Service folder (.docx) Service folder (.pdf) The Church is living during the time in between. It is the time in-between Jesus’ ascension which occurred 40 days after Easter and Jesus’ return on the Last Day to bring his Church home. During this time in between the Church finds herself in an unfriendly world. (John 16:1-4) Though she does, Jesus provides a safe…
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Sermons on 1 Peter
Service Folder The people of God are pilgrims and sojourners in this world, looking ahead to a destination yet to come (1 Peter 2:11–20). We are those who wait on the Lord. “The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him” (Lam. 3:25). Jesus tells us that the wait is just a little while. “A…
Service Folder The Children of Israel, at God’s Word, marked their doorframes with blood of lambs. When the Lord saw the blood-marked doors, the destroyer passed over their homes. The blood of those lambs foreshadowed Jesus. We see him, standing with sinners, in the waters of baptism to be the Lamb of God for us. Baptism marks our hearts with his blood…
Service Folder Theme: Discipleship Following Jesus The Lord called fishermen to be fishers of men (Luke 5:1–11). The net they would use is the gospel in worldly darkness the disciples could catch nothing. But in the gospel net attached to the water [Baptism], the boats were filled with fish. So it is that in Baptism you have been drawn in to the…
Service Folder (.doc) Service Folder (.pdf) Theme: Jesus Receives Sinners “This man receives sinners and eats with them” (Luke 15:2). The Pharisees’ statement of judgment against Jesus is in fact a proclamation of Gospel truth. For our God is one who delights in mercy, who casts all our sins into the depths of the sea through the cross (Micah 7:18–20). Those who…
Service Folder This Sunday is a transition from Jesus’ Ascension on the 40th day of Easter to the Feast of Pentecost, the 50th day after Easter. It marks a unique period in the life of the disciples. The moment of separation from their Lord is but a few days back. The promise of the Holy Spirit is still to be realized. Jesus…
Service Folder Sorrow gives way to joy – the joy of the risen Jesus. In the gospel Jesus teaches this truth by using the illustration of a mother who has sorrow when seized by labor pains. A mother’s sorrow turns to joy when her baby is born and placed into her arms. It is an appropriate illustration as Mother’s Day converges with…