St. Michael's Anglican Church - Waukesha County, Wisconsin

On Epiphany Sunday, Pastor Eric Snyder concludes the God's Rescue Mission sermon series. "The truth of Christmas is that we have received a Helper..."

The season of Advent has given way to Christmastide! Pastor John Mackett continues the sermon series God's Rescue Mission by preaching on this passage from Isaiah.

Pastor Eric continues his Advent series with a sermon about a passage that includes his favorite verse in the whole Bible!

"God is coming to take back what the Devil has stolen from you. Advent is an opportunity to get real with God and to allow God to bring back to us the fullness of His grace, and a new vision of what He is for us in His salvation."

"There's a tendency of the human heart to erect itself on the throne of its own life. It's the story of your life and the story of mine. Thus the need for advent. God is coming anew and in power this year. Are you ready? He is coming to cleanse." -Pastor Eric Snyder

Pastor Eric begins his Advent sermon series entitled God's Rescue Mission: "You can't get ready for Jesus to come if you don't need him to, if you're basically fine... As Christians we are called to look at the facts of our living and say "Jesus I'm not going to pretend anymore, I need you to come HERE in my life." So where is your exile story? What has got ahold of you? What is your personal brokenness that you need help with, that you need God to come and rescue you from?...For us to understand Christmas, we have to allow God to come into our everyday life."

On the last day of the church year, we celebrate Christ the King Sunday. Deacon John Mackett expands on the passage in the Gospel of Mark in which Jesus says to "give to Ceasar what is Ceasar's." Pastor John explains some of the Biblical context for this episode, and the ramifications for our lives.

Pastor Eric Snyder finishes his Questions and Answers sermon series with this sermon on the apocalyptic passage from Mark. He explains that most people get distracted trying to figure out the specifics of such passages and miss the broader meanings. Instead, Christians should "stay on guard, be ready to serve, be open to God's leadership. Know that you are engaged as a soldier in the cosmic battle of Good vs Evil and that you have been equipped to push back Evil by the power of God and through the leadership of His Holy Spirit and through the testimony of his Word. Be ready to be used by God, and remain anchored in the truth."

Pastor Eric Snyder continues the Questions and Answers sermon series on this passage about money. But it's about more than that. "Your relationship with money is in many ways a spiritual ultrasound. It shows what's going on inside of you." Humans always tend to want more money, but, he says, "Human history is littered with people who are miserable, who are both poor and fantastically wealthy. Proving that the volume of money matters none at all when it comes to true joy." What brings true joy? Listen to find out.

Pastor Eric Snyder preaches on Mark 12:28-34 as he continues his Questions and Answers sermon series in his first sermon since being ordained to the Holy Order of Deacon in the Anglican Church of North America. What is the most important commandment? How can we love God our whole heart, soul, mind, and strength? And how do we love our neighbor as ourselves?