Pastor Mike preaches on the pattern of faith and faithfulness set by Abraham, and the heroes of the Old Testament, and how the promises they never saw fully realized are fulfilled in Christ.

9th Sunday of Pentecost, Year A: Genesis 15:1-6; Hebrews 11:1-16; Luke 12:32-40

Pastor Mike preaches on God's holiness, his actions, our response, and how the Transfiguration of Jesus shows us not only his divinity and humanity but also what he has promised us in the resurrection.

Transfiguration, Year A: Psalm 99; Luke 9:28-36

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Pastor Mike preaches on Abraham's intercession for Lot after God announced that Lot's city would be destroyed. Tied in with Jesus' instructions on prayer we learn that we can pray boldly, with specificity, and with expectation.

6th Sunday After Pentecost, Year A: Genesis 18:20-33; Colossians 2:6-15; Luke 11:1-13

2nd Sunday After Pentecost: Zechariah 12:8-10, 13:1, Galatians 3:23-29; Luke 9:18-24

Pastor Mike preaches on how unhelpful theological trends has influenced how many Christians read and interpret the Old Testament, particularly prophetic passages relating to Israel, and how all of the Old Testament is summed up in Jesus Christ and the Church.

On Trinity Sunday Pastor Mike preaches on Isaiah and John's vision of the throne of God. Our encounter with his holiness makes us aware of our sinfulness, how Jesus has purified us, and how God is both utterly transcendent yet also knowable.

Pastor Mike preaches on how the unity of love that the Father and the Son (and the Spirit) share is given to us to unite us with God.

Pastor Mike preaches on Sts. Paul & Barnabas healing of the crippled man, the reaction of the people in Lystra to the healing, their response to the people's reaction, and how Jesus is the one whom their stories of divine visitation point towards.

6th Sunday in Easter, Year C: Acts 14:8-18; Revelation 21:1-4, 22-27, 22:1-5; John 14:21-29

Pastor Mike preaches on Saul's encounter with Jesus and the helaing of the eyes of his soul and how our vision of Jesus heals ours too.

3rd Sunday in Easter: Acts 9:1-19a, Revelation 5:6-14; John 21:1-14

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Pastor Mike preaches on being partners with one another in tribulation, the kingdom of God, and patient endurance as we await his appearing and our life in the age to come.

Pastor Mike preaches on the non partiality of the hope of the resurrection, how the gospel is for all people, and the power inherent in the proclamation of the risen Christ before concluding that Christ's bodily resurrection is so essential to our faith that to deny it is to deny our faith and cuts us off from its power.