The Pulpit is No Place for Political Endorsements
By Scott Keith
07/16/25
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The Pulpit is No Place for Political Endorsements

The IRS says churches can endorse candidates from the pulpit. But just because they can doesn’t mean they should.
Faith That Waits
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
07/15/25

Faith That Waits

Chapter 3 of Habakkuk, which is often referred to as “the Psalm of Habakkuk,” is a song of catharsis, relief, faith, and profound emotion.
What Makes a Saint? A Saint Is Held By Promise
Erick Sorensen
Erick Sorensen
07/14/25

What Makes a Saint? A Saint Is Held By Promise

God doesn’t just simply give you all the things. He does so because his very own Son came down and earned all the things for you.

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John Bombaro
John Bombaro
09/27/20

Epistle: Philippians 3:4b-14 (Pentecost 18: Series A)

Paul has discovered something to put on the credit side in comparison with which everything else he can imagine can only be a debt.
Peter Nafzger
Peter Nafzger
09/27/20

Gospel: Matthew 21:33-46 (Pentecost 18: Series A)

Contrary to common American Christian thinking, you would emphasize the individual is not the center of the biblical narrative. Christianity is not primarily about me and my relationship with Jesus.
Edward Killian
Edward Killian
09/24/20

The Truth Will Set You Free

What does it mean that holding to Jesus’ teaching will set us free? Which teaching? What will we be set free from?
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
09/22/20

Turning from American Secular Religion to Christ

We vote because we are citizens, and it is our duty. We serve our neighbors in love because it is our Christian calling.
Robert Kolb
Robert Kolb
09/20/20

Preaching an Awe-fully Mysterious and Wondrous God

As long as our illusions of control over storms and germs persist to govern our thinking, we will never be able to take the saving work of Christ as seriously we ought.
David Schmitt
David Schmitt
09/20/20

Gospel: Matthew 21:23-27 (28-32) (Pentecost 17: Series A)

Jesus invites us to practice a faith that is bold. He invites us to trust in Him, without calculations.
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
09/20/20

Epistle: Philippians 2:1-4 (5-13) 14-18 (Pentecost 17: Series A)

Throughout the Gospels there is no quality more closely identified by Jesus with the life of His people than humility which echoes His own.
Jeffrey Pulse
Jeffrey Pulse
09/20/20

Old Testament: Ezekiel 18:1-4, 25-32 (Pentecost 17: Series A)

God desires that all men might be saved. The problem, the stumbling block, does not lie with God. The problem is one of man’s heart and spirit.
Bruce Hillman
Bruce Hillman
09/15/20

You Can’t Work For Peace

Because peace is a gift and not a product, you can’t work your way into it. However—you can receive it by grace.
Caleb Keith
Caleb Keith
09/14/20

Is Scripture Literature?

Viewing the Bible as literature is an essential and natural way of engaging the text. But there are also ways in which this practice can get lost.
Robert Kolb
Robert Kolb
09/13/20

Sermons on Hymn Texts

The Church's hymns help us see our own world from another—and perhaps not so different—vantage point that illuminates the impact of the work of Christ and the general providing and protecting activity of our Creator in our lives.
David Schmitt
David Schmitt
09/13/20

Gospel: Matthew 20:1-16 (Pentecost 16: Series A)

Imagine a world where love is given to the least. That is what Jesus is inviting His disciples to do in His parable this morning.
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