Service Folder The messaging of our culture is that the Biblical faith is “foreign, out of step, and even dangerous.” So how are we to survive in a culture with that narrative? If it were up to us we can’t. God must do it for us. The means by which He does is the Word of God. He sows the Word in…
503 665 7283 2010 NE Division St. Gresham, Oregon 97030
Evangelical Lutheran Church
“For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God”— Ephesians 2:8, 9
Sermons on Exodus
Service Folder Our Only Hope Is in Christ’s Righteousness “Unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven” (Matt 5:20). God demands nothing less than perfection and holiness from you in regard to His commandments (Ex. 20:1–17). Your only hope, then, is not in your own goodness but in the goodness of Christ,…
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…
Service Folder (.pdf) Service Folder (.doc) Jesus is the Bread of Life This Sunday is called “Refreshment Sunday.” It is because Jesus refreshes us by feeding us with himself, “the Bread of Life.” By feeding us with the Bread of Life, God sustains us on our journey through the wilderness of this life on our way to heaven.
Service Folder Jesus Overcomes the Strong Man Jesus breaks into the devil’s kingdom by casting out a demon. The breakthrough shows who will win the final victory. Jesus is the Stronger Man who overcame the strong man, the devil at the cross and empty tomb. In the waters of baptism God overcame the devil for you, adopting you as his child by…
Service Folder
Service Folder Announcements