Berea Lutheran Church - Inver Grove Heights, MN

Pastor Nathan Pfeiffer

Text: Romans 12:17-21

Theme: Overcome

- Evil wants to overcome you

- Christ overcame your evil

- In Christ, we can overcome evil with good

Pastor Nathan Pfeiffer

Text: Romans 12:6-16

THEME: "The Body of Christ at Work"

- Using our gifts (v.6-8)

- Living in love (v.9-11)

- Rejoicing in hope (v.12-16)

Pastor Nathan Pfeiffer

Text: Romans 12:1-5

Theme: The Gift of Christ Transforms Us

- Transforms how we use our bodies

- Transforms how we think about what is good

- Transforms how we think about one another4

Seminarian Sam Radermacher

Text: John 1:6-13

Theme: The Light of our Savior Outshines the Darkness

i) exposing sin

ii) transforming hearts

iii) reflected in His children

Pastor Emeritus Mark Bernthal

Text: Psalm 31:15

Psalm 90: 1-4

Psalm 90: 5-11

Psalm 90: 12-17

Theme: My Future is in Your Hands

We see the brevity of human life and are led to appreciate the timelessness of God.

Our mortality is because of our sins with which God is greatly displeased.

We seek forgiveness in Christ and

are encouraged to become wise stewards of our time.

Pastor Nathan Pfeiffer

Text: Luke 2:10-12 John 17:22-23 2 Timothy 4:7-8

Christmas Hymnology

O Jesus Christ, Thy Manger is My Paradise #372

by Paul Gerhardt (1606-1676)

Pastor Nathan Pfeiffer

Text: Zechariah 17:22-24

Theme: God Made the Christmas Twig a Noble Tree

Pastor Nathan Pfeiffer

Matthew 11:2-10

OUR THEME: “An Advent of Uncertainty?”

- Its cause: what we see and hear around us

- Jesus solution: what you see and hear about Him

Pastor Nathan Pfeiffer

Text: Matthew 1:20-23 John 3:16

Meditations on: “SILENT NIGHT! HOLY NIGHT!”

Behold How God Came at Christmas

1) Descending From Heaven (“Round yon Virgin Mother”)

2) Dispelling Man’s Fear (“Shepherd’s quake at the sight”)

3) Displaying God’s Love (“Love’s pure light”)

Pastor Nathan Pfeiffer

Text: Malachi 4:1-6

OUR THEME: “Here Comes the Sun/Son!”

• It BURNS the wicked

• It HEALS the believer

• Prepare for its rising