Sermon Text: Mark 4:35-41

Life’s challenges confront us all, even us Christians. When those calamitous life events occur we look to our God in confidence, knowing He is with us and will guide us through such challenges. In Him we have the ultimate victory over sin, death and the power of the devil.  

Sermon Text: Mark 4:26

The seed of the Word of Christ grows and produces fruit in being scattered, in being preached, proclaimed, and spoken. It’s scattered when pastors preach and missionaries go out in mission. It’s also scattered when you are scattered in the vocations of your daily lives, with seed bags full of ripe, fruitful seed and God’s benediction.  

Sermon Text: Mark 3:28

The Holy Spirit is still present, and the Holy Spirit is still active, and the place where the Holy Spirit works is in God’s Word, and the time when the Holy Spirit speaks is now. And so today, the Holy Spirit is here to save you in this Word of Christ: “Truly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven...” (Mark 3:28).  

Sermon Text: Mark 2:26-28

The Sabbath was a day of rest. Jesus says that he is the Lord of the Sabbath, because as God he gave the Sabbath law, and he came to fulfill perfectly this law. In fact, Jesus fulfilled all the commandments perfectly for all people. Therefore, come to the Lord of the Sabbath in faith and find blessed rest.  

Sermon Text: Isaiah 6:1-8 

Do you experience those dark times when God seemingly fails to show up in our lives? Understanding the true identity of our great Triune God will bless us with right understanding, attitudes, and actions when the darkness hides God. 

Sermon Text: Ezekiel 37:1-14 

Ezekiel 37 describes the human reality of being dried up and worn out. We experience this as individuals and even as churches. In this text God declares, “I Will.” God’s explicit promise to us this Pentecost day: “I will put my Spirit within you, and you shall live. 

Sermon Text: Luke 24:44-53 

Ascension Day is an often forgotten church holiday. It really shouldn’t be. It is the culmination of all that our Lord Jesus came to earth to accomplish. Even though He is now ascended, He has not departed from us. In fact, He has given us a joy-filled mission to reach and share. 

Sermon Text: 1 John 5:1-8

All of us have been overwhelmed by life’s circumstances beyond our control. St. John reminds us that we have “the victory that has overcome the world – our faith.” Celebrate that victory with us on Worship Anew. 

Sermon Text: John 15:5

Jesus is the Vine, you are the branches, and the Father is the vinedresser. That is today’s picture of your union with Christ through faith from the Gospel according to St. John. Joined to Jesus in faith you are alive and fruitful, as living branches joined to a living vine. Apart from Jesus, you are dead and fruitless. 

Sermon Text: John 10: 14-15

Jesus Christ, our Good Shepherd, came to call us by name. And He came to lay down His life for the sheep. And He came to seek and save the lost. And through the voice of our Good Shepherd we are brought back to the Father.