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Pastor Tim Kujath of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in East Troy brings us part 2 of the series "Jesus Christ Is Our Great High Priest." Hebrews 1:1-3 emphasize that Jesus is great because he not only is 100% true human being (like the Old Testament priests) but also 100% true God (unlike those other priests). This has a great big impact on your salvation!
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If you're a Christian, you must lose out on things in this life, but Jesus promises you that the eternal things you gain through his death, his resurrection, and his gospel far outgain what you give up in this generation.
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Pastor Gary Pufahl of Christ Lutheran Church in Big Bend leads us through the first part of our midweek Lent sermon series entitled, "Jesus Christ Is Our Great High Priest." This message focuses on how Jesus is lived a perfect life in your place.
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Ash Wednesday, the start of the season of Lent, is a time of repentance. It helps sets the stage as we follow Jesus to his suffering and death. The Old Testament prophet Joel sums up all of Lent with this one verse: "Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the LORD your God, for he is gracious and compassionate."
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Before we head into the dark days of Lent when Jesus suffers and dies because and for our sins, we get connected to Jesus' own glory which he displayed in part on the Mount of Transfiguration. And that makes us act with great boldness today and every day!
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Nobody likes to feel as if they're not being paid attention to. It's especially hurtful when someone you trust forgets about your situation or how they can help you. That won't happen with Jesus. You have his undivided attention.
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Sometimes people talk about having a "call" from God. In our verses, the four fishermen got a call from the Son of God himself: a call to public ministry. But, if you don't have a call for public ministry, that doesn't mean Jesus' isn't speaking to you here. He's calling to you with both law (commands for your life) and gospel (good news about free forgiveness).
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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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Acts chapter 16 shows us how a man went from being shaken to the core to being filled with joy. Paul and Silas tell you that you don't have to survive a near-death experience to be filled with that same joy.
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The world is a dark place. Scandals, crime, and hate abound. Your personal life often feels dark, too. What's the only thing that can truly brighten things up? Our Lord Jesus Christ. This sermon celebrates Epiphany: the fact that Jesus Christ has been revealed the light of the whole world and your life.
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For everyone coming down in a post-Christmas crash, Simeon and Anna shift our focus to the Christ child because in him we see and understand that the joy of Christmas lasts longer than just a shopping season or a break from school.
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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.
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The third and final part of our midweek Advent series. Sometimes people will talk about something hurting "so good" or say "no pain, no gain." Often, this is just talk, and people don't want to go through suffering. Christians have a different perspective. The psalmist helps show us that when God lets suffering into our lives, he uses it to prepare our hearts for his coming to us.
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Part two of our midweek Advent series is the natural followup to last week's. After we've meditated on God's word and heard him speak to us, we talk to him in prayer. The psalmist shows us how it's done so that we can use prayer to help prepare the way for the Lord this Advent and Christmas.
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What preparations do you still have to make for family and friends this Christmas? Hopefully, spiritual preparations on our your "to-do" list as well. The cries of Isaiah 700 years before Jesus was born and the calls of John the Baptist just before Jesus did ministry both clearly command, "Prepare the way for the Lord!" Here's how that happens...
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Our midweek Advent series is entitled "Prepare the Way for the Lord." We do so by looking at Psalm 119 -- the longest chapter in the Bible. The author shows us how we can prepare for Jesus only once God has prepared us... in meditation, in prayer, and in suffering. This devotion focuses on meditating on God's word.
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The worldwide flood which Noah survived was a real historical event. It not only impacted Noah and his family, it also has real implications for you, especially as Christmas comes closer.
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Jesus' blood has already made saints out his believers, but while we live as God's holy people on this planet, we still have to fight and struggle against sin, death, and the devil. The good news is that there's an eternal celebration waiting for us at the end. Along with the Apostle John we get a glimpse of what it will look like to be a saint triumphant in heaven.
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Our worship has transitioned into a yearly series on the End Times, that is, what will happen at the end of the world when Jesus comes back. Paul tells us that everyone will have a judgment coming on that last day. What judgment will come to you?
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The fourth and final sermon as part of our Reformation 500 series, Peter and John tell us what the Lutheran Reformation was all about. Their message and the reformers' mission is captured in a simple yet powerful painting by Lucas Cranach, which can be viewed at this link:
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The Bible is not a self-help book. It's something far better and far more powerful! It is the very word of God himself through which he continuously reforms individual hearts, whole congregations, and entire church bodies.
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Lots of people talk about faith, but what exactly is saving faith? What's it like, and what role does it play in our salvation? That's a question older than the Reformation 500 years ago and even older than the Apostle Paul. Father Abraham helps answer our questions about faith.
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Over the next month, we're celebrating the 500th anniversary of the Lutheran Reformation. Don't know what that movement was? It can be summed up in four mottos: "sola gratia," "sola fide," "sola Scriptura," and "solus Christus." Four Latin phrases that teach the biblical truth of how sinners like you and me are saved. Over the next four weeks you'll hopefully learn something about the history of the Reformation, but more importantly, you'll grow in your trust of how God has completely saved you. Up first: "sola gratia," the fact that we are saved by grace alone.
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It’s hard to imagine a world of perfect justice. God’s justice is perfect, but is it always fair? Jonah’s story shows how God uses humans to preach that God is not fair... but that's a great thing for us and for our salvation!
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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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There are many ways to deal with sin -- from tattling to Mom to going on Facebook rants to acting like nothing ever happened. God uses the Old Testament prophet Ezekiel to show us the God-pleasing way to deal with sin.
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True Christianity faced a crisis just a couple decades after Jesus ascended into heaven, and in many ways that same crisis creeps up currently. The Apostle Paul tells us now, as he told the Galatians then, what we should boast about before God.
