St. Timothy Evangelical Lutheran Church in Lombard Illinois

Christ's Peace Is For You

Easter Festival Service 2021

Easter Sunrise Service from 2021

I begin by reviewing the account of Abraham and Isaac from Gen. 22, an event from 2,000 B.C. that has within it a Good Friday message

Leviticus 4 3 “If the anointed priest sins, bringing guilt on the people, he is to present to the Lord a young, unblemished bull as a sin offering for the sin he has committed. 4 He is to bring the bull to the entrance to the tent of meeting before the Lord, lay his hand Read more about The Better Blood[…]

This Sunday was the day that the Passover Lamb for celebrating the Passover was selected, a lamb that would then be slaughtered a few days later for the sins of the people.

Matthew 27: 27 Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the governor’s residence and gathered the whole company around him. 28 They stripped him and dressed him in a scarlet robe. 29 They twisted together a crown of thorns, put it on his head, and placed a staff in his right hand. And they knelt down before him and mocked him: “Hail, Read more about Hands of Brutality[…]

"Who do you claim to be?" This verse is the theme for this sermon. It is one of the most important questions found not only here but is the focus throughout the Gospel of John. For that matter, it is one of the primary questions in all four of the gospel accounts.

Lent service from Mark 14:55-65

John 6:1-15: After this, Jesus crossed the Sea of Galilee (or Tiberias). 2 A huge crowd was following him because they saw the signs that he was performing by healing the sick. 3 Jesus went up a mountain and sat down there with his disciples. 4 Now the Passover, a Jewish festival, was near. 5 Read more about Why the Miraculous Bread?[…]