Faith First

By First Lutheran Church, Cedar Rapids, IA

Dig into God’s word with informal conversation around the scripture and ways to apply the message to our lives. We’ll pray for you, chat about what’s brewing around our church, First Lutheran in Cedar... more

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The podcast currently has 195 episodes available.

Faith First episodes:

April 20, 2020 That You may Have Light — Pastor Mark Urlaub – April 19, 2020
Theme: God’s Life is for All
1st Reading: 1 Peter 1:3-7. Gospel: John 20:19-31
God’s life is for all. Thomas, one of the disciples, misses out on the Easter resurrection, because he was absent from the disciples. Thomas then expresses doubt at the possibility of new life. The next week Jesus returns, and Thomas finds himself in the embrace of resurrection life. God’s offer of abundant life breaks through our barriers of doubt, wonder, and estrangement.

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April 20, 2020 "Power of the Cross to Restore" — Pastor Craig Brown — April 5, 2020
God’s restoring work happens through this paradox that defines our faith: Jesus Christ is glorified king and humiliated servant. We too are full of paradox: like Peter, we fervently desire to follow Christ, but find ourselves afraid, denying God. We wave palms in celebration today as Christ comes into our midst, and we follow with trepidation as his path leads to death on the cross. Amid it all we are invited into this paradoxical promise of life through Christ’s broken body and outpoured love in a meal of bread and wine.

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April 20, 2020 God's Life is for All — Pastor Steve Knudson" — April 12, 2020
Theme: God’s Life is for All
1st Reading: 1 Peter 1:3-7. Gospel: John 20:19-31
God’s life is for all. Thomas, one of the disciples, misses out on the Easter resurrection, because he was absent from the disciples. Thomas then expresses doubt at the possibility of new life. The next week Jesus returns, and Thomas finds himself in the embrace of resurrection life. God’s offer of abundant life breaks through our barriers of doubt, wonder, and estrangement.

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April 20, 2020 "God Restores Life" — Pastoral Intern Kirsten Wee — March 29, 2020
Jesus, through the raising of Lazarus from the dead is calling us to new life with him. Jesus is calling us to let our bad habits that bring us away from him to die so that we may be able to live a new life that is in deeper relationship with God.

Scriptures: Ezekiel 37:1-14 ; John 11:1-45

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March 27, 2020 "God Gives us Vision" – Pastor Steve Knudson – March 22, 2020
This was our first week of Live streaming and not having a congregation in the church for worship.
Just a note to say our apologies on the audio quality issues; we accidentally sent two signals into the recorder with a slight delay.
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16min
March 15, 2020 "Stories of Restoration: Restoring Humanity" — Pastor Craig Brown — March 15, 2020
Today's Scriptures are: Romans 5:1-11, John 4:5-29,39a
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March 11, 2020 "God Calls us to Restoration"—Intern Kirsten Wee—March 7, 2020
**Note** Sorry we missed an episode! We had technical difficulties with the new audio system and did not get a good recording.
Today’s
Gospel recounts Jesus’ encounter with the Pharisee, Nicodemus. Intern Kirsten delves into his background and
his mindset; he was not unlike many of ours.
She reminds us that God is here for us, seeking us out, ready to give us
His boundless love.

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8min
February 24, 2020 "Life in the Balance" Pastor Steve Knudson – February 23, 2020
Today
we say goodbye to FLC’s Director of Spiritual Transformation, Marcie Watson. Pastor Steve reminds us of the key lesson
found in the Transfiguration story: the voice of God saying, “Listen to him”. When life moves too fast or times get tough, and we are left waiting in the balance - we
need remember to listen and follow Jesus, The Light of God.

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11min
February 17, 2020 "The Space tells the Story" Pastor Steve Knudson – February 16, 2020
After
10 months, we are back in the FLC sanctuary!
Pastor Steve KNOWS we will be looking around and not at him. His solution: a guided tour of the new
sanctuary that ties in with today’s scripture readings.

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15min
February 10, 2020 “Salt and Light” – Intern Kirsten Wee – Sunday, February 9, 2020
Intern Kirsten loves Gumbo from her home town
of New Orleans. One essential seasoning: salt. She uses it as a metaphor to remind us that as Jesus said in today’s
Gospel taken from the Sermon on the Mount, we are the salt of the earth and the
light of the world. We are charged, out
of love for fellow human beings, to open our hearts and minds in service to one another.

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FAQs about Faith First:

How many episodes does Faith First have?

The podcast currently has 195 episodes available.