Day of Pentecost - Acts 2:1-21 - Moments of Holiness

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Day of Pentecost - Acts 2:1-21 - Moments of Holiness
Pastor Ben

Artwork certainly has been a means for sharing God’s Word throughout history, and still is today.  Through his painting a man has shared the Gospel.  He has shown how the Spirit came to the disciples on the day of Pentecost to lead them through the challenges they faced.  And he has shown how the Holy Spirit comes to us today through the Word.  And so, as we seek to have moments of holiness in our lives, we turn to the Word of God so that through it the Holy Spirit may lead us to our source of comfort and joy—our Lord and Savior Jesus.

Easter 7 - Acts 1:12-26 - Read, Trust, Confess, Turn

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Easter 7 - Acts 1:12-26 - Read, Trust, Confess, Turn
Pastor Ben

St. Ignatius said, “pray as if everything depends on God, and work as if everything depends on you.” This is what the disciples have done.  They have done their work to the best of their ability and now they are trusting God to do the rest. 

Life can be challenging.  Relationship can hurt. 

Read the scriptures,

Trust in God‘s ways,

Confess your sinful human will,

Turn to the Lord who is still risen and ruling.

Sermon - Easter 4 - John 10:1-10 - The Abundant Life

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Know His voice and you know the One who “will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.” Revelation 21:1-4.  That is the abundant life!

Until then, we listen to His voice, we eat His food, and we follow Him as He leads us through this valley of the shadow of death into His paradise, His heaven, and experience the fullness of this ABUNDANT LIFE that has been ours all along.

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Sermon - Easter 3 - Luke 24:13-35 - The Stranger Who Saves

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A time has arrived for the Church of our Savior to be refined by the fire of COVID-19.  “I have tried you in the furnace of affliction” Isaiah 48:10.  The peripheral things are going to fall away during this time, because they are weak and can’t withstand the fire.  What will remain will be pure.  This things that we cling to will prove to be the most important to us.  Through this time, the Lord will refine us, His people, for service to His glory. 

“And their eyes were opened, and they recognized him. And he vanished from their sight” Luke 24:31, He vanished from their sight, but not from their hearing: for Paul says in Romans 10:17“faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ”.

Sermon - Easter Sunday - Matthew 28:1-10 - Rescued to Rescue

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What does it look like for the Christian today to hear Jesus words and “go to Galilee” themselves?  Did you notice that Jesus still refers to His disciples as family?  Even after their betrayals and lack of faith.  He calls them “brothers.”  Easter is about welcoming others into the family of resurrection!

Sermon - Dolly Markgraf's Memorial - Mark 10:13-16

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Dolly Markgraf's Memorial - Mark 10:13-16
Pastor Ben

Dolly loved people, she was loved and cared for.  And in that, she has a great deal to offer us.  In her ‘childlike’ life, in her ‘childlike’ faith, she shows us what the life of every “little child” in the Kingdom of God, regardless of our age, is all about.  So we thank God for her and for His care for her. “And He took them in His arms and blessed them, laying His hands on them.” Mark 10:16.

Sermon - Epiphany 5 - Matthew 5:13-20 - You Are Salt and Light

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Epiphany 5 - Matthew 5:13-20 - You Are Salt and Light
Pastor Ben

Seeing His good work, hidden in the shame and scandal of the cross, give glory to our Father in heaven for our life – purified, preserved and glorified by the salt and the light of His Son who has called us and blessed us to point others to His good work, that they too might “give glory to your Father in heaven.”

Sermon - Presentation of Our Lord - Luke 2:25-32 - Lifted Up

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Presentation of Our Lord - Luke 2:25-32 - Lifted Up
Pastor Ben

The very hand of God that paints the picture of you lifting up Jesus to the world is the very hand that is holding you up, giving you the words to speak, lifting your arms, directing your steps, and giving you the courage to reveal the King to His Kingdom.

Sermon - Epiphany 3 - Matthew 4:11-24 - Follow the Light

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Epiphany 3 - Matthew 4:11-24 - Follow the Light
Pastor Ben

This is the light at the end.  No more colds and allergies, now more pain or disease, no handicaps, no more cancer.  This is the joy that we have to look forward to in the resurrection on the last day.  There it is, that’s why it is not crazy to follow Jesus, because already as we begin to follow Him we See the Light at the end.  

Sermon - Epiphany 2 - John 1:29-42 - Come, and You Will See

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Epiphany 2 - John 1:29-42 - Come, and You Will See
Pastor Ben

We have an echo of this invitation that comes to us everyday, but especially right here!  Where the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world is staying.  And if you will, you will discover what it is that you are seeking.