

Faith Alone

Faith Alone is a translation of Bo Giertz’s second novel, which was originally titled Tron Allena.
Jeffrey Pulse
Jeffrey Pulse
08/02/20

Old Testament: Job 38:4-18 (Pentecost 10: Series A)

It is important to see how the LORD does NOT answer the questions Job and his friends have been wrestling with.
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
08/02/20

Epistle: Romans 10:5-17 (Pentecost 10: Series A)

Here we have the other major theme within Romans: God will have mercy on whom He has mercy, and He will have compassion on whom He has compassion
Peter Nafzger
Peter Nafzger
08/02/20

Gospel: Matthew 14:22-33 (Pentecost 10: Series A)

If the feeding of the 5000 invited an emphasis on Jesus’ COMPASSION, this week’s miracle invites a sermon focused on Jesus’ AUTHORITY.
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
07/29/20

The Most Unexpected Gospel

The Gospels function like literary essays, composed with a specific thesis and purpose in mind. Each account of Jesus’s life acts as a treatise to show us something about the person and work of the Savior.
Peter Nafzger
Peter Nafzger
07/26/20

Gospel: Matthew 14:14-21 (Pentecost 9: Series A)

Jesus’ miracle in this sermon, then, is a type of the compassion He has for your hearers. While they certainly have many physical needs, your hearers also (more fundamentally) need Jesus’ mercy and forgiveness.
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