Sermons

Pastor Nate brings the message, "Son of Hagar…or Sarah?”  When God promised the aging Abraham and Sarah that they would have a son, and when the timing of their coming son seemed to be too far gone, Abe and Sarah took matters into their own hands with another woman named Hagar.  The outcome was disastrous.  The lesson is that either we believe God will fulfill His saving promises in His strength, or we foolishly think that we can become the primary acting agent.  One path is freedom for the soul, the other is slavery to a task we can never complete.

Pastor Nate brings the message, "Loving Those Who Are Erring” from Galatians 4:9-20.  How can we respond to those who have gone off (or are in danger of going off) the “tracks?”  In this section of Galatians, Paul’s example is practical and helpful for us.  His goal for these dear friends is God-honoring and his appeal is grounded in Christian love. 

Pastor Nate brings the message, "You’re a Son, Not a Slave.”  Galatians 4:7 - “You are no longer a slave, but a son…”  Why would a freed slave ever return to his life of bondage?  It makes no sense, yet that’s what many Christians do.  We trust in Christ for salvation (we are free from the law), but then we revert back to a mentality of using our own works to try to secure our relationship with God.  Through Christ our relationship with God is secure and we are His sons…forever.

Rich Kolmus brings the message, "Our All-Sufficient Christ."  Do we need some new things for the New Year? New Year, New You!  Every year millions of people make New Year's resolutions in an attempt to improve their lives.  As we reflect on 2023 and think to the new year ahead, what will we need to love God like we ought?  Paul, writing to the Colossians and Laodiceans, shares exactly what we all need.  Read Colossians 2 and join us on Sunday to learn Paul's "not so secret" formula (hint: there is only one ingredient... and his name is Jesus).

Pastor Nate brings the message, "The Christmas Story” from Luke 2.  The Christmas season reached its high point Sunday and Monday.  This message is the Christmas story from Luke 2, and includes a sermon from various passages that explain why Jesus came. 

Pastor Nate brings the message, "Great Expectations" from Isaiah 11:1-5.  Two thousand years ago the people of God desperately longed for the Messiah to come.  His arrival would mark the beginning of a new era characterized by freedom and peace.  Today, the advent season not only reminds us of Christ's first coming, but also causes us to desperately long for (and expect) His second coming. Oh, how we will be set free! 

Pastor Jerry Birkholz  brings the message, "The Steadfast Love of the LORD” from 1 Chronicles 29:10-15. 

Pastor Nate brings the message, "Brotherly Love” from 1 John 3:16-18.  This message is on the practice and power of love within our LBC family.

Pastor Nate brings the message, "A Song of Thanksgiving” from Psalm 100.  This is a sermon of Thanksgiving.

Sunday Morning...Pastor Nate brings the message, "Who We Were, Who We Are" from Galatians 3:22-29.  As we come to the end of Galatians 3, Paul explains how the law was our guardian in the past.  However, as Christians, we are no longer under the law.  Rather we have come into a new relationship with God by faith in Christ, and now we are His sons.