Have you ever noticed how quickly people form opinions on just about anything or anyone? And how sometimes, once they’ve formed that opinion, they’re willing to do battle with anyone who disagrees with them? Jesus is no exception; and in today’s Gospel lesson He hints that it was really no different in His day. But He does offer a ray of hope, and it’s not by us fighting or winning every battle. 

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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 reach Pastor Cahill by email through the Christ the King website at www.christthekinglodi.org. I'd love to hear from you, especially if you have a question or some topic you'd like to hear about.
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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On January 21, 1530, Charles V, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire in Germany, invited the Imperial Diet (legislature) to meet in Augsburg, Germany, in order to discuss and decide “various important questions.”  Dr. Martin Luther and others wrote a document that a large number of German rulers and other leaders presented at the Diet of Augsburg on June 25, 1530.

This “Augsburg Confession” was written in both German and Latin and contained 28 articles that set forward what the Lutherans believed, taught and confessed.  For Lutherans then and ever since, the most critical article is number 4, which reads

“[Our churches also] teach that people cannot be justified before God by their own strength, merits, or works, but are freely justified for Christ’s sake, through faith, when they believe that they are received into favor, and that their sins are forgiven for Christ’s sake, who, by His death, has made satisfaction for our sins. This faith God imputes for righteousness in His sight. Romans 3 and 4.”

June 25, 2023, the day I preached this sermon, was the 493rd anniversary of the Presentation of the Augsburg Confession.

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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 reach Pastor Cahill by email through the Christ the King website at www.christthekinglodi.org. I'd love to hear from you, especially if you have a question or some topic you'd like to hear about.
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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When we young Lutherans were memorizing the Ten Commandments and Dr. Martin Luther’s explanations from his Small Catechism, we always wondered about the first phrase in almost every explanation - “We should fear and love God . . .” How can you do both at the same time? In today’s sermon I’ll suggest a Biblical model where both can be possible.

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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 reach Pastor Cahill by email through the Christ the King website at www.christthekinglodi.org. I'd love to hear from you, especially if you have a question or some topic you'd like to hear about.
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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In a recent Sunday comic strip, one character was seeing advertisements everywhere encouraging everyone to “be yourself.” His response to this was “The problem in the world is not that people aren’t being themselves! It’s that they are being themselves!” So what’s the alternative? Saint Paul’s advice is that we should be imitators of Christ - especially by being humble, as He was.

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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 reach Pastor Cahill by email through the Christ the King website at www.christthekinglodi.org. I'd love to hear from you, especially if you have a question or some topic you'd like to hear about.
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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In the church year calendar, the Sunday after Pentecost is the Sunday of the Holy Trinity. We celebrate - and believe, teach, and confess - that God’s Word testifies that He is the one and only true God, but three persons - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

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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 reach Pastor Cahill by email through the Christ the King website at www.christthekinglodi.org. I'd love to hear from you, especially if you have a question or some topic you'd like to hear about.
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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In the Jewish calendar, fifty days after the Passover was the festival of Pentecost (from the Greek “fifty”) - celebrating the first harvest of fields and gardens planted in the spring of the year. In the Christian calendar, Pentecost is the celebration of the Holy Spirit coming to Jesus’ disciples and filling them with courage, insight, the power to do miracles, and the entusiasm to go into the whole world and preach the Gospel to people everywhere. Today’s readings are about that first Pentecost, and our focus is on what that means for us in these days.

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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 reach Pastor Cahill by email through the Christ the King website at www.christthekinglodi.org. I'd love to hear from you, especially if you have a question or some topic you'd like to hear about.
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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The Gospels tell us that after Jesus rose from the dead on Easter Sunday he worked regularly with his disciples for the next 40 days, until he gathered them together on top of a high mountain, blessed them, and ascended into heaven. 

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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 reach Pastor Cahill by email through the Christ the King website at www.christthekinglodi.org. I'd love to hear from you, especially if you have a question or some topic you'd like to hear about.
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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On Sunday, May 7, I visited Grace Lutheran Church in Lakewood, Ohio. Grace Lutheran is a sister congregation to Christ the King, and I was invited there to lead worship, preach, and pray with them during a Voters’ meeting after the service. At that meeting, they were going to vote to call a new pastor. This is the sermon from that service.

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 reach Pastor Cahill by email through the Christ the King website at www.christthekinglodi.org. I'd love to hear from you, especially if you have a question or some topic you'd like to hear about.
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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How would you describe “faith”? Does it seem to you like a feeling, an experience, a “warm place in your heart”? Does it seem more solid than that, like something you can touch, see, or describe? Would it surprise you to think that “faith” might be both? In today’s Gospel lesson we’ll hear an Easter Sunday account where some disciples of Jesus learned first-hand that faith is both - and that’s a good thing.

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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 reach Pastor Cahill by email through the Christ the King website at www.christthekinglodi.org. I'd love to hear from you, especially if you have a question or some topic you'd like to hear about.
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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If you’re like me, the only first-hand experience you have with sheep are from visits to a petting zoo or the county fair, and you’ve probably never even met a real-life shepherd. And even if a person knows next to nothing about the details of Jesus’ life, or much of the Bible, for a lot of folks when Jesus said He is the Good Shepherd, those words somehow connect with something deep in our hearts and imaginations. In today’s service, we listen to Him again.

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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 reach Pastor Cahill by email through the Christ the King website at www.christthekinglodi.org. I'd love to hear from you, especially if you have a question or some topic you'd like to hear about.
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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