The Scripture readings are Isaiah 12:1-6; James 1:16-21; and John 16:5-15.

Open your hands wide to receive God’s good and perfect gifts (Ps. 81:10). Always continue to receive the implanted Word which saves your soul and delivers the righteousness of God to you now and always.

The Scripture readings are Isaiah 40:25-31; 1 John 3:1-3; and John 16:16-22.

Waiting on the Lord isn’t simply marking off time and watching the minutes and seconds tick by. It is living in a confident expectation of God’s action on our behalf and simply resting in God’s mercy which lifts us up to heaven (Ro. 4:5).

The Scripture readings are Ezekiel 34:11-16; 1 Peter 2:21-25; and John 10:11-16.

Your Good Shepherd fully knows that you need to be fed, found, brought back, bound up, and strengthened. In other words, He knows how to do the dirty work that you, His sheep, need. He also calls you to be His under-shepherds.

The Scripture readings are Ezekiel 37:1-14; 1 John 5:4-10; and John 20:19-31.

Believe, Blessed, Christ, Easter2, God, Life, More, Name, Resurrection, Seen, Signs, SonofGod, UnseenThe signs John writes down to strengthen and encourage your faith weren’t tricks. They aren’t fables or nice stories. They’re evidence that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, who gives life – abundant, eternal life.

The Scripture readings are Job 19:23-27; 1 Corinthians 15:51-57; and Mark 16:1-8.

The dark, evil, and wicked complexities of this life, they're all fading away, because the light is coming. The sun is rising. Your Redeemer lives. And at the last, so will you.

Sermon for the Vigil of Easter on Luke 24:1-11.

What first sounded like an idle tale and a bunch of nonsense to the apostles slowly became an undeniable certainty. Jesus died but lives. And now, because He lives, death would have no hold on them because it had no hold on Jesus.

Sermon for Good Friday on Mark 15:33-35.

Jesus cries out, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” You know the answer. He was forsaken by God so that you will be accepted for all eternity.

The Scripture readings for tonight’s service are Exodus 12:1-14; 1 Corinthians 11:23-32; and John 13:1-15, 34-35.



The medicine Christ gives in the Lord’s Supper fights the infection of sin and strengthens your love for others. Whenever you feel your sin, receive this medicine. Whenever your love grows cold, receive this medicine.

The Scripture readings are John 12:12-19; Zechariah 9:9-12; Philippians 2:5-11; and Matthew 26:1-27:66.

Follow Jesus out of the tomb, out of all that we deserve because of our sins. Follow Jesus, having His mind and extending His sacrificial love to others until that great day when every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that He is Lord.

The Scripture readings for tonight’s service are Psalm 111:10, 73:24-26, 19:14; Ecclesiastes 12:1-14; 2 Corinthians 5:6-8; and John 6:28-29.

Through faith in God’s goodness, fully and freely given to you in Jesus, you reach your telos. Through faith in Christ, you are exactly what God intended you to be, rightly oriented toward your Creator and toward the rest of creation.