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Sermon Archive

Easter 2 – April 27, 2025

Service Folder Faith in the Risen Jesus Overcomes Fear and Doubt. On two successive Sundays – Easter Eve and the following Sunday Eve – the risen Jesus bodily stood among the disciples cowering in fear and another struggling with doubt. Standing among them he said, “Peace be with you”. To underscore the peace he brings, he showed the disciples the nail prints…

Easter – April 20, 2025

Service Folder Today is the Church’s High Feast – the Resurrection of Jesus from the dead. By His resurrection from the dead, Jesus has triumphed over sin, death and the devil. We hope you can come and join us as Jesus feasts us with his resurrection blessings – the forgiveness of sins, life and eternal salvation.

Good Friday – April 18, 2025

Service Folder Tonight we see Jesus’ crucifixion through the eyes of the centurion. He was given the duty to keep his eyes fixed on Jesus until his death. When he saw how Jesus died, he was astonished. It evoked this confession from his lips, “Truly, this was the Son of God!” As we focus our eyes on Jesus through the eyes of…

Maundy Thursday – April 17, 2025

Service Folder Tonight is Maundy Thursday, the night Jesus was betrayed. That night Jesus ate his final Passover meal with his disciples. All the Passover lambs sacrificed for those meals over the centuries pointed to the Lamb of God, Jesus. On Maundy Thursday, then, Jesus replaced the Passover meal with the Lord’s Supper. In his Supper, Jesus gives us his body to…

Lent Vespers – April 9, 2025

Service Folder We continue our Lenten series, “Eyes on Jesus” by considering the “Worldly Eyes” of Pilate, the religious leaders, and the soldiers at Jesus’ trial; and, how Jesus exchanges our worldly eyes for eyes of faith.

Lent 5 – April 6, 2025

Service Folder (Word) Service Folder (.pdf) In the temple Jesus said, “If anyone keeps my word, he will never see death” (John 8:51). For Jesus came to taste death for us that we might be released from its power. Clinging to His life-giving words, we are delivered from death’s sting and its eternal judgment. Christ is our High Priest, who entered the…