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Saints Triumphant: E3 Redefines Life and Death - Pastor Nate
See how thoroughly Endless Easter Encouragement has redefined life and death for the Christians in Thessalonica! • They were concerned that those who had died would mi...
Saints Triumphant: E3 Redefines Life and Death - Pastor Kuehl
See how thoroughly Endless Easter Encouragement has redefined life and death for the Christians in Thessalonica! • They were concerned that those who had died would mi...
Because iT Matters, Part 5: My Joy Matters - Pastor Pete
Giving brings joy to the giver, joy to the recipient, and joy to our God as he sees his children live and act like him. What gives you joy as you think about your comm...
Because iT Matters, Part 4: My Surrender Matters - Pastor Pete
The Macedonian congregation presented the Corinthians and us with a role model of surrendered giving. They did not have much. Paul mentions their “extreme poverty.” Wh...
Because iT Matters, Part 3: The Mission Matters - Pastor Pete
As we celebrate the Lutheran Reformation, we remember how much the cross and the mission of God’s church mattered to Martin Luther and the other reformers. They were w...
Because iT Matters, Part 2: The Partnership Matters - Pastor Pete
God’s church is designed to be a partnership. What is your part in this partnership? What is your next step to strengthening our partnership? A commitment to regular w...
Because iT Matters, Part 1: The Cross Matters - Pastor Pete
When did you have that defining moment, that life-changing encounter with the Savior? At your baptism? As an adult? Has it happened to you more than once? When did the...
He Gets Us - Family Conflict, Part 2: They Don't Need to Be "Right" for Me to Love Them - Pastor Nate
When Jesus set out to create a church family, he didn’t go looking for people who were “right”. Case in point: Levi/Matthew the tax collector. There were many tax coll...
He Gets Us - Family Conflict, Part 1: I Don't Need to Be "Right" - Pastor Nate
Sometimes headings can be helpful. The NIV heading for this reading is: “Jesus accused by his family and by teachers of the law.” We might not catch it at first, but t...
He Gets Us - Anxiety, Part 2: God Knows What We Need - Pastor Pete
From the “He Gets Us” sermon helps: “The Roman Stoic Philosopher Seneca is not wrong with this statement: ‘He suffers more than is necessary, who suffers before it is ...
He Gets Us - Anxiety, Part 2: God Knows What We Need - Pastor Kuehl
From the “He Gets Us” sermon helps: “The Roman Stoic Philosopher Seneca is not wrong with this statement: ‘He suffers more than is necessary, who suffers before it is ...
He Gets Us - Anxiety, Part 1: God Knows What We Don't - Pastor Pete
When we feel anxiety, we are often tempted to think that knowing what will happen would make us feel better. In the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus knew what was going to ...
In Pursuit of Family Church, Part 4: Family Church Is Prayer - Pastor Pete
God has designed Family Church to be regular conversation with him--something we call prayer. Prayer is not something parents or friends just "model" for their childre...
In Pursuit of Family Church, Part 3: Family Church Is Preparedness - Pastor Nate
God has designed Family Church--the home or one’s functional family--to be a place of safety and security for its members. Family Church is also a place of preparation...
In Pursuit of Family Church, Part 3: Family Church Is Preparedness - Pastor Kuehl
God has designed Family Church--the home or one’s functional family--to be a place of safety and security for its members. Family Church is also a place of preparation...
In Pursuit of Family Church, Part 2: Family Church Is Service - Pastor Pete
God has designed Family Church to function well as each member carries out his or her role in service to the others, seeing it first as service to Christ. To serve is ...
In Pursuit of Family Church, Part 1: Family Church Is Personal - Pastor Nate
God has designed the Family Church with dad and mom in mind as spiritual shepherds of the family. To be a shepherd takes training and preparation. To be a spiritual sh...
In Pursuit of Family Church, Part 1: Family Church Is Personal - Pastor Pete
God has designed the Family Church with dad and mom in mind as spiritual shepherds of the family. To be a shepherd takes training and preparation. To be a spiritual sh...
In Pursuit of Family Church
A mission statement defines a company's business: whom it serves, what it does, its objectives, and its approach to reaching those objectives. A mission statement is p...
Let's Go Camping, Part 5: You Can Get Lost Camping - Pastor Nate
Moses must be lost! Jerusalem was only 25 miles directly north of them. Yet, they were going on a couple of hundred mile detour through barren desert. Do you sometimes...
Let's Go Camping, Part 4: Camping Can Be Frightening - Pastor Pete
“Is that a bear?” “No, mom. It is just a stump.” After seeing bear warning signs, all she could see were bears. That happened for the Israelites too. The spies came ba...
Let's Go Camping, Part 3: Camping is NOT a Spectator Sport - Pastor Nate
Camping is work! When one person thinks he or she has to do everything, it is easy to be overwhelmed and want to quit. Everyone on a camping trip has a something to do...
Let's Go Camping, Part 2: Camping Produces Crises - Pastor Kuehl
If you have ever gone on a family camping trip, you have experienced crises. Complaints begin to surface. It’s too hot. It’s too cold. I’m tired. I don’t like the food...
Let's Go Camping, Part 2: Camping Produces Crises - Pastor Nate
If you have ever gone on a family camping trip, you have experienced crises. Complaints begin to surface. It’s too hot. It’s too cold. I’m tired. I don’t like the food...
Let's Go Camping, Part 1: Pack for the Camping Trip, Take the LORD Along - Pastor Nate
The Numbers camping trip starts with Moses counting noses. He counts noses again at the end of the trip. Then he explains the arrangement of the camp, everyone’s dutie...
Agape, Part 5: A Love Without End - Pastor Pete
We are used to temporary. “All good things must come to an…end.” Those are common words because they reflect our experience—even our experience of love. Conflicts end ...
Agape, Part 4: A Love Without Limit - Pastor Pete
To love without limit means to love all the way. No “if” at the beginning. No “if” in the middle. No “if” at the end. And that does not make sense to us. It might even...
Agape, Part 3: A Love Without Expectation - Pastor Nate
To love without expectation means to keep loving. After hearing last week that loving without condition means that we love first, then we have expectations. In our min...
Agape, Part 2: A Love Without Condition - Pastor Kuehl
To love without condition means to love first. That is hard for us. We would rather approach others more guardedly, with the idea, “I’ll love you when…” No matter what...
Agape, Part 1: A Love Without Beginning - Pastor Nate
In all our earthly relationships love has a beginning. But in our relationship with God, his love has no beginning. He chose us before the creation of the world. In lo...
