Hymns Service Folder This Sunday is Palm Sunday, marking the entrance into Holy Week. The lessons for the day: The Bronze Serpent (Numbers 21:4-9) Jesus’ Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem, (Matthew 21:1-11) and Jesus’ Humiliation and Exaltation (Philippians 2:5-11) all weave together to preview Holy Week and what it means for our salvation. Children present for the service are invited to proceed in…
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Sermons from March 2026
Service Folder (doc) Service Folder (pdf) Jesus foretells His own betrayal, death, and resurrection in today’s text (Mark 8:31–9:1). This shows us that the way of salvation comes only through the path the cross. It also means Jesus’ followers, baptized into Him, also have crosses. Our crosses don’t save us. Jesus’ cross does. Our crosses lead us back to our baptisms, where…
Service Folder People generally desire a certain kind of cleanliness. That is evidenced by a desire for a clean environment, clean food, clean hygiene. While all of that has some value for life, it cannot get us closer to God. The defilement of our sin causes the Holy God to recoil from us. For God to come close to us, we need…
Service Folder Tonight we continue with our Lenten Series For Us. We talked about angels at Lent Vespers 1. Tonight we talk about the darker side of angels: the fallen angels who rebelled against God with their leader, the devil. We will see how God delivered a man possessed by a demon and how he has delivered you and me from the…
Service Folder Refreshment is needed on any long trek. The children of Israel, trekking in the wilderness, needed refreshment on the way to the Promised Land. The crowd of 5,000 in the wilderness with Jesus needed refreshment before returning home. We need refreshment, during our Lenten trek on the way to the Easter festival. This Sunday Jesus gives us that refreshment
Service Folder Jesus talks all about seeking us in this week’s lessons. He does not wait passively for us to come to Him; nor does He act out of selfish gain. Praying, visiting, preaching – In all these things, Jesus is for us. This work is often overlooked because it is so ordinary. He comes in ordinary-sounding words to do his extraordinary…
Service Folder As we trek through the wilderness of this world we face danger. The source of the danger is the devil. When he led the Israelites into idolatry, Moses had to stand in the breach to stay God’s anger. Moses is a type of Christ who stood in the breach to stay God’s anger against sinners. Blessed are you when you…