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Christ is risen! He is risen indeed!

Let’s get a few things clear to start with:

1. Today we remember that Jesus rose from the dead on the first day of the week after the Jewish Passover - and that’s the day we call Sunday.
2. The word “Easter” comes from an Old English word that means “the dawn” - and it reminds us that Jesus rose from the dead before the sun came up.
3. We have Easter eggs because in the middle ages people were not allowed to eat eggs (or meat) during Lent; when Easter came, the fast was over and they could eat eggs again! We color the eggs for the same reason we have colorful Christmas lights - they’re more fun than plain white ones!
4. We have Easter bunnies because it’s the season of spring, and rabbits are coming out of their winter burrows into the warm sunlight. So are groundhogs for that matter, but they already had their own day back in February. 

But the most important thing to know about Easter Sunday is this: Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! Hallelujah!

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1. You can find and download this sermon as an episode of the Route 42 podcast at https://route42.buzzsprout.com/ or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pandora, iHeart Radio, and more.
2. You can find archived episodes of the Route 42 Playlist on the Christ the King Lutheran Church YouTube channel HERE>>:
3. You can follow Christ the King Lutheran Church on Facebook @ctkodi; you can subscribe to Christ the King's YouTube channel HERE; and you can learn a lot more about Christ the King Lutheran Church at https://bit.ly/m/ctklutheranlodi.
4. Unless otherwise indicated, any Scripture quotations are from the New International Version (NIV), Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. Accessed through www.biblegateway.com

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Our theme for this week is “Serving.”

Last week we heard that “Forgiving” can be described by the letters in the word “SCARS” = Sin, Confession, Absolution (forgiveness), Restoration, and Sanctification. We heard details about most of those words, but didn’t spend much time on Sanctification, other than to say its “the process of becoming holy.” In today’s sermon we’ll hear that some Christians have described the process as “downward mobility,” and we’ll here why that’s such a good definition of “serving.”

You can view, download, or print the text of this service by clicking the link here or by copying and pasting it into your browser: https://bit.ly/250323ogrlcserving

1. You can find and download this sermon as an episode of the Route 42 podcast at https://route42.buzzsprout.com/ or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pandora, iHeart Radio, and more.
2. You can find archived episodes of the Route 42 Playlist on the Christ the King Lutheran Church YouTube channel HERE>>:
3. You can follow Christ the King Lutheran Church on Facebook @ctkodi; you can subscribe to Christ the King's YouTube channel HERE; and you can learn a lot more about Christ the King Lutheran Church at https://bit.ly/m/ctklutheranlodi.
4. Unless otherwise indicated, any Scripture quotations are from the New International Version (NIV), Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. Accessed through www.biblegateway.com

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Our theme for this week is “Forgiveness.”

During this season of Lent, up near our altar and under the crucifix is the word “SCARS.” We remember that after Jesus died by being nailed to the cross, when He rose from the dead He still had the nail scars on His hands. This morning we’ll remember that the word SCARS can challenge us to think about the way we forgive one another as we think about Sin, Confession, Absolution (or forgiveness), Restoration, and Sanctification (living a holy life).

You can view, download, or print the text of this service by clicking the link here or by copying and pasting it into your browser: https://bit.ly/250316ogrlcforgiving

1. You can find and download this sermon as an episode of the Route 42 podcast at https://route42.buzzsprout.com/ or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pandora, iHeart Radio, and more.
2. You can find archived episodes of the Route 42 Playlist on the Christ the King Lutheran Church YouTube channel HERE>>:
3. You can follow Christ the King Lutheran Church on Facebook @ctkodi; you can subscribe to Christ the King's YouTube channel HERE; and you can learn a lot more about Christ the King Lutheran Church at https://bit.ly/m/ctklutheranlodi.
4. Unless otherwise indicated, any Scripture quotations are from the New International Version (NIV), Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. Accessed through www.biblegateway.com

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What habits have you developed over the years that have helped get you through life? Maybe your work habits? Maybe the way you drive your car? Maybe the way you talk or listen to other people? And speaking of other people - is it true that the people you hang around with are the ones you imitate the most? And if that’s true, how have they influenced your behaviors, your habits, and your life over the years? 

During this first week of the season of Lent in 2025 we’ll focus on the habits that Jesus Himself used in His life and ministry, and think about why they might be good habits for us to imitate, too.

You can view, download, or print the text of this service by clicking the link here or by copying and pasting it into your browser: https://bit.ly/250309ogrlcbeing

Quote by Martin Luther at Luther: Letters of Spiritual Counsel, trans. and ed. Theodore G. Tappert (orig., 1960; reprint, Vancouver, BC: Regent College Publishing, 2003), 85.

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1. You can find and download this sermon as an episode of the Route 42 podcast at https://route42.buzzsprout.com/ or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pandora, iHeart Radio, and more.
2. You can find archived episodes of the Route 42 Playlist on the Christ the King Lutheran Church YouTube channel HERE>>:
3. You can follow Christ the King Lutheran Church on Facebook @ctkodi; you can subscribe to Christ the King's YouTube channel HERE; and you can learn a lot more about Christ the King Lutheran Church at https://bit.ly/m/ctklutheranlodi.
4. Unless otherwise indicated, any Scripture quotations are from the New International Version (NIV), Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. Accessed through www.biblegateway.com

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This sermon is from almost the last Sunday in the church season called “Epiphany.” We began this season on January 6 as we remembered the Wise Men who brought gifts to the baby Jesus, and each week we’ve “unwrapped” a little bit more of the gift to all humanity that is Jesus Himself. We’ve seen Him teach and do miracles, and today we’ll think about the greatest sign that He is indeed the Son of God – when He rose from the dead after He died on the cross. But the best miracle is yet to come – when He will raise all the dead and give His believers eternal life!

You can view, download, or print the text of this service by clicking the link here or by copying and pasting it into your browser: https://bit.ly/250223epiphany7

1. You can find and download this sermon as an episode of the Route 42 podcast at https://route42.buzzsprout.com/ or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pandora, iHeart Radio, and more.
2. You can find archived episodes of the Route 42 Playlist on the Christ the King Lutheran Church YouTube channel HERE>>:
3. You can follow Christ the King Lutheran Church on Facebook @ctkodi; you can subscribe to Christ the King's YouTube channel HERE; and you can learn a lot more about Christ the King Lutheran Church at https://bit.ly/m/ctklutheranlodi.
4. Unless otherwise indicated, any Scripture quotations are from the New International Version (NIV), Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. Accessed through www.biblegateway.com

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Last week I said we use the word “church” in a lot of different ways. “Love” is another word like that – it means a lot of different things to everybody! Who knows where they come up with those meanings, sometimes? But in the Bible, there really is only one basic meaning of “love,” and one basic picture that all the other pictures of “love” in the Bible build on – Jesus, dying on the cross so that whoever believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life.

You can view, download, or print the text of this service by clicking the link here or by copying and pasting it into your browser: https://bit.ly/250202epiphany4

1. You can find and download this sermon as an episode of the Route 42 podcast at https://route42.buzzsprout.com/ or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pandora, iHeart Radio, and more.
2. You can find archived episodes of the Route 42 Playlist on the Christ the King Lutheran Church YouTube channel HERE>>:
3. You can follow Christ the King Lutheran Church on Facebook @ctkodi; you can subscribe to Christ the King's YouTube channel HERE; and you can learn a lot more about Christ the King Lutheran Church at https://bit.ly/m/ctklutheranlodi.
4. Unless otherwise indicated, any Scripture quotations are from the New International Version (NIV), Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. Accessed through www.biblegateway.com

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This is the third Sunday in the Epiphany season, the church season that started with the visit of the Wise Men to the baby Jesus. 

We use the word “church” in a lot of different ways. “Church” is a building. “Church” is a worship service at such a building. “Church” is the congregation that meets in the building. “Church” is a collection of congregations into a denomination. “Church” is the collective noun for all believers in Jesus, all over the world.

Here’s a question - is “church” something you go to, or something you are a part of? It may surprise you to know that the Bible says that “church” is something you are a part of - even on those deays when you don’t choose to go!

You can view, download, or print the text of this service by clicking the link here or by copying and pasting it into your browser: https://bit.ly/250126epiphany3

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1. You can find and download this sermon as an episode of the Route 42 podcast at https://route42.buzzsprout.com/ or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pandora, iHeart Radio, and more.
2. You can find archived episodes of the Route 42 Playlist on the Christ the King Lutheran Church YouTube channel HERE>>:
3. You can follow Christ the King Lutheran Church on Facebook @ctkodi; you can subscribe to Christ the King's YouTube channel HERE; and you can learn a lot more about Christ the King Lutheran Church at https://bit.ly/m/ctklutheranlodi.
4. Unless otherwise indicated, any Scripture quotations are from the New International Version (NIV), Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. Accessed through www.biblegateway.com

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This is the second Sunday in the New Year. It’s also the first Sunday in the Epiphany season, the church season that started with the visit of the Wise Men to the baby Jesus. 

In this morning’s Gospel lesson we leave the childhood of Jesus behind and see Him as an adult. He begins the ministry He came to do by being baptized! But His baptism isn’t only about Him – it’s about us, too – what He has done for us to make us the children of God, and what those words “children of God” mean for the way we live on this earth.

You can view, download, or print the text of this service by clicking the link here or by copying and pasting it into your browser: https://bit.ly/250112epiphany1

1. You can find and download this sermon as an episode of the Route 42 podcast at https://route42.buzzsprout.com/ or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pandora, iHeart Radio, and more.
2. You can find archived episodes of the Route 42 Playlist on the Christ the King Lutheran Church YouTube channel HERE>>:
3. You can follow Christ the King Lutheran Church on Facebook @ctkodi; you can subscribe to Christ the King's YouTube channel HERE; and you can learn a lot more about Christ the King Lutheran Church at https://bit.ly/m/ctklutheranlodi.
4. Unless otherwise indicated, any Scripture quotations are from the New International Version (NIV), Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. Accessed through www.biblegateway.com

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This is the first Sunday in the New Year. It’s also the last day of the Christmas season. Tomorrow, January 6, is the day when the Church remembers the visit of the Wise Men to the baby Jesus. 

I don’t know if you know this, but there’s lots of discussion about who these wise men were, how many there were, and on and on – but today I want to invite you to think with me about why those men and their visit all those centuries ago was so important to you and me.

You can view, download, or print the text of this service by clicking the link here or by copying and pasting it into your browser: https://bit.ly/250105Epiphany

1. You can find and download this sermon as an episode of the Route 42 podcast at https://route42.buzzsprout.com/ or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pandora, iHeart Radio, and more.
2. You can find archived episodes of the Route 42 Playlist on the Christ the King Lutheran Church YouTube channel HERE>>:
3. You can follow Christ the King Lutheran Church on Facebook @ctkodi; you can subscribe to Christ the King's YouTube channel HERE; and you can learn a lot more about Christ the King Lutheran Church at https://bit.ly/m/ctklutheranlodi.
4. Unless otherwise indicated, any Scripture quotations are from the New International Version (NIV), Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. Accessed through www.biblegateway.com

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This sermon is from the first Sunday after Christmas. This year, you might also know it as The Fifth Day of Christmas (that’s “Five Golden Rings” Day) - but in the calendar of the church, it’s the day we remember that very soon after Jesus was born his parents took Him to the temple to “present Him to the Lord.” We’ll meet two wonderful people who had been told by the Holy Spirit to go to the Temple to wait for God’s Son to show up, but we’ll focus on what it means when we realize that Jesus, who is called our Redeemer at Easter time, was Himself redeemed when He was an infant.

You can view, download, or print the text of this service by clicking the link here or by copying and pasting it into your browser: https://bit.ly/3ZVAjVe

1. You can find and download this sermon as an episode of the Route 42 podcast at https://route42.buzzsprout.com/ or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pandora, iHeart Radio, and more.
2. You can find archived episodes of the Route 42 Playlist on the Christ the King Lutheran Church YouTube channel HERE>>:
3. You can follow Christ the King Lutheran Church on Facebook @ctkodi; you can subscribe to Christ the King's YouTube channel HERE; and you can learn a lot more about Christ the King Lutheran Church at https://bit.ly/m/ctklutheranlodi.
4. Unless otherwise indicated, any Scripture quotations are from the New International Version (NIV), Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. Accessed through www.biblegateway.com

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