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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...
Trinity Sunday 2023 - Pastor Pete
The Scriptures never use the words “Trinity” or “Triune.” They never even summarize in any single place the entirety of this doctrine. Instead, as we read God’s Word f...
Pentecost 2023 - Pastor Pete
Jesus ascended into heaven. That does not mean the gospel has ceased to march victorious around the world! Jesus promised to send another advocate to represent God to ...
Our Next Steps, Part 3: We are Committed - Pastor Nate
“But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am going away.” Can you imagine the disciples’ confusion? How could this be for their good? Jesus did so many wo...
Our Next Steps, Part 2: We are a Community - Pastor Pete
Today we recognize the importance of mothers in producing the sense of community we enjoy in God’s Church.
Our Next Steps, Part 1: We are Convinced - Pastor Nate
“I am convinced!” quickly becomes, “We are convinced!” As God creates and strengthens faith in individual hearts, he also connects us with other believers. The convict...
Our Next Steps
In our last series, “My Next Steps”, did you notice that all those steps brought you more and more into community and fellowship with others? That isn’t a coincidence....
My Next Steps, Part 3: Commitment - Pastor Pete
The martyrdom of Stephen was a display of commitment that God used to change the Christian church and the world. It was the watershed moment between a local religious ...
My Next Steps, Part 2: Community - Pastor Kuehl
Doesn’t the description of the Jerusalem church sound wonderful? People eating together, sharing with each other, hanging out together, showing love and respect to eac...
My Next Steps, Part 2: Community - Pastor Nate
Doesn’t the description of the Jerusalem church sound wonderful? People eating together, sharing with each other, hanging out together, showing love and respect to eac...
My Next Steps, Part 1: Conviction - Pastor Pete
Peter was not content to merely know what he had seen. He repeatedly refers to other witnesses. He reviewed the testimony of the Old Testament. He was determined to no...
My Next Steps
Jesus walked his earthly life with direction and purpose. Every step led to his final steps, carrying his cross, and our sins to Calvary. And then, on Easter morning, ...
His First Steps Led Outside His Tomb - Pastor Nate
Together the witnesses shout to us, “Easter is real! The Lord’s gracious forgiveness of sins is real!” Jesus made that crystal clear when he sent Mary with a message f...
His First Steps Led Outside His Tomb - Pastor Pete
Together the witnesses shout to us, “Easter is real! The Lord’s gracious forgiveness of sins is real!” Jesus made that crystal clear when he sent Mary with a message f...
His Final Steps Led to the Place of the Skull - Pastor Kuehl
Tenebrae, which is a Latin word meaning "shadows," has been observed in the church of Jesus Christ since the fourth century. On this Good Friday we remember the death ...
His Final Steps Led to the Upper Room - Pastor Pete
Listen closely: “My time is near. I will observe the Passover with my disciples at your house” (Matthew 26:18). “My time is near.” The chosen time! The appointed time!...
His Final Steps Led to a Donkey - Pastor Pete
Jesus' grand entrance into Jerusalem paved the way for our Savior’s final steps to his cross. And that was always the goal, because saving us was his mission. Saving u...
His Final Steps Led to a Donkey - Pastor Kuehl
Jesus' grand entrance into Jerusalem paved the way for our Savior’s final steps to his cross. And that was always the goal, because saving us was his mission. Saving u...
Dear Younger Me, Part 6: We Want to Rationalize It - Pastor Pete
When Paul was known as Saul, he was a famous enemy of the church. His zeal for persecuting the church made his conversion all the more shocking, and his testimony even...
Dear Younger Me, Part 5: We Want to Soak in It - Pastor Nate
Fiction only resonates with us when it reflects fact. Think of our fictional heroes. Do you know what so many of them have in common? Regrets. So many of them have som...
Dear Younger Me, Part 4: We Want to Hide It - Pastor Pete
As soon as we do something we regret, we want to hide it. Secret sins are a lie that began with the devil’s lie in the garden. As soon as Adam and Eve sinned they hid,...
