Recent Sermon Messages
Series or Title
- A Prayer of Thanks
- Advent 2025
- Already and Not Yet
- As the Father Has Sent Me I am Sending You
- Ash Wednesday
- Better Disciples
- Born in Bethlemhem
- Caring for the Greatest
- Contemplation
- Core Values
- Dinner's Ready
- Do Not Weep for Me
- Do You Betray the Son of Man?
- Easter
- Facing Your Giants
- Faithfulness
- Father Forgive Them
- Father Into Your Hands
- Following Jesus
- Foretold
- Freedom
- Gentleness
- Getting Saved
- God's Plan of Salvation - G.P.S.
- Good Friday
- Goodness
- Grace for a Wretch
- Grace is God's Promise
- Great Faith
- Guest Pastor
- He Will Be King
- He Will Minister in Galillee
- He Will Preach Good News
- He Will be Presented with Gifts
- Here is your son/Here is your mother
- His Origins are From Old
- I Am the Son of God
- I thirst
- Immediately
- It is Finished
- Journeys with the Messiah
- Joy
- Kindness
- Lent 2025
- Lent 2026
- Love
- Love (with) Money
- Love Jesus
- Lutheran Women's Missionary League (LWML) Sunday
- Make Better Disciples
Who’s Money Is It?
“Tell us then, what is your opinion? Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not?” But Jesus, knowing their evil intent, said, “You hypocrites, why are you trying to trap me? Show me the coin used for paying the tax.” They brought him a denarius, and he asked them, “Whose portrait is this? And whose inscription?”
“Caesar’s,” they replied. Then he said to them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”
When they heard this, they were amazed. So they left him and went away. Matthew 22:17-22
Dinner’s Ready
The point of the parable we are talking about during this sermon is that although everyone is welcome at God’s feast; one can be a guest there only on God’s terms.
God’s Plan of Salvation - G.P.S.
God desires that all people be saved, and He has given us G.P.S. to help us find our way to Him. The plan is all through the Bible and points to Jesus Christ, the way, the truth, and the life.
Repent and Live
Many people today don’t want to give in, or give up, or modify their behavior. Many people don’t want anyone telling them what to do: their boss, the traffic cop, their teachers, their parents, even their pastor or the church. And many folks out there don’t want God telling them to repent.
But we must repent to LIVE!
God’s Gracious Gift
“Take your pay and go. I want to give the man who was hired last the same as I gave you. Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous? So the last will be first, and the first will be last.” Matthew 20:14-16
God is generous too.
Unlimited Forgiveness
Then Peter came up to Jesus and asked, "Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to 7 times?" Jesus answered, "I tell you, not 7 times, but 77 times." Forgiveness is unlimited.
Caring for the Greatest
Who is the greatest in the Kingdom? The downtrodden, the hurt, the ones in pain, the orphan, the widows, the widowers, the ones who hurt. These people know they need help. All of us need to realize we need help and that we must be 100% totally dependent on God.
The Keys of the Kingdom to Jesus’ Church
Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”
Great Faith
The woman came and knelt before him. “Lord, help me!” she said.
He replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”
“Yes it is, Lord,” she said. “Even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.”
Then Jesus said to her, “Woman, you have great faith! Your request is granted.” And her daughter was healed at that moment. Matthew 15:25-28
Immediately
Immediately means right now. It refers to God’s action; God is always acting. And we are to respond to God immediately. We can only do that by keeping our eyes focused on Jesus.
W.W.J.D
W.W.J.D: What will Jesus Do (for us today)
The Kingdom of Heaven is Like…
The Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure. We’re the treasure; created in God’s image. Jesus finds us in the field and then buys the field so we can be His treasure. Jesus redeems us by His death on the cross from the power of sin, death, and the devil.
Already, and Not Yet
We’re already in the kingdom of God. He has come in the person of Jesus Christ to redeem and to forgive us and call us His own. And yet, not in the kingdom because we have to live in a sinful world.
The Secrets of God’s Kingdom
Why can 2 people hear the same message of the gospel and one will believe it and the other will reject it? The seed that is sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it. That’s the secret when the word of God comes and penetrates our life, it changes it. When anyone hears the word of the Kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart.
“Freedom”
The greatest freedom is found in Jesus Christ, our Lord, who has redeemed us and forgiven us and cleansed us and washed us and made us in His image. Because in the death of Jesus and his resurrection from the grave itself, we have been given the gift of freedom. Not only the gift of freedom, but to live in it. I’m free; you’re free too.
“Love Jesus”
“Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.” John 10:37 How do we live that out? Jesus says, “Love me because I have loved you and gave my life for you.” Put Jesus at the center of your life.
“Better Disciples”
What does it mean for us to be better disciples in this world? It means to endure. We must endure the world has Jesus endured the world. And we can endure because Christ was crucified, took our sin upon himself, and rose the third day. We need not fear anything in the world because Jesus said, “I am with you always to the very end of the age.”
Pray Earnestly
When he (Jesus) saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.
Following Jesus
Jesus says, “Come, follow Me.” Following Jesus requires active service, love, and self-sacrifice, rather than passive observation. Will you choose to obey and follow Jesus? Will you center your daily life on the teachings of Christ rather than simply believing in His name, focusing on the active, obedient, and transformative nature of authentic discipleship?
The Greatness of God’s Love to the World
On Trinity Sunday, we recognize that our God is Three in One: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The Father sent the Son to die for our sins. The Son returned to Heaven and sent the Holy Spirit to empower all who believe on the Son.