The idea of Judgment Day can make us afraid for many reasons. But we have nothing to fear since the Judge is also our Substitute and Savior.   

This message, based on 2 Thessalonians 1:5-10, was preached on Last Judgment Sunday, November 10, 2019, and is the fourth message in a series called "Welcome Home" as we focus on the blessings of Christian family that gathers as the Church.

You are free. Free from sin, free from the power of Satan, free from guilt, shame and regret, free from the need to earn God's love, free from pretending like you have it all together, free from a joyless life, free from the fear of death. You are free because the Son has set you free.

This sermon was preached on the Commemoration of the Reformation of the Church. It is also the third message in a series called "Welcome Home" as we focus on the blessings of Christian family that gathers as the Church based on John 8:31-36. It was preached on November 3, 2019, by Pastor Aaron Bublitz at Heritage Lutheran Church in Gilbert, Arizona.

Jesus' plan to rescue us was to love us enough to come and seek and find us and to give the angels in heaven a reason to rejoice. His plan is our plan as a church too - to love enough to seek and find those who are lost and without hope and to rejoice with the angels as they are welcomed home by our heavenly Father.   

This is the second message in a series called "Welcome Home" as we focus on the blessings of Christian family that gathers as the Church based on Luke 15:1-10. It was preached on October 27, 2019, by Pastor Aaron Bublitz at Heritage Lutheran Church in Gilbert, Arizona.

God says that family matters. He makes us a member of his family and unites us together as a family of faith.   

This is the first message in a series called "Welcome Home" as we focus on the blessings of Christian family that gathers as the Church. It was preached on October 20, 2019, by Pastor Aaron Bublitz at Heritage Lutheran Church in Gilbert, Arizona. 

We might be slow to admit it, but we think ourselves to be pretty good people. But Jesus exposes our “goodness” and redefines what it means to be good. And then he gives us his goodness and makes us his now and forever.

This is the final message for a series called "He Said What? The Shocking Statements of Jesus" based on Luke 18:18-27.

Jesus says he came to bring fire and distress. But it’s through those he saves and renews us. He says he came to bring division, not peace. But it’s through that division we find real, true, divine peace. Jesus doesn’t always work the way we think he should. And thank God for that. He brings us great blessings in ways we would consider backwards. But that’s how grace works.

In this fourth of five messages for a series called "He Said What? The Shocking Statements of Jesus" based on Luke 12:49-53 Jesus shows us how renewal comes through destruction and how peace comes through division.

Our idea of discipleship is going to church, reading our Bible, and giving an offering. We like a convenient, comfortable Christianity that fits with our life. Jesus radically flips our idea of discipleship on its head and says it’s all about complete and total commitment.  

In this third of five messages for a series called "He Said What? The Shocking Statements of Jesus" based on Luke 14:25-33 Jesus teaches what biblical discipleship is all about.

This sermon was preached at Heritage Lutheran Church in Gilbert, Arizona by Pastor Aaron Bublitz on September 29, 2019.

In this second of five messages for a series called “He Said What? Shocking Statements of Jesus”, we hear Jesus reshape how we look at our relationships with others because of what he has done in our place and promises to us.

This sermon, based on Luke 14:1, 7-14,  was preached at Heritage Lutheran Church in Gilbert, Arizona by Pastor Aaron Bublitz on September 22, 2019.

It's natural for us to think that our right standing with God is based on our performance. In this first of five messages for a series called "He Said What? Shocking Statements of Jesus", we hear Jesus turn that idea upside down and teach us that our standing with God has nothing to do with what we do, but everything Christ has done for us.

This sermon was preached at Heritage Lutheran Church in Gilbert, Arizona by Pastor Aaron Bublitz on September 15, 2019.

We think of life, and even our relationship with God, in terms of what we have to do. Jesus frees us from that mindset to first show us what has been done for us.

This is a sermon preached on Luke 17:1-10 by Pastor Aaron Bublitz at Heritage Lutheran Church in Gilbert, Arizona, on September 8, 2019, for a sermon series called Elemental.