Many in our world probably wouldn't call life "great" right now. But in Christ, life is great, because of his life FOR us, and our life WITH him.

This sermon based on Matthew 20:17-28 was preached for an online service on March 22, 2020, the Fourth Sunday in Lent.

Jesus opens up our spiritual eyes to see all that is ours by his grace and it changes the way we look at our lives here and now.

This sermon based on John 9 was preached on the Third Sunday in Lent on March 15, 2020.

We attempt to fulfill our desire to be loved, accepted, and valued in what we do or what others think of us. It's only in Jesus that our desire to be loved, accepted, and valued is truly satisfied, because it's based on him and not us.

This sermon based on John 4:5-26 was preached on the Second Sunday in Lent, March 8, 2020, at Heritage Lutheran Church in Gilbert, Arizona. 

Satan so easily deceives and defeats us as he leads us from temptation to sin. Christ came to do what we cannot: to take our enemy and defeat him in every temptation and on the tree of the cross.

This sermon based on Genesis 3:1-15 was preached on the First Sunday in Lent, March 1, 2020.

Our first inclination is to compare ourselves to others to make ourselves feel better about ourselves and try to justify ourselves before God. Jesus turns that idea upside down in his parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector.

This sermon, based on Luke 18:9-14, was preached on Ash Wednesday, February, 26, 2020

Through Christ, we are different than the world around us. And that's good. We stand out and we're different so that we can point others to the amazing grace of our God.  

This sermon, based on 1 Peter 2:9-12 was preached on February 23, 2020, and is the fourth and final sermon in a series called, "God's Amazing Grace."

We love because he first loved us. His love for us moves us to serve with the gifts he has given us. All this results in praise for our God of grace.

This sermon based on 1 Peter 4:8-11, was preached on February 16, 2020. This is the third sermon in a four week series called, "God's Amazing Grace."

God desires that we grow up in our salvation and mature in our faith. But how do we do this? Why would we want to do this?   

This sermon based on 1 Peter 1:23-2:5, was preached on February 9, 2020. This is the second sermon in a four week series called, "God's Amazing Grace."

God had a vision, full of grace, to claim us as his own from eternity, right now, and into eternity. This defines who we are and gives us the motivation for all we do.  

This sermon based on 1 Peter 1:1-5, was preached on February 2, 2020. This is the first sermon in a four week series called, "God's Amazing Grace."

God chooses to work in unlikely ways and through unlikely people so that his grace might shine to all.

This sermon, based on Isaiah 9:1-4, was preached on the 3rd Sunday after Epiphany, January 26, 2020, for a series called, "Promises Made, Promises Kept."