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The headlines over the last three weeks since Easter are enough to make anyone discouraged. In the midst of the chaos, Jesus, the Good Shepherd, comes and gives us his one-of-a-kind encouragement.
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Pastor Wayne Shevey is our guest preacher. Pastor Shevey serves as a campus pastor at Wisconsin Lutheran College in Milwaukee.
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At least half of Americans would call themselves spiritual, religious, or a combination of both. Many people think that Jesus of Nazareth can help them find spiritual or religious answers, but Jesus lived nearly 2,000 years ago. So, where and how are you going to find Jesus?
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We ought to feel an affinity to Abraham because we share the same faith. Therefore, there's a lot we can discover from his journey of faith, especially as it begins in Genesis chapter 12.
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We trace the footprints of a lonely and frightened prophet and by doing so, we discover how God wants to draw us closer to him in our lonely and fearful times.
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Is it easier or harder to forgive family? And what does that forgiveness sound like and look like? Joseph, the one-time daddy's boy brat, models what Christ-like forgiveness sounds like and does.
Pastor Tom Bauer, who serves as a teacher at Shoreland Lutheran High School (Somers, WI) is our guest preacher. He brought us God's Word as part of our Shoreland Lutheran Sunday when we had the privilege of hosting the Shoreland Festival Choir as they enriched our service with music and song, helping us focus on Christ who forgives our sins, begins our faith, and finally brings it to its goal. We thank Pastor Bauer and the Shoreland Festival Choir and wish God's richest blessings to that school!
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Through Jesus Christ, God has forgiven every last sin of every last person and has promised not hold any grudges against us. That completely changes the way we deal with anyone who may have sinned against us and treated us poorly. The story of Joseph and his brothers beautifully illustrates that Christians forgive exactly like Christ forgave us.
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Is life meaningless? Does it at least feel that way sometimes? The Teacher of Ecclesiastes wrestled with that question and was led to a stark, yet wise, answer and encouragement.
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A good journalist seeks the answers to the five W's (who, what, where, when, and why) and to the question of how. When we look at Christmas, we got some questions. As the angel Gabriel gives Mary an important announcement, he answers our Christmas questions as well.
Generous on Every Occasion or Occasionally Generous?
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God's blessings are not limited to the forgiveness, life, and salvation which he gives us through Jesus. He also blesses us with physical means and spiritual gifst so that we can be generous to others.
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Sure, Jesus' temptation in the wilderness shows you how to defeat your own temtpations -- by refuting the devil with what's written in Scripture.
Just as importantly, this written account of Jesus' perfection shows you that Jesus is your perfect substitute for all the times you have given into Satan's temptations.
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There is only one road that leads to eternal life: the good news about Jesus as our Savior from sins. The evangelist Philip helped an Ethiopian man travel along that gospel road, and that's the path we want our faith to travel as well.
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Whenever we celebrate Trinity Sunday (as we did this last weekend), we pause to reflect that God is three distinct persons -- Father, Son, and Spirit -- in one undivided God. We pause to reflect on that, but we don't hesitate to go and tell others about him and live our Christian lives.
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"The gospel is the power of God," Paul wrote to the Romans (Romans 1:16). Years later, while under house arrest in Rome, Paul rejoiced that nothing was stopping God from advancing his powerful gospel.
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God doesn't need your help when it comes to providing for your present or your future. That's because there's nothing we could do for him. Instead of asking for our help, he promises to help us both physically and especially spiritually.
God Doesn't Want His Wonders to Be Foreign to Anyone
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One of the things most associated with Pentecost is the way that the disciples spoke in foreign langauges they had never before studied. Why did this happen? Because God wants everyone to be familiar with -- and have faith in -- the wonders Jesus Christ has done for us and for our salvation.
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Those who trust in God will face suffering in this life. In that suffering, we hang ont God's promises even more to comfort us and to lead us.
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God tested Abraham in a way that is impossible for us to fully understand ourselves, but Abraham was able to rise to the occassion because God already had given him the answers to the test. That's our comfort for the times when God tests us.
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The Sermon on the Mount begins with the Beatitudes which emphasize that by his grace, God has a place for you in his kingdom. In light of that promise, as Jesus continues his famous sermon, he then stresses that God has a use for you.
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Need refuge from all the political talk? Need refuge from the colder, darker days? Need refuge from sin and guilt? On this Reformation weekend, we find refuge right where Martin Luther and the rest of the Christian Church has always found true refuge: in our triune God.
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One person's concept of "rich" is different than another person's concept. So, when St. Paul says that God is "rich in mercy," just how rich is rich? Is God rich enough in mercy to give you the mercy that you need?
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A sermon for the Third Sunday after Pentecost
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Worship Theme: "Loving God above All Things -- Over My Ego"
Other Readings: 1 Kings 19:19-21 and Luke 9:51-62
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A sermon on the commemoration of the Lutheran Reformation.
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The other readings were Jeremiah 31:31–34 and Galatians 5:1–6 and John 8:31–36.
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Paul reminds us that a Christian's life is not about increasing our stock of earthly goods. The life of a Christian is about recognizing the bountiful grace God has given and then expressing thanks with good works.
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We don't like to be weak. But what's worse than being weak? Being weak and not knowing it. What's even worse than that? Being weak and not admitting it. Through the Apostle Paul, the Holy Spirit tells us we have no reason to be scared to admit our weaknesses to God. He knows them and takes care of them through Christ's cross.
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A sermon for the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost. The sermon text can be found HERE.
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The other readings were Philemon 1,7–21 and Luke 14:25–35.
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Sermon for the Fourth Sunday after Epiphany
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God's call of Jeremiah gives us a chance to reflect on the second petition of the Lord's Prayer: "Your kingdom come."
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Isaiah prophesied a lot of darkness and gloom, and he didn't mean winters in southeast Wisconsin. But the prophet also promises "a great light" that would come from God himself and changed your relationship with him and your outlook on the world.
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A sermon for the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
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Pastor Wayne Shevey (Wisconsin Lutheran College, Milwaukee) served as our guest preacher.
