St James Lutheran Church: Sermons and Worship

The Christian pastor's job is not to do the work of the ministry, but to

equip the church to do the work of the ministry.

Biblical Church Government: The Role of the Pastor — Nineteenth Sunday after

Pentecost, October 11, 2020:

https://saintjamesglencarbon.org/2020-nineteenth-sunday-after-pentecost

Order of service:

https://saintjamesglencarbon.org/wp-content/uploads/St-James-Lutheran-Church-20201011-Nineteenth-Sunday-after-Pentecost-Order-of-Service.pdf

Isaiah 61:10; Psalm 146:2

Ephesians 4:11–16; 1 Peter 5:1–4

John 10:11–16

Hymns:

Rock of Ages: Text by Augustus Montague Toplady; tune by Thomas Hastings; text and

tune are public domain.

Christ Be My Leader: Text by Timothy Dudley-Smith; tune by Irish; © 1964, renewed

1992 Hope Publishing Co.; used with permission, CCLI license # 20286740.

The Power of the Cross: Text and tune by Stuart Townend & Keith Getty, © 2005

Thankyou Music; used with permission, CCLI license # 20286740.

When I Behold Jesus Christ: Text by Almaz Belhu and Joseph Herl; trans. Hartmut

Schoenherr, Jim and Aurelia Keefer; tune by Almaz Belhu; © 1970 Ethiopian

Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus; © 1998 Concordia Publishing House; used with

permission, CCLI license # 20286740.

The Christian pastor's job is not to do the work of the ministry, but to equip the church to do the work of the ministry.

Biblical Church Government: The Role of the Pastor — Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost, October 11, 2020: https://saintjamesglencarbon.org/2020-nineteenth-sunday-after-pentecost

Order of service: https://saintjamesglencarbon.org/wp-content/uploads/St-James-Lutheran-Church-20201011-Nineteenth-Sunday-after-Pentecost-Order-of-Service.pdf

Isaiah 61:10; Psalm 146:2

Ephesians 4:11–16; 1 Peter 5:1–4

John 10:11–16

Hymns:

Rock of Ages: Text by Augustus Montague Toplady; tune by Thomas Hastings; text and tune are public domain.

Christ Be My Leader: Text by Timothy Dudley-Smith; tune by Irish; © 1964, renewed 1992 Hope Publishing Co.; used with permission, CCLI license # 20286740.

The Power of the Cross: Text and tune by Stuart Townend & Keith Getty, © 2005 Thankyou Music; used with permission, CCLI license # 20286740.

When I Behold Jesus Christ: Text by Almaz Belhu and Joseph Herl; trans. Hartmut Schoenherr, Jim and Aurelia Keefer; tune by Almaz Belhu; © 1970 Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus; © 1998 Concordia Publishing House; used with permission, CCLI license # 20286740.

Jesus rules over his kingdom, not through solo human leaders, and not

through the mechanics of democracy, but through the body of Christ, the Christian

Church.

Biblical Church Government: The Body of Christ — Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost,

October 4, 2020:

https://saintjamesglencarbon.org/2020-eighteenth-sunday-after-pentecost

Order of service:

https://saintjamesglencarbon.org/wp-content/uploads/St-James-Lutheran-Church-20201004-Eighteenth-Sunday-after-Pentecost-Order-of-Service.pdf

Psalm 133

Ephesians 4:1–6, 11–16

Matthew 18:15–20

Hymns:

By Grace Alone: Text by Martin Luther; tune by David Ward, © 2002

ThousandTongues.org; used with permission, CCLI license # 20286740.

Oh, How Good It Is: Text and tune by Keith Getty, Kristyn Getty, Ross Holmes, and

Stuart Townend; © 2012 Getty Music; used with permission, CCLI license # 20286740.

When I Survey the Wondrous Cross: Text by Isaac Watts; tune by Lowell Mason; text

and tune are public domain.

Just as I Am, without One Plea: Text by Charlotte Elliott; tune by William B.

Bradbury; text and tune, public domain.

Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed: Text by Isaac Watts; tune by Hugh Wilson; text and

tune are public domain.

Jesus rules over his kingdom, not through solo human leaders, and not through the mechanics of democracy, but through the body of Christ, the Christian Church.

Biblical Church Government: The Body of Christ — Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost, October 4, 2020: https://saintjamesglencarbon.org/2020-eighteenth-sunday-after-pentecost

Order of service: https://saintjamesglencarbon.org/wp-content/uploads/St-James-Lutheran-Church-20201004-Eighteenth-Sunday-after-Pentecost-Order-of-Service.pdf

Psalm 133

Ephesians 4:1–6, 11–16

Matthew 18:15–20

Hymns:

By Grace Alone: Text by Martin Luther; tune by David Ward, © 2002 ThousandTongues.org; used with permission, CCLI license # 20286740.

Oh, How Good It Is: Text and tune by Keith Getty, Kristyn Getty, Ross Holmes, and Stuart Townend; © 2012 Getty Music; used with permission, CCLI license # 20286740.

When I Survey the Wondrous Cross: Text by Isaac Watts; tune by Lowell Mason; text and tune are public domain.

Just as I Am, without One Plea: Text by Charlotte Elliott; tune by William B. Bradbury; text and tune, public domain.

Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed: Text by Isaac Watts; tune by Hugh Wilson; text and tune are public domain.

Since God is the king of the universe, all authorities and leadership

structures are designed to work under His authority, on His behalf. Any successful

system of church government must function as an expression of the rule of God in

Christ.

Biblical Church Government, under God — Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost,

September 27, 2020:

https://saintjamesglencarbon.org/2020-seventeenth-sunday-after-pentecost

Order of service:

https://saintjamesglencarbon.org/wp-content/uploads/St-James-Lutheran-Church-20200927-Seventeenth-Sunday-after-Pentecost-Order-of-Service.pdf

Psalm 2

Exodus 15:1–19

Revelation 11:15–18

John 18:33–40

Hymns:

Rock of Ages: Text by Augustus Montague Toplady; tune by Thomas Hastings; text and

tune are public domain.

Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven: Text by Henry F. Lyte; tune by John Goss; text

and tune are public domain.

Jesus Paid It All: Text by Elvina M. Hall; tune by John T. Grape; text and tune are

public domain.

I Come, O Savior, to Thy Table: Text by Friedrich Christian Heyder, © 1941 Concordia

Publishing House, used with permission, CCLI license # 20286740; tune by Emskirchner

Choral-Buch, 1756, public domain.

Since God is the king of the universe, all authorities and leadership structures are designed to work under His authority, on His behalf. Any successful system of church government must function as an expression of the rule of God in Christ.

Biblical Church Government, under God — Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 27, 2020: https://saintjamesglencarbon.org/2020-seventeenth-sunday-after-pentecost

Order of service: https://saintjamesglencarbon.org/wp-content/uploads/St-James-Lutheran-Church-20200927-Seventeenth-Sunday-after-Pentecost-Order-of-Service.pdf

Psalm 2

Exodus 15:1–19

Revelation 11:15–18

John 18:33–40

Hymns:

Rock of Ages: Text by Augustus Montague Toplady; tune by Thomas Hastings; text and tune are public domain.

Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven: Text by Henry F. Lyte; tune by John Goss; text and tune are public domain.

Jesus Paid It All: Text by Elvina M. Hall; tune by John T. Grape; text and tune are public domain.

I Come, O Savior, to Thy Table: Text by Friedrich Christian Heyder, © 1941 Concordia Publishing House, used with permission, CCLI license # 20286740; tune by Emskirchner Choral-Buch, 1756, public domain.

Our default mode for looking at the world is either through the lens of

fairness or the lens of merit. But in the parable of the vineyard workers Jesus

gives us an alternative lens through which to view reality — the lens of grace.

Lens of Grace — Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 20, 2020:

https://saintjamesglencarbon.org/2020-sixteenth-sunday-after-pentecost

Order of service:

https://saintjamesglencarbon.org/wp-content/uploads/St-James-Lutheran-Church-20200920-Sixteenth-Sunday-after-Pentecost-Order-of-Service.pdf

Psalm 116:12–13, 15–17

Isaiah 55:6–9

Matthew 20:1–16

Hymns:

How Great Thou Art: Text by Carl Gustaf Boberg; tr. Stuart W. K. Hine; tune by

Swedish; arr. Stuart W. K. Hine, © 1949, 1953 The Stuart Hine Trust, admin. EMI CMG

and Hope Publishing Co; used with permission, CCLI license # 20286740.

By Grace Alone: Text by Martin Luther; tune by David Ward, © 2002

ThousandTongues.org; used with permission, CCLI license # 20286740.

Drawn to the Cross, Which Thou Hast Blessed: Text by Genevieve M. Irons; tune by

Joseph Barnby; text and tune are public domain.

Jesus Loves Me: Text by Anna B. Warner; tune by William B. Bradbury; text and tune

are public domain.

There Is a Redeemer: Text and tune Melody Green, © 1982 Birdwing Music, admin. EMI;

used with permission, CCLI license # 20286740.

Sometimes it seems impossible to forgive others who have hurt us, because

it is impossible! But by channeling God's forgiveness of us in Christ, we are

liberated to offer that grace and forgiveness to others.

Biblical Forgiveness — Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 13, 2020:

https://saintjamesglencarbon.org/2020-fifteenth-sunday-after-pentecost

Order of service:

https://saintjamesglencarbon.org/wp-content/uploads/St-James-Lutheran-Church-20200913-Fifteenth-Sunday-after-Pentecost-Order-of-Service.pdf

Psalm 143:1–2

Romans 14:1–12

Matthew 18:21–35

Hymns:

When Trials Come: Text and tune by Keith Getty and Kristyn Getty, © 2005 Thankyou

Music; used with permission, CCLI License # 20286740.

Speak O Lord: Text and tune by Keith Getty & Stuart Townend; © 2005 Thankyou

Music; used with permission, CCLI license # 20286740.

O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus!: Text by S. Trevor Francis; tune by Thomas John

Williams; public domain.

His Mercy is More: Text and tune by Matt Papa & Matt Boswell, © 2016 Getty

Music; used with permission, CCLI License # 20286740.

In the economy of the kingdom of God, we only keep power to the extent we

abrogate it, and we only protect our status to the extent we give it away.

Status in Christ — Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 6, 2020:

https://saintjamesglencarbon.org/2020-fourteenth-sunday-after-pentecost

Order of service:

https://saintjamesglencarbon.org/wp-content/uploads/St-James-Lutheran-Church-20200906-Fourteenth-Sunday-after-Pentecost-Order-of-Service.pdf

Psalm 92:1–5

Romans 13:1–10

Matthew 18:1–20

Hymns:

Arise, My Soul, Arise: By Charles Wesley and Kevin Twit; © 1996 Twit, Kevin; used

with permission, CCLI license # 20286740.

My Worth Is Not in What I Own: Text and tune by Keith Getty, Kristyn Getty, and

Graham Kendrick; © 2014 Getty Music; used with permission, CCLI license # 20286740.

Amazing Grace: Text by John Newton; tune by Columbian Harmony; text and tune, public

domain.

My Song Is Love Unknown: Text by Samuel Crossman; tune by John N. Ireland, © John

Ireland Trust, used with permission, CCLI license # 20286740; Text is public domain.

It's tempting to see our suffering as random and purposeless, but in this

text Paul encourages us to see our suffering in the context of God's love, God's

story, and God's own suffering.

God's Love in Our Suffering — Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, August 30, 2020:

https://saintjamesglencarbon.org/2020-thirteenth-sunday-after-pentecost

Order of service:

https://saintjamesglencarbon.org/wp-content/uploads/St-James-Lutheran-Church-20200830-Thirteenth-Sunday-after-Pentecost-Order-of-Service.pdf

Psalm 37:4–7

Romans 8:35–39

Matthew 16:21–28

Hymns:

My Dwelling Place: Chris Eaton, Keith Getty, Kelly Meredith Minter, Kristyn Getty,

and Stuart Townend, © 2015, 2018 Getty Music Hymns and Songs, Getty Music

Publishing, Townend Songs; used with permission, CCLI license # 20286740.

Before the Throne of God Above: Text by Charitie Lees Bancroft; tune by Vikki Cook;

© 1997 Sovereign Grace Worship; used with permission, CCLI license # 20286740.

Lamb of God: Text and tune by Twila Paris, © 1985 Straightway Music; used with

permission, CCLI license # 20286740.

All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name: Text by Edward Perronet; tune by Oliver Holden;

text and tune, public domain.