Sometimes fans reading about athletes who negotiate or renegotiate their contracts can lose sight of the big picture.  For the athlete, it’s about providing for themselves and their families even when they say “It’s not about the money.”  

We can lose our sight on the big picture with God too.  Today we’ve get a chance to reflect on the big picture, that God in his grace, has buried the covenant he made at Sinai.  that the obedience that was lacking was the obedience his son Jesus earned, so that we who were lacking, would be given everything, everything is new. 

Pastor Jason Hacker, MLHS President, preached from Luke 19.

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What do you truly treasure?

Pastor Ruddat tells the story of the Prodigal son from the vantage point of the Father.

Pastor Ruddat walks us through the connections of the 1st commandment and the Passion History.

Funeral sermon for David Krutz from 1 Thessalonians 4:13-1813We do not want you to be uninformed, about those who have fallen asleep, so that you do not grieve in the same way as the others, who have no hope. 14Indeed, if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, then in the same way we also believe that God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep through Jesus.15In fact, we tell you this by the word of the Lord: We who are alive and left until the coming of the Lord will certainly not go on ahead of those who have fallen asleep. 16For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up in the clouds together with them, to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord. 18Therefore, encourage one another with these words.

Pastor Ruddat covers the 4th-6th commandments in a that relationship lens, that we would see what Is God asking of us, why is He asking it, and the role of mercy in our relationships.

Pastor Enderle preaches on Luke 13:1-9

Lord Have Mercy: For Demonstrating Irreverence and Despising Your Rest (2-3rd Commandments) – Pastor Enderle

Lent reminds us of the struggle we are in and our victory over it centered on Christ.