Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Tell City, Indiana Podcast

"Therefore every Christian has enough in Baptism to learn and to practice all his life; for he has always enough to do to believe firmly what it promises and brings: victory over death and the devil, forgiveness of sin, the grace of God, the entire Christ, and the Holy Ghost with His gifts." (Dr. Martin Luther, Large Catechism) The gifts Christ's seals upon us by God the Holy Spirit unite us with Him. His baptismal gift brings us from death to life as beloved children of our Heavenly Father. Sermon Text: Romans 6:1-11. Sermon Theme: "Dying To Live!" Preached for the Sixth Sunday After Trinity, 11-July-2021, at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Tell City, Indiana by Rev. Nathan J. Rusert.

"The Lord is my light and my salvation - whom shall I fear?" David teaches us to trust only in the Lord Jesus Christ as we journey through this death shadowy world towards the "Land of the Living!" The Fourth Sunday after Trinity calls us to rejoice in our Father's mercy and live as blood bought children in Christ. The Holy Spirit sustains us in Christ-centered hope!

Sermon Text: Romans 8:18-23. Sermon Theme: "Sustained Through Suffering!" Preached for the 4th Sunday After Trinity at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Tell City, Indiana by Rev. Nathan J. Rusert.

"Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall. "(Pro 16:18) The wise Solomon teaches his sons. Satan seeks to puff up our human pride to forsake God's Word and His Fatherly care for us. Peter calls us to repent and be "Humbly Exalted!" Sermon Text: 1 Peter 5:5-11. Preached for the Third Sunday after Trinity, 20-June-2021 at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Tell City, Indiana by Rev. Nathan J. Rusert.

"Come! For all things are ready!" Jesus invites us sinners to feast with Him!

The First Sunday after Trinity teaches us that God is Love! True Love is found only in the flesh and blood of Christ Jesus as God the Holy Spirit calls us to turn away from our prideful sins and receive forgiving freeing love as beloved children of our Heavenly Father.

Sermon text: 1 John 4:16-21. Sermon Theme: "True Faith Loves!" Preached for the 1st Sunday After Trinity, 6-June-2021, at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Tell City, Indiana by Rev. Nathan J. Rusert.

"Holy, Holy, Holy" the seraphim cry out in the presence of the only True and Living God. Their hymn of praise confesses that God is Three in One and One in Three. At our baptism the Triune God gifts us with His Holy Name : "I baptize you in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit." One God - Three distinct Persons. On Trinity Sunday we glimpse "The Wondrous Mystery Of Our God" Sermon Text: Roman 11:3336. Preached for the Feast of the Holy Trinity, 30-May-2021, at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Tell City, Indiana by Rev. Nathan J. Rusert

Satan, an evil spirit, who tries to set humanity in war against one another. As we sing: 4 The ancient dragon is their foe;

His envy and his wrath they know.

It always is his aim and pride

Thy Christian people to divide., always

Christ Jesus sends His Holy Spirit to reunite humanity within His Body - the Holy Christian Church. Sermon for Pentecost, 23-May-2021, preached at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Tell City, Indiana by Rev. Nathan J. Rusert.

"Hear, O Lord, when I cry aloud!" King Jesus rules as True Man and True God. He understands our weakness and can help us in every need. Sermon Text: 1 Peter 4:7-14. Sermon Theme: "Living In The Now, but Not Yet!" Preached for Exaudi, the Sunday after the Ascension, 16-May-2021, at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Tell City, Indiana by Rev. Nathan J. Rusert.

Ascension isn't our Lord Jesus going away from us - it is so that He can as True God and True Man "fill all things" and be with us always.

Sermon Text: Acts 1:1-11. Sermon Theme: "Thy Kingdom Come!" Preached for The Ascension of our Lord, 13-May-2021, at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Tell City, Indiana by Rev. Nathan J. Rusert.

"Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me." (Psalms 50:15) Prayer is our privilege as baptized children of our Heavenly Father. Christian mothers teach their children to pray, just as our Spiritual Mother - Christ's Church always teaches us to pray.

Sermon Text: James 1:22-27. Sermon Theme: "Learning From Your Mother To Pray!" Preached for Rogate, The Fifth Sunday After Easter, 9-May-2021, at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Tell City, Indiana by Rev. Nathan J. Rusert.