Why the Reformation Still Matters in an Age of Virtue

By Kelsi Klembara

10/30/26

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Why the Reformation Still Matters in an Age of Virtue

Luther felt the reform of the church could not simply remain a matter of aesthetics and practice. Something much deeper needed to be rooted out.

Mark Duerr

10/29/26

Messengers, Angels, and Apostles

While God can, and often does, appear to people face to face, he also often employs the use of several types of messengers.

Where the Inside Is Larger Than the Outside

Bradley Gray

10/28/26

Where the Inside Is Larger Than the Outside

The “further up and further in” we go, the table keeps getting bigger, the guest list keeps getting longer, and the grace keeps on flowing.

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Gretchen Ronnevik

08/07/20

Disappointing People

Sometimes I think I've gone through the whole forgiveness process, but forgiveness for me often feels like I'm weeding my garden. I forgive and another offense pops up.

Steven A. Hein

08/06/20

Culture Wars: The Challenge

Today we need to promote almost the reverse – to talk it like they walk it – the know-how and courage to engage in social discourse that reflects the truth of God’s revelation.

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

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

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

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.

Gerhard Forde

07/30/20

The Radical Gospel

There is no justification except by faith alone. The radical forgiveness itself puts the old to death and calls forth the new.

Pete Lange

07/30/20

Remembering Rembrandt

“Rembrandt goes so deep into the mysterious that he says things for which there are no words in any language.”

Robert Kolb

07/26/20

Back to the New Normal

New normals are always sneaking up on us. Preachers ignore them to their peril and the peril of our hearers.

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.

John Bombaro

07/26/20

Epistle: Romans 9:1-5 (6-13) (Pentecost 9: Series A)

The lifeblood of Christ is the treasury that defines personal worth – your worth, my worth. Preach that; the price tag on your soul.

Jeffrey Pulse

07/26/20

Old Testament: Isaiah 55:1-5 (Pentecost 9: Series A)

This food, already purchased and freely given in our pericope, is a foretaste of the feast to come as well; the marriage feast of the Lamb in His Kingdom which has no end.

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