The Season after Pentecost
Traditional Worship Service – 06/19/22
Adoption as Sons
Sermon: Adoption
Texts: Galatians 3:23—4:7
Focus: God adopts us as his sons by faith in his Son Jesus.
Function: That they would rejoice—and rest—in their new status as the children of God.
Mini Apocalypse (Part 1)
Introduction – Mark 13 is hard to understand (and hard to preach!) Interpretive key – prophetic “telescope” (proleptic fulfillment) Near future events are seen together (“combined”) with far future events. Near future events become a foreshadowing/paradigm for far future events. Purpose Warnings (Mark 13:5, 9, 23, 33-36) Encouragement (Mark 13:13b, 20, 26, 31) Reliability […]
A Beggar’s Faith
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Do you ever wonder what happened to the people Jesus healed during his earthly ministry? The Gospels tell us how he healed the deaf and lame, cleansed the lepers, drove out demons, gave sight to the blind, […]
10-17-21 Rich Old Man
What Must I Do
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. “And as [Jesus] was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him, ‘Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?’” (Mark 10:17, ESV). Who is this person? […]
Not Good
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. “Then the LORD God said, ‘It is not good that the man should be alone…” (Gen. 2:18a, ESV). For the first time in history—and the only time in the Creation narrative—God called something “not good.” This is […]
Bricks
Jesus is the GOAT
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. In our children’s message today, Miss Kristin taught us the acronym G.O.A.T. (pronounced “goat”). It stands for the Greatest Of All Time. That is, who is the greatest? This is a question we love to debate, especially […]



