It’s easy to see why being stuck in the past can be depressing and cause anxiety. If we’re constantly wondering where we went wrong, holding onto old hurts, or fighting against some past version of ourselves and winding around past events we can’t c

Texts: Heb. 9:1-14; Luke 21:5-8 Subject: Earthly and Heavenly Sanctuaries Eighth Sunday after Pentecost; August 4, 2019, Reformation Lutheran Church, Las Vegas, NV Pastor Matt

I was never the risk-taker. I’ve never been the guy riding motorcycles or pulling daring stunts. Although, when I was a kid in South Florida, we used to sneak onto a nearby golf course. It was a part of a local senior living community, so if the securit

The author of Hebrews writes to explain that because Jesus knows us, is one of us, and is for us, He is the one able to liberate us from the pain and suffering we live in every day. “[Jesus became] like his brothers and sisters in every respect, so tha

Through all those teachers, parents, pastors, grandparents, and friends, God was speaking. God spoke directly Abraham, to Noah, to Moses and through Aaron, through silence, and even a donkey, through prophets like Jonah, Jeremiah, Micah, Isaiah, Ezekiel,

Text: Jonah 3:10-4:11; John 10:14-16 Subject: Conversion of Nineveh; The Good Shepherd Fourth Sunday after Pentecost; June 30, 2019, Reformation Lutheran Church, Las Vegas, NV

After Jesus called his followers, he went into the cities. What did he do? He taught and shared the good news of God’s love and promises. He healed people and he fed them. He showed compassion. He commissioned others and sent them into the towns to do

Families are the first places we are called to serve our neighbor. And right here in America today, we hear stories of families separated at our Southern border, detained in unsanitary conditions. Families are separated by incarceration, with families of

Texts: Luke 10:25-37 Subject: Where is My Neighbor? Holy Trinity Sunday; June 16, 2019, Reformation Lutheran Church, Las Vegas, NV

As God’s children, we long to know that divine love in our lives. We might wonder if we’re doing what God wants us to do, going where God wants us to go. We don’t have face to face contact.

Jesus promises to send the advocate, the paraclete, the