Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Tell City, Indiana Podcast

Our Lord Jesus does all things well. He draws so close to us in water, Word, bread and wine, that our sins become His and His righteousness becomes ours. Sermon Text: Mark 7:31-37. Sermon Theme: "Our Savior's Simple Saving Signs!" Preached for the 12th Sunday after Trinity, 30-August-2020, at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Tell City, Indiana by Rev. Nathan J. Rusert.

True worship of the Triune God is to listen to Jesus and receive the fruit of the cross - the forgiveness of our sins in His body and blood. Sermon text: Luke 18:9-14. Sermon Theme: "What Should You Bring To Jesus?" Preached for the 11th Sunday after Trinity, 23-August-202, at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Tell City, IN by Rev. Nathan J. Rusert.

The 10th Sunday After Trinity reminds us of the destruction of the Jerusalem and its Temple. Jesus weeps for Jerusalem forsook the "Fountain of True Peace" to drink the sewage of man's lies. We are called to repent and drink deeply of the Gospel which flows from Immanuel's veins. Sermon Text: Luke 19:41-48. Sermon Theme: "The Forgotten Fountain of True Peace." Preached for the 10th Sunday After Trinity, 16-August-2020, at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Tell City, IN by Rev. Nathan J. Rusert.

"Behold, God is my Helper!" We look to our money and stuff to deliver us from the woes of this life and the fear of death. These "little things" cannot help for they are fading away. The "True Riches" are found in Christ and His Word! Sermon Text: Luke 16:1-13. Sermon Theme: "The Merciful Master!" Preached at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Tell City, Indiana for the 9th Sunday After Trinity (9-August-2020) by Rev. Nathan J. Rusert.

The 8th Sunday After Trinity warns us against false teachers who would substitute their dreams, works, wisdom, and words for Christ's living Word. Sermon Text: Matthew 7:15-23. Sermon Theme: "Beware!" Preached for the 8th Sunday After Trinity - 8/2/20 - at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Tell City, In by Rev. Nathan J. Rusert.

Our Heavenly Father gives us our daily bread without our prayers because He is good. Jesus' compassion for us never ends. Sermon Text: Mark 8:1-9. Sermon Theme: "Christ's Compassionate Care For Us!" Preached at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Tell City, IN for the 7th Sunday After Trinity, 26-July-2020, by Rev. Nathan J. Rusert.

God's Law justly convicts us all as murderers. We cannot save ourselves we need the great righteousness which flows from the altar of Jesus' cross. His blood alone washes away our sins and frees us to be slaves of righteousness. Sermon Text: Matthew 5:17-26. Sermon Theme: "The Only Saving Righteousness." Preached for the 6th Sunday After Trinity, 19-July-20, at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Tell City by Rev. Nathan J. Rusert

"When they came to shore they left everything..." Peter, James, and John answer our Lord's call to be "fishers of men." A follower of Jesus hears His Word preached within His Church, lives Christ's Word in their daily vocation trusting His Word to accomplish what He promises. By God the Holy Spirit's gracious work we cling to Jesus and speak His life giving Word to our fellow sinners. Christ gave up all for us freeing us to pour our life out in service to our neighbor.

The Second Sunday of Trinity calls us to the feast prepared by Wisdom (Proverbs 9:1-10) which knits the family of mankind together in the peace of forgiveness which is found only in Jesus Christ (Ephesians 2:13-22). Jesus calls us to the Father's feast of forgiveness here and now within Christ's Church where God the Holy Spirit daily and richly applies to sinners the blood of Jesus. Sermon Text: Luke 14:15-24. Sermon Theme: "Neglecting The Feast - What's Your Excuse?" Preached for the Second Sunday after Trinity, Father's Day, 21-June-2020 at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, by Rev. Nathan J. Rusert.

Without God the Holy Spirit we cannot believe in Jesus Christ as our Lord or come to Him. God the Holy Spirit comes to us only through the Gospel. The Gospel preached, poured, declared, read, and fed. Sermon Text: John 14:23-31. Sermon Theme: "Keep Jesus' Word!" Preached for the Festival of Pentecost, 31-May-20, at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Tell City, IN by Rev. Nathan J. Rusert.