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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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Are you afraid or terrified of this life? Jesus shepherds and protects you. Are you afraid or terrified of the life to come? Jesus shepherds you into safety with his righteousness.
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Even when he faces opposition and challenges, Jesus has always found ways to reach sinners like you and me with the good news of his forgiveness. He shows us how in Mark chapter 6.
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Throughout his ministry, the Apostle Paul had seen it all. Now, at the end of his ministry and his life, Paul predicted what the Christian Church would have to deal with long after he was gone. Was his outlook pessimistic or optimistic? Realistic or idealistic? Discover Paul's first century predictions which are coming true in your life during this twenty-first century.
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It can be hard for people who grew up in "Midwestern Nice" culture to ask others for help; they don't want to bother other people. Forget what Midwestern Nice culture has taught you and watch how Jesus deals with Jairus, a man who knew he had to bother Jesus.
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This sermon concludes our four part series on 2 Corinthians, and this particular theme is almost redundant with the overall series theme. Today, we focus on Paul's words, "Christ's love compels us," which is more or less another way of saying, "We conduct ourselves according to God's grace." Paul's message here isn't a new message, but it's so powerful it never stops moving and affecting everythign we do. Christ for us motivates us to live for God and for others!
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Part three of our four part sermon series on 2 Corinthians. With all the blessings we have in America and southeast Wisconsin, it can be very easy for us to get pretty comfortable in this life. But that's not the Christian's purpose here on earth. With an eye towards something more permanent, we have a different aim and purpose.
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Part two of four from our sermon series, "Conducting Ourselves according to God's Grace."
Sure, we may be fragile jars of clay (part 1), but Christians do not lose heart. Not because our lives are always trouble free. Not because we have such great willpower. Christians do not lose heart because of what they know is coming, and that affects what they focus on.
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This sermon introduces a four part sermon series from 2 Corinthians entitled, "Conducting Ourseslves according to God's Grace." Before we know how we can conduct ourselves, we first need to know who we are. Paul's famous metaphor compares us sinners to weak, fragile jars of clay -- but jars of clay that have a valuable treasure placed inside them by God himself.
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Every single Sunday we pray, "through Jesus Christ our Lord who lives and reigns with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever." Three persons -- Father, Son, Spirit. But just one God. That does not make logical sense. It'll never make logical sense. But on Trinity Sunday we confess that and accept it in faith because the teaching of the Trinity (three persons, yet just one divine Being) assures us that we are children of that God who will inherit heaven.
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Last Sunday we celebrated Jesus' ascension back into heaven forty days after he rose from the dead. This Sunday, we celebrated the Festival of Pentecost. Ten days after Jesus ascended (and fifty days after he rose), he sent the Holy Spirit on Pentecost. That was a miraculous day filled with fire, wind, and speaking in foreign languages. Is that Holy Spirit with us? Does he work among us now? Absolutely! And in John 14:25-27, we meet the Holy Spirit through our risen and ascended Savior's words.
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40 days after Jesus rose from the dead, he ascended back into heaven. Ascension Day is sometimes overlooked but is just as important as Christmas or Easter because it makes us happy -- for Jesus who ascended and for ourselves who will ascend into heaven.
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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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In this sermon from Good Shepherd Sunday, Pastor Wayne Shevey encourages you to stand guard with your Good Shepherd, Jesus Christ. Just as Jesus attentively watches over his sheep - his believers, so we watch out for one another as Satan tries his best to snatch us from Jesus' hand. Pastor Shevey serves as a campus pastor at Wisconsin Lutheran College in Milwaukee.
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In today's America, it is so easy to witness events with our eyes. Even if you weren't there in person, you can catch the latest news on TV, streamed online, or from a friend's phone. Then you're ready to talk about that with others. While you can't see Jesus and what he did on YouTube or in long lost home videos, the Bible makes you a witness. Through faith in God's Word you can witness Jesus and then be a witness for him in the world!
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More and more people are saying that the Christian faith is pointless and useless. The Apostle Paul sets out to convince you otherwise, based on a historical fact and God's Word.
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The Easter Festival service is always one of the most attended worship services of the year. What moves so many people to show up? A lot of different reasons, I guess. But once inside church, the Holy Spirit uses the good news of God's Word to move our hearts.
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In just one sentence, could you explain what Palm Sunday is and why it's important? Here's one way: On Palm Sunday, King Jesus comes to YOU.
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Our midweek Lenten series continues as Pastor Tim Kujath of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in East Troy explains this kind of confusing yet eternally comforting fact: Jesus Christ is both the priest and the sacrifice which the priest offers to God the Father.
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Your idea of glory is probably not Jesus' idea of glory. Wheat, death, the Father, and the devil... they're all in the picture at the crucial moments when Jesus would be glorified.
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God the Father had a purpose in sending his Son Jesus into this world. In a secret nighttime conversation, Jesus explained his purpose to a man named Nicodemus. Let's listen in on what Jesus said...
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Jesus Christ our Great High Priest... makes us priests. Which means you now have special access to places and things you didn't on your own.
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During the season of Lent we are reminded again and again that the punishment for our sin should be condemnation in hell. But these verses from Romans remind us that what Jesus Christ did for us during Holy Week changed our relationship with God and what we get from him. Seminarian Josh Rathje shares that good news with us!
Josh is in his second year at Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary where, God willing, he will graduate in another two years and serve a congregation as pastor.
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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."
