Sermons | Living Hope and Christ the King ELCA Lutheran Churches

Today's message focuses on our call as Christians to care for those who are imprisoned and introduces our June monthly ministry partner, Breaking the Chains Church.

Before ascending to heaven, Jesus called us to continue following his commands as witnesses to his love. When we love, serve, and care for the least among us, Jesus says, it’s as if we are doing it to him. We love God whom we cannot see by loving our neighbors who are visible to us.

Today's Scripture readings are Hebrews 13:1-3, Psalm 68:4-10, Acts 16:16-34, and Matthew 25:37-40

Learn more about Christ the King Lutheran Church in Port Washington and Living Hope Lutheran in Saukville, Wisconsin at https://www.livinghopesaukville.org/ or https://ctkport.org/.

As our congregations prepare for conversations about our mission and vision, today's message focuses on discerning God’s guidance for all of us together as a congregation and as individual followers of Jesus. Looking at three Scripture passages from Acts 16:6-15, Psalm 67, and John 5:1-9, we explore how God might be calling us into the future. The text of this sermon is available at  https://danielflucke.com/god-guides/.

Learn more about Christ the King Lutheran Church in Port Washington and Living Hope Lutheran in Saukville, Wisconsin at https://www.livinghopesaukville.org/ or https://ctkport.org/.

What are the rules for being Christian? Scripture gives us hundreds of laws to follow, most of which we completely ignore. Of course, as Christians, the foundation of our faith is forgiveness found in Jesus. By the grace of God, we are forgiven when we sin and break God's law. 

But shouldn't we be at least trying to follow the rules God lays out in the Bible? We still value some Scriptural commands (the 10 Commandments being at the top of the list), yet we ignore hundreds of other detailed instructions. Why?

Today's sermon explores one of the most important stories in the Bible. Acts 10-11 records a divine vision of inclusion given to Peter, telling him "What God has made clean, let no one call unclean." God's love revealed in Jesus fulfills the requirements of the Law.

Today's Scripture readings are Revelation 21:1-6, Psalm 148, in addition to the majority of Acts 10-11, which is included in the sermon.

Learn more about Christ the King Lutheran Church in Port Washington and Living Hope Lutheran in Saukville, Wisconsin at https://www.livinghopesaukville.org/ or https://ctkport.org/.

Today's message for the fourth Sunday in Easter focuses on the story of Tabitha from Acts 9:36-43 and the good life and legacy she lived - even before Peter raised her from the dead!

Our Scripture readings are Acts 9:36-43, Psalm 23, and John 10:22-30. The text of this sermon is available at https://danielflucke.com/tabitha-sermon-2025/.

Learn more about Christ the King Lutheran Church in Port Washington and Living Hope Lutheran in Saukville, Wisconsin at https://www.livinghopesaukville.org/ or https://ctkport.org/.

On this third Sunday in Easter, the Scripture reading from John 21:1-19 invites us to both continue celebrating Jesus' resurrection and to recognize Jesus' presence among us in the midst of ordinary life. After the excitement of the resurrection, the disciples go fishing, then Jesus invites them to a picnic on the beach. Today's sermon explore Jesus' command to Peter and to us: "Feed my sheep." How do we live out that command as God's people in this hurting and broken world? 

The text of this sermon is available at danielflucke.com/feed-my-sheep.

Learn more about Christ the King Lutheran Church in Port Washington and Living Hope Lutheran in Saukville, Wisconsin at https://www.livinghopesaukville.org/ or https://ctkport.org/.

On this second Sunday of Easter, Rev. Dr. Barbara Rossing offers a sermon in recognition of Earth Day, courtesy of Lutherans Restoring Creation, a grassroots movement promoting care for creation in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. A notable scholar on the book of Revelation, her sermon connects the hope found in Revelation to our call to care for creation today.

Today's Scripture readings (not included in today's podcast) are Revelation 1:4-8, Psalm 1--, and John 20:19-31. 

Learn more about Christ the King Lutheran Church in Port Washington and Living Hope Lutheran in Saukville, Wisconsin at https://www.livinghopesaukville.org/ or https://ctkport.org/.

Happy Easter! Today, we celebrate the greatest news in history: Jesus is alive! The tomb is empty! Death is defeated! Today's sermon encourages us to look to both the cross and the empty tomb, reflecting on Easter's intersection of grief and hope. 

The year's Scripture readings for Easter are Isaiah 65:17-25; Psalm 118:1, 17-24; and Luke 24:1-12. The text of this sermon is available at https://danielflucke.com/easter-2025-grief-hope/.

Learn more about Christ the King Lutheran Church in Port Washington and Living Hope Lutheran in Saukville, Wisconsin at https://www.livinghopesaukville.org/ or https://ctkport.org/.

Today's Palm Sunday sermon attempts to capture some of the emotional significance of Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem as a humble king bringing peace, rejecting the violent ways of this world.

Today's Scripture readings are Luke 19:29-40; Colossians 1:15-20; Psalm 118:1-2, 20-29; and Luke 21:37-22:2. The text of this sermon is available at  https://danielflucke.com/imagine-the-palms/.

Learn more about Christ the King Lutheran Church in Port Washington and Living Hope Lutheran in Saukville, Wisconsin at https://www.livinghopesaukville.org/ or https://ctkport.org/.

This week, we hear the story of Zacchaeus, a vertically-challenged tax collector whose life was changed by an encounter with Jesus, as well as the testimony of the apostle Paul's encounter with Jesus. These examples of Jesus seeing and changing the most unlikely of people invite us to consider, how has encountering Jesus changed your life?

The Scripture readings for this service are 1 Timothy 1:12-17 and Luke 19:1-10. 

Learn more about Christ the King Lutheran Church in Port Washington and Living Hope Lutheran in Saukville, Wisconsin at https://www.livinghopesaukville.org/ or https://ctkport.org/.

During our ecumenical midweek Lenten services this year, we're focusing on the theme of God being Enough. This week's service is hosted by Christ the King, and the sermon explores Psalm 23's promise that the Good Shepherd leads and provides for us. Following the Good Shepherd is enough.

The Scripture readings for this service are Psalm 23 and John 10:7-16. 

Learn more about Christ the King Lutheran Church in Port Washington and Living Hope Lutheran in Saukville, Wisconsin at https://www.livinghopesaukville.org/ or https://ctkport.org/.