Mt Olive Lincoln: Lutheran Sermons and Teaching in the Christian Faith

Chapter 19 of the Life and Teachings of Jesus Christ, a compilation of the four gospels by Aaron Jensen and published by Northwestern Publishing House.

Originally published as a Lent Reading Plan at Mt Olive in Lincoln NE.

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Sermon preached for Lent 4 (Laetare) on March 30, 2025, by Pastor Julius Buelow at Mt. Olive Lutheran Church in Lincoln, NE. (mtolivelincoln.org.)

Theme: God Has a Salvation Deal For You!

Text: Isaiah 55:1-7

55 Hey, all of you who are thirsty, come to the water,

even if you have no money!

Come, buy and eat!

Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost.

2Why do you spend money on something that is not bread?

Why do you waste your labor on something that does not satisfy?

Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good.

Satisfy your appetite with rich food.

3Turn your ear toward me, and come to me.

Listen, so that you may continue to live.

The Creator’s Everlasting Covenant

Yes, I will make an everlasting covenant with you,

the faithful mercies promised to David.

4Look, I appointed him as a witness for peoples,

a leader and commander of peoples.

5Look, you will call out to a nation you do not know,

and a nation that does not know you will run to you,

on account of the LORD your God,

because of the Holy One of Israel,

for he has glorified you.

6Seek the LORD while he may be found!

Call on him while he is near!

7Let the wicked man abandon his way.

Let an evil man abandon his thoughts.

Let him turn to the LORD,

and he will show him mercy.

Let him turn to our God,

because he will abundantly pardon.

Holy Bible: Evangelical Heritage Version (Milwaukee, WI: Northwestern Publishing House, 2019), Is 55:1–7.

Chapter 18 of the Life and Teachings of Jesus Christ, a compilation of the four gospels by Aaron Jensen and published by Northwestern Publishing House.

Originally published as a Lent Reading Plan at Mt Olive in Lincoln NE.

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Sermon preached on March 26, 2025 by Pastor Justin Dauck (of St. Paul's in Plymouth, NE) at Mt Olive Lutheran in Lincoln, NE.

Theme: Your Ransom and Your Rescue

Text: John 14:15-27

Chapter 17 of the Life and Teachings of Jesus Christ, a compilation of the four gospels by Aaron Jensen and published by Northwestern Publishing House.

Originally published as a Lent Reading Plan at Mt Olive in Lincoln NE.

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Chapter 16 of the Life and Teachings of Jesus Christ, a compilation of the four gospels by Aaron Jensen and published by Northwestern Publishing House.

Originally published as a Lent Reading Plan at Mt Olive in Lincoln NE.

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Chapter 15 of the Life and Teachings of Jesus Christ, a compilation of the four gospels by Aaron Jensen and published by Northwestern Publishing House.

Originally published as a Lent Reading Plan at Mt Olive in Lincoln NE.

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Chapter 14 of the Life and Teachings of Jesus Christ, a compilation of the four gospels by Aaron Jensen and published by Northwestern Publishing House.

Originally published as a Lent Reading Plan at Mt Olive in Lincoln NE.

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Sermon preached for Lent 3 (Oculi) on March 23, 2025, by Pastor Julius Buelow at Mt. Olive Lutheran Church in Lincoln, NE. (mtolivelincoln.org.)

Theme: The Stronger Man is Moving In

1. To a House Divided; 2. To a House Deserted

Text: Luke 11:14-28

14Jesus drove out a demon, which was mute. After the demon had gone out, the man who had been mute spoke, and the crowds were amazed. 15But some of them said, “He drives out demons by Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons.” 16Others were testing him by demanding of him a sign from heaven. 17But he knew their thoughts and said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is destroyed. And a house divided against itself falls. 18If Satan is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? You say that I drive out demons by Beelzebul. 19But if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons drive them out? So they will be your judges. 20Yet if I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you. 21“When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are safe. 22But when someone stronger attacks him and defeats him, he takes away that man’s full armor, in which he had trusted, and divides up his plunder. 23“The one who is not with me is against me. The one who does not gather with me scatters. 24When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, it passes through waterless places, seeking rest, but does not find any. Then it says, ‘I will return to my house, the one I left.’ 25When it returns, it finds the house swept and put in order. 26Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and dwell there. The last condition of that man becomes worse than the first.” 27While he was saying these things, a woman from the crowd raised her voice and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that carried you, and the breasts at which you nursed!” 28But he said, “Even more blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it.”
Holy Bible: Evangelical Heritage Version (Milwaukee, WI: Northwestern Publishing House, 2019), Lk 11:14–28.

Chapter 13 of the Life and Teachings of Jesus Christ, a compilation of the four gospels by Aaron Jensen and published by Northwestern Publishing House.

Originally published as a Lent Reading Plan at Mt Olive in Lincoln NE.

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