1 John 1:1-4: Not "My" Jesus
There is power in the name of Jesus, and we love to manipulate power for our own ends.
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Bob Hiller
Bob Hiller is the senior pastor of Community Lutheran Church in Escondido/San Marcos, CA. He is a baptized husband, father, and pastor. He is the content editor for The Craft of Preaching, a preacher on You Are Forgiven Radio, and a contributor to 1517. He is also a cohost on White Horse Inn.
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Faith Without Works is Dead
As we are continuing our "verses taken out of context" episodes, we are honored to have Rev. Bob Hiller, author of "Christ in the Straw" to help us understand James 2:26.
Epistle: Jude 20-25 (The Last Sunday of the Church Year: Series B )
God is most glorified in the sending of Jesus to be the Savior of sinners.
Epistle: Hebrews 10:11-25 (Pentecost 25: Series B )
Hebrews reminds us you cannot “be the church” unless you go to church.
Epistle: Hebrews 9:24-28 (Pentecost 24: Series B )
The emphasis for All Saints Sunday is not on the saints, but the Sanctifier, Jesus Christ.
Epistle: Romans 3:19-28 (Reformation Sunday: Series B )
Are we still haunted by God? Do our sins bother us to the point that we worry about God’s righteous wrath? Does the concept of justification, how one can be right in the eyes of God, even cross our minds?
Epistle: Hebrews 7:23-28 (Pentecost 22: Series B )
Hebrews proclaims you absolutely need a priest and you have one. This priest is Jesus!
Epistle: Hebrews 4:1-13 (14-16) (Pentecost 21: Series B )
No work need be done to enter this Sabbath rest, for Christ has done all that is necessary.
Epistle: Hebrews 3:12-19 (Pentecost 20: Series B )
Whereas Moses faithfully rescued God’s people from slavery in Egypt and led them to the Promised Land of Canaan, Jesus has rescued us from the slavery of sin and the tyranny of the Devil to lead us to eternal life.
Epistle: Hebrews 2:1-13 (14-18) (Pentecost 19: Series B )
Angels minister to us, but Jesus becomes one of us and calls us His brothers and sisters, sharing in our flesh and blood.
Epistle: James 5:(1-12) 13-20 (Pentecost 18: Series B )
James makes it sound like prayer is actually effective, that God listens, God answers in line with our requests. Does James realize the questions he is raising?
Epistle: James 3:13-4:10 (Pentecost 17: Series B )
It is from this God, the Wisdom from Heaven who came down in our flesh to befriend sinners, you will learn true wisdom.
Epistle: James 3:1-12 (Pentecost 16: Series B)
James’ concern today is false doctrine. This week he is directing his gaze at the preachers who deliver a false gospel.
Epistle: James 2:1-10, 14-18 (Pentecost 15: Series B)
To act according to a “theology of glory” that exalts in money and status at the cost of your brothers and sisters who are hurting or suffering in any way is to act in the opposite way of Christ.
Epistle: Ephesians 6:10-20 (Pentecost 14: Series B )
No soldier enters the battlefield without protection. So, Paul teaches us what it means to be clothed in the full armor of God, whose might is our strength.
Epistle: Ephesians 5:22-33 (Pentecost 13: Series B)
Is this text about marriage or Jesus? The answer should be obvious by now: Yes!
Epistle: Ephesians 5:6-21 (Pentecost 12: Series B)
God’s Word of forgiveness, new life in baptism, and life given in the Lord’s Supper direct our lives in this world of sin and cause us to follow Christ’s light through the darkness.
Epistle: Ephesians 4:17-5:2 (Pentecost 11: Series B)
The baptized, those rescued and redeemed by God’s grace alone through faith in Jesus Christ alone, are given an entirely new life to live, an entirely new way to walk.
Epistle: Ephesians 4:1-16 (Pentecost 10: Series B)
The unity we have in the Church is a gift, a gracious creation of the triune God and not a work we accomplish or decide on.
Epistle: Ephesians 3:14-21 (Pentecost 9: Series B)
Prayers for the faith of the Church—prayed in love from a place of suffering—not only define much of Paul’s ministry, but are formed by the Christ they imitate.
Epistle: Ephesians 2:11-22 (Pentecost 8: Series B)
No matter how divided Jew and Gentile were, they were united in their sin. Christ alone is the answer to this.
"What Have I Done To Deserve This?" (Episode 225) Featuring Pastor Bob Hiller
Pastor Hiller Teaches On Luke 13:1-9
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