Pr. John dwells in the words of Luke 10 and offers his thoughts and questions regarding the passage. 

This week, Pr. John talks about how we become occupied and are often complicit with our oppressors as our true selves get buried. But God's promise is that these occupations will be broken by God's Holy Spirit when we trust in him. 

Pastor John's sermon this week reminds us to recognize and celebrate the gifts we've been given by God and how they are an invitation to be a part of God's community.

Pastor Brice Eichlersmith is the guest preacher this week. He preached on Romans 8. There is no text for his sermon.

We have been given a gift: sin cannot destroy us because is no longer reigns over us thanks to Christ. We live in a different world now, one of grace and love. And because of that, we celebrate our baptism every month. 

In a broken and divided world of privilege, despair, and self-righteousness, we all have our burdens, whether we recognize them or not. But God has promised to take on our burdens for us to give us a life filled with purpose and free of guilt, shame, loneliness, and despair.

In Paul's letter to the Romans, he says he is not ashamed of the gospel. But are people today ashamed of the gospel?

In the book of Acts, Luke talks about the growing Christian church after Jesus' ascension. Pr. John highlights one story of Paul and Barnabas who risked all to tell the world that God came down to us in the form of Christ.

This week, guest preacher Pr. Peter Strommen explains how the reading from Acts 10 challenges us by telling us that our faith in Jesus should be based in Christ's love of everyone--"them"--and not just "us."